Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/openacs-kernel-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/openacs-kernel-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/openacs-kernel-procs.tcl	12 Mar 2002 05:04:32 -0000	1.1
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/openacs-kernel-procs.tcl	25 Mar 2002 05:28:09 -0000	1.2
@@ -127,4 +127,14 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    ad_proc -public vars_to_ns_set {
+	{-ns_set:required}
+	{-var_list:required}
+    } {
+	foreach var $var_list {
+	    upvar $var one_var
+	    ns_set put $ns_set $var $one_var
+	}
+    }
 }
Index: openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl
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RCS file: /usr/local/cvsroot/openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl,v
diff -u -r1.6 -r1.7
--- openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl	22 Feb 2002 19:02:07 -0000	1.6
+++ openacs-4/packages/acs-tcl/tcl/utilities-procs.tcl	25 Mar 2002 05:28:09 -0000	1.7
@@ -2871,3 +2871,19 @@
 
     return $result
 }
+
+
+ad_proc -public util_list_to_ns_set { aList } {
+    Convert an ns_set into a TCL array.
+
+    @param set The list to convert
+
+    @return The id of a (non-persistent) ns_set
+} {
+    set setid [ns_set create]
+    foreach {k v} $aList {
+        ns_set put $setid $k $v
+    }
+
+    return $setid
+}