+/* Only set if layout = fixed. */
+int get_entity_offset (entity *ent);
+void set_entity_offset (entity *ent, int offset);
+
+/* A link to store intermediate information */
+void* get_entity_link(entity *ent);
+void set_entity_link(entity *ent, void *l);
+
+/** Fields of method entities **/
+/* The entity knows the corresponding irg if the entity is a method.
+ This allows to get from a Call to the called irg.
+ Only entities of peculiarity "existent" can have a corresponding irg,
+ else the field is fixed to NULL. (Get returns NULL, set asserts.) */
+ir_graph *get_entity_irg(entity *ent);
+void set_entity_irg(entity *ent, ir_graph *irg);
+