Requirements: Captures for matching rules
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Description
In addition to the feature in #772, allow matching rules to capture matches into an environment. For instance, you should be able to write:
f(__var_x) = __var_x + 42
and this should match any of:
f(x) = x + 42
f(banana) = banana + 42
but not
f(x) = y + 42
Note that this extends the syntax of matches... `__var_x` carries all the same requirements as `__var`, but also binds the match. There's some flexibility though, since on the left-hand side above, `__var` matches a `PVar` (pattern variable), while on the right, it matches a `Var`. There should be an equivalence of sorts between patterns and expressions, by which a match of patterns that are also valid expressions (like `PVar _ (Ident _ a)` and `Var _ (UnQual _ (Ident _ a))` match each other.
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