+void print_enum_definition(const enum_t *enume);
+
+/**
+ * Print the compound part of a compound type.
+ */
+void print_compound_definition(const compound_t *compound);
+
+void inc_type_visited(void);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the given type is an integer type.
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type is an integer type.
+ */
+bool is_type_integer(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the given type is an enum type.
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type is an enum type.
+ */
+bool is_type_enum(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the given type is a signed type.
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type is a signed type.
+ */
+bool is_type_signed(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the given type is a floating point type.
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type is a floating point type.
+ */
+bool is_type_float(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the given type is a complex type.
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type is a complex type.
+ */
+bool is_type_complex(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the given type is an integer or float type.
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type is an integer or float type.
+ */
+bool is_type_real(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the type is an arithmetic type (§6.2.5 clause 18)
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type represents an arithmetic type.
+ */
+bool is_type_arithmetic(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Returns true if the type is a scalar type (§6.2.5 clause 21)
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if type represents a scalar type.
+ */
+bool is_type_scalar(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Check if a given type is incomplete.
+ *
+ * @param type The type to check.
+ * @return True if the given type is incomplete (ie. just forward).
+ */
+bool is_type_incomplete(const type_t *type);
+
+bool is_type_object(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Check if two types are compatible.
+ */
+bool types_compatible(const type_t *type1, const type_t *type2);
+
+/**
+ * Returns the unqualified type of a given type.
+ *
+ * @param type The type.
+ * @returns The unqualified type.
+ */
+type_t *get_unqualified_type(type_t *type);
+
+type_t *get_qualified_type(type_t*, type_qualifiers_t);
+type_t *skip_typeref(type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * Return the type qualifier set of a type. If skip_array_type
+ * is true, skip all array types.
+ */
+type_qualifiers_t get_type_qualifier(const type_t *type, bool skip_array_type);
+
+/**
+ * returns size of an atomic type kind in bytes
+ */
+unsigned get_atomic_type_size(atomic_type_kind_t kind);
+
+/**
+ * returns alignment of an atomic type kind in bytes
+ */
+unsigned get_atomic_type_alignment(atomic_type_kind_t kind);
+
+unsigned get_type_alignment(type_t *type);
+unsigned get_type_size(type_t *type);
+decl_modifiers_t get_type_modifiers(const type_t *type);
+
+/**
+ * returns flags of an atomic type kind
+ */
+unsigned get_atomic_type_flags(atomic_type_kind_t kind);
+
+/**
+ * Find the atomic type kind representing a given size (signed).
+ */
+atomic_type_kind_t find_signed_int_atomic_type_kind_for_size(unsigned size);
+
+/**
+ * Find the atomic type kind representing a given size (unsigned).
+ */
+atomic_type_kind_t find_unsigned_int_atomic_type_kind_for_size(unsigned size);
+
+const char *get_atomic_kind_name(atomic_type_kind_t kind);