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 # limitations under the License.
 
 # Table layout builders
+# Tables are used to implement objects mecanisms like:
+#   * message sending
+#      * attribute accessing
+#      * typing
+#      * resolution (for generic types)
+# This module provides various layout for object tables:
+#      * coloring
+#      * binary matrix
+#      * perfect hashing (and & mod operators)
 module layout_builders
 
 import abstract_compiler
 
 # Layouts
 
+# A layout is the result of computation by builders
+# it contains necessary informations for basic table creation
 class Layout[E: Object]
        # Ids or each element
        var ids: Map[E, Int] = new HashMap[E, Int]
@@ -26,6 +37,8 @@ class Layout[E: Object]
        var pos: Map[E, Int] = new HashMap[E, Int]
 end
 
+# A PHLayout is used everywere the builder used perfect hashing
+# it adds masks and hashes informations to std layout
 class PHLayout[HOLDER: Object, E: Object]
        super Layout[E]
        # Masks used by hash function
@@ -34,247 +47,87 @@ class PHLayout[HOLDER: Object, E: Object]
        var hashes: Map[HOLDER, Map[E, Int]] = new HashMap[HOLDER, Map[E, Int]]
 end
 
-class PropertyLayout[E: Object]
-       # Fixed positions of each element in all tables
-       var pos: Map[E, Int] = new HashMap[E, Int]
-end
-
 # Builders
 
-abstract class TypingLayoutBuilder[E: Object]
-
-       type LAYOUT: Layout[E]
-
-       private var mmodule: MModule
-       init(mmodule: MModule) do self.mmodule = mmodule
-
-       # Compute elements ids and position
-       fun build_layout(elements: Set[E]): LAYOUT is abstract
-
-       # Give each MType a unic id using a descending linearization of the `mtypes` set
-       private fun compute_ids(elements: Set[E]): Map[E, Int] do
-               var ids = new HashMap[E, Int]
-               var lin = self.reverse_linearize(elements)
-               for element in lin do
-                       ids[element] = ids.length
-               end
-               return ids
-       end
-
-       private fun reverse_linearize(elements: Set[E]): Array[E] is abstract
+# TypingLayoutBuilder is used to build a layout for typing tables (by type or by class)
+interface TypingLayoutBuilder[E: Object]
+       # Build typing table layout
+       # elements: the set of elements (classes or types) used in typing tables
+       fun build_layout(elements: Set[E]): Layout[E] is abstract
 end
 
-# Layout builder for MType using Binary Matrix (BM)
-class BMTypeLayoutBuilder
-       super TypingLayoutBuilder[MType]
-
-       init(mmodule: MModule) do super
-
-       # Compute mtypes ids and position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(mtypes) do
-               var result = new Layout[MType]
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(mtypes)
-               result.pos = result.ids
-               return result
-       end
-
-       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mtypes(elements)
+# Layout builder dedicated to vft, attribute & VT tables
+interface PropertyLayoutBuilder[E: MProperty]
+       # Build table layout for attributes, methods and virtual types
+       # elements: the set of classes containing the properties to use in table layout
+       fun build_layout(elements: Set[MClass]): Layout[E] is abstract
 end
 
-# Layout builder for MType using Coloring (CL)
-class CLTypeLayoutBuilder
-       super TypingLayoutBuilder[MType]
-
-       private var colorer: MTypeColorer
-
-       init(mmodule: MModule) do
-               super
-               self.colorer = new MTypeColorer(mmodule)
-       end
-
-       # Compute mtypes ids and position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(mtypes) do
-               var result = new Layout[MType]
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(mtypes)
-               result.pos = self.colorer.colorize(mtypes)
-               return result
-       end
-
-       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mtypes(elements)
+# For resolution tables (generics)
+interface ResolutionLayoutBuilder
+       # Build resolution table layout
+       # elements: association between classes and resolved types
+       fun build_layout(elements: Map[MClassType, Set[MType]]): Layout[MType] is abstract
 end
 
-# Layout builder for MType using Perfect Hashing (PH)
-class PHTypeLayoutBuilder
-       super TypingLayoutBuilder[MType]
+# Matrice computers
 
