Index: generic/xotclInt.h
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diff -u -rafa1cb8064311ef406ae50c499c026c8576393f8 -re767edf5c498094f6e00150541bfb7beab52b619
--- generic/xotclInt.h	(.../xotclInt.h)	(revision afa1cb8064311ef406ae50c499c026c8576393f8)
+++ generic/xotclInt.h	(.../xotclInt.h)	(revision e767edf5c498094f6e00150541bfb7beab52b619)
@@ -425,6 +425,15 @@
 #define XOTCL_ARG_NOARG 		     0x0010
 #define XOTCL_ARG_RELATION		     0x0100
 
+/* method types */
+#define XOTCL_METHODTYPE_ALIAS     0x0001
+#define XOTCL_METHODTYPE_SCRIPTED  0x0002
+#define XOTCL_METHODTYPE_SETTER    0x0004
+#define XOTCL_METHODTYPE_FORWARDER 0x0008
+#define XOTCL_METHODTYPE_OBJECT    0x0010
+#define XOTCL_METHODTYPE_OTHER     0x0100
+#define XOTCL_METHODTYPE_CMD       XOTCL_METHODTYPE_ALIAS|XOTCL_METHODTYPE_SETTER|XOTCL_METHODTYPE_FORWARDER|XOTCL_METHODTYPE_OBJECT|XOTCL_METHODTYPE_OTHER
+
 /* disallowed options */
 #define XOTCL_ARG_METHOD_PARAMETER	     (XOTCL_ARG_RELATION)  /* maybe add ARG_INITCMD */
 #define XOTCL_ARG_OBJECT_PARAMETER	     0