diff --git a/include/proto/pattern.h b/include/proto/pattern.h
index 163f36b..b9947b5 100644
--- a/include/proto/pattern.h
+++ b/include/proto/pattern.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
  * The function returns 1 if the processing is ok, return 0
  * if the parser fails, with <err> message filled.
  */
-int pattern_register(struct pattern_expr *expr, const char *arg, struct sample_storage *smp, struct pattern_list **pattern, int patflags, char **err);
+int pattern_register(struct pattern_expr *expr, const char *arg, struct sample_storage *smp, int patflags, char **err);
 
 /* return the PAT_MATCH_* index for match name "name", or < 0 if not found */
 static inline int pat_find_match_name(const char *name)
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@
 
 /*
  *
+ * The following function gets "pattern", duplicate it and index it in "expr"
+ *
+ */
+int pat_idx_list_val(struct pattern_expr *expr, struct pattern *pat, char **err);
+int pat_idx_list_ptr(struct pattern_expr *expr, struct pattern *pat, char **err);
+int pat_idx_list_str(struct pattern_expr *expr, struct pattern *pat, char **err);
+int pat_idx_list_reg(struct pattern_expr *expr, struct pattern *pat, char **err);
+int pat_idx_tree_ip(struct pattern_expr *expr, struct pattern *pat, char **err);
+int pat_idx_tree_str(struct pattern_expr *expr, struct pattern *pat, char **err);
+
+/*
+ *
  * The following functions are general purpose pattern matching functions.
  *
  */