+/*----------------------------------------------------------------.
+| Find the symbol named KEY, and return it. If it does not exist |
+| yet, create it. |
+`----------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+symbol *
+symbol_get (const char *key, location loc)
+{
+ return symbol_from_uniqstr (uniqstr_new (key), loc);
+}
+
+
+/*------------------------------------------------------------------.
+| Generate a dummy nonterminal, whose name cannot conflict with the |
+| user's names. |
+`------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
+symbol *
+dummy_symbol_get (location loc)
+{
+ /* Incremented for each generated symbol. */
+ static int dummy_count = 0;
+ static char buf[256];
+
+ symbol *sym;
+
+ sprintf (buf, "@%d", ++dummy_count);
+ sym = symbol_get (buf, loc);
+ sym->class = nterm_sym;
+ sym->number = nvars++;
+ return sym;
+}
+
+