Pack 'void *' into a string buffer. */

The python cached type query */

Check type equivalence in a name list like <name1>|<name2>|... Return 0 if equal, -1 if nb < tb, 1 if nb > tb */

Check type equivalence in a name list like <name1>|<name2>|... Return 0 if not equal, 1 if equal */

Compare two type names skipping the space characters, therefore "char*" == "char *" and "Class<int>" == "Class<int >", etc. Return 0 when the two