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+#ifndef BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARITY_SPEC_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARITY_SPEC_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+// Copyright Aleksey Gurtovoy 2001-2004
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 
+// (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at 
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+//
+// See http://www.boost.org/libs/mpl for documentation.
+
+// $Id: arity_spec.hpp 49267 2008-10-11 06:19:02Z agurtovoy $
+// $Date: 2008-10-10 23:19:02 -0700 (Fri, 10 Oct 2008) $
+// $Revision: 49267 $
+
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/int.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/limits/arity.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/dtp.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/params.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/arity.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/template_arity_fwd.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/ttp.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/lambda.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/static_constant.hpp>
+
+#if defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_BROKEN_DEFAULT_PARAMETERS_IN_NESTED_TEMPLATES)
+#   define BOOST_MPL_AUX_NONTYPE_ARITY_SPEC(i,type,name) \
+namespace aux { \
+template< BOOST_MPL_AUX_NTTP_DECL(int, N), BOOST_MPL_PP_PARAMS(i,type T) > \
+struct arity< \
+      name< BOOST_MPL_PP_PARAMS(i,T) > \
+    , N \
+    > \
+{ \
+    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int \
+        , value = BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY \
+        ); \
+}; \
+} \
+/**/
+#else
+#   define BOOST_MPL_AUX_NONTYPE_ARITY_SPEC(i,type,name) /**/
+#endif
+
+#   define BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARITY_SPEC(i,name) \
+    BOOST_MPL_AUX_NONTYPE_ARITY_SPEC(i,typename,name) \
+/**/
+
+
+#if defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_EXTENDED_TEMPLATE_PARAMETERS_MATCHING) \
+    && !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_FULL_LAMBDA_SUPPORT)
+#   define BOOST_MPL_AUX_TEMPLATE_ARITY_SPEC(i, name) \
+namespace aux { \
+template< BOOST_MPL_PP_PARAMS(i,typename T) > \
+struct template_arity< name<BOOST_MPL_PP_PARAMS(i,T)> > \
+    : int_<i> \
+{ \
+}; \
+} \
+/**/
+#else
+#   define BOOST_MPL_AUX_TEMPLATE_ARITY_SPEC(i, name) /**/
+#endif
+
+
+#endif // BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARITY_SPEC_HPP_INCLUDED