New CAT call

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Introcution

The ECMA standard introduces a new solution to the CAT call problem. Covariant redefinition of a formal argument is only possible to an detatchable type:

class A
feature
   f (a: ANY) do end
class B
feature
   f (a: STRING) do end   -- not valid
class B
feature
   f (a: ?STRING) do end   -- valid