Revert "minor fixes like adding a BaseType typedef in pointertype.h"

Authored by nalvarez on Jul 4 2011, 11:07 PM.

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Revert "minor fixes like adding a BaseType typedef in pointertype.h"

It was supposed to stay local, pushed by accident.

This reverts commit 52512cacbd4902957e7d2b447ba832191b0106bd.