define new header-only library for vector manipulation

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diff --git a/src/utils/cpp/vector.hpp b/src/utils/cpp/vector.hpp
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+#ifndef INCLUDED_SRC_UTILS_CPP_VECTOR_HPP
+#define INCLUDED_SRC_UTILS_CPP_VECTOR_HPP
+
+// small library to manipulate vectors
+#include <vector>
+
+// sort the passed vector and remove repeated entries
+template <typename T>
+void sort_and_deduplicate(std::vector<T>* x) {
+    std::sort(x->begin(), x->end());
+    auto it = std::unique(x->begin(), x->end());
+    x->erase(it, x->end());
+}
+#endif
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