int is_class_final(const ir_type *clss);
/** Sets if a class is final. */
-void set_class_final(ir_type *clss, int final);
+void set_class_final(ir_type *clss, int flag);
/* Set and get a class' dfn --
@todo This is an undocumented field, subject to change! */
/** Returns the first pointer type that has as points_to tp.
* Not efficient: O(#types).
- * If not found returns unknown_type. */
+ * If not found returns firm_unknown_type. */
ir_type *find_pointer_type_to_type (ir_type *tp);
/**
* Primitive types are types that represent indivisible data values that
* map directly to modes. They don't have a private attribute. The
* important information they carry is held in the common mode field.
-*/
+ */
/** Creates a new primitive type. */
ir_type *new_type_primitive (ident *name, ir_mode *mode);
/**
- * @page none_type
+ * @page none_type The None type
*
* This type is an auxiliary type dedicated to support type analyses.
*
int is_compound_type(const ir_type *tp);
/**
- * Checks, whether a type is a frame type
+ * Checks, whether a type is a frame type.
*/
int is_frame_type(const ir_type *tp);
+/**
+ * Checks, whether a type is a lowered type.
+ */
+int is_lowered_type(const ir_type *tp);
+
/**
* Makes a new frame type. Frame types are class types,
* so all class access functions work.
*/
ir_type *new_type_frame(ident *name);
+/**
+ * Sets a lowered type for a type. This sets both associations
+ * and marks lowered type as a "lowered" one.
+ */
+void set_lowered_type(ir_type *tp, ir_type *lowered_type);
+
+/**
+ * Gets the lowered/unlowered type of a type or NULL if this type
+ * has no lowered/unlowered one.
+ */
+ir_type *get_associated_type(const ir_type *tp);
+
+/**
+ * Allocate an area of size bytes aligned at alignment
+ * at the start or the end of a frame type.
+ * The frame type must have already an fixed layout.
+ *
+ * @param frame_type a frame type
+ * @param size the size of the entity
+ * @param alignment the alignment of the entity
+ * @param at_start if true, put the area at the frame type's start, else at end
+ *
+ * @return the entity representing the area
+ */
+entity *frame_alloc_area(type *frame_type, int size, int alignment, int at_start);
+
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