diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Compile/CheckGrammar.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/CheckGrammar.hs
index aa39dea50..5f2e94f68 100644
--- a/src/compiler/GF/Compile/CheckGrammar.hs
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/CheckGrammar.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import GF.Infra.Ident
 import GF.Infra.Option
 
 import GF.Compile.TypeCheck.Abstract
-import GF.Compile.TypeCheck.Concrete
+import GF.Compile.TypeCheck.RConcrete
 import qualified GF.Compile.TypeCheck.ConcreteNew as CN
 import qualified GF.Compile.Compute.ConcreteNew as CN
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/GF/Compile/TypeCheck/RConcrete.hs b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/TypeCheck/RConcrete.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..350ed3abd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compiler/GF/Compile/TypeCheck/RConcrete.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,713 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE PatternGuards #-}
+module GF.Compile.TypeCheck.RConcrete( checkLType, inferLType, computeLType, ppType ) where
+
+import GF.Infra.CheckM
+import GF.Data.Operations
+
+import GF.Grammar
+import GF.Grammar.Lookup
+import GF.Grammar.Predef
+import GF.Grammar.PatternMatch
+import GF.Grammar.Lockfield (isLockLabel, lockRecType, unlockRecord)
+import GF.Compile.TypeCheck.Primitives
+
+import Data.List
+import Control.Monad
+import Text.PrettyPrint
+
+computeLType :: SourceGrammar -> Context -> Type -> Check Type
+computeLType gr g0 t = comp (reverse [(b,x, Vr x) | (b,x,_) <- g0] ++ g0) t
+ where
+  comp g ty = case ty of
+    _ | Just _ <- isTypeInts ty -> return ty ---- shouldn't be needed
+      | isPredefConstant ty     -> return ty ---- shouldn't be needed
+
+    Q (m,ident) -> checkIn (text "module" <+> ppIdent m) $ do
+      ty' <- lookupResDef gr (m,ident)
+      if ty' == ty then return ty else comp g ty' --- is this necessary to test?
+
+    Vr ident  -> checkLookup ident g -- never needed to compute!
+
+    App f a -> do
+      f' <- comp g f
+      a' <- comp g a
+      case f' of
+        Abs b x t -> comp ((b,x,a'):g) t
+        _ -> return $ App f' a'
+
+    Prod bt x a b -> do
+      a' <- comp g a
+      b' <- comp ((bt,x,Vr x) : g) b
+      return $ Prod bt x a' b'
+
+    Abs bt x b -> do
+      b' <- comp ((bt,x,Vr x):g) b
+      return $ Abs bt x b'
+
+    Let (x,(_,a)) b -> comp ((Explicit,x,a):g) b
+
+    ExtR r s -> do
+      r' <- comp g r
+      s' <- comp g s
+      case (r',s') of
+        (RecType rs, RecType ss) -> plusRecType r' s' >>= comp g
+        _ -> return $ ExtR r' s'
+
+    RecType fs -> do
+      let fs' = sortRec fs
+      liftM RecType $ mapPairsM (comp g) fs'
+
+    ELincat c t -> do
+      t' <- comp g t
+      lockRecType c t' ---- locking to be removed AR 20/6/2009
+
+    _ | ty == typeTok -> return typeStr
+    _ | isPredefConstant ty -> return ty
+
+    _ -> composOp (comp g) ty
+
+-- the underlying algorithms
+
+inferLType :: SourceGrammar -> Context -> Term -> Check (Term, Type)
+inferLType gr g trm = case trm of
+
+   Q (m,ident) | isPredef m -> termWith trm $ case typPredefined ident of
+                                                Just ty -> return ty
+                                                Nothing -> checkError (text "unknown in Predef:" <+> ppIdent ident)
+
+   Q ident -> checks [
+     termWith trm $ lookupResType gr ident >>= computeLType gr g
+     ,
+     lookupResDef gr ident >>= inferLType gr g
+     ,
+     checkError (text "cannot infer type of constant" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm)
