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+// These are the common headers needed to use the MariaDB collation library
+
+// This must be included after any boost headers, or anything that includes
+// boost headers. <mariadb.h> and boost are not friends.
+#include <mariadb.h>
+#undef set_bits  // mariadb.h defines set_bits, which is incompatible with boost
+#include <my_sys.h>
+#include <m_ctype.h>