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+// Copyright 2013 Rene Rivera
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompany-
+// ing file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#ifndef BOOST_DETAIL_ENDIAN_HPP
+#define BOOST_DETAIL_ENDIAN_HPP
+
+// Use the Predef library for the detection of endianess.
+#include <boost/predef/detail/endian_compat.h>
+
+#endif