LOCAL_LIB_PATH = expanduser("~/lib/julia")

# My local package paths are in lib/julia
append!(LOAD_PATH, [LOCAL_LIB_PATH])

# array utilities
hasprefix(prefix::Vector, len, str) = length(str) >= len && str[1:len] == prefix
hasprefix(prefix::Vector, str) = hasprefix(prefix, length(prefix), str)

function eagerzip(iters...)
    numiters = length(iters)
    minlen = minimum(map(length, iters))
    ar = [tuple(map(x->x[1], iters)...)]
    for i in 2:minlen
        push!(ar, tuple(map(x->x[i], iters)...))
    end
    return ar
end