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-% TODO: unify the use of \form and \type to mean a type
-% or use \form specifically for a type of type Prop
-\chapter{Tactics
-\index{Tactics}
-\label{Tactics}}
-%HEVEA\cutname{tactics.html}
-
-A deduction rule is a link between some (unique) formula, that we call
-the {\em conclusion} and (several) formulas that we call the {\em
-premises}. A deduction rule can be read in two ways. The first
-one says: {\it ``if I know this and this then I can deduce
-this''}. For instance, if I have a proof of $A$ and a proof of $B$
-then I have a proof of $A \land B$. This is forward reasoning from
-premises to conclusion. The other way says: {\it ``to prove this I
-have to prove this and this''}. For instance, to prove $A \land B$, I
-have to prove $A$ and I have to prove $B$. This is backward reasoning
-from conclusion to premises. We say that the conclusion
-is the {\em goal}\index{goal} to prove and premises are the {\em
-subgoals}\index{subgoal}. The tactics implement {\em backward
-reasoning}. When applied to a goal, a tactic replaces this goal with
-the subgoals it generates. We say that a tactic reduces a goal to its
-subgoal(s).
-
-Each (sub)goal is denoted with a number. The current goal is numbered
-1. By default, a tactic is applied to the current goal, but one can
-address a particular goal in the list by writing {\sl n:\tac} which
-means {\it ``apply tactic {\tac} to goal number {\sl n}''}.
-We can show the list of subgoals by typing {\tt Show} (see
-Section~\ref{Show}).
-
-Since not every rule applies to a given statement, every tactic cannot be
-used to reduce any goal. In other words, before applying a tactic to a
-given goal, the system checks that some {\em preconditions} are
-satisfied. If it is not the case, the tactic raises an error message.
-
-Tactics are built from atomic tactics and tactic expressions (which
-extends the folklore notion of tactical) to combine those atomic
-tactics. This chapter is devoted to atomic tactics. The tactic
-language will be described in Chapter~\ref{TacticLanguage}.
-
-\section{Invocation of tactics
-\label{tactic-syntax}
-\index{tactic@{\tac}}}
-
-A tactic is applied as an ordinary command. It may be preceded by a
-goal selector (see Section \ref{ltac:selector}).
-If no selector is specified, the default
-selector (see Section \ref{default-selector}) is used.
-
-\newcommand{\toplevelselector}{\nterm{toplevel\_selector}}
-\begin{tabular}{lcl}
-{\commandtac} & ::= & {\toplevelselector} {\tt :} {\tac} {\tt .}\\
- & $|$ & {\tac} {\tt .}
-\end{tabular}
-\subsection[\tt Set Default Goal Selector ``\toplevelselector''.]
- {\tt Set Default Goal Selector ``\toplevelselector''.
- \optindex{Default Goal Selector}
- \label{default-selector}}
-After using this command, the default selector -- used when no selector
-is specified when applying a tactic -- is set to the chosen value. The
-initial value is $1$, hence the tactics are, by default, applied to
-the first goal. Using {\tt Set Default Goal Selector ``all''} will
-make is so that tactics are, by default, applied to every goal
-simultaneously. Then, to apply a tactic {\tt tac} to the first goal
-only, you can write {\tt 1:tac}. Although more selectors are available,
-only {\tt ``all''} or a single natural number are valid default
-goal selectors.
-
-\subsection[\tt Test Default Goal Selector.]
- {\tt Test Default Goal Selector.}
-This command displays the current default selector.
-
-\subsection{Bindings list
-\index{Binding list}
-\label{Binding-list}}
-
-Tactics that take a term as argument may also support a bindings list, so
-as to instantiate some parameters of the term by name or position.
-The general form of a term equipped with a bindings list is {\tt
-{\term} with {\bindinglist}} where {\bindinglist} may be of two
-different forms:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item In a bindings list of the form {\tt (\vref$_1$ := \term$_1$)
- \dots\ (\vref$_n$ := \term$_n$)}, {\vref} is either an {\ident} or a
- {\num}. The references are determined according to the type of
- {\term}. If \vref$_i$ is an identifier, this identifier has to be
- bound in the type of {\term} and the binding provides the tactic
- with an instance for the parameter of this name. If \vref$_i$ is
- some number $n$, this number denotes the $n$-th non dependent
- premise of the {\term}, as determined by the type of {\term}.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{No such binder}
-
-\item A bindings list can also be a simple list of terms {\tt
- \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$}. In that case the references to
- which these terms correspond are determined by the tactic. In case
- of {\tt induction}, {\tt destruct}, {\tt elim} and {\tt case} (see
- Section~\ref{elim}) the terms have to provide instances for all the
- dependent products in the type of \term\ while in the case of {\tt
- apply}, or of {\tt constructor} and its variants, only instances for
- the dependent products that are not bound in the conclusion of the
- type are required.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{Not the right number of missing arguments}
-\end{itemize}
-
-\subsection{Occurrences sets and occurrences clauses}
-\label{Occurrences_clauses}
-\index{Occurrences clauses}
-
-An occurrences clause is a modifier to some tactics that obeys the
-following syntax:
-
-\begin{tabular}{lcl}
-{\occclause} & ::= & {\tt in} {\occgoalset} \\
-{\occgoalset} & ::= &
- \zeroonelax{{\ident$_1$} \zeroone{\atoccurrences} {\tt ,} \\
-& & {\dots} {\tt ,}\\
-& & {\ident$_m$} \zeroone{\atoccurrences}}\\
-& & \zeroone{{\tt |-} \zeroone{{\tt *} \zeroone{\atoccurrences}}}\\
-& | &
- {\tt *} {\tt |-} \zeroone{{\tt *} \zeroone{\atoccurrences}}\\
-& | &
- {\tt *}\\
-{\atoccurrences} & ::= & {\tt at} {\occlist}\\
-{\occlist} & ::= & \zeroone{{\tt -}} {\num$_1$} \dots\ {\num$_n$}
-\end{tabular}
-
-The role of an occurrence clause is to select a set of occurrences of
-a {\term} in a goal. In the first case, the {{\ident$_i$}
-\zeroone{{\tt at} {\num$_1^i$} \dots\ {\num$_{n_i}^i$}}} parts
-indicate that occurrences have to be selected in the hypotheses named
-{\ident$_i$}. If no numbers are given for hypothesis {\ident$_i$},
-then all the occurrences of {\term} in the hypothesis are selected. If
-numbers are given, they refer to occurrences of {\term} when the term
-is printed using option {\tt Set Printing All} (see
-Section~\ref{SetPrintingAll}), counting from left to right. In
-particular, occurrences of {\term} in implicit arguments (see
-Section~\ref{Implicit Arguments}) or coercions (see
-Section~\ref{Coercions}) are counted.
