--- a/c/cvutils.cpp	Wed Aug 24 19:43:44 2011 -0400
+++ b/c/cvutils.cpp	Fri Aug 26 19:38:11 2011 -0400
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "cvutils.hpp"
+#include "utils.hpp"
 
 #include "opencv2/core/core.hpp"
 #include "opencv2/highgui/highgui.hpp"
@@ -10,6 +11,21 @@
 using namespace std;
 using namespace cv;
 
+cv::Mat loadMat(const string& filename, const string& separator) {
+  vector<vector<float> > numbers = ::loadNumbers(filename, separator);
+  
+  Mat mat;
+
+  if (!numbers.empty()) {
+    mat = Mat(numbers.size(),numbers[0].size(), CV_32FC1);
+    for (unsigned int i=0; i<numbers.size(); i++)
+      for (unsigned int j=0; j<numbers[0].size(); j++)
+	mat.at<float>(i,j) = numbers[i][j];
+  }
+
+  return mat;
+}
+
 void keyPoints2Points(const vector<KeyPoint>& kpts, vector<Point2f>& pts, const bool& clearPts /* = true */) {
   if (clearPts)
     pts.clear();