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| author | Maxime Dénès | 2017-03-15 11:47:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Maxime Dénès | 2017-03-15 11:47:16 +0100 |
| commit | 0e07ace6b6810f70f99fffff924d8c499db18250 (patch) | |
| tree | 6fce7540b596c19caae63988d56b74b54051ae87 /dev/doc/api.txt | |
| parent | 229f858e8c37b577bd07a18f3ca1e0ecd0a912fe (diff) | |
| parent | 6eefbf216bd4d674f84a7827ecb205c6e12c33d3 (diff) | |
Merge PR#267: Proposal for an update of the recommended style in programming Coq.
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diff --git a/dev/doc/api.txt b/dev/doc/api.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..5827257b53 --- /dev/null +++ b/dev/doc/api.txt @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +Recommendations in using the API: + +The type of terms: constr (see kernel/constr.ml and kernel/term.ml) + +- On type constr, the canonical equality on CIC (up to + alpha-conversion and cast removal) is Constr.equal +- The type constr is abstract, use mkRel, mkSort, etc. to build + elements in constr; use "kind_of_term" to analyze the head of a + constr; use destRel, destSort, etc. when the head constructor is + known |