Hi, For a very long time now, the documentation and the code have talked about a "type checker." As far as I can tell, it was never fully implemented, and, in fact, it is not used anywhere. While working up a patch for c++/13356, Tom noticed that we had a set/show command for "check type". Since this is not used (and doesn't look like it ever was), we've decided to reclaim that setting and turn it into something useful. This first patch deals with the mechanical removal of all the dead code. [The documentation and testsuite patches will follow.] Comments/questions/concerns? Keith ChangeLog 2012-08-16 Keith Seitz * language.h (type_mode): Remove. (type_check): Remove. (struct language_defn): Remove la_type_check. (STRICT_TYPE): Remove unused macro. (type_error): Remove. * language.c (set_type_range_case): Renamed to ... (set_range_case): ... this. Update all callers. Remove type_mode/type_check. (type_mode): Remove. (type_check): Remove. (show_type_command): Remove. (set_type_command): Remove. (language_info): Remove type checking output. (type_error): Remove unused function. (range_error): Update comment. (unknown_language_defn): Remove la_type_check. (auto_language_defn): Likewise. (local_language_defn): Likewise. (_initialize_language): Remove "check type" subcommand. * ada-lang.c (ada_language_defn): Remove la_type_check. * c-lang.c (c_language_defn): Likewise. (cplus_language_defn): Likewise. (asm_language_defn): Likewise. (minimal_language_defn): Likewise. * d-lang.c (d_language_defn): Likewise. * f-lang.c (f_language_defn): Likewise. * go-lang.c (go_language_defn): Likewise. * jv-lang.c (java_language_defn): Likewise. * m2-lang.c (m2_language_defn): Likewise. * objc-lang.c (objc_language_defn): Likewise. * opencl-lang.c (opencl_language_defn): Likewise. * p-lang.c (pascal_language_defn): Likewise.