commit 210c64549d4f69b5ac415c649f74525078afa285
Author: Daniel Swanson <popcorn.tomato.dude@gmail.com>
Date:   Fri Jun 11 18:40:27 2021 -0500

    another helper (rather than define this in every repo)

diff --git a/lttoolbox/input_file.cc b/lttoolbox/input_file.cc
index d0a150b..64ab460 100644
--- a/lttoolbox/input_file.cc
+++ b/lttoolbox/input_file.cc
@@ -144,3 +144,19 @@ InputFile::rewind()
     }
   }
 }
+
+UString
+InputFile::readBlock(const UChar32 start, const UChar32 end)
+{
+  UString ret;
+  ret += start;
+  UChar32 c = 0;
+  while (c != end && !eof()) {
+    c = get();
+    ret += c;
+    if (c == '\\') {
+      ret += get();
+    }
+  }
+  return ret;
+}
diff --git a/lttoolbox/input_file.h b/lttoolbox/input_file.h
index 9cabc64..5f8dce0 100644
--- a/lttoolbox/input_file.h
+++ b/lttoolbox/input_file.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdio>
 #include <unicode/uchar.h>
+#include <lttoolbox/ustring.h>
 
 class InputFile
 {
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public:
   void unget(UChar32 c);
   bool eof();
   void rewind();
+  UString readBlock(const UChar32 start, const UChar32 end);
 };
 
 #endif