class="identifier">converter</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>. This is why they are not function
          objects.
        </p>
      </td></tr>
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<pre class="programlisting"><span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">numeric</span> <span class="special">{</span>


    <span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class