/*

Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 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, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

*/

#if !defined (octave_variables_h)
#define octave_variables_h 1

class octave_function;
class symbol_record;
class symbol_table;

class tree_identifier;
class tree_indirect_ref;
class octave_value;
class octave_value_list;
class octave_builtin;
class octave_mapper;
class string_vector;

#include <string>

#include "ov.h"
#include "ov-builtin.h"
#include "symtab.h"

extern void initialize_symbol_tables (void);

extern bool is_builtin_variable (const string&);
extern bool is_text_function_name (const string&);
extern bool is_mapper_function_name (const string&);
extern bool is_builtin_function_name (const string&);
extern bool is_globally_visible (const string&);

extern octave_function *
is_valid_function (const octave_value&, const string&, bool warn = false); 

extern octave_function *
is_valid_function (const string&, const string&, bool warn = false); 

extern octave_function *
extract_function (const octave_value& arg, const string& warn_for,
		  const string& fname, const string& header,
		  const string& trailer);

extern string_vector
get_struct_elts (const string& text);

extern string_vector
generate_struct_completions (const string& text, string& prefix,
			     string& hint);

extern bool
looks_like_struct (const string& text);

extern bool lookup (symbol_record *s, bool exec_script = true);

extern symbol_record *
lookup_by_name (const string& nm, bool exec_script = true);

extern octave_value get_global_value (const string& nm);

extern void set_global_value (const string& nm, const octave_value& val);

extern string builtin_string_variable (const string&);
extern int builtin_real_scalar_variable (const string&, double&);
extern octave_value builtin_any_variable (const string&);

extern void link_to_global_variable (symbol_record *sr);
extern void link_to_builtin_or_function (symbol_record *sr);

extern void force_link_to_function (const string&);

extern void bind_ans (const octave_value& val, bool print);

extern void bind_global_error_variable (void);

extern void clear_global_error_variable (void *);

extern void
bind_builtin_variable (const string&, const octave_value&,
		       bool protect = false, bool eternal = false,
		       symbol_record::change_function f = 0,
		       const string& help = string ());

// Symbol table for symbols at the top level.
extern symbol_table *top_level_sym_tab;

// Symbol table for the current scope.
extern symbol_table *curr_sym_tab;

// Symbol table for global symbols.
extern symbol_table *global_sym_tab;

#endif

/*
;;; Local Variables: ***
;;; mode: C++ ***
;;; End: ***
*/