add back documentation about virtual types
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in area outside generics.
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* Type variable cannot occur alone in the result type, i.e. must be bound to the
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input parameters.
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* Polymorphic methods (with type variables in the type signature) must be
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annotated with `@final`. This is because we need to know where does the method
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come from when we do monomorphization, which we don't know for virtual
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methods.
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## For loop unrolling (#12)
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A pseudocomment can be used for unrolling for loops that iterates a fixed amount
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print(p)
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```
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## Dynamic Dispatch
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Type annotations are invariant, so subtype (derived types) cannot be used
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when the base type is expected. Example:
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```python
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class Base:
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def foo(self) -> int:
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return 1
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class Derived(Base):
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def foo(self) -> int:
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return 2
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def bar(x: list[Base]) -> int:
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sum = 0
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for v in x:
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sum += v.foo()
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return sum
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# incorrect, this list cannot be typed (inhomogeneous)
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bar([Base(), Derived()])
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```
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Dynamic dispatch is supported, but requires explicit annotation, similar to
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[trait object](https://doc.rust-lang.org/book/ch17-02-trait-objects.html) in rust.
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`virtual[T]` is the type for `T` and its subtypes(derived types).
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This is mainly for performance consideration, as virtual method table that is
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required for dynamic dispatch would penalize performance, and prohibits function
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inlining etc. Note that type variables cannot be used inside `virtual[...]`.
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Example:
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```py
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def bar2(x: list[virtual[Base]]) -> int:
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sum = 0
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for v in x:
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sum += v.foo()
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return sum
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```
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The syntax for casting virtual objects is `virtual(obj, T)`, which casts an
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object of type `T1/virtual[T1]` to `virtual[T]` where `T1 <: T` (T1 is a subtype
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of T).
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The compiler may be able to infer the type cast. In that case, the cast
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is not required if `obj` is already of type `virtual[T1]`, or the user can write
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the cast as `virtual(obj)` and the compiler would infer the type `T`
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automatically.
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Methods would be automatically overriden, the type signature including parameter
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names and order must be exactly the same.
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Defining a method which was marked as final in the super class would be
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considered as an error.
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## Lifetime
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Probably need more discussions...
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