inference.jl

# This file is a part of Julia. License is MIT: http:https://julialang.org/license

#### parameters limiting potentially-infinite types ####
const MAX_TYPEUNION_LEN = 3
const MAX_TYPE_DEPTH = 7
const MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN  = 8
const MAX_TUPLE_DEPTH = 4

# slot property bit flags
const Slot_Assigned     = 2
const Slot_AssignedOnce = 16
const Slot_UsedUndef    = 32
const Slot_Called       = 64

#### inference state types ####

immutable NotFound end
const NF = NotFound()
typealias LineNum Int
typealias VarTable Array{Any,1}

type VarState
    typ
    undef::Bool
end

immutable Const
    val
end

type InferenceState
    atypes #::Type       # type sig
    sp::SimpleVector     # static parameters
    label_counter::Int   # index of the current highest label for this function
    fedbackvars::Dict{SSAValue, Bool}
    mod::Module
    currpc::LineNum
    static_typeof::Bool

    # info on the state of inference and the linfo
    linfo::LambdaInfo
    destination::LambdaInfo   # results need to be copied here when we finish
    nargs::Int
    stmt_types::Vector{Any}
    # return type
    bestguess #::Type
    # current active instruction pointers
    ip::IntSet
    nstmts::Int
    # current exception handler info
    cur_hand #::Tuple{LineNum, Tuple{LineNum, ...}}
    handler_at::Vector{Any}
    n_handlers::Int
    # ssavalue sparsity and restart info
    ssavalue_uses::Vector{IntSet}
    ssavalue_init::Vector{Any}
    # call-graph edges connecting from a caller to a callee (and back)
    # we shouldn't need to iterate edges very often, so we use it to optimize the lookup from edge -> linenum
    # whereas backedges is optimized for iteration
    edges::ObjectIdDict #Dict{InferenceState, Vector{LineNum}}
    backedges::Vector{Tuple{InferenceState, Vector{LineNum}}}
    # iteration fixed-point detection
    fixedpoint::Bool
    typegotoredo::Bool
    inworkq::Bool
    optimize::Bool
    inferred::Bool
    tfunc_bp::Union{TypeMapEntry, Void}

    function InferenceState(linfo::LambdaInfo, atypes::ANY, sparams::SimpleVector, optimize::Bool)
        @assert isa(linfo.code,Array{Any,1})
        nslots = length(linfo.slotnames)
        nl = label_counter(linfo.code)+1

        if length(linfo.sparam_vals) > 0
            sp = linfo.sparam_vals
        elseif isempty(sparams) && !isempty(linfo.sparam_syms)
            sp = svec(Any[ TypeVar(sym, Any, true) for sym in linfo.sparam_syms ]...)
        else
            sp = sparams
        end

        if !isa(linfo.slottypes, Array)
            linfo.slottypes = Any[ Any for i = 1:nslots ]
        end
        if !isa(linfo.ssavaluetypes, Array)
            linfo.ssavaluetypes = Any[ NF for i = 1:(linfo.ssavaluetypes::Int) ]
        end

        n = length(linfo.code)
        s = Any[ () for i=1:n ]
        # initial types
        s[1] = Any[ VarState(Bottom,true) for i=1:nslots ]

        la = linfo.nargs
        if la > 0
            if linfo.isva
                if atypes === Tuple
                    if la > 1
                        atypes = Tuple{Any[Any for i=1:la-1]..., Tuple.parameters[1]}
                    end
                    s[1][la] = VarState(Tuple,false)
                else
                    s[1][la] = VarState(tuple_tfunc(limit_tuple_depth(tupletype_tail(atypes,la))),false)
                end
                la -= 1
            end
        end

        laty = length(atypes.parameters)
        if laty > 0
            lastatype = atypes.parameters[laty]
            if isvarargtype(lastatype)
                lastatype = lastatype.parameters[1]
                laty -= 1
            end
            if isa(lastatype, TypeVar)
                lastatype = lastatype.ub
            end
            if laty > la
                laty = la
            end
            for i=1:laty
                atyp = atypes.parameters[i]
                if isa(atyp, TypeVar)
                    atyp = atyp.ub
                end
                s[1][i] = VarState(atyp, false)
            end
            for i=laty+1:la
                s[1][i] = VarState(lastatype, false)
            end
        else
            @assert la == 0 # wrong number of arguments
        end

        ssavalue_uses = find_ssavalue_uses(linfo.code)
        ssavalue_init = copy(linfo.ssavaluetypes)

        # exception handlers
        cur_hand = ()
        handler_at = Any[ () for i=1:n ]
        n_handlers = 0

        W = IntSet()
        push!(W, 1) #initial pc to visit

        inmodule = isdefined(linfo, :def) ? linfo.def.module : current_module() # toplevel thunks are inferred in the current module
        frame = new(
            atypes, sp, nl, Dict{SSAValue, Bool}(), inmodule, 0, false,
            linfo, linfo, la, s, Union{}, W, n,
            cur_hand, handler_at, n_handlers,
            ssavalue_uses, ssavalue_init,
            ObjectIdDict(), #Dict{InferenceState, Vector{LineNum}}(),
            Vector{Tuple{InferenceState, Vector{LineNum}}}(),
            false, false, false, optimize, false, nothing)
        push!(active, frame)
        nactive[] += 1
        return frame
    end
end

#### current global inference state ####

const active = Vector{Any}() # set of all InferenceState objects being processed
const nactive = Array{Int}(())
nactive[] = 0
const workq = Vector{InferenceState}() # set of InferenceState objects that can make immediate progress

#### helper functions ####

# avoid cycle due to over-specializing `any` when used by inference
function _any(f::ANY, a)
    for x in a
        f(x) && return true
    end
    return false
end

function contains_is(itr, x::ANY)
    for y in itr
        if is(y,x)
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

_ieval(x::ANY, sv) =
    ccall(:jl_interpret_toplevel_expr_in, Any, (Any, Any, Any, Any),
          sv.mod, x, svec(), svec())

_topmod(sv::InferenceState) = _topmod(sv.mod)
_topmod(m::Module) = ccall(:jl_base_relative_to, Any, (Any,), m)::Module

function istopfunction(topmod, f::ANY, sym)
    if isdefined(Main, :Base) && isdefined(Main.Base, sym) && f === getfield(Main.Base, sym)
        return true
    elseif isdefined(topmod, sym) && f === getfield(topmod, sym)
        return true
    end
    return false
end

isknownlength(t::DataType) = !isvatuple(t) || (length(t.parameters) == 1 && isa(t.parameters[1].parameters[2],Int))

# t[n:end]
tupletype_tail(t::ANY, n) = Tuple{t.parameters[n:end]...}


#### type-functions for builtins / intrinsics ####

cmp_tfunc = (x,y)->Bool

isType(t::ANY) = isa(t,DataType) && is((t::DataType).name,Type.name)

const IInf = typemax(Int) # integer infinity
const n_ifunc = reinterpret(Int32,arraylen)+1
const t_ifunc = Array{Tuple{Int,Int,Any},1}(n_ifunc)
const t_ffunc_key = Array{Function,1}(0)
const t_ffunc_val = Array{Tuple{Int,Int,Any},1}(0)
function add_tfunc(f::IntrinsicFunction, minarg::Int, maxarg::Int, tfunc::ANY)
    t_ifunc[reinterpret(Int32,f)+1] = (minarg, maxarg, tfunc)
end
function add_tfunc(f::Function, minarg::Int, maxarg::Int, tfunc::ANY)
    push!(t_ffunc_key, f)
    push!(t_ffunc_val, (minarg, maxarg, tfunc))
end
add_tfunc(throw, 1, 1, x->Bottom)
add_tfunc(box, 2, 2, (t,v)->(isType(t) ? t.parameters[1] : Any))
add_tfunc(eq_int, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(ne_int, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(slt_int, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(ult_int, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(sle_int, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(ule_int, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(eq_float, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(ne_float, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(lt_float, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(le_float, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(fpiseq, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(fpislt, 2, 2, cmp_tfunc)
add_tfunc(Core.Intrinsics.ccall, 3, IInf,
    function(fptr, rt, at, a...)
        if !isType(rt)
            return Any
        end
        t = rt.parameters[1]
        if isa(t,DataType) && is((t::DataType).name,Ref.name)
            t = t.parameters[1]
            if is(t,Any)
                return Union{} # a return type of Box{Any} is invalid
            end
            return t
        end
        return t
    end)
add_tfunc(Core.Intrinsics.llvmcall, 3, IInf,
    (fptr, rt, at, a...)->(isType(rt) ? rt.parameters[1] : Any))
add_tfunc(Core.Intrinsics.cglobal, 1, 2,
    (fptr, t...)->(isempty(t) ? Ptr{Void} :
                   isType(t[1]) ? Ptr{t[1].parameters[1]} : Ptr))
add_tfunc(Core.Intrinsics.select_value, 3, 3,
    function (cnd, x, y)
        if isa(cnd, Const)
            if cnd.val === true
                return x
            elseif cnd.val === false
                return y
            else
                return Bottom
            end
        end
        (Bool ⊑ cnd) || return Bottom
        tmerge(x, y)
    end)
add_tfunc(is, 2, 2,
    function (x::ANY, y::ANY)
        if isa(x,Const) && isa(y,Const)
            return Const(x.val===y.val)
        elseif isType(x) && isType(y) && isleaftype(x) && isleaftype(y)
            return Const(x.parameters[1]===y.parameters[1])
        elseif typeintersect(widenconst(x), widenconst(y)) === Bottom
            return Const(false)
        else
            return Bool
        end
    end)
add_tfunc(isdefined, 1, IInf, (args...)->Bool)
add_tfunc(Core.sizeof, 1, 1, x->Int)
add_tfunc(nfields, 1, 1, x->(isa(x,Const) ? Const(nfields(x.val)) :
                             isType(x) && isleaftype(x.parameters[1]) ? Const(nfields(x.parameters[1])) :
                             Int))
add_tfunc(_expr, 1, IInf, (args...)->Expr)
add_tfunc(applicable, 1, IInf, (f, args...)->Bool)
add_tfunc(Core.Intrinsics.arraylen, 1, 1, x->Int)
add_tfunc(arraysize, 2, 2, (a,d)->Int)
add_tfunc(pointerref, 2, 2,
          function (a,i)
              a = widenconst(a)
              isa(a,DataType) && a<:Ptr && isa(a.parameters[1],Union{Type,TypeVar}) ? a.parameters[1] : Any
          end)
add_tfunc(pointerset, 3, 3, (a,v,i)->a)

function typeof_tfunc(t::ANY)
    if isa(t,Const)
        return Type{typeof(t.val)}
    elseif isType(t)
        t = t.parameters[1]
        if isa(t,TypeVar)
            DataType
        else
            Type{typeof(t)}
        end
    elseif isa(t,DataType)
        if isleaftype(t) || isvarargtype(t)
            Type{t}
        elseif t === Any
            DataType
        else
            Type{TypeVar(:_,t)}
        end
    elseif isa(t,Union)
        Union{map(typeof_tfunc, t.types)...}
    elseif isa(t,TypeVar) && !(Any <: t.ub)
        Type{t}
    else
        DataType
    end
end
add_tfunc(typeof, 1, 1, typeof_tfunc)
add_tfunc(typeassert, 2, 2,
          function (v, t)
              if isType(t)
                  if isa(v,Const)
                      if isleaftype(t) && !isa(v.val, t.parameters[1])
                          return Bottom
                      end
                      return v
                  end
                  return typeintersect(v, t.parameters[1])
              end
              return v
          end)
add_tfunc(isa, 2, 2,
          function (v, t)
              if isType(t) && isleaftype(t)
                  if v ⊑ t.parameters[1]
                      return Const(true)
                  elseif isa(v,Const) || isleaftype(v)
                      return Const(false)
                  end
              end
              return Bool
          end)
add_tfunc(issubtype, 2, 2,
          function (a, b)
              if isType(a) && isType(b) && isleaftype(a) && isleaftype(b)
                  return Const(issubtype(a.parameters[1], b.parameters[1]))
              end
              return Bool
          end)

function type_depth(t::ANY)
    if isa(t, Union)
        t === Bottom && return 0
        return maximum(type_depth, t.types) + 1
    elseif isa(t, DataType)
        t = t::DataType
        P = t.parameters
        isempty(P) && return 0
        if t.depth == 0
            t.depth = maximum(type_depth, P) + 1
        end
        return t.depth
    end
    return 0
end

function limit_type_depth(t::ANY, d::Int, cov::Bool, vars)
    if isa(t,TypeVar) || isa(t,TypeConstructor)
        return t
    end
    inexact = !cov && d > MAX_TYPE_DEPTH
    if isa(t,Union)
        t === Bottom && return t
        if d > MAX_TYPE_DEPTH
            R = Any
        else
            R = Union{map(x->limit_type_depth(x, d+1, cov, vars), t.types)...}
        end
    elseif isa(t,DataType)
        P = t.parameters
        isempty(P) && return t
        if d > MAX_TYPE_DEPTH
            R = t.name.primary
        else
            stillcov = cov && (t.name === Tuple.name)
            Q = map(x->limit_type_depth(x, d+1, stillcov, vars), P)
            if !cov && _any(p->contains_is(vars,p), Q)
                R = t.name.primary
                inexact = true
            else
                R = t.name.primary{Q...}
            end
        end
    else
        return t
    end
    if inexact && !isvarargtype(R)
        R = TypeVar(:_,R)
        push!(vars, R)
    end
    return R
end