-       redef type LAYOUT: PHLayout[MType, MType]
+# Abstract layout builder for resolution tables using Binary Matrix (BM)
+abstract class TypingBMizer[E: Object]
+       super TypingLayoutBuilder[E]
 
-       private var hasher: PerfectHasher[MType, MType]
-
-       init(mmodule: MModule, operator: PHOperator) do
-               super(mmodule)
-               self.hasher = new PerfectHasher[MType, MType](operator)
-       end
+       var mmodule: MModule
 
-       private fun build_conflicts(mtypes: Set[MType]): Map[MType, Set[MType]] do
-               var conflicts = new HashMap[MType, Set[MType]]
-               for mtype in mtypes do
-                       var supers = self.mmodule.super_mtypes(mtype, mtypes)
-                       supers.add(mtype)
-                       conflicts[mtype] = supers
-               end
-               return conflicts
+       init(mmodule: MModule) do
+               self.mmodule = mmodule
        end
 
        # Compute mtypes ids and position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(mtypes) do
-               var result = new PHLayout[MType, MType]
-               var conflicts = build_conflicts(mtypes)
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(mtypes)
-               result.masks = self.hasher.compute_masks(conflicts, result.ids)
-               result.hashes = self.hasher.compute_hashes(conflicts, result.ids, result.masks)
-               return result
-       end
-
-       # Ids start from 1 instead of 0
-       redef fun compute_ids(mtypes) do
-               var ids = new HashMap[MType, Int]
-               var lin = self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mtypes(mtypes)
-               for mtype in lin do
-                       ids[mtype] = ids.length + 1
+       redef fun build_layout(elements: Set[E]): Layout[E] do
+               var result = new Layout[E]
+               var ids = new HashMap[E, Int]
+               var lin = self.reverse_linearize(elements)
+               for element in lin do
+                       ids[element] = ids.length
                end
-               return ids
-       end
-
-       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mtypes(elements)
-end
-
-# Layout builder for MClass using Binary Matrix (BM)
-class BMClassLayoutBuilder
-       super TypingLayoutBuilder[MClass]
-
-       init(mmodule: MModule) do super
-
-       # Compute mclasses ids and position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(mclasses) do
-               var result = new Layout[MClass]
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(mclasses)
-               result.pos = result.ids
+               result.ids = ids
+               result.pos = ids
                return result
        end
 
-       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(elements)
-end
-
-# Layout builder for MClass using Coloring (CL)
-class CLClassLayoutBuilder
-       super TypingLayoutBuilder[MClass]
-
-       private var colorer: MClassColorer
-
-       init(mmodule: MModule) do
-               super
-               self.colorer = new MClassColorer(mmodule)
-       end
-
-       # Compute mclasses ids and position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(mclasses) do
-               var result = new Layout[MClass]
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(mclasses)
-               result.pos = self.colorer.colorize(mclasses)
-               return result
-       end
-
-       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(elements)
+       private fun reverse_linearize(elements: Set[E]): Array[E] is abstract
 end
 
-# Layout builder for MClass using Perfect Hashing (PH)
-class PHClassLayoutBuilder
-       super TypingLayoutBuilder[MClass]
-
-       redef type LAYOUT: PHLayout[MClass, MClass]
-
-       private var hasher: PerfectHasher[MClass, MClass]
-
-       init(mmodule: MModule, operator: PHOperator) do
-               super(mmodule)
-               self.hasher = new PerfectHasher[MClass, MClass](operator)
-       end
-
-       private fun build_conflicts(mclasses: Set[MClass]): Map[MClass, Set[MClass]] do
-               var conflicts = new HashMap[MClass, Set[MClass]]
-               for mclass in mclasses do
-                       var supers = self.mmodule.super_mclasses(mclass)
-                       supers.add(mclass)
-                       conflicts[mclass] = supers
-               end
-               return conflicts
-       end
+# Layout builder for typing tables based on classes using Binary Matrix (BM)
+class MTypeBMizer
+       super TypingBMizer[MType]
 
-       # Compute mclasses ids and position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(mclasses) do
-               var result = new PHLayout[MClass, MClass]
-               var conflicts = build_conflicts(mclasses)
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(mclasses)
-               result.masks = self.hasher.compute_masks(conflicts, result.ids)
-               result.hashes = self.hasher.compute_hashes(conflicts, result.ids, result.masks)
-               return result
-       end
+       init(mmodule: MModule) do super(mmodule)
 
