@@ -1082,46 +1082,46 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> ParamConst {
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}
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}
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- /// A [De Bruijn index][dbi] is a standard means of representing
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- /// regions (and perhaps later types) in a higher-ranked setting. In
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- /// particular, imagine a type like this:
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- ///
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- /// for<'a> fn(for<'b> fn(&'b isize, &'a isize), &'a char)
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- /// ^ ^ | | |
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- /// | | | | |
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- /// | +------------+ 0 | |
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- /// | | |
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- /// +--------------------------------+ 1 |
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- /// | |
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- /// +------------------------------------------+ 0
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- ///
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- /// In this type, there are two binders (the outer fn and the inner
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- /// fn). We need to be able to determine, for any given region, which
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- /// fn type it is bound by, the inner or the outer one. There are
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- /// various ways you can do this, but a De Bruijn index is one of the
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- /// more convenient and has some nice properties. The basic idea is to
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- /// count the number of binders, inside out. Some examples should help
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- /// clarify what I mean.
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- ///
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- /// Let's start with the reference type `&'b isize` that is the first
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- /// argument to the inner function. This region `'b` is assigned a De
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- /// Bruijn index of 0, meaning "the innermost binder" (in this case, a
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- /// fn). The region `'a` that appears in the second argument type (`&'a
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- /// isize`) would then be assigned a De Bruijn index of 1, meaning "the
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- /// second-innermost binder". (These indices are written on the arrays
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- /// in the diagram).
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- ///
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- /// What is interesting is that De Bruijn index attached to a particular
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- /// variable will vary depending on where it appears. For example,
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- /// the final type `&'a char` also refers to the region `'a` declared on
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- /// the outermost fn. But this time, this reference is not nested within
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- /// any other binders (i.e., it is not an argument to the inner fn, but
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- /// rather the outer one). Therefore, in this case, it is assigned a
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- /// De Bruijn index of 0, because the innermost binder in that ___location
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- /// is the outer fn.
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- ///
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- /// [dbi]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bruijn_index
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newtype_index ! {
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+ /// A [De Bruijn index][dbi] is a standard means of representing
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+ /// regions (and perhaps later types) in a higher-ranked setting. In
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+ /// particular, imagine a type like this:
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+ ///
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+ /// for<'a> fn(for<'b> fn(&'b isize, &'a isize), &'a char)
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+ /// ^ ^ | | |
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+ /// | | | | |
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+ /// | +------------+ 0 | |
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+ /// | | |
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+ /// +--------------------------------+ 1 |
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+ /// | |
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+ /// +------------------------------------------+ 0
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+ ///
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+ /// In this type, there are two binders (the outer fn and the inner
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+ /// fn). We need to be able to determine, for any given region, which
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+ /// fn type it is bound by, the inner or the outer one. There are
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+ /// various ways you can do this, but a De Bruijn index is one of the
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+ /// more convenient and has some nice properties. The basic idea is to
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+ /// count the number of binders, inside out. Some examples should help
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+ /// clarify what I mean.
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+ ///
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+ /// Let's start with the reference type `&'b isize` that is the first
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+ /// argument to the inner function. This region `'b` is assigned a De
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+ /// Bruijn index of 0, meaning "the innermost binder" (in this case, a
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+ /// fn). The region `'a` that appears in the second argument type (`&'a
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+ /// isize`) would then be assigned a De Bruijn index of 1, meaning "the
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+ /// second-innermost binder". (These indices are written on the arrays
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+ /// in the diagram).
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+ ///
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+ /// What is interesting is that De Bruijn index attached to a particular
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+ /// variable will vary depending on where it appears. For example,
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+ /// the final type `&'a char` also refers to the region `'a` declared on
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+ /// the outermost fn. But this time, this reference is not nested within
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+ /// any other binders (i.e., it is not an argument to the inner fn, but
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+ /// rather the outer one). Therefore, in this case, it is assigned a
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+ /// De Bruijn index of 0, because the innermost binder in that ___location
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+ /// is the outer fn.
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+ ///
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+ /// [dbi]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Bruijn_index
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pub struct DebruijnIndex {
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DEBUG_FORMAT = "DebruijnIndex({})" ,
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const INNERMOST = 0 ,
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