-# b4_pure_if(IF-TRUE, IF-FALSE)
-# -----------------------------
-# Expand IF-TRUE, if %pure-parser, IF-FALSE otherwise.
-m4_define([b4_pure_if],
-[m4_if(b4_pure, [1],
- [$1],
- [$2])])
+# 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])