path: root/compiler/defutil.pas

{
    Copyright (c) 1998-2006 by Florian Klaempfl

    This unit provides some help routines for type handling

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
    (at your option) any later version.

    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
    GNU General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
    Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

 ****************************************************************************
}
unit defutil;

{$i fpcdefs.inc}

interface

    uses
       globtype,globals,constexp,
       symconst,symtype,symdef,
       cgbase,cpubase;

    type
       tmmxtype = (mmxno,mmxu8bit,mmxs8bit,mmxu16bit,mmxs16bit,
                   mmxu32bit,mmxs32bit,mmxfixed16,mmxsingle,mmxs64bit,mmxu64bit);


{*****************************************************************************
                          Basic type functions
 *****************************************************************************}

    {# Returns true, if definition defines an ordinal type }
    function is_ordinal(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if definition defines a string type }
    function is_string(def : tdef): boolean;

    {# Returns True, if definition defines a type that behaves like a string,
       namely that can be joined and compared with another string-like type }
    function is_stringlike(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns True, if definition defines an enumeration type }
    function is_enum(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns True, if definition defines a set type }
    function is_set(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns the minimal integer value of the type }
    function get_min_value(def : tdef) : TConstExprInt;

    {# Returns the maximal integer value of the type }
    function get_max_value(def : tdef) : TConstExprInt;

    {# Returns basetype of the specified integer range }
    function range_to_basetype(const l,h:TConstExprInt):tordtype;

    procedure range_to_type(const l,h:TConstExprInt;var def:tdef);

    procedure int_to_type(const v:TConstExprInt;var def:tdef);

    {# Returns true, if definition defines an integer type }
    function is_integer(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is a boolean }
    function is_boolean(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is a Pascal-style boolean (1 = true, zero = false) }
    function is_pasbool(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is a C-style boolean (non-zero value = true, zero = false) }
    function is_cbool(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is a char

       This excludes the unicode char.
    }
    function is_char(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is a widechar }
    function is_widechar(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is either an AnsiChar or a WideChar }
    function is_anychar(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is a void}
    function is_void(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if definition is a smallset}
    function is_smallset(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def defines a signed data type
       (only for ordinal types)
    }
    function is_signed(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns an unsigned integer type of the same size as def; def must be
       an ordinal or enum }
    function get_unsigned_inttype(def: tdef): torddef;

    {# Returns whether def_from's range is comprised in def_to's if both are
      orddefs, false otherwise                                              }
    function is_in_limit(def_from,def_to : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns whether def is reference counted }
    function is_managed_type(def: tdef) : boolean;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}

    { # Returns whether def is needs to load RTTI for reference counting }
    function is_rtti_managed_type(def: tdef) : boolean;

{    function is_in_limit_value(val_from:TConstExprInt;def_from,def_to : tdef) : boolean;}

{*****************************************************************************
                              Array helper functions
 *****************************************************************************}

    {# Returns true, if p points to a zero based (non special like open or
      dynamic array def).

      This is mainly used to see if the array
      is convertable to a pointer
    }
    function is_zero_based_array(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p points to an open array definition }
    function is_open_array(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p points to a dynamic array definition }
    function is_dynamic_array(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if p points to an array of const definition }
    function is_array_constructor(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if p points to a variant array }
    function is_variant_array(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if p points to an array of const }
    function is_array_of_const(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if p points any kind of special array

       That is if the array is an open array, a variant
       array, an array constants constructor, or an
       array of const.

       Bitpacked arrays aren't special in this regard though.
    }
    function is_special_array(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a bitpacked array }
    function is_packed_array(p: tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a bitpacked record }
    function is_packed_record_or_object(p: tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a char array def }
    function is_chararray(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a wide char array def }
    function is_widechararray(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a open char array def }
    function is_open_chararray(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a open wide char array def }
    function is_open_widechararray(p : tdef) : boolean;

{*****************************************************************************
                          String helper functions
 *****************************************************************************}

    {# Returns true if p points to an open string type }
    function is_open_string(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is an ansi string type }
    function is_ansistring(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is an ansi string type with codepage 0 }
    function is_rawbytestring(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a long string type }
    function is_longstring(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# returns true if p is a wide string type }
    function is_widestring(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# true if p is an unicode string def }
    function is_unicodestring(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# true if p is an unicode/wide/ansistring string def }
    function is_dynamicstring(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# returns true if p is a wide or unicode string type }
    function is_wide_or_unicode_string(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a short string type }
    function is_shortstring(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is any pointer def }
    function is_pointer(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a pchar def }
    function is_pchar(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a pwidechar def }
    function is_pwidechar(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true if p is a voidpointer def }
    function is_voidpointer(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if definition is a float }
    function is_fpu(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is a currency type }
    function is_currency(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is a single type }
    function is_single(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is a double type }
    function is_double(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is an extended type }
    function is_extended(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if definition is a "real" real (i.e. single/double/extended) }
    function is_real(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true for single,double,extended and cextended }
    function is_real_or_cextended(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is a 8 bit int type }
    function is_8bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is a 8 bit ordinal type }
    function is_8bit(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is a 16 bit int type }
    function is_16bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is a 16 bit ordinal type }
    function is_16bit(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is a 32 bit integer type }
    function is_32bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is a 32 bit ordinal type }
    function is_32bit(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is a 64 bit integer type }
    function is_64bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# Returns true, if def is a 64 bit type }
    function is_64bit(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def1 and def2 are both integers of the same bit size and sign }
    function are_equal_ints(def1, def2: tdef): boolean;