# returns (type, isexact)
function getfield_tfunc(s0::ANY, name)
    if isa(s0, TypeVar)
        s0 = s0.ub
    end
    if isa(s0, TypeConstructor)
        s0 = s0.body
    end
    s = s0
    if isType(s)
        s = typeof(s.parameters[1])
        if s === TypeVar
            return Any, false
        end
    elseif isa(s,Const)
        if isa(s.val, Module) && isa(name, Const) && isa(name.val, Symbol)
            return abstract_eval_global(s.val, name.val), true
        end
        s = typeof(s.val)
    end
    if isa(s,Union)
        return reduce(tmerge, Bottom, map(t->getfield_tfunc(t, name)[1], s.types)), false
    end
    if isa(s,DataType)
        if s.abstract
            return Any, false
        end
        if s <: Tuple && name ⊑ Symbol
            return Bottom, true
        end
    end
    if isa(name,Const) && isa(name.val,Symbol)
        fld = name.val
        if isa(s0,Const) && isa(s0.val,Module) && isdefined(s0.val,fld) && isconst(s0.val,fld)
            return abstract_eval_constant(getfield(s0.val,fld)), true
        end
        if s <: Module
            return Any, false
        end
        if isType(s0)
            sp = s0.parameters[1]
            if isa(sp,DataType)
                if fld === :parameters
                    return Const(sp.parameters), true
                elseif fld === :types
                    return Const(sp.types), true
                elseif fld === :super
                    return Type{sp.super}, isleaftype(s)
                end
            end
        end
        snames = s.name.names
        for i=1:length(snames)
            if is(snames[i],fld)
                R = s.types[i]
                if isempty(s.parameters)
                    return R, true
                else
                    typ = limit_type_depth(R, 0, true,
                                           filter!(x->isa(x,TypeVar), Any[s.parameters...]))
                    return typ, isleaftype(s) && typeseq(typ, R)
                end
            end
        end
        return Bottom, true
    elseif isa(name,Const) && isa(name.val,Int)
        if s <: Module
            return Bottom, true
        end
        i::Int = name.val
        nf = s.types.length
        if isvatuple(s) && i >= nf
            return s.types[nf].parameters[1], false
        end
        if i < 1 || i > nf
            return Bottom, true
        end
        return s.types[i], false
    else
        return reduce(tmerge, Bottom, map(unwrapva,s.types)) #=Union{s.types...}=#, false
    end
end
add_tfunc(getfield, 2, 2, (s,name)->getfield_tfunc(s,name)[1])
add_tfunc(setfield!, 3, 3, (o, f, v)->v)
function fieldtype_tfunc(s::ANY, name)
    if isType(s)
        s = s.parameters[1]
    else
        return Type
    end
    t, exact = getfield_tfunc(s, name)
    if is(t,Bottom)
        return t
    end
    Type{exact || isleaftype(t) || isa(t,TypeVar) || isvarargtype(t) ? t : TypeVar(:_, t)}
end
add_tfunc(fieldtype, 2, 2, fieldtype_tfunc)

function valid_tparam(x::ANY)
    if isa(x,Tuple)
        for t in x
            !valid_tparam(t) && return false
        end
        return true
    end
    return isa(x,Int) || isa(x,Symbol) || isa(x,Bool) || (!isa(x,Type) && isbits(x))
end

has_typevars(t::ANY, all=false) = ccall(:jl_has_typevars_, Cint, (Any,Cint), t, all)!=0

# TODO: handle e.g. apply_type(T, R::Union{Type{Int32},Type{Float64}})
function apply_type_tfunc(args...)
    if !isType(args[1])
        return Any
    end
    headtype = args[1].parameters[1]
    if isa(headtype,Union) || isa(headtype,TypeVar)
        return args[1]
    end
    largs = length(args)
    if headtype === Union
        largs == 1 && return Type{Bottom}
        largs == 2 && return args[2]
        args = args[2:end]
        if all(isType, args)
            try
                return Type{Union{map(t->t.parameters[1],args)...}}
            catch
                return Any
            end
        else
            return Any
        end
    elseif isa(headtype, Union)
        return Any
    end
    istuple = (headtype === Tuple)
    uncertain = false
    tparams = Any[]
    for i=2:largs
        ai = args[i]
        if isType(ai)
            aip1 = ai.parameters[1]
            uncertain |= has_typevars(aip1)
            push!(tparams, aip1)
        elseif isa(ai, Const) && valid_tparam(ai.val)
            push!(tparams, ai.val)
        else
            if !istuple && i-1 > length(headtype.parameters)
                # too many parameters for type
                return Bottom
            end
            uncertain = true
            if istuple
                push!(tparams, Any)
            else
                push!(tparams, headtype.parameters[i-1])
            end
        end
    end
    local appl
    # good, all arguments understood
    try
        appl = apply_type(headtype, tparams...)
    catch
        # type instantiation might fail if one of the type parameters
        # doesn't match, which could happen if a type estimate is too coarse
        appl = headtype
        uncertain = true
    end
    !uncertain && return Type{appl}
    if type_too_complex(appl,0)
        return Type{TypeVar(:_,headtype)}
    end
    !(isa(appl,TypeVar) || isvarargtype(appl)) ? Type{TypeVar(:_,appl)} : Type{appl}
end
add_tfunc(apply_type, 1, IInf, apply_type_tfunc)

@pure function type_typeof(v::ANY)
    if isa(v, Type)
        return Type{v}
    end
    return typeof(v)
end

function invoke_tfunc(f::ANY, types::ANY, argtype::ANY, sv::InferenceState)
    if !isleaftype(Type{types})
        return Any
    end
    argtype = typeintersect(types,limit_tuple_type(argtype))
    if is(argtype,Bottom)
        return Bottom
    end
    ft = type_typeof(f)
    types = Tuple{ft, types.parameters...}
    argtype = Tuple{ft, argtype.parameters...}
    entry = ccall(:jl_gf_invoke_lookup, Any, (Any,), types)
    if is(entry, nothing)
        return Any
    end
    meth = entry.func
    (ti, env) = ccall(:jl_match_method, Any, (Any, Any, Any),
                      argtype, meth.sig, meth.tvars)::SimpleVector
    return typeinf_edge(meth::Method, ti, env, sv)[2]
end

function tuple_tfunc(argtype::ANY)
    if isa(argtype,DataType) && argtype.name === Tuple.name
        p = map(x->(isType(x) && !isa(x.parameters[1],TypeVar) ? typeof(x.parameters[1]) : x),
                argtype.parameters)
        return Tuple{p...}
    end
    argtype
end

function builtin_tfunction(f::ANY, argtypes::Array{Any,1}, sv::InferenceState)
    isva = !isempty(argtypes) && isvarargtype(argtypes[end])
    if is(f,tuple)
        for a in argtypes
            if !isa(a, Const)
                return tuple_tfunc(limit_tuple_depth(argtypes_to_type(argtypes)))
            end
        end
        return Const(tuple(map(a->a.val, argtypes)...))
    elseif is(f,svec)
        return SimpleVector
    elseif is(f,arrayset)
        if length(argtypes) < 3 && !isva
            return Bottom
        end
        a1 = argtypes[1]
        if isvarargtype(a1)
            return a1.parameters[1]
        end
        return a1
    elseif is(f,arrayref)
        if length(argtypes) < 2 && !isva
            return Bottom
        end
        a = widenconst(argtypes[1])
        return (isa(a,DataType) && a<:Array && isa(a.parameters[1],Union{Type,TypeVar}) ?
                a.parameters[1] : Any)
    elseif is(f,Expr)
        if length(argtypes) < 1 && !isva
            return Bottom
        end
        return Expr
    elseif is(f,invoke)
        if length(argtypes)>1 && isa(argtypes[1], Const)
            af = argtypes[1].val
            sig = argtypes[2]
            if isType(sig) && sig.parameters[1] <: Tuple
                return invoke_tfunc(af, sig.parameters[1], argtypes_to_type(argtypes[3:end]), sv)
            end
        end
        return Any
    end
    if isva
        return Any
    end
    if isa(f, IntrinsicFunction)
        iidx = Int(reinterpret(Int32, f::IntrinsicFunction))+1
        if !isdefined(t_ifunc, iidx)
            # unknown/unhandled intrinsic (most fall in this category since most return an unboxed value)
            return Any
        end
        tf = t_ifunc[iidx]
    else
        fidx = findfirst(t_ffunc_key, f::Function)
        if fidx == 0
            # unknown/unhandled builtin or anonymous function
            return Any
        end
        tf = t_ffunc_val[fidx]
    end
    tf = tf::Tuple{Real, Real, Any}
    if !(tf[1] <= length(argtypes) <= tf[2])
        # wrong # of args
        return Bottom
    end
    return tf[3](argtypes...)
end

limit_tuple_depth(t::ANY) = limit_tuple_depth_(t,0)

function limit_tuple_depth_(t::ANY, d::Int)
    if isa(t,Union)
        # also limit within Union types.
        # may have to recur into other stuff in the future too.
        return Union{map(x->limit_tuple_depth_(x,d+1), t.types)...}
    end
    if isa(t,TypeVar)
        return limit_tuple_depth_(t.ub, d)
    end
    if !(isa(t,DataType) && t.name === Tuple.name)
        return t
    end
    if d > MAX_TUPLE_DEPTH
        return Tuple
    end
    p = map(x->limit_tuple_depth_(x,d+1), t.parameters)
    Tuple{p...}
end

limit_tuple_type = (t::ANY) -> limit_tuple_type_n(t, MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN)

function limit_tuple_type_n(t::ANY, lim::Int)
    p = t.parameters
    n = length(p)
    if n > lim
        tail = reduce(typejoin, Bottom, Any[p[lim:(n-1)]..., unwrapva(p[n])])
        return Tuple{p[1:(lim-1)]..., Vararg{tail}}
    end
    return t
end


#### recursing into expression ####

function abstract_call_gf_by_type(f::ANY, argtype::ANY, sv)
    tm = _topmod(sv)
    # don't consider more than N methods. this trades off between
    # compiler performance and generated code performance.
    # typically, considering many methods means spending lots of time
    # obtaining poor type information.
    # It is important for N to be >= the number of methods in the error()
    # function, so we can still know that error() is always Bottom.
    # here I picked 4.
    argtype = limit_tuple_type(argtype)
    argtypes = argtype.parameters
    applicable = _methods_by_ftype(argtype, 4)
    rettype = Bottom
    if is(applicable, false)
        # this means too many methods matched
        return Any
    end
    x::Array{Any,1} = applicable
    if isempty(x)
        # no methods match
        # TODO: it would be nice to return Bottom here, but during bootstrap we
        # often compile code that calls methods not defined yet, so it is much
        # safer just to fall back on dynamic dispatch.
        return Any
    end
    for (m::SimpleVector) in x
        sig = m[1]
        method = m[3]::Method

        # limit argument type tuple growth
        lsig = length(m[3].sig.parameters)
        ls = length(sig.parameters)
        # look at the existing edges to detect growing argument lists
        limitlength = false
        for (callee, _) in sv.edges
            callee = callee::InferenceState
            if method === callee.linfo.def && ls > length(callee.atypes.parameters)
                limitlength = true
                break
            end
        end

        # limit argument type size growth
        # TODO: FIXME: this heuristic depends on non-local state making type-inference unpredictable
        for infstate in active
            infstate === nothing && continue
            infstate = infstate::InferenceState
            if isdefined(infstate.linfo, :def) && method === infstate.linfo.def
                td = type_depth(sig)
                if ls > length(infstate.atypes.parameters)
                    limitlength = true
                end
                if td > type_depth(infstate.atypes)
                    # impose limit if we recur and the argument types grow beyond MAX_TYPE_DEPTH
                    if td > MAX_TYPE_DEPTH
                        sig = limit_type_depth(sig, 0, true, [])
                        break
                    else
                        p1, p2 = sig.parameters, infstate.atypes.parameters
                        if length(p2) == ls
                            limitdepth = false
                            newsig = Array(Any, ls)
                            for i = 1:ls
                                if p1[i] <: Function && type_depth(p1[i]) > type_depth(p2[i]) &&
                                    isa(p1[i],DataType)
                                    # if a Function argument is growing (e.g. nested closures)
                                    # then widen to the outermost function type. without this
                                    # inference fails to terminate on do_quadgk.
                                    newsig[i] = p1[i].name.primary
                                    limitdepth  = true
                                else
                                    newsig[i] = limit_type_depth(p1[i], 1, true, [])
                                end
                            end
                            if limitdepth
                                sig = Tuple{newsig...}
                                break
                            end
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
        end

#        # limit argument type size growth
#        tdepth = type_depth(sig)
#        if tdepth > MAX_TYPE_DEPTH
#            sig = limit_type_depth(sig, 0, true, [])
#        end

        # limit length based on size of definition signature.
        # for example, given function f(T, Any...), limit to 3 arguments
        # instead of the default (MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN)
        if limitlength && ls > lsig + 1
            if !istopfunction(tm, f, :promote_typeof)
                fst = sig.parameters[lsig+1]
                allsame = true
                # allow specializing on longer arglists if all the trailing
                # arguments are the same, since there is no exponential
                # blowup in this case.
                for i = lsig+2:ls
                    if sig.parameters[i] != fst
                        allsame = false
                        break
                    end
                end
                if !allsame
                    sig = limit_tuple_type_n(sig, lsig+1)
                end
            end
        end
        #print(m,"\n")
        (_tree, rt) = typeinf_edge(method, sig, m[2], sv)
        rettype = tmerge(rettype, rt)
        if is(rettype,Any)
            break
        end
    end
    # if rettype is Bottom we've found a method not found error
    #print("=> ", rettype, "\n")
    return rettype
end

# determine whether `ex` abstractly evals to constant `c`
function abstract_evals_to_constant(ex, c::ANY, vtypes, sv)
    av = abstract_eval(ex, vtypes, sv)
    return isa(av,Const) && av.val === c
end

