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+// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package types2
+
+// A Pointer represents a pointer type.
+type Pointer struct {
+	base Type // element type
+}
+
+// NewPointer returns a new pointer type for the given element (base) type.
+func NewPointer(elem Type) *Pointer { return &Pointer{base: elem} }
+
+// Elem returns the element type for the given pointer p.
+func (p *Pointer) Elem() Type { return p.base }
+
+func (p *Pointer) Underlying() Type { return p }
+func (p *Pointer) String() string   { return TypeString(p, nil) }