1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs b/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs
index 97a77dd71d3..cf1947a96dc 100644
--- a/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/rustc/metadata/decoder.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export get_item_path;
 export maybe_find_item; // sketchy
 export item_type; // sketchy
 export maybe_get_item_ast;
+export item_is_intrinsic;
 
 // Used internally by astencode:
 export translate_def_id;
@@ -308,6 +309,13 @@ fn get_class_method(cdata: cmd, id: ast::node_id, name: str) -> ast::def_id {
     }
 }
 
+fn item_is_intrinsic(cdata: cmd, id: ast::node_id) -> bool {
+    let mut intrinsic = false;
+    ebml::tagged_docs(lookup_item(id, cdata.data), tag_item_is_intrinsic,
+                      {|_i| intrinsic = true;});
+    intrinsic
+}
+
 fn get_symbol(data: @[u8], id: ast::node_id) -> str {
     ret item_symbol(lookup_item(id, data));
 }