Refactor neuronTypeToString from Global

Author: Zaina Shaikh

Simulator/Utils/Global.cpp

@@ -53,21 +53,6 @@ string coordToString(int x, int y, int z)
    return ss.str();
 }
 
-// MODEL INDEPENDENT FUNCTION NMV-BEGIN {
-string neuronTypeToString(vertexType t)
-{
-   switch (t) {
-      case vertexType::INH:
-         return "INH";
-      case vertexType::EXC:
-         return "EXC";
-      default:
-         cerr << "ERROR->neuronTypeToString() failed, unknown type: " << t << endl;
-         assert(false);
-         return nullptr;   // Must return a value -- this will probably cascade to another failure
-   }
-}
-// } NMV-END
 #if defined(USE_GPU)
 //! CUDA device ID
 int g_deviceId = 0;

Simulator/Utils/Global.h

@@ -195,8 +195,6 @@ string index2dToString(int i, int width, int height);
 string coordToString(int x, int y);
 // Converts a 3-d coordinate into a string.
 string coordToString(int x, int y, int z);
-// Converts a vertexType into a string.
-string neuronTypeToString(vertexType t);
 
 template <typename T> ostream &operator<<(ostream &os, const vector<T> &v)
 {

Simulator/Vertices/AllVertices.cpp

@@ -9,6 +9,23 @@
 #include "AllVertices.h"
 #include "OperationManager.h"
 
+// Utility function to convert a vertexType into a string 
+// MODEL INDEPENDENT FUNCTION NMV-BEGIN {
+string vertexTypeToString(vertexType t)
+{
+   switch (t) {
+      case vertexType::INH:
+         return "INH";
+      case vertexType::EXC:
+         return "EXC";
+      default:
+         cerr << "ERROR->vertexTypeToString() failed, unknown type: " << t << endl;
+         assert(false);
+         return nullptr;   // Must return a value -- this will probably cascade to another failure
+   }
+}
+// } NMV-END
+
 // Default constructor
 AllVertices::AllVertices() : size_(0)
 {

Simulator/Vertices/AllVertices.h

@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ using namespace std;
 // cereal
 #include "cereal/types/vector.hpp"
 
+// Utility function to convert a vertexType into a string.
+string vertexTypeToString(vertexType t);
+
 class Layout;
 class AllEdges;
 struct AllVerticesDeviceProperties;