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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#ifndef T_COMMON_H
+#define T_COMMON_H
+
+#include "parse/t_type.h"
+
+/**
+ * Global types for the parser to be able to reference
+ */
+
+extern t_type* g_type_void;
+extern t_type* g_type_string;
+extern t_type* g_type_binary;
+extern t_type* g_type_slist;
+extern t_type* g_type_bool;
+extern t_type* g_type_i8;
+extern t_type* g_type_i16;
+extern t_type* g_type_i32;
+extern t_type* g_type_i64;
+extern t_type* g_type_double;
+
+void initGlobals();
+void clearGlobals();
+
+#endif