- Generally export types not modules from the `Standard.Table` import.
- Moved `new`, `from_rows` the `Standard.Table` library into the `Table` type.
- Renames `Standard.Table.Data.Storage.Type` to `Standard.Table.Data.Storage.Storage`
- Removed the internal `from_columns` method.
- Removed `join` and `concat` and merged into instance methods.
- Removed `Table` and `Column` from the `Standard.Database` exports.
- Removed `Standard.Table.Data.Column.Aggregate_Column` as not used any more.
Makes statics static. A type and its instances have different methods defined on them, as it should be. Constructors are now scoped in types, and can be imported/exported.
# Important Notes
The method of fixing stdlib chosen here is to just not. All the conses are exported to make all old code work. All such instances are marked with `TODO Dubious constructor export` so that it can be found and fixed.
This is a step towards the new language spec. The `type` keyword now means something. So we now have
```
type Maybe a
Some (from_some : a)
None
```
as a thing one may write. Also `Some` and `None` are not standalone types now – only `Maybe` is.
This halfway to static methods – we still allow for things like `Number + Number` for backwards compatibility. It will disappear in the next PR.
The concept of a type is now used for method dispatch – with great impact on interpreter code density.
Some APIs in the STDLIB may require re-thinking. I take this is going to be up to the libraries team – some choices are not as good with a semantically different language. I've strived to update stdlib with minimal changes – to make sure it still works as it did.
It is worth mentioning the conflicting constructor name convention I've used: if `Foo` only has one constructor, previously named `Foo`, we now have:
```
type Foo
Foo_Data f1 f2 f3
```
This is now necessary, because we still don't have proper statics. When they arrive, this can be changed (quite easily, with SED) to use them, and figure out the actual convention then.
I have also reworked large parts of the builtins system, because it did not work at all with the new concepts.
It also exposes the type variants in SuggestionBuilder, that was the original tiny PR this was based on.
PS I'm so sorry for the size of this. No idea how this could have been smaller. It's a breaking language change after all.
- Removed various unnecessary `Standard.Base` imports still left behind.
- Added `Regex` to default `Standard.Base`.
- Removed aliasing from the examples as no longer needed (case coercion no long occurs).
- Remove `import Standard.Table` from within the Table library (directly importing types).
- Reviewed what was in `Standard.Database` - a few tweaks and removals.
- Removed various un-needed aliasing following Hubert's import work.
This change modifies the current language by requiring explicit `self` parameter declaration
for methods. Methods without `self` parameter in the first position should be treated as statics
although that is not yet part of this PR. We add an implicit self to all methods
This obviously required updating the whole stdlib and its components, tests etc but the change
is pretty straightforward in the diff.
Notice that this change **does not** change method dispatch, which was removed in the last changes.
This was done on purpose to simplify the implementation for now. We will likely still remove all
those implicit selfs to bring true statics.
Minor caveat - since `main` doesn't actually need self, already removed that which simplified
a lot of code.
A semi-manual s/this/self appied to the whole standard library.
Related to https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/182328601
In the compiler promoted to use constants instead of hardcoded
`this`/`self` whenever possible.
# Important Notes
The PR **does not** require explicit `self` parameter declaration for methods as this part
of the design is still under consideration.