    { true, if def is an int type, larger than the processor's native int size }
    function is_oversizedint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is an ordinal type, larger than the processor's native int size }
    function is_oversizedord(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is an int type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativeint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is an ordinal type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativeord(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is an unsigned int type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativeuint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { true, if def is a signed int type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativesint(def : tdef) : boolean;

    {# If @var(l) isn't in the range of todef a range check error (if not explicit) is generated and
      the value is placed within the range
    }
    procedure testrange(todef : tdef;var l : tconstexprint;explicit,forcerangecheck:boolean);

    {# Returns the range of def, where @var(l) is the low-range and @var(h) is
      the high-range.
    }
    procedure getrange(def : tdef;out l, h : TConstExprInt);

    { Returns the range type of an ordinal type in the sense of ISO-10206 }
    function get_iso_range_type(def: tdef): tdef;

    { type being a vector? }
    function is_vector(p : tdef) : boolean;

    { some type helper routines for MMX support }
    function is_mmx_able_array(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# returns the mmx type }
    function mmx_type(p : tdef) : tmmxtype;

    { returns if the passed type (array) fits into an mm register }
    function fits_in_mm_register(p : tdef) : boolean;

    {# From a definition return the abstract code generator size enum. It is
       to note that the value returned can be @var(OS_NO) }
    function def_cgsize(def: tdef): tcgsize;

    { #Return an orddef (integer) correspondig to a tcgsize }
    function cgsize_orddef(size: tcgsize): torddef;

    {# Same as def_cgsize, except that it will interpret certain arrays as
       vectors and return OS_M* sizes for them }
    function def_cgmmsize(def: tdef): tcgsize;

    {# returns true, if the type passed is can be used with windows automation }
    function is_automatable(p : tdef) : boolean;

    { # returns true if the procdef has no parameters and no specified return type }
    function is_bareprocdef(pd : tprocdef): boolean;

    { returns true if the procdef is a C-style variadic function }
    function is_c_variadic(pd: tabstractprocdef): boolean; {$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}

    { # returns the smallest base integer type whose range encompasses that of
        both ld and rd; if keep_sign_if_equal, then if ld and rd have the same
        signdness, the result will also get that signdness }
    function get_common_intdef(ld, rd: torddef; keep_sign_if_equal: boolean): torddef;

    { # returns whether the type is potentially a valid type of/for an "univ" parameter
        (basically: it must have a compile-time size) }
    function is_valid_univ_para_type(def: tdef): boolean;

    { # returns whether the procdef/procvardef represents a nested procedure
        or not }
    function is_nested_pd(def: tabstractprocdef): boolean;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}

    { # returns whether def is a type parameter of a generic }
    function is_typeparam(def : tdef) : boolean;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}

    { returns true of def is a methodpointer }
    function is_methodpointer(def : tdef) : boolean;

    { returns true if def is a C "block" }
    function is_block(def: tdef): boolean;

    { returns the TTypeKind value of the def }
    function get_typekind(def: tdef): byte;

implementation

    uses
       verbose,cutils;

    { returns true, if def uses FPU }
    function is_fpu(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_fpu:=(def.typ=floatdef);
      end;


    { returns true, if def is a currency type }
    function is_currency(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         case s64currencytype.typ of
           orddef :
             result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                     (torddef(s64currencytype).ordtype=torddef(def).ordtype);
           floatdef :
             result:=(def.typ=floatdef) and
                     (tfloatdef(s64currencytype).floattype=tfloatdef(def).floattype);
           else
             internalerror(200304222);
         end;
      end;


    { returns true, if def is a single type }
    function is_single(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=floatdef) and
          (tfloatdef(def).floattype=s32real);
      end;


    { returns true, if def is a double type }
    function is_double(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=floatdef) and
          (tfloatdef(def).floattype=s64real);
      end;


    function is_extended(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=floatdef) and
          (tfloatdef(def).floattype in [s80real,sc80real]);
      end;


    { returns true, if definition is a "real" real (i.e. single/double/extended) }
    function is_real(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=floatdef) and
          (tfloatdef(def).floattype in [s32real,s64real,s80real]);
      end;


    function is_real_or_cextended(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=floatdef) and
          (tfloatdef(def).floattype in [s32real,s64real,s80real,sc80real]);
      end;


    function range_to_basetype(const l,h:TConstExprInt):tordtype;
      begin
        { prefer signed over unsigned }
        if (l>=int64(-128)) and (h<=127) then
         range_to_basetype:=s8bit
        else if (l>=0) and (h<=255) then
         range_to_basetype:=u8bit
        else if (l>=int64(-32768)) and (h<=32767) then
         range_to_basetype:=s16bit
        else if (l>=0) and (h<=65535) then
         range_to_basetype:=u16bit
        else if (l>=int64(low(longint))) and (h<=high(longint)) then
         range_to_basetype:=s32bit
        else if (l>=low(cardinal)) and (h<=high(cardinal)) then
         range_to_basetype:=u32bit
        else if (l>=low(int64)) and (h<=high(int64)) then
         range_to_basetype:=s64bit
        else
         range_to_basetype:=u64bit;
      end;


