Add implementations of find and find_if that take a container

Rather than an iterator pair.  Searching through an entire container is
a very common use case.

diff --git a/source/core/algorithm.h b/source/core/algorithm.h
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+++ b/source/core/algorithm.h
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+#ifndef MSP_CORE_ALGORITHM_H_
+#define MSP_CORE_ALGORITHM_H_
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+namespace Msp {
+
+template<typename Container, typename T>
+typename Container::iterator find(Container &cont, const T &value)
+{
+       return std::find(cont.begin(), cont.end(), value);
+}
+
+template<typename Container, typename T>
+typename Container::const_iterator find(const Container &cont, const T &value)
+{
+       return std::find(cont.begin(), cont.end(), value);
+}
+
+template<typename Container, typename Predicate>
+typename Container::iterator find_if(Container &cont, Predicate pred)
+{
+       return std::find_if(cont.begin(), cont.end(), pred);
+}
+
+template<typename Container, typename Predicate>
+typename Container::const_iterator find_if(const Container &cont, Predicate pred)
+{
+       return std::find_if(cont.begin(), cont.end(), pred);
+}
+
+} // namespace Msp
+
+#endif