+     ]
+
+   QC (m,ident) | isPredef m -> termWith trm $ case typPredefined ident of
+                                                 Just ty -> return ty
+                                                 Nothing -> checkError (text "unknown in Predef:" <+> ppIdent ident)
+
+   QC ident -> checks [
+       termWith trm $ lookupResType gr ident >>= computeLType gr g
+       ,
+       lookupResDef gr ident >>= inferLType gr g
+       ,
+       checkError (text "cannot infer type of canonical constant" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm)
+       ]
+
+   Vr ident -> termWith trm $ checkLookup ident g
+
+   Typed e t -> do
+     t' <- computeLType gr g t
+     checkLType gr g e t'
+     return (e,t')
+
+   App f a -> do
+     over <- getOverload gr g Nothing trm
+     case over of
+       Just trty -> return trty
+       _ -> do
+         (f',fty) <- inferLType gr g f
+         fty' <- computeLType gr g fty
+         case fty' of
+           Prod bt z arg val -> do 
+             a' <- justCheck g a arg
+             ty <- if isWildIdent z 
+                      then return val
+                      else substituteLType [(bt,z,a')] val
+             return (App f' a',ty) 
+           _ -> checkError (text "A function type is expected for" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 f <+> text "instead of type" <+> ppType fty)
+
+   S f x -> do
+     (f', fty) <- inferLType gr g f
+     case fty of
+       Table arg val -> do
+         x'<- justCheck g x arg
+         return (S f' x', val)
+       _ -> checkError (text "table lintype expected for the table in" $$ nest 2 (ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm))
+
+   P t i -> do
+     (t',ty) <- inferLType gr g t   --- ??
+     ty' <- computeLType gr g ty
+     let tr2 = P t' i
+     termWith tr2 $ case ty' of
+       RecType ts -> case lookup i ts of
+                       Nothing -> checkError (text "unknown label" <+> ppLabel i <+> text "in" $$ nest 2 (ppTerm Unqualified 0 ty'))
+                       Just x  -> return x
+       _          -> checkError (text "record type expected for:" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 t $$
+                                 text " instead of the inferred:" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 ty')
+
+   R r -> do
+     let (ls,fs) = unzip r
+     fsts <- mapM inferM fs
+     let ts = [ty | (Just ty,_) <- fsts]
+     checkCond (text "cannot infer type of record" $$ nest 2 (ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm)) (length ts == length fsts)
+     return $ (R (zip ls fsts), RecType (zip ls ts))
+
+   T (TTyped arg) pts -> do
+     (_,val) <- checks $ map (inferCase (Just arg)) pts
+     checkLType gr g trm (Table arg val)
+   T (TComp arg) pts -> do
+     (_,val) <- checks $ map (inferCase (Just arg)) pts
+     checkLType gr g trm (Table arg val)
+   T ti pts -> do  -- tries to guess: good in oper type inference
+     let pts' = [pt | pt@(p,_) <- pts, isConstPatt p]
+     case pts' of 
+       [] -> checkError (text "cannot infer table type of" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm)
+----       PInt k : _ -> return $ Ints $ max [i | PInt i <- pts'] 
+       _  -> do 
+         (arg,val) <- checks $ map (inferCase Nothing) pts'
+         checkLType gr g trm (Table arg val)
+   V arg pts -> do
+     (_,val) <- checks $ map (inferLType gr g) pts
+--   return (trm, Table arg val) -- old, caused issue 68
+     checkLType gr g trm (Table arg val)
+
+   K s  -> do
+     if elem ' ' s
+        then do
+          let ss = foldr C Empty (map K (words s))  
