The answer is hidden in the documentation:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/BOOST_VARIANT_LIMIT_TYPES.html
// In header: <boost/variant/variant_fwd.hpp>
BOOST_VARIANT_LIMIT_TYPES
Question
Consider the following:
// what is N?
typedef boost::variant<T1, ..., TN> variant_t;
How many template parameters are acceptable here?
Solution
The answer is hidden in the documentation:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_53_0/doc/html/BOOST_VARIANT_LIMIT_TYPES.html
// In header: <boost/variant/variant_fwd.hpp>
BOOST_VARIANT_LIMIT_TYPES