-
-If a minus sign is given between {\tt at} and the list of occurrences,
-it negates the condition so that the clause denotes all the occurrences except
-the ones explicitly mentioned after the minus sign.
-
-As an exception to the left-to-right order, the occurrences in the
-{\tt return} subexpression of a {\tt match} are considered {\em
-before} the occurrences in the matched term.
-
-In the second case, the {\tt *} on the left of {\tt |-} means that
-all occurrences of {\term} are selected in every hypothesis.
-
-In the first and second case, if {\tt *} is mentioned on the right of
-{\tt |-}, the occurrences of the conclusion of the goal have to be
-selected. If some numbers are given, then only the occurrences denoted
-by these numbers are selected. In no numbers are given, all
-occurrences of {\term} in the goal are selected.
-
-Finally, the last notation is an abbreviation for {\tt * |- *}. Note
-also that {\tt |-} is optional in the first case when no {\tt *} is
-given.
-
-Here are some tactics that understand occurrences clauses:
-{\tt set}, {\tt remember}, {\tt induction}, {\tt destruct}.
-
-\SeeAlso~Sections~\ref{tactic:set}, \ref{Tac-induction}, \ref{SetPrintingAll}.
-
-\section{Applying theorems}
-
-\subsection{\tt exact \term}
-\tacindex{exact}
-\label{exact}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. It gives directly the exact proof
-term of the goal. Let {\T} be our goal, let {\tt p} be a term of type
-{\tt U} then {\tt exact p} succeeds iff {\tt T} and {\tt U} are
-convertible (see Section~\ref{conv-rules}).
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Not an exact proof}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
- \item \texttt{eexact \term}\tacindex{eexact}
-
- This tactic behaves like \texttt{exact} but is able to handle terms
- and goals with meta-variables.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt assumption}
-\tacindex{assumption}
-
-This tactic looks in the local context for an
-hypothesis which type is equal to the goal. If it is the case, the
-subgoal is proved. Otherwise, it fails.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No such assumption}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\tacindex{eassumption}
- \item \texttt{eassumption}
-
- This tactic behaves like \texttt{assumption} but is able to handle
- goals with meta-variables.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt refine \term}
-\tacindex{refine}
-\label{refine}
-\label{refine-example}
-\index{?@{\texttt{?}}}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. It behaves like {\tt exact} with a big
-difference: the user can leave some holes (denoted by \texttt{\_} or
-{\tt (\_:\type)}) in the term. {\tt refine} will generate as
-many subgoals as there are holes in the term. The type of holes must be
-either synthesized by the system or declared by an
-explicit cast like \verb|(_:nat->Prop)|. Any subgoal that occurs in other
-subgoals is automatically shelved, as if calling {\tt shelve\_unifiable}
-(see Section~\ref{shelve}).
-This low-level tactic can be useful to advanced users.
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Inductive Option : Set :=
- | Fail : Option
- | Ok : bool -> Option.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Definition get : forall x:Option, x <> Fail -> bool.
-refine
- (fun x:Option =>
- match x return x <> Fail -> bool with
- | Fail => _
- | Ok b => fun _ => b
- end).
-intros; absurd (Fail = Fail); trivial.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Defined.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{invalid argument}:
- the tactic \texttt{refine} does not know what to do
- with the term you gave.
-\item \texttt{Refine passed ill-formed term}: the term you gave is not
- a valid proof (not easy to debug in general).
- This message may also occur in higher-level tactics that call
- \texttt{refine} internally.
-\item \errindex{Cannot infer a term for this placeholder}:
- there is a hole in the term you gave
- which type cannot be inferred. Put a cast around it.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt simple refine \term}\tacindex{simple refine}
-
- This tactic behaves like {\tt refine}, but it does not shelve any
- subgoal. It does not perform any beta-reduction either.
-\item {\tt notypeclasses refine \term}\tacindex{notypeclasses refine}
-
- This tactic behaves like {\tt refine} except it performs typechecking
- without resolution of typeclasses.
-
-\item {\tt simple notypeclasses refine \term}\tacindex{simple
- notypeclasses refine}
-
- This tactic behaves like {\tt simple refine} except it performs typechecking
- without resolution of typeclasses.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt apply \term}
-\tacindex{apply}
-\label{apply}
-\label{eapply}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The argument {\term} is a term
-well-formed in the local context. The tactic {\tt apply} tries to
-match the current goal against the conclusion of the type of {\term}.
-If it succeeds, then the tactic returns as many subgoals as the number
-of non-dependent premises of the type of {\term}. If the conclusion of
-the type of {\term} does not match the goal {\em and} the conclusion
-is an inductive type isomorphic to a tuple type, then each component
-of the tuple is recursively matched to the goal in the left-to-right
-order.
-
-The tactic {\tt apply} relies on first-order unification with
-dependent types unless the conclusion of the type of {\term} is of the
-form {\tt ($P$ $t_1$ \dots\ $t_n$)} with $P$ to be instantiated. In
-the latter case, the behavior depends on the form of the goal. If the
-goal is of the form {\tt (fun $x$ => $Q$)~$u_1$~\ldots~$u_n$} and the
-$t_i$ and $u_i$ unifies, then $P$ is taken to be {\tt (fun $x$ => $Q$)}.
-Otherwise, {\tt apply} tries to define $P$ by abstracting over
-$t_1$~\ldots ~$t_n$ in the goal. See {\tt pattern} in
-Section~\ref{pattern} to transform the goal so that it gets the form
-{\tt (fun $x$ => $Q$)~$u_1$~\ldots~$u_n$}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Unable to unify \dots\ with \dots}
-
- The {\tt apply}
- tactic failed to match the conclusion of {\term} and the current goal.
- You can help the {\tt apply} tactic by transforming your
- goal with the {\tt change} or {\tt pattern} tactics (see
- sections~\ref{pattern},~\ref{change}).
