[cfe-dev] Typedefs in Sema.h

[Chris Lattner]

On Sep 8, 2011, at 5:30 PM, Richard Trieu wrote:

> While browsing Sema.h, I came across these typedefs (starting at Sema.h:176):
> 
> public:
>  typedef OpaquePtr<DeclGroupRef> DeclGroupPtrTy;
>  typedef OpaquePtr<TemplateName> TemplateTy;
>  typedef OpaquePtr<QualType> TypeTy;
>  typedef Attr AttrTy;
>  typedef CXXBaseSpecifier BaseTy;
>  typedef CXXCtorInitializer MemInitTy;
>  typedef Expr ExprTy;
>  typedef Stmt StmtTy;
>  typedef TemplateParameterList TemplateParamsTy;
>  typedef NestedNameSpecifier CXXScopeTy;
> 
> It looks like that the OpaquePtr's would still be useful, but the
> others looks like they can be removed.  Is there any reason they
> should still be around or can they be phased out in favor of the
> original type?

I think they can be phased out.  These were originally typedefs for void* back in the bad old days of "Actions".

-Chris