-       # Ids start from 1 instead of 0
-       redef fun compute_ids(mclasses) do
-               var ids = new HashMap[MClass, Int]
-               var lin = self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(mclasses)
-               for mclass in lin do
-                       ids[mclass] = ids.length + 1
-               end
-               return ids
+       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do
+               return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mtypes(elements)
        end
-
-       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(elements)
-end
-
-abstract class PropertyLayoutBuilder[E: MProperty]
-
-       type LAYOUT: PropertyLayout[E]
-
-       # Compute properties ids and position
-       fun build_layout(mclasses: Set[MClass]): LAYOUT is abstract
 end
 
-# Layout builder for MProperty using Coloring (CL)
-class CLPropertyLayoutBuilder[E: MProperty]
-       super PropertyLayoutBuilder[E]
+# Layout builder for typing tables based on types using Binary Matrix (BM)
+class MClassBMizer
+       super TypingBMizer[MClass]
 
-       private var colorer: MPropertyColorer[E]
+       init(mmodule: MModule) do super(mmodule)
 
-       init(colorer: MPropertyColorer[E]) do
-               self.colorer = colorer
-       end
-
-       # Compute mclasses ids and position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(mclasses) do
-               var result = new PropertyLayout[E]
-               result.pos = self.colorer.colorize(mclasses)
-               return result
+       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do
+               return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(elements)
        end
 end
 
-# Layout builder for MProperty using Perfect Hashing (PH)
-# TODO implement this class without sublcassing CL builder
-class PHPropertyLayoutBuilder[E: MProperty]
-       super CLPropertyLayoutBuilder[E]
-end
-
-abstract class ResolutionLayoutBuilder
-
-       type LAYOUT: Layout[MType]
+# Layout builder for resolution tables using Binary Matrix (BM)
+class ResolutionBMizer
+       super ResolutionLayoutBuilder
 
        init do end
 
-       fun build_layout(elements: Map[MClassType, Set[MType]]): LAYOUT is abstract
-
-       fun compute_ids(elements: Map[MClassType, Set[MType]]): Map[MType, Int] do
+       redef fun build_layout(elements) do
+               var result = new Layout[MType]
                var ids = new HashMap[MType, Int]
                var color = 0
                for mclasstype, mclasstypes in elements do
@@ -284,79 +137,83 @@ abstract class ResolutionLayoutBuilder
                                color += 1
                        end
                end
-               return ids
-       end
-end
-
-# Layout builder for MClass using Binary Matrix (BM)
-class BMResolutionLayoutBuilder
-       super ResolutionLayoutBuilder
-
-       init do super
-
-       # Compute resolved types position using BM
-       redef fun build_layout(elements) do
-               var result = new Layout[MType]
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(elements)
-               result.pos = result.ids
+               result.ids = ids
+               result.pos = ids
                return result
        end
 end
 
-# Layout builder for resolution tables using Coloring (CL)
-class CLResolutionLayoutBuilder
-       super ResolutionLayoutBuilder
+# Abstract Layout builder for mproperties using Binary Matrix (BM)
+abstract class MPropertyBMizer[E: MProperty]
+       super PropertyLayoutBuilder[E]
 
-       private var colorer: ResolutionColorer = new ResolutionColorer
+       type MPROP: MProperty
 
-       init do super
+       var mmodule: MModule
+
+       init(mmodule: MModule) do self.mmodule = mmodule
 
-       # Compute resolved types colors
        redef fun build_layout(elements) do
-               var result = new Layout[MType]
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(elements)
-               result.pos = self.colorer.colorize(elements)
+               var result = new Layout[E]
+               var ids = new HashMap[E, Int]
+               var lin = linearize_mclasses(elements)
+               for mclass in lin do
+                       for mproperty in properties(mclass) do
+                               if ids.has_key(mproperty) then continue
+                               ids[mproperty] = ids.length
+                       end
+               end
+               result.pos = ids
                return result
        end
+
+       # extract properties of a mclass
+       private fun properties(mclass: MClass): Set[E] do
+               var properties = new HashSet[E]
+               for mprop in self.mmodule.properties(mclass) do
+                       if mprop isa MPROP then properties.add(mprop)
+               end
+               return properties
+       end
+
+       private fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses: Set[MClass]): Array[MClass] is abstract
 end
 