-
-\item \errindex{Unable to find an instance for the variables
-{\ident} \dots\ {\ident}}
-
- This occurs when some instantiations of the premises of {\term} are not
- deducible from the unification. This is the case, for instance, when
- you want to apply a transitivity property. In this case, you have to
- use one of the variants below:
-
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item{\tt apply {\term} with {\term$_1$} \dots\ {\term$_n$}}
- \tacindex{apply \dots\ with}
-
- Provides {\tt apply} with explicit instantiations for all dependent
- premises of the type of {\term} that do not occur in the conclusion
- and consequently cannot be found by unification. Notice that
- {\term$_1$} \mbox{\dots} {\term$_n$} must be given according to the order
- of these dependent premises of the type of {\term}.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{Not the right number of missing arguments}
-
-\item{\tt apply {\term} with ({\vref$_1$} := {\term$_1$}) \dots\ ({\vref$_n$}
- := {\term$_n$})}
-
- This also provides {\tt apply} with values for instantiating
- premises. Here, variables are referred by names and non-dependent
- products by increasing numbers (see syntax in Section~\ref{Binding-list}).
-
-\item {\tt apply \term$_1$ , \mbox{\dots} , \term$_n$}
-
- This is a shortcut for {\tt apply} {\term$_1$} {\tt ; [ ..~|}
- \ldots~{\tt ; [ ..~| {\tt apply} {\term$_n$} ]} \ldots~{\tt ]}, i.e. for the
- successive applications of {\term$_{i+1}$} on the last subgoal
- generated by {\tt apply} {\term$_i$}, starting from the application
- of {\term$_1$}.
-
-\item {\tt eapply \term}\tacindex{eapply}
-
- The tactic {\tt eapply} behaves like {\tt apply} but it does not fail
- when no instantiations are deducible for some variables in the
- premises. Rather, it turns these variables into
- existential variables which are variables still to instantiate (see
- Section~\ref{evars}). The instantiation is intended to be found
- later in the proof.
-
-\item {\tt simple apply {\term}} \tacindex{simple apply}
-
- This behaves like {\tt apply} but it reasons modulo conversion only
- on subterms that contain no variables to instantiate. For instance,
- the following example does not succeed because it would require the
- conversion of {\tt id ?foo} and {\tt O}.
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Definition id (x : nat) := x.
-Hypothesis H : forall y, id y = y.
-Goal O = O.
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Fail simple apply H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
- Because it reasons modulo a limited amount of conversion, {\tt
- simple apply} fails quicker than {\tt apply} and it is then
- well-suited for uses in used-defined tactics that backtrack often.
- Moreover, it does not traverse tuples as {\tt apply} does.
-
-\item \zeroone{{\tt simple}} {\tt apply} {\term$_1$} \zeroone{{\tt with}
- {\bindinglist$_1$}} {\tt ,} \ldots {\tt ,} {\term$_n$} \zeroone{{\tt with}
- {\bindinglist$_n$}}\\
- \zeroone{{\tt simple}} {\tt eapply} {\term$_1$} \zeroone{{\tt with}
- {\bindinglist$_1$}} {\tt ,} \ldots {\tt ,} {\term$_n$} \zeroone{{\tt with}
- {\bindinglist$_n$}}
-
- This summarizes the different syntaxes for {\tt apply} and {\tt eapply}.
-
-\item {\tt lapply {\term}} \tacindex{lapply}
-
- This tactic applies to any goal, say {\tt G}. The argument {\term}
- has to be well-formed in the current context, its type being
- reducible to a non-dependent product {\tt A -> B} with {\tt B}
- possibly containing products. Then it generates two subgoals {\tt
- B->G} and {\tt A}. Applying {\tt lapply H} (where {\tt H} has type
- {\tt A->B} and {\tt B} does not start with a product) does the same
- as giving the sequence {\tt cut B. 2:apply H.} where {\tt cut} is
- described below.
-
- \Warning When {\term} contains more than one non
- dependent product the tactic {\tt lapply} only takes into account the
- first product.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\Example
-Assume we have a transitive relation {\tt R} on {\tt nat}:
-\label{eapply-example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Variable R : nat -> nat -> Prop.
-Hypothesis Rtrans : forall x y z:nat, R x y -> R y z -> R x z.
-Variables n m p : nat.
-Hypothesis Rnm : R n m.
-Hypothesis Rmp : R m p.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-Consider the goal {\tt (R n p)} provable using the transitivity of
-{\tt R}:
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Goal R n p.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-The direct application of {\tt Rtrans} with {\tt apply} fails because
-no value for {\tt y} in {\tt Rtrans} is found by {\tt apply}:
-
-%\begin{coq_eval}
-%Set Printing Depth 50.
-%(********** The following is not correct and should produce **********)
-%(**** Error: generated subgoal (R n ?17) has metavariables in it *****)
-%\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Fail apply Rtrans.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-A solution is to apply {\tt (Rtrans n m p)} or {\tt (Rtrans n m)}.
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-apply (Rtrans n m p).
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Undo.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-Note that {\tt n} can be inferred from the goal, so the following would
-work too.
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-apply (Rtrans _ m).
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Undo.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-More elegantly, {\tt apply Rtrans with (y:=m)} allows only mentioning
-the unknown {\tt m}:
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-apply Rtrans with (y := m).
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Undo.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-Another solution is to mention the proof of {\tt (R x y)} in {\tt
-Rtrans} \ldots
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-apply Rtrans with (1 := Rnm).
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Undo.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\ldots or the proof of {\tt (R y z)}.
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-apply Rtrans with (2 := Rmp).
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Undo.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-On the opposite, one can use {\tt eapply} which postpones the problem
-of finding {\tt m}. Then one can apply the hypotheses {\tt Rnm} and {\tt
-Rmp}. This instantiates the existential variable and completes the proof.
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-eapply Rtrans.
-apply Rnm.
-apply Rmp.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset R.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\noindent {\bf Remark: } When the conclusion of the type of the term
-to apply is an inductive type isomorphic to a tuple type and {\em apply}
-looks recursively whether a component of the tuple matches the goal,
-it excludes components whose statement would result in applying an
-universal lemma of the form {\tt forall A, ... -> A}. Excluding this
-kind of lemma can be avoided by setting the following option:
-
-\begin{quote}
-\optindex{Universal Lemma Under Conjunction}
-{\tt Set Universal Lemma Under Conjunction}
-\end{quote}
-
-This option, which preserves compatibility with versions of {\Coq}
-prior to 8.4 is also available for {\tt apply {\term} in {\ident}}
-(see Section~\ref{apply-in}).
