--- a/c/utils.cpp	Fri Aug 26 19:38:11 2011 -0400
+++ b/c/utils.cpp	Mon Aug 29 19:20:37 2011 -0400
@@ -10,18 +10,19 @@
 
 vector<vector<float> > loadNumbers(const string& filename, const string& separator /* = " " */) {
   ifstream in(filename.c_str());
-  ::openCheck(in, filename, "loadNumbers");
   vector<vector<float> > result;
 
-  while (!in.eof()) {
-    string line = ::getlineComment(in);
-    vector<string> tokens;
-    ::split(tokens, line, separator);
-    vector<float> numbers;
-    BOOST_FOREACH(string s, tokens)
-      numbers.push_back(::toInt(s));
-    if (!numbers.empty())
-      result.push_back(numbers);
+  if (::openCheck(in, filename, "loadNumbers")) {  
+    while (!in.eof()) {
+      string line = ::getlineComment(in);
+      vector<string> tokens;
+      ::split(tokens, line, separator);
+      vector<float> numbers;
+      BOOST_FOREACH(string s, tokens)
+	numbers.push_back(::toInt(s));
+      if (!numbers.empty())
+	result.push_back(numbers);
+    }
   }
 
   return result;