Fix generic inference by instantiating annotations and storing inferred types #5071
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💡 Explanation
Before the patch the compiler registered a generic "sketch" for each function, then tried to compare the sketch directly to the inferred body types. That made the generic variables act rigid in the check and produced a false mismatch in mutually recursive code.
Now the compiler instantiates annotations and preregistered types before unification, and it records the inferred result in the environment so later checks see the concrete shape.