[ConstraintSolver] Prioritize certain type variables while looking for bindings

lib/Sema/CSBindings.cpp

@@ -361,6 +361,10 @@ ConstraintSystem::getPotentialBindings(TypeVariableType *typeVar) {
                ConstraintClassification::Relational &&
            "only relational constraints handled here");
 
+    // Record constraint which contributes to the
+    // finding of pontential bindings.
+    result.Sources.insert(constraint);
+
     auto first = simplifyType(constraint->getFirstType());
     auto second = simplifyType(constraint->getSecondType());
 

lib/Sema/CSSimplify.cpp

@@ -1695,13 +1695,14 @@ ConstraintSystem::matchTypes(Type type1, Type type2, ConstraintKind kind,
         }
 
         // If we have a binding for the right-hand side
-        // (argument type) don't try to bind it to the left-hand
-        // side (parameter type) directly, because their
-        // relationship is contravariant and the actual
-        // binding can only come from the left-hand side.
+        // (argument type used in the body) don't try
+        // to bind it to the left-hand side (parameter type)
+        // directly, because there could be an implicit
+        // conversion between them, and actual binding
+        // can only come from the left-hand side.
         addUnsolvedConstraint(
-            Constraint::create(*this, ConstraintKind::ArgumentConversion, type2,
-                               typeVar1, getConstraintLocator(locator)));
+            Constraint::create(*this, ConstraintKind::Equal, typeVar1, type2,
+                               getConstraintLocator(locator)));
         return SolutionKind::Solved;
       }
 

lib/Sema/ConstraintSystem.h

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include "swift/AST/TypeCheckerDebugConsumer.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/ilist.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/PointerUnion.h"
+#include "llvm/ADT/SetOperations.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SetVector.h"
 #include "llvm/ADT/SmallPtrSet.h"
 #include "llvm/Support/ErrorHandling.h"
@@ -2577,6 +2578,9 @@ class ConstraintSystem {
     /// Tracks the position of the last known supertype in the group.
     Optional<unsigned> lastSupertypeIndex;
 
+    /// A set of all constraints which contribute to pontential bindings.
+    llvm::SmallPtrSet<Constraint *, 8> Sources;
+
     PotentialBindings(TypeVariableType *typeVar) : TypeVar(typeVar) {}
 
     /// Determine whether the set of bindings is non-empty.
@@ -2600,7 +2604,29 @@ class ConstraintSystem {
     /// \c x is a better set of bindings that \c y.
     friend bool operator<(const PotentialBindings &x,
                           const PotentialBindings &y) {
-      return formBindingScore(x) < formBindingScore(y);
+      if (formBindingScore(x) < formBindingScore(y))
+        return true;
+
+      if (!x.hasNonDefaultableBindings())
+        return false;
+
+      llvm::SmallPtrSet<Constraint *, 8> intersection(x.Sources);
+      llvm::set_intersect(intersection, y.Sources);
+
+      // Some relational constraints dictate certain
+      // ordering when it comes to attempting binding
+      // of type variables, where left-hand side is
+      // always more preferrable than right-hand side.
+      for (const auto *constraint : intersection) {
+        if (constraint->getKind() != ConstraintKind::Subtype)
+          continue;
+
+        auto lhs = constraint->getFirstType();
+        if (auto *typeVar = lhs->getAs<TypeVariableType>())
+          return x.TypeVar == typeVar;
+      }
+
+      return false;
     }
 
     void foundLiteralBinding(ProtocolDecl *proto) {

test/Constraints/generics.swift

@@ -504,3 +504,27 @@ func rdar27700622<E: Comparable>(_ input: [E]) -> [E] {
 
   return rdar27700622(lhs) + [pivot] + rdar27700622(rhs) // Ok
 }
+
+// rdar://problem/22898292 - Type inference failure with constrained subclass
+protocol P_22898292 {}
+
+do {
+  func construct_generic<T: P_22898292>(_ construct: () -> T) -> T { return construct() }
+
+  class A {}
+  class B : A, P_22898292 {}
+
+  func foo() -> B { return B() }
+  func bar(_ value: A) {}
+  func baz<T: A>(_ value: T) {}
+
+  func rdar_22898292_1() {
+    let x = construct_generic { foo() } // returns A
+    bar(x) // Ok
+    bar(construct_generic { foo() }) // Ok
+  }
+
+  func rdar22898292_2<T: B>(_ d: T) {
+    _ = { baz($0) }(construct_generic { d }) // Ok
+  }
+}