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+
+#if !defined(BOOST_PP_IS_ITERATING)
+
+///// header body
+
+#ifndef BOOST_MPL_APPLY_FWD_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define BOOST_MPL_APPLY_FWD_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+// Copyright Aleksey Gurtovoy 2000-2004
+//
+// 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: apply_fwd.hpp 49267 2008-10-11 06:19:02Z agurtovoy $
+// $Date: 2008-10-10 23:19:02 -0700 (Fri, 10 Oct 2008) $
+// $Revision: 49267 $
+
+#if !defined(BOOST_MPL_PREPROCESSING_MODE)
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/na.hpp>
+#endif
+
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/use_preprocessed.hpp>
+
+#if !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_PREPROCESSED_HEADERS) \
+    && !defined(BOOST_MPL_PREPROCESSING_MODE)
+
+#   define BOOST_MPL_PREPROCESSED_HEADER apply_fwd.hpp
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/include_preprocessed.hpp>
+
+#else
+
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/limits/arity.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/params.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/default_params.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/ctps.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/nttp_decl.hpp>
+
+#   include <ndnboost/preprocessor/comma_if.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/preprocessor/iterate.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/preprocessor/cat.hpp>
+
+// agurt, 15/jan/02: top-level 'apply' template gives an ICE on MSVC
+// (for known reasons)
+#if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, < 1300)
+#   define BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE
+#endif
+
+namespace ndnboost { namespace mpl {
+
+// local macro, #undef-ined at the end of the header
+#   define AUX778076_APPLY_DEF_PARAMS(param, value) \
+    BOOST_MPL_PP_DEFAULT_PARAMS( \
+          BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY \
+        , param \
+        , value \
+        ) \
+    /**/
+
+#   define AUX778076_APPLY_N_COMMA_PARAMS(n, param) \
+    BOOST_PP_COMMA_IF(n) \
+    BOOST_MPL_PP_PARAMS(n, param) \
+    /**/
+
+#   if !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE)
+
+#if !defined(BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION)
+// forward declaration
+template<
+      typename F, AUX778076_APPLY_DEF_PARAMS(typename T, na)
+    >
+struct apply;
+#else
+namespace aux {
+template< BOOST_AUX_NTTP_DECL(int, arity_) > struct apply_chooser;
+}
+#endif
+
+#   endif // BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_APPLY_TEMPLATE
+
+#define BOOST_PP_ITERATION_PARAMS_1 \
+    (3,(0, BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY, <ndnboost/mpl/apply_fwd.hpp>))
+#include BOOST_PP_ITERATE()
+
+
+#   undef AUX778076_APPLY_N_COMMA_PARAMS
+#   undef AUX778076_APPLY_DEF_PARAMS
+
+}}
+
+#endif // BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_PREPROCESSED_HEADERS
+#endif // BOOST_MPL_APPLY_FWD_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+///// iteration
+
+#else
+#define i_ BOOST_PP_FRAME_ITERATION(1)
+
+template<
+      typename F AUX778076_APPLY_N_COMMA_PARAMS(i_, typename T)
+    >
+struct BOOST_PP_CAT(apply,i_);
+
+#undef i_
+#endif // BOOST_PP_IS_ITERATING