--- a/include/cvutils.hpp	Wed Aug 24 19:43:44 2011 -0400
+++ b/include/cvutils.hpp	Fri Aug 26 19:38:11 2011 -0400
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 /// constant that indicates if the image should be flipped
 //static const int flipImage = CV_CVTIMG_FLIP;
 
+/** Loads a cv mat from a text file where the numbers are saved line by line separated by separator */
+cv::Mat loadMat(const std::string& filename, const std::string& separator);
+
 template<typename T> 
 float scalarProduct(const cv::Point_<T>& v1, const cv::Point_<T>& v2) { return v1.x*v2.x+v1.y*v2.y;}