createAliasTC (
        id,
        name,
        original_type,
        )

createArrayTC ( length,  element_type )

createEnumTC (
        id,
        name,
        members,
        )

createExceptionTC (
        id,
        name,
        members,
        )

createInterfaceTC ( id,  name )

createRecursiveTC ( id )

createSequenceTC ( bound,  element_type )

createStringTC ( bound )

createStructTC (
        id,
        name,
        members,
        )

createTypeCode ( d,  parent=None )

createUnionTC (
        id,
        name,
        discriminator_type,
        members,
        )

equivalentDescriptors (
        a,
        b,
        seen=None,
        )

getCompactDescriptor ( d )

insertIndirections ( d )

r_getCompactDescriptor (
        d,
        seen,
        ind,
        )

r_insertIndirections (
        d,
        seen,
        ind,
        )

removeIndirections ( desc )

typeCodeFromClassOrRepoId ( t )