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+// Boost.Range library
+//
+//  Copyright Thorsten Ottosen 2006. 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_DETAIL_AS_LITERAL_HPP
+#define BOOST_RANGE_DETAIL_AS_LITERAL_HPP
+
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER >= 1200)
+# pragma once
+#endif
+
+#include <ndnboost/range/detail/detail_str.hpp>
+#include <ndnboost/range/iterator_range.hpp>
+
+namespace ndnboost
+{
+    template< class Range >
+    inline iterator_range<BOOST_DEDUCED_TYPENAME range_iterator<Range>::type> 
+    as_literal( Range& r )
+    {
+        return ::ndnboost::make_iterator_range( ::ndnboost::range_detail::str_begin(r),
+                                             ::ndnboost::range_detail::str_end(r) );
+    }
+
+}
+
+#endif