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+#ifndef MAPBOX_UTIL_RECURSIVE_WRAPPER_HPP
+#define MAPBOX_UTIL_RECURSIVE_WRAPPER_HPP
+
+// Based on variant/recursive_wrapper.hpp from boost.
+//
+// Original license:
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2002-2003
+// Eric Friedman, Itay Maman
+//
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#include <cassert>
+#include <utility>
+
+namespace mapbox {
+namespace util {
+
+template <typename T>
+class recursive_wrapper
+{
+
+    T* p_;
+
+    void assign(T const& rhs)
+    {
+        this->get() = rhs;
+    }
+
+public:
+    using type = T;
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor default initializes the internally stored value.
+     * For POD types this means nothing is done and the storage is
+     * uninitialized.
+     *
+     * @throws std::bad_alloc if there is insufficient memory for an object
+     *         of type T.
+     * @throws any exception thrown by the default constructur of T.
+     */
+    recursive_wrapper()
+        : p_(new T){}
+
+    ~recursive_wrapper() noexcept { delete p_; }
+
+    recursive_wrapper(recursive_wrapper const& operand)
+        : p_(new T(operand.get())) {}
+
+    recursive_wrapper(T const& operand)
+        : p_(new T(operand)) {}
+
+    recursive_wrapper(recursive_wrapper&& operand)
+        : p_(new T(std::move(operand.get()))) {}
+
+    recursive_wrapper(T&& operand)
+        : p_(new T(std::move(operand))) {}
+
+    inline recursive_wrapper& operator=(recursive_wrapper const& rhs)
+    {
+        assign(rhs.get());
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    inline recursive_wrapper& operator=(T const& rhs)
+    {
+        assign(rhs);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    inline void swap(recursive_wrapper& operand) noexcept
+    {
+        T* temp = operand.p_;
+        operand.p_ = p_;
+        p_ = temp;
+    }
+
+    recursive_wrapper& operator=(recursive_wrapper&& rhs) noexcept
+    {
+        swap(rhs);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    recursive_wrapper& operator=(T&& rhs)
+    {
+        get() = std::move(rhs);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    T& get()
+    {
+        assert(p_);
+        return *get_pointer();
+    }
+
+    T const& get() const
+    {
+        assert(p_);
+        return *get_pointer();
+    }
+
+    T* get_pointer() { return p_; }
+
+    const T* get_pointer() const { return p_; }
+
+    operator T const&() const { return this->get(); }
+
+    operator T&() { return this->get(); }
+
+}; // class recursive_wrapper
+
+template <typename T>
+inline void swap(recursive_wrapper<T>& lhs, recursive_wrapper<T>& rhs) noexcept
+{
+    lhs.swap(rhs);
+}
+} // namespace util
+} // namespace mapbox
+
+#endif // MAPBOX_UTIL_RECURSIVE_WRAPPER_HPP