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+/* classes: h_files */
+
+#ifndef SCM_SYMBOLS_H
+#define SCM_SYMBOLS_H
+
+/* Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000,2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library 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
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+ */
+
+\f
+
+#include "libguile/__scm.h"
+\f
+
+#define scm_is_symbol(x) (!SCM_IMP (x) \
+ && (SCM_TYP7 (x) == scm_tc7_symbol))
+#define scm_i_symbol_hash(x) ((unsigned long) SCM_CELL_WORD_2 (x))
+#define scm_i_symbol_is_interned(x) \
+ (!(SCM_CELL_WORD_0 (x) & SCM_I_F_SYMBOL_UNINTERNED))
+
+#define SCM_I_F_SYMBOL_UNINTERNED 0x100
+
+\f
+
+#ifdef GUILE_DEBUG
+SCM_API SCM scm_sys_symbols (void);
+#endif
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_p (SCM x);
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_interned_p (SCM sym);
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_symbol (SCM name);
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_to_string (SCM s);
+SCM_API SCM scm_string_to_symbol (SCM s);
+SCM_API SCM scm_string_ci_to_symbol (SCM s);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_fref (SCM s);
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_pref (SCM s);
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_fset_x (SCM s, SCM val);
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_pset_x (SCM s, SCM val);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_hash (SCM s);
+SCM_API SCM scm_gensym (SCM prefix);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_from_locale_symbol (const char *str);
+SCM_API SCM scm_from_locale_symboln (const char *str, size_t len);
+SCM_API SCM scm_take_locale_symbol (char *sym);
+SCM_API SCM scm_take_locale_symboln (char *sym, size_t len);
+
+/* internal functions. */
+
+SCM_API unsigned long scm_i_hash_symbol (SCM obj, unsigned long n,
+ void *closure);
+
+SCM_API void scm_symbols_prehistory (void);
+SCM_API void scm_init_symbols (void);
+
+#endif /* SCM_SYMBOLS_H */
+
+/*
+ Local Variables:
+ c-file-style: "gnu"
+ End:
+*/