diff -r 70c4c259bc3e -r c5f145364a4f absyntax_utils/get_datatype_info.cc
--- a/absyntax_utils/get_datatype_info.cc	Sat Feb 08 10:48:20 2014 +0000
+++ b/absyntax_utils/get_datatype_info.cc	Sat Feb 08 18:33:32 2014 +0000
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
 
 
 bool get_datatype_info_c::is_subrange(symbol_c *type_symbol) {
-  symbol_c *type_decl = search_base_type_c::get_basetype_decl(type_symbol); /* NOTE: will work correctly once we update the way search_base_type_c works, by adding a new search_effective_type:c */
+  symbol_c *type_decl = search_base_type_c::get_equivtype_decl(type_symbol); /* NOTE: do NOT call search_base_type_c !! */
   if (NULL == type_decl)                                             {return false;}
   
   if (typeid(*type_decl) == typeid(subrange_type_declaration_c))     {return true;}   /*  subrange_type_name ':' subrange_spec_init */