--- deliantra/server/include/util.h	2007/02/15 15:43:36	1.37
+++ deliantra/server/include/util.h	2007/05/11 08:00:00	1.44
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #include <traits.h>
 
 // use a gcc extension for auto declarations until ISO C++ sanctifies them
-#define AUTODECL(var,expr) typeof(expr) var = (expr)
+#define auto(var,expr) typeof(expr) var = (expr)
 
 // very ugly macro that basicaly declares and initialises a variable
 // that is in scope for the next statement only
@@ -47,14 +47,27 @@
 
 template<typename T, typename U> static inline void swap (T& a, U& b) { T t=a; a=(T)b; b=(U)t; }
 
+template<typename T>
+static inline T
+lerp (T val, T min_in, T max_in, T min_out, T max_out)
+{
+  return (val - min_in) * (max_out - min_out) / (max_in - min_in) + min_out;
+}
+
 // lots of stuff taken from FXT
 
 /* Rotate right. This is used in various places for checksumming */
-//TODO: this sucks, use a better checksum algo
+//TODO: that sucks, use a better checksum algo
 static inline uint32_t
-rotate_right (uint32_t c)
+rotate_right (uint32_t c, uint32_t count = 1)
 {
-  return (c << 31) | (c >> 1);
+  return (c << (32 - count)) | (c >> count);
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t
+rotate_left (uint32_t c, uint32_t count = 1)
+{
+  return (c >> (32 - count)) | (c << count);
 }
 
 // Return abs(a-b)
@@ -258,18 +271,18 @@
   uint32_t next ();
 
   // uniform distribution
-  uint32_t operator ()(uint32_t r_max)
+  uint32_t operator ()(uint32_t num)
   {
-    return is_constant (r_max)
-             ? this->next () % r_max
-             : get_range (r_max);
+    return is_constant (num)
+             ? (next () * (uint64_t)num) >> 32U
+             : get_range (num);
   }
 
   // return a number within (min .. max)
   int operator () (int r_min, int r_max)
   {
-    return is_constant (r_min) && is_constant (r_max)
-              ? r_min + (*this) (max (r_max - r_min + 1, 1))
+    return is_constant (r_min) && is_constant (r_max) && r_min <= r_max
+              ? r_min + operator ()(r_max - r_min + 1)
               : get_range (r_min, r_max);
   }
 
@@ -395,7 +408,7 @@
   void erase (T *obj)
   {
     assert (obj->*index);
-    int pos = obj->*index;
+    unsigned int pos = obj->*index;
     obj->*index = 0;
 
     if (pos < this->size ())
@@ -430,5 +443,8 @@
 
 int similar_direction (int a, int b);
 
+// like printf, but returns a std::string
+const std::string format (const char *format, ...);
+
 #endif