naming abstraction
diff --git a/libasn1compiler/asn1c_naming.h b/libasn1compiler/asn1c_naming.h
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+#ifndef	ASN1_COMPILER_NAMING_H
+#define	ASN1_COMPILER_NAMING_H
+
+struct c_names {
+    const char *base_name;     /* "foo" */
+    const char *short_name;    /* "foo_t", "e_foo" */
+    const char *full_name;     /* "struct foo", "enum foo" */
+    const char *as_member;     /* "foo" (not compounded) */
+    const char *presence_enum; /* "enum foo_PR" */
+    const char *presence_name; /* "foo_PR" */
+    const char *members_enum;  /* "enum foo" */
+    const char *members_name;  /* "e_foo" */
+};
+
+struct c_names c_name(arg_t *);
+const char *c_member_name(arg_t *, asn1p_expr_t *);     /* %s_%s */
+const char *c_presence_name(arg_t *, asn1p_expr_t *);   /* %s_PR_%s */
+
+#endif	/* ASN1_COMPILER_NAMING_H */