Refactor typechecker to hide type substitution #361
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This commit refactors the way type substitution is handled so that it is
completely encapsulated in the lookup rules of the environment. As an
example, take the following class
In order to ensure that the assignment on the last line is valid, we
need to build a set of bindings that maps
t
toint
, so that thefield
f : t
looks likef : int
when we do the lookup. Instead ofcluttering the typechecker with this sort of thing, this translation is
now done implicitly on field lookup.
Since it's refactoring, I have included no new tests (or documentation).