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diff --git a/src/runtime/typekind.go b/src/runtime/typekind.go
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+// Copyright 2014 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 runtime
+
+const (
+	kindBool          = _KindBool
+	kindInt           = _KindInt
+	kindInt8          = _KindInt8
+	kindInt16         = _KindInt16
+	kindInt32         = _KindInt32
+	kindInt64         = _KindInt64
+	kindUint          = _KindUint
+	kindUint8         = _KindUint8
+	kindUint16        = _KindUint16
+	kindUint32        = _KindUint32
+	kindUint64        = _KindUint64
+	kindUintptr       = _KindUintptr
+	kindFloat32       = _KindFloat32
+	kindFloat64       = _KindFloat64
+	kindComplex64     = _KindComplex64
+	kindComplex128    = _KindComplex128
+	kindArray         = _KindArray
+	kindChan          = _KindChan
+	kindFunc          = _KindFunc
+	kindInterface     = _KindInterface
+	kindMap           = _KindMap
+	kindPtr           = _KindPtr
+	kindSlice         = _KindSlice
+	kindString        = _KindString
+	kindStruct        = _KindStruct
+	kindUnsafePointer = _KindUnsafePointer
+
+	kindDirectIface = _KindDirectIface
+	kindGCProg      = _KindGCProg
+	kindNoPointers  = _KindNoPointers
+	kindMask        = _KindMask
+)
+
+// isDirectIface reports whether t is stored directly in an interface value.
+func isDirectIface(t *_type) bool {
+	return t.kind&kindDirectIface != 0
+}