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<h1><a class="toc-backref" href="./composition-and-argument-binding.html#id1534">protect</a></h1>
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template&lt;
typename F
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struct <a href="./protect.html" class="identifier">protect</a>
{
// <em>unspecified</em>
// <em>...</em>
};
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<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre"><a href="./protect.html" class="identifier">protect</a></span></tt> is an identity wrapper for a <a class="reference internal" href="./metafunction-class.html">Metafunction Class</a> that prevents
its argument from being recognized as a <a class="reference internal" href="./terminology.html#bind-expression">bind expression</a>.</p>
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#include &lt;<a href="../../../../boost/mpl/protect.hpp" class="header">boost/mpl/protect.hpp</a>&gt;
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<tr><td><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">F</span></tt></td>
<td><a class="reference internal" href="./metafunction-class.html">Metafunction Class</a></td>
<td>A metafunction class to wrap.</td>
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<p>For any <a class="reference internal" href="./metafunction-class.html">Metafunction Class</a> <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">f</span></tt>:</p>
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typedef <a href="./protect.html" class="identifier">protect</a>&lt;f&gt; g;
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struct g
{
template&lt;
typename U1 = <em>unspecified</em>,<em>...</em> typename U<em>n</em> = <em>unspecified</em>
&gt;
struct <a href="./apply.html" class="identifier">apply</a>
: <a href="./apply-wrap.html" class="identifier">apply_wrap</a><em>n</em>&lt;f,U1,<em>...</em>U<em>n</em>&gt;
{
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<p class="last">otherwise equivalent to <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">typedef</span> <span class="pre">f</span> <span class="pre">g;</span></tt>.</p>
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struct f
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template&lt; typename T1, typename T2 &gt; struct <a href="./apply.html" class="identifier">apply</a>
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typedef T2 type;
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typedef <a href="./bind.html" class="identifier">bind</a>&lt; <a href="./quote.html" class="identifier">quote</a><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">3</span></tt>&lt;<a href="./if.html" class="identifier">if_</a>&gt;,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_1</a>,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_2</a>,<a href="./bind.html" class="identifier">bind</a>&lt;f,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_1</a>,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_2</a>&gt; &gt; b1;
typedef <a href="./bind.html" class="identifier">bind</a>&lt; <a href="./quote.html" class="identifier">quote</a><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">3</span></tt>&lt;<a href="./if.html" class="identifier">if_</a>&gt;,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_1</a>,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_2</a>,<a href="./protect.html" class="identifier">protect</a>&lt; <a href="./bind.html" class="identifier">bind</a>&lt;f,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_1</a>,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_2</a>&gt; &gt; &gt; b2;
typedef <a href="./apply-wrap.html" class="identifier">apply_wrap</a><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">2</span></tt>&lt; b1,<a href="./bool.html" class="identifier">false_</a>,char &gt;::type r1;
typedef <a href="./apply-wrap.html" class="identifier">apply_wrap</a><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">2</span></tt>&lt; b2,<a href="./bool.html" class="identifier">false_</a>,char &gt;::type r2;
<a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same&lt;r1,char&gt; ));
<a href="./assert.html" class="identifier">BOOST_MPL_ASSERT</a>(( is_same&lt;r2,<a href="./protect.html" class="identifier">protect</a>&lt; <a href="./bind.html" class="identifier">bind</a>&lt;f,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_1</a>,<a href="./placeholders.html" class="identifier">_2</a>&gt; > > ));
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<h3><a class="subsection-title" href="#see-also" name="see-also">See also</a></h3>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="./composition-and-argument-binding.html">Composition and Argument Binding</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./invocation.html">invocation</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./bind.html">bind</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./quote.html">quote</a>, <a class="reference internal" href="./apply-wrap.html">apply_wrap</a></p>
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