Add functions to handle lists very easily.

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#!/bin/bash
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#
# Functions for nice handling of lists.
#

function list_append() {
	local list=${1}
	shift

	assert isset list

	eval "${list}=\"${!list} $@\""
}

function list_remove() {
	local list=${1}
	shift

	assert isset list

	local _list k
	for k in ${!list}; do
		listmatch ${k} $@ && continue

		_list="${_list} ${k}"
	done

	eval "${list}=\"${_list}\""
}

function list_sort() {
	local i
	for i in $@; do
		print "${i}"
	done | sort | tr '\n' ' '
	print
}

function list_match() {
	local match=${1}
	shift

	local i
	for i in $@; do
		[ "${match}" = "${i}" ] && return ${EXIT_OK}
	done

	return ${EXIT_ERROR}
}

function list_length() {
	local length=0

	local i
	for i in $@; do
		length=$(( ${length} + 1 ))
	done

	print "${length}"
}