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+## Finalizing field layouts
+
+`FinalizeIR` now also settles field sizes and layouts, replaces symbolic field
+offsets by constants, and runs peepholes exposed by those constants. Recursive
+type construction must finish before layout is queried. The phase follows
+`Iter` and precedes `TypeCheck`; the driver includes it when compiling through
+any later stage.
+
## Methods and Final Fields and Classes
Methods are simply function values (final fields) declared inside a struct that