+          ----- removed irritating warning AR 24/5/2008
+          ----- checkWarn ("token \"" ++ s ++ 
+          -----              "\" converted to token list" ++ prt ss)
+          return (ss, typeStr)
+        else return (trm, typeStr)
+
+   EInt i -> return (trm, typeInt)
+
+   EFloat i -> return (trm, typeFloat)
+
+   Empty -> return (trm, typeStr)
+
+   C s1 s2 -> 
+     check2 (flip (justCheck g) typeStr) C s1 s2 typeStr
+
+   Glue s1 s2 -> 
+     check2 (flip (justCheck g) typeStr) Glue s1 s2 typeStr ---- typeTok
+
+---- hack from Rename.identRenameTerm, to live with files with naming conflicts 18/6/2007
+   Strs (Cn c : ts) | c == cConflict -> do
+     checkWarn (text "unresolved constant, could be any of" <+> hcat (map (ppTerm Unqualified 0) ts))
+     inferLType gr g (head ts)
+
+   Strs ts -> do
+     ts' <- mapM (\t -> justCheck g t typeStr) ts 
+     return (Strs ts', typeStrs)
+
+   Alts t aa -> do
+     t'  <- justCheck g t typeStr
+     aa' <- flip mapM aa (\ (c,v) -> do
+        c' <- justCheck g c typeStr 
+        v' <- checks $ map (justCheck g v) [typeStrs, EPattType typeStr]
+        return (c',v'))
+     return (Alts t' aa', typeStr)
+
+   RecType r -> do
+     let (ls,ts) = unzip r
+     ts' <- mapM (flip (justCheck g) typeType) ts 
+     return (RecType (zip ls ts'), typeType)
+
+   ExtR r s -> do
+     (r',rT) <- inferLType gr g r 
+     rT'     <- computeLType gr g rT
+     (s',sT) <- inferLType gr g s
+     sT'     <- computeLType gr g sT
+
+     let trm' = ExtR r' s'
+     case (rT', sT') of
+       (RecType rs, RecType ss) -> do
+         let rt = RecType ([field | field@(l,_) <- rs, notElem l (map fst ss)] ++ ss) -- select types of later fields 
+         checkLType gr g trm' rt ---- return (trm', rt)
+       _ | rT' == typeType && sT' == typeType -> do
+         return (trm', typeType)
+       _ -> checkError (text "records or record types expected in" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm)
+
+   Sort _     -> 
+     termWith trm $ return typeType
+
+   Prod bt x a b -> do
+     a' <- justCheck g a typeType
+     b' <- justCheck ((bt,x,a'):g) b typeType
+     return (Prod bt x a' b', typeType)
+
+   Table p t  -> do
+     p' <- justCheck g p typeType --- check p partype! 
+     t' <- justCheck g t typeType
+     return $ (Table p' t', typeType)
+
+   FV vs -> do
+     (_,ty) <- checks $ map (inferLType gr g) vs
+---     checkIfComplexVariantType trm ty
+     checkLType gr g trm ty
+
+   EPattType ty -> do
+     ty' <- justCheck g ty typeType
+     return (EPattType ty',typeType)
+   EPatt p -> do
+     ty <- inferPatt p
+     return (trm, EPattType ty)
+
+   ELin c trm -> do
+     (trm',ty) <- inferLType gr g trm
+     ty' <- lockRecType c ty ---- lookup c; remove lock AR 20/6/2009
+     return $ (ELin c trm', ty') 
+
+   _ -> checkError (text "cannot infer lintype of" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm)
+
+ where
+   isPredef m = elem m [cPredef,cPredefAbs]
+
+   justCheck g ty te = checkLType gr g ty te >>= return . fst
+
+   -- for record fields, which may be typed
+   inferM (mty, t) = do
+     (t', ty') <- case mty of
+       Just ty -> checkLType gr g t ty
+       _ -> inferLType gr g t
+     return (Just ty',t')
+
+   inferCase mty (patt,term) = do
+     arg  <- maybe (inferPatt patt) return mty
+     cont <- pattContext gr g arg patt
+     (_,val) <- inferLType gr (reverse cont ++ g) term
+     return (arg,val)
+   isConstPatt p = case p of
+     PC _ ps -> True --- all isConstPatt ps
+     PP _ ps -> True --- all isConstPatt ps
+     PR ps -> all (isConstPatt . snd) ps
