+extern const char *skip_quoted_chars (const char *, const char *,
+ const char *);
+
+extern const char *skip_quoted (const char *);
+
+/* Maximum number of candidates to consider before the completer
+ bails by throwing MAX_COMPLETIONS_REACHED_ERROR. Negative values
+ disable limiting. */
+
+extern int max_completions;
+
+/* Object to track how many unique completions have been generated.
+ Used to limit the size of generated completion lists. */
+
+typedef htab_t completion_tracker_t;
+
+/* Create a new completion tracker.
+ The result is a hash table to track added completions, or NULL
+ if max_completions <= 0. If max_completions < 0, tracking is disabled.
+ If max_completions == 0, the max is indeed zero. */
+
+extern completion_tracker_t new_completion_tracker (void);
+
+/* Make a cleanup to free a completion tracker, and reset its pointer
+ to NULL. */
+
+extern struct cleanup *make_cleanup_free_completion_tracker
+ (completion_tracker_t *tracker_ptr);
+
+/* Return values for maybe_add_completion. */
+
+enum maybe_add_completion_enum
+{
+ /* NAME has been recorded and max_completions has not been reached,
+ or completion tracking is disabled (max_completions < 0). */
+ MAYBE_ADD_COMPLETION_OK,
+
+ /* NAME has been recorded and max_completions has been reached
+ (thus the caller can stop searching). */
+ MAYBE_ADD_COMPLETION_OK_MAX_REACHED,
+
+ /* max-completions entries has been reached.
+ Whether NAME is a duplicate or not is not determined. */
+ MAYBE_ADD_COMPLETION_MAX_REACHED,
+
+ /* NAME has already been recorded.
+ Note that this is never returned if completion tracking is disabled
+ (max_completions < 0). */
+ MAYBE_ADD_COMPLETION_DUPLICATE
+};
+
+/* Add the completion NAME to the list of generated completions if
+ it is not there already.
+ If max_completions is negative, nothing is done, not even watching
+ for duplicates, and MAYBE_ADD_COMPLETION_OK is always returned.
+
+ If MAYBE_ADD_COMPLETION_MAX_REACHED is returned, callers are required to
+ record at least one more completion. The final list will be pruned to
+ max_completions, but recording at least one more than max_completions is
+ the signal to the completion machinery that too many completions were
+ found. */
+
+extern enum maybe_add_completion_enum
+ maybe_add_completion (completion_tracker_t tracker, char *name);
+
+/* Wrapper to throw MAX_COMPLETIONS_REACHED_ERROR. */