In FunC (and in Tolk before), tensor vars (actually occupying
several stack slots) were represented as a single var in terms
or IR vars (Ops):
> var a = (1, 2);
> LET (_i) = (_1, _2)
Now, every tensor of N stack slots is represented as N IR vars.
> LET (_i, _j) = (_1, _2)
This will give an ability to control access to parts of a tensor
when implementing `tensorVar.0` syntax.
Currently, tolk-tester can test various "output" of the compiler:
pass input and check output, validate fif codegen, etc.
But it can not test compiler internals and AST representation.
I've added an ability to have special functions to check/expose
internal compiler state. The first (and the only now) is:
> __expect_type(some_expr, "<type>");
Such a call has special treatment in a compilation process.
Compilation fails if this expression doesn't have requested type.
It's intended to be used in tests only. Not present in stdlib.
Comparison operators `== / >= /...` return `bool`.
Logical operators `&& ||` return bool.
Constants `true` and `false` have the `bool` type.
Lots of stdlib functions return `bool`, not `int`.
Operator `!x` supports both `int` and `bool`.
Condition of `if` accepts both `int` and `bool`.
Arithmetic operators are restricted to integers.
Logical `&&` and `||` accept both `bool` and `int`.
No arithmetic operations with bools allowed (only bitwise and logical).
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)
