From ccba4d6ebf5fd8b405e1183247a9f2625c3ed1db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joseph Lenox <lenox.joseph@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 19:36:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add log function to build strings for vectors

---
 xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp b/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp
index 5eddac995..255b2e7a6 100644
--- a/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp
+++ b/xs/src/libslic3r/Log.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 #define slic3r_LOG_HPP
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
+#include <sstream>
 
 namespace Slic3r {
 
@@ -28,6 +30,28 @@ public:
 
 };
 
+/// Utility debug function to transform a std::vector of anything that 
+/// supports ostream& operator<<() into a std::string.
+template <typename T>
+std::string 
+log_string(const std::vector<T>& in) 
+{
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    bool first {true};
+    ss << "[ ";
+    for (auto& c : in) {
+        if (!first) {
+            ss << ", ";
+        }
+        ss << c;
+        first = false;
+    }
+
+    ss << " ]";
+
+    return ss.str();
+}
+
 }
 
 #endif // slic3r_LOG_HPP