go/types, types2: replace unifier type parameter list with a map

Further simplify the unifier by using a mapping from type parameter
to type (argument) handle, where a handle is just an indirection to
the actual type associated with the type parameter.

If multiple type parameters are "joined", i.e., share the same type
(argument), then they use the same handle. Thus, if one of the type
parameters gets a type, all type parameters sharing the same handle
get the same type.

The handles mapping replaces the indices list (mapping from type
parameter index to types index). Because each handle holds any
associated type directly, we also don't need a types list anymore.

We still keep the incoming type parameter list to maintain the same
order for printing and reporting inferred types. We may be able to
eliminate this list as well in future CLs.

Change-Id: I389527dbb325b828c91050e59902ae546c3d0347
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