[m-rev.] for review: disable equiv_type special pred and type_ctor_info generation for il backend

[Fergus Henderson]

On 09-Nov-2002, Peter Ross <pro at missioncriticalit.com> wrote:
> fjh wrote:
> 
> > On 09-Nov-2002, Peter Ross <pro at missioncriticalit.com> wrote:
> > > +  % Equivalence types are fully expanded on the IL and Java
> > > +  % backends, so the special predicates aren't required.
> > > + { ( Target = il ; Target = java),
> >
> > This test occurs twice in your diff.  It should be abstracted out into
> > a single predicate rather than being duplicated.
>
> Which module should this test go in?  I was thinking code_util, do you
> agree?

I think it should code in hlds_code_util.
(So should much of the code currently in code_util...)

The reason to avoid putting it in code_util is that
code_util is part of the LLDS back-end, which should
not be referred to from the front-end.

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