Fix exponential merge recursion #222
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fixes an exponential recursion bug reproduced by the introduced benchmark
occurs when attempting to merge
__untyped_deduced_
map with a nil valuelhs
and non-nilrhs
.deduceAtom
will just return the same input, so merge will create a new branch for recursion. Every nested level of fields ends up exponentially creating more merge branches. This PR adds logic so that the extra nil subtree is not traversed needlessly, and only the other operand's type is used for traversal.