-# Layout builder for resolution table using Perfect Hashing (PH)
-class PHResolutionLayoutBuilder
-       super ResolutionLayoutBuilder
+# Layout builder for vft using Binary Matrix (BM)
+class MMethodBMizer
+       super MPropertyBMizer[MMethod]
 
-       redef type LAYOUT: PHLayout[MClassType, MType]
+       redef type MPROP: MMethod
+       init(mmodule: MModule) do super(mmodule)
+       # Less holes in tables with reverse linearization for method tables
+       redef fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(mclasses)
+end
 
-       private var hasher: PerfectHasher[MClassType, MType]
+# Layout builder for attribute tables using Binary Matrix (BM)
+class MAttributeBMizer
+       super MPropertyBMizer[MAttribute]
 
-       init(operator: PHOperator) do self.hasher = new PerfectHasher[MClassType, MType](operator)
+       redef type MPROP: MAttribute
+       init(mmodule: MModule) do super(mmodule)
+       # Less holes in tables with linearization for attribute tables
+       redef fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses) do return self.mmodule.linearize_mclasses_2(mclasses)
+end
 
-       # Compute resolved types masks and hashes
-       redef fun build_layout(elements) do
-               var result = new PHLayout[MClassType, MType]
-               result.ids = self.compute_ids(elements)
-               result.pos = result.ids
-               result.masks = self.hasher.compute_masks(elements, result.ids)
-               result.hashes = self.hasher.compute_hashes(elements, result.ids, result.masks)
-               return result
-       end
+# BMizing for MVirtualTypeProps
+class MVirtualTypePropBMizer
+       super MPropertyBMizer[MVirtualTypeProp]
 
-       redef fun compute_ids(elements) do
-               var ids = new HashMap[MType, Int]
-               var color = 1
-               for mclasstype, mclasstypes in elements do
-                       for element in mclasstypes do
-                               if ids.has_key(element) then continue
-                               ids[element] = color
-                               color += 1
-                       end
-               end
-               return ids
-       end
+       redef type MPROP: MVirtualTypeProp
+       init(mmodule: MModule) do super(mmodule)
+       # Less holes in tables with reverse linearization for method tables
+       redef fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(mclasses)
 end
 
 # Colorers
 
-abstract class AbstractColorer[E: Object]
+# Abstract Layout builder for typing table using coloration (CL)
+abstract class TypingColorer[E: Object]
+       super TypingLayoutBuilder[E]
 
        private var core: Set[E] = new HashSet[E]
        private var crown: Set[E] = new HashSet[E]
@@ -366,7 +223,24 @@ abstract class AbstractColorer[E: Object]
 
        init do end
 
-       fun colorize(elements: Set[E]): Map[E, Int] do
+       # Compute the layout with coloring
+       redef fun build_layout(elements: Set[E]): Layout[E] do
+               var result = new Layout[E]
+               result.ids = compute_ids(elements)
+               result.pos = colorize(elements)
+               return result
+       end
+
+       private fun compute_ids(elements: Set[E]): Map[E, Int] do
+               var ids = new HashMap[E, Int]
+               var lin = reverse_linearize(elements)
+               for element in lin do
+                       ids[element] = ids.length
+               end
+               return ids
+       end
+
+       private fun colorize(elements: Set[E]): Map[E, Int] do
                tag_elements(elements)
                build_conflicts_graph(elements)
                colorize_elements(core)
@@ -486,9 +360,9 @@ abstract class AbstractColorer[E: Object]
        private fun reverse_linearize(elements: Set[E]): Array[E] is abstract
 end
 
-# MType coloring
-private class MTypeColorer
-       super AbstractColorer[MType]
+# Layout builder for typing tables based on types using coloration (CL)
+class MTypeColorer
+       super TypingColorer[MType]
 
        var mmodule: MModule
 
@@ -501,9 +375,9 @@ private class MTypeColorer
        redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mtypes(elements)
 end
 