-
-\subsection{\tt apply {\term} in {\ident}}
-\label{apply-in}
-\tacindex{apply \dots\ in}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The argument {\term} is a term
-well-formed in the local context and the argument {\ident} is an
-hypothesis of the context. The tactic {\tt apply {\term} in {\ident}}
-tries to match the conclusion of the type of {\ident} against a
-non-dependent premise of the type of {\term}, trying them from right to
-left. If it succeeds, the statement of hypothesis {\ident} is
-replaced by the conclusion of the type of {\term}. The tactic also
-returns as many subgoals as the number of other non-dependent premises
-in the type of {\term} and of the non-dependent premises of the type
-of {\ident}. If the conclusion of the type of {\term} does not match
-the goal {\em and} the conclusion is an inductive type isomorphic to a
-tuple type, then the tuple is (recursively) decomposed and the first
-component of the tuple of which a non-dependent premise matches the
-conclusion of the type of {\ident}. Tuples are decomposed in a
-width-first left-to-right order (for instance if the type of {\tt H1}
-is a \verb=A <-> B= statement, and the type of {\tt H2} is \verb=A=
-then {\tt apply H1 in H2} transforms the type of {\tt H2} into {\tt
- B}). The tactic {\tt apply} relies on first-order pattern-matching
-with dependent types.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Statement without assumptions}
-
-This happens if the type of {\term} has no non dependent premise.
-
-\item \errindex{Unable to apply}
-
-This happens if the conclusion of {\ident} does not match any of the
-non dependent premises of the type of {\term}.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt apply \nelist{\term}{,} in {\ident}}
-
-This applies each of {\term} in sequence in {\ident}.
-
-\item {\tt apply \nelist{{\term} with {\bindinglist}}{,} in {\ident}}
-
-This does the same but uses the bindings in each {\bindinglist} to
-instantiate the parameters of the corresponding type of {\term}
-(see syntax of bindings in Section~\ref{Binding-list}).
-
-\item {\tt eapply \nelist{{\term} with {\bindinglist}}{,} in {\ident}}
-\tacindex{eapply \dots\ in}
-
-This works as {\tt apply \nelist{{\term} with {\bindinglist}}{,} in
-{\ident}} but turns unresolved bindings into existential variables, if
-any, instead of failing.
-
-\item {\tt apply \nelist{{\term} with {\bindinglist}}{,} in {\ident} as {\intropattern}}
-
-This works as {\tt apply \nelist{{\term} with {\bindinglist}}{,} in
-{\ident}} then applies the {\intropattern} to the hypothesis {\ident}.
-
-\item {\tt eapply \nelist{{\term} with {\bindinglist}}{,} in {\ident} as {\intropattern}}
-
-This works as {\tt apply \nelist{{\term} with {\bindinglist}}{,} in {\ident} as {\intropattern}} but using {\tt eapply}.
-
-\item {\tt simple apply {\term} in {\ident}}
-\tacindex{simple apply \dots\ in}
-\tacindex{simple eapply \dots\ in}
-
-This behaves like {\tt apply {\term} in {\ident}} but it reasons
-modulo conversion only on subterms that contain no variables to
-instantiate. For instance, if {\tt id := fun x:nat => x} and {\tt H :
- forall y, id y = y -> True} and {\tt H0 :\ O = O} then {\tt simple
- apply H in H0} does not succeed because it would require the
-conversion of {\tt id ?1234} and {\tt O} where {\tt ?1234} is a variable to
-instantiate. Tactic {\tt simple apply {\term} in {\ident}} does not
-either traverse tuples as {\tt apply {\term} in {\ident}} does.
-
-\item {\tt \zeroone{simple} apply \nelist{{\term} \zeroone{with {\bindinglist}}}{,} in {\ident} \zeroone{as {\intropattern}}}\\
-{\tt \zeroone{simple} eapply \nelist{{\term} \zeroone{with {\bindinglist}}}{,} in {\ident} \zeroone{as {\intropattern}}}
-
-This summarizes the different syntactic variants of {\tt apply {\term}
- in {\ident}} and {\tt eapply {\term} in {\ident}}.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt constructor \num}
-\label{constructor}
-\tacindex{constructor}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal such that its conclusion is
-an inductive type (say {\tt I}). The argument {\num} must be less
-or equal to the numbers of constructor(s) of {\tt I}. Let {\tt ci} be
-the {\tt i}-th constructor of {\tt I}, then {\tt constructor i} is
-equivalent to {\tt intros; apply ci}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Not an inductive product}
-\item \errindex{Not enough constructors}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item \texttt{constructor}
-
- This tries \texttt{constructor 1} then \texttt{constructor 2},
- \dots\ , then \texttt{constructor} \textit{n} where \textit{n} is
- the number of constructors of the head of the goal.
-
-\item {\tt constructor \num~with} {\bindinglist}
-
- Let {\tt ci} be the {\tt i}-th constructor of {\tt I}, then {\tt
- constructor i with \bindinglist} is equivalent to {\tt intros;
- apply ci with \bindinglist}.
-
- \Warning the terms in the \bindinglist\ are checked
- in the context where {\tt constructor} is executed and not in the
- context where {\tt apply} is executed (the introductions are not
- taken into account).
-
-% To document?
-% \item {\tt constructor {\tactic}}
-
-\item {\tt split}\tacindex{split}
-
- This applies only if {\tt I} has a single constructor. It is then
- equivalent to {\tt constructor 1}. It is typically used in the case
- of a conjunction $A\land B$.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{Not an inductive goal with 1 constructor}
-
-\item {\tt exists {\bindinglist}}\tacindex{exists}
-
- This applies only if {\tt I} has a single constructor. It is then
- equivalent to {\tt intros; constructor 1 with \bindinglist}. It is
- typically used in the case of an existential quantification $\exists
- x, P(x)$.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{Not an inductive goal with 1 constructor}
-
-\item {\tt exists \nelist{\bindinglist}{,}}
-
- This iteratively applies {\tt exists {\bindinglist}}.
