diff --git a/src/common/subsystem-runner.hpp b/src/common/subsystem-runner.hpp
index d8fa5bb6d..8e7edcffc 100644
--- a/src/common/subsystem-runner.hpp
+++ b/src/common/subsystem-runner.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include "lib/error.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "common/subsys.hpp"
 #include "lib/sync.hpp"
 
diff --git a/src/lib/util-foreach.hpp b/src/lib/util-foreach.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d11430d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/util-foreach.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+  UTIL-FOREACH.hpp  -  helpers for doing something for each element
+ 
+  Copyright (C)         Lumiera.org
+    2009,               Hermann Vosseler <Ichthyostega@web.de>
+ 
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+  License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ 
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+  Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+ 
+*/
+
+
+#ifndef UTIL_FOREACH_H
+#define UTIL_FOREACH_H
+
+#include "lib/util.hpp"
+
+#include <algorithm>
+
+
+
+namespace util {
+  
+  
+  
+  /** shortcut for operating on all elements of a container.
+   *  Isn't this already defined somewhere? It's so obvious..
+   */
+  template <typename Container, typename Oper>
+  inline Oper
+  for_each (Container& c, Oper doIt)
+  {
+    return std::for_each (c.begin(),c.end(), doIt);
+  }
+  
+  
+  /** All quantification: check if all elements of a collection
+   *  satisfy the given predicate. Actually a short-circuit
+   *  evaluation is performed.
+   */
+  template <typename SEQ, typename Oper>
+  inline bool
+  and_all (SEQ& coll, Oper predicate)
+  {
+    typename SEQ::const_iterator e = coll.end();
+    typename SEQ::const_iterator i = coll.begin();
+    
+    for ( ; i!=e; ++i )
+      if (!predicate(*i))
+        return false;
+    
+    return true;
+  }
+  
+  
+  /** Existential quantification: check if any element
+   *  of a collection satisfies the given predicate.
+   *  Actually, a short-circuit evaluation is performed.
+   */
+  template <typename SEQ, typename Oper>
+  inline bool
+  has_any (SEQ& coll, Oper predicate)
+  {
+    typename SEQ::const_iterator e = coll.end();
+    typename SEQ::const_iterator i = coll.begin();
+    
+    for ( ; i!=e; ++i )
+      if (predicate(*i))
+        return true;
+    
+    return false;
+  }
+  
+  
+} // namespace util
+#endif /*UTIL_FOREACH_H*/
diff --git a/src/lib/util.hpp b/src/lib/util.hpp
index 02a52941b..3d3abf038 100644
--- a/src/lib/util.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/util.hpp
@@ -191,32 +191,6 @@ namespace util {
     }
   
   
-  /** shortcut for operating on all elements of a container.
-   *  Isn't this already defined somewhere? It's so obvious..
-   */
-  template <typename Container, typename Oper>
-  inline Oper
-  for_each (Container& c, Oper doIt)
-  {
-    return std::for_each (c.begin(),c.end(), doIt);
-  }
-  
-  
-  /** shortcut for testing all elements of a collection
-   *  with the given predicate.
-   */
-  template <typename SEQ, typename Oper>
-  inline bool
-  and_all (SEQ& coll, Oper predicate)
-  {
-    typename SEQ::const_iterator e = coll.end();
-    typename SEQ::const_iterator i = coll.begin();
-    
-    while (i!=e && predicate(*i))  ++i;
-    return i==e;
-  }
-  
-  
   /** shortcut to save some typing when having to define
    *  const and non-const variants of member functions
    */
diff --git a/src/proc/asset.cpp b/src/proc/asset.cpp
index 3d4b8fc79..0cdbcf8f1 100644
--- a/src/proc/asset.cpp
+++ b/src/proc/asset.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "proc/asset.hpp"
 #include "proc/assetmanager.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
diff --git a/src/proc/assetmanager.cpp b/src/proc/assetmanager.cpp
index c26811bed..625c189c1 100644
--- a/src/proc/assetmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/proc/assetmanager.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "proc/asset/db.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/sync.hpp"
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include <tr1/functional>
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
diff --git a/src/proc/engine/nodewiring-def.hpp b/src/proc/engine/nodewiring-def.hpp
index 4fc4f14c2..c659d2493 100644
--- a/src/proc/engine/nodewiring-def.hpp
+++ b/src/proc/engine/nodewiring-def.hpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 #include "proc/engine/procnode.hpp"
 #include "lib/refarray.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
 //#include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
diff --git a/src/proc/mobject/session/defsregistry.hpp b/src/proc/mobject/session/defsregistry.hpp
index 3fbd4aa1f..f37f08109 100644
--- a/src/proc/mobject/session/defsregistry.hpp
+++ b/src/proc/mobject/session/defsregistry.hpp
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include "lib/sync-classlock.hpp"
 #include "lib/query.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/p.hpp"
 