-# MClass coloring
-private class MClassColorer
-       super AbstractColorer[MClass]
+# Layout builder for typing tables based on classes using coloration (CL)
+class MClassColorer
+       super TypingColorer[MClass]
 
        private var mmodule: MModule
 
@@ -513,12 +387,15 @@ private class MClassColorer
        fun parent_elements(element: MClass): Set[MClass] do return self.mmodule.parent_mclasses(element)
        redef fun is_element_mi(element, elements) do return self.parent_elements(element).length > 1
        redef fun sub_elements(element, elements) do do return self.mmodule.sub_mclasses(element)
-       redef fun linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.linearize_mclasses(elements)
+       redef fun linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.linearize_mclasses_2(elements)
        redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(elements)
 end
 
-# MProperty coloring
+# Abstract Layout builder for properties tables using coloration (CL)
 abstract class MPropertyColorer[E: MProperty]
+       super PropertyLayoutBuilder[E]
+
+       type MPROP: MProperty
 
        private var mmodule: MModule
        private var class_colorer: MClassColorer
@@ -529,7 +406,14 @@ abstract class MPropertyColorer[E: MProperty]
                self.class_colorer = new MClassColorer(mmodule)
        end
 
-       fun colorize(mclasses: Set[MClass]): Map[E, Int] do
+       # Compute mclasses ids and position using BM
+       redef fun build_layout(mclasses: Set[MClass]): Layout[E] do
+               var result = new Layout[E]
+               result.pos = self.colorize(mclasses)
+               return result
+       end
+
+       private fun colorize(mclasses: Set[MClass]): Map[E, Int] do
                self.class_colorer.tag_elements(mclasses)
                self.class_colorer.build_conflicts_graph(mclasses)
                self.colorize_core(self.class_colorer.core)
@@ -590,69 +474,71 @@ abstract class MPropertyColorer[E: MProperty]
        end
 
        # Filter properties
-       private fun properties(mclass: MClass): Set[E] is abstract
+       private fun properties(mclass: MClass): Set[E] do
+               var properties = new HashSet[E]
+               for mprop in self.mmodule.properties(mclass) do
+                       if mprop isa MPROP then properties.add(mprop)
+               end
+               return properties
+       end
 end
 
-# Coloring for MMethods
+# Layout builder for vft using coloration (CL)
 class MMethodColorer
        super MPropertyColorer[MMethod]
 
+       redef type MPROP: MMethod
        init(mmodule: MModule) do super
-
-       redef fun properties(mclass) do
-               var properties = new HashSet[MMethod]
-               for mprop in self.mmodule.properties(mclass) do
-                       if mprop isa MMethod then properties.add(mprop)
-               end
-               return properties
-       end
 end
 
-# Coloring for MMAttributes
+# Layout builder for attributes using coloration (CL)
 class MAttributeColorer
        super MPropertyColorer[MAttribute]
 
+       redef type MPROP: MAttribute
        init(mmodule: MModule) do super
-
-       redef fun properties(mclass) do
-               var properties = new HashSet[MAttribute]
-               for mprop in self.mmodule.properties(mclass) do
-                       if mprop isa MAttribute then properties.add(mprop)
-               end
-               return properties
-       end
 end
 
-# Coloring for MVirtualTypeProps
+# Layout builder for virtual types using coloration (CL)
 class MVirtualTypePropColorer
        super MPropertyColorer[MVirtualTypeProp]
 
+       redef type MPROP: MVirtualTypeProp
        init(mmodule: MModule) do super
-
-       redef fun properties(mclass) do
-               var properties = new HashSet[MVirtualTypeProp]
-               for mprop in self.mmodule.properties(mclass) do
-                       if mprop isa MVirtualTypeProp then properties.add(mprop)
-               end
-               return properties
-       end
 end
 
