naming::id_type register_with_agas(lcos::future<naming::id_type> f,
     std::string const& fullname)
 {
     // register the canonical name with AGAS
     naming::id_type id = f.get();
     agas::register_name_sync(fullname, id);
     return id;
 }

 inline HPX_STD_TUPLE<T0 , T1 , T2 , T3 , T4 , T5 , T6 , T7 , T8>
 wait (lcos::future<T0> const& f0 , lcos::future<T1> const& f1 , lcos::future<T2> const& f2 , lcos::future<T3> const& f3 , lcos::future<T4> const& f4 , lcos::future<T5> const& f5 , lcos::future<T6> const& f6 , lcos::future<T7> const& f7 , lcos::future<T8> const& f8)
 {
     return HPX_STD_MAKE_TUPLE(f0.get() , f1.get() , f2.get() , f3.get() , f4.get() , f5.get() , f6.get() , f7.get() , f8.get());
 }

 inline void
 wait (lcos::future<void> const& f0 , lcos::future<void> const& f1 , lcos::future<void> const& f2 , lcos::future<void> const& f3 , lcos::future<void> const& f4 , lcos::future<void> const& f5 , lcos::future<void> const& f6 , lcos::future<void> const& f7)
 {
     f0.get(); f1.get(); f2.get(); f3.get(); f4.get(); f5.get(); f6.get(); f7.get();
 }