-
-\item {\tt left}\tacindex{left}\\
- {\tt right}\tacindex{right}
-
- These tactics apply only if {\tt I} has two constructors, for instance
- in the case of a
- disjunction $A\lor B$. Then, they are respectively equivalent to {\tt
- constructor 1} and {\tt constructor 2}.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{Not an inductive goal with 2 constructors}
-
-\item {\tt left with \bindinglist}\\
- {\tt right with \bindinglist}\\
- {\tt split with \bindinglist}
-
- As soon as the inductive type has the right number of constructors,
- these expressions are equivalent to calling {\tt
- constructor $i$ with \bindinglist} for the appropriate $i$.
-
-\item \texttt{econstructor}\tacindex{econstructor}\\
- \texttt{eexists}\tacindex{eexists}\\
- \texttt{esplit}\tacindex{esplit}\\
- \texttt{eleft}\tacindex{eleft}\\
- \texttt{eright}\tacindex{eright}
-
- These tactics and their variants behave like \texttt{constructor},
- \texttt{exists}, \texttt{split}, \texttt{left}, \texttt{right} and
- their variants but they introduce existential variables instead of
- failing when the instantiation of a variable cannot be found (cf
- \texttt{eapply} and Section~\ref{eapply-example}).
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\section{Managing the local context}
-
-\subsection{\tt intro}
-\tacindex{intro}
-\label{intro}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal that is either a product or starts with
-a let binder. If the goal is a product, the tactic implements the
-``Lam''\index{Typing rules!Lam} rule given in
-Section~\ref{Typed-terms}\footnote{Actually, only the second subgoal will be
-generated since the other one can be automatically checked.}. If the
-goal starts with a let binder, then the tactic implements a mix of the
-``Let''\index{Typing rules!Let} and ``Conv''\index{Typing rules!Conv}.
-
-If the current goal is a dependent product $\forall x:T,~U$ (resp {\tt
-let $x$:=$t$ in $U$}) then {\tt intro} puts {\tt $x$:$T$} (resp {\tt $x$:=$t$})
- in the local context.
-% Obsolete (quantified names already avoid hypotheses names):
-% Otherwise, it puts
-% {\tt x}{\it n}{\tt :T} where {\it n} is such that {\tt x}{\it n} is a
-%fresh name.
-The new subgoal is $U$.
-% If the {\tt x} has been renamed {\tt x}{\it n} then it is replaced
-% by {\tt x}{\it n} in {\tt U}.
-
-If the goal is a non-dependent product $T \to U$, then it puts
-in the local context either {\tt H}{\it n}{\tt :$T$} (if $T$ is of
-type {\tt Set} or {\tt Prop}) or {\tt X}{\it n}{\tt :$T$} (if the type
-of $T$ is {\tt Type}). The optional index {\it n} is such that {\tt
-H}{\it n} or {\tt X}{\it n} is a fresh identifier.
-In both cases, the new subgoal is $U$.
-
-If the goal is neither a product nor starting with a let definition,
-the tactic {\tt intro} applies the tactic {\tt hnf} until the tactic
-{\tt intro} can be applied or the goal is not head-reducible.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No product even after head-reduction}
-\item \errindexbis{{\ident} is already used}{is already used}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt intros}\tacindex{intros}
-
- This repeats {\tt intro} until it meets the head-constant. It never reduces
- head-constants and it never fails.
-
-\item {\tt intro {\ident}}
-
- This applies {\tt intro} but forces {\ident} to be the name of the
- introduced hypothesis.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{name {\ident} is already used}
-
- \Rem If a name used by {\tt intro} hides the base name of a global
- constant then the latter can still be referred to by a qualified name
- (see \ref{LongNames}).
-
-\item {\tt intros \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
- This is equivalent to the composed tactic {\tt intro \ident$_1$; \dots\ ;
- intro \ident$_n$}.
-
- More generally, the \texttt{intros} tactic takes a pattern as
- argument in order to introduce names for components of an inductive
- definition or to clear introduced hypotheses. This is explained
- in~\ref{intros-pattern}.
-
-\item {\tt intros until {\ident}} \tacindex{intros until}
-
- This repeats {\tt intro} until it meets a premise of the goal having form
- {\tt (} {\ident}~{\tt :}~{\term} {\tt )} and discharges the variable
- named {\ident} of the current goal.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{No such hypothesis in current goal}
-
-\item {\tt intros until {\num}} \tacindex{intros until}
-
- This repeats {\tt intro} until the {\num}-th non-dependent product. For
- instance, on the subgoal %
- \verb+forall x y:nat, x=y -> y=x+ the tactic \texttt{intros until 1}
- is equivalent to \texttt{intros x y H}, as \verb+x=y -> y=x+ is the
- first non-dependent product. And on the subgoal %
- \verb+forall x y z:nat, x=y -> y=x+ the tactic \texttt{intros until 1}
- is equivalent to \texttt{intros x y z} as the product on \texttt{z}
- can be rewritten as a non-dependent product: %
- \verb+forall x y:nat, nat -> x=y -> y=x+
-
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{No such hypothesis in current goal}
-
- This happens when {\num} is 0 or is greater than the number of non-dependent
- products of the goal.
-
-\item {\tt intro after \ident} \tacindex{intro after}\\
- {\tt intro before \ident} \tacindex{intro before}\\
- {\tt intro at top} \tacindex{intro at top}\\
- {\tt intro at bottom} \tacindex{intro at bottom}
-
- These tactics apply {\tt intro} and move the freshly introduced hypothesis
- respectively after the hypothesis \ident{}, before the hypothesis
- \ident{}, at the top of the local context, or at the bottom of the
- local context. All hypotheses on which the new hypothesis depends
- are moved too so as to respect the order of dependencies between
- hypotheses. Note that {\tt intro at bottom} is a synonym for {\tt
- intro} with no argument.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{No such hypothesis} : {\ident}
-
-\item {\tt intro \ident$_1$ after \ident$_2$}\\
- {\tt intro \ident$_1$ before \ident$_2$}\\
- {\tt intro \ident$_1$ at top}\\
- {\tt intro \ident$_1$ at bottom}
-
- These tactics behave as previously but naming the introduced hypothesis
- \ident$_1$. It is equivalent to {\tt intro \ident$_1$} followed by
- the appropriate call to {\tt move}~(see Section~\ref{move}).
