+/**
+ * Creates a new reference type.
+ *
+ * @param refers_to The referred-to type for the new type.
+ */
+type_t *make_reference_type(type_t *refers_to)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(reference_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(reference_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_REFERENCE;
+ type->base.qualifiers = 0;
+ type->base.alignment = 0;
+ type->reference.refers_to = refers_to;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Creates a new based pointer type.
+ *
+ * @param points_to The points-to type for the new type.
+ * @param qualifiers Type qualifiers for the new type.
+ * @param variable The based variable
+ */
+type_t *make_based_pointer_type(type_t *points_to,
+ type_qualifiers_t qualifiers, variable_t *variable)
+{
+ type_t *type = obstack_alloc(type_obst, sizeof(pointer_type_t));
+ memset(type, 0, sizeof(pointer_type_t));
+
+ type->kind = TYPE_POINTER;
+ type->base.qualifiers = qualifiers;
+ type->base.alignment = 0;
+ type->pointer.points_to = points_to;
+ type->pointer.base_variable = variable;
+
+ return identify_new_type(type);
+}
+
+