-#define sched_get_time_step(irn) _sched_get_time_step(irn)
-#define sched_has_succ(irn) _sched_has_succ(irn)
-#define sched_has_prev(irn) _sched_has_prev(irn)
-#define sched_succ(irn) _sched_succ(irn)
-#define sched_prev(irn) _sched_prev(irn)
-#define sched_first(irn) _sched_first(irn)
-#define sched_last(irn) _sched_last(irn)
-#define sched_add_before(before, irn) _sched_add_before(before, irn)
-#define sched_add_after(after, irn) _sched_add_after(after, irn)
-#define sched_remove(irn) _sched_remove(irn)
-#define sched_is_scheduled(irn) _sched_is_scheduled(irn)
-#define sched_cmp(a, b) _sched_cmp(a, b)
+/**
+ * A predicate for a node.
+ * @param irn The node.
+ * @param data The custom data.
+ * @return 1 if irn should be skipped. Else 0.
+ */
+typedef int (sched_predicator_t)(const ir_node *irn, void *data);
+
+
+int sched_skip_cf_predicator(const ir_node *irn, void *data);
+int sched_skip_phi_predicator(const ir_node *irn, void *data);
+
+/**
+ * Skip nodes in a schedule.
+ * @param from The node to start from.
+ * @param forward The direction (1 for forward, 0 for backward).
+ * @param predicator The one who decides what is skipped.
+ * @param data Food for the predicator.
+ * @return The first node rejected by the predicator or the block
+ * itself if none was rejected.
+ */
+extern ir_node *sched_skip(ir_node *from, int forward,
+ sched_predicator_t *predicator, void *data);
+
+#define sched_get_time_step(irn) _sched_get_time_step(irn)
+#define sched_has_next(irn) _sched_has_next(irn)
+#define sched_has_prev(irn) _sched_has_prev(irn)
+#define sched_next(irn) _sched_next(irn)
+#define sched_prev(irn) _sched_prev(irn)
+#define sched_first(irn) _sched_first(irn)
+#define sched_last(irn) _sched_last(irn)
+#define sched_add_before(before, irn) _sched_add_before(before, irn)
+#define sched_add_after(after, irn) _sched_add_after(after, irn)
+#define sched_remove(irn) _sched_remove(irn)
+#define sched_is_scheduled(irn) _sched_is_scheduled(irn)
+#define sched_comes_after(n1, n2) _sched_comes_after(n1, n1)
+#define sched_cmp(a, b) _sched_cmp(a, b)