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+// Builtin function support.                               -*- C++ -*-
+/*
+
+Copyright (C) 1992, 1993 John W. Eaton
+
+This file is part of Octave.
+
+Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
+later version.
+
+Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with Octave; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to the Free
+Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+*/
+
+#if !defined (_builtins_h)
+#define _builtins_h 1
+
+#ifdef __GNUG__
+#pragma interface
+#endif
+
+#include <Complex.h>
+
+#include "help.h"
+
+#ifndef MAPPER_FCN_TYPEDEFS
+#define MAPPER_FCN_TYPEDEFS 1
+
+typedef double (*d_d_Mapper)(double);
+typedef double (*d_c_Mapper)(const Complex&);
+typedef Complex (*c_c_Mapper)(const Complex&);
+
+#endif
+
+struct Mapper_fcn
+{
+  int neg_arg_complex;
+  d_d_Mapper d_d_mapper;
+  d_c_Mapper d_c_mapper;
+  c_c_Mapper c_c_mapper;
+};
+
+struct builtin_mapper_functions
+{
+  char *name;
+  int nargin_max;
+  int nargout_max;
+  int neg_arg_complex;
+  d_d_Mapper d_d_mapper;
+  d_c_Mapper d_c_mapper;
+  c_c_Mapper c_c_mapper;
+  char *help_string;
+};
+
+#ifndef SV_FUNCTION_TYPEDEFS
+#define SV_FUNCTION_TYPEDEFS 1
+
+typedef int (*sv_Function)(void);
+
+#endif
+
+struct builtin_string_variables
+{
+  char *name;
+  char *value;
+  sv_Function sv_function;
+  char *help_string;
+};
+
+extern void install_builtins (void);
+extern int is_text_function_name (char *s);
+
+extern help_list *builtin_mapper_functions_help (void);
+extern help_list *builtin_general_functions_help (void);
+extern help_list *builtin_text_functions_help (void);
+extern help_list *builtin_variables_help (void);
+
+#endif
+
+/*
+;;; Local Variables: ***
+;;; mode: C++ ***
+;;; page-delimiter: "^/\\*" ***
+;;; End: ***
+*/