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt intros {\intropatternlist}}
-\label{intros-pattern}
-\tacindex{intros \intropattern}
-\index{Introduction patterns}
-\index{Naming introduction patterns}
-\index{Disjunctive/conjunctive introduction patterns}
-\index{Disjunctive/conjunctive introduction patterns}
-\index{Equality introduction patterns}
-
-This extension of the tactic {\tt intros} allows to apply tactics on
-the fly on the variables or hypotheses which have been introduced. An
-{\em introduction pattern list} {\intropatternlist} is a list of
-introduction patterns possibly containing the filling introduction
-patterns {\tt *} and {\tt **}. An {\em introduction pattern} is
-either:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item a {\em naming introduction pattern}, i.e. either one of:
- \begin{itemize}
- \item the pattern \texttt{?}
- \item the pattern \texttt{?\ident}
- \item an identifier
- \end{itemize}
-\item an {\em action introduction pattern} which itself classifies into:
- \begin{itemize}
- \item a {\em disjunctive/conjunctive introduction pattern}, i.e. either one of:
- \begin{itemize}
- \item a disjunction of lists of patterns:
- {\tt [$\intropatternlist_1$ | \dots\ | $\intropatternlist_n$]}
- \item a conjunction of patterns: {\tt ($p_1$ , \dots\ , $p_n$)}
- \item a list of patterns {\tt ($p_1$ \&\ \dots\ \&\ $p_n$)}
- for sequence of right-associative binary constructs
- \end{itemize}
- \item an {\em equality introduction pattern}, i.e. either one of:
- \begin{itemize}
- \item a pattern for decomposing an equality: {\tt [= $p_1$ \dots\ $p_n$]}
- \item the rewriting orientations: {\tt ->} or {\tt <-}
- \end{itemize}
- \item the on-the-fly application of lemmas: $p${\tt \%{\term$_1$}}
- \ldots {\tt \%{\term$_n$}} where $p$ itself is not a pattern for
- on-the-fly application of lemmas (note: syntax is in experimental stage)
- \end{itemize}
-\item the wildcard: {\tt \_}
-\end{itemize}
-
-Assuming a goal of type $Q \to P$ (non-dependent product), or
-of type $\forall x:T,~P$ (dependent product), the behavior of
-{\tt intros $p$} is defined inductively over the structure of the
-introduction pattern~$p$:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item introduction on \texttt{?} performs the introduction, and lets {\Coq}
- choose a fresh name for the variable;
-\item introduction on \texttt{?\ident} performs the introduction, and
- lets {\Coq} choose a fresh name for the variable based on {\ident};
-\item introduction on \texttt{\ident} behaves as described in
- Section~\ref{intro};
-\item introduction over a disjunction of list of patterns {\tt
- [$\intropatternlist_{1}$ | \dots\ | $\intropatternlist_n$]} expects
- the product to be over an inductive type whose number of
- constructors is $n$ (or more generally over a type of conclusion an
- inductive type built from $n$ constructors, e.g. {\tt C ->
- A\textbackslash/B} with $n=2$ since {\tt A\textbackslash/B} has 2
- constructors): it destructs the introduced hypothesis as {\tt
- destruct} (see Section~\ref{destruct}) would and applies on each
- generated subgoal the corresponding tactic;
- \texttt{intros}~$\intropatternlist_i$. The introduction patterns in
- $\intropatternlist_i$ are expected to consume no more than the
- number of arguments of the $i^{\mbox{\scriptsize th}}$
- constructor. If it consumes less, then {\Coq} completes the pattern
- so that all the arguments of the constructors of the inductive type
- are introduced (for instance, the list of patterns {\tt [$\;$|$\;$]
- H} applied on goal {\tt forall x:nat, x=0 -> 0=x} behaves the same
- as the list of patterns {\tt [$\,$|$\,$?$\,$] H});
-\item introduction over a conjunction of patterns {\tt ($p_1$, \ldots,
- $p_n$)} expects the goal to be a product over an inductive type $I$ with a
- single constructor that itself has at least $n$ arguments: it
- performs a case analysis over the hypothesis, as {\tt destruct}
- would, and applies the patterns $p_1$~\ldots~$p_n$ to the arguments
- of the constructor of $I$ (observe that {\tt ($p_1$, {\ldots},
- $p_n$)} is an alternative notation for {\tt [$p_1$ {\ldots}
- $p_n$]});
-\item introduction via {\tt ($p_1$ \& \dots\ \& $p_n$)}
- is a shortcut for introduction via
- {\tt ($p_1$,(\ldots,(\dots,$p_n$)\ldots))}; it expects the
- hypothesis to be a sequence of right-associative binary inductive
- constructors such as {\tt conj} or {\tt ex\_intro}; for instance, an
- hypothesis with type {\tt A\verb|/\|(exists x, B\verb|/\|C\verb|/\|D)} can be
- introduced via pattern {\tt (a \& x \& b \& c \& d)};
-\item if the product is over an equality type, then a pattern of the
- form {\tt [= $p_{1}$ \dots\ $p_n$]} applies either {\tt injection}
- (see Section~\ref{injection}) or {\tt discriminate} (see
- Section~\ref{discriminate}) instead of {\tt destruct}; if {\tt
- injection} is applicable, the patterns $p_1$, \ldots, $p_n$ are
- used on the hypotheses generated by {\tt injection}; if the number
- of patterns is smaller than the number of hypotheses generated, the
- pattern \texttt{?} is used to complete the list;
- %TODO!
- %if {\tt discriminate} is applicable, the list of patterns $p_{1}$
- %\dots\ $p_n$ is supposed to be empty;
-\item introduction over {\tt ->} (respectively {\tt <-}) expects the
- hypothesis to be an equality and the right-hand-side (respectively
- the left-hand-side) is replaced by the left-hand-side (respectively
- the right-hand-side) in the conclusion of the goal; the hypothesis
- itself is erased; if the term to substitute is a variable, it is
- substituted also in the context of goal and the variable is removed
- too;
-\item introduction over a pattern $p${\tt \%{\term$_1$}} \ldots {\tt
- \%{\term$_n$}} first applies {\term$_1$},\ldots, {\term$_n$} on the
- hypothesis to be introduced (as in {\tt apply }{\term}$_1$, \ldots,
- {\term}$_n$ {\tt in}) prior to the application of the introduction
- pattern $p$;
-\item introduction on the wildcard depends on whether the product is
- dependent or not: in the non-dependent case, it erases the
- corresponding hypothesis (i.e. it behaves as an {\tt intro} followed
- by a {\tt clear}, cf Section~\ref{clear}) while in the dependent
- case, it succeeds and erases the variable only if the wildcard is
- part of a more complex list of introduction patterns that also
- erases the hypotheses depending on this variable;
-\item introduction over {\tt *} introduces all forthcoming quantified
- variables appearing in a row; introduction over {\tt **} introduces
- all forthcoming quantified variables or hypotheses until the goal is
- not any more a quantification or an implication.
