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[Tolk] Rewrite the type system from Hindley-Milner to static typing

FunC's (and Tolk's before this PR) type system is based on Hindley-Milner.
This is a common approach for functional languages, where
types are inferred from usage through unification.
As a result, type declarations are not necessary:
() f(a,b) { return a+b; } // a and b now int, since `+` (int, int)

While this approach works for now, problems arise with the introduction
of new types like bool, where `!x` must handle both int and bool.
It will also become incompatible with int32 and other strict integers.
This will clash with structure methods, struggle with proper generics,
and become entirely impractical for union types.

This PR completely rewrites the type system targeting the future.
1) type of any expression is inferred and never changed
2) this is available because dependent expressions already inferred
3) forall completely removed, generic functions introduced
   (they work like template functions actually, instantiated while inferring)
4) instantiation `<...>` syntax, example: `t.tupleAt<int>(0)`
5) `as` keyword, for example `t.tupleAt(0) as int`
6) methods binding is done along with type inferring, not before
   ("before", as worked previously, was always a wrong approach)
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tolk-vm 2024-12-30 22:31:27 +07:00
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@ -86,92 +86,103 @@ class ASTVisitorFunctionBody : public ASTVisitor {
protected:
using parent = ASTVisitorFunctionBody;
virtual void visit(V<ast_empty_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
// expressions
virtual void visit(V<ast_empty_expression> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_parenthesized_expression> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_tensor> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_tensor_square> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_identifier> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_typed_tuple> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_reference> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_local_var_lhs> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_local_vars_declaration> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_int_const> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_string_const> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_bool_const> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_null_keyword> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_self_keyword> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_argument> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_argument_list> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_dot_access> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_function_call> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_dot_method_call> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_underscore> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_assign> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_set_assign> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_unary_operator> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_binary_operator> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_ternary_operator> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_return_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_cast_as_operator> v) { return visit_children(v); }
// statements
virtual void visit(V<ast_empty_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_sequence> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_return_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_if_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_repeat_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_while_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_do_while_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_throw_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_assert_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_try_catch_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_if_statement> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_local_var> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_local_vars_declaration> v) { return visit_children(v); }
virtual void visit(V<ast_asm_body> v) { return visit_children(v); }
void visit(AnyV v) final {
switch (v->type) {
case ast_empty_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_empty_statement>());
// expressions
case ast_empty_expression: return visit(v->as<ast_empty_expression>());
case ast_parenthesized_expression: return visit(v->as<ast_parenthesized_expression>());
case ast_tensor: return visit(v->as<ast_tensor>());
case ast_tensor_square: return visit(v->as<ast_tensor_square>());
case ast_identifier: return visit(v->as<ast_identifier>());
case ast_typed_tuple: return visit(v->as<ast_typed_tuple>());
case ast_reference: return visit(v->as<ast_reference>());
case ast_local_var_lhs: return visit(v->as<ast_local_var_lhs>());
case ast_local_vars_declaration: return visit(v->as<ast_local_vars_declaration>());
case ast_int_const: return visit(v->as<ast_int_const>());
case ast_string_const: return visit(v->as<ast_string_const>());
case ast_bool_const: return visit(v->as<ast_bool_const>());
case ast_null_keyword: return visit(v->as<ast_null_keyword>());
case ast_self_keyword: return visit(v->as<ast_self_keyword>());
case ast_argument: return visit(v->as<ast_argument>());
case ast_argument_list: return visit(v->as<ast_argument_list>());
case ast_dot_access: return visit(v->as<ast_dot_access>());
case ast_function_call: return visit(v->as<ast_function_call>());
case ast_dot_method_call: return visit(v->as<ast_dot_method_call>());
case ast_underscore: return visit(v->as<ast_underscore>());
case ast_assign: return visit(v->as<ast_assign>());
case ast_set_assign: return visit(v->as<ast_set_assign>());
case ast_unary_operator: return visit(v->as<ast_unary_operator>());
case ast_binary_operator: return visit(v->as<ast_binary_operator>());
case ast_ternary_operator: return visit(v->as<ast_ternary_operator>());
case ast_return_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_return_statement>());
case ast_cast_as_operator: return visit(v->as<ast_cast_as_operator>());
// statements
case ast_empty_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_empty_statement>());
case ast_sequence: return visit(v->as<ast_sequence>());
case ast_return_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_return_statement>());
case ast_if_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_if_statement>());
case ast_repeat_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_repeat_statement>());
case ast_while_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_while_statement>());
case ast_do_while_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_do_while_statement>());
case ast_throw_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_throw_statement>());
case ast_assert_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_assert_statement>());
case ast_try_catch_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_try_catch_statement>());
case ast_if_statement: return visit(v->as<ast_if_statement>());
case ast_local_var: return visit(v->as<ast_local_var>());
case ast_local_vars_declaration: return visit(v->as<ast_local_vars_declaration>());
case ast_asm_body: return visit(v->as<ast_asm_body>());
#ifdef TOLK_DEBUG
case ast_asm_body:
throw UnexpectedASTNodeType(v, "ASTVisitor; forgot to filter out asm functions in should_visit_function()?");
#endif
default:
throw UnexpectedASTNodeType(v, "ASTVisitorFunctionBody::visit");
}
}
public:
virtual void start_visiting_function(V<ast_function_declaration> v_function) {
virtual bool should_visit_function(const FunctionData* fun_ref) = 0;
virtual void start_visiting_function(const FunctionData* fun_ref, V<ast_function_declaration> v_function) {
visit(v_function->get_body());
}
};
const std::vector<const FunctionData*>& get_all_not_builtin_functions();
template<class BodyVisitorT>
void visit_ast_of_all_functions(const AllSrcFiles& all_files) {
for (const SrcFile* file : all_files) {
for (AnyV v : file->ast->as<ast_tolk_file>()->get_toplevel_declarations()) {
if (auto v_func = v->try_as<ast_function_declaration>()) {
if (v_func->is_regular_function()) {
BodyVisitorT visitor;
visitor.start_visiting_function(v_func);
}
}
void visit_ast_of_all_functions() {
BodyVisitorT visitor;
for (const FunctionData* fun_ref : get_all_not_builtin_functions()) {
if (visitor.should_visit_function(fun_ref)) {
visitor.start_visiting_function(fun_ref, fun_ref->ast_root->as<ast_function_declaration>());
}
}
}