Constants are like tiny programs, so they are bound by the same rules
as validators and other programs. In fact, functions are slightly more
flexible in that they allow generic constant expressions like
`List<a>`.
Yet, there is no way to contain such generic structure that contain
inhabitants in a way that satisfies the type-checker. In the example
of `List<a>`, the only inhabitant of that type that we can construct
is the empty list. Anything else would require holding onto some
generic value.
In addition, we can't force literal values into generic annotation, as
something like:
```
const foo: List<a> = [1, 2, 3]
```
wouldn't type-check either since the right-side would unify to
`List<Int>`. And again, the only right-hand side that can type-check
is the empty list without any inhabitant.
The added restriction on generic function is necessary because while
we allow constants to return lambda, we cannot (easily) generate UPLC
that is generic in its argument. By the time we generate UPLC, the
underlying types have to be known.
Without that, the language server might trigger awkward warnings about
unused imports due to trace stripping. So it's better to compile/check
projects in the language server in the most expanded form.
This is not a "proper" fix as it simply get rid of the warning
altogether (whether you use or not the destructured values).
The reason for removing the warning entirely is because (1) it's
simpler, but more so (2) there's no impact on the final code produced
_anyway_. Redundant let bindings are already removed by the compiler;
and while it's an implicit behaviour that requires a proper warning
when it's coming from a user-defined assignment; here the redundant
assignment is introduced by the compiler to begin with as another
implicit behavior!
So we have an implicit behaviour triggering a warning on another
implicit behaviour. Truth is, there's no impact in having those
parameters destructured and unused. So since users are already not
aware that this results in an implicit let assignment being inserted
in place for them; there's no need for the warning at all.
Avoid the interface to hang for several seconds without feedback when counterexamples are being simplified. This sends a heads-up to the user to indicate that a research of a counter example is going on.
We never released 1.0.30, so it's a bit misleading to have an entry for it in the CHANGELOG. So I merged its content with the ongoing release which is likely to be 1.1.0
- Doesn't allow pattern-matching on G1/G2 elements and strings,
because the use cases for those is unclear and it adds complexity to
the feature.
- We still _parse_ patterns on G1/G2 elements and strings, but emit an
error in those cases.
- The syntax is the same as for bytearray literals (i.e. supports hex,
utf-8 strings or plain arrays of bytes).
This is mainly a syntactic trick/sugar, but it's been pretty annoying
to me for a while that we can't simply pattern-match/destructure
single-variant constructors directly from the args list. A classic
example is when writing property tests:
```ak
test foo(params via both(bytearray(), int())) {
let (bytes, ix) = params
...
}
```
Now can be replaced simply with:
```
test foo((bytes, ix) via both(bytearray(), int())) {
...
}
```
If feels natural, especially coming from the JavaScript, Haskell or
Rust worlds and is mostly convenient. Behind the scene, the compiler
does nothing more than re-writing the AST as the first form, with
pre-generated arg names. Then, we fully rely on the existing
type-checking capabilities and thus, works in a seamless way as if we
were just pattern matching inline.
microproofs