-\end{itemize}
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Goal forall A B C:Prop, A \/ B /\ C -> (A -> C) -> C.
-intros * [a | (_,c)] f.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\Rem {\tt intros $p_1~\ldots~p_n$} is not equivalent to \texttt{intros
- $p_1$;\ldots; intros $p_n$} for the following reason: If one of the
-$p_i$ is a wildcard pattern, he might succeed in the first case
-because the further hypotheses it depends in are eventually erased too
-while it might fail in the second case because of dependencies in
-hypotheses which are not yet introduced (and a fortiori not yet
-erased).
-
-\Rem In {\tt intros $\intropatternlist$}, if the last introduction
-pattern is a disjunctive or conjunctive pattern {\tt
- [$\intropatternlist_1$ | \dots\ | $\intropatternlist_n$]}, the
-completion of $\intropatternlist_i$ so that all the arguments of the
-$i^{\mbox{\scriptsize th}}$ constructors of the corresponding
-inductive type are introduced can be controlled with the
-following option:
-\optindex{Bracketing Last Introduction Pattern}
-
-\begin{quote}
-{\tt Set Bracketing Last Introduction Pattern}
-\end{quote}
-
-Force completion, if needed, when the last introduction pattern is a
-disjunctive or conjunctive pattern (this is the default).
-
-\begin{quote}
-{\tt Unset Bracketing Last Introduction Pattern}
-\end{quote}
-
-Deactivate completion when the last introduction pattern is a disjunctive
-or conjunctive pattern.
-
-
-
-\subsection{\tt clear \ident}
-\tacindex{clear}
-\label{clear}
-
-This tactic erases the hypothesis named {\ident} in the local context
-of the current goal. As a consequence, {\ident} is no more displayed and no more
-usable in the proof development.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No such hypothesis}
-\item \errindexbis{{\ident} is used in the conclusion}{is used in the
- conclusion}
-\item \errindexbis{{\ident} is used in the hypothesis {\ident'}}{is
- used in the hypothesis}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt clear {\ident$_1$} \dots\ {\ident$_n$}}
-
- This is equivalent to {\tt clear {\ident$_1$}. {\ldots} clear
- {\ident$_n$}.}
-
-\item {\tt clearbody {\ident}}\tacindex{clearbody}
-
- This tactic expects {\ident} to be a local definition then clears
- its body. Otherwise said, this tactic turns a definition into an
- assumption.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindexbis{{\ident} is not a local definition}{is not a local definition}
-
-\item \texttt{clear - {\ident$_1$} \dots\ {\ident$_n$}}
-
- This tactic clears all the hypotheses except the ones depending in
- the hypotheses named {\ident$_1$} {\ldots} {\ident$_n$} and in the
- goal.
-
-\item \texttt{clear}
-
- This tactic clears all the hypotheses except the ones the goal depends on.
-
-\item {\tt clear dependent \ident \tacindex{clear dependent}}
-
- This clears the hypothesis \ident\ and all the hypotheses
- that depend on it.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt revert \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-\tacindex{revert}
-\label{revert}
-
-This applies to any goal with variables \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$.
-It moves the hypotheses (possibly defined) to the goal, if this respects
-dependencies. This tactic is the inverse of {\tt intro}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No such hypothesis}
-\item \errindexbis{{\ident} is used in the hypothesis {\ident'}}{is
- used in the hypothesis}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt revert dependent \ident \tacindex{revert dependent}}
-
- This moves to the goal the hypothesis {\ident} and all the hypotheses
- that depend on it.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt move {\ident$_1$} after {\ident$_2$}}
-\tacindex{move}
-\label{move}
-
-This moves the hypothesis named {\ident$_1$} in the local context
-after the hypothesis named {\ident$_2$}, where ``after'' is in
-reference to the direction of the move. The proof term is not changed.
-
-If {\ident$_1$} comes before {\ident$_2$} in the order of
-dependencies, then all the hypotheses between {\ident$_1$} and
-{\ident$_2$} that (possibly indirectly) depend on {\ident$_1$} are
-moved too, and all of them are thus moved after {\ident$_2$} in the
-order of dependencies.
-
-If {\ident$_1$} comes after {\ident$_2$} in the order of dependencies,
-then all the hypotheses between {\ident$_1$} and {\ident$_2$} that
-(possibly indirectly) occur in the type of {\ident$_1$} are moved
-too, and all of them are thus moved before {\ident$_2$} in the order
-of dependencies.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt move {\ident$_1$} before {\ident$_2$}}
-
-This moves {\ident$_1$} towards and just before the hypothesis named
-{\ident$_2$}. As for {\tt move {\ident$_1$} after {\ident$_2$}},
-dependencies over {\ident$_1$} (when {\ident$_1$} comes before
-{\ident$_2$} in the order of dependencies) or in the type of
-{\ident$_1$} (when {\ident$_1$} comes after {\ident$_2$} in the order
-of dependencies) are moved too.
-
-\item {\tt move {\ident} at top}
-
-This moves {\ident} at the top of the local context (at the beginning of the context).
-
-\item {\tt move {\ident} at bottom}
-
-This moves {\ident} at the bottom of the local context (at the end of the context).
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-
-\item \errindex{No such hypothesis}
-
-\item \errindex{Cannot move {\ident$_1$} after {\ident$_2$}:
- it occurs in the type of {\ident$_2$}}
-
-\item \errindex{Cannot move {\ident$_1$} after {\ident$_2$}:
- it depends on {\ident$_2$}}
-
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Goal forall x :nat, x = 0 -> forall z y:nat, y=y-> 0=x.
-intros x H z y H0.
-move x after H0.
-Undo.
-move x before H0.
-Undo.
-move H0 after H.
-Undo.
