This pr introduces parallelism in the pipeline to gain performance. I've
included benchmarks at the end.
- Closes#2750.
# Flags:
There are two new global flags:
1. `-N / --threads`. It is used to set the number of capabilities.
According to [GHC
documentation](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.20.0.0/docs/GHC-Conc.html#v:setNumCapabilities):
_Set the number of Haskell threads that can run truly simultaneously (on
separate physical processors) at any given time_. When compiling in
parallel, we create this many worker threads. The default value is `-N
auto`, which sets `-N` to half the number of logical cores, capped at 8.
2. `--dev-show-thread-ids`. When given, the thread id is printed in the
compilation progress log. E.g.
# Parallel compilation
1. I've added `src/Parallel/ParallelTemplate.hs` which contains all the
concurrency related code. I think it is good to keep this code separated
from the actual compiler code.
2. I've added a progress log (only for the parallel driver) that outputs
a log of the compilation progress, similar to what stack/cabal do.
# Code changes:
1. I've removed the `setup` stage where we were registering
dependencies. Instead, the dependencies are registered when the
`pathResolver` is run for the first time. This way it is safer.
1. Now the `ImportTree` is needed to run the pipeline. Cycles are
detected during the construction of this tree, so I've removed `Reader
ImportParents` from the pipeline.
3. For the package pathresolver, we do not support parallelism yet (we
could add support for it in the future, but the gains will be small).
4. When `-N1`, the pipeline remains unchanged, so performance should be
the same as in the main branch (except there is a small performance
degradation due to adding the `-threaded` flag).
5. I've introduced `PipelineOptions`, which are options that are used to
pass options to the effects in the pipeline.
6. `PathResolver` constraint has been removed from the `upTo*` functions
in the pipeline due to being redundant.
7. I've added a lot of `NFData` instances. They are needed to force the
full evaluation of `Stored.ModuleInfo` in each of the threads.
2. The `Cache` effect uses
[`SharedState`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/effectful-core-2.3.0.1/docs/Effectful-State-Static-Shared.html)
as opposed to
[`LocalState`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/effectful-core-2.3.0.1/docs/Effectful-Writer-Static-Local.html).
Perhaps we should provide different versions.
3. I've added a `Cache` handler that accepts a setup function. The setup
is triggered when a miss is detected. It is used to lazily compile the
modules in parallel.
# Tests
1. I've adapted the smoke test suite to ignore the progress log in the
stderr.
5. I've had to adapt `tests/positive/Internal/Lambda.juvix`. Due to
laziness, a crash happening in this file was not being caught. The
problem is that in this file we have a lambda function with different
number of patterns in their clauses, which we currently do not support
(https://github.com/anoma/juvix/issues/1706).
6. I've had to comment out the definition
```
x : Box ((A : Type) → A → A) := box λ {A a := a};
```
From the test as it was causing a crash
(https://github.com/anoma/juvix/issues/2247).
# Future Work
1. It should be investigated how much performance we lose by fully
evaluating the `Stored.ModuleInfo`, since some information in it will be
discarded. It may be possible to be more fine-grained when forcing
evaluation.
8. The scanning of imports to build the import tree is sequential. Now,
we build the import tree from the entry point module and only the
modules that are imported from it are in the tree. However, we have
discussed that at some point we should make a distinction between
`juvix` _the compiler_ and `juvix` _the build tool_. When using `juvix`
as a build tool it makes sense to typecheck/compile (to stored core) all
modules in the project. When/if we do this, scanning imports in all
modules in parallel becomes trivial.
9. The implementation of the `ParallelTemplate` uses low level
primitives such as
[forkIO](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.20.0.0/docs/Control-Concurrent.html#v:forkIO).
At some point it should be refactored to use safer functions from the
[`Effectful.Concurrent.Async`](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/effectful-2.3.0.0/docs/Effectful-Concurrent-Async.html)
module.
10. The number of cores and worker threads that we spawn is determined
by the command line. Ideally, we could use to import tree to compute an
upper bound to the ideal number of cores to use.
11. We could add an animation that displays which modules are being
compiled in parallel and which have finished being compiled.
