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+// Boost.Range library
+//
+//  Copyright Thorsten Ottosen 2003-2004. Use, modification and
+//  distribution is subject to 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 http://www.boost.org/libs/range/
+//
+
+#ifndef BOOST_RANGE_BEGIN_HPP
+#define BOOST_RANGE_BEGIN_HPP
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1200)
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include <ndnboost/range/config.hpp>
+
+#ifdef BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING
+#include <ndnboost/range/detail/begin.hpp>
+#else
+
+#include <ndnboost/range/iterator.hpp>
+
+namespace ndnboost
+{
+
+#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564)) && \
+    !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, < 3) \
+    /**/
+namespace range_detail
+{
+#endif
+
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // primary template
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    template< typename C >
+    inline BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME range_iterator<C>::type
+    range_begin( C& c )
+    {
+        //
+        // If you get a compile-error here, it is most likely because
+        // you have not implemented range_begin() properly in
+        // the namespace of C
+        //
+        return c.begin();
+    }
+
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // pair
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    template< typename Iterator >
+    inline Iterator range_begin( const std::pair<Iterator,Iterator>& p )
+    {
+        return p.first;
+    }
+
+    template< typename Iterator >
+    inline Iterator range_begin( std::pair<Iterator,Iterator>& p )
+    {
+        return p.first;
+    }
+
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    // array
+    //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+    //
+    // May this be discarded? Or is it needed for bad compilers?
+    //
+    template< typename T, std::size_t sz >
+    inline const T* range_begin( const T (&a)[sz] )
+    {
+        return a;
+    }
+
+    template< typename T, std::size_t sz >
+    inline T* range_begin( T (&a)[sz] )
+    {
+        return a;
+    }
+
+
+#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564)) && \
+    !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, < 3) \
+    /**/
+} // namespace 'range_detail'
+#endif
+
+// Use a ADL namespace barrier to avoid ambiguity with other unqualified
+// calls. This is particularly important with C++0x encouraging
+// unqualified calls to begin/end.
+namespace range_adl_barrier
+{
+
+template< class T >
+inline BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME range_iterator<T>::type begin( T& r )
+{
+#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564)) && \
+    !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, < 3) \
+    /**/
+    using namespace range_detail;
+#endif
+    return range_begin( r );
+}
+
+template< class T >
+inline BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME range_iterator<const T>::type begin( const T& r )
+{
+#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__BORLANDC__, BOOST_TESTED_AT(0x564)) && \
+    !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, < 3) \
+    /**/
+    using namespace range_detail;
+#endif
+    return range_begin( r );
+}
+
+    } // namespace range_adl_barrier
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+#endif // BOOST_NO_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ORDERING
+
+namespace ndnboost
+{
+    namespace range_adl_barrier
+    {
+        template< class T >
+        inline BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME range_iterator<const T>::type
+        const_begin( const T& r )
+        {
+            return ndnboost::range_adl_barrier::begin( r );
+        }
+    } // namespace range_adl_barrier
+
+    using namespace range_adl_barrier;
+} // namespace ndnboost
+
+#endif
+