    procedure range_to_type(const l,h:TConstExprInt;var def:tdef);
      begin
        { prefer signed over unsigned }
        if (l>=int64(-128)) and (h<=127) then
         def:=s8inttype
        else if (l>=0) and (h<=255) then
         def:=u8inttype
        else if (l>=int64(-32768)) and (h<=32767) then
         def:=s16inttype
        else if (l>=0) and (h<=65535) then
         def:=u16inttype
        else if (l>=int64(low(longint))) and (h<=high(longint)) then
         def:=s32inttype
        else if (l>=low(cardinal)) and (h<=high(cardinal)) then
         def:=u32inttype
        else if (l>=low(int64)) and (h<=high(int64)) then
         def:=s64inttype
        else
         def:=u64inttype;
      end;


    procedure int_to_type(const v:TConstExprInt;var def:tdef);
      begin
        range_to_type(v,v,def);
      end;


    { true if p is an ordinal }
    function is_ordinal(def : tdef) : boolean;
      var
         dt : tordtype;
      begin
         case def.typ of
           orddef :
             begin
               dt:=torddef(def).ordtype;
               is_ordinal:=dt in [uchar,uwidechar,
                                  u8bit,u16bit,u32bit,u64bit,
                                  s8bit,s16bit,s32bit,s64bit,
                                  pasbool1,pasbool8,pasbool16,pasbool32,pasbool64,
                                  bool8bit,bool16bit,bool32bit,bool64bit,customint];
             end;
           enumdef :
             is_ordinal:=true;
           else
             is_ordinal:=false;
         end;
      end;

    { true if p is a string }
    function is_string(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_string := (assigned(def) and (def.typ = stringdef));
      end;

    function is_stringlike(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result := is_string(def) or
                  is_anychar(def) or
                  is_pchar(def) or
                  is_pwidechar(def) or
                  is_chararray(def) or
                  is_widechararray(def) or
                  is_open_chararray(def) or
                  is_open_widechararray(def) or
                  (def=java_jlstring);
      end;

    function is_enum(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=def.typ=enumdef;
      end;

    function is_set(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=def.typ=setdef;
      end;

    { returns the min. value of the type }
    function get_min_value(def : tdef) : TConstExprInt;
      begin
         case def.typ of
           orddef:
             result:=torddef(def).low;
           enumdef:
             result:=int64(tenumdef(def).min);
           else
             result:=0;
         end;
      end;


    { returns the max. value of the type }
    function get_max_value(def : tdef) : TConstExprInt;
      begin
         case def.typ of
           orddef:
             result:=torddef(def).high;
           enumdef:
             result:=tenumdef(def).max;
           else
             result:=0;
         end;
      end;


    { true if p is an integer }
    function is_integer(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                    (torddef(def).ordtype in [u8bit,u16bit,u32bit,u64bit,
                                          s8bit,s16bit,s32bit,s64bit,
                                          customint]);
      end;


    { true if p is a boolean }
    function is_boolean(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                    (torddef(def).ordtype in [pasbool1,pasbool8,pasbool16,pasbool32,pasbool64,bool8bit,bool16bit,bool32bit,bool64bit]);
      end;


    function is_pasbool(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                    (torddef(def).ordtype in [pasbool1,pasbool8,pasbool16,pasbool32,pasbool64]);
      end;

    { true if def is a C-style boolean (non-zero value = true, zero = false) }
    function is_cbool(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                    (torddef(def).ordtype in [bool8bit,bool16bit,bool32bit,bool64bit]);
      end;


    { true if p is a void }
    function is_void(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                 (torddef(def).ordtype=uvoid);
      end;


    { true if p is a char }
    function is_char(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                 (torddef(def).ordtype=uchar);
      end;


    { true if p is a wchar }
    function is_widechar(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                 (torddef(def).ordtype=uwidechar);
      end;


    { true if p is a char or wchar }
    function is_anychar(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=orddef) and
                 (torddef(def).ordtype in [uchar,uwidechar])
      end;


    { true if p is signed (integer) }
    function is_signed(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         case def.typ of
           orddef :
             result:=torddef(def).low < 0;
           enumdef :
             result:=tenumdef(def).min < 0;
           arraydef :
             result:=is_signed(tarraydef(def).rangedef);
           else
             result:=false;
         end;
      end;


    function get_unsigned_inttype(def: tdef): torddef;
      begin
        case def.typ of
          orddef,
          enumdef:
            result:=cgsize_orddef(tcgsize2unsigned[def_cgsize(def)]);
          else
            internalerror(2016062001);
        end;
      end;


    function is_in_limit(def_from,def_to : tdef) : boolean;

      begin
         if (def_from.typ<>def_to.typ) or
            not(def_from.typ in [orddef,enumdef,setdef]) then
           begin
             is_in_limit := false;
             exit;
           end;
         case def_from.typ of
           orddef:
             is_in_limit:=(torddef(def_from).low>=torddef(def_to).low) and
                          (torddef(def_from).high<=torddef(def_to).high);
           enumdef:
             is_in_limit:=(tenumdef(def_from).min>=tenumdef(def_to).min) and
                          (tenumdef(def_from).max<=tenumdef(def_to).max);
           setdef:
             is_in_limit:=(tsetdef(def_from).setbase>=tsetdef(def_to).setbase) and
                          (tsetdef(def_from).setmax<=tsetdef(def_to).setmax);
         else
           is_in_limit:=false;
         end;
      end;


    function is_managed_type(def: tdef): boolean;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}
      begin
        result:=def.needs_inittable;
      end;


    function is_rtti_managed_type(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=def.needs_inittable and not (
          is_interfacecom_or_dispinterface(def) or
          (def.typ=variantdef) or
          (
            (def.typ=stringdef) and
            (tstringdef(def).stringtype in [st_ansistring,st_widestring,st_unicodestring])
          )
        );
      end;