# `types` is an array of inferred types for expressions in `args`.
# if an expression constructs a container (e.g. `svec(x,y,z)`),
# refine its type to an array of element types. returns an array of
# arrays of types, or `nothing`.
function precise_container_types(args, types, vtypes::VarTable, sv)
    n = length(args)
    assert(n == length(types))
    result = cell(n)
    for i = 1:n
        ai = args[i]
        ti = types[i]
        tti = widenconst(ti)
        if isa(ai,Expr) && ai.head === :call && (abstract_evals_to_constant(ai.args[1], svec, vtypes, sv) ||
                                                 abstract_evals_to_constant(ai.args[1], tuple, vtypes, sv))
            aa = ai.args
            result[i] = Any[ (isa(aa[j],Expr) ? aa[j].typ : abstract_eval(aa[j],vtypes,sv)) for j=2:length(aa) ]
            if _any(isvarargtype, result[i])
                return nothing
            end
        elseif isa(ti, Union)
            return nothing
        elseif ti ⊑ Tuple
            if i == n
                if isvatuple(tti) && length(tti.parameters) == 1
                    result[i] = Any[Vararg{tti.parameters[1].parameters[1]}]
                else
                    result[i] = tti.parameters
                end
            elseif isknownlength(tti)
                result[i] = tti.parameters
            else
                return nothing
            end
        elseif ti⊑AbstractArray && i==n
            result[i] = Any[Vararg{eltype(tti)}]
        else
            return nothing
        end
    end
    return result
end

# do apply(af, fargs...), where af is a function value
function abstract_apply(af::ANY, fargs, aargtypes::Vector{Any}, vtypes::VarTable, sv)
    ctypes = precise_container_types(fargs, aargtypes, vtypes, sv)
    if ctypes !== nothing
        # apply with known func with known tuple types
        # can be collapsed to a call to the applied func
        at = append_any(Any[type_typeof(af)], ctypes...)
        n = length(at)
        if n-1 > MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN
            tail = foldl((a,b)->tmerge(a,unwrapva(b)), Bottom, at[MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN+1:n])
            at = vcat(at[1:MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN], Any[Vararg{tail}])
        end
        return abstract_call(af, (), at, vtypes, sv)
    end
    # apply known function with unknown args => f(Any...)
    return abstract_call(af, (), Any[type_typeof(af), Vararg{Any}], vtypes, sv)
end

function pure_eval_call(f::ANY, argtypes::ANY, atype, sv)
    for a in drop(argtypes,1)
        if !(isa(a,Const) || (isType(a) && !has_typevars(a.parameters[1])))
            return false
        end
    end

    meth = _methods_by_ftype(atype, 1)
    if meth === false || length(meth) != 1
        return false
    end
    meth = meth[1]::SimpleVector
    method = meth[3]::Method
    # TODO: check pure on the inferred thunk
    if method.isstaged || !method.lambda_template.pure
        return false
    end

    args = Any[ isa(a,Const) ? a.val : a.parameters[1] for a in drop(argtypes,1) ]
    try
        return abstract_eval_constant(f(args...))
    catch
        return false
    end
end

argtypes_to_type(argtypes::Array{Any,1}) = Tuple{map(widenconst, argtypes)...}

function abstract_call(f::ANY, fargs, argtypes::Vector{Any}, vtypes::VarTable, sv::InferenceState)
    if is(f,_apply)
        length(fargs)>1 || return Any
        aft = argtypes[2]
        if isa(aft,Const)
            af = aft.val
        else
            if isType(aft) && !isa(aft.parameters[1],TypeVar)
                af = aft.parameters[1]
            elseif isleaftype(aft) && isdefined(aft,:instance)
                af = aft.instance
            else
                # TODO jb/functions: take advantage of case where non-constant `af`'s type is known
                return Any
            end
        end
        return abstract_apply(af, fargs[3:end], argtypes[3:end], vtypes, sv)
    end
    for i=2:(length(argtypes)-1)
        if isvarargtype(argtypes[i])
            return Any
        end
    end
    if isa(f,Builtin) || isa(f,IntrinsicFunction)
        rt = builtin_tfunction(f, argtypes[2:end], sv)
        return isa(rt, TypeVar) ? rt.ub : rt
    elseif is(f,Core.kwfunc)
        if length(fargs) == 2
            ft = widenconst(argtypes[2])
            if isa(ft,DataType) && !ft.abstract
                if isdefined(ft.name.mt, :kwsorter)
                    return typeof(ft.name.mt.kwsorter)
                end
            end
        end
        return Any
    end

    tm = _topmod(sv)
    if length(argtypes)>2 && argtypes[3] ⊑ Int
        at2 = widenconst(argtypes[2])
        if (at2 <: Tuple ||
            (isa(at2, DataType) && isdefined(Main, :Base) && isdefined(Main.Base, :Pair) &&
             (at2::DataType).name === Main.Base.Pair.name))
            # allow tuple indexing functions to take advantage of constant
            # index arguments.
            if istopfunction(tm, f, :getindex)
                return getfield_tfunc(argtypes[2], argtypes[3])[1]
            elseif istopfunction(tm, f, :next)
                t1 = getfield_tfunc(argtypes[2], argtypes[3])[1]
                return t1===Bottom ? Bottom : Tuple{t1, Int}
            elseif istopfunction(tm, f, :indexed_next)
                t1 = getfield_tfunc(argtypes[2], argtypes[3])[1]
                return t1===Bottom ? Bottom : Tuple{t1, Int}
            end
        end
    end

    atype = argtypes_to_type(argtypes)
    t = pure_eval_call(f, argtypes, atype, sv)
    t !== false && return t

    if istopfunction(tm, f, :promote_type) || istopfunction(tm, f, :typejoin)
        return Type
    end

    return abstract_call_gf_by_type(f, atype, sv)
end

function abstract_eval_call(e, vtypes::VarTable, sv::InferenceState)
    argtypes = Any[abstract_eval(a, vtypes, sv) for a in e.args]
    #print("call ", e.args[1], argtypes, "\n\n")
    for x in argtypes
        x === Bottom && return Bottom
    end
    ft = argtypes[1]
    if isa(ft, Const)
        f = ft.val
    else
        if isType(ft) && !isa(ft.parameters[1],TypeVar)
            f = ft.parameters[1]
        elseif isleaftype(ft) && isdefined(ft,:instance)
            f = ft.instance
        else
            for i = 2:(length(argtypes)-1)
                if isvarargtype(argtypes[i])
                    return Any
                end
            end
            # non-constant function, but type is known
            if (isleaftype(ft) || ft <: Type) && !(ft <: Builtin) && !(ft <: IntrinsicFunction)
                return abstract_call_gf_by_type(nothing, argtypes_to_type(argtypes), sv)
            end
            return Any
        end
    end
    return abstract_call(f, e.args, argtypes, vtypes, sv)
end

function abstract_eval(e::ANY, vtypes::VarTable, sv::InferenceState)
    if isa(e,QuoteNode)
        return abstract_eval_constant((e::QuoteNode).value)
    elseif isa(e,SSAValue)
        return abstract_eval_ssavalue(e::SSAValue, sv)
    elseif isa(e,Slot)
        return vtypes[e.id].typ
    elseif isa(e,TopNode)
        return abstract_eval_global(_topmod(sv), (e::TopNode).name)
    elseif isa(e,Symbol)
        return abstract_eval_symbol(e::Symbol, vtypes, sv)
    elseif isa(e,GlobalRef)
        return abstract_eval_global(e.mod, e.name)
    end

    if !isa(e,Expr)
        return abstract_eval_constant(e)
    end
    e = e::Expr
    # handle:
    # call  null  new  &  static_typeof
    if is(e.head,:call)
        t = abstract_eval_call(e, vtypes, sv)
    elseif is(e.head,:null)
        t = Void
    elseif is(e.head,:new)
        t = abstract_eval(e.args[1], vtypes, sv)
        if isType(t)
            t = t.parameters[1]
        else
            t = Any
        end
        for i = 2:length(e.args)
            abstract_eval(e.args[i], vtypes, sv)
        end
    elseif is(e.head,:&)
        abstract_eval(e.args[1], vtypes, sv)
        t = Any
    elseif is(e.head, :static_parameter)
        n = e.args[1]
        t = Any
        if n <= length(sv.sp)
            val = sv.sp[n]
            if isa(val,TypeVar)
                # static param bound to typevar
                # if the tvar does not refer to anything more specific than Any,
                # the static param might actually be an integer, symbol, etc.
                if !(Any <: val.ub)
                    t = Type{val}
                end
            else
                t = abstract_eval_constant(val)
            end
        end
    elseif is(e.head,:static_typeof)
        var = e.args[1]
        t = widenconst(abstract_eval(var, vtypes, sv))
        if isa(t,DataType) && typeseq(t,t.name.primary)
            # remove unnecessary typevars
            t = t.name.primary
        end
        if is(t,Bottom)
            # if we haven't gotten fed-back type info yet, return Bottom. otherwise
            # Bottom is the actual type of the variable, so return Type{Bottom}.
            if get!(sv.fedbackvars, var, false)
                t = Type{Bottom}
            else
                sv.static_typeof = true
            end
        elseif isleaftype(t)
            t = Type{t}
        elseif isleaftype(sv.atypes)
            if isa(t,TypeVar)
                t = Type{t.ub}
            else
                t = Type{t}
            end
        else
            # if there is any type uncertainty in the arguments, we are
            # effectively predicting what static_typeof will say when
            # the function is compiled with actual arguments. in that case
            # abstract types yield Type{<:T} instead of Type{T}.
            # this doesn't really model the situation perfectly, but
            # "isleaftype(inference_stack.types)" should be good enough.
            if isa(t,TypeVar) || isvarargtype(t)
                t = Type{t}
            else
                t = Type{TypeVar(:_,t)}
            end
        end
    elseif is(e.head,:method)
        t = (length(e.args) == 1) ? Any : Void
    elseif is(e.head,:copyast)
        t = abstract_eval(e.args[1], vtypes, sv)
    elseif is(e.head,:inert)
        return abstract_eval_constant(e.args[1])
    else
        t = Any
    end
    if isa(t,TypeVar)
        # no need to use a typevar as the type of an expression
        t = t.ub
    end
    e.typ = t
    return t
end

const Type_Array = Type{Array}

function abstract_eval_constant(x::ANY)
    if isa(x,Type)
        if is(x,Array)
            return Type_Array
        end
        return Type{x}
    end
    return Const(x)
end

function abstract_eval_global(M::Module, s::Symbol)
    if isdefined(M,s) && isconst(M,s)
        return abstract_eval_constant(getfield(M,s))
    end
    return Any
end

function abstract_eval_ssavalue(s::SSAValue, sv::InferenceState)
    typ = sv.linfo.ssavaluetypes[s.id+1]
    if typ === NF
        return Bottom
    end
    return typ
end

function abstract_eval_symbol(s::Symbol, vtypes, sv::InferenceState)
    return abstract_eval_global(sv.mod, s)
end


#### handling for statement-position expressions ####

type StateUpdate
    var::Union{Slot,SSAValue}
    vtype
    state::VarTable
end

function abstract_interpret(e::ANY, vtypes::VarTable, sv::InferenceState)
    !isa(e,Expr) && return vtypes
    # handle assignment
    if is(e.head,:(=))
        t = abstract_eval(e.args[2], vtypes, sv)
        t === Bottom && return ()
        lhs = e.args[1]
        if isa(lhs,Slot) || isa(lhs,SSAValue)
            # don't bother for GlobalRef
            return StateUpdate(lhs, VarState(t,false), vtypes)
        end
    elseif is(e.head,:call)
        t = abstract_eval(e, vtypes, sv)
        t === Bottom && return ()
    elseif is(e.head,:gotoifnot)
        t = abstract_eval(e.args[1], vtypes, sv)
        t === Bottom && return ()
    elseif is(e.head,:method)
        fname = e.args[1]
        if isa(fname,Slot)
            return StateUpdate(fname, VarState(Any,false), vtypes)
        end
    end
    return vtypes
end

function type_too_complex(t::ANY, d)
    if d > MAX_TYPE_DEPTH
        return true
    end
    if isa(t,Union)
        p = t.types
    elseif isa(t,DataType)
        p = t.parameters
    elseif isa(t,TypeVar)
        return type_too_complex(t.lb,d+1) || type_too_complex(t.ub,d+1)
    else
        return false
    end
    for x in (p::SimpleVector)
        if type_too_complex(x, d+1)
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