-# Colorer for type resolution table
+# Layout builder for resolution tables using coloration (CL)
 class ResolutionColorer
+       super ResolutionLayoutBuilder
 
        private var coloration_result: Map[MType, Int] = new HashMap[MType, Int]
 
        init do end
 
-       fun colorize(elements: Map[MClassType, Set[MType]]): Map[MType, Int] do
+       # Compute resolved types colors
+       redef fun build_layout(elements) do
                self.build_conflicts_graph(elements)
-               self.colorize_elements(elements)
-               return coloration_result
+               var result = new Layout[MType]
+               result.ids = self.compute_ids(elements)
+               result.pos = self.colorize_elements(elements)
+               return result
+       end
+
+       private fun compute_ids(elements: Map[MClassType, Set[MType]]): Map[MType, Int] do
+               var ids = new HashMap[MType, Int]
+               var color = 0
+               for mclasstype, mclasstypes in elements do
+                       for element in mclasstypes do
+                               if ids.has_key(element) then continue
+                               ids[element] = color
+                               color += 1
+                       end
+               end
+               return ids
        end
 
        # Colorize a collection of elements
-       fun colorize_elements(elements: Map[MClassType, Set[MType]]) do
+       private fun colorize_elements(elements: Map[MClassType, Set[MType]]): Map[MType, Int] do
                var min_color = 0
                for mclasstype, mclasstypes in elements do
                        for element in mclasstypes do
@@ -665,6 +551,7 @@ class ResolutionColorer
                                color = min_color
                        end
                end
+               return self.coloration_result
        end
 
        # Check if a related element to the element already use the color
@@ -709,6 +596,7 @@ private class PerfectHasher[T: Object, U: Object]
 
        init(operator: PHOperator) do self.operator = operator
 
+       # Compute mask for each holders
        fun compute_masks(conflicts: Map[T, Set[U]], ids: Map[U, Int]): Map[T, Int] do
                var masks = new HashMap[T, Int]
                for mclasstype, mtypes in conflicts do
@@ -735,6 +623,7 @@ private class PerfectHasher[T: Object, U: Object]
                return mask
        end
 
+       # Compute hash for each element in each holder
        fun compute_hashes(elements: Map[T, Set[U]], ids: Map[U, Int], masks: Map[T, Int]): Map[T, Map[U, Int]] do
                var hashes = new HashMap[T, Map[U, Int]]
                for mclasstype, mtypes in elements do
@@ -751,6 +640,7 @@ end
 
 # Abstract operator used for perfect hashing
 abstract class PHOperator
+       # hash `id` using `mask`
        fun op(mask: Int, id:Int): Int is abstract
 end
 
