+typedef int item_number_t;
+# define ITEM_NUMBER_MAX ((item_number_t) INT_MAX)
+# define ITEM_NUMBER_MIN ((item_number_t) INT_MIN)
+extern item_number_t *ritem;
+extern unsigned int nritems;
+
+/* There is weird relationship between OT1H item_number_t and OTOH
+ symbol_number_t and rule_number_t: we store the latter in
+ item_number_t. symbol_number_t are stored as are, while
+ the negation of (rule_number_t + 1) are stored.
+
+ Therefore, an symbol_number_t must be a valid item_number_t, and we
+ sometimes have to perform the converse transformation. */
+# define symbol_number_as_item_number(Tok) ((item_number_t) (Tok))
+# define item_number_as_symbol_number(Ite) ((symbol_number_t) (Ite))
+
+extern symbol_number_t start_symbol;
+
+/* Rules numbers. */
+typedef short rule_number_t;
+# define RULE_NUMBER_MAX ((rule_number_t) SHRT_MAX)
+extern rule_number_t nrules;
+# define int_of_rule_number(RNum) ((int) (RNum))
+# define rule_number_as_item_number(RNum) ((item_number_t) (- RNum - 1))
+# define item_number_as_rule_number(INum) ((rule_number_t) (- INum - 1))
+
+
+/*--------.
+| Rules. |
+`--------*/
+
+typedef struct rule_s
+{
+ /* The number of the rule in the source. It is usually the index in
+ RULES too, except if there are useless rules. */
+ rule_number_t user_number;
+
+ /* The index in RULES. Usually the rule number in the source,
+ except if some rules are useless. */
+ rule_number_t number;
+
+ symbol_t *lhs;
+ item_number_t *rhs;
+
+ /* This symbol provides both the associativity, and the precedence. */
+ symbol_t *prec;