    { true, if p points to an open array def }
    function is_open_string(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_open_string:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                         (tstringdef(p).stringtype=st_shortstring) and
                         (tstringdef(p).len=0);
      end;


    { true, if p points to a zero based array def }
    function is_zero_based_array(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                 (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                 not(is_special_array(p));
      end;

    { true if p points to a dynamic array def }
    function is_dynamic_array(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                 (ado_IsDynamicArray in tarraydef(p).arrayoptions);
      end;


    { true, if p points to an open array def }
    function is_open_array(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         { check for sizesinttype is needed, because for unsigned the high
           range is also -1 ! (PFV) }
         result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                 (tarraydef(p).rangedef=sizesinttype) and
                 (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                 (tarraydef(p).highrange=-1) and
                 ((tarraydef(p).arrayoptions * [ado_IsVariant,ado_IsArrayOfConst,ado_IsConstructor,ado_IsDynamicArray])=[]);
      end;

    { true, if p points to an array of const def }
    function is_array_constructor(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                 (ado_IsConstructor in tarraydef(p).arrayoptions);
      end;

    { true, if p points to a variant array }
    function is_variant_array(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                 (ado_IsVariant in tarraydef(p).arrayoptions);
      end;

    { true, if p points to an array of const }
    function is_array_of_const(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                 (ado_IsArrayOfConst in tarraydef(p).arrayoptions);
      end;

    { true, if p points to a special array, bitpacked arrays aren't special in this regard though }
    function is_special_array(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                 (
                  ((tarraydef(p).arrayoptions * [ado_IsVariant,ado_IsArrayOfConst,ado_IsConstructor,ado_IsDynamicArray])<>[]) or
                  is_open_array(p)
                 );
      end;

    { true if p is an ansi string def }
    function is_ansistring(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_ansistring:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                        (tstringdef(p).stringtype=st_ansistring);
      end;

    { true if p is an ansi string def with codepage CP_NONE }
    function is_rawbytestring(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_rawbytestring:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                       (tstringdef(p).stringtype=st_ansistring) and
                       (tstringdef(p).encoding=globals.CP_NONE);
      end;

    { true if p is an long string def }
    function is_longstring(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_longstring:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                        (tstringdef(p).stringtype=st_longstring);
      end;


    { true if p is an wide string def }
    function is_widestring(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_widestring:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                        (tstringdef(p).stringtype=st_widestring);
      end;


    function is_dynamicstring(p: tdef): boolean;
      begin
         is_dynamicstring:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                        (tstringdef(p).stringtype in [st_ansistring,st_widestring,st_unicodestring]);
      end;


    { true if p is an wide string def }
    function is_wide_or_unicode_string(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_wide_or_unicode_string:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                        (tstringdef(p).stringtype in [st_widestring,st_unicodestring]);
      end;


    { true if p is an unicode string def }
    function is_unicodestring(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_unicodestring:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                        (tstringdef(p).stringtype=st_unicodestring);
      end;


    { true if p is an short string def }
    function is_shortstring(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_shortstring:=(p.typ=stringdef) and
                         (tstringdef(p).stringtype=st_shortstring);
      end;


    { true if p is bit packed array def }
    function is_packed_array(p: tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_packed_array :=
           (p.typ = arraydef) and
           (ado_IsBitPacked in tarraydef(p).arrayoptions);
      end;


    { true if p is bit packed record def }
    function is_packed_record_or_object(p: tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_packed_record_or_object :=
           (p.typ in [recorddef,objectdef]) and
           (tabstractrecorddef(p).is_packed);
      end;


    { true if p is a char array def }
    function is_chararray(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_chararray:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                      is_char(tarraydef(p).elementdef) and
                      not(is_special_array(p));
      end;

    { true if p is a widechar array def }
    function is_widechararray(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_widechararray:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                          is_widechar(tarraydef(p).elementdef) and
                          not(is_special_array(p));
      end;


    { true if p is a open char array def }
    function is_open_chararray(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_open_chararray:= is_open_array(p) and
                            is_char(tarraydef(p).elementdef);
      end;

    { true if p is a open wide char array def }
    function is_open_widechararray(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_open_widechararray:= is_open_array(p) and
                                is_widechar(tarraydef(p).elementdef);
      end;

    { true if p is any pointer def }
    function is_pointer(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_pointer:=(p.typ=pointerdef);
      end;

    { true if p is a pchar def }
    function is_pchar(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_pchar:=(p.typ=pointerdef) and
                  (is_char(tpointerdef(p).pointeddef) or
                   (is_zero_based_array(tpointerdef(p).pointeddef) and
                    is_chararray(tpointerdef(p).pointeddef)));
      end;

    { true if p is a pchar def }
    function is_pwidechar(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_pwidechar:=(p.typ=pointerdef) and
                      (is_widechar(tpointerdef(p).pointeddef) or
                       (is_zero_based_array(tpointerdef(p).pointeddef) and
                        is_widechararray(tpointerdef(p).pointeddef)));
      end;


