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diff --git a/source/utils.h b/source/utils.h
index d0d8a17..5492f95 100644
--- a/source/utils.h
+++ b/source/utils.h
@@ -13,20 +13,102 @@ Distributed under the LGPL
 
 namespace Msp {
 
-int strcasecmp(const std::string &, const std::string &);
+/**
+Compares two strings, ignoring upper/lower case.
+
+@param   s1  First string
+@param   s2  Second string
+
+@return  -1 if s1<s2, 0 if s1==s2, 1 if s1>s2
+*/
+int strcasecmp(const std::string &s1, const std::string &s2);
+
+/**
+Converts a string to lower case.
+*/
 std::string tolower(const std::string &);
+
+/**
+Converts a string to upper case.
+*/
 std::string toupper(const std::string &);
 
-std::vector<std::string> split_fields(const std::string &, const std::string &, int =-1);
-std::vector<std::string> split_fields(const std::string &, char, int =-1);
-std::vector<std::string> split_long(const std::string &, const std::string &, int =-1);
-std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string &, const std::string & =" \t\r\n", int =-1);
-std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string &, char, int =-1);
+/**
+Splits a string at occurrences of any of the characters in sep.  If max_split
+is non-negative, at most that many split will be performed, i.e. the resulting
+vector will contain at most max_split+1 elements.  Two or more consecutive
+separator characters will be treated as a single separator.
+
+@param   str        A string
+@param   sep        Separator characters
+@param   max_split  Maximum number of splits to perform
+*/
+std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string &str, const std::string &sep=" \t\r\n", int max_split=-1);
+
+/**
+Splits a string on occurrences of a single character.
+*/
+std::vector<std::string> split(const std::string &str, char sep, int max_split=-1);
+
+/**
+Splits a string on occurrences of another string.
+*/
+std::vector<std::string> split_long(const std::string &str, const std::string &sep, int max_split=-1);
+
+/**
+Splits a string on occurrences of another string.  Two consecutive separators
+will cause an empty string to be placed in the result.
+*/
+std::vector<std::string> split_fields(const std::string &str, const std::string &sep, int max_split=-1);
+
+/**
+Splits a string on occurrences of a single character.  Two consecutive
+separators will cause an empty string to be placed in the result.
+*/
+std::vector<std::string> split_fields(const std::string &str, char sep, int max_split=-1);
+
+/**
+Concatenates strings from an iterator range.
+
+@param  begin  First iterator
+@param  end    Last iterator
+@param  sep    Separator to be inserted between strings
+*/
+template<typename Iter>
+std::string join(Iter begin, Iter end, const std::string &sep=" ")
+{
+	std::string result;
+	for(Iter i=begin; i!=end; ++i)
+	{
+		if(i!=begin)
+			result+=sep;
+		result+=*i;
+	}
+
+	return result;
+}
 
-template<typename T>
-std::string join(const T &, const std::string & =" ");
+/**
+Strips leading and trailing whitespace from a string.
+*/
 std::string strip(const std::string &);
 
+/**
+Unescapes a string with C escape sequences.
+*/
+std::string c_unescape(const std::string &str);
+
+/**
+Escapes any non-printable characters in a string with C escape sequences.
+
+@param   str          A string
+@param   escape_8bit  If true, consider characters with high bit set as
+                      non-printable
+
+@return  An escaped version of the string
+*/
+std::string c_escape(const std::string &str, bool escape_8bit=true);
+
 } // namespace Msp
 
 #endif