+typedef int item_number;
+extern item_number *ritem;
+extern unsigned int nritems;
+
+/* There is weird relationship between OT1H item_number and OTOH
+ symbol_number and rule_number: we store the latter in
+ item_number. symbol_number values are stored as-is, while
+ the negation of (rule_number + 1) is stored.
+
+ Therefore, a symbol_number must be a valid item_number, and we
+ sometimes have to perform the converse transformation. */
+
+static inline item_number
+symbol_number_as_item_number (symbol_number sym)
+{
+ return sym;
+}
+
+static inline symbol_number
+item_number_as_symbol_number (item_number i)
+{
+ return i;
+}
+
+/* Rule numbers. */
+typedef short int rule_number;
+extern rule_number nrules;
+
+static inline item_number
+rule_number_as_item_number (rule_number r)
+{
+ return -1 - r;
+}
+
+static inline rule_number
+item_number_as_rule_number (item_number i)
+{
+ return -1 - i;
+}
+