Not sure why but this was another "toxic utility method".
Most of the usages fell into one of three categories:
- The base value was always non-null, so we could just call
getCanonicalType() instead, making intent more explicit
- The result was being compared for equality, so we could
skip canonicalization and call isEqual() instead, removing
some boilerplate
- Utterly insane code that made no sense
There were only a couple of legitimate uses, and even there
open-coding the conditional null check made the code clearer.
Also while I'm at it, make the SIL open archetypes tracker
more typesafe by passing around ArchetypeType * instead of
Type and CanType.
(libraries now)
It has been generally agreed that we need to do this reorg, and now
seems like the perfect time. Some major pass reorganization is in the
works.
This does not have to be the final word on the matter. The consensus
among those working on the code is that it's much better than what we
had and a better starting point for future bike shedding.
Note that the previous organization was designed to allow separate
analysis and optimization libraries. It turns out this is an
artificial distinction and not an important goal.
