+SCM_API SCM scm_makstr (size_t len, int);
+SCM_API SCM scm_makfromstr (const char *src, size_t len, int);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_variable_set_name_hint (SCM var, SCM hint);
+SCM_API SCM scm_builtin_variable (SCM name);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_internal_with_fluids (SCM fluids, SCM vals,
+ SCM (*cproc)(void *), void *cdata);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_gsubr (const char *name, int req, int opt, int rst,
+ SCM (*fcn)());
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_gsubr_with_generic (const char *name,
+ int req,
+ int opt,
+ int rst,
+ SCM (*fcn)(),
+ SCM *gf);
+
+extern SCM scm_create_hook (const char* name, int n_args);
+
+#define SCM_LIST0 SCM_EOL
+#define SCM_LIST1(e0) scm_cons ((e0), SCM_EOL)
+#define SCM_LIST2(e0, e1) scm_cons2 ((e0), (e1), SCM_EOL)
+#define SCM_LIST3(e0, e1, e2) scm_cons ((e0), SCM_LIST2 ((e1), (e2)))
+#define SCM_LIST4(e0, e1, e2, e3)\
+ scm_cons2 ((e0), (e1), SCM_LIST2 ((e2), (e3)))
+#define SCM_LIST5(e0, e1, e2, e3, e4)\
+ scm_cons ((e0), SCM_LIST4 ((e1), (e2), (e3), (e4)))
+#define SCM_LIST6(e0, e1, e2, e3, e4, e5)\
+ scm_cons2 ((e0), (e1), SCM_LIST4 ((e2), (e3), (e4), (e5)))
+#define SCM_LIST7(e0, e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6)\
+ scm_cons ((e0), SCM_LIST6 ((e1), (e2), (e3), (e4), (e5), (e6)))
+#define SCM_LIST8(e0, e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, e7)\
+ scm_cons2 ((e0), (e1), SCM_LIST6 ((e2), (e3), (e4), (e5), (e6), (e7)))
+#define SCM_LIST9(e0, e1, e2, e3, e4, e5, e6, e7, e8)\
+ scm_cons ((e0),\
+ SCM_LIST8 ((e1), (e2), (e3), (e4), (e5), (e6), (e7), (e8)))
+
+#define scm_listify scm_list_n
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_sloppy_memq (SCM x, SCM lst);
+SCM_API SCM scm_sloppy_memv (SCM x, SCM lst);
+SCM_API SCM scm_sloppy_member (SCM x, SCM lst);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_read_and_eval_x (SCM port);
+
+#define scm_subr_entry scm_t_subr_entry
+
+#define SCM_SUBR_DOC(x) SCM_BOOL_F
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_subr (const char *name, int type, SCM (*fcn) ());
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_subr_with_generic (const char *name,
+ int type,
+ SCM (*fcn) (),
+ SCM *gf);
+SCM_API SCM scm_make_subr_opt (const char *name,
+ int type,
+ SCM (*fcn) (),
+ int set);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_call_catching_errors (SCM (*thunk)(), SCM (*err_filter)(),
+ void * closure);
+
+SCM_API long scm_make_smob_type_mfpe (char *name, size_t size,
+ SCM (*mark) (SCM),
+ size_t (*free) (SCM),
+ int (*print) (SCM, SCM,
+ scm_print_state*),
+ SCM (*equalp) (SCM, SCM));
+
+SCM_API void scm_set_smob_mfpe (long tc,
+ SCM (*mark) (SCM),
+ size_t (*free) (SCM),
+ int (*print) (SCM, SCM, scm_print_state*),
+ SCM (*equalp) (SCM, SCM));
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_strprint_obj (SCM obj);
+SCM_API SCM scm_read_0str (char *expr);
+SCM_API SCM scm_eval_0str (const char *expr);
+
+SCM_API char *scm_i_object_chars (SCM);
+
+#define SCM_CHARS(x) scm_i_object_chars(x)
+#define SCM_UCHARS(x) ((unsigned char *)SCM_CHARS(x))
+
+SCM_API long scm_i_object_length (SCM);
+
+#define SCM_LENGTH(x) scm_i_object_length(x)
+
+#define scm_strhash(str, len, n) (scm_string_hash ((str), (len)) % (n))
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_sym2ovcell_soft (SCM sym, SCM obarray);
+SCM_API SCM scm_sym2ovcell (SCM sym, SCM obarray);
+SCM_API SCM scm_intern_obarray_soft (const char *name, size_t len,
+ SCM obarray, unsigned int softness);
+SCM_API SCM scm_intern_obarray (const char *name, size_t len, SCM obarray);
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_value0 (const char *name);
+
+SCM_API SCM scm_string_to_obarray_symbol (SCM o, SCM s, SCM softp);
+SCM_API SCM scm_intern_symbol (SCM o, SCM s);
+SCM_API SCM scm_unintern_symbol (SCM o, SCM s);
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_binding (SCM o, SCM s);
+#if 0
+/* This name has been reused for real uninterned symbols. */
+SCM_API SCM scm_symbol_interned_p (SCM o, SCM s);