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+#pragma once
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <map>
+#include <unordered_set>
+
+#include "types.hh"
+
+namespace nix {
+
+/* Symbol table used by the parser and evaluator to represent and look
+   up identifiers and attributes efficiently.  SymbolTable::create()
+   converts a string into a symbol.  Symbols have the property that
+   they can be compared efficiently (using a pointer equality test),
+   because the symbol table stores only one copy of each string. */
+
+class Symbol
+{
+private:
+    const string * s; // pointer into SymbolTable
+    Symbol(const string * s) : s(s) { };
+    friend class SymbolTable;
+
+public:
+    Symbol() : s(0) { };
+
+    bool operator == (const Symbol & s2) const
+    {
+        return s == s2.s;
+    }
+
+    bool operator != (const Symbol & s2) const
+    {
+        return s != s2.s;
+    }
+
+    bool operator < (const Symbol & s2) const
+    {
+        return s < s2.s;
+    }
+
+    operator const string & () const
+    {
+        return *s;
+    }
+
+    bool set() const
+    {
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    bool empty() const
+    {
+        return s->empty();
+    }
+
+    friend std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Symbol & sym);
+};
+
+inline std::ostream & operator << (std::ostream & str, const Symbol & sym)
+{
+    str << *sym.s;
+    return str;
+}
+
+class SymbolTable
+{
+private:
+    typedef std::unordered_set<string> Symbols;
+    Symbols symbols;
+
+public:
+    Symbol create(const string & s)
+    {
+        std::pair<Symbols::iterator, bool> res = symbols.insert(s);
+        return Symbol(&*res.first);
+    }
+
+    unsigned int size() const
+    {
+        return symbols.size();
+    }
+
+    size_t totalSize() const;
+};
+
+}