Index: trunk/src/strflags.c
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/strflags.c	(revision 2860)
+++ trunk/src/strflags.c	(revision 2861)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
  */
 
 #define N(x) x, sizeof(x)-1
-static FlagBitsType object_flagbits[] = {
+FlagBitsType pcb_object_flagbits[] = {
 	{PCB_FLAG_PIN, N("pin"), PCB_TYPEMASK_ALL},
 	{PCB_FLAG_VIA, N("via"), PCB_TYPEMASK_ALL},
 	{PCB_FLAG_FOUND, N("found"), PCB_TYPEMASK_ALL},
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 
 FlagType string_to_flags(const char *flagstring, int (*error) (const char *msg))
 {
-	return common_string_to_flags(flagstring, error, object_flagbits, ENTRIES(object_flagbits));
+	return common_string_to_flags(flagstring, error, pcb_object_flagbits, ENTRIES(pcb_object_flagbits));
 }
 
 
@@ -533,6 +533,6 @@
 
 char *flags_to_string(FlagType flags, int object_type)
 {
-	return common_flags_to_string(flags, object_type, object_flagbits, ENTRIES(object_flagbits));
+	return common_flags_to_string(flags, object_type, pcb_object_flagbits, ENTRIES(pcb_object_flagbits));
 }
 
Index: trunk/src/strflags.h
===================================================================
--- trunk/src/strflags.h	(revision 2860)
+++ trunk/src/strflags.h	(revision 2861)
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 
 } FlagBitsType;
 
+/* All flags natively known by the core */
+extern FlagBitsType pcb_object_flagbits[];
 
 /* The purpose of this interface is to make the file format able to
    handle more than 32 flags, and to hide the internal details of