+/*-------------------------------------------------------.
+| Compare two symbols by type-name, and then by number. |
+`-------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+int
+symbol_type_name_cmp (const symbol **lhs, const symbol **rhs)
+{
+ int res = UNIQSTR_CMP((*lhs)->type_name, (*rhs)->type_name);
+ if (res)
+ return res;
+ return (*lhs)->number - (*rhs)->number;
+}
+
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------.
+| Return a (malloc'ed) table of the symbols sorted by type-name. |
+`----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+static symbol **
+symbols_by_type_name ()
+{
+ typedef int (*qcmp_type) (const void *, const void *);
+ symbol **res = xmemdup (symbols, nsyms * sizeof *res);
+ qsort (res, nsyms, sizeof *res, (qcmp_type) &symbol_type_name_cmp);
+ return res;
+}
+
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------.
+| Define b4_type_names, which is a list of (lists of the numbers of |
+| symbols with same type-name). |
+`------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+static void
+type_names_output (FILE *out)
+{
+ int i;
+ const char *isep = "";
+ symbol **syms = symbols_by_type_name ();
+ fputs ("m4_define([b4_type_names],\n[", out);
+ for (i = 0; i < nsyms; )
+ if (syms[i]->type_name)
+ {
+ int j;
+ const char *jsep = "";
+ fprintf (out, "%s[", isep);
+ isep = ",\n";
+ for (j = i; j < nsyms; ++j)
+ {
+ if (syms[i]->type_name != syms[j]->type_name)
+ break;
+ fprintf (out, "%s%d", jsep, syms[j]->number);
+ jsep = ", ";
+ }
+ fputs ("]", out);
+ i = j;
+ }
+ else
+ ++i;
+ fputs ("])\n\n", out);
+ free (syms);
+}
+
+
+/*-------------------------------------.
+| The list of all the symbol numbers. |
+`-------------------------------------*/
+
+static void
+symbol_numbers_output (FILE *out)
+{
+ int i;
+ fputs ("m4_define([b4_symbol_numbers],\n[", out);
+ for (i = 0; i < nsyms; ++i)
+ fprintf (out, "%s[%d]", i ? ", " : "", i);
+ fputs ("])\n\n", out);
+}
+