+/**
+ * The node attribute compare operation.
+ * Compares the nodes attributes of two nodes of identical opcode
+ * and returns 0 if the attributes are identical, 1 if they differ.
+ */
+typedef int (*node_cmp_attr_func)(ir_node *a, ir_node *b);
+
+/**
+ * The reassociation operation.
+ * Called from a walker. Returns non-zero if
+ * a reassociation rule was applied.
+ * The pointer n is set to the newly created node, if some reassociation
+ * was applied.
+ */
+typedef int (*reassociate_func)(ir_node **n);
+
+/**
+ * The copy attribute operation.
+ * Copy the node attributes from a 'old' node to a 'new' one.
+ */
+typedef void (*copy_attr_func)(const ir_node *old_node, ir_node *new_node);
+
+/**
+ * The get_type operation.
+ * Return the type of the node self.
+ */
+typedef ir_type *(*get_type_func)(ir_node *self);
+
+/**
+ * The get_type_attr operation. Used to traverse all types that can be
+ * accessed from an ir_graph.
+ * Return the type attribute of the node self.
+ */
+typedef ir_type *(*get_type_attr_func)(ir_node *self);
+
+/**
+ * The get_entity_attr operation. Used to traverse all entities that can be
+ * accessed from an ir_graph.
+ * Return the entity attribute of the node self.
+ */
+typedef ir_entity *(*get_entity_attr_func)(ir_node *self);
+
+/**
+ * The verify_node operation.
+ * Return non-zero if the node verification is ok, else 0.
+ * Depending on the node verification settings, may even assert.
+ *
+ * @see do_node_verification()
+ */
+typedef int (*verify_node_func)(ir_node *self, ir_graph *irg);
+
+/**
+ * The verify_node operation for Proj(X).
+ * Return non-zero if the node verification is ok, else 0.
+ * Depending on the node verification settings, may even assert.
+ *
+ * @see do_node_verification()
+ */
+typedef int (*verify_proj_node_func)(ir_node *self, ir_node *proj);
+
+/**
+ * Reasons to call the dump_node operation:
+ */
+typedef enum {
+ dump_node_opcode_txt, /**< dump the opcode */
+ dump_node_mode_txt, /**< dump the mode */
+ dump_node_nodeattr_txt, /**< dump node attributes to be shown in the label */
+ dump_node_info_txt /**< dump node attributes into info1 */
+} dump_reason_t;
+
+/**
+ * The dump_node operation.
+ * Writes several informations requested by reason to
+ * an output file
+ */
+typedef int (*dump_node_func)(ir_node *self, FILE *F, dump_reason_t reason);
+
+/**
+ * io_op Operations.
+ */
+typedef struct {
+ computed_value_func computed_value; /**< evaluates a node into a tarval if possible. */
+ equivalent_node_func equivalent_node; /**< optimizes the node by returning an equivalent one. */
+ transform_node_func transform_node; /**< optimizes the node by transforming it. */
+ node_cmp_attr_func node_cmp_attr; /**< compares two node attributes. */
+ reassociate_func reassociate; /**< reassociate a tree */
+ copy_attr_func copy_attr; /**< copy node attributes */
+ get_type_func get_type; /**< return the type of a node */
+ get_type_attr_func get_type_attr; /**< return the type attribute of a node */
+ get_entity_attr_func get_entity_attr; /**< return the entity attribute of a node */
+ verify_node_func verify_node; /**< verify the node */
+ verify_proj_node_func verify_proj_node; /**< verify the Proj node */
+ dump_node_func dump_node; /**< dump a node */
+ op_func generic; /**< a generic function */
+} ir_op_ops;
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new ir operation.
+ *
+ * @param code the opcode, one of type \c opcode
+ * @param name the printable name of this opcode
+ * @param p whether operations of this opcode are op_pin_state_pinned or floating
+ * @param flags a bitmask of irop_flags describing the behavior of the ir operation
+ * @param opar the parity of this ir operation
+ * @param op_index if the parity is oparity_unary, oparity_binary or oparity_trinary the index
+ * of the left operand
+ * @param ops operations for this opcode, iff NULL default operations are used
+ * @param attr_size attribute size for this ir operation
+ *
+ * @return The generated ir operation.
+ *
+ * This function can create all standard Firm opcode as well as new ones.
+ * The behavior of new opcode depends on the operations \c ops and the \c flags.
+ */
+ir_op * new_ir_op(opcode code, const char *name, op_pin_state p,
+ unsigned flags, op_arity opar, int op_index, size_t attr_size,
+ const ir_op_ops *ops);