@@ -769,3 +659,178 @@ class PHAndOperator
        init do end
        redef fun op(mask, id) do return mask.bin_and(id)
 end
+
+# Layout builder for typing tables using perfect hashing (PH)
+class TypingHasher[E: Object]
+       super PerfectHasher[E, E]
+       super TypingLayoutBuilder[E]
+
+       var mmodule: MModule
+
+       init(operator: PHOperator, mmodule: MModule) do
+               super(operator)
+               self.mmodule = mmodule
+       end
+
+       redef fun build_layout(elements: Set[E]): PHLayout[E, E] do
+               var result = new PHLayout[E, E]
+               var conflicts = self.build_conflicts(elements)
+               result.ids = self.compute_ids(elements)
+               result.masks = self.compute_masks(conflicts, result.ids)
+               result.hashes = self.compute_hashes(conflicts, result.ids, result.masks)
+               return result
+       end
+
+       # Ids start from 1 instead of 0
+       private fun compute_ids(elements: Set[E]): Map[E, Int] do
+               var ids = new HashMap[E, Int]
+               var lin = self.reverse_linearize(elements)
+               for e in lin do
+                       ids[e] = ids.length + 1
+               end
+               return ids
+       end
+
+       private fun build_conflicts(elements: Set[E]): Map[E, Set[E]] do
+               var conflicts = new HashMap[E, Set[E]]
+               for e in elements do
+                       var supers = self.super_elements(e, elements)
+                       supers.add(e)
+                       conflicts[e] = supers
+               end
+               return conflicts
+       end
+
+       private fun super_elements(element: E, elements: Set[E]): Set[E] is abstract
+       private fun reverse_linearize(elements: Set[E]): Array[E] is abstract
+end
+
+# Layout builder for typing tables with types using perfect hashing (PH)
+class MTypeHasher
+       super TypingHasher[MType]
+
+       init(operator: PHOperator, mmodule: MModule) do super(operator, mmodule)
+
+       redef fun super_elements(element, elements) do
+               return self.mmodule.super_mtypes(element, elements)
+       end
+
+       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do
+               return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mtypes(elements)
+       end
+end
+
+# Layout builder for typing tables with classes using perfect hashing (PH)
+class MClassHasher
+       super TypingHasher[MClass]
+
+       init(operator: PHOperator, mmodule: MModule) do super(operator, mmodule)
+
+       redef fun super_elements(element, elements) do
+               return self.mmodule.super_mclasses(element)
+       end
+
+       redef fun reverse_linearize(elements) do
+               return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(elements)
+       end
+end
+
+# Abstract layout builder for properties tables using perfect hashing (PH)
+class MPropertyHasher[E: MProperty]
+       super PerfectHasher[MClass, E]
+       super PropertyLayoutBuilder[E]
+
+       type MPROP: MProperty
+
+       var mmodule: MModule
+
+       init(operator: PHOperator, mmodule: MModule) do
+               super(operator)
+               self.mmodule = mmodule
+       end
+
+       redef fun build_layout(mclasses) do
+               var result = new PHLayout[MClass, E]
+               var ids = new HashMap[E, Int]
+               var elements = new HashMap[MClass, Set[E]]
+               var lin = linearize_mclasses(mclasses)
+               for mclass in lin do
+                       var mproperties = properties(mclass)
+                       for mproperty in mproperties do
+                               if ids.has_key(mproperty) then continue
+                               ids[mproperty] = ids.length + 1
+                       end
+                       elements[mclass] = mproperties
+               end
+               result.ids = ids
+               result.pos = ids
+               result.masks = self.compute_masks(elements, ids)
+               result.hashes = self.compute_hashes(elements, ids, result.masks)
+               return result
+       end
+
+       # extract set of properties from mclass
+       private fun properties(mclass: MClass): Set[E] do
+               var properties = new HashSet[E]
+               for mprop in self.mmodule.properties(mclass) do
+                       if mprop isa MPROP then properties.add(mprop)
+               end
+               return properties
+       end
+
+       private fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses: Set[MClass]): Array[MClass] is abstract
+end
+
+# Layout builder for vft using perfect hashing (PH)
+class MMethodHasher
+       super MPropertyHasher[MMethod]
+
+       redef type MPROP: MMethod
+       init(operator: PHOperator, mmodule: MModule) do super(operator, mmodule)
+       redef fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(mclasses)
+end
+
+# Layout builder for attributes tables using perfect hashing (PH)
+class MAttributeHasher
+       super MPropertyHasher[MAttribute]
+
+       redef type MPROP: MAttribute
+       init(operator: PHOperator, mmodule: MModule) do super(operator, mmodule)
+       redef fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses) do return self.mmodule.linearize_mclasses_2(mclasses)
+end
+
+# Layout builder for virtual types tables using perfect hashing (PH)
+class MVirtualTypePropHasher
+       super MPropertyHasher[MVirtualTypeProp]
+
+       redef type MPROP: MVirtualTypeProp
+       init(operator: PHOperator, mmodule: MModule) do super(operator, mmodule)
+       redef fun linearize_mclasses(mclasses) do return self.mmodule.reverse_linearize_mclasses(mclasses)
+end
+
+# Layout builder for resolution tables using perfect hashing (PH)
+class ResolutionHasher
+       super PerfectHasher[MClassType, MType]
+       super ResolutionLayoutBuilder
+
+       init(operator: PHOperator) do super(operator)
+
+       # Compute resolved types masks and hashes
+       redef fun build_layout(elements) do
+               var result = new PHLayout[MClassType, MType]
+               var ids = new HashMap[MType, Int]
+               var color = 1
+               for mclasstype, mclasstypes in elements do
+                       for element in mclasstypes do
+                               if ids.has_key(element) then continue
+                               ids[element] = color
+                               color += 1
+                       end
+               end
+               result.ids = ids
+               result.pos = ids
+               result.masks = self.compute_masks(elements, ids)
+               result.hashes = self.compute_hashes(elements, ids, result.masks)
+               return result
+       end
+end