 #include <set>
diff --git a/src/proc/mobject/session/placement-index.cpp b/src/proc/mobject/session/placement-index.cpp
index 174350c32..df5a6d206 100644
--- a/src/proc/mobject/session/placement-index.cpp
+++ b/src/proc/mobject/session/placement-index.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #include "proc/mobject/session/scope.hpp"
 #include "lib/typed-allocation-manager.hpp"
 //#include "proc/mobject/mobject.hpp" ///////////////////////TODO necessary?
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 
 //#include <boost/format.hpp>
diff --git a/src/proc/mobject/session/scope-path.cpp b/src/proc/mobject/session/scope-path.cpp
index f464cc7d9..0179a1ed8 100644
--- a/src/proc/mobject/session/scope-path.cpp
+++ b/src/proc/mobject/session/scope-path.cpp
@@ -26,10 +26,10 @@
 #include "proc/mobject/session/scope-locator.hpp"
 #include "proc/mobject/session/session-service-explore-scope.hpp"
 #include "proc/mobject/mobject.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/itertools.hpp"
 #include "lib/symbol.hpp"
 #include "lib/error.hpp"
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
 
 #include <tr1/functional>
 #include <algorithm>
diff --git a/tests/components/backend/mediaaccessmock.cpp b/tests/components/backend/mediaaccessmock.cpp
index 25b5c6a0d..718bc55ee 100644
--- a/tests/components/backend/mediaaccessmock.cpp
+++ b/tests/components/backend/mediaaccessmock.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "backend/mediaaccessmock.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/tests/components/proc/asset/asset-diagnostics.hpp b/tests/components/proc/asset/asset-diagnostics.hpp
index 2ae2a232f..856f131b3 100644
--- a/tests/components/proc/asset/asset-diagnostics.hpp
+++ b/tests/components/proc/asset/asset-diagnostics.hpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 
 
 #include "proc/assetmanager.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
diff --git a/tests/components/proc/control/command-argument-test.cpp b/tests/components/proc/control/command-argument-test.cpp
index 2b9368bd3..bdf7b2724 100644
--- a/tests/components/proc/control/command-argument-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/components/proc/control/command-argument-test.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "lib/scoped-ptrvect.hpp"
 #include "lib/lumitime-fmt.hpp"
 #include "lib/meta/tuple.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/format.hpp>
diff --git a/tests/components/proc/mobject/session/rebuildfixturetest.cpp b/tests/components/proc/mobject/session/rebuildfixturetest.cpp
index ae287786c..a0970ff8b 100644
--- a/tests/components/proc/mobject/session/rebuildfixturetest.cpp
+++ b/tests/components/proc/mobject/session/rebuildfixturetest.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "proc/mobject/session.hpp"
 #include "proc/mobject/session/edl.hpp"
 #include "proc/mobject/session/testsession1.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
 
 //#include <boost/format.hpp>
diff --git a/tests/lib/allocationclustertest.cpp b/tests/lib/allocationclustertest.cpp
index 6b07775ad..ffbba08cd 100644
--- a/tests/lib/allocationclustertest.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/allocationclustertest.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/allocationcluster.hpp"
 #include "lib/scoped-holder.hpp"
diff --git a/tests/lib/iter-adapter-test.cpp b/tests/lib/iter-adapter-test.cpp
index 79732aaa1..6acf63f35 100644
--- a/tests/lib/iter-adapter-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/iter-adapter-test.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/iter-adapter.hpp"
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/itertools-test.cpp b/tests/lib/itertools-test.cpp
index 8599f080f..850c8a03e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/itertools-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/itertools-test.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/itertools.hpp"
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/opaque-holder-test.cpp b/tests/lib/opaque-holder-test.cpp
index b7be45f8a..09c595d07 100644
--- a/tests/lib/opaque-holder-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/opaque-holder-test.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/test/test-helper.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/opaque-holder.hpp"
 #include "lib/bool-checkable.hpp"
diff --git a/tests/lib/query/queryutilstest.cpp b/tests/lib/query/queryutilstest.cpp
index 61b464118..9fd5e6677 100644
--- a/tests/lib/query/queryutilstest.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/query/queryutilstest.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/cmdline.hpp"
 #include "lib/query.hpp"
diff --git a/tests/lib/removefromsettest.cpp b/tests/lib/removefromsettest.cpp
index dd512782f..ce9f825ec 100644
--- a/tests/lib/removefromsettest.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/removefromsettest.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
 #include <boost/lambda/lambda.hpp>
@@ -36,75 +36,72 @@ using std::string;
 
