#ifndef FIRM_COMMON_FIRM_COMMON_H
#define FIRM_COMMON_FIRM_COMMON_H
+#include "firm_types.h"
+
+/**
+ * libFirm initialization parameters.
+ */
+struct _firm_parameter_t {
+ /**
+ * The size of this structure. init_firm() will only initialize
+ * this amount of data. This allows to add more fields to this structure
+ * without breaking compatibility to older source.
+ */
+ unsigned int size;
+
+ /**
+ * Statistic options. If statistic function where enabled, these
+ * flags configure it, see enum firmstat_options_t.
+ */
+ unsigned enable_statistics;
+
+ /**
+ * This function is called, whenever a local variable is
+ * used before definition. The function should insert a default value,
+ * and/or raise a compiler error/warning. Note that returning
+ * an Unknown is allowed here.
+ */
+ uninitialized_local_variable_func_t *initialize_local_func;
+
+ /**
+ * The interface functions for the type identification module.
+ * If not set, the default implementation with compare_strict() and
+ * firm_hash_name() will be used.
+ */
+ type_identify_if_t *ti_if;
+
+ /**
+ * The interface for the ident module.
+ * If not set, the default libFirm ident module (using hash sets).
+ */
+ ident_if_t *id_if;
+
+ /**
+ * The default calling convention.
+ */
+ unsigned cc_mask;
+
+ /**
+ * The debug info that should be used for "builtin" objects.
+ */
+ dbg_info *builtin_dbg;
+};
+
+typedef struct _firm_parameter_t firm_parameter_t;
+
+/**
+ * Initialize the firm library.
+ *
+ * Initializes the firm library. Allocates default data structures.
+ * Initializes configurable behavior of the library.
+ *
+ * @param params A structure containing the parameters of the libFirm.
+ *
+ * The parameter struct may be NULL. In that case, the original FIRM behavior
+ * is conserved.
+ */
+void ir_init(const firm_parameter_t *params);
+
+/**
+ * Frees all memory occupied by the firm library.
+ */
+void ir_finish(void);
+
+/** returns the libFirm major version number */
+unsigned ir_get_version_major(void);
+/** returns libFirm minor version number */
+unsigned ir_get_version_minor(void);
+/** returns string describing libFirm revision */
+const char *ir_get_version_revision(void);
+/** returns string describing libFirm build */
+const char *ir_get_version_build(void);
+
+
+
/** a list of firm kinds
@@@ not all datatypes are tagged yet. */
typedef enum {