## lattice operators

function ⊑(a::ANY, b::ANY)
    a === NF && return true
    b === NF && return false
    if isa(a,Const)
        if isa(b,Const)
            return a.val === b.val
        end
        return isa(a.val, b)
    elseif isa(b,Const)
        return a === Bottom
    else
        return a <: b
    end
end

widenconst(c::Const) = typeof(c.val)
widenconst(t::ANY) = t

issubstate(a::VarState, b::VarState) = (a.typ ⊑ b.typ && a.undef <= b.undef)

function tmerge(typea::ANY, typeb::ANY)
    typea ⊑ typeb && return typeb
    typeb ⊑ typea && return typea
    typea, typeb = widenconst(typea), widenconst(typeb)
    typea === typeb && return typea
    if (typea <: Tuple) && (typeb <: Tuple)
        if length(typea.parameters) == length(typeb.parameters) && !isvatuple(typea) && !isvatuple(typeb)
            return typejoin(typea, typeb)
        end
        return Tuple
    end
    u = Union{typea, typeb}
    if length(u.types) > MAX_TYPEUNION_LEN || type_too_complex(u, 0)
        # don't let type unions get too big
        # TODO: something smarter, like a common supertype
        return Any
    end
    return u
end

function smerge(sa::Union{NotFound,VarState}, sb::Union{NotFound,VarState})
    sa === NF && return sb
    sb === NF && return sa
    issubstate(sa,sb) && return sb
    issubstate(sb,sa) && return sa
    VarState(tmerge(sa.typ, sb.typ), sa.undef | sb.undef)
end

tchanged(n::ANY, o::ANY) = is(o,NF) || (!is(n,NF) && !(n ⊑ o))
schanged(n::ANY, o::ANY) = is(o,NF) || (!is(n,NF) && !issubstate(n, o))

function stupdate!(state::Tuple{}, changes::StateUpdate)
    newst = copy(changes.state)
    if isa(changes.var, Slot)
        newst[changes.var.id] = changes.vtype
    end
    newst
end

function stupdate!(state::VarTable, change::StateUpdate)
    for i = 1:length(state)
        if isa(change.var,Slot) && i == change.var.id
            newtype = change.vtype
        else
            newtype = change.state[i]
        end
        oldtype = state[i]
        if schanged(newtype, oldtype)
            state[i] = smerge(oldtype, newtype)
        end
    end
    return state
end

function stupdate!(state::VarTable, changes::VarTable)
    newstate = false
    for i = 1:length(state)
        newtype = changes[i]
        oldtype = state[i]
        if schanged(newtype, oldtype)
            newstate = state
            state[i] = smerge(oldtype, newtype)
        end
    end
    return newstate
end

stupdate!(state::Tuple{}, changes::VarTable) = copy(changes)

stupdate!(state::Tuple{}, changes::Tuple{}) = false

#### helper functions for typeinf initialization and looping ####

function label_counter(body)
    l = -1
    for b in body
        if isa(b,LabelNode) && (b::LabelNode).label > l
            l = (b::LabelNode).label
        end
    end
    return l
end
genlabel(sv) = LabelNode(sv.label_counter += 1)

function find_ssavalue_uses(body)
    uses = IntSet[]
    for line = 1:length(body)
        find_ssavalue_uses(body[line], uses, line)
    end
    return uses
end
function find_ssavalue_uses(e::ANY, uses, line)
    if isa(e,SSAValue)
        id = (e::SSAValue).id+1
        while length(uses) < id
            push!(uses, IntSet())
        end
        push!(uses[id], line)
    elseif isa(e,Expr)
        b = e::Expr
        head = b.head
        if head === :line
            return
        end
        if head === :(=)
            if isa(b.args[1],SSAValue)
                id = (b.args[1]::SSAValue).id+1
                while length(uses) < id
                    push!(uses, IntSet())
                end
            end
            find_ssavalue_uses(b.args[2], uses, line)
            return
        end
        for a in b.args
            find_ssavalue_uses(a, uses, line)
        end
    end
end

function newvar!(sv::InferenceState, typ)
    id = length(sv.linfo.ssavaluetypes)
    push!(sv.linfo.ssavaluetypes, typ)
    return SSAValue(id)
end

# create a specialized LambdaInfo from a method
function specialize_method(method::Method, types::ANY, sp::SimpleVector)
    li = ccall(:jl_get_specialized, Any, (Any, Any, Any), method, types, sp)::LambdaInfo
end

# create copies of any field that type-inference might modify
function unshare_linfo!(li::LambdaInfo)
    if !isa(li.code, Array{Any,1})
        li.code = ccall(:jl_uncompress_ast, Any, (Any,Any), li, li.code)
    else
        li.code = astcopy(li.code)
    end
    li.slotnames = copy(li.slotnames)
    li.slotflags = copy(li.slotflags)
    if isa(li.slottypes, Array)
        li.slottypes = copy(li.slottypes)
    end
    if isa(li.ssavaluetypes, Array)
        li.ssavaluetypes = copy(li.ssavaluetypes)
    end
    return li
end

#### entry points for inferring a LambdaInfo given a type signature ####

function typeinf_edge(method::Method, atypes::ANY, sparams::SimpleVector, needtree::Bool, optimize::Bool, cached::Bool, caller)
    #println(method)
    if method.module === Core && isempty(method.lambda_template.sparam_syms)
        atypes = Tuple
    end
    local frame = nothing
    offs = 0
    # check cached t-functions
    # aggregate all saved type inference data there
    if cached && !is(method.tfunc, nothing)
        code = ccall(:jl_tfunc_cache_lookup, Any, (Any, Any, Int8), method, atypes, offs)
        if isa(code, InferenceState)
            # inference on this signature is in progress
            frame = code
            if isa(caller, LambdaInfo)
                # record the LambdaInfo where this result should be cached when it is finished
                @assert frame.destination === frame.linfo || frame.destination === caller
                frame.destination = caller
            end
        elseif isa(code, Type)
            # sometimes just a return type is stored here. if a full AST
            # is not needed, we can return it.
            if !needtree
                return (nothing, code, true)
            end
        elseif isa(code,LambdaInfo)
            @assert code.inferred
            return (code, code.rettype, true)
        else
            # otherwise this is an InferenceState from a different bootstrap stage's
            # copy of the inference code; ignore it.
        end
    end

    if frame === nothing
        if caller === nothing && needtree && in_typeinf_loop
            # if the caller needed the ast, but we are already in the typeinf loop
            # then just return early -- we can't fulfill this request
            # if the client was inlining, then this means we decided not to try to infer this
            # particular signature (due to signature coarsening in abstract_call_gf_by_type)
            # and attempting to force it now would be a bad idea (non terminating)
            skip = true
            if method.module == _topmod(method.module) || (isdefined(Main, :Base) && method.module == Main.Base)
                # however, some gf have special tfunc and meaning they wouldn't have been inferred yet
                # check the same conditions from abstract_call to detect this case
                if method.name == :promote_type || method.name == :typejoin
                    skip = false
                elseif method.name == :getindex || method.name == :next || method.name == :indexed_next
                    argtypes = atypes.parameters
                    if length(argtypes)>2 && argtypes[3] ⊑ Int
                        at2 = widenconst(argtypes[2])
                        if (at2 <: Tuple ||
                            (isa(at2, DataType) && isdefined(Main, :Base) && isdefined(Main.Base, :Pair) &&
                             (at2::DataType).name === Main.Base.Pair.name))
                            skip = false
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
            if skip
                return (nothing, Union{}, false)
            end
        end
        # add lam to be inferred and record the edge
        if isa(caller, LambdaInfo)
            linfo = caller
        elseif method.isstaged
            if !isleaftype(atypes)
                # don't call staged functions on abstract types.
                # (see issues #8504, #10230)
                # we can't guarantee that their type behavior is monotonic.
                return (nothing, Any, false)
            end
            try
                # user code might throw errors – ignore them
                linfo = specialize_method(method, atypes, sparams)
            catch
                return (nothing, Any, false)
            end
        else
            linfo = specialize_method(method, atypes, sparams)
        end
        # our stack frame inference context
        frame = InferenceState(unshare_linfo!(linfo), atypes, sparams, optimize)

        if cached
            tfunc_bp = ccall(:jl_tfunc_cache_insert, Ref{TypeMapEntry}, (Any, Any, Any, Int8), method, atypes, frame, offs)
            frame.tfunc_bp = tfunc_bp
        end
    end

    if !isa(caller, Void) && !isa(caller, LambdaInfo)
        @assert isa(caller, InferenceState)
        if haskey(caller.edges, frame)
            Ws = caller.edges[frame]::Vector{Int}
            if !(caller.currpc in Ws)
                push!(Ws, caller.currpc)
            end
        else
            @assert caller.currpc > 0
            Ws = Int[caller.currpc]
            caller.edges[frame] = Ws
            push!(frame.backedges, (caller, Ws))
        end
    end
    typeinf_loop(frame)
    return (frame.linfo, frame.bestguess, frame.inferred)
end

function typeinf_edge(method::Method, atypes::ANY, sparams::SimpleVector, caller)
    return typeinf_edge(method, atypes, sparams, false, true, true, caller)
end
function typeinf(method::Method, atypes::ANY, sparams::SimpleVector, needtree::Bool=false)
    return typeinf_edge(method, atypes, sparams, needtree, true, true, nothing)
end
# compute an inferred (optionally optimized) AST without global effects (i.e. updating the cache)
function typeinf_uncached(method::Method, atypes::ANY, sparams::ANY; optimize::Bool=true)
    return typeinf_edge(method, atypes, sparams, true, optimize, false, nothing)
end
function typeinf_uncached(method::Method, atypes::ANY, sparams::SimpleVector, optimize::Bool)
    return typeinf_edge(method, atypes, sparams, true, optimize, false, nothing)
end
function typeinf_ext(linfo::LambdaInfo)
    if isdefined(linfo, :def)
        # method lambda - infer this specialization via the method cache
        (code, _t, _) = typeinf_edge(linfo.def, linfo.specTypes, svec(), true, true, true, linfo)
        if code.inferred
            linfo.inferred = true
            linfo.inInference = false
            if linfo !== code
                linfo.code = code.code
                linfo.slotnames = code.slotnames
                linfo.slottypes = code.slottypes
                linfo.slotflags = code.slotflags
                linfo.ssavaluetypes = code.ssavaluetypes
                linfo.rettype = code.rettype
                linfo.pure = code.pure
            end
        end
    else
        # toplevel lambda - infer directly
        frame = InferenceState(linfo, linfo.specTypes, svec(), true)
        typeinf_loop(frame)
        @assert frame.inferred # TODO: deal with this better
    end
    nothing
end


in_typeinf_loop = false
function typeinf_loop(frame)
    global in_typeinf_loop
    if in_typeinf_loop
        frame.inworkq || typeinf_frame(frame)
        return
    end
    ccall(:jl_sigatomic_begin, Void, ())
    try
        in_typeinf_loop = true
        # the core type-inference algorithm
        # processes everything in workq,
        # and returns when there is nothing left
        while nactive[] > 0
            while active[end] === nothing
                pop!(active)
            end
            if isempty(workq)
                frame = active[end]::InferenceState
            else
                frame = pop!(workq)
            end
            typeinf_frame(frame)
            if isempty(workq) && nactive[] > 0
                # nothing in active has an edge that hasn't reached a fixed-point
                # so all of them can be considered finished now
                fplist = Any[]
                for i in active
                    i === nothing && continue
                    i = i::InferenceState
                    if i.fixedpoint
                        push!(fplist, i)
                        i.inworkq = true
                    end
                end
                for i in length(fplist):-1:1
                    finish(fplist[i]) # this may add incomplete work to active
                end
            end
        end
        # cleanup the active queue
        empty!(active)
    #    while active[end] === nothing
    #        # this pops everything, but with exaggerated care just in case
    #        # something managed to add something to the queue at the same time
    #        # (or someone decides to use an alternative termination condition)
    #        pop!(active)
    #    end
        in_typeinf_loop = false
    catch ex
        println("WARNING: An error occured during inference. Type inference is now partially disabled.")
        println(ex)
        ccall(:jlbacktrace, Void, ())
    end
    ccall(:jl_sigatomic_end, Void, ())
    nothing
end

global_sv = nothing
function typeinf_frame(frame)
    global global_sv # TODO: actually pass this to all functions that need it
    last_global_sv = global_sv
    global_sv = frame
    @assert !frame.inferred
    frame.inworkq = true
    W = frame.ip
    s = frame.stmt_types
    n = frame.nstmts
    @label restart_typeinf
    while !isempty(W)
        # make progress on the active ip set
        local pc::Int = first(W), pc´::Int
        while true # inner loop optimizes the common case where it can run straight from pc to pc + 1
            #print(pc,": ",s[pc],"\n")
            delete!(W, pc)
            frame.currpc = pc
            frame.static_typeof = false
            frame.cur_hand = frame.handler_at[pc]
            stmt = frame.linfo.code[pc]
            changes = abstract_interpret(stmt, s[pc]::Array{Any,1}, frame)
            if changes === ()
                # if there was a Expr(:static_typeof) on this line,
                # need to continue to the next pc even though the return type was Bottom
                # otherwise, this line threw an error and there is no need to continue
                frame.static_typeof || break
                changes = s[pc]
            end
            if frame.cur_hand !== ()
                # propagate type info to exception handler
                l = frame.cur_hand[1]
                newstate = stupdate!(s[l], changes)
                if newstate !== false
                    push!(W, l)
                    s[l] = newstate
                end
            end
            pc´ = pc+1
            if isa(changes, StateUpdate) && isa((changes::StateUpdate).var, SSAValue)
                # directly forward changes to an SSAValue to the applicable line
                changes = changes::StateUpdate
                id = (changes.var::SSAValue).id + 1
                new = changes.vtype.typ
                old = frame.linfo.ssavaluetypes[id]
                if old===NF || !(new ⊑ old)
                    frame.linfo.ssavaluetypes[id] = tmerge(old, new)
                    for r in frame.ssavalue_uses[id]
                        if !is(s[r], ()) # s[r] === () => unreached statement
                            push!(W, r)
                        end
                    end
                end
            elseif isa(stmt, GotoNode)
                pc´ = (stmt::GotoNode).label
            elseif isa(stmt, Expr)
                stmt = stmt::Expr
                hd = stmt.head
                if is(hd, :gotoifnot)
                    condt = abstract_eval(stmt.args[1], s[pc], frame)
                    condval = isa(condt, Const) ? condt.val : nothing
                    l = stmt.args[2]::Int
                    # constant conditions
                    if condval === true
                    elseif condval === false
                        pc´ = l
                    else
                        # general case
                        frame.handler_at[l] = frame.cur_hand
                        newstate = stupdate!(s[l], changes)
                        if newstate !== false
                            # add else branch to active IP list
                            push!(W, l)
                            s[l] = newstate
                        end
                    end
                elseif is(hd, :type_goto)
                    for i = 2:length(stmt.args)
                        var = stmt.args[i]::SSAValue
                        # Store types that need to be fed back via type_goto
                        # in ssavalue_init. After finishing inference, if any
                        # of these types changed, start over with the fed-back
                        # types known from the beginning.
                        # See issue #3821 (using !typeseq instead of !subtype),
                        # and issue #7810.
                        id = var.id+1
                        vt = frame.linfo.ssavaluetypes[id]
                        ot = frame.ssavalue_init[id]
                        if ot===NF || !(vt⊑ot && ot⊑vt)
                            frame.ssavalue_init[id] = vt
                            if get(frame.fedbackvars, var, false)
                                frame.typegotoredo = true
                            end
                        end
                        frame.fedbackvars[var] = true
                    end
                elseif is(hd, :return)
                    pc´ = n + 1
                    rt = abstract_eval(stmt.args[1], s[pc], frame)
                    if tchanged(rt, frame.bestguess)
                        # new (wider) return type for frame
                        frame.bestguess = widenconst(tmerge(frame.bestguess, rt))
                        for (caller, callerW) in frame.backedges
                            # notify backedges of updated type information
                            for caller_pc in callerW
                                if caller.stmt_types[caller_pc] !== ()
                                    push!(caller.ip, caller_pc)
                                end
                            end
                        end
                        unmark_fixedpoint(frame)
                    end
                elseif is(hd, :enter)
                    l = stmt.args[1]::Int
                    frame.cur_hand = (l, frame.cur_hand)
                    # propagate type info to exception handler
                    l = frame.cur_hand[1]
                    old = s[l]
                    new = s[pc]::Array{Any,1}
                    newstate = stupdate!(old, new)
                    if newstate !== false
                        push!(W, l)
                        s[l] = newstate
                    end
#                        if frame.handler_at[l] === 0
#                            frame.n_handlers += 1
#                            if frame.n_handlers > 25
#                                # too many exception handlers slows down inference a lot.
#                                # for an example see test/libgit2.jl on 0.5-pre master
#                                # around e.g. commit c072d1ce73345e153e4fddf656cda544013b1219
#                                inference_stack = (inference_stack::CallStack).prev
#                                return (ast0, Any, false)
#                            end
#                        end
                    frame.handler_at[l] = frame.cur_hand
                elseif is(hd, :leave)
                    for i = 1:((stmt.args[1])::Int)
                        frame.cur_hand = frame.cur_hand[2]
                    end
                end
            end
            pc´ > n && break # can't proceed with the fast-path fall-through
            frame.handler_at[pc´] = frame.cur_hand
            newstate = stupdate!(s[pc´], changes)
            if newstate !== false
                s[pc´] = newstate
                pc = pc´
            elseif pc´ in W
                pc = pc´
            else
                break
            end
        end
    end