# Benchmarks
On some benchmarks, I include the GHC runtime option
[`-A`](https://downloads.haskell.org/ghc/latest/docs/users_guide/runtime_control.html#rts-flag--A%20%E2%9F%A8size%E2%9F%A9),
which sometimes makes a good impact on performance. Thanks to
@paulcadman for pointing this out. I've figured a good combination of
`-N` and `-A` through trial and error (but this oviously depends on the
cpu and juvix projects).
## Typecheck the standard library
### Clean run (88% faster than main):
```
hyperfine --warmup 1 --prepare 'juvix clean' 'juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix +RTS -A33554432' 'juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix' 'juvix-main typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix'
Benchmark 1: juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix +RTS -A33554432
Time (mean ± σ): 444.1 ms ± 6.5 ms [User: 1018.0 ms, System: 77.7 ms]
Range (min … max): 432.6 ms … 455.9 ms 10 runs
Benchmark 2: juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 628.3 ms ± 23.9 ms [User: 1227.6 ms, System: 69.5 ms]
Range (min … max): 584.7 ms … 670.6 ms 10 runs
Benchmark 3: juvix-main typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 835.9 ms ± 12.3 ms [User: 788.5 ms, System: 31.9 ms]
Range (min … max): 816.0 ms … 853.6 ms 10 runs
Summary
juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix +RTS -A33554432 ran
1.41 ± 0.06 times faster than juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix
1.88 ± 0.04 times faster than juvix-main typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix
```
### Cached run (43% faster than main):
```
hyperfine --warmup 1 'juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix +RTS -A33554432' 'juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix' 'juvix-main typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix'
Benchmark 1: juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix +RTS -A33554432
Time (mean ± σ): 241.3 ms ± 7.3 ms [User: 538.6 ms, System: 101.3 ms]
Range (min … max): 231.5 ms … 251.3 ms 11 runs
Benchmark 2: juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 235.1 ms ± 12.0 ms [User: 405.3 ms, System: 87.7 ms]
Range (min … max): 216.1 ms … 253.1 ms 12 runs
Benchmark 3: juvix-main typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 336.7 ms ± 13.3 ms [User: 269.5 ms, System: 67.1 ms]
Range (min … max): 316.9 ms … 351.8 ms 10 runs
Summary
juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix ran
1.03 ± 0.06 times faster than juvix -N 4 typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix +RTS -A33554432
1.43 ± 0.09 times faster than juvix-main typecheck Stdlib/Prelude.juvix
```
## Typecheck the test suite of the containers library
At the moment this is the biggest juvix project that we have.
### Clean run (105% faster than main)
```
hyperfine --warmup 1 --prepare 'juvix clean' 'juvix -N 6 typecheck Main.juvix +RTS -A67108864' 'juvix -N 4 typecheck Main.juvix' 'juvix-main typecheck Main.juvix'
Benchmark 1: juvix -N 6 typecheck Main.juvix +RTS -A67108864
Time (mean ± σ): 1.006 s ± 0.011 s [User: 2.171 s, System: 0.162 s]
Range (min … max): 0.991 s … 1.023 s 10 runs
Benchmark 2: juvix -N 4 typecheck Main.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 1.584 s ± 0.046 s [User: 2.934 s, System: 0.149 s]
Range (min … max): 1.535 s … 1.660 s 10 runs
Benchmark 3: juvix-main typecheck Main.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 2.066 s ± 0.010 s [User: 1.939 s, System: 0.089 s]
Range (min … max): 2.048 s … 2.077 s 10 runs
Summary
juvix -N 6 typecheck Main.juvix +RTS -A67108864 ran
1.57 ± 0.05 times faster than juvix -N 4 typecheck Main.juvix
2.05 ± 0.03 times faster than juvix-main typecheck Main.juvix
```
### Cached run (54% faster than main)
```
hyperfine --warmup 1 'juvix -N 6 typecheck Main.juvix +RTS -A33554432' 'juvix -N 4 typecheck Main.juvix' 'juvix-main typecheck Main.juvix'
