+m4_define([b4_c_knr_formal_decl],
+[ $1;])
+
+
+
+## ------------------------------------------------------------ ##
+## Declaring (prototyping) C functions in both K&R and ANSI-C. ##
+## ------------------------------------------------------------ ##
+
+
+# b4_c_function_decl(NAME, RETURN-VALUE, [DECL1, NAME1], ...)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+# Declare the function NAME.
+m4_define([b4_c_function_decl],
+[#if defined (__STDC__) || defined (__cplusplus)
+b4_c_ansi_function_decl($@)
+#else
+$2 $1 ();
+#endif[]dnl
+])
+
+
+# b4_c_ansi_function_decl(NAME, RETURN-VALUE, [DECL1, NAME1], ...)
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Declare the function NAME.
+m4_define([b4_c_ansi_function_decl],
+[$2 $1 (b4_c_ansi_formals(m4_shiftn(2, $@)));[]dnl
+])
+
+
+
+
+## --------------------- ##
+## Calling C functions. ##
+## --------------------- ##
+
+
+# b4_c_function_call(NAME, RETURN-VALUE, [DECL1, NAME1], ...)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+# Call the function NAME with arguments NAME1, NAME2 etc.
+m4_define([b4_c_function_call],
+[$1 (b4_c_args(m4_shiftn(2, $@)))[]dnl
+])
+
+
+# b4_c_args([DECL1, NAME1], ...)
+# ------------------------------
+# Output the arguments NAME1, NAME2...
+m4_define([b4_c_args],
+[m4_map_sep([b4_c_arg], [, ], [$@])])
+
+m4_define([b4_c_arg],
+[$2])
+
+
+## ----------- ##
+## Synclines. ##
+## ----------- ##
+
+
+# b4_syncline(LINE, FILE)
+# -----------------------
+m4_define([b4_syncline],
+[m4_if(b4_synclines_flag, 1,
+ [[#]line $1 $2])])