+is_scalar_type_recursive (struct type *t)
+{
+ CHECK_TYPEDEF (t);
+
+ if (is_scalar_type (t))
+ return 1;
+ /* Are we dealing with an array or string of known dimensions? */
+ else if ((TYPE_CODE (t) == TYPE_CODE_ARRAY
+ || TYPE_CODE (t) == TYPE_CODE_STRING) && TYPE_NFIELDS (t) == 1
+ && TYPE_CODE (TYPE_INDEX_TYPE (t)) == TYPE_CODE_RANGE)
+ {
+ LONGEST low_bound, high_bound;
+ struct type *elt_type = check_typedef (TYPE_TARGET_TYPE (t));
+
+ get_discrete_bounds (TYPE_INDEX_TYPE (t), &low_bound, &high_bound);
+
+ return high_bound == low_bound && is_scalar_type_recursive (elt_type);
+ }
+ /* Are we dealing with a struct with one element? */
+ else if (TYPE_CODE (t) == TYPE_CODE_STRUCT && TYPE_NFIELDS (t) == 1)
+ return is_scalar_type_recursive (TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (t, 0));
+ else if (TYPE_CODE (t) == TYPE_CODE_UNION)
+ {
+ int i, n = TYPE_NFIELDS (t);
+
+ /* If all elements of the union are scalar, then the union is scalar. */
+ for (i = 0; i < n; i++)
+ if (!is_scalar_type_recursive (TYPE_FIELD_TYPE (t, i)))
+ return 0;
+
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/* A helper function which returns true if types A and B represent the
+ "same" class type. This is true if the types have the same main
+ type, or the same name. */
+
+int
+class_types_same_p (const struct type *a, const struct type *b)
+{
+ return (TYPE_MAIN_TYPE (a) == TYPE_MAIN_TYPE (b)
+ || (TYPE_NAME (a) && TYPE_NAME (b)
+ && !strcmp (TYPE_NAME (a), TYPE_NAME (b))));
+}
+
+/* If BASE is an ancestor of DCLASS return the distance between them.
+ otherwise return -1;
+ eg:
+
+ class A {};
+ class B: public A {};
+ class C: public B {};
+ class D: C {};
+
+ distance_to_ancestor (A, A, 0) = 0
+ distance_to_ancestor (A, B, 0) = 1
+ distance_to_ancestor (A, C, 0) = 2
+ distance_to_ancestor (A, D, 0) = 3
+
+ If PUBLIC is 1 then only public ancestors are considered,
+ and the function returns the distance only if BASE is a public ancestor
+ of DCLASS.
+ Eg:
+
+ distance_to_ancestor (A, D, 1) = -1. */
+
+static int
+distance_to_ancestor (struct type *base, struct type *dclass, int public)