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diff --git a/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/CUtil.pm b/pidl/lib/Parse/Pidl/CUtil.pm
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+###################################################
+# C utility functions for pidl
+# Copyright jelmer@samba.org 2005-2007
+# released under the GNU GPL
+package Parse::Pidl::CUtil;
+
+require Exporter;
+@ISA = qw(Exporter);
+@EXPORT = qw(get_pointer_to get_value_of get_array_element);
+use vars qw($VERSION);
+$VERSION = '0.01';
+
+use strict;
+
+sub get_pointer_to($)
+{
+	my $var_name = shift;
+	
+	if ($var_name =~ /^\*(.*)$/) {
+		return $1;
+	} elsif ($var_name =~ /^\&(.*)$/) {
+		return "&($var_name)";
+	} else {
+		return "&$var_name";
+	}
+}
+
+sub get_value_of($)
+{
+	my $var_name = shift;
+
+	if ($var_name =~ /^\&(.*)$/) {
+		return $1;
+	} else {
+		return "*$var_name";
+	}
+}
+
+sub get_array_element($$)
+{
+	my ($var_name, $idx) = @_;
+
+	if ($var_name =~ /^\*.*$/) {
+		$var_name = "($var_name)";
+	} elsif ($var_name =~ /^\&.*$/) {
+		$var_name = "($var_name)";
+	}
+
+	return "$var_name"."[$idx]";
+}
+
+1;