+bool is_scalar(const BasicTypeDeclaration &type)
+{
+ return (type.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::INT || type.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::FLOAT);
+}
+
+bool is_vector_or_matrix(const BasicTypeDeclaration &type)
+{
+ return (type.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::VECTOR || type.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::MATRIX);
+}
+
+BasicTypeDeclaration *get_element_type(BasicTypeDeclaration &type)
+{
+ if(is_vector_or_matrix(type) || type.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::ARRAY)
+ {
+ BasicTypeDeclaration *basic_base = dynamic_cast<BasicTypeDeclaration *>(type.base_type);
+ return (basic_base ? get_element_type(*basic_base) : 0);
+ }
+ else
+ return &type;
+}
+
+bool can_convert(const BasicTypeDeclaration &from, const BasicTypeDeclaration &to)
+{
+ if(from.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::INT && to.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::FLOAT)
+ return from.size<=to.size;
+ else if(from.kind!=to.kind)
+ return false;
+ else if(from.kind==BasicTypeDeclaration::INT && from.sign!=to.sign)
+ return from.sign && from.size<=to.size;
+ else if(is_vector_or_matrix(from) && from.size==to.size)
+ {
+ BasicTypeDeclaration *from_base = dynamic_cast<BasicTypeDeclaration *>(from.base_type);
+ BasicTypeDeclaration *to_base = dynamic_cast<BasicTypeDeclaration *>(to.base_type);
+ return (from_base && to_base && can_convert(*from_base, *to_base));
+ }
+ else
+ return false;
+}