+metaStateSpecifier metaStateExpression_getSpecifier (metaStateExpression m)
+{
+ llassert (m != NULL);
+ return m->spec;
+}
+
+bool metaStateExpression_isMerge (metaStateExpression m)
+{
+ return (metaStateExpression_isDefined (m)
+ && metaStateExpression_isDefined (m->rest));
+}
+
+/*@observer@*/ metaStateExpression metaStateExpression_getRest (metaStateExpression m)
+{
+ llassert (m != NULL);
+ return m->rest;
+}
+