+     PT _ p -> isConstPatt p
+     PString _ -> True
+     PInt _ -> True
+     PFloat _ -> True
+     PChar -> True
+     PChars _ -> True
+     PSeq p q -> isConstPatt p && isConstPatt q
+     PAlt p q -> isConstPatt p && isConstPatt q
+     PRep p -> isConstPatt p
+     PNeg p -> isConstPatt p
+     PAs _ p -> isConstPatt p
+     _ -> False
+
+   inferPatt p = case p of
+     PP (q,c) ps | q /= cPredef -> liftM valTypeCnc (lookupResType gr (q,c))
+     PAs _ p  -> inferPatt p
+     PNeg p   -> inferPatt p
+     PAlt p q -> checks [inferPatt p, inferPatt q]
+     PSeq _ _ -> return $ typeStr
+     PRep _   -> return $ typeStr
+     PChar    -> return $ typeStr
+     PChars _ -> return $ typeStr
+     _ -> inferLType gr g (patt2term p) >>= return . snd
+
+
+-- type inference: Nothing, type checking: Just t
+-- the latter permits matching with value type
+getOverload :: SourceGrammar -> Context -> Maybe Type -> Term -> Check (Maybe (Term,Type))
+getOverload gr g mt ot = case appForm ot of
+     (f@(Q c), ts) -> case lookupOverload gr c of
+       Ok typs -> do
+         ttys <- mapM (inferLType gr g) ts
+         v <- matchOverload f typs ttys
+         return $ Just v
+       _ -> return Nothing
+     _ -> return Nothing
+ where
+   matchOverload f typs ttys = do
+     let (tts,tys) = unzip ttys
+     let vfs = lookupOverloadInstance tys typs
+     let matches = [vf | vf@((_,v,_),_) <- vfs, matchVal mt v]
+     let showTypes ty = hsep (map ppType ty)
+
+    
+     let (stys,styps) = (showTypes tys, [showTypes ty | (ty,_) <- typs])
+
+     -- to avoid strange error msg e.g. in case of unmatch record extension, show whole types if needed AR 28/1/2013
+     let (stysError,stypsError) = if elem (render stys) (map render styps)
+            then (hsep (map (ppTerm Unqualified 0) tys), [hsep (map (ppTerm Unqualified 0) ty) | (ty,_) <- typs])
+            else (stys,styps)
+
+     case ([vf | (vf,True) <- matches],[vf | (vf,False) <- matches]) of
+       ([(_,val,fun)],_) -> return (mkApp fun tts, val)
+       ([],[(pre,val,fun)]) -> do
+         checkWarn $  text "ignoring lock fields in resolving" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 ot $$
+                      text "for" $$
+                      nest 2 (showTypes tys) $$
+                      text "using" $$
+                      nest 2 (showTypes pre)
+         return (mkApp fun tts, val)
+       ([],[]) -> do
+         checkError $ text "no overload instance of" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 f $$
+                      text "for" $$
+                      nest 2 stysError $$
+                      text "among" $$
+                      nest 2 (vcat stypsError) $$
+                      maybe empty (\x -> text "with value type" <+> ppType x) mt
+
+       (vfs1,vfs2) -> case (noProds vfs1,noProds vfs2) of
+         ([(val,fun)],_) -> do
+           return (mkApp fun tts, val)
+         ([],[(val,fun)]) -> do
+           checkWarn (text "ignoring lock fields in resolving" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 ot) 
+           return (mkApp fun tts, val)
+
+----- unsafely exclude irritating warning AR 24/5/2008
+-----           checkWarn $ "overloading of" +++ prt f +++ 
+-----             "resolved by excluding partial applications:" ++++
+-----             unlines [prtType env ty | (ty,_) <- vfs', not (noProd ty)]
+
+
+         _ -> checkError $ text "ambiguous overloading of" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 f <+>
+                           text "for" <+> hsep (map ppType tys) $$ 
+                           text "with alternatives" $$
