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+
+#if !defined(BOOST_PP_IS_ITERATING)
+
+///// header body
+
+#ifndef BOOST_MPL_ARG_HPP_INCLUDED
+#define BOOST_MPL_ARG_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+// Copyright Peter Dimov 2001-2002
+// 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: arg.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/arg_fwd.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/na.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/na_assert.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/arity_spec.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/arg_typedef.hpp>
+#endif
+
+#include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/static_constant.hpp>
+#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 arg.hpp
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/include_preprocessed.hpp>
+
+#else
+
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/limits/arity.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/default_params.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/preprocessor/params.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/lambda.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/config/dtp.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/mpl/aux_/nttp_decl.hpp>
+
+#   include <ndnboost/preprocessor/iterate.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/preprocessor/inc.hpp>
+#   include <ndnboost/preprocessor/cat.hpp>
+
+BOOST_MPL_AUX_ADL_BARRIER_NAMESPACE_OPEN
+
+// local macro, #undef-ined at the end of the header
+#if !defined(BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_DEFAULT_PARAMETERS_IN_NESTED_TEMPLATES)
+#   define AUX778076_ARG_N_DEFAULT_PARAMS(param,value) \
+    BOOST_MPL_PP_DEFAULT_PARAMS( \
+          BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY \
+        , param \
+        , value \
+        ) \
+    /**/
+#else
+#   define AUX778076_ARG_N_DEFAULT_PARAMS(param,value) \
+    BOOST_MPL_PP_PARAMS( \
+          BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY \
+        , param \
+        ) \
+    /**/
+#endif
+
+#define BOOST_PP_ITERATION_PARAMS_1 \
+    (3,(0, BOOST_MPL_LIMIT_METAFUNCTION_ARITY, <ndnboost/mpl/arg.hpp>))
+#include BOOST_PP_ITERATE()
+
+
+#   undef AUX778076_ARG_N_DEFAULT_PARAMS
+
+BOOST_MPL_AUX_NONTYPE_ARITY_SPEC(1,int,arg)
+
+BOOST_MPL_AUX_ADL_BARRIER_NAMESPACE_CLOSE
+
+#endif // BOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_PREPROCESSED_HEADERS
+#endif // BOOST_MPL_ARG_HPP_INCLUDED
+
+///// iteration
+
+#else
+#define i_ BOOST_PP_FRAME_ITERATION(1)
+
+#if i_ > 0
+
+template<> struct arg<i_>
+{
+    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, value = i_);
+    typedef arg<BOOST_PP_INC(i_)> next;
+    BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARG_TYPEDEF(na, tag)
+    BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARG_TYPEDEF(na, type)
+
+    template<
+          AUX778076_ARG_N_DEFAULT_PARAMS(typename U, na)
+        >
+    struct apply
+    {
+        typedef BOOST_PP_CAT(U,i_) type;
+        BOOST_MPL_AUX_ASSERT_NOT_NA(type);
+    };
+};
+
+#else
+
+template<> struct arg<-1>
+{
+    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(int, value = -1);
+    BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARG_TYPEDEF(na, tag)
+    BOOST_MPL_AUX_ARG_TYPEDEF(na, type)
+
+    template<
+          AUX778076_ARG_N_DEFAULT_PARAMS(typename U, na)
+        >
+    struct apply
+    {
+        typedef U1 type;
+        BOOST_MPL_AUX_ASSERT_NOT_NA(type);
+    };
+};
+
+#endif // i_ > 0
+
+#undef i_
+#endif // BOOST_PP_IS_ITERATING