Benchmark 1: juvix -N 6 typecheck Main.juvix +RTS -A33554432
Time (mean ± σ): 551.8 ms ± 13.2 ms [User: 1419.8 ms, System: 199.4 ms]
Range (min … max): 535.2 ms … 570.6 ms 10 runs
Benchmark 2: juvix -N 4 typecheck Main.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 636.7 ms ± 17.3 ms [User: 1006.3 ms, System: 196.3 ms]
Range (min … max): 601.6 ms … 655.3 ms 10 runs
Benchmark 3: juvix-main typecheck Main.juvix
Time (mean ± σ): 847.2 ms ± 58.9 ms [User: 710.1 ms, System: 126.5 ms]
Range (min … max): 731.1 ms … 890.0 ms 10 runs
Summary
juvix -N 6 typecheck Main.juvix +RTS -A33554432 ran
1.15 ± 0.04 times faster than juvix -N 4 typecheck Main.juvix
1.54 ± 0.11 times faster than juvix-main typecheck Main.juvix
```
# Changes
The main goal of this pr is to remove the `--target` flag for `juvix
compile` and use subcommands instead. The targets that are relevant to
normal users are found in `juvix compile --help`. Targets that are
relevant only to developers are found in `juvix dev compile --help`.
Below I list some of the changes in more detail.
## Compile targets for user-facing languages
- `juvix compile native`
- `juvix compile wasi`. I wasn't sure how to call this: `wasm`,
`wasm32-wasi`, etc. In the end I thought `wasi` was short and accurate,
but we can change it.
- `juvix compile vampir`
- `juvix compile anoma`
- `juvix compile cairo`
## *New* compile targets for internal languages
See `juvix dev compile --help`.
1. `dev compile core` has the same behaviour as `dev core
from-concrete`. The `dev core from-concrete` is redundant at the moment.
2. `dev compile tree` compiles to Tree and prints the InfoTable to the
output file wihout any additional checks.
3. `dev compile reg` compiles to Reg and prints the InfoTable to the
output file wihout any additional checks.
4. `dev compile asm` compiles to Asm and prints the InfoTable to the
output file wihout any additional checks.
5. 4. `dev compile casm` compiles to Asm and prints the Result to the
output file wihout any additional checks. TODO: should the Result be
printed or something else? At the moment the Result lacks a pretty
instance.
6.
## Optional input file
1. The input file for commands that expect a .juvix file as input is now
optional. If the argument is ommited, he main file given in the
package.yaml will be used. This applies to the following commands:
1. `juvix compile [native|wasi|geb|vampir|anoma|cairo]`
8. `juvix dev compile [core|reg|tree|casm|asm]`
1. `juvix html`
3. `juvix markdown`.
4. `juvix dev internal [typecheck|pretty]`.
5. `juvix dev [parse|scope]`
7. `juvix compile [native|wasi|geb|vampir|anoma|cairo]`
9. note that `juvix format` has not changed its behaviour.
## Refactor some C-like compiler flags
Both `juvix compile native` and `juvix compile wasi` support `--only-c`
(`-C`), `--only-preprocess` (`-E`), `--only-assemble` (`-S`). I propose
to deviate from the `gcc` style and instead use a flag with a single
argument:
- `--cstage [source|preprocess|assembly|exec(default)]`. I'm open to
suggestions. For now, I've kept the legacy flags but marked them as
deprecated in the help message.
## Remove code duplication
I've tried to reduce code duplication. This is sometimes in tension with
code readability so I've tried to find a good balance. I've tried to
make it so we don't have to jump to many different files to understand
what a single command is doing. I'm sure there is still room for
improvement.
## Other refactors
I've implemented other small refactors that I considered improved the
quality of the code.
## TODO/Future work
We should refactor commands (under `compile dev`) which still use
`module Commands.Extra.Compile` and remove it.
* Closes#2571
* It is reasonable to finish this PR before tackling #2562, because the
field element type is the primary data type in Cairo.
* Depends on #2653
Checklist
---------
- [x] Add field type and operations to intermediate representations
(JuvixCore, JuvixTree, JuvixAsm, JuvixReg).
