function slim(ds1,ds2)
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!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
!  $Id$
!  $HeadURL$
!!--description-----------------------------------------------------------------
!
! This routine computes the Van Leer limiter value based on the water elevation
! slopes ds1 & ds2.
!
!!--pseudo code and references--------------------------------------------------
!
! G.S. Stelling and S.P.A. Duijnmeijer
!    "A staggered conservative scheme for every Froude number in rapidly varied
!     shallow water flows",
!    Int. J. Numer. Meth. Fluids,  Vol. 43, pp 1329 - 1354
!
!!--declarations----------------------------------------------------------------
    use precision
    implicit none
!
! Function return value
!
    real(fp) :: slim
!
! Global variables
!
    real(fp) :: ds1
    real(fp) :: ds2
!
! Local variables
!
!
!! executable statements -------------------------------------------------------
!
    !
    ! default value of SLIM = 0.0
    !
    slim = 0.0
!    if (ds1*ds2 > 0.) then
!       slim = ds1*ds2/(ds1+ds2)
!    endif
end function slim