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sess | the compiler session, which stores global data used throughout compilation
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side tables | because the AST and HIR are immutable once created, we often carry extra information about them in the form of hashtables, indexed by the id of a particular node.
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sigil | like a keyword but composed entirely of non-alphanumeric tokens. For example, `&` is a sigil for references.
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skolemization | a way of handling subtyping around "for-all" types (e.g., `for<'a> fn(&'a u32)`) as well as solving higher-ranked trait bounds (e.g., `for<'a> T: Trait<'a>`). See [the chapter on skolemization and universes](../borrow_check/region_inference.html#skol) for more details.
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placeholder | a way of handling subtyping around "for-all" types (e.g., `for<'a> fn(&'a u32)`) as well as solving higher-ranked trait bounds (e.g., `for<'a> T: Trait<'a>`). See [the chapter on placeholder and universes](../borrow_check/region_inference.html#placeholder) for more details.
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soundness | soundness is a technical term in type theory. Roughly, if a type system is sound, then if a program type-checks, it is type-safe; i.e. I can never (in safe rust) force a value into a variable of the wrong type. (see "completeness").
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span | a location in the user's source code, used for error reporting primarily. These are like a file-name/line-number/column tuple on steroids: they carry a start/end point, and also track macro expansions and compiler desugaring. All while being packed into a few bytes (really, it's an index into a table). See the Span datatype for more.
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substs | the substitutions for a given generic type or item (e.g. the `i32`, `u32` in `HashMap<i32, u32>`)

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