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+#ifndef _PARSEF_H
+#define _PARSEF_H
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "types.h"
+
+/*
+  1. String Versions
+*/
+address_t ParseNumber(char *c, number_t *r);
+#ifdef HASFLOAT
+/* a poor man's atof implementation with character count */
+address_t ParseNumber2(char *c, number_t *r);
+#endif
+address_t ParseString(char *c, char *r);
+
+/*
+  2. Byte Stream versions
+*/
+index_t ReadNumber(number_t *r);
+#ifdef HASFLOAT
+/* a poor man's atof implementation with character count */
+index_t ReadNumber2(number_t *r);
+#endif
+index_t ReadString(char *r);
+
+/*
+  Set standard input channel (default 0)
+*/
+index_t parse_stdin(index_t handle);
+
+#endif