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						Class dmd.mtype.TypeNull
				
						
					
				Methods
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| accept | Visits this AST node using the given visitor. | 
| addMod | Add MODxxxx bits to existing type. We're adding, not replacing, so adding const to a shared type => "shared const" | 
| addSTC | Apply STCxxxx bits to existing type. Use *before* semantic analysis is run. | 
| addStorageClass | Add storage class modifiers to type. | 
| alignment | Return alignment to use for this type. | 
| baseElemOf | If this is a type of static array, return its base element type. | 
| castMod | Apply MODxxxx bits to existing type. | 
| check | Look for bugs in constructing types. | 
| checkComplexTransition | |
| checkDeprecated | Check type to see if it is based on a deprecated symbol. | 
| constConv | Determine if converting 'this' to 'to' is an identity operation, a conversion to const operation, or the types aren't the same. | 
| constOf | Convert to 'const'. | 
| covariant | Covariant means that 'this' can substitute for 't', i.e. a pure function is a match for an impure type. | 
| deduceWild | Compute MOD bits matching thisargument type to wild parameter type. | 
| defaultInitLiteral | Use when we prefer the default initializer to be a literal, rather than a global immutable variable. | 
| deinitialize | Deinitializes the global state of the compiler. | 
| factory | Create instance of class specified by the fully qualified name classname. The class must either have no constructors or have a default constructor. | 
| fixTo | For our new type 'this', which is type-constructed from t, fill in the cto, ito, sto, scto, wto shortcuts. | 
| hasPointers | Return !=0 if type has pointers that need to be scanned by the GC during a collection cycle. | 
| hasVoidInitPointers | Detect if type has pointer fields that are initialized to void. Local stack variables with such void fields can remain uninitialized, leading to pointer bugs. | 
| hasWild | Return !=0 if the type or any of its subtypes is wild. | 
| immutableOf | Convert to 'immutable'. | 
| implicitConvTo | Determine if 'this' can be implicitly converted to type 'to'. | 
| isAssignable | When T is mutable, | 
| isBoolean | Returns true if T can be converted to boolean value. | 
| merge2 | This version does a merge even if the deco is already computed. Necessary for types that have a deco, but are not merged. | 
| modToBuffer | Store this type's modifier name into buf. | 
| modToChars | Return this type's modifier name. | 
| mutableOf | Make type mutable. | 
| needsCopyOrPostblit | true if when type is copied, it needs a copy constructor or postblit applied. Only applies to value types, not ref types. | 
| needsDestruction | true if when type goes out of scope, it needs a destructor applied. Only applies to value types, not ref types. | 
| needsNested | |
| nextOf | If this is a type of something, return that something. | 
| nullAttributes | Return a copy of this type with all attributes null-initialized. Useful for creating a type with different modifiers. | 
| numberOfElems | Compute number of elements for a (possibly multidimensional) static array, or 1 for other types. | 
| opCmp | Compare with another Object obj. | 
| opEquals | Test whether thisis equal too.
 The default implementation only compares by identity (using theisoperator).
 Generally, overrides foropEqualsshould attempt to compare objects by their contents. | 
| sizemask | Return the mask that an integral type will fit into. | 
| toBasetype | If this is a shell around another type, get that other type. | 
| toChars | For pretty-printing a type. | 
| toHash | Compute hash function for Object. | 
| toHeadMutable | Return type with the top level of it being mutable. | 
| toPrettyChars | For pretty-printing a type. | 
| toString | |
| toString | Convert Object to a human readable string. | 
| unSharedOf | Make type unshared. 0 => 0 const => const immutable => immutable shared => 0 shared const => const wild => wild wild const => wild const shared wild => wild shared wild const => wild const | 
| wildOf | Convert to 'wild'. | 
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