+/*
+ * Parse the flags string from a .flags attribute list into the varaccess enum.
+ */
+enum env_flags_varaccess env_flags_parse_varaccess(const char *flags);
+/*
+ * Parse the binary flags from a hash table entry into the varaccess enum.
+ */
+enum env_flags_varaccess env_flags_parse_varaccess_from_binflags(int binflags);
+
+#ifdef USE_HOSTCC
+/*
+ * Look up the type of a variable directly from the .flags var.
+ */
+enum env_flags_vartype env_flags_get_type(const char *name);
+/*
+ * Look up the access of a variable directly from the .flags var.
+ */
+enum env_flags_varaccess env_flags_get_access(const char *name);
+/*
+ * Validate the newval for its type to conform with the requirements defined by
+ * its flags (directly looked at the .flags var).
+ */
+int env_flags_validate_type(const char *name, const char *newval);
+/*
+ * Validate the newval for its access to conform with the requirements defined
+ * by its flags (directly looked at the .flags var).
+ */
+int env_flags_validate_access(const char *name, int check_mask);
+/*
+ * Validate that the proposed access to variable "name" is valid according to
+ * the defined flags for that variable, if any.
+ */
+int env_flags_validate_varaccess(const char *name, int check_mask);
+/*
+ * Validate the parameters passed to "env set" for type compliance
+ */
+int env_flags_validate_env_set_params(int argc, char * const argv[]);
+
+#else /* !USE_HOSTCC */