+                           nest 2 (vcat [ppType ty | (_,ty,_) <- if null vfs1 then vfs2 else vfs2])
+
+   matchVal mt v = elem mt [Nothing,Just v,Just (unlocked v)]
+
+   unlocked v = case v of
+     RecType fs -> RecType $ filter (not . isLockLabel . fst) fs
+     _ -> v
+   ---- TODO: accept subtypes
+   ---- TODO: use a trie
+   lookupOverloadInstance tys typs = 
+     [((pre,mkFunType rest val, t),isExact) | 
+       let lt = length tys,
+       (ty,(val,t)) <- typs, length ty >= lt,
+       let (pre,rest) = splitAt lt ty, 
+       let isExact = pre == tys,
+       isExact || map unlocked pre == map unlocked tys
+     ]
+
+   noProds vfs = [(v,f) | (_,v,f) <- vfs, noProd v]
+
+   noProd ty = case ty of
+     Prod _ _ _ _ -> False
+     _ -> True
+
+checkLType :: SourceGrammar -> Context -> Term -> Type -> Check (Term, Type)
+checkLType gr g trm typ0 = do
+  typ <- computeLType gr g typ0
+
+  case trm of
+
+    Abs bt x c -> do
+      case typ of
+        Prod bt' z a b -> do 
+          (c',b') <- if isWildIdent z
+                       then checkLType gr ((bt,x,a):g) c b
+                       else do b' <- checkIn (text "abs") $ substituteLType [(bt',z,Vr x)] b
+                               checkLType gr ((bt,x,a):g) c b'
+          return $ (Abs bt x c', Prod bt' x a b')
+        _ -> checkError $ text "function type expected instead of" <+> ppType typ
+
+    App f a -> do
+       over <- getOverload gr g (Just typ) trm
+       case over of
+         Just trty -> return trty
+         _ -> do
+          (trm',ty') <- inferLType gr g trm
+          termWith trm' $ checkEqLType gr g typ ty' trm'
+
+    Q _ -> do
+       over <- getOverload gr g (Just typ) trm
+       case over of
+         Just trty -> return trty
+         _ -> do
+          (trm',ty') <- inferLType gr g trm
+          termWith trm' $ checkEqLType gr g typ ty' trm'
+
+    T _ [] ->
+      checkError (text "found empty table in type" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 typ)
+    T _ cs -> case typ of 
+      Table arg val -> do 
+        case allParamValues gr arg of
+          Ok vs -> do
+            let ps0 = map fst cs
+            ps <- testOvershadow ps0 vs
+            if null ps 
+              then return () 
+              else checkWarn (text "patterns never reached:" $$
+                              nest 2 (vcat (map (ppPatt Unqualified 0) ps)))
+          _ -> return () -- happens with variable types
+        cs' <- mapM (checkCase arg val) cs
+        return (T (TTyped arg) cs', typ)
+      _ -> checkError $ text "table type expected for table instead of" $$ nest 2 (ppType typ)
+    V arg0 vs ->
+      case typ of
+        Table arg1 val ->
+           do arg' <- checkEqLType gr g arg0 arg1 trm
+              vs' <- map fst `fmap` sequence [checkLType gr g v val|v<-vs]
+              return (V arg' vs',typ)
+
+    R r -> case typ of --- why needed? because inference may be too difficult
+       RecType rr -> do
+         let (ls,_) = unzip rr        -- labels of expected type
+         fsts <- mapM (checkM r) rr   -- check that they are found in the record
+         return $ (R fsts, typ)       -- normalize record
+
+       _ -> checkError (text "record type expected in type checking instead of" $$ nest 2 (ppTerm Unqualified 0 typ))
+
+    ExtR r s -> case typ of
+       _ | typ == typeType -> do
+         trm' <- computeLType gr g trm
+         case trm' of
+           RecType _ -> termWith trm' $ return typeType
+           ExtR (Vr _) (RecType _) -> termWith trm' $ return typeType 
+                                      -- ext t = t ** ...
