For an expression such as `(Type as Interface).AssocFn()`, track the
`Self` type `Type` in the result of the member access so that it's
available when checking the function call.
This introduces a new kind of type, `ImplFunctionType`, that represents
the type of a function that is expected within an impl, modeled as the
type of the function within the interface plus a value to use as `Self`.
Calls to values of this type behave like calls to the underlying
function except that the `Self` parameter is pre-bound to the self type
from the facet.
In order to support this, fix an issue where the imported list of
generic bindings lost their association with their enclosing generic.
This adds a little complexity to `import_ref`, including a new recursive
cycle that I intend to address in a follow-up PR.
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Add a full entity representation for associated constants, and build a
`Generic` object for them. This `Generic` is parameterized by the
enclosing `Self` type, allowing the use of `Self` within the type of the
associated constant to be supported.
When performing impl lookup for an associated constant, produce the type
with the provided self type substituted for its `Self` along with any
generic parameters of the interface.
Split the handling of associated constant declarations into two parts,
corresponding to the code before the `=`, and the code between the `=`
and `;` (if any). The former goes into the generic declaration region;
the latter into the generic definition region. This prepares us to
handle the default value for an associated constant, but for now we're
just storing the information and not actually using it.
Remove the entity type field from `assoc_entity_type`, because it's
almost unused and is an attractive nuisance -- it must necessarily be a
type in the generic scope of the associated constant rather than in the
scope of the instruction (because there is no `Self` anywhere else),
which means that it's hard to substitute into or derive meaning from.
See `toolchain/check/testdata/impl/assoc_const_self.carbon` for tests of
the new functionality; these used to cause the toolchain to crash.
When declaring an associated entity in an interface -- just associated
functions for now -- create an associated entity value and corresponding
type to represent a "slot in a witness table". Also track the list of
associated entities on the interface so that we will eventually be able
to check impls against them.
Associated entities are represented as the integer index of their slot
in a witness table.
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