    { true if p is a voidpointer def }
    function is_voidpointer(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        is_voidpointer:=(p.typ=pointerdef) and
                        (tpointerdef(p).pointeddef.typ=orddef) and
                        (torddef(tpointerdef(p).pointeddef).ordtype=uvoid);
      end;


    { true, if def is a 8 bit int type }
    function is_8bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u8bit,s8bit])
      end;

    { true, if def is a 8 bit ordinal type }
    function is_8bit(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u8bit,s8bit,pasbool1,pasbool8,bool8bit,uchar])
      end;

    { true, if def is a 16 bit int type }
    function is_16bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u16bit,s16bit])
      end;

    { true, if def is a 16 bit ordinal type }
    function is_16bit(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u16bit,s16bit,pasbool16,bool16bit,uwidechar])
      end;

    { true, if def is a 32 bit int type }
    function is_32bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         result:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u32bit,s32bit])
      end;

    { true, if def is a 32 bit ordinal type }
    function is_32bit(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
         result:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u32bit,s32bit,pasbool32,bool32bit])
      end;

    { true, if def is a 64 bit int type }
    function is_64bitint(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_64bitint:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u64bit,s64bit])
      end;


    { true, if def is a 64 bit type }
    function is_64bit(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
         is_64bit:=(def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u64bit,s64bit,scurrency,pasbool64,bool64bit])
      end;


    { true, if def1 and def2 are both integers of the same bit size and sign }
    function are_equal_ints(def1, def2: tdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def1.typ=orddef) and (def2.typ=orddef) and
          (torddef(def1).ordtype in [u8bit,u16bit,u32bit,u64bit,
                                     s8bit,s16bit,s32bit,s64bit,customint]) and
          (torddef(def1).ordtype=torddef(def2).ordtype) and
          ((torddef(def1).ordtype<>customint) or
           ((torddef(def1).low=torddef(def2).low) and
            (torddef(def1).high=torddef(def2).high)));
      end;


    { true, if def is an int type, larger than the processor's native int size }
    function is_oversizedint(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
{$if defined(cpu8bitalu)}
         result:=is_64bitint(def) or is_32bitint(def) or is_16bitint(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu16bitalu)}
         result:=is_64bitint(def) or is_32bitint(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu32bitaddr)}
         result:=is_64bitint(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu64bitaddr)}
         result:=false;
{$endif}
      end;

    { true, if def is an ordinal type, larger than the processor's native int size }
    function is_oversizedord(def : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
{$if defined(cpu8bitalu)}
         result:=is_64bit(def) or is_32bit(def) or is_16bit(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu16bitalu)}
         result:=is_64bit(def) or is_32bit(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu32bitaddr)}
         result:=is_64bit(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu64bitaddr)}
         result:=false;
{$endif}
      end;


    { true, if def is an int type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativeint(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
{$if defined(cpu8bitalu)}
         result:=is_8bitint(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu16bitalu)}
         result:=is_16bitint(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu32bitaddr)}
         result:=is_32bitint(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu64bitaddr)}
         result:=is_64bitint(def);
{$endif}
      end;

    { true, if def is an ordinal type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativeord(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
{$if defined(cpu8bitalu)}
         result:=is_8bit(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu16bitalu)}
         result:=is_16bit(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu32bitaddr)}
         result:=is_32bit(def);
{$elseif defined(cpu64bitaddr)}
         result:=is_64bit(def);
{$endif}
      end;

    { true, if def is an unsigned int type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativeuint(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
         result:=is_nativeint(def) and (def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [u64bit,u32bit,u16bit,u8bit]);
      end;

    { true, if def is a signed int type, equal in size to the processor's native int size }
    function is_nativesint(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
         result:=is_nativeint(def) and (def.typ=orddef) and (torddef(def).ordtype in [s64bit,s32bit,s16bit,s8bit]);
      end;

    { if l isn't in the range of todef a range check error (if not explicit) is generated and
      the value is placed within the range }
    procedure testrange(todef : tdef;var l : tconstexprint;explicit,forcerangecheck:boolean);
      var
         lv,hv: TConstExprInt;
      begin
         { for 64 bit types we need only to check if it is less than }
         { zero, if def is a qword node                              }
         getrange(todef,lv,hv);
         if (l<lv) or (l>hv) then
           begin
             if not explicit then
               begin
                 if ((todef.typ=enumdef) and
                     { delphi allows range check errors in
                      enumeration type casts FK }
                     not(m_delphi in current_settings.modeswitches)) or
                    (cs_check_range in current_settings.localswitches) or
                    forcerangecheck then
                   Message3(type_e_range_check_error_bounds,tostr(l),tostr(lv),tostr(hv))
                 else
                   Message3(type_w_range_check_error_bounds,tostr(l),tostr(lv),tostr(hv));
               end;
             { Fix the value to fit in the allocated space for this type of variable }
             case longint(todef.size) of
               1: l := l and $ff;
               2: l := l and $ffff;
               4: l := l and $ffffffff;
               else
                 ;
             end;
             {reset sign, i.e. converting -1 to qword changes the value to high(qword)}
             l.signed:=false;
             { do sign extension if necessary (JM) }
             if is_signed(todef) then
              begin
                case longint(todef.size) of
                  1: l.svalue := shortint(l.svalue);
                  2: l.svalue := smallint(l.svalue);
                  4: l.svalue := longint(l.svalue);
                  else
                    ;
                end;
                l.signed:=true;
              end;
           end;
      end;


