// utility functions
-/** Return the wildcard object handled by an ex. Deprecated: use ex_to<wildcard>().
- * This is unsafe: you need to check the type first. */
-inline const wildcard &ex_to_wildcard(const ex &e)
-{
- return static_cast<const wildcard &>(*e.bp);
-}
-
/** Specialization of is_exactly_a<wildcard>(obj) for wildcard objects. */
template<> inline bool is_exactly_a<wildcard>(const basic & obj)
{