Rework type inference

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/config/ScalaSettings.scala

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ class ScalaSettings extends Settings.SettingGroup {
   val YdisableFlatCpCaching  = BooleanSetting("-YdisableFlatCpCaching", "Do not cache flat classpath representation of classpath elements from jars across compiler instances.")
 
   val YnoImports = BooleanSetting("-Yno-imports", "Compile without importing scala.*, java.lang.*, or Predef.")
+  val YnoInline = BooleanSetting("-Yno-inline", "Suppress inlining.")
   val YnoGenericSig = BooleanSetting("-Yno-generic-signatures", "Suppress generation of generic signatures for Java.")
   val YnoPredef = BooleanSetting("-Yno-predef", "Compile without importing Predef.")
   val Yskip = PhasesSetting("-Yskip", "Skip")
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ class ScalaSettings extends Settings.SettingGroup {
   val YexplainLowlevel = BooleanSetting("-Yexplain-lowlevel", "When explaining type errors, show types at a lower level.")
   val YnoDoubleBindings = BooleanSetting("-Yno-double-bindings", "Assert no namedtype is bound twice (should be enabled only if program is error-free).")
   val YshowVarBounds = BooleanSetting("-Yshow-var-bounds", "Print type variables with their bounds")
-  val YnoInline = BooleanSetting("-Yno-inline", "Suppress inlining.")
+  val YshowNoInline = BooleanSetting("-Yshow-no-inline", "Show inlined code without the 'inlined from' info")
 
   /** Linker specific flags */
   val optimise = BooleanSetting("-optimise", "Generates faster bytecode by applying local optimisations to the .program") withAbbreviation "-optimize"

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/ConstraintHandling.scala

@@ -86,19 +86,21 @@ trait ConstraintHandling {
     finally homogenizeArgs = saved
   }
 
+  private def location(implicit ctx: Context) = "" // i"in ${ctx.typerState.stateChainStr}" // use for debugging
+
   protected def addUpperBound(param: TypeParamRef, bound: Type): Boolean = {
     def description = i"constraint $param <: $bound to\n$constraint"
     if (bound.isRef(defn.NothingClass) && ctx.typerState.isGlobalCommittable) {
       def msg = s"!!! instantiated to Nothing: $param, constraint = ${constraint.show}"
       if (Config.failOnInstantiationToNothing) assert(false, msg)
       else ctx.log(msg)
     }
-    constr.println(i"adding $description in ${ctx.typerState.hashesStr}")
+    constr.println(i"adding $description$location")
     val lower = constraint.lower(param)
     val res =
       addOneBound(param, bound, isUpper = true) &&
       lower.forall(addOneBound(_, bound, isUpper = true))
-    constr.println(i"added $description = $res in ${ctx.typerState.hashesStr}")
+    constr.println(i"added $description = $res$location")
     res
   }
 
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ trait ConstraintHandling {
     val res =
       addOneBound(param, bound, isUpper = false) &&
       upper.forall(addOneBound(_, bound, isUpper = false))
-    constr.println(i"added $description = $res in ${ctx.typerState.hashesStr}")
+    constr.println(i"added $description = $res$location")
     res
   }
 
@@ -122,12 +124,12 @@ trait ConstraintHandling {
         val up2 = p2 :: constraint.exclusiveUpper(p2, p1)
         val lo1 = constraint.nonParamBounds(p1).lo
         val hi2 = constraint.nonParamBounds(p2).hi
-        constr.println(i"adding $description down1 = $down1, up2 = $up2 ${ctx.typerState.hashesStr}")
+        constr.println(i"adding $description down1 = $down1, up2 = $up2$location")
         constraint = constraint.addLess(p1, p2)
         down1.forall(addOneBound(_, hi2, isUpper = true)) &&
         up2.forall(addOneBound(_, lo1, isUpper = false))
       }
-    constr.println(i"added $description = $res ${ctx.typerState.hashesStr}")
+    constr.println(i"added $description = $res$location")
     res
   }
 
@@ -252,6 +254,9 @@ trait ConstraintHandling {
       case tp: SingletonType => true
       case AndType(tp1, tp2) => isMultiSingleton(tp1) | isMultiSingleton(tp2)
       case OrType(tp1, tp2) => isMultiSingleton(tp1) & isMultiSingleton(tp2)
+      case tp: TypeRef => isMultiSingleton(tp.info.hiBound)
+      case tp: TypeVar => isMultiSingleton(tp.underlying)
+      case tp: TypeParamRef => isMultiSingleton(bounds(tp).hi)
       case _ => false
     }
     def isFullyDefined(tp: Type): Boolean = tp match {

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/Denotations.scala

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ object Denotations {
         if ((cachedPrefix ne pre) || ctx.period != validAsSeenFrom) {
           cachedAsSeenFrom = computeAsSeenFrom(pre)
           cachedPrefix = pre
-          validAsSeenFrom = ctx.period
+          validAsSeenFrom = if (pre.isProvisional) Nowhere else ctx.period
         }
         cachedAsSeenFrom
       } else computeAsSeenFrom(pre)

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TypeComparer.scala

@@ -1191,6 +1191,26 @@ class TypeComparer(initctx: Context) extends DotClass with ConstraintHandling {
     isSubRef(tp1, tp2) && isSubRef(tp2, tp1)
   }
 
