+struct type_integer *integer_type_new(const char *name,
+ size_t len, int byte_order,
+ int signedness, size_t alignment);
+
+/*
+ * mantissa_len is the length of the number of bytes represented by the mantissa
+ * (e.g. result of DBL_MANT_DIG). It includes the leading 1.
+ */
+struct type_float *float_type_new(const char *name,
+ size_t mantissa_len,
+ size_t exp_len, int byte_order,
+ size_t alignment);
+
+/*
+ * A GQuark can be translated to/from strings with g_quark_from_string() and
+ * g_quark_to_string().
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Returns a GArray of GQuark or NULL.
+ * Caller must release the GArray with g_array_unref().
+ */
+GArray *enum_uint_to_quark_set(const struct type_enum *enum_type, uint64_t v);
+
+/*
+ * Returns a GArray of GQuark or NULL.
+ * Caller must release the GArray with g_array_unref().
+ */
+GArray *enum_int_to_quark_set(const struct type_enum *enum_type, uint64_t v);
+
+/*
+ * Returns a GArray of struct enum_range or NULL.
+ * Callers do _not_ own the returned GArray (and therefore _don't_ need to
+ * release it).
+ */
+GArray *enum_quark_to_range_set(const struct type_enum *enum_type, GQuark q);
+void enum_signed_insert(struct type_enum *enum_type,
+ int64_t start, int64_t end, GQuark q);
+void enum_unsigned_insert(struct type_enum *enum_type,
+ uint64_t start, uint64_t end, GQuark q);
+size_t enum_get_nr_enumerators(struct type_enum *enum_type);
+
+struct type_enum *enum_type_new(const char *name,
+ struct type_integer *integer_type);
+
+struct type_struct *struct_type_new(const char *name,
+ struct type_scope *parent_scope);
+void struct_type_add_field(struct type_struct *struct_type,
+ const char *field_name, struct type *field_type);
+/*
+ * Returns the index of a field within a structure.
+ */
+unsigned long struct_type_lookup_field_index(struct type_struct *struct_type,
+ GQuark field_name);
+/*
+ * field returned only valid as long as the field structure is not appended to.
+ */
+struct type_field *
+struct_type_get_field_from_index(struct type_struct *struct_type,
+ unsigned long index);
+struct field *
+struct_get_field_from_index(struct declaration_struct *struct_declaration,
+ unsigned long index);
+
+/*
+ * The tag enumeration is validated to ensure that it contains only mappings
+ * from numeric values to a single tag. Overlapping tag value ranges are
+ * therefore forbidden.
+ */
+struct type_variant *variant_type_new(const char *name,
+ struct type_scope *parent_scope);
+void variant_type_add_field(struct type_variant *variant_type,
+ const char *tag_name, struct type *tag_type);
+struct type_field *
+variant_type_get_field_from_tag(struct type_variant *variant_type, GQuark tag);
+/*
+ * Returns 0 on success, -EPERM on error.
+ */
+int variant_declaration_set_tag(struct declaration_variant *variant,
+ struct declaration *enum_tag);
+/*
+ * Returns the field selected by the current tag value.
+ * field returned only valid as long as the variant structure is not appended
+ * to.
+ */
+struct field *
+variant_get_current_field(struct declaration_variant *variant);
+
+/*
+ * elem_type passed as parameter now belongs to the array. No need to free it
+ * explicitly. "len" is the number of elements in the array.
+ */
+struct type_array *array_type_new(const char *name,
+ size_t len, struct type *elem_type,
+ struct type_scope *parent_scope);
+
+/*
+ * int_type and elem_type passed as parameter now belong to the sequence. No
+ * need to free them explicitly.
+ */
+struct type_sequence *sequence_type_new(const char *name,
+ struct type_integer *len_type,
+ struct type *elem_type,
+ struct type_scope *parent_scope);