    { return the range from def in l and h }
    procedure getrange(def : tdef;out l, h : TConstExprInt);
      begin
        case def.typ of
          orddef :
            begin
              l:=torddef(def).low;
              h:=torddef(def).high;
            end;
          enumdef :
            begin
              l:=int64(tenumdef(def).min);
              h:=int64(tenumdef(def).max);
            end;
          arraydef :
            begin
              l:=int64(tarraydef(def).lowrange);
              h:=int64(tarraydef(def).highrange);
            end;
          undefineddef:
            begin
              l:=torddef(sizesinttype).low;
              h:=torddef(sizesinttype).high;
            end;
          else
            internalerror(200611054);
        end;
      end;


    function mmx_type(p : tdef) : tmmxtype;
      begin
         mmx_type:=mmxno;
         if is_mmx_able_array(p) then
           begin
              if tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=floatdef then
                case tfloatdef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).floattype of
                  s32real:
                    mmx_type:=mmxsingle;
                  else
                    ;
                end
              else
                case torddef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).ordtype of
                   u8bit:
                     mmx_type:=mmxu8bit;
                   s8bit:
                     mmx_type:=mmxs8bit;
                   u16bit:
                     mmx_type:=mmxu16bit;
                   s16bit:
                     mmx_type:=mmxs16bit;
                   u32bit:
                     mmx_type:=mmxu32bit;
                   s32bit:
                     mmx_type:=mmxs32bit;
                   else
                     ;
                end;
           end;
      end;


    { The range-type of an ordinal-type that is a subrange-type shall be the host-type (see 6.4.2.4) of the subrange-type.
      The range-type of an ordinal-type that is not a subrange-type shall be the ordinal-type.

      The subrange-bounds shall be of compatible ordinal-types, and the range-type (see 6.4.2.1) of the ordinal-types shall
      be designated the host-type of the subrange-type. }
    function get_iso_range_type(def: tdef): tdef;
      begin
        result:=nil;
        case def.typ of
           orddef:
             begin
               if is_integer(def) then
                 begin
                   if (torddef(def).low>=torddef(sinttype).low) and
                      (torddef(def).high<=torddef(sinttype).high) then
                     result:=sinttype
                   else
                     range_to_type(torddef(def).low,torddef(def).high,result);
                 end
               else case torddef(def).ordtype of
                 pasbool1:
                   result:=pasbool1type;
                 pasbool8:
                   result:=pasbool8type;
                 pasbool16:
                   result:=pasbool16type;
                 pasbool32:
                   result:=pasbool32type;
                 pasbool64:
                   result:=pasbool64type;
                 bool8bit:
                   result:=bool8type;
                 bool16bit:
                   result:=bool16type;
                 bool32bit:
                   result:=bool32type;
                 bool64bit:
                   result:=bool64type;
                 uchar:
                   result:=cansichartype;
                 uwidechar:
                   result:=cwidechartype;
                 scurrency:
                   result:=s64currencytype;
                 else
                   internalerror(2018010901);
               end;
             end;
           enumdef:
             begin
               while assigned(tenumdef(def).basedef) do
                 def:=tenumdef(def).basedef;
               result:=def;
             end
           else
             internalerror(2018010701);
        end;
      end;


    function is_vector(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        result:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                not(is_special_array(p)) and
                (tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=floatdef) and
                (tfloatdef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).floattype in [s32real,s64real]);
      end;


    { returns if the passed type (array) fits into an mm register }
    function fits_in_mm_register(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
{$ifdef x86}
        result:= is_vector(p) and
                 (
                  (tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=floatdef) and
                  (
                   (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                   (tarraydef(p).highrange=3) and
                   (tfloatdef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).floattype=s32real)
                  )
                 ) or

                 (
                  (tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=floatdef) and
                  (
                   (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                   (tarraydef(p).highrange=1) and
                   (tfloatdef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).floattype=s64real)
                  )
                 );
{$else x86}
        result:=false;
{$endif x86}
      end;


    function is_mmx_able_array(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
{$ifdef SUPPORT_MMX}
         if (cs_mmx_saturation in current_settings.localswitches) then
           begin
              is_mmx_able_array:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                not(is_special_array(p)) and
                (
                 (
                  (tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=orddef) and
                  (
                   (
                    (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                    (tarraydef(p).highrange=1) and
                    (torddef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).ordtype in [u32bit,s32bit])
                   )
                   or
                   (
                    (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                    (tarraydef(p).highrange=3) and
                    (torddef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).ordtype in [u16bit,s16bit])
                   )
                  )
                 )
                 or
                (
                 (
                  (tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=floatdef) and
                  (
                   (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                   (tarraydef(p).highrange=1) and
                   (tfloatdef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).floattype=s32real)
                  )
                 )
                )
              );
           end
         else
           begin
              is_mmx_able_array:=(p.typ=arraydef) and
                (
                 (
                  (tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=orddef) and
                  (
                   (
                    (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                    (tarraydef(p).highrange=1) and
                    (torddef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).ordtype in [u32bit,s32bit])
                   )
                   or
                   (
                    (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                    (tarraydef(p).highrange=3) and
                    (torddef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).ordtype in [u16bit,s16bit])
                   )
                   or
                   (
                    (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                    (tarraydef(p).highrange=7) and
                    (torddef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).ordtype in [u8bit,s8bit])
                   )
                  )
                 )
                 or
                 (
                  (tarraydef(p).elementdef.typ=floatdef) and
                  (
                   (tarraydef(p).lowrange=0) and
                   (tarraydef(p).highrange=1) and
                   (tfloatdef(tarraydef(p).elementdef).floattype=s32real)
                  )
                 )
                );
           end;
{$else SUPPORT_MMX}
         is_mmx_able_array:=false;
{$endif SUPPORT_MMX}
      end;


