+/* Print location to file. Return number of actually printed
+ characters. */
+unsigned location_print (FILE *out, location loc);
+
+/* Return -1, 0, 1, depending whether a is before, equal, or
+ after b. */
+static inline int
+location_cmp (location a, location b)
+{
+ int res = boundary_cmp (a.start, b.start);
+ if (!res)
+ res = boundary_cmp (a.end, b.end);
+ return res;
+}
+
+/* LOC_STR must be formatted as `file:line.column', it will be modified. */
+void boundary_set_from_string (boundary *bound, char *loc_str);