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diff --git a/Utility/Misc.hs b/Utility/Misc.hs
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--- a/Utility/Misc.hs
+++ b/Utility/Misc.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ readMaybe s = case reads s of
((x,_):_) -> Just x
_ -> Nothing
+{- Like break, but the character matching the condition is not included
+ - in the second result list.
+ -
+ - separate (== ':') "foo:bar" = ("foo", "bar")
+ - separate (== ':') "foobar" = ("foo, "")
+ -}
+separate :: (a -> Bool) -> [a] -> ([a], [a])
+separate c l = unbreak $ break c l
+ where
+ unbreak r@(a, b)
+ | null b = r
+ | otherwise = (a, tail b)
+
{- Catches IO errors and returns a Bool -}
catchBoolIO :: IO Bool -> IO Bool
catchBoolIO a = catchDefaultIO a False