diff --git a/include/boost/graph/detail/algorithm.hpp b/include/boost/graph/detail/algorithm.hpp
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-#ifndef BOOST_ALGORITHM_HPP
-#define BOOST_ALGORITHM_HPP
-
-#include <algorithm>
-
-namespace boost {
-
-  template <typename Iter1, typename Iter2>
-  Iter1 begin(const std::pair<Iter1, Iter2>& p) { return p.first; }
-
-  template <typename Iter1, typename Iter2>
-  Iter2 end(const std::pair<Iter1, Iter2>& p) { return p.second; }
-
-  template <typename Iter1, typename Iter2>
-  typename std::iterator_traits<Iter1>::difference_type
-  size(const std::pair<Iter1, Iter2>& p) {
-    return std::distance(p.first, p.second);
-  }
-
-#if 0
-  // These seem to interfere with the std::pair overloads :(
-  template <typename Container>
-  typename Container::iterator
-  begin(Container& c) { return c.begin(); }
-
-  template <typename Container>
-  typename Container::const_iterator
-  begin(const Container& c) { return c.begin(); }
-
-  template <typename Container>
-  typename Container::iterator
-  end(Container& c) { return c.end(); }
-
-  template <typename Container>
-  typename Container::const_iterator
-  end(const Container& c) { return c.end(); }
-
-  template <typename Container>
-  typename Container::size_type
-  size(const Container& c) { return c.size(); }
-#else
-  template <typename T>
-  typename std::vector<T>::iterator
-  begin(std::vector<T>& c) { return c.begin(); }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator
-  begin(const std::vector<T>& c) { return c.begin(); }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  typename std::vector<T>::iterator
-  end(std::vector<T>& c) { return c.end(); }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  typename std::vector<T>::const_iterator
-  end(const std::vector<T>& c) { return c.end(); }
-
-  template <typename T>
-  typename std::vector<T>::size_type
-  size(const std::vector<T>& c) { return c.size(); }
-#endif
-  
-  // Also do version with 2nd container?
-  template <typename Container, typename OutIter>
-  OutIter copy(const Container& c, OutIter result) {
-    return std::copy(begin(c), end(c), result);
-  }
-
-  template <typename Container1, typename Container2>
-  bool equal(const Container1& c1, const Container2& c2)
-  {
-    if (size(c1) != size(c2))
-      return false;
-    return std::equal(begin(c1), end(c1), begin(c2));
-  }
-
-  template <typename Container>
-  void sort(Container& c) { std::sort(begin(c), end(c)); }
-
-  template <typename Container, typename Predicate>
-  void sort(Container& c, const Predicate& p) { 
-    std::sort(begin(c), end(c), p);
-  }
-
-  template <typename Container>
-  void stable_sort(Container& c) { std::stable_sort(begin(c), end(c)); }
-
-  template <typename Container, typename Predicate>
-  void stable_sort(Container& c, const Predicate& p) { 
-    std::stable_sort(begin(c), end(c), p);
-  }
-
-  template <typename InputIterator, typename T>
-  bool any_equal(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, T value)
-  {
-    return std::find(first, last, value) != last;
-  }
-
-  template <typename Container, typename T>
-  bool any_equal(const Container& c, const T& value)
-  {
-    return any_equal(begin(c), end(c), value);
-  }
-
-
-  template <typename Container, typename T>
-  std::size_t count(const Container& c, const T& value)
-  {
-    return std::count(begin(c), end(c), value);
-  }
-
-  template <typename Container, typename Predicate>
-  std::size_t count_if(const Container& c, Predicate p)
-  {
-    return std::count_if(begin(c), end(c), p);
-  }
-
-} // namespace boost
-
-#endif // BOOST_ALGORITHM_HPP