+/*-------------------------------------------------------.
+| Compare two symbols by type-name, and then by number. |
+`-------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+static int
+symbol_type_name_cmp (const symbol **lhs, const symbol **rhs)
+{
+ int res = UNIQSTR_CMP((*lhs)->type_name, (*rhs)->type_name);
+ if (res)
+ return res;
+ return (*lhs)->number - (*rhs)->number;
+}
+
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------.
+| Return a (malloc'ed) table of the symbols sorted by type-name. |
+`----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+static symbol **
+symbols_by_type_name (void)
+{
+ typedef int (*qcmp_type) (const void *, const void *);
+ symbol **res = xmemdup (symbols, nsyms * sizeof *res);
+ qsort (res, nsyms, sizeof *res, (qcmp_type) &symbol_type_name_cmp);
+ return res;
+}
+
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------.
+| Define b4_type_names, which is a list of (lists of the numbers of |
+| symbols with same type-name). |
+`------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+static void
+type_names_output (FILE *out)
+{
+ int i;
+ symbol **syms = symbols_by_type_name ();
+ fputs ("m4_define([b4_type_names],\n[", out);
+ for (i = 0; i < nsyms; /* nothing */)
+ {
+ // The index of the first symbol of the current type-name.
+ int i0 = i;
+ fputs (i ? ",\n[" : "[", out);
+ for (; i < nsyms && syms[i]->type_name == syms[i0]->type_name; ++i)
+ fprintf (out, "%s%d", i != i0 ? ", " : "", syms[i]->number);
+ fputs ("]", out);
+ }
+ fputs ("])\n\n", out);
+ free (syms);
+}
+