+#define NUMBER_UNDEFINED (-1)
+
+/** Print a symbol (for debugging). */
+void symbol_print (symbol *s, FILE *f);
+
+/** Fetch (or create) the symbol associated to KEY. */
+symbol *symbol_from_uniqstr (const uniqstr key, location loc);
+
+/** Fetch (or create) the symbol associated to KEY. */
+symbol *symbol_get (const char *key, location loc);
+
+/** Generate a dummy nonterminal.
+
+ Its name cannot conflict with the user's names. */
+symbol *dummy_symbol_get (location loc);
+
+/** Declare the new symbol \c sym. Make it an alias of \c symval. */
+void symbol_make_alias (symbol *sym, symbol *symval, location loc);
+
+/** Set the \c type_name associated with \c sym.
+
+ Do nothing if passed 0 as \c type_name. */
+void symbol_type_set (symbol *sym, uniqstr type_name, location loc);
+
+/** Set the \c destructor associated with \c sym. */
+void symbol_destructor_set (symbol *sym, const char *destructor, location loc);
+
+/** Set the \c printer associated with \c sym. */
+void symbol_printer_set (symbol *sym, const char *printer, location loc);
+
+/* Set the \c precedence associated with \c sym.
+
+ Ensure that \a symbol is a terminal.
+ Do nothing if invoked with \c undef_assoc as \c assoc. */
+void symbol_precedence_set (symbol *sym, int prec, assoc a, location loc);