-move H0 before H.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\subsection{\tt rename {\ident$_1$} into {\ident$_2$}}
-\tacindex{rename}
-
-This renames hypothesis {\ident$_1$} into {\ident$_2$} in the current
-context. The name of the hypothesis in the proof-term, however, is left
-unchanged.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt rename {\ident$_1$} into {\ident$_2$}, \ldots,
- {\ident$_{2k-1}$} into {\ident$_{2k}$}}
-
-This renames the variables {\ident$_1$} \ldots {\ident$_2k-1$} into respectively
-{\ident$_2$} \ldots {\ident$_2k$} in parallel. In particular, the target
-identifiers may contain identifiers that exist in the source context, as long
-as the latter are also renamed by the same tactic.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No such hypothesis}
-\item \errindexbis{{\ident$_2$} is already used}{is already used}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\subsection{\tt set ( {\ident} := {\term} )}
-\label{tactic:set}
-\tacindex{set}
-
-This replaces {\term} by {\ident} in the conclusion of the current goal
-and adds the new definition {\tt {\ident} := \term} to the local context.
-
-If {\term} has holes (i.e. subexpressions of the form ``\_''), the
-tactic first checks that all subterms matching the pattern are
-compatible before doing the replacement using the leftmost subterm
-matching the pattern.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{The variable {\ident} is already defined}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt set ( {\ident} := {\term} ) in {\occgoalset}}
-
-This notation allows specifying which occurrences of {\term} have to
-be substituted in the context. The {\tt in {\occgoalset}} clause is an
-occurrence clause whose syntax and behavior are described in
-Section~\ref{Occurrences_clauses}.
-
-\item {\tt set ( {\ident} \nelistnosep{\binder} := {\term} )}
-
- This is equivalent to {\tt set ( {\ident} := fun
- \nelistnosep{\binder} => {\term} )}.
-
-\item {\tt set \term}
-
- This behaves as {\tt set (} {\ident} := {\term} {\tt )} but {\ident}
- is generated by {\Coq}. This variant also supports an occurrence clause.
-
-\item {\tt set ( {\ident$_0$} \nelistnosep{\binder} := {\term} ) in {\occgoalset}}\\
- {\tt set {\term} in {\occgoalset}}
-
- These are the general forms that combine the previous possibilities.
-
-\item {\tt eset ( {\ident$_0$} \nelistnosep{\binder} := {\term} ) in {\occgoalset}}\tacindex{eset}\\
- {\tt eset {\term} in {\occgoalset}}
-
- While the different variants of \texttt{set} expect that no
- existential variables are generated by the tactic, \texttt{eset}
- removes this constraint. In practice, this is relevant only when
- \texttt{eset} is used as a synonym of \texttt{epose}, i.e. when the
- term does not occur in the goal.
-
-\item {\tt remember {\term} as {\ident}}\tacindex{remember}
-
- This behaves as {\tt set ( {\ident} := {\term} ) in *} and using a
- logical (Leibniz's) equality instead of a local definition.
-
-\item {\tt remember {\term} as {\ident} eqn:{\ident}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt remember {\term} as {\ident}}, except
- that the name of the generated equality is also given.
-
-\item {\tt remember {\term} as {\ident} in {\occgoalset}}
-
- This is a more general form of {\tt remember} that remembers the
- occurrences of {\term} specified by an occurrences set.
-
-\item
- {\tt eremember {\term} as {\ident}}\tacindex{eremember}\\
- {\tt eremember {\term} as {\ident} in {\occgoalset}}\\
- {\tt eremember {\term} as {\ident} eqn:{\ident}}
-
- While the different variants of \texttt{remember} expect that no
- existential variables are generated by the tactic, \texttt{eremember}
- removes this constraint.
-
-\item {\tt pose ( {\ident} := {\term} )}\tacindex{pose}
-
- This adds the local definition {\ident} := {\term} to the current
- context without performing any replacement in the goal or in the
- hypotheses. It is equivalent to {\tt set ( {\ident} {\tt :=}
- {\term} {\tt ) in |-}}.
-
-\item {\tt pose ( {\ident} \nelistnosep{\binder} := {\term} )}
-
- This is equivalent to {\tt pose (} {\ident} {\tt :=} {\tt fun}
- \nelistnosep{\binder} {\tt =>} {\term} {\tt )}.
-
-\item{\tt pose {\term}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt pose ( {\ident} := {\term} )} but
- {\ident} is generated by {\Coq}.
-
-\item {\tt epose ( {\ident} := {\term} )}\tacindex{epose}\\
- {\tt epose ( {\ident} \nelistnosep{\binder} := {\term} )}\\
- {\tt epose {\term}}
-
- While the different variants of \texttt{pose} expect that no
- existential variables are generated by the tactic, \texttt{epose}
- removes this constraint.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt decompose [ {\qualid$_1$} \dots\ {\qualid$_n$} ] \term}
-\label{decompose}
-\tacindex{decompose}
-
-This tactic recursively decomposes a
-complex proposition in order to obtain atomic ones.
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Goal forall A B C:Prop, A /\ B /\ C \/ B /\ C \/ C /\ A -> C.
-intros A B C H; decompose [and or] H; assumption.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Qed.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-{\tt decompose} does not work on right-hand sides of implications or products.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt decompose sum \term}\tacindex{decompose sum}
-
- This decomposes sum types (like \texttt{or}).
-
-\item {\tt decompose record \term}\tacindex{decompose record}
-
- This decomposes record types (inductive types with one constructor,
- like \texttt{and} and \texttt{exists} and those defined with the
- \texttt{Record} macro, see Section~\ref{Record}).
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\section{Controlling the proof flow}
-
-\subsection{\tt assert ( {\ident} :\ {\form} )}
-\tacindex{assert}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. {\tt assert (H : U)} adds a new
-hypothesis of name \texttt{H} asserting \texttt{U} to the current goal
-and opens a new subgoal \texttt{U}\footnote{This corresponds to the
- cut rule of sequent calculus.}. The subgoal {\texttt U} comes first
-in the list of subgoals remaining to prove.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Not a proposition or a type}
-
- Arises when the argument {\form} is neither of type {\tt Prop}, {\tt
- Set} nor {\tt Type}.
-
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item{\tt assert {\form}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt assert ( {\ident} :\ {\form} )} but
- {\ident} is generated by {\Coq}.
-
-\item \texttt{assert {\form} by {\tac}}\tacindex{assert by}
-
- This tactic behaves like \texttt{assert} but applies {\tac}
- to solve the subgoals generated by \texttt{assert}.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{Proof is not complete}
-
-\item \texttt{assert {\form} as {\intropattern}\tacindex{assert as}}
-
- If {\intropattern} is a naming introduction pattern (see
- Section~\ref{intros-pattern}), the hypothesis is named after this
- