INTERFACE M3CTypeCompare;
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IMPORT M3AST_AS, M3AST_SM;
PROCEDURE Identical(t1, t2: M3AST_SM.TYPE_SPEC_UNSET): BOOLEAN RAISES {};
are the given types identical? Also succeeds if either type is unset
PROCEDURE Similar(t1, t2: M3AST_AS.TYPE_SPEC): BOOLEAN RAISES {};
are the given types similar? Two types are similar if they have the
same form (e.g. both records with same number of fields, with the same names
and defaults) and their component types have the same type code. 'Similar' is
used by the type equivalence/minimisation algorithm
END M3CTypeCompare.