 
 
-namespace util
-  {
-  namespace test
-    {
-    using util::for_each;
-    using boost::lambda::_1;
-    using boost::lambda::bind;
-    using boost::lexical_cast;
-    
-    
+namespace util {
+namespace test {
   
-    template<class COLL>
-    void 
-    show (COLL const& coll)
+  using util::for_each;
+  using boost::lambda::_1;
+  using boost::lambda::bind;
+  using boost::lexical_cast;
+  
+  
+  
+  template<class COLL>
+  void 
+  show (COLL const& coll)
+  {
+    cout << "[ ";
+    for_each (coll, cout << _1 << ", ");
+    cout << "]\n";
+  }
+  
+  bool
+  killerselector (string description, uint candidate)
+  {
+    return string::npos != description.find( lexical_cast<string> (candidate));
+  }
+  
+  
+  
+  class RemoveFromSet_test : public Test
     {
-      cout << "[ ";
-      for_each (coll, cout << _1 << ", ");
-      cout << "]\n";
-    }
-    
-    bool
-    killerselector (string description, uint candidate)
-    {
-      return string::npos != description.find( lexical_cast<string> (candidate));
-    }
-    
-    
-    
-    class RemoveFromSet_test : public Test
-      {
-        virtual void
-        run (Arg)
-          {
-            test_remove (" nothing ");
-            test_remove ("0");
-            test_remove ("9");
-            test_remove ("5");
-            test_remove ("0   2   4   6   8  ");
-            test_remove ("  1   3   5   7   9");
-            test_remove ("0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9");
-            test_remove ("0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  ");
-            test_remove ("  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9");
-            test_remove ("0 1 2 3 4   6 7 8 9");
-          }
-        
-        
-        /** @test populate a test set,
-         *        remove the denoted elements
-         *        and print the result...  */
-        void
-        test_remove (string elems_to_remove)
-          {
-            std::set<uint> theSet;
-            for (int i=0; i<10; ++i)
-              theSet.insert (i);
-            
-            util::remove_if (theSet, bind( killerselector, elems_to_remove, _1));
-            
-            cout << "removed " << elems_to_remove << " ---> ";
-            show (theSet);
-          }
-        
-      };
-    
+      virtual void
+      run (Arg)
+        {
+          test_remove (" nothing ");
+          test_remove ("0");
+          test_remove ("9");
+          test_remove ("5");
+          test_remove ("0   2   4   6   8  ");
+          test_remove ("  1   3   5   7   9");
+          test_remove ("0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9");
+          test_remove ("0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  ");
+          test_remove ("  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9");
+          test_remove ("0 1 2 3 4   6 7 8 9");
+        }
       
-      LAUNCHER (RemoveFromSet_test, "unit common");
-
       
-  } // namespace test
-    
-} // namespace util
+      /** @test populate a test set,
+       *        remove the denoted elements
+       *        and print the result...  */
+      void
+      test_remove (string elems_to_remove)
+        {
+          std::set<uint> theSet;
+          for (int i=0; i<10; ++i)
+            theSet.insert (i);
+          
+          util::remove_if (theSet, bind( killerselector, elems_to_remove, _1));
+          
+          cout << "removed " << elems_to_remove << " ---> ";
+          show (theSet);
+        }
+      
+    };
+  
+  
+  LAUNCHER (RemoveFromSet_test, "unit common");
+  
+  
+}} // namespace util::test
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/sub-id-test.cpp b/tests/lib/sub-id-test.cpp
index c61a6b8c4..b52778c21 100644
--- a/tests/lib/sub-id-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/sub-id-test.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include "lib/sub-id.hpp"
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/test/cmdlinewrappertest.cpp b/tests/lib/test/cmdlinewrappertest.cpp
index 7ef194c1d..00a016d9f 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test/cmdlinewrappertest.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/test/cmdlinewrappertest.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/cmdline.hpp"
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include <iostream>
 #include <sstream>
@@ -34,68 +34,66 @@ using std::cout;
 
 
 
-namespace util
-  {
-  namespace test
-    {
-    using boost::lambda::_1;
-    using boost::lambda::var;
-
-    
+namespace util {
+namespace test {
+  using boost::lambda::_1;
+  using boost::lambda::var;
   
