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+//  (C) Copyright Herve Bronnimann 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)
+
+/*
+ Revision history:
+   1 July 2004
+      Split the code into two headers to lessen dependence on
+      Boost.tuple. (Herve)
+   26 June 2004
+      Added the code for the boost minmax library. (Herve)
+*/
+
+#ifndef BOOST_ALGORITHM_MINMAX_HPP
+#define BOOST_ALGORITHM_MINMAX_HPP
+
+/* PROPOSED STANDARD EXTENSIONS:
+ *
+ * minmax(a, b)
+ * Effect: (b<a) ? std::make_pair(b,a) : std::make_pair(a,b);
+ *
+ * minmax(a, b, comp)
+ * Effect: comp(b,a) ? std::make_pair(b,a) : std::make_pair(a,b);
+ *
+ */
+
+#include <boost/tuple/tuple.hpp> // for using pairs with boost::cref
+#include <boost/ref.hpp>
+
+namespace boost {
+
+  template <typename T>
+  tuple< T const&, T const& >
+  minmax(T const& a, T const& b) {
+    return (b<a) ? make_tuple(cref(b),cref(a)) : make_tuple(cref(a),cref(b));
+  }
+
+  template <typename T, class BinaryPredicate>
+  tuple< T const&, T const& >
+  minmax(T const& a, T const& b, BinaryPredicate comp) {
+    return comp(b,a) ? make_tuple(cref(b),cref(a)) : make_tuple(cref(a),cref(b));
+  }
+
+} // namespace boost
+
+#endif // BOOST_ALGORITHM_MINMAX_HPP