diff --git a/src/main/java/complexityparser/types/env/TypingEnv.java b/src/main/java/complexityparser/types/env/TypingEnv.java
index 93018fb5d0839e73910d4bbd8b2fdc60e2b8ec7e..87f7d77d2f8ba1c1f218ca0f3f4ab20f75cf554d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/complexityparser/types/env/TypingEnv.java
+++ b/src/main/java/complexityparser/types/env/TypingEnv.java
@@ -35,14 +35,14 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 /**
-* This class encodes typing environements, information about the operations and their (admissible) types.
+* This class encodes typing environements: information about the operations (operator, method, ...) and their (admissible) types.
 */
 public class TypingEnv {
     private static TypingEnv instance = null;
-    private HashMap<String, Operator> operators;
+    private HashMap<String, Operator> env;
 
     protected TypingEnv() {
-        operators = new HashMap<>();
+        env = new HashMap<>();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ public class TypingEnv {
      */
     public void clear() {
         ArrayList<String> keys = new ArrayList<>();
-        for(Map.Entry<String, Operator> entry : operators.entrySet()) {
+        for(Map.Entry<String, Operator> entry : env.entrySet()) {
             if(entry.getKey().contains("<root>")) {
                 keys.add(entry.getKey());
             }
         }
         for(String k : keys) {
-            operators.remove(k);
+            env.remove(k);
         }
     }
 
@@ -81,23 +81,24 @@ public class TypingEnv {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Adds an operator and a name to the hashmap operators.
+     * Adds an operator and a name to the typing environment.
      * @param k - a name
      * @param o - an operator
      */
     public void add(String k, Operator o) {
-        operators.put(k, o);
+        env.put(k, o);
     }
 
     /**
      * 
      * @param r - a name.
      * @param in - input tiers.
-     * @return an output tier matching an given operator namespace and input tiers given as parameters. A default output tier if no match is found.
+     * @return an output tier matching an given operator namespace and input tiers given as parameters. 
+     * A default output tier (None) if no match is found.
      */
     public Output findRes(String r, Tier... in) {
-        if(operators.containsKey(r)) {
-            return operators.get(r).findRes(in);
+        if(env.containsKey(r)) {
+            return env.get(r).findRes(in);
         }
         return new Output(Tier.None, Tier.None);
     }
@@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ public class TypingEnv {
      * @return a compatible output tier matching a namespace, a mask, and input tiers. A default output tier if no match is found.
      */
     public Output findCompatibleIn(String r, Mask m, Tier... in) {
-        if(operators.containsKey(r)) {
-            return operators.get(r).findCompatibleRes(m, in);
+        if(env.containsKey(r)) {
+            return env.get(r).findCompatibleRes(m, in);
         }
         return new Output(Tier.None, Tier.None);
     }
@@ -125,12 +126,12 @@ public class TypingEnv {
     public Output findMethod(String r, Tier... in) {
         Output res = null;
         TOS tos = TOS.getInstance();
-        while (!r.contains("<root>::Object::") && !operators.containsKey(r)) {
+        while (!r.contains("<root>::Object::") && !env.containsKey(r)) {
             r = tos.getParentNamespace(r);
         }
         //If the namespace is of the form <root>::Object:: then the method has not been found in the class hierarchy.
-         if(!r.contains("<root>::Object::") && operators.containsKey(r)) {
-            res = operators.get(r).findRes(in);
+         if(!r.contains("<root>::Object::") && env.containsKey(r)) {
+            res = env.get(r).findRes(in);
             res = checkOverrideMethod(r, res, in);
         }
         return res;
@@ -144,11 +145,11 @@ public class TypingEnv {
      */
     public Output findCompatibleMethod(String r, Mask m, Tier... in) {
         TOS tos = TOS.getInstance();
-        while (!r.contains("<root>::Object::") && !operators.containsKey(r)) {
+        while (!r.contains("<root>::Object::") && !env.containsKey(r)) {
             r = tos.getParentNamespace(r);
         }
-        if(!r.contains("<root>::Object") && operators.containsKey(r)) {
-            Input[] res = operators.get(r).findAllCompatibles(m, in);
+        if(!r.contains("<root>::Object") && env.containsKey(r)) {
+            Input[] res = env.get(r).findAllCompatibles(m, in);
             for(Input i : res) {
                 Output tmp = checkOverrideMethod(r, i.getOut(), i.getIn());
                 if( ! tmp.equals(new Output(Tier.None, Tier.None))) {
@@ -184,8 +185,8 @@ public class TypingEnv {
      */
     private Output checkOverrideMethod_aux(String r, Output out, Tier... in) {
         Output res = new Output(out.getOut(), out.getEnv());
-        if(operators.containsKey(r)) {
-            Output tmp = operators.get(r).findRes(in);
+        if(env.containsKey(r)) {
+            Output tmp = env.get(r).findRes(in);
             /*
             the method return type has to be typed by considering possible overridings:
             --if the return type is a primitive type: the output tier is the minimum of input tiers;
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ public class TypingEnv {
             The tier of the method body is the maximum of the input tiers.
              */
             res.setEnv(Tier.max(tmp.getEnv(), out.getEnv()));
-            if(operators.get(r).isPrimitiveReturnType()) {
+            if(env.get(r).isPrimitiveReturnType()) {
                 res.setOut(Tier.min(tmp.getOut(), out.getOut()));
             }
             else {
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ public class TypingEnv {
             for (int i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
                 Output tmp = checkOverrideMethod_aux(children[i], res, in);
                 res.setEnv(Tier.max(tmp.getEnv(), out.getEnv()));
-                if(operators.get(r).isPrimitiveReturnType()) {
+                if(env.get(r).isPrimitiveReturnType()) {
                     res.setOut(Tier.min(tmp.getOut(), out.getOut()));
                 }
                 else {
@@ -222,9 +223,9 @@ public class TypingEnv {
     }
 
     /**
-     * loads the operators from a file using the ANTLR grammar and the OperatorTypingEnvBuilder class.
+     * loads the operators FOTypes from a file using the ANTLR grammar and the OperatorTypingEnvBuilder class.
      * @param fileName - a file name.
-     * @return the singleton instance of Operators.
+     * @return the singleton instance of TypingEnv.
      */
     private static TypingEnv loadFromFile(String fileName) {
         TypingEnv res = null;
@@ -254,13 +255,13 @@ public class TypingEnv {
      * @return the operator associated with the given namespace
      */
     public Operator get(String namespace) {
-        return operators.get(namespace);
+        return env.get(namespace);
     }
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
         StringBuilder str = new StringBuilder();
-        for(Map.Entry<String, Operator> e : operators.entrySet()) {
+        for(Map.Entry<String, Operator> e : env.entrySet()) {
             str.append("\"");
             str.append(e.getKey());
             str.append("\" {\n");