+           _ -> checkError (text "invalid record type extension" <+> nest 2 (ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm))
+
+       RecType rr -> do
+
+         ll2 <- case s of
+           R ss -> return $ map fst ss
+           _ -> do
+             (s',typ2) <- inferLType gr g s
+             case typ2 of
+               RecType ss -> return $ map fst ss
+               _ ->  checkError (text "cannot get labels from" $$ nest 2 (ppTerm Unqualified 0 typ2))
+         let ll1 = [l | (l,_) <- rr, notElem l ll2]
+         (r',_) <- checkLType gr g r (RecType [field | field@(l,_) <- rr, elem l ll1])
+         (s',_) <- checkLType gr g s (RecType [field | field@(l,_) <- rr, elem l ll2])
+
+         let rec = R ([(l,(Nothing,P r' l)) | l <- ll1] ++ [(l,(Nothing,P s' l)) | l <- ll2])
+         return (rec, typ)
+
+       ExtR ty ex -> do
+         r' <- justCheck g r ty
+         s' <- justCheck g s ex
+         return $ (ExtR r' s', typ) --- is this all? it assumes the same division in trm and typ
+
+       _ -> checkError (text "record extension not meaningful for" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 typ)
+
+    FV vs -> do
+      ttys <- mapM (flip (checkLType gr g) typ) vs
+---      checkIfComplexVariantType trm typ
+      return (FV (map fst ttys), typ) --- typ' ?
+
+    S tab arg -> checks [ do
+      (tab',ty) <- inferLType gr g tab
+      ty'       <- computeLType gr g ty
+      case ty' of
+        Table p t -> do
+          (arg',val) <- checkLType gr g arg p
+          checkEqLType gr g typ t trm
+          return (S tab' arg', t)
+        _ -> checkError (text "table type expected for applied table instead of" <+> ppType ty')
+     , do
+      (arg',ty) <- inferLType gr g arg
+      ty'       <- computeLType gr g ty
+      (tab',_)  <- checkLType gr g tab (Table ty' typ)
+      return (S tab' arg', typ)
+      ]
+    Let (x,(mty,def)) body -> case mty of
+      Just ty -> do
+        (def',ty') <- checkLType gr g def ty
+        body' <- justCheck ((Explicit,x,ty'):g) body typ
+        return (Let (x,(Just ty',def')) body', typ)
+      _ -> do
+        (def',ty) <- inferLType gr g def  -- tries to infer type of local constant
+        checkLType gr g (Let (x,(Just ty,def')) body) typ
+
+    ELin c tr -> do
+      tr1 <- unlockRecord c tr
+      checkLType gr g tr1 typ
+
+    _ -> do
+      (trm',ty') <- inferLType gr g trm
+      termWith trm' $ checkEqLType gr g typ ty' trm'
+ where
+   justCheck g ty te = checkLType gr g ty te >>= return . fst
+
+   recParts rr t = (RecType rr1,RecType rr2) where 
+     (rr1,rr2) = partition (flip elem (map fst t) . fst) rr 
+
+   checkM rms (l,ty) = case lookup l rms of
+     Just (Just ty0,t) -> do
+       checkEqLType gr g ty ty0 t
+       (t',ty') <- checkLType gr g t ty
+       return (l,(Just ty',t'))
+     Just (_,t) -> do
+       (t',ty') <- checkLType gr g t ty
+       return (l,(Just ty',t'))
+     _ -> checkError $ 
+            if isLockLabel l 
+              then let cat = drop 5 (showIdent (label2ident l))
+                   in ppTerm Unqualified 0 (R rms) <+> text "is not in the lincat of" <+> text cat <> 
+                      text "; try wrapping it with lin" <+> text cat
+              else text "cannot find value for label" <+> ppLabel l <+> text "in" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 (R rms)
+
+   checkCase arg val (p,t) = do
+     cont <- pattContext gr g arg p
+     t' <- justCheck (reverse cont ++ g) t val
+     return (p,t')
+
+pattContext :: SourceGrammar -> Context -> Type -> Patt -> Check Context
+pattContext env g typ p = case p of
+  PV x -> return [(Explicit,x,typ)]
