-/* Given a vector of item numbers ITEMS, of length N, set up ruleset
- and itemset to indicate what rules could be run and which items
- could be accepted when those items are the active ones.
+/* Given the kernel (aka core) of a state (a vector of item numbers
+ ITEMS, of length N), set up RULESET and ITEMSET to indicate what
+ rules could be run and which items could be accepted when those
+ items are the active ones.