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+++ b/src/share/vm/ci/ciUtilities.cpp	Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 2007 +0000
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+/*
+ * Copyright 1999-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
+ * CA 95054 USA or visit www.sun.com if you need additional information or
+ * have any questions.
+ *
+ */
+
+#include "incls/_precompiled.incl"
+#include "incls/_ciUtilities.cpp.incl"
+
+// ciUtilities
+//
+// Miscellaneous internal compiler interface routines.
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------
+// basictype_to_str
+const char* basictype_to_str(BasicType t) {
+  const char* str = type2name(t);
+  if (str == NULL) return "illegal";
+  return str;
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------
+// basictype_to_char
+const char basictype_to_char(BasicType t) {
+  char c = type2char(t);
+  return c ? c : 'X';
+}