+  PP (q,c) ps | q /= cPredef -> do ---- why this /=? AR 6/1/2006
+    t <- lookupResType env (q,c)
+    let (cont,v) = typeFormCnc t
+    checkCond (text "wrong number of arguments for constructor in" <+> ppPatt Unqualified 0 p) 
+              (length cont == length ps)
+    checkEqLType env g typ v (patt2term p)
+    mapM (\((_,_,ty),p) -> pattContext env g ty p) (zip cont ps) >>= return . concat
+  PR r -> do
+    typ' <- computeLType env g typ
+    case typ' of
+      RecType t -> do
+        let pts = [(ty,tr) | (l,tr) <- r, Just ty <- [lookup l t]]
+        ----- checkWarn $ prt p ++++ show pts ----- debug
+        mapM (uncurry (pattContext env g)) pts >>= return . concat
+      _ -> checkError (text "record type expected for pattern instead of" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 typ')
+  PT t p' -> do
+    checkEqLType env g typ t (patt2term p')
+    pattContext env g typ p'
+
+  PAs x p -> do
+    g' <- pattContext env g typ p
+    return ((Explicit,x,typ):g')
+
+  PAlt p' q -> do
+    g1 <- pattContext env g typ p'
+    g2 <- pattContext env g typ q
+    let pts = nub ([x | pt@(_,x,_) <- g1, notElem pt g2] ++ [x | pt@(_,x,_) <- g2, notElem pt g1])
+    checkCond 
+      (text "incompatible bindings of" <+>
+       fsep (map ppIdent pts) <+> 
+       text "in pattern alterantives" <+> ppPatt Unqualified 0 p) (null pts) 
+    return g1 -- must be g1 == g2
+  PSeq p q -> do
+    g1 <- pattContext env g typ p
+    g2 <- pattContext env g typ q
+    return $ g1 ++ g2
+  PRep p' -> noBind typeStr p'
+  PNeg p' -> noBind typ p'
+
+  _ -> return [] ---- check types!
+ where 
+   noBind typ p' = do
+    co <- pattContext env g typ p'
+    if not (null co)
+      then checkWarn (text "no variable bound inside pattern" <+> ppPatt Unqualified 0 p) 
+           >> return []
+      else return []
+
+checkEqLType :: SourceGrammar -> Context -> Type -> Type -> Term -> Check Type
+checkEqLType gr g t u trm = do
+  (b,t',u',s) <- checkIfEqLType gr g t u trm
+  case b of
+    True  -> return t'
+    False -> checkError $ text s <+> text "type of" <+> ppTerm Unqualified 0 trm $$
+                          text "expected:" <+> ppType t $$
+                          text "inferred:" <+> ppType u
+
+checkIfEqLType :: SourceGrammar -> Context -> Type -> Type -> Term -> Check (Bool,Type,Type,String)
+checkIfEqLType gr g t u trm = do
+  t' <- computeLType gr g t
+  u' <- computeLType gr g u
+  case t' == u' || alpha [] t' u' of
+    True -> return (True,t',u',[])
+    -- forgive missing lock fields by only generating a warning.
+    --- better: use a flag to forgive? (AR 31/1/2006)
+    _ -> case missingLock [] t' u' of
+      Ok lo -> do
+        checkWarn $ text "missing lock field" <+> fsep (map ppLabel lo)
+        return (True,t',u',[])
+      Bad s -> return (False,t',u',s)
+
+  where
+
+   -- t is a subtype of u 
+   --- quick hack version of TC.eqVal
+   alpha g t u = case (t,u) of  
+
+     -- error (the empty type!) is subtype of any other type
+     (_,u) | u == typeError -> True
+
+     -- contravariance
+     (Prod _ x a b, Prod _ y c d) -> alpha g c a && alpha ((x,y):g) b d 
+                              
+     -- record subtyping
+     (RecType rs, RecType ts) -> all (\ (l,a) -> 
+                                   any (\ (k,b) -> alpha g a b && l == k) ts) rs
+     (ExtR r s, ExtR r' s') -> alpha g r r' && alpha g s s'
+     (ExtR r s, t) -> alpha g r t || alpha g s t
+
+     -- the following say that Ints n is a subset of Int and of Ints m >= n
+     (t,u) | Just m <- isTypeInts t, Just n <- isTypeInts t -> m >= n
+           | Just _ <- isTypeInts t, u == typeInt           -> True ---- check size!
