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+//#  lofar_smartptr.h: basic header for the Smartptr package
+//#
+//#  Copyright (C) 2002
+//#  ASTRON (Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy)
+//#  P.O.Box 2, 7990 AA Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, seg@astron.nl
+//#
+//#  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+//#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+//#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+//#  (at your option) any later version.
+//#
+//#  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+//#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+//#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+//#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+//#
+//#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+//#  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+//#  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+//#
+//#  $Id$
+
+#ifndef LOFAR_COMMON_SMARTPTR_H
+#define LOFAR_COMMON_SMARTPTR_H
+
+// \file
+
+#if !defined(USE_THREADS)
+# define BOOST_DISABLE_THREADS
+#endif
+
+#include <boost/smart_ptr.hpp>
+
+namespace LOFAR
+{
+  using boost::scoped_ptr;
+  using boost::scoped_array;
+  using boost::shared_ptr;
+  using boost::shared_array;
+  using boost::weak_ptr;
+  using boost::intrusive_ptr;
+  using boost::enable_shared_from_this;
+}
+
+#endif