public StandardObject yieldTypeSpecifier() {
    { Cons typespectree = this;

      if (typespectree == Stella.NIL) {
        return (Stella.SGT_STELLA_VOID);
      }
      else if (typespectree.value == Stella.SYM_STELLA_LIKE) {
        return (Cons.yieldAnchoredTypeSpecifier(typespectree));
      }
      else {
        return (Cons.yieldParametricTypeSpecifier(typespectree));
      }
    }
  }