Separate type-checking from ParsingModule to new TypeCheckModule trait

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Separate type-checking from ParsingModule to new TypeCheckModule trait

Summary

This PR introduces a TypeCheckModule trait that separates type-checking logic from parsing across all modules in the Amber compiler, establishing a clean compilation pipeline: tokenize → parse → typecheck → translate.

Key Changes

New TypeCheckModule Trait

pub trait TypeCheckModule {
    fn typecheck(&mut self, meta: &mut ParserMetadata) -> SyntaxResult;
}

Compiler Pipeline Integration

• Added dedicated typecheck() phase in compiler.rs between parsing and translation
• Includes debug timing output for performance monitoring

Operation Traits Updated

All operation traits now require TypeCheckModule as a supertrait:

• BinOp, UnOp, TypeOp, TernOp

Implementation Coverage

40+ modules updated with complete phase separation:

Operators (17 modules)

• Binary ops (13): Add, Sub, Mul, Div, Modulo, And, Or, Gt, Ge, Lt, Le, Eq, Neq, Range
• Unary ops (2): Not, Neg
• Type ops (2): Cast, Is
• All include recursive typecheck() calls on child expressions before validation

Core Modules

• Block, Statement, Expr: Dispatch type checking to appropriate components
• Parentheses, Array: Move type assignment from parse() to typecheck()

Variable System

• VariableInit, VariableGet, VariableSet: Move handle_variable_reference() to typecheck()
• Shorthand ops (5): Add, Sub, Mul, Div, Modulo - move all semantic validation to typecheck()
• Token positions stored during parsing for accurate error reporting

Control Flow & Functions

• Builtin commands: Echo, Cd, Mv, Exit
• Function ops: Return, Fail, FunctionInvocation, Command
• Loops: IfCondition, IfChain, IterLoop, WhileLoop, Failed
• All recursively type-check nested expressions and blocks

Architecture Benefits

1. Clean separation: Parse handles syntax only, typecheck handles all semantic validation
2. Proper phase ordering: Types resolved after expressions are fully parsed
3. Recursive validation: All nested expressions validated bottom-up
4. Maintainability: Clear responsibility boundaries between compilation phases
5. Error reporting: Token positions preserved for accurate error messages

Example

Before:

fn parse(&mut self, meta: &mut ParserMetadata) -> SyntaxResult {
    // Parsing AND type checking mixed
    self.kind = Self::typecheck_allowed_types(meta, ...)?;
    Ok(())
}

After:

fn parse(&mut self, meta: &mut ParserMetadata) -> SyntaxResult {
    // Pure syntax parsing
    Ok(())
}

impl TypeCheckModule for Add {
    fn typecheck(&mut self, meta: &mut ParserMetadata) -> SyntaxResult {
        self.left.typecheck(meta)?;  // Recursive validation
        self.right.typecheck(meta)?;
        self.kind = Self::typecheck_allowed_types(meta, ...)?;
        Ok(())
    }
}

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[Ph0enixKM]

@copilot In the compiler.rs this PR fails to handle the type checking phase and also it doesn't update all syntax modules

[Ph0enixKM]

@copilot Resolve clippy errors

[Ph0enixKM]

@copilot this PR is almost ready. The problem now why the tests are failing is because it doesn't recursively type-checks nested syntax modules. For instance:

echo "12" - 12

In this example echo is parsed first and since in this module a noop type check is introduced, the nested expression is not parsed at all.

[Copilot]

@copilot this PR is almost ready. The problem now why the tests are failing is because it doesn't recursively type-checks nested syntax modules. For instance:

echo "12" - 12

...

Fixed the recursive type checking issue in commit ad6e9ac.

Problem: Modules with impl_noop_typecheck! weren't type-checking nested expressions.

Solution: Replaced no-op implementations with proper recursive type checking for 15+ modules including:

• Echo, Cd, Mv - now type-check nested expressions
• VariableInit, VariableSet, Return - type-check value expressions
• IfCondition, WhileLoop, IterLoop - type-check condition expressions and blocks
• FunctionInvocation, Command - type-check argument expressions

Verification:

• ✅ echo "12" - 12 now correctly reports type error
• ✅ echo 12 - 5 works and outputs 7
• ✅ All nested expressions are properly validated

[Ph0enixKM]

@copilot some minor issues

[Copilot]

@copilot resolve compilation errors

Fixed compilation errors in commit c1061be. The issue was that the VariableGet structure was missing the tok: Option<Token> field that was being referenced in the typecheck implementation. Added the field definition and corrected the token usage to match the pattern used in other modules.

[Ph0enixKM]

I'll probably get back to it this sunday. I have too much going on right now

[Ph0enixKM]

@copilot rewrite this PR's description from scratch.

[Ph0enixKM]

@copilot rewrite the PR description from scratch and make it concise