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+// -- core.hpp -- Boost Lambda Library -------------------------------------
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2000 Gary Powell (powellg@amazon.com)
+// Copyright (C) 1999, 2000 Jaakko Jarvi (jaakko.jarvi@cs.utu.fi)
+//
+// 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)
+//
+// For more information, see www.boost.org
+// 
+// Includes the core of LL, without any real features for client:
+// 
+// tuples, lambda functors, return type deduction templates,
+// argument substitution mechanism (select functions)
+// 
+// Some functionality comes as well:
+// Assignment and subscript operators, as well as function
+// call operator for placeholder variables.
+// -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#ifndef BOOST_LAMBDA_CORE_HPP
+#define BOOST_LAMBDA_CORE_HPP
+
+#include "ndnboost/type_traits/transform_traits.hpp"
+#include "ndnboost/type_traits/cv_traits.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/tuple/tuple.hpp"
+
+// inject some of the tuple names into lambda 
+namespace ndnboost {
+namespace lambda {
+
+using ::ndnboost::tuples::tuple;
+using ::ndnboost::tuples::null_type;
+
+} // lambda
+} // boost
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/lambda_config.hpp"
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/lambda_fwd.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/arity_code.hpp"
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/actions.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/lambda_traits.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/function_adaptors.hpp"
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/return_type_traits.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/select_functions.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/lambda_functor_base.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/lambda_functors.hpp"
+
+#include "ndnboost/lambda/detail/ret.hpp"
+
+namespace ndnboost {
+namespace lambda {
+
+namespace {
+
+  // These are constants types and need to be initialised
+  ndnboost::lambda::placeholder1_type free1 = ndnboost::lambda::placeholder1_type();
+  ndnboost::lambda::placeholder2_type free2 = ndnboost::lambda::placeholder2_type();
+  ndnboost::lambda::placeholder3_type free3 = ndnboost::lambda::placeholder3_type();
+
+  ndnboost::lambda::placeholder1_type& _1 = free1;
+  ndnboost::lambda::placeholder2_type& _2 = free2;
+  ndnboost::lambda::placeholder3_type& _3 = free3;
+  // _1, _2, ... naming scheme by Peter Dimov
+} // unnamed
+   
+} // lambda
+} // boost
+   
+   
+#endif //BOOST_LAMBDA_CORE_HPP