+           | t == typeInt,           Just _ <- isTypeInts u -> True ---- why this ???? AR 11/12/2005
+
+     ---- this should be made in Rename
+     (Q  (m,a), Q  (n,b)) | a == b -> elem m (allExtendsPlus gr n) 
+                                   || elem n (allExtendsPlus gr m)
+                                   || m == n --- for Predef
+     (QC (m,a), QC (n,b)) | a == b -> elem m (allExtendsPlus gr n) 
+                                   || elem n (allExtendsPlus gr m)
+     (QC (m,a), Q  (n,b)) | a == b -> elem m (allExtendsPlus gr n) 
+                                   || elem n (allExtendsPlus gr m)
+     (Q  (m,a), QC (n,b)) | a == b -> elem m (allExtendsPlus gr n) 
+                                   || elem n (allExtendsPlus gr m)
+
+     (Table a b,  Table c d)  -> alpha g a c && alpha g b d
+     (Vr x,       Vr y)       -> x == y || elem (x,y) g || elem (y,x) g
+     _                        -> t == u 
+     --- the following should be one-way coercions only. AR 4/1/2001
+                                  || elem t sTypes && elem u sTypes
+                                  || (t == typeType && u == typePType) 
+                                  || (u == typeType && t == typePType) 
+
+   missingLock g t u = case (t,u) of  
+     (RecType rs, RecType ts) -> 
+       let 
+         ls = [l | (l,a) <- rs, 
+                   not (any (\ (k,b) -> alpha g a b && l == k) ts)]
+         (locks,others) = partition isLockLabel ls
+       in case others of
+         _:_ -> Bad $ render (text "missing record fields:" <+> fsep (punctuate comma (map ppLabel others)))
+         _ -> return locks
+     -- contravariance
+     (Prod _ x a b, Prod _ y c d) -> do
+        ls1 <- missingLock g c a
+        ls2 <- missingLock g b d
+        return $ ls1 ++ ls2
+
+     _ -> Bad ""
+
+   sTypes = [typeStr, typeTok, typeString]
+
+-- auxiliaries
+
+-- | light-weight substitution for dep. types
+substituteLType :: Context -> Type -> Check Type
+substituteLType g t = case t of
+  Vr x -> return $ maybe t id $ lookup x [(x,t) | (_,x,t) <- g]
+  _ -> composOp (substituteLType g) t
+
+termWith :: Term -> Check Type -> Check (Term, Type)
+termWith t ct = do
+  ty <- ct
+  return (t,ty)
+
+-- | compositional check\/infer of binary operations
+check2 :: (Term -> Check Term) -> (Term -> Term -> Term) -> 
+          Term -> Term -> Type -> Check (Term,Type)
+check2 chk con a b t = do
+  a' <- chk a
+  b' <- chk b
+  return (con a' b', t)
+
+-- printing a type with a lock field lock_C as C
+ppType :: Type -> Doc
+ppType ty =
+  case ty of
+    RecType fs   -> case filter isLockLabel $ map fst fs of
+                      [lock] -> text (drop 5 (showIdent (label2ident lock)))
+                      _      -> ppTerm Unqualified 0 ty
+    Prod _ x a b -> ppType a <+> text "->" <+> ppType b
+    _            -> ppTerm Unqualified 0 ty
+
+checkLookup :: Ident -> Context -> Check Type
+checkLookup x g =
+  case [ty | (b,y,ty) <- g, x == y] of
+    []     -> checkError (text "unknown variable" <+> ppIdent x)
+    (ty:_) -> return ty