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<h1>The Boost Tuple Library</h1>

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A tuple (or <i>n</i>-tuple) is a fixed size collection of elements. 
Pairs, triples, quadruples etc. are tuples. 
In a programming language, a tuple is a data object containing other objects as elements. 
These element objects may be of different types.
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<p>Tuples are convenient in man