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EarlyBinder and instantiating parameters

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Summary

Overview of how Rust's EarlyBinder handles instantiation of generic parameters when types from outside an item refer to inner generics. The guide explains that to obtain a concrete type, the outer generic arguments must be applied via EarlyBinder::instantiate, converting a binder-wrapped type into the inner value with all parameters substituted. It also mentions the instantiate_identity path for inside-binder scenarios and notes that index mismatches are errors caught during name resolution, with a short note on related code paths such as FieldDef::ty during type checking.

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