ccuty: C++ utilities

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ccstring: Useful functions for C++ strings

Provides the following functions:

• strid() : returns a numeric ID from the last 8 characters of a string that can be used in switch blocks.
• trim() and trimmed(): removes beginning and trailing spaces
• unquote() and unquoted() : removes beginning/trailing spaces and quotes.
• split() : splits a string into tokens.
• trimsplit() : splits a string into trimmed tokens
• iequal() and icompare() : compares two ASCII strings ignoring case
• lowerize(), tolower(), upperize() toupper() : lowercases/uppercases an ASCII string
• system() : pass a command to the shell by calling system() or popen() C library functions.

ccstringset: String set and indexed string set

Provides classes:

• stringset() : set of strings, allows converting strings to numbers. Strings are associated with a unique numeric ID that can be used in switch statements.
• istringset() : Indexed set of strings, also allows converting numbers to strings.

and macros:

• STRINGIFY() : stringify a symbol.
• stringswitch() : allows comparing strings in switch statements.

ccpath: Functions for Unix pathnames

Provides functions for retreiving the basename, the dirname, the extname, for changing the extension and for joining pathnames.

ccsocket: C++ classes for IPV4 socket communication

Provides classes:

• Socket, for client side
• ServerSocket, for server side
• SocketBuffer, which provides a mechanism that ensures that messages are properly delimited (a message is never received in several parts, even if it is split by the underlying protocol).

macdesktop: C++ class for managing the MacOSX desktop

Provides functions to generate mouse and key events, open/hide applications, interact with AppleScript, change volume, play/pause iTunes and get current track, etc.