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Fix typo in types team announcement
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So, what are the plans going forward? Well, first the types team has begun working on a formalization of the Rust typesystem, currently coined [a-mir-formality](https://github.com/nikomatsakis/a-mir-formality/). An initial experimental phase was written using [PLT redex](https://redex.racket-lang.org/), but a Rust port is in-progress. There's lot to do still (including modeling more of the trait system, writing an RFC, and moving it into the rust-lang org), but it's already showing great promise.
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Second, we've begun an [initiative](https://github.com/rust-lang/types-team/issues/58) for writing a new trait solver in-tree. This new trait solver is more limited in scope than a-mir-formality (i.e. not intending to encompass the entire type system). In many ways, it's expected to be quite similar to Chalk, but leverage bits and pieces of the existing compiler and trait solver in order to make the transition as painless as possible. We do expect it to be pulled out-of-tree at some point, so it's being written to be as modular as possible. During out types team meetup earlier this month, we were able to hash out what we expect the structure of the solver to look like, and we've already gotten that [merged into the source tree](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/105661).
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Second, we've begun an [initiative](https://github.com/rust-lang/types-team/issues/58) for writing a new trait solver in-tree. This new trait solver is more limited in scope than a-mir-formality (i.e. not intending to encompass the entire type system). In many ways, it's expected to be quite similar to Chalk, but leverage bits and pieces of the existing compiler and trait solver in order to make the transition as painless as possible. We do expect it to be pulled out-of-tree at some point, so it's being written to be as modular as possible. During our types team meetup earlier this month, we were able to hash out what we expect the structure of the solver to look like, and we've already gotten that [merged into the source tree](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/105661).
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Finally, Chalk is no longer going to be a focus of the team. In the short term, it still may remain a useful tool for experimentation. As said before, rust-analyzer uses Chalk as its trait solver. It's also able to be used in rustc under an unstable feature flag. Thus, new ideas currently could be implemented in Chalk and battle-tested in practice. However, this benefit will likely not last long as a-mir-formality and the new in-tree trait solver get more usable and their interfaces become more accessible. All this is not to say that Chalk has been a failure. In fact, Chalk has taught us a lot about how to think about the Rust trait solver in a logical way and the current Rust trait solver has evolved over time to more closely model Chalk, even if incompletely. We expect to still support Chalk in some capacity for the time being, for rust-analyzer and potentially for those interested in experimenting with it.
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