Store resolutions for associated type constraints instead of recomputing them
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A-resolve
C-optimization
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Description
An improvement for the resolver suggested by @petrochenkov here.
Contributor guide
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the resolver implementation and the discussion in PR #143519, especially the linked comment. Determine where associated type constraints are currently resolved and recomputed; done means storing those resolutions and avoiding the repeated computation, with appropriate compiler tests identified during the investigation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100