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-/* $Id$ */
-
-/** @file helpers.hpp */
-
-#ifndef HELPERS_HPP
-#define HELPERS_HPP
-
-/** When allocating using malloc/calloc in C++ it is usually needed to cast the return value
-*  from void* to the proper pointer type. Another alternative would be MallocT<> as follows */
-template <typename T> FORCEINLINE T* MallocT(size_t num_elements)
-{
-	T *t_ptr = (T*)malloc(num_elements * sizeof(T));
-	if (t_ptr == NULL && num_elements != 0) error("Out of memory. Cannot allocate %i bytes", num_elements * sizeof(T));
-	return t_ptr;
-}
-/** When allocating using malloc/calloc in C++ it is usually needed to cast the return value
-*  from void* to the proper pointer type. Another alternative would be MallocT<> as follows */
-template <typename T> FORCEINLINE T* CallocT(size_t num_elements)
-{
-	T *t_ptr = (T*)calloc(num_elements, sizeof(T));
-	if (t_ptr == NULL && num_elements != 0) error("Out of memory. Cannot allocate %i bytes", num_elements * sizeof(T));
-	return t_ptr;
-}
-/** When allocating using malloc/calloc in C++ it is usually needed to cast the return value
-*  from void* to the proper pointer type. Another alternative would be MallocT<> as follows */
-template <typename T> FORCEINLINE T* ReallocT(T* t_ptr, size_t num_elements)
-{
-	t_ptr = (T*)realloc(t_ptr, num_elements * sizeof(T));
-	if (t_ptr == NULL && num_elements != 0) error("Out of memory. Cannot reallocate %i bytes", num_elements * sizeof(T));
-	return t_ptr;
-}
-
-
-/** type safe swap operation */
-template<typename T> void Swap(T& a, T& b)
-{
-	T t = a;
-	a = b;
-	b = t;
-}
-
-#endif /* HELPERS_HPP */