diff -r ac55aefc54f3 -r 2e6990a8c7c4 src/helpers.cpp
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/helpers.cpp	Tue Jan 02 19:19:48 2007 +0000
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+/* $Id$ */
+#include "stdafx.h"
+
+EXTERN_C_BEGIN
+#include "openttd.h"
+#include "engine.h"
+EXTERN_C_END
+
+#include <new>
+#include "yapf/blob.hpp"
+
+/* Engine list manipulators - current implementation is only C wrapper around CBlobT<EngineID> (see yapf/blob.hpp) */
+
+/* we cannot expose CBlobT directly to C so we must cast EngineList* to CBlobT<EngineID>* always when we are called from C */
+#define B (*(CBlobT<EngineID>*)el)
+
+/** Create Engine List (and initialize it to empty) */
+void EngList_Create(EngineList *el)
+{
+	// call CBlobT constructor explicitly
+	new (&B) CBlobT<EngineID>();
+}
+
+/** Destroy Engine List (and free its contents) */
+void EngList_Destroy(EngineList *el)
+{
+	// call CBlobT destructor explicitly
+	B.~CBlobT<EngineID>();
+}
+
+/** Return number of items stored in the Engine List */
+uint EngList_Count(const EngineList *el)
+{
+	return B.Size();
+}
+
+/** Add new item at the end of Engine List */
+void EngList_Add(EngineList *el, EngineID eid)
+{
+	B.Append(eid);
+}
+
+/** Return pointer to the items array held by Engine List */
+EngineID* EngList_Items(EngineList *el)
+{
+	return B.Data();
+}
+
+/** Clear the Engine List (by invalidating all its items == reseting item count to zero) */
+void EngList_RemoveAll(EngineList *el)
+{
+	B.Clear();
+}
+
+/** Sort all items using qsort() and given 'CompareItems' function */
+void EngList_Sort(EngineList *el, EngList_SortTypeFunction compare)
+{
+	qsort(B.Data(), B.Size(), sizeof(**el), compare);
+}
+
+/** Sort selected range of items (on indices @ <begin, begin+num_items-1>) */
+void EngList_SortPartial(EngineList *el, EngList_SortTypeFunction compare, uint begin, uint num_items)
+{
+	assert(begin <= (uint)B.Size());
+	assert(begin + num_items <= (uint)B.Size());
+	qsort(B.Data() + begin, num_items, sizeof(**el), compare);
+}
+
+#undef B
+