    function def_cgsize(def: tdef): tcgsize;
      begin
        case def.typ of
          orddef,
          enumdef,
          setdef:
            begin
              result:=int_cgsize(def.size);
              if is_signed(def) then
                result:=tcgsize(ord(result)+(ord(OS_S8)-ord(OS_8)));
            end;
          classrefdef,
          pointerdef:
            begin
              result:=int_cgsize(def.size);
              { can happen for far/huge pointers on non-i8086 }
              if result=OS_NO then
                internalerror(2013052201);
            end;
          formaldef:
            result := int_cgsize(voidpointertype.size);
          procvardef:
            result:=int_cgsize(def.size);
          stringdef :
            result:=int_cgsize(def.size);
          objectdef :
            result:=int_cgsize(def.size);
          floatdef:
            if cs_fp_emulation in current_settings.moduleswitches then
              result:=int_cgsize(def.size)
            else
              result:=tfloat2tcgsize[tfloatdef(def).floattype];
          recorddef :
            result:=int_cgsize(def.size);
          arraydef :
            begin
              if is_dynamic_array(def) or not is_special_array(def) then
                begin
                  if (cs_support_vectors in current_settings.globalswitches) and is_vector(def) and ((TArrayDef(def).elementdef.typ = floatdef) and not (cs_fp_emulation in current_settings.moduleswitches)) then
                    begin
                      { Determine if, based on the floating-point type and the size
                        of the array, if it can be made into a vector }
                      case TFloatDef(def).floattype of
                        s32real:
                          result := float_array_cgsize(def.size);
                        s64real:
                          result := double_array_cgsize(def.size);
                        else
                          { If not, fall back }
                          result := int_cgsize(def.size);
                      end;
                    end
                  else
                    result := int_cgsize(def.size);
                end
              else
                result := OS_NO;
            end;
          else
            begin
              { undefined size }
              result:=OS_NO;
            end;
        end;
      end;

    function cgsize_orddef(size: tcgsize): torddef;
      begin
        case size of
          OS_8:
            result:=torddef(u8inttype);
          OS_S8:
            result:=torddef(s8inttype);
          OS_16:
            result:=torddef(u16inttype);
          OS_S16:
            result:=torddef(s16inttype);
          OS_32:
            result:=torddef(u32inttype);
          OS_S32:
            result:=torddef(s32inttype);
          OS_64:
            result:=torddef(u64inttype);
          OS_S64:
            result:=torddef(s64inttype);
          else
            internalerror(2012050401);
        end;
      end;

    function def_cgmmsize(def: tdef): tcgsize;
      begin
        case def.typ of
          arraydef:
            begin
              case tarraydef(def).elementdef.typ of
                orddef:
                  begin
                    { this is not correct, OS_MX normally mean that the vector
                      contains elements of size X. However, vectors themselves
                      can also have different sizes (e.g. a vector of 2 singles on
                      SSE) and the total size is currently more important }
                    case def.size of
                      1: result:=OS_M8;
                      2: result:=OS_M16;
                      4: result:=OS_M32;
                      8: result:=OS_M64;
                      16: result:=OS_M128;
                      32: result:=OS_M256;
                      64: result:=OS_M512;
                      else
                        internalerror(2013060103);
                    end;
                  end;
                floatdef:
                  begin
                    case TFloatDef(tarraydef(def).elementdef).floattype of
                      s32real:
                        case def.size of
                          4:  result:=OS_MF32;
                          16: result:=OS_MF128;
                          32: result:=OS_MF256;
                          64: result:=OS_MF512;
                          else
                            internalerror(2017121400);
                        end;
                      s64real:
                        case def.size of
                          8:  result:=OS_MD64;
                          16: result:=OS_MD128;
                          32: result:=OS_MD256;
                          64: result:=OS_MD512;
                          else
                            internalerror(2017121401);
                        end;
                      else
                        internalerror(2017121402);
                    end;
                  end;
                else
                  result:=def_cgsize(def);
              end;
            end
          else
            result:=def_cgsize(def);
        end;
      end;

    { In Windows 95 era, ordinals were restricted to [u8bit,s32bit,s16bit,bool16bit]
      As of today, both signed and unsigned types from 8 to 64 bits are supported. }
    function is_automatable(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        case p.typ of
          orddef:
            result:=torddef(p).ordtype in [u8bit,s8bit,u16bit,s16bit,u32bit,s32bit,
              u64bit,s64bit,bool16bit,scurrency];
          floatdef:
            result:=tfloatdef(p).floattype in [s64currency,s64real,s32real];
          stringdef:
            result:=tstringdef(p).stringtype in [st_ansistring,st_widestring,st_unicodestring];
          variantdef:
            result:=true;
          objectdef:
            result:=tobjectdef(p).objecttype in [odt_interfacecom,odt_dispinterface,odt_interfacecorba];
          else
            result:=false;
        end;
      end;


