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  25 Flyweights are small-sized handle classes granting constant access to shared
  26 common data, thus allowing for the management of large amounts of entities
  27 within reasonable memory limits. Boost.Flyweight makes it easy to use this
  28 common programming idiom by providing the class template
  29 <code>flyweight&lt;T&gt;</code>, which acts as a drop-in replacement for
  30 <code>const T</code>.
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  34 Learning to use Boost.Flyweight can be accomplished in a matter of minutes.
  35 When special needs arise, however, an extensive customization interface
  36 is provided which allows the user to control and extend the following aspects:
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  38   <li>Type tagging for separation of domains using the same basic
  39    flyweight types.</li>
  40   <li>Specification and parameterization of the so-called flyweight
  41     factory.</li>
  42   <li>Control of the factory instantiation procedure.</li>
  43   <li>Specification of the internal synchronization mechanisms.</li>
  44   <li>Flyweight tracking, allowing for the disposal of stored
  45     values when no longer referenced by any flyweight object.</li>
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  72 <p>Revised September 3rd 2008</p>
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