+  /** If the range `tp1..tp2` consist of a single type, that type, otherwise NoType`.
+   *  This is the case if `tp1 =:= tp2`, but also if `tp1 <:< tp2`, `tp1` is a singleton type,
+   *  and `tp2` derives from `scala.Singleton` (or vice-versa). Examples of the latter case:
+   *
+   *     "name".type .. Singleton
+   *     "name".type .. String & Singleton
+   *     Singleton .. "name".type
+   *     String & Singleton .. "name".type
+   *
+   *  All consist of the single type `"name".type`.
+   */
+  def singletonInterval(tp1: Type, tp2: Type): Type = {
+    def isSingletonBounds(lo: Type, hi: Type) =
+      lo.isSingleton && hi.derivesFrom(defn.SingletonClass) && isSubTypeWhenFrozen(lo, hi)
+    if (isSameTypeWhenFrozen(tp1, tp2)) tp1
+    else if (isSingletonBounds(tp1, tp2)) tp1
+    else if (isSingletonBounds(tp2, tp1)) tp2
+    else NoType
+  }
+
   /** The greatest lower bound of two types */
   def glb(tp1: Type, tp2: Type): Type = /*>|>*/ trace(s"glb(${tp1.show}, ${tp2.show})", subtyping, show = true) /*<|<*/ {
     if (tp1 eq tp2) tp1
@@ -1279,9 +1299,10 @@ class TypeComparer(initctx: Context) extends DotClass with ConstraintHandling {
       case tparam :: tparamsRest =>
         val arg1 :: args1Rest = args1
         val arg2 :: args2Rest = args2
+        val common = singletonInterval(arg1, arg2)
         val v = tparam.paramVariance
         val lubArg =
-          if (isSameTypeWhenFrozen(arg1, arg2)) arg1
+          if (common.exists) common
           else if (v > 0) lub(arg1.hiBound, arg2.hiBound, canConstrain)
           else if (v < 0) glb(arg1.loBound, arg2.loBound)
           else TypeBounds(glb(arg1.loBound, arg2.loBound),
@@ -1310,9 +1331,10 @@ class TypeComparer(initctx: Context) extends DotClass with ConstraintHandling {
       case tparam :: tparamsRest =>
         val arg1 :: args1Rest = args1
         val arg2 :: args2Rest = args2
+        val common = singletonInterval(arg1, arg2)
         val v = tparam.paramVariance
         val glbArg =
-          if (isSameTypeWhenFrozen(arg1, arg2)) arg1
+          if (common.exists) common
           else if (v > 0) glb(arg1.hiBound, arg2.hiBound)
           else if (v < 0) lub(arg1.loBound, arg2.loBound)
           else if (arg1.isInstanceOf[TypeBounds] || arg2.isInstanceOf[TypeBounds])

compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/TyperState.scala

@@ -5,15 +5,23 @@ package core
 import Types._
 import Flags._
 import Contexts._
-import util.{SimpleIdentityMap, DotClass}
+import util.{SimpleIdentityMap, SimpleIdentitySet, DotClass}
 import reporting._
 import printing.{Showable, Printer}
 import printing.Texts._
 import config.Config
 import collection.mutable
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
+import Decorators._
 
-class TyperState(previous: TyperState /* | Null */) extends DotClass with Showable {
+object TyperState {
+  @sharable private var nextId: Int = 0
+}
+
+class TyperState(previous: TyperState /* | Null */) {
+
+  val id = TyperState.nextId
+  TyperState.nextId += 1
 
   private[this] var myReporter =
     if (previous == null) new ConsoleReporter() else previous.reporter
@@ -42,19 +50,6 @@ class TyperState(previous: TyperState /* | Null */) extends DotClass with Showab
   private val previousConstraint =
     if (previous == null) constraint else previous.constraint
 
-  private[this] var myEphemeral: Boolean =
-    if (previous == null) false else previous.ephemeral
-
-  /** The ephemeral flag is set as a side effect if an operation accesses
-   *  the underlying type of a type variable. The reason we need this flag is
-   *  that any such operation is not referentially transparent; it might logically change
-   *  its value at the moment the type variable is instantiated. Caching code needs to
-   *  check the ephemeral flag; If the flag is set during an operation, the result
-   *  of that operation should not be cached.
-   */
-  def ephemeral = myEphemeral
-  def ephemeral_=(x: Boolean): Unit = { myEphemeral = x }
-
   private[this] var myIsCommittable = true
 
   def isCommittable = myIsCommittable
@@ -81,6 +76,11 @@ class TyperState(previous: TyperState /* | Null */) extends DotClass with Showab
   /** The uninstantiated variables */
   def uninstVars = constraint.uninstVars
 
+  /** The set of uninstantiated type varibles which have this state as their owning state */
+  private[this] var myOwnedVars: TypeVars = SimpleIdentitySet.empty
+  def ownedVars = myOwnedVars
+  def ownedVars_=(vs: TypeVars): Unit = myOwnedVars = vs
+
   /** Gives for each instantiated type var that does not yet have its `inst` field
    *  set, the instance value stored in the constraint. Storing instances in constraints
    *  is done only in a temporary way for contexts that may be retracted
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ class TyperState(previous: TyperState /* | Null */) extends DotClass with Showab
     constraint foreachTypeVar { tvar =>
       if (tvar.owningState.get eq this) tvar.owningState = new WeakReference(targetState)
     }
-    targetState.ephemeral |= ephemeral
+    targetState.ownedVars ++= ownedVars
     targetState.gc()
     reporter.flush()
     isCommitted = true
@@ -185,8 +185,7 @@ class TyperState(previous: TyperState /* | Null */) extends DotClass with Showab
       constraint = constraint.remove(poly)
   }
 
-  override def toText(printer: Printer): Text = constraint.toText(printer)
+  override def toString: String = s"TS[$id]"
 
-  def hashesStr: String =
-    if (previous == null) "" else hashCode.toString + " -> " + previous.hashesStr
+  def stateChainStr: String = s"$this${if (previous == null) "" else previous.stateChainStr}"
 }