    {# returns true, if the type passed is a varset }
    function is_smallset(p : tdef) : boolean;
      begin
        {$if defined(cpu8bitalu)}
          result:=(p.typ=setdef) and (p.size = 1)
        {$elseif defined(cpu16bitalu)}
          result:=(p.typ=setdef) and (p.size in [1,2])
        {$else}
          result:=(p.typ=setdef) and (p.size in [1,2,4])
        {$endif}
      end;


    function is_bareprocdef(pd : tprocdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=(pd.maxparacount=0) and
                (is_void(pd.returndef) or
                 (pd.proctypeoption = potype_constructor));
      end;

    function is_c_variadic(pd: tabstractprocdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=
          (po_varargs in pd.procoptions) or
          (po_variadic in pd.procoptions);
      end;

    function get_common_intdef(ld, rd: torddef; keep_sign_if_equal: boolean): torddef;
      var
        llow, lhigh: tconstexprint;
      begin
        llow:=min(ld.low,rd.low);
        lhigh:=max(ld.high,rd.high);
        case range_to_basetype(llow,lhigh) of
          s8bit:
            result:=torddef(s8inttype);
          u8bit:
            result:=torddef(u8inttype);
          s16bit:
            result:=torddef(s16inttype);
          u16bit:
            result:=torddef(u16inttype);
          s32bit:
            result:=torddef(s32inttype);
          u32bit:
            result:=torddef(u32inttype);
          s64bit:
            result:=torddef(s64inttype);
          u64bit:
            result:=torddef(u64inttype);
          else
            begin
              { avoid warning }
              result:=nil;
              internalerror(200802291);
            end;
        end;
        if keep_sign_if_equal and
           (is_signed(ld)=is_signed(rd)) and
           (is_signed(result)<>is_signed(ld)) then
          case result.ordtype of
            s8bit:
              result:=torddef(u8inttype);
            u8bit:
              result:=torddef(s16inttype);
            s16bit:
              result:=torddef(u16inttype);
            u16bit:
              result:=torddef(s32inttype);
            s32bit:
              result:=torddef(u32inttype);
            u32bit:
              result:=torddef(s64inttype);
            s64bit:
              result:=torddef(u64inttype);
            else
              ;
          end;
      end;


    function is_valid_univ_para_type(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=
          not is_open_array(def) and
          not is_void(def) and
          (def.typ<>formaldef);
      end;


    function is_nested_pd(def: tabstractprocdef): boolean;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}
      begin
        result:=def.parast.symtablelevel>normal_function_level;
      end;


    function is_typeparam(def : tdef) : boolean;{$ifdef USEINLINE}inline;{$endif}
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=undefineddef);
      end;


    function is_methodpointer(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=procvardef) and (po_methodpointer in tprocvardef(def).procoptions);
      end;


    function is_block(def: tdef): boolean;
      begin
        result:=(def.typ=procvardef) and (po_is_block in tprocvardef(def).procoptions)
      end;


    function get_typekind(def:tdef):byte;
      begin
        case def.typ of
          arraydef:
            if ado_IsDynamicArray in tarraydef(def).arrayoptions then
              result:=tkDynArray
            else
              result:=tkArray;
          recorddef:
            result:=tkRecord;
          pointerdef:
            result:=tkPointer;
          orddef:
            case torddef(def).ordtype of
              u8bit,
              u16bit,
              u32bit,
              s8bit,
              s16bit,
              s32bit:
                result:=tkInteger;
              u64bit:
                result:=tkQWord;
              s64bit:
                result:=tkInt64;
              pasbool1,
              pasbool8,
              pasbool16,
              pasbool32,
              pasbool64,
              bool8bit,
              bool16bit,
              bool32bit,
              bool64bit:
                result:=tkBool;
              uchar:
                result:=tkChar;
              uwidechar:
                result:=tkWChar;
              scurrency:
                result:=tkFloat;
              else
                result:=tkUnknown;
            end;
          stringdef:
            case tstringdef(def).stringtype of
              st_shortstring:
                result:=tkSString;
              st_longstring:
                result:=tkLString;
              st_ansistring:
                result:=tkAString;
              st_widestring:
                result:=tkWString;
              st_unicodestring:
                result:=tkUString;
            end;
          enumdef:
            result:=tkEnumeration;
          objectdef:
            case tobjectdef(def).objecttype of
              odt_class,
              odt_javaclass:
                result:=tkClass;
              odt_object:
                result:=tkObject;
              odt_interfacecom,
              odt_dispinterface,
              odt_interfacejava:
                result:=tkInterface;
              odt_interfacecorba:
                result:=tkInterfaceCorba;
              odt_helper:
                result:=tkHelper;
              else
                result:=tkUnknown;
            end;
          { currently tkFile is not used }
          {filedef:
            result:=tkFile;}
          setdef:
            result:=tkSet;
          procvardef:
            if tprocvardef(def).is_methodpointer then
              result:=tkMethod
            else
              result:=tkProcVar;
          floatdef:
            result:=tkFloat;
          classrefdef:
            result:=tkClassRef;
          variantdef:
            result:=tkVariant;
          else
            result:=tkUnknown;
        end;
      end;

end.