- [x] Add CLI option to choose field size.
- [x] Add frontend field builtins.
- [x] Automatic conversion of integer literals to field elements.
- [x] Juvix standard library support for fields.
- [x] Check if field size matches when loading a stored module.
- [x] Update the Cairo Assembly (CASM) interpreter to use the field type
instead of integer type.
- [x] Add field type to VampIR backend.
- [x] Tests
---------
Co-authored-by: Jan Mas Rovira <janmasrovira@gmail.com>
- ⚠️ Depends on #2644
The `effectful` library does not support the `Embed` effect out of the
box. However, it offers `IOE`, which is equivalent to `Embed IO` from
polysemy. In preparation to a possible migration to `effectful`, this pr
hides the general `Embed` effect from the prelude and it exports a
specialized `EmbedIO` in its place.
* Closes#2392
Changes checklist
-----------------
* [X] Abstract out data types for stored module representation
(`ModuleInfo` in `Juvix.Compiler.Store.Language`)
* [X] Adapt the parser to operate per-module
* [X] Adapt the scoper to operate per-module
* [X] Adapt the arity checker to operate per-module
* [X] Adapt the type checker to operate per-module
* [x] Adapt Core transformations to operate per-module
* [X] Adapt the pipeline functions in `Juvix.Compiler.Pipeline`
* [X] Add `Juvix.Compiler.Pipeline.Driver` which drives the per-module
compilation process
* [x] Implement module saving / loading in `Pipeline.Driver`
* [x] Detect cyclic module dependencies in `Pipeline.Driver`
* [x] Cache visited modules in memory in `Pipeline.Driver` to avoid
excessive disk operations and repeated hash re-computations
* [x] Recompile a module if one of its dependencies needs recompilation
and contains functions that are always inlined.
* [x] Fix identifier dependencies for mutual block creation in
`Internal.fromConcrete`
- Fixed by making textually later definitions depend on earlier ones.
- Now instances are used for resolution only after the textual point of
their definition.
- Similarly, type synonyms will be unfolded only after the textual point
of their definition.
* [x] Fix CLI
* [x] Fix REPL
* [x] Fix highlighting
* [x] Fix HTML generation
* [x] Adapt test suite
This patch dramatically increases the efficiency of `juvix dev root`,
which was unnecessarily parsing all dependencies included in the
`Package.juvix` file. Other commands that do not require the `Package`
will also be faster.
It also refactors some functions so that the `TaggedLock` effect is run
globally.
I've added `singletons-base` as a dependency so we can have `++` on the
type level. We've tried to define a type family ourselves but inference
was not working properly.
- Closes#2362
This pr implements a new typechecking algorithm. This algorithm can be
activated using the global flag `--new-typechecker`. This flag will only
take effect on the compilation pipeline but not the repl.
The main difference between the new and old algorithm is that the new
one inserts holes during typechecking. Thus, it does not require the
arity checker pass.
The new algorithm does not yet implement default arguments. The plan is
to make the change in the following steps:
1. Merge this pr.
2. Merge #2506.
3. Implement default arguments for the new algorithm.
4. Remove the arity checker and the old algorithm.
---------
Co-authored-by: Łukasz Czajka <62751+lukaszcz@users.noreply.github.com>
This PR:
* Modifies entry point `_entryPointBuildDir` to use the `BuildDir` type
instead of `SomeBase Dir`. This allows delayed resolution of the default
build directory which was useful for the Package -> Concrete translation
point below.
* Modifies `juvix dev root` to render the current package as a
Package.juvix file.
* Modifies the Package -> Concrete translation to recognise default
arguments. So, for example, an empty `juvix.yaml` file will be
translated into the following (instead of the `name`, `version`, and
`dependencies` arguments being populated).
module Package;
import Stdlib.Prelude open;
import PackageDescription.V1 open;
package : Package := defaultPackage;
* Adds a temporary command (removed when juvix.yaml support is removed)
`juvix dev migrate-juvix-yaml` that translates `juvix.yaml` into an
equivalent `Package.juvix` in the current project.
