Index: src/Common/utility.h
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--- src/Common/utility.h	(revision 843054c23fcb725d2486e5e42e91b3741bc523b8)
+++ src/Common/utility.h	(revision d939274d90e070f24aa2934b1c5d66d8c1e8dd24)
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 // Author           : Richard C. Bilson
 // Created On       : Mon May 18 07:44:20 2015
-// Last Modified By : Peter A. Buhr
-// Last Modified On : Tue May 19 15:34:57 2015
-// Update Count     : 3
+// Last Modified By : Rob Schluntz
+// Last Modified On : Fri May 29 16:17:02 2015
+// Update Count     : 7
 //
 
@@ -198,4 +198,14 @@
 }
 
+// it's nice to actually be able to increment iterators by an arbitrary amount
+template< typename Iterator >
+Iterator operator+(Iterator i, int inc) {
+	while ( inc > 0 ) {
+		++i;
+		--inc;
+	}
+	return i;
+}
+
 #endif // _UTILITY_H