-    /** @test for util::Cmdline, wrapping various example cmdlines */
-    class CmdlineWrapper_test : public Test
-      {
-        void
-        run (Arg)
-          {
-            testLine("");
-            testLine("\n\t ");
-            testLine("spam");
-            testLine("\nspam");
-            testLine("eat more spam");
-            testLine(" oo _O()O_  ä + €");
-            testLine("Ω\tooΩ\toΩo\tΩoo");
-            
-            testStandardCmdlineformat();
-          }
-        
-        void testLine (const string cmdline)
-          {
-            cout << "wrapping cmdline:" << cmdline << "..." << "\n";
-            
-            int i=0;
-            Cmdline theCmdline (cmdline);
-            for_each(theCmdline, (cout << var(i)++ << "|" <<  _1 << "|\n"));
-            cout << "-->" << theCmdline << "\n";
-            
-            // consistency checks
-            std::ostringstream output;
-            output << theCmdline;
-            ENSURE (output.str() == string(theCmdline));
-            
-            i=0;
-            string token;
-            std::istringstream input(theCmdline);
-            while (input >> token)
-              ENSURE (token == theCmdline[i++]);
-          }
-        
-        /** @test wrapping a (albeit faked) standard commandline 
-         *        given as (argc, argv[])
-         */
-        void testStandardCmdlineformat()
-          {
-            const char* fakeArg[3] = {"CMD", "one ", "two"};
-            Cmdline theCmdline(3, fakeArg);
-            cout << "Standard Cmdlineformat:" << theCmdline << "\n";
-          }
-      };
-    
-      LAUNCHER (CmdlineWrapper_test, "unit common");
-
+  
+  
+  /** @test for util::Cmdline, wrapping various example cmdlines */
+  class CmdlineWrapper_test : public Test
+    {
+      void
+      run (Arg)
+        {
+          testLine("");
+          testLine("\n\t ");
+          testLine("spam");
+          testLine("\nspam");
+          testLine("eat more spam");
+          testLine(" oo _O()O_  ä + €");
+          testLine("Ω\tooΩ\toΩo\tΩoo");
+          
+          testStandardCmdlineformat();
+        }
       
-  } // namespace test
-    
-} // namespace util
+      void
+      testLine (const string cmdline)
+        {
+          cout << "wrapping cmdline:" << cmdline << "..." << "\n";
+          
+          int i=0;
+          Cmdline theCmdline (cmdline);
+          for_each(theCmdline, (cout << var(i)++ << "|" <<  _1 << "|\n"));
+          cout << "-->" << theCmdline << "\n";
+          
+          // consistency checks
+          std::ostringstream output;
+          output << theCmdline;
+          ENSURE (output.str() == string(theCmdline));
+          
+          i=0;
+          string token;
+          std::istringstream input(theCmdline);
+          while (input >> token)
+            ENSURE (token == theCmdline[i++]);
+        }
+      
+      /** @test wrapping a (albeit faked) standard commandline
+       *        given as (argc, argv[])
+       */
+      void
+      testStandardCmdlineformat()
+        {
+          const char* fakeArg[3] = {"CMD", "one ", "two"};
+          Cmdline theCmdline(3, fakeArg);
+          cout << "Standard Cmdlineformat:" << theCmdline << "\n";
+        }
+    };
+  
+  LAUNCHER (CmdlineWrapper_test, "unit common");
+  
+  
+}} // namespace util::test
 
diff --git a/tests/lib/test/test-helper-test.cpp b/tests/lib/test/test-helper-test.cpp
index f9c940741..84d3cfe92 100644
--- a/tests/lib/test/test-helper-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/test/test-helper-test.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
 #include "lib/test/test-helper.hpp"
 #include "lib/error.hpp"
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <tr1/functional>
diff --git a/tests/lib/typed-counter-test.cpp b/tests/lib/typed-counter-test.cpp
index a118d8d26..02d9e26d4 100644
--- a/tests/lib/typed-counter-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/typed-counter-test.cpp
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 #include "lib/typed-counter.hpp"
 #include "lib/scoped-ptrvect.hpp"
 #include "backend/thread-wrapper.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/sync.hpp"
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
 
 #include <tr1/functional>
 #include <vector>
diff --git a/tests/lib/util-foreach-test.cpp b/tests/lib/util-foreach-test.cpp
index e78f873b5..a1f5294e8 100644
--- a/tests/lib/util-foreach-test.cpp
+++ b/tests/lib/util-foreach-test.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 
 #include "lib/test/run.hpp"
-#include "lib/util.hpp"
+#include "lib/util-foreach.hpp"
 #include "lib/iter-adapter.hpp"