* Adds a temporary script `migrate-juvix-yaml.sh` (removed when
juvix.yaml support is removed) which can be run in the project to
translate all Juvix projects in the repository.
* Actually translate all of the `juvix.yaml` files to `Package.juvix`
using the script.
* Part of https://github.com/anoma/juvix/issues/2487
This PR introduces a global `--offline` flag.
## Doctor
This replaces the `--offline` flag on the doctor command.
## Juvix package builds
The flag applies to juvix build commands like `juvix compile`, `juvix
repl`. This is so that users can continue to build packages offline that
have external dependencies when there's no network connection (as long
as they built the same package online previously).
Specifically, when the `--offline` flag is used in a package that has
external git dependencies.
* No `git clone` or `git fetch` commands are used
* `git checkout` will continue to be used
* Clones from previous builds are reused
This means that you can update the `ref` field in a git dependency, as
long as the ref existed the last time that the project was built without
the `--offline` flag.
* Closes https://github.com/anoma/juvix/issues/2333
Instead, always act as `--no-format` option is set to `False` as
previous default.
The change seem to not affect any current formatting, so I assume it
passes the checks on testing.
Fixes#2084
# Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [ ] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
* Closes#1989
* Adds optimization phases to the pipline (specified by
`opt-phase-eval`, `opt-phase-exec` and `opt-phase-geb` transformations).
* Adds the `-O` option to the `compile` command to specify the
optimization level.
* Functions can be declared for inlining with the `inline` pragma:
```
{-# inline: true #-}
const : {A B : Type} -> A -> B -> A;
const x _ := x;
```
By default, the function is inlined only if it's fully applied. One can
specify that a function (partially) applied to at least `n` explicit
arguments should be inlined.
```
{-# inline: 2 #-}
compose : {A B C : Type} -> (B -> C) -> (A -> B) -> A -> C;
compose f g x := f (g x);
```
Then `compose f g` will be inlined, even though it's not fully applied.
But `compose f` won't be inlined.
* Non-recursive fully applied functions are automatically inlined if the
height of the body term does not exceed the inlining depth limit, which
can be specified with the `--inline` option to the `compile` command.
* The pragma `inline: false` disables automatic inlining on a
per-function basis.
# Description
No the filepath in the `juvix forma` command is n=made optional.
However, in that case, the `--stdin` command is required.
### Implementation details
~For now, as a quick solution, I have introduce the "fake" path that is
used for `fomat` command with stdin option.~
I needed to do a couple of big changes:
* `format` command FILE is now optional, howvere, I check that in case
of `Nothing` `--stdin` option should be present, otherwise it will fail
* `entryPointModulePaths` is now `[]` instead of `NonEmpty`
* `ScopeEff` now has `ScopeStdin` constructor as well, which would take
the input from stdin instead of having path passed around
* `RunPipelineNoFileEither` is added to the `App` with the bunch of
`*Stdin` functions that doesn't require filepath argument to be passed
Fixes#2008
## Type of change
- [x] New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
# Checklist:
- [x] My code follows the style guidelines of this project
- [x] I have made corresponding changes to the documentation
- [x] My changes generate no new warnings
- [x] I have added tests that prove my fix is effective or that my
feature works:
- [x] smoke tests
---------
Co-authored-by: Paul Cadman <git@paulcadman.dev>
Co-authored-by: janmasrovira <janmasrovira@gmail.com>
- Closes#1993
This pr makes it possible to use `~`, `..` and environment variables in
the `juvix.yaml` and all flags / input of the cli.
In the CLI, the shell will be responsible for replacing environment
variables with their value, so the usual syntax can be used. For the
`dependencies` field, I have implemented a parser that has some
restrictions:
1. Environment variables are given with the makefile-like syntax
`$(VAR)`
2. The three characters `$` `(` `)` are reserved for the environment
variables syntax.
They cannot be part of the path.
3. `~` is reserved for `$(HOME)`. I.e. the prepath `~~` will expand to
`$HOME$HOME`.
