1 files changed, 41 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/usrp_uhd/utils.hpp b/include/usrp_uhd/utils.hpp
index a45473ab4..c1b2bad5c 100644
--- a/include/usrp_uhd/utils.hpp
+++ b/include/usrp_uhd/utils.hpp
@@ -3,15 +3,19 @@
 //
 
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
-#include <map>
+#include <boost/format.hpp>
+#include <boost/function.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <vector>
+#include <map>
 
 #ifndef INCLUDED_USRP_UHD_UTILS_HPP
 #define INCLUDED_USRP_UHD_UTILS_HPP
 
 namespace usrp_uhd{
 
-template <class Key, class T>
+template <class Key, class T> //TODO template this better
 std::vector<Key> get_map_keys(const std::map<Key, T> &m){
     std::vector<Key> v;
     std::pair<Key, T> p;
@@ -21,12 +25,43 @@ std::vector<Key> get_map_keys(const std::map<Key, T> &m){
     return v;
 }
 
-//TODO implement a set and get gains that takes a wx obj ptr, and gain properties
+} //namespace usrp_uhd
+
+/*!
+ * Useful templated functions and classes that I like to pretend are part of stl
+ */
+namespace std{
 
-//TODO check name in vector of names
+    class assert_error : public std::logic_error{
+    public:
+        explicit assert_error(const string& what_arg) : logic_error(what_arg){
+            /* NOP */
+        }
+    };
 
-//TODO optionally extract a name from the named_prop_t
+    #define ASSERT_THROW(_x) if (not (_x)) { \
+        throw std::assert_error("Assertion Failed: " + std::string(#_x)); \
+    }
 
-} //namespace usrp_uhd
+    template<class T, class InputIterator, class Function>
+    T reduce(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, Function fcn, T init = 0){
+        T tmp = init;
+        for ( ; first != last; ++first ){
+            tmp = fcn(tmp, *first);
+        }
+        return tmp;
+    }
+
+    template<class T, class InputIterator>
+    bool has(InputIterator first, InputIterator last, const T &elem){
+        return last != std::find(first, last, elem);
+    }
+
+    template <class T>
+    T sum(const T &a, const T &b){
+        return a + b;
+    }
+
+}//namespace std
 
 #endif /* INCLUDED_USRP_UHD_UTILS_HPP */