--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2006/09/11 20:28:37	1.7
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2006/09/12 19:20:08	1.10
@@ -112,5 +112,21 @@
   }
 };
 
+template<typename T, typename U> static inline T min (T a, U b) { return a < (T)b ? a : (T)b; }
+template<typename T, typename U> static inline T max (T a, U b) { return a > (T)b ? a : (T)b; }
+template<typename T, typename U, typename V> static inline T clamp (T v, U a, V b) { return v < (T)a ? a : v >(T)b ? b : v; }
+
+template<typename T, typename U> static inline void swap (T& a, U& b) { T t=a; a=(T)b; b=(U)t; }
+
+// basically does what strncpy should do, but appends "..." to strings exceeding length
+void assign (char *dst, const char *src, int maxlen);
+
+// type-safe version of assign
+template<int N>
+inline void assign (char (&dst)[N], const char *src)
+{
+  assign ((char *)&dst, src, N);
+}
+
 #endif