4. Nested environment variables are not allowed.
Thanks @paulcadman for the feedback. I think we are ready to merge this
nightmarish pr 👻
---------
Co-authored-by: Paul Cadman <git@paulcadman.dev>
This implements a basic version of the algorithm from: Luc Maranget,
[Compiling pattern matching to good decision
trees](http://moscova.inria.fr/~maranget/papers/ml05e-maranget.pdf). No
heuristics are used - the first column is always chosen.
* Closes#1798
* Closes#1225
* Closes#1926
* Adds a global `--no-coverage` option which turns off coverage checking
in favour of generating runtime failures
* Changes the representation of Match patterns in JuvixCore to achieve a
more streamlined implementation
* Adds options to the Core pipeline
* Remove ParserParams
ParserParams is only used to record the root of the project, which is
used to prefix source file paths. However source file paths are always
absolute so this is not required.
* Add GetAbsPath to Files effect
The Files effect is not responsible for resolving a relative module
path into an absolute path on disk. This will allow us to resolve
relative module paths to alternative paths, for example to point to the
standard library on disk.
* Files effect getAbsPath returns paths within the registered standard
library
This means that the standard library can exist on disk at a different
location to the Juvix project.
A command line flag --stdlib-path can be specified to point to a
standard library, otherwise the embedded standard library is written to
disk at $PROJ_DIR/.juvix-build/stdlib and this is used instead.
* Recreate stdlib dir only when juvix version changes
* Add UpdateStdlib to the Files effect
* Add comment for stdlibOrFile
* Remove spurious import
* w.i.p
* Added strict positivity condition for datatypes w.i.p
* Add negative test for str.postivity check
* Add some revisions
* the branch is back to feet
* w.i.p add lots of traces to check alg.
* Add more test and revisions
* Add negative and positive test to the new flag and the keyword
* Fix shell tests.
* Make pre-commit happy
* Fix rebase conflicts
* Make pre-commit happy
* Add shell test, rename keyword, fix error msg
* Revert change
* Necessary changes
* Remove wrong unless
* Move the positivity checker to its own folder
* Add missing juvix.yaml
* Add a negative test thanks to jan
* make some style changes
* Make ormolu happy
* Remove unnecessary instance of Show
Co-authored-by: Jan Mas Rovira <janmasrovira@gmail.com>
* Renaming MiniJuvix to Juvix
* Make Ormolu happy
* Make Hlint happy
* Remove redundant imports
* Fix shell tests and add target ci to our Makefile
* Make pre-commit happy
* Embed stdlib in minijuvix library
We add a new step at the beginning of the pipeline called Setup that
registers the modules in the standard library with the Files effect. The
standard library is then used when the Scoper queries the Files effect
for modules as it resolves import statements.
Use of the standard library can be disabled using the global
`--no-stdlib` command-line option.
* CI: Checkout submodules recursively for stdlib
* Add a new `--no-stdlib` option to shell check
* Poke CI
* CI: Checkout submodules in the test job
* Remove input file fields from command opts
* [cli] Make version and help commands
* Fix on reviews
* Fixes for dealing with global options inside subcmds
* Fix minijuvix emacs mode and add some instance to GlobalOpts
* Remove unrelated code
* Propagate globals opts in each cmd parser
* Add initial shell tests
* Add test-shell to makefile and CI
* Fix CI: adding .local/bin to PATH
* Fixing CI
* Installing shelltest just before running it
* Install app for shell testing
* Hide global flags after cmd. Fix shell tests accordingly.
* Fixing CI
* Shell test only run on ubuntu for now
* [WIP] EntryPoint now has options. --no-termination is a new global opt.
* Add TerminationChecking to the pipeline
* Add TerminationChecking to the pipeline
* Keep GlobalOptions in App
* Fix reviewer's comments
* delete unnecessary parens
Co-authored-by: Jan Mas Rovira <janmasrovira@gmail.com>
* add face and handling of not in scope symbol error
* small fix
* generic errors wip
* add App effect
* format
* add flycheck-minijuvix
* use absolute paths and refactor
* fix dir0
* add generic error instances and improve some errors
* format
* qualify strings
* use AnsiText
* add ToGenericError instances for the type checker errors
* improve error message
* improve handling of parsing errors
