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+# /* **************************************************************************
+#  *                                                                          *
+#  *     (C) Copyright Paul Mensonides 2002.
+#  *     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 for most recent version. */
+#
+# ifndef BOOST_PREPROCESSOR_PUNCTUATION_PAREN_IF_HPP
+# define BOOST_PREPROCESSOR_PUNCTUATION_PAREN_IF_HPP
+#
+# include <ndnboost/preprocessor/config/config.hpp>
+# include <ndnboost/preprocessor/control/if.hpp>
+# include <ndnboost/preprocessor/facilities/empty.hpp>
+# include <ndnboost/preprocessor/punctuation/paren.hpp>
+#
+# /* BOOST_PP_LPAREN_IF */
+#
+# if ~BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() & BOOST_PP_CONFIG_EDG()
+#    define BOOST_PP_LPAREN_IF(cond) BOOST_PP_IF(cond, BOOST_PP_LPAREN, BOOST_PP_EMPTY)()
+# else
+#    define BOOST_PP_LPAREN_IF(cond) BOOST_PP_LPAREN_IF_I(cond)
+#    define BOOST_PP_LPAREN_IF_I(cond) BOOST_PP_IF(cond, BOOST_PP_LPAREN, BOOST_PP_EMPTY)()
+# endif
+#
+# /* BOOST_PP_RPAREN_IF */
+#
+# if ~BOOST_PP_CONFIG_FLAGS() & BOOST_PP_CONFIG_EDG()
+#    define BOOST_PP_RPAREN_IF(cond) BOOST_PP_IF(cond, BOOST_PP_RPAREN, BOOST_PP_EMPTY)()
+# else
+#    define BOOST_PP_RPAREN_IF(cond) BOOST_PP_RPAREN_IF_I(cond)
+#    define BOOST_PP_RPAREN_IF_I(cond) BOOST_PP_IF(cond, BOOST_PP_RPAREN, BOOST_PP_EMPTY)()
+# endif
+#
+# endif