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+#pragma once
+#include "graph.hpp"
+
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const Edge &e) {
+    s << '{' << e.u << ',' << e.v << '}';
+    return s;
+}
+
+// Mathematica style export
+std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &s, const Graph &g) {
+    if (g.edgeCount() == 0) {
+        s << '{' << '}';
+        return s;
+    }
+    s << '{' << g.getEdge(0).u << '<' << '-' << '>' << g.getEdge(0).v;
+    for (unsigned int i = 1; i < g.edgeCount(); ++i) {
+        const Edge &e = g.getEdge(i);
+        s << ',' << e.u << '<' << '-' << '>' << e.v;
+    }
+    s << '}';
+    return s;
+}
+