    # with no active ip's, type inference on frame is done if there are no outstanding (unfinished) edges
    @assert !frame.inferred
    finished = isempty(frame.edges)
    if isempty(workq)
        # oops, there's a cycle somewhere in the `edges` graph
        # so we've run out off the tree and will need to start work on the loop
        frame.fixedpoint = true
    end

    if finished || frame.fixedpoint
        if frame.typegotoredo
            # if any type_gotos changed, clear state and restart.
            frame.typegotoredo = false
            for ll = 2:length(s)
                s[ll] = ()
            end
            empty!(W)
            push!(W, 1)
            frame.cur_hand = ()
            frame.handler_at = Any[ () for i=1:n ]
            frame.n_handlers = 0
            frame.linfo.ssavaluetypes[:] = frame.ssavalue_init
            @goto restart_typeinf
        else
            # if a static_typeof was never reached,
            # use Union{} as its real type and continue
            # running type inference from its uses
            # (one of which is the static_typeof)
            # TODO: this restart should happen just before calling finish()
            for (fbvar, seen) in frame.fedbackvars
                if !seen
                    frame.fedbackvars[fbvar] = true
                    id = (fbvar::SSAValue).id + 1
                    for r in frame.ssavalue_uses[id]
                        if !is(s[r], ()) # s[r] === () => unreached statement
                            push!(W, r)
                        end
                    end
                    @goto restart_typeinf
                end
            end
        end

        if finished
            finish(frame)
        else # fixedpoint propagation
            for (i,_) in frame.edges
                i = i::InferenceState
                if !i.fixedpoint
                    i.inworkq || push!(workq, i)
                    i.inworkq = true
                    i.fixedpoint = true
                end
            end
        end
    end
    frame.inworkq = false
    global_sv = last_global_sv
    nothing
end

function unmark_fixedpoint(frame::InferenceState)
    # type information changed for frame, so its edges are no longer stuck
    # recursively unmark any nodes that had previously been thought to be at a fixedpoint
    # based upon (recursively) assuming that frame was stuck
    if frame.fixedpoint
        frame.fixedpoint = false
        for (i,_) in frame.backedges
            unmark_fixedpoint(i)
        end
    end
end


#### finalize and record the result of running type inference ####

function isinlineable(linfo::LambdaInfo)
    inlineable = false
    if isdefined(linfo, :def)
        cost = 1000
        if linfo.def.module === _topmod(linfo.def.module)
            name = linfo.def.name
            sig = linfo.def.sig
            if ((name === :+ || name === :* || name === :min || name === :max) &&
                sig == Tuple{sig.parameters[1],Any,Any,Any,Vararg{Any}})
                inlineable = true
            elseif (name === :next || name === :done || name === :unsafe_convert ||
                    name === :cconvert)
                cost ÷= 4
            end
        end
        if !inlineable
            body = Expr(:block); body.args = linfo.code
            inlineable = inline_worthy(body, cost)
        end
    end
    return inlineable
end

# inference completed on `me`
# update the LambdaInfo and notify the edges
function finish(me::InferenceState)
    # lazy-delete the item from active for several reasons:
    # efficiency, correctness, and recursion-safety
    nactive[] -= 1
    active[findlast(active, me)] = nothing
    for (i,_) in me.edges
        @assert (i::InferenceState).fixedpoint
    end
    # below may call back into inference and
    # see this InferenceState is in an incomplete state
    # set `inworkq` to prevent it from trying to look
    # at the object in any detail
    @assert me.inworkq

    # annotate fulltree with type information
    gt = me.linfo.ssavaluetypes
    for i = 1:length(gt)
        if gt[i] === NF
            gt[i] = Union{}
        end
    end
    type_annotate!(me.linfo, me.stmt_types, me, me.nargs)

    # make sure (meta pure) is stripped from full tree
    ispure = popmeta!(me.linfo.code, :pure)[1]

    # run optimization passes on fulltree
    if me.optimize
        if JLOptions().can_inline == 1
            inlining_pass!(me.linfo, me)
            inbounds_meta_elim_pass!(me.linfo.code)
        end
        alloc_elim_pass!(me.linfo, me)
        getfield_elim_pass!(me.linfo, me)
        reindex_labels!(me.linfo, me)
    end
    widen_all_consts!(me.linfo)

    # finalize and record the linfo result
    me.inferred = true

    # determine and cache inlineability
    me.linfo.inlineable = isinlineable(me.linfo)

    me.linfo.inferred = true
    me.linfo.inInference = false
    me.linfo.pure = ispure
    if isdefined(me.linfo, :def)
        # compress code for non-toplevel thunks
        compressedtree = ccall(:jl_compress_ast, Any, (Any,Any), me.linfo, me.linfo.code)
        me.linfo.code = compressedtree
    end
    me.linfo.rettype = me.bestguess

    if me.destination !== me.linfo
        out = me.destination
        out.inferred = true
        out.inInference = false
        out.code = me.linfo.code
        out.slotnames = me.linfo.slotnames
        out.slottypes = me.linfo.slottypes
        out.slotflags = me.linfo.slotflags
        out.ssavaluetypes = me.linfo.ssavaluetypes
        out.rettype = me.linfo.rettype
        out.pure = me.linfo.pure
        out.inlineable = me.linfo.inlineable
    end
    if me.tfunc_bp !== nothing
        me.tfunc_bp.func = me.linfo
    end

    # update all of the callers by traversing the backedges
    for (i,_) in me.backedges
        if !me.fixedpoint || !i.fixedpoint
            # wake up each backedge, unless both me and it already reached a fixed-point (cycle resolution stage)
            delete!(i.edges, me)
            i.inworkq || push!(workq, i)
            i.inworkq = true
        end
    end
    nothing
end

function eval_annotate(e::ANY, vtypes::ANY, sv::InferenceState, undefs)
    if isa(e, Slot)
        t = abstract_eval(e, vtypes, sv)
        s = vtypes[e.id]
        if s.undef
            undefs[e.id] = true
        end
        return t === sv.linfo.slottypes[e.id] ? e : TypedSlot(e.id, t)
    end

    if !isa(e,Expr)
        return e
    end

    e = e::Expr
    head = e.head
    if is(head,:static_typeof) || is(head,:line) || is(head,:const)
        return e
    elseif is(head,:(=))
        e.args[2] = eval_annotate(e.args[2], vtypes, sv, undefs)
        return e
    end
    i0 = is(head,:method) ? 2 : 1
    for i=i0:length(e.args)
        subex = e.args[i]
        if !(isa(subex,Number) || isa(subex,AbstractString))
            e.args[i] = eval_annotate(subex, vtypes, sv, undefs)
        end
    end
    return e
end

function expr_cannot_delete(ex::Expr)
    # This alone should be enough for any sane use of
    # `Expr(:inbounds)` and `Expr(:boundscheck)`. However, it is still possible
    # to have these embeded in other expressions (e.g. `return @inbounds ...`)
    # so we check recursively if there's a matching expression
    (ex.head === :inbounds || ex.head === :boundscheck) && return true
    for arg in ex.args
        isa(arg, Expr) && expr_cannot_delete(arg::Expr) && return true
    end
    return false
end

# annotate types of all symbols in AST
function type_annotate!(linfo::LambdaInfo, states::Array{Any,1}, sv::ANY, nargs)
    nslots = length(states[1])
    for i = 1:nslots
        linfo.slottypes[i] = Bottom
    end
    undefs = fill(false, nslots)
    body = linfo.code::Array{Any,1}
    nexpr = length(body)
    for i=1:nexpr
        # identify variables always used as the same type
        st_i = states[i]
        if st_i !== ()
            for j = 1:nslots
                vt = widenconst(st_i[j].typ)
                if vt !== Bottom
                    otherTy = linfo.slottypes[j]
                    if otherTy === Bottom
                        linfo.slottypes[j] = vt
                    elseif otherTy !== Any && !typeseq(otherTy, vt)
                        linfo.slottypes[j] = Any
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
    i = 1
    optimize = sv.optimize::Bool
    while i <= nexpr
        st_i = states[i]
        if st_i !== ()
            # st_i === ()  =>  unreached statement  (see issue #7836)
            body[i] = eval_annotate(body[i], st_i, sv, undefs)
        elseif optimize
            expr = body[i]
            if isa(expr, Expr) && expr_cannot_delete(expr::Expr)
                i += 1
                continue
            end
            # This can create `Expr(:gotoifnot)` with dangling label, which we
            # clean up in `reindex_labels!`
            deleteat!(body, i)
            deleteat!(states, i)
            nexpr -= 1
            continue
        end
        i += 1
    end

    # mark used-undef variables
    for i = 1:nslots
        if undefs[i]
            linfo.slotflags[i] |= Slot_UsedUndef
        end
    end
    nothing
end

# widen all Const elements in type annotations
_widen_all_consts(x::ANY) = x
_widen_all_consts(x::TypedSlot) = TypedSlot(x.id, widenconst(x.typ))
function _widen_all_consts(x::Expr)
    x.typ = widenconst(x.typ)
    for i = 1:length(x.args)
        x.args[i] = _widen_all_consts(x.args[i])
    end
    x
end
function widen_all_consts!(linfo::LambdaInfo)
    for i = 1:length(linfo.ssavaluetypes)
        linfo.ssavaluetypes[i] = widenconst(linfo.ssavaluetypes[i])
    end
    for i = 1:length(linfo.code)
        linfo.code[i] = _widen_all_consts(linfo.code[i])
    end
    linfo
end

# replace slots 1:na with argexprs, static params with spvals, and increment
# other slots by offset.
function substitute!(e::ANY, na, argexprs, spvals, offset)
    if isa(e, Slot)
        if 1 <= e.id <= na
            ae = argexprs[e.id]
            if isa(e, TypedSlot) && isa(ae, Slot)
                return TypedSlot(ae.id, e.typ)
            end
            return ae
        end
        if isa(e, SlotNumber)
            return SlotNumber(e.id+offset)
        else
            return TypedSlot(e.id+offset, e.typ)
        end
    end
    if isa(e,NewvarNode)
        return NewvarNode(substitute!(e.slot, na, argexprs, spvals, offset))
    end
    if isa(e,Expr)
        e = e::Expr
        if e.head === :static_parameter
            return spvals[e.args[1]]
        elseif e.head !== :line
            for i=1:length(e.args)
                e.args[i] = substitute!(e.args[i], na, argexprs, spvals, offset)
            end
        end
    end
    return e
end

# count occurrences up to n+1
function occurs_more(e::ANY, pred, n)
    if isa(e,Expr)
        e = e::Expr
        e.head === :line && return 0
        c = 0
        for a = e.args
            c += occurs_more(a, pred, n)
            if c>n
                return c
            end
        end
        return c
    end
    if pred(e)
        return 1
    end
    return 0
end

function exprtype(x::ANY, sv::InferenceState)
    if isa(x,Expr)
        return (x::Expr).typ
    elseif isa(x,SlotNumber)
        return sv.linfo.slottypes[x.id]
    elseif isa(x,TypedSlot)
        return (x::Slot).typ
    elseif isa(x,SSAValue)
        return abstract_eval_ssavalue(x::SSAValue, sv)
    elseif isa(x,TopNode)
        return abstract_eval_global(_topmod(sv), (x::TopNode).name)
    elseif isa(x,Symbol)
        return abstract_eval_global(sv.mod, x::Symbol)
    elseif isa(x,QuoteNode)
        return abstract_eval_constant((x::QuoteNode).value)
    elseif isa(x,GlobalRef)
        return abstract_eval_global(x.mod, (x::GlobalRef).name)
    else
        return abstract_eval_constant(x)
    end
end

# known affect-free calls (also effect-free)
const _pure_builtins = Any[tuple, svec, fieldtype, apply_type, is, isa, typeof]

# known effect-free calls (might not be affect-free)
const _pure_builtins_volatile = Any[getfield, arrayref]

function is_pure_builtin(f::ANY)
    if contains_is(_pure_builtins, f)
        return true
    end
    if contains_is(_pure_builtins_volatile, f)
        return true
    end
    if isa(f,IntrinsicFunction)
        if !(f === Intrinsics.pointerref || # this one is volatile
             f === Intrinsics.pointerset || # this one is never effect-free
             f === Intrinsics.ccall ||      # this one is never effect-free
             f === Intrinsics.llvmcall)     # this one is never effect-free
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

# detect some important side-effect-free calls (allow_volatile=true)
# and some affect-free calls (allow_volatile=false) -- affect_free means the call
# cannot be affected by previous calls, except assignment nodes
function effect_free(e::ANY, sv, allow_volatile::Bool)
    if isa(e,Slot)
        return true
    end
    if isa(e,Symbol)
        return allow_volatile
    end
    if isa(e,Number) || isa(e,AbstractString) || isa(e,SSAValue) ||
        isa(e,TopNode) || isa(e,QuoteNode) || isa(e,Type) || isa(e,Tuple)
        return true
    end
    if isa(e,GlobalRef)
        return (isdefined(e.mod, e.name) &&
                (allow_volatile || isconst(e.mod, e.name)))
    end
    if isa(e,Expr)
        e = e::Expr
        if e.head === :static_typeof
            return true
        end
        if e.head === :static_parameter
            return true
        end
        ea = e.args
        if e.head === :call && !isa(e.args[1], SSAValue) && !isa(e.args[1], Slot)
            if is_known_call_p(e, is_pure_builtin, sv)
                if !allow_volatile
                    if is_known_call(e, arrayref, sv) || is_known_call(e, arraylen, sv)
                        return false
                    elseif is_known_call(e, getfield, sv)
                        # arguments must be immutable to ensure e is affect_free
                        first = true
                        for a in ea
                            if first # first "arg" is the function name
                                first = false
                                continue
                            end
                            if isa(a,Symbol)
                                return false
                            end
                            if isa(a,SSAValue)
                                typ = widenconst(exprtype(a,sv))
                                if !isa(typ,DataType) || typ.mutable
                                    return false
                                end
                            end
                            if !effect_free(a,sv,allow_volatile)
                                return false
                            end
                        end
                        return true
                    end
                end
                # fall-through
            else
                return false
            end
        elseif e.head === :new
            if !allow_volatile
                a = ea[1]
                typ = widenconst(exprtype(a,sv))
                if !isType(typ) || !isa((typ::Type).parameters[1],DataType) || ((typ::Type).parameters[1]::DataType).mutable
                    return false
                end
            end
            # fall-through
        elseif e.head === :return
            # fall-through
        else
            return false
        end
        for a in ea
            if !effect_free(a,sv,allow_volatile)
                return false
            end
        end
        return true
    end
    return false
end


#### post-inference optimizations ####

# inline functions whose bodies are "inline_worthy"
# where the function body doesn't contain any argument more than once.
# static parameters are ok if all the static parameter values are leaf types,
# meaning they are fully known.
# `ft` is the type of the function. `f` is the exact function if known, or else `nothing`.
function inlineable(f::ANY, ft::ANY, e::Expr, atypes::Vector{Any}, sv::InferenceState, enclosing::LambdaInfo)
    argexprs = e.args

    if (is(f, typeassert) || ft ⊑ typeof(typeassert)) && length(atypes)==3
        # typeassert(x::S, T) => x, when S<:T
        if isType(atypes[3]) && isleaftype(atypes[3]) &&
            atypes[2] ⊑ atypes[3].parameters[1]
            return (e.args[2],())
        end
    end
    if length(atypes)==3 && is(f,unbox)
        at3 = widenconst(atypes[3])
        if isa(at3,DataType) && !at3.mutable && at3.pointerfree
            # remove redundant unbox
            return (e.args[3],())
        end
    end
    topmod = _topmod(sv)
    if istopfunction(topmod, f, :isbits) && length(atypes)==2 && isType(atypes[2]) &&
        effect_free(argexprs[2],sv,true) && isleaftype(atypes[2].parameters[1])
        return (isbits(atypes[2].parameters[1]),())
    end
    # special-case inliners for known pure functions that compute types
    if isType(e.typ) && !has_typevars(e.typ.parameters[1],true)
        if (is(f,apply_type) || is(f,fieldtype) || is(f,typeof) ||
            istopfunction(topmod, f, :typejoin) ||
            istopfunction(topmod, f, :promote_type))
            if effect_free(argexprs[2], sv, true)
                return (e.typ.parameters[1],())
            else
                return (e.typ.parameters[1], Any[argexprs[2]])
            end
        end
    end
    if isa(f,IntrinsicFunction) || ft ⊑ IntrinsicFunction
        return NF
    end

    atype = argtypes_to_type(atypes)
    if length(atype.parameters) - 1 > MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN
        atype = limit_tuple_type(atype)
    end
    meth = _methods_by_ftype(atype, 1)
    if meth === false || length(meth) != 1
        return NF
    end
    meth = meth[1]::SimpleVector
    metharg = meth[1]::Type
    methsp = meth[2]
    method = meth[3]::Method
    # check whether call can be inlined to just a quoted constant value
    if isa(f, widenconst(ft)) && !method.isstaged && method.lambda_template.pure && (isType(e.typ) || isa(e.typ,Const))
        # check if any arguments aren't effect_free and need to be kept around
        stmts = Any[]
        for i = 1:length(argexprs)
            arg = argexprs[i]
            if !effect_free(arg, sv, false)
                push!(stmts, arg)
            end
        end

        if isType(e.typ)
            if !has_typevars(e.typ.parameters[1])
                return (QuoteNode(e.typ.parameters[1]), stmts)
            end
        else
            assert(isa(e.typ,Const))
            return (QuoteNode(e.typ.val), stmts)
        end
    end

    methsig = method.sig
    incompletematch = false
    if !(atype <: metharg)
        incompletematch = true
        if !inline_incompletematch_allowed || !isdefined(Main,:Base)
            # provide global disable if this optimization is not desirable
            # need Main.Base defined for MethodError
            return NF
        end
    end

    ## This code tries to limit the argument list length only when it is
    ## growing due to recursion.
    ## It might be helpful for some things, but turns out not to be
    ## necessary to get max performance from recursive varargs functions.
    # if length(atypes) > MAX_TUPLETYPE_LEN
    #     # check call stack to see if this argument list is growing
    #     st = inference_stack
    #     while !isa(st, EmptyCallStack)
    #         if st.code === linfo.def.code && length(atypes) > length(st.types)
    #             atypes = limit_tuple_type(atypes)
    #             meth = _methods(f, atypes, 1)
    #             if meth === false || length(meth) != 1
    #                 return NF
    #             end
    #             meth = meth[1]::Tuple
    #             linfo2 = meth[3].func.code
    #             if linfo2 !== linfo
    #                 return NF
    #             end
    #             linfo = linfo2
    #             break
    #         end
    #         st = st.prev
    #     end
    # end

    (linfo, ty, inferred) = typeinf(method, metharg, methsp, true)
    if is(linfo,nothing) || !inferred
        return NF
    end
    if !linfo.inlineable
        # TODO
        #=
        if incompletematch
            # inline a typeassert-based call-site, rather than a
            # full generic lookup, using the inliner to handle
            # all the fiddly details
            numarg = length(argexprs)
            newnames = unique_names(ast,numarg)
            spnames = []
            spvals = []
            locals = []
            newcall = Expr(:call, e.args[1])
            newcall.typ = ty
            for i = 1:numarg
                name = newnames[i]
                argtype = exprtype(argexprs[i],sv)
                push!(locals, Any[name,argtype,0])
                push!(newcall.args, argtype===Any ? name : SymbolNode(name, argtype))
            end
            body.args = Any[Expr(:return, newcall)]
            ast = Expr(:lambda, newnames, Any[[], locals, [], 0], body)
        else
            return NF
        end
        =#
        return NF
    end

    na = linfo.nargs
    # check for vararg function
    isva = false
    if na > 0 && linfo.isva
        @assert length(argexprs) >= na-1
        # construct tuple-forming expression for argument tail
        vararg = mk_tuplecall(argexprs[na:end], sv)
        argexprs = Any[argexprs[1:(na-1)]..., vararg]
        isva = true
    elseif na != length(argexprs)
        # we have a method match only because an earlier
        # inference step shortened our call args list, even
        # though we have too many arguments to actually
        # call this function
        return NF
    end

    @assert na == length(argexprs)

    spvals = Any[]
    for i = 1:length(methsp)
        si = methsp[i]
        if isa(si, TypeVar)
            return NF
        end
        push!(spvals, si)
    end
    for i=1:length(spvals)
        si = spvals[i]
        if isa(si,Symbol) || isa(si,SSAValue) || isa(si,Slot)
            spvals[i] = QuoteNode(si)
        end
    end

    methargs = metharg.parameters
    nm = length(methargs)

    ast = linfo.code
    if !isa(ast,Array{Any,1})
        ast = ccall(:jl_uncompress_ast, Any, (Any,Any), linfo, ast)
    else
        ast = astcopy(ast)
    end
    ast = ast::Array{Any,1}

    body = Expr(:block)
    body.args = ast
    propagate_inbounds, _ = popmeta!(body, :propagate_inbounds)

    # see if each argument occurs only once in the body expression
    stmts = Any[]
    stmts_free = true # true = all entries of stmts are effect_free

    # when 1 method matches the inferred types, there is still a chance
    # of a no-method error at run time, unless the inferred types are a
    # subset of the method signature.
    if incompletematch
        t = Expr(:call) # tuple(args...)
        t.typ = Tuple
        argexprs2 = t.args
        icall = LabelNode(label_counter(body.args)+1)
        partmatch = Expr(:gotoifnot, false, icall.label)
        thrw = Expr(:call, :throw, Expr(:call, GlobalRef(Main.Base,:MethodError), Expr(:call, top_tuple, e.args[1], QuoteNode(:inline)), t))
        thrw.typ = Bottom
    end

    for i=na:-1:1 # stmts_free needs to be calculated in reverse-argument order
        #args_i = args[i]
        aei = argexprs[i]
        aeitype = argtype = widenconst(exprtype(aei,sv))
        needtypeassert = false
        if incompletematch
            if isva
                if nm == 0
                    methitype = Tuple{}
                elseif i > nm
                    methitype = methargs[end]
                    if isvarargtype(methitype)
                        methitype = Tuple{methitype}
                    else
                        methitype = Tuple{}
                    end
                else
                    methitype = tupletype_tail(metharg,i)
                end
                isva = false
            else
                if i < nm
                    methitype = methargs[i]
                else
                    methitype = methargs[end]
                    if isvarargtype(methitype)
                        methitype = methitype.parameters[1]
                    else
                        @assert i==nm
                    end
                end
            end
            if isa(methitype, TypeVar)
                methitype = methitype.ub
            end
            if !(aeitype <: methitype)
                #TODO: make Undef a faster special-case?
                needtypeassert = true
                aeitype = methitype
            end
        end

        islocal = false # if the argument name is also used as a local variable,
                        # we need to keep it as a variable name
        if linfo.slotflags[i] & (Slot_Assigned | Slot_AssignedOnce) != 0
            islocal = true
            aeitype = tmerge(aeitype, linfo.slottypes[i])
        end

        # ok for argument to occur more than once if the actual argument
        # is a symbol or constant, or is not affected by previous statements
        # that will exist after the inlining pass finishes
        if needtypeassert
            vnew1 = unique_name(enclosing_ast, ast)
            add_variable(enclosing_ast, vnew1, aeitype, !islocal)
            v1 = (aeitype===Any ? vnew1 : SymbolNode(vnew1,aeitype))
            push!(spvals, v1)
            vnew2 = unique_name(enclosing_ast, ast)
            v2 = (argtype===Any ? vnew2 : SymbolNode(vnew2,argtype))
            unshift!(body.args, Expr(:(=), args_i, v2))
            args[i] = args_i = vnew2
            islocal = false
            aeitype = argtype
            affect_free = stmts_free
            occ = 3
            # it's really late in codegen, so we expand the typeassert manually: cond = !isa(vnew2, methitype) | cond
            cond = Expr(:call, Intrinsics.isa, v2, methitype)
            cond.typ = Bool
            cond = Expr(:call, Intrinsics.not_int, cond)
            cond.typ = Bool
            cond = Expr(:call, Intrinsics.or_int, cond, partmatch.args[1])
            cond.typ = Bool
            cond = Expr(:call, Intrinsics.box, Bool, cond)
            cond.typ = Bool
            partmatch.args[1] = cond
        else
            affect_free = stmts_free && !islocal # false = previous statements might affect the result of evaluating argument
            occ = 0
            for j = length(body.args):-1:1
                b = body.args[j]
                if occ < 6
                    occ += occurs_more(b, x->(isa(x,Slot)&&x.id==i), 6)
                end
                # TODO: passing `sv` here is wrong since it refers to the enclosing function
                if occ > 0 && affect_free && !effect_free(b, sv, true) #TODO: we could short-circuit this test better by memoizing effect_free(b) in the for loop over i
                    affect_free = false
                end
                if occ > 5 && !affect_free
                    break
                end
            end
        end
        free = effect_free(aei,sv,true)
        if ((occ==0 && is(aeitype,Bottom)) || islocal || (occ > 1 && !inline_worthy(aei, occ*2000)) ||
                (affect_free && !free) || (!affect_free && !effect_free(aei,sv,false)))
            if occ != 0 # islocal=true is implied by occ!=0
                if !islocal
                    vnew = newvar!(sv, aeitype)
                    argexprs[i] = vnew
                else
                    vnew = add_slot!(enclosing, aeitype, #=SSA=#false)
                    argexprs[i] = vnew
                end
                unshift!(stmts, Expr(:(=), vnew, aei))
                stmts_free &= free
            elseif !free && !isType(aeitype)
                unshift!(stmts, aei)
                stmts_free = false
            end
        end
        if incompletematch
            unshift!(argexprs2, (argtype===Any ? args_i : SymbolNode(a,argtype)))
        end
    end
    if incompletematch && partmatch.args[1] != false
        unshift!(body.args, icall)
        unshift!(body.args, thrw)
        unshift!(body.args, partmatch)
        unshift!(argexprs2, top_tuple)
    end

    # re-number the SSAValues and copy their type-info to the new ast
    ssavalue_types = linfo.ssavaluetypes
    if !isempty(ssavalue_types)
        incr = length(sv.linfo.ssavaluetypes)
        if incr != 0
            body = ssavalue_increment(body, incr)
        end
        append!(sv.linfo.ssavaluetypes, ssavalue_types)
    end

    # ok, substitute argument expressions for argument names in the body
    body = substitute!(body, na, argexprs, spvals, length(enclosing.slotnames)-na)
    append!(enclosing.slotnames, linfo.slotnames[na+1:end])
    append!(enclosing.slottypes, linfo.slottypes[na+1:end])
    append!(enclosing.slotflags, linfo.slotflags[na+1:end])

    # make labels / goto statements unique
    newlabels = zeros(Int,label_counter(body.args)+1)
    for i = 1:length(body.args)
        a = body.args[i]
        if isa(a,LabelNode)
            a = a::LabelNode
            newlabel = genlabel(sv)
            newlabels[a.label+1] = newlabel.label
            body.args[i] = newlabel
        end
    end
    for i = 1:length(body.args)
        a = body.args[i]
        if isa(a,GotoNode)
            a = a::GotoNode
            body.args[i] = GotoNode(newlabels[a.label+1])
        elseif isa(a,Expr)
            a = a::Expr
            if a.head === :enter
                a.args[1] = newlabels[a.args[1]+1]
            elseif a.head === :gotoifnot
                a.args[2] = newlabels[a.args[2]+1]
            end
        end
    end

    # convert return statements into a series of goto's
    retstmt = genlabel(sv)
    rettype = linfo.rettype
    local retval
    multiret = false
    lastexpr = pop!(body.args)
    if isa(lastexpr,LabelNode)
        push!(body.args, lastexpr)
        push!(body.args, Expr(:call, TopNode(:error), "fatal error in type inference"))
        lastexpr = nothing
    elseif !(isa(lastexpr,Expr) && lastexpr.head === :return)
        # code sometimes ends with a meta node, e.g. inbounds pop
        push!(body.args, lastexpr)
        lastexpr = nothing
    end
    for a in body.args
        push!(stmts, a)
        if isa(a,Expr)
            a = a::Expr
            if a.head === :return
                if !multiret
                    # create slot first time
                    retval = add_slot!(enclosing, rettype, false)
                end
                multiret = true
                unshift!(a.args, retval)
                a.head = :(=)
                push!(stmts, GotoNode(retstmt.label))
            end
        end
    end

    if multiret
        if lastexpr !== nothing
            unshift!(lastexpr.args, retval)
            lastexpr.head = :(=)
            push!(stmts, lastexpr)
        end
        push!(stmts, retstmt)
        expr = retval
    else
        # Dead code elimination can leave a non-return statement at the end
        if lastexpr === nothing
            expr = nothing
        else
            expr = lastexpr.args[1]
        end
    end

    if length(stmts) == 1
        # remove line number when inlining a single expression. see issue #13725
        s = stmts[1]
        if isa(s,Expr)&&is(s.head,:line) || isa(s,LineNumberNode)
            pop!(stmts)
        end
    end

    if !isempty(stmts) && !propagate_inbounds
        # avoid redundant inbounds annotations
        s_1, s_end = stmts[1], stmts[end]
        i = 2
        while length(stmts) > i && ((isa(s_1,Expr)&&s_1.head===:line) || isa(s_1,LineNumberNode))
            s_1 = stmts[i]
            i += 1
        end
        if isa(s_1, Expr) && s_1.head === :inbounds && s_1.args[1] === false &&
            isa(s_end, Expr) && s_end.head === :inbounds && s_end.args[1] === :pop
        else
            # inlined statements are out-of-bounds by default
            unshift!(stmts, Expr(:inbounds, false))
            push!(stmts, Expr(:inbounds, :pop))
        end
    end

    if isa(expr,Expr)
        old_t = e.typ
        if old_t ⊑ expr.typ
            expr.typ = old_t
        end
    end
    return (expr, stmts)
end
# The inlining incomplete matches optimization currently
# doesn't work on Tuples of TypeVars
const inline_incompletematch_allowed = false

inline_worthy(body::ANY, cost::Integer) = true
function inline_worthy(body::Expr, cost::Integer=1000) # precondition: 0 < cost; nominal cost = 1000
    if popmeta!(body, :inline)[1]
        return true
    end
    if popmeta!(body, :noinline)[1]
        return false
    end
    symlim = 1000 + 5_000_000 ÷ cost
    nargs = 0
    for arg in body.args
        if (!isa(arg, LineNumberNode) &&
            !(isa(arg, Expr) && (arg::Expr).head === :line))
            nargs += 1
        end
    end
    if nargs < (symlim + 500) ÷ 1000
        symlim *= 16
        symlim ÷= 1000
        if occurs_more(body, e->(!isa(e, LineNumberNode)), symlim) < symlim
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

ssavalue_increment(body::ANY, incr) = body
ssavalue_increment(body::SSAValue, incr) = SSAValue(body.id + incr)
function ssavalue_increment(body::Expr, incr)
    if body.head === :line
        return body
    end
    for i in 1:length(body.args)
        body.args[i] = ssavalue_increment(body.args[i], incr)
    end
    return body
end

const top_setfield = TopNode(:setfield)
const top_getfield = TopNode(:getfield)
const top_tuple = TopNode(:tuple)

function mk_getfield(texpr, i, T)
    e = :(($top_getfield)($texpr, $i))
    e.typ = T
    e
end

function mk_tuplecall(args, sv::InferenceState)
    e = Expr(:call, top_tuple, args...)
    e.typ = tuple_tfunc(Tuple{Any[widenconst(exprtype(x,sv)) for x in args]...})
    e
end

const corenumtype = Union{Int32,Int64,Float32,Float64}

function inlining_pass!(linfo::LambdaInfo, sv::InferenceState)
    eargs = linfo.code
    i = 1
    while i <= length(eargs)
        ei = eargs[i]
        if isa(ei, Expr)
            res = inlining_pass(ei, sv, linfo)
            eargs[i] = res[1]
            if isa(res[2], Array)
                sts = res[2]::Array{Any,1}
                for j = 1:length(sts)
                    insert!(eargs, i, sts[j])
                    i += 1
                end
            end
        end
        i += 1
    end
end

function inlining_pass(e::Expr, sv, linfo)
    if e.head === :method
        # avoid running the inlining pass on function definitions
        return (e,())
    end
    eargs = e.args
    if length(eargs)<1
        return (e,())
    end
    stmts = []
    arg1 = eargs[1]
    # don't inline first (global) arguments of ccall, as this needs to be evaluated
    # by the interpreter and inlining might put in something it can't handle,
    # like another ccall (or try to move the variables out into the function)
    if is_known_call(e, Core.Intrinsics.ccall, sv)
        i0 = 5
        isccall = true
    elseif is_known_call(e, Core.Intrinsics.llvmcall, sv)
        i0 = 5
        isccall = false
    else
        i0 = 1
        isccall = false
    end
    has_stmts = false # needed to preserve order-of-execution
    for i=length(eargs):-1:i0
        ei = eargs[i]
        if isa(ei,Expr)
            if ei.head === :&
                argloc = (ei::Expr).args
                i = 1
                ei = argloc[1]
                if !isa(ei,Expr)
                    continue
                end
            else
                argloc = eargs
            end
            res = inlining_pass(ei::Expr, sv, linfo)
            res1 = res[1]
            if has_stmts && !effect_free(res1, sv, false)
                restype = exprtype(res1,sv)
                vnew = newvar!(sv, restype)
                argloc[i] = vnew
                unshift!(stmts, Expr(:(=), vnew, res1))
            else
                argloc[i] = res1
            end
            if isa(res[2],Array)
                res2 = res[2]::Array{Any,1}
                if !isempty(res2)
                    prepend!(stmts,res2)
                    if !has_stmts
                        for stmt in res2
                            if !effect_free(stmt, sv, true)
                                has_stmts = true
                            end
                        end
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
    if e.head !== :call
        return (e, stmts)
    end
    if isccall
        le = length(eargs)
        for i=5:2:le-1
            if eargs[i] === eargs[i+1]
                eargs[i+1] = 0
            end
        end
    end

    ft = exprtype(arg1, sv)
    if isa(ft, Const)
        f = ft.val
    else
        f = nothing
        if !( isleaftype(ft) || ft<:Type )
            return (e, stmts)
        end
    end

    if isdefined(Main, :Base) &&
        ((isdefined(Main.Base, :^) && is(f, Main.Base.:^)) ||
         (isdefined(Main.Base, :.^) && is(f, Main.Base.:.^)))
        if length(e.args) == 3 && isa(e.args[3],Union{Int32,Int64})
            a1 = e.args[2]
            basenumtype = Union{corenumtype, Main.Base.Complex64, Main.Base.Complex128, Main.Base.Rational}
            if isa(a1,basenumtype) || ((isa(a1,Symbol) || isa(a1,Slot) || isa(a1,SSAValue)) &&
                                       exprtype(a1,sv) ⊑ basenumtype)
                if e.args[3]==2
                    e.args = Any[GlobalRef(Main.Base,:*), a1, a1]
                    f = Main.Base.:*; ft = abstract_eval_constant(f)
                elseif e.args[3]==3
                    e.args = Any[GlobalRef(Main.Base,:*), a1, a1, a1]
                    f = Main.Base.:*; ft = abstract_eval_constant(f)
                end
            end
        end
    end

    for ninline = 1:100
        ata = cell(length(e.args))
        ata[1] = ft
        for i = 2:length(e.args)
            a = exprtype(e.args[i], sv)
            (a === Bottom || isvarargtype(a)) && return (e, stmts)
            ata[i] = a
        end
        res = inlineable(f, ft, e, ata, sv, linfo)
        if isa(res,Tuple)
            if isa(res[2],Array) && !isempty(res[2])
                append!(stmts,res[2])
            end
            res = res[1]
        end

        if !is(res,NF)
            # iteratively inline apply(f, tuple(...), tuple(...), ...) in order
            # to simplify long vararg lists as in multi-arg +
            if isa(res,Expr) && is_known_call(res, _apply, sv)
                e = res::Expr
                f = _apply; ft = abstract_eval_constant(f)
            else
                return (res,stmts)
            end
        end

        if is(f,_apply)
            na = length(e.args)
            newargs = cell(na-2)
            for i = 3:na
                aarg = e.args[i]
                t = widenconst(exprtype(aarg,sv))
                if isa(aarg,Expr) && (is_known_call(aarg, tuple, sv) || is_known_call(aarg, svec, sv))
                    # apply(f,tuple(x,y,...)) => f(x,y,...)
                    newargs[i-2] = aarg.args[2:end]
                elseif isa(aarg, Tuple)
                    newargs[i-2] = Any[ QuoteNode(x) for x in aarg ]
                elseif isa(t,DataType) && t.name===Tuple.name && !isvatuple(t) && effect_free(aarg,sv,true)
                    # apply(f,t::(x,y)) => f(t[1],t[2])
                    tp = t.parameters
                    newargs[i-2] = Any[ mk_getfield(aarg,j,tp[j]) for j=1:length(tp) ]
                else
                    # not all args expandable
                    return (e,stmts)
                end
            end
            e.args = [Any[e.args[2]]; newargs...]

            # now try to inline the simplified call
            ft = exprtype(e.args[1], sv)
            if isa(ft,Const)
                f = ft.val
            else
                f = nothing
                if !( isleaftype(ft) || ft<:Type )
                    return (e,stmts)
                end
            end
        else
            return (e,stmts)
        end
    end
    return (e,stmts)
end

const compiler_temp_sym = Symbol("#temp#")

function add_slot!(linfo::LambdaInfo, typ, is_sa)
    id = length(linfo.slotnames)+1
    push!(linfo.slotnames, compiler_temp_sym)
    push!(linfo.slottypes, typ)
    push!(linfo.slotflags, Slot_Assigned + is_sa * Slot_AssignedOnce)
    SlotNumber(id)
end

function is_known_call(e::Expr, func, sv)
    if e.head !== :call
        return false
    end
    f = exprtype(e.args[1], sv)
    return isa(f,Const) && f.val === func
end

function is_known_call_p(e::Expr, pred, sv)
    if e.head !== :call
        return false
    end
    f = exprtype(e.args[1], sv)
    return isa(f,Const) && pred(f.val)
end

is_var_assigned(linfo, v) = isa(v,Slot) && linfo.slotflags[v.id]&Slot_Assigned != 0

function delete_var!(linfo, id, T)
    filter!(x->!(isa(x,Expr) && (x.head === :(=) || x.head === :const) &&
                 isa(x.args[1],T) && x.args[1].id == id),
            linfo.code)
    linfo
end

function slot_replace!(linfo::LambdaInfo, id, rhs, T)
    for i = 1:length(linfo.code)
        linfo.code[i] = _slot_replace!(linfo.code[i], id, rhs, T)
    end
    linfo
end

function _slot_replace!(e, id, rhs, T)
    if isa(e,T) && e.id == id
        return rhs
    end
    if isa(e,Expr)
        for i = 1:length(e.args)
            e.args[i] = _slot_replace!(e.args[i], id, rhs, T)
        end
    end
    return e
end

occurs_undef(var::Int, expr, flags) =
    flags[var]&Slot_UsedUndef != 0 && occurs_more(expr, e->(isa(e,Slot) && e.id==var), 0)>0

# remove all single-assigned vars v in "v = x" where x is an argument
# and not assigned.
# "sa" is the result of find_sa_vars
# T: Slot or SSAValue
function remove_redundant_temp_vars(linfo, sa, T)
    flags = linfo.slotflags
    ssavalue_types = linfo.ssavaluetypes
    bexpr = Expr(:block); bexpr.args = linfo.code
    for (v,init) in sa
        if (isa(init, Slot) && !is_var_assigned(linfo, init::Slot))
            # this transformation is not valid for vars used before def.
            # we need to preserve the point of assignment to know where to
            # throw errors (issue #4645).
            if T===SSAValue || !occurs_undef(v, bexpr, flags)
                # the transformation is not ideal if the assignment
                # is present for the auto-unbox functionality
                # (from inlining improved type inference information)
                # and this transformation would worsen the type information
                # everywhere later in the function
                ityp = isa(init,TypedSlot) ? init.typ : linfo.slottypes[init.id]
                if ityp ⊑ (T===SSAValue ? ssavalue_types[v+1] : linfo.slottypes[v])
                    delete_var!(linfo, v, T)
                    slot_replace!(linfo, v, init, T)
                end
            end
        end
    end
    linfo
end

# compute set of slots assigned once
function find_sa_vars(linfo::LambdaInfo)
    body = linfo.code
    av = ObjectIdDict()
    av2 = ObjectIdDict()
    gss = ObjectIdDict()
    nargs = linfo.nargs
    for i = 1:length(body)
        e = body[i]
        if isa(e,Expr) && is(e.head,:(=))
            lhs = e.args[1]
            if isa(lhs, SSAValue)
                gss[lhs.id] = e.args[2]
            elseif isa(lhs, Slot)
                id = lhs.id
                if id > nargs  # exclude args
                    if !haskey(av, id)
                        av[id] = e.args[2]
                    else
                        av2[id] = true
                    end
                end
            end
        end
    end
    filter!((id,_)->!haskey(av2,id), av)
    av, gss
end

symequal(x::SSAValue, y::SSAValue) = is(x.id,y.id)
symequal(x::Slot    , y::Slot)     = is(x.id,y.id)
symequal(x::ANY     , y::ANY)      = is(x,y)

function occurs_outside_getfield(linfo::LambdaInfo, e::ANY, sym::ANY,
                                 sv::InferenceState, field_count, field_names)
    if e===sym || (isa(e,Slot) && isa(sym,Slot) && (e::Slot).id == (sym::Slot).id)
        return true
    end
    if isa(e,Expr)
        e = e::Expr
        if is_known_call(e, getfield, sv) && symequal(e.args[2],sym)
            idx = e.args[3]
            if isa(idx,QuoteNode) && (idx.value in field_names)
                return false
            end
            if isa(idx,Int) && (1 <= idx <= field_count)
                return false
            end
            return true
        end
        if is(e.head,:(=))
            return occurs_outside_getfield(linfo, e.args[2], sym, sv,
                                           field_count, field_names)
        else
            if (e.head === :block && isa(sym, Slot) &&
                linfo.slotflags[(sym::Slot).id] & Slot_UsedUndef == 0)
                ignore_void = true
            else
                ignore_void = false
            end
            for a in e.args
                if ignore_void && isa(a, Slot) && (a::Slot).id == (sym::Slot).id
                    continue
                end
                if occurs_outside_getfield(linfo, a, sym, sv, field_count, field_names)
                    return true
                end
            end
        end
    end
    return false
end

# removes inbounds metadata if we never encounter an inbounds=true or
# boundscheck context in the method body
function inbounds_meta_elim_pass!(code::Array{Any,1})
    if findfirst(x -> isa(x, Expr) &&
                      ((x.head === :inbounds && x.args[1] == true) || x.head === :boundscheck),
                 code) == 0
        filter!(x -> !(isa(x, Expr) && x.head === :inbounds), code)
    end
end

# does the same job as alloc_elim_pass for allocations inline in getfields
# TODO can probably be removed when we switch to a linear IR
function getfield_elim_pass!(linfo::LambdaInfo, sv)
    body = linfo.code
    for i = 1:length(body)
        body[i] = _getfield_elim_pass!(body[i], sv)
    end
end

function _getfield_elim_pass!(e::Expr, sv)
    for i = 1:length(e.args)
        e.args[i] = _getfield_elim_pass!(e.args[i], sv)
    end
    if is_known_call(e, getfield, sv) && length(e.args)==3 &&
        (isa(e.args[3],Int) || isa(e.args[3],QuoteNode))
        e1 = e.args[2]
        j = e.args[3]
        if isa(e1,Expr)
            alloc = is_allocation(e1, sv)
            if !is(alloc, false)
                flen, fnames = alloc
                if isa(j,QuoteNode)
                    j = findfirst(fnames, j.value)
                end
                if 1 <= j <= flen
                    ok = true
                    for k = 2:length(e1.args)
                        k == j+1 && continue
                        if !effect_free(e1.args[k], sv, true)
                            ok = false; break
                        end
                    end
                    if ok
                        return e1.args[j+1]
                    end
                end
            end
        elseif isa(e1,Tuple) && isa(j,Int) && (1 <= j <= length(e1))
            e1j = e1[j]
            if !(isa(e1j,Number) || isa(e1j,AbstractString) || isa(e1j,Tuple) ||
                 isa(e1j,Type))
                e1j = QuoteNode(e1j)
            end
            return e1j
        elseif isa(e1,QuoteNode) && isa(e1.value,Tuple) && isa(j,Int) && (1 <= j <= length(e1.value))
            return QuoteNode(e1.value[j])
        end
    end
    return e
end

_getfield_elim_pass!(e::ANY, sv) = e

# check if e is a successful allocation of an struct
# if it is, returns (n,f) such that it is always valid to call
# getfield(..., 1 <= x <= n) or getfield(..., x in f) on the result
function is_allocation(e :: ANY, sv::InferenceState)
    isa(e, Expr) || return false
    if is_known_call(e, tuple, sv)
        return (length(e.args)-1,())
    elseif e.head === :new
        typ = widenconst(exprtype(e, sv))
        if isleaftype(typ)
            @assert(isa(typ,DataType))
            nf = length(e.args)-1
            names = fieldnames(typ)
            @assert(nf <= nfields(typ))
            if nf < nfields(typ)
                # some fields were left undef
                # we could potentially propagate Bottom
                # for pointer fields
                names = names[1:nf]
            end
            return (nf, names)
        end
    end
    false
end

# eliminate allocation of unnecessary objects
# that are only used as arguments to safe getfield calls
function alloc_elim_pass!(linfo::LambdaInfo, sv::InferenceState)
    body = linfo.code
    bexpr = Expr(:block); bexpr.args = body
    vs, gs = find_sa_vars(linfo)
    remove_redundant_temp_vars(linfo, vs, Slot)
    remove_redundant_temp_vars(linfo, gs, SSAValue)
    i = 1
    while i < length(body)
        e = body[i]
        if !isa(e, Expr)
            i += 1
            continue
        end
        e = e::Expr
        if e.head === :(=) && (isa(e.args[1], SSAValue) ||
                               (isa(e.args[1],Slot) && haskey(vs, e.args[1].id)))
            var = e.args[1]
            rhs = e.args[2]
        else
            var = nothing
            rhs = e
        end
        alloc = is_allocation(rhs, sv)
        if alloc !== false
            nv, field_names = alloc
            tup = rhs.args
            # This makes sure the value doesn't escape so we can elide
            # allocation of mutable types too
            if (var !== nothing &&
                occurs_outside_getfield(linfo, bexpr, var, sv, nv, field_names))
                i += 1
                continue
            end

            deleteat!(body, i)  # remove tuple allocation
            # convert tuple allocation to a series of local var assignments
            n_ins = 0
            if var === nothing
                for j=1:nv
                    tupelt = tup[j+1]
                    if !(isa(tupelt,Number) || isa(tupelt,AbstractString) ||
                         isa(tupelt,QuoteNode) || isa(tupelt, SSAValue))
                        insert!(body, i+n_ins, tupelt)
                        n_ins += 1
                    end
                end
            else
                vals = cell(nv)
                for j=1:nv
                    tupelt = tup[j+1]
                    if (isa(tupelt,Number) || isa(tupelt,AbstractString) ||
                        isa(tupelt,QuoteNode) || isa(tupelt, SSAValue))
                        vals[j] = tupelt
                    else
                        elty = exprtype(tupelt,sv)
                        tmpv = newvar!(sv, elty)
                        tmp = Expr(:(=), tmpv, tupelt)
                        insert!(body, i+n_ins, tmp)
                        vals[j] = tmpv
                        n_ins += 1
                    end
                end
                replace_getfield!(linfo, bexpr, var, vals, field_names, sv)
                if isa(var, Slot) && linfo.slotflags[(var::Slot).id] & Slot_UsedUndef == 0
                    # occurs_outside_getfield might have allowed
                    # void use of the slot, we need to delete them too
                    i -= delete_void_use!(body, var::Slot, i)
                end
            end
            # Do not increment counter and do the optimization recursively
            # on the allocation of fields too.
            # This line can probably be added back for linear IR
            # i += n_ins
        else
            i += 1
        end
    end
end

# Return the number of expressions deleted before `i0`
function delete_void_use!(body, var::Slot, i0)
    narg = length(body)
    i = 1
    ndel = 0
    while i <= narg
        a = body[i]
        if isa(a, Slot) && (a::Slot).id == var.id
            deleteat!(body, i)
            if i + ndel < i0
                ndel += 1
            end
            narg -= 1
        else
            i += 1
        end
    end
    ndel
end

function replace_getfield!(linfo::LambdaInfo, e::Expr, tupname, vals, field_names, sv)
    for i = 1:length(e.args)
        a = e.args[i]
        if isa(a,Expr) && is_known_call(a, getfield, sv) &&
            symequal(a.args[2],tupname)
            idx = if isa(a.args[3], Int)
                a.args[3]
            else
                @assert isa(a.args[3], QuoteNode)
                findfirst(field_names, a.args[3].value)
            end
            @assert(idx > 0) # clients should check that all getfields are valid
            val = vals[idx]
            # original expression might have better type info than
            # the tuple element expression that's replacing it.
            if isa(val,Slot)
                val = val::Slot
                valtyp = isa(val,TypedSlot) ? val.typ : linfo.slottypes[val.id]
                if a.typ ⊑ valtyp && !(valtyp ⊑ a.typ)
                    if isa(val,TypedSlot)
                        val = TypedSlot(val.id, a.typ)
                    end
                    linfo.slottypes[val.id] = widenconst(a.typ)
                end
            elseif isa(val,SSAValue)
                val = val::SSAValue
                typ = exprtype(val, sv)
                if a.typ ⊑ typ && !(typ ⊑ a.typ)
                    sv.linfo.ssavaluetypes[val.id+1] = a.typ
                end
            end
            e.args[i] = val
        elseif isa(a, Expr)
            replace_getfield!(linfo, a::Expr, tupname, vals, field_names, sv)
        end
    end
end

# fix label numbers to always equal the statement index of the label
function reindex_labels!(linfo::LambdaInfo, sv::InferenceState)
    body = linfo.code
    mapping = zeros(Int, sv.label_counter)
    for i = 1:length(body)
        el = body[i]
        if isa(el,LabelNode)
            mapping[el.label] = i
            body[i] = LabelNode(i)
        end
    end
    for i = 1:length(body)
        el = body[i]
        # For goto and enter, the statement and the target has to be
        # both reachable or both not. For gotoifnot, the dead code
        # elimination in type_annotate! can delete the target
        # of a reachable (but never taken) node. In which case we can
        # just replace the node with the branch condition.
        if isa(el,GotoNode)
            labelnum = mapping[el.label]
            @assert labelnum !== 0
            body[i] = GotoNode(labelnum)
        elseif isa(el,Expr)
            el = el::Expr
            if el.head === :gotoifnot
                labelnum = mapping[el.args[2]]
                if labelnum !== 0
                    el.args[2] = mapping[el.args[2]]
                else
                    # Might have side effects
                    body[i] = el.args[1]
                end
            elseif el.head === :enter
                labelnum = mapping[el.args[1]]
                @assert labelnum !== 0
                el.args[1] = labelnum
            end
        end
    end
end

#tfunc(f,t) = methods(f,t)[1].func.code.tfunc


#### bootstrapping ####

# make sure that typeinf is executed before turning on typeinf_ext
# this ensures that typeinf_ext doesn't recurse before it can add the item to the workq

for m in _methods_by_ftype(Tuple{typeof(typeinf_loop), Vararg{Any}}, 10)
    typeinf(m[3], m[1], m[2], true)
end
for m in _methods_by_ftype(Tuple{typeof(typeinf_edge), Vararg{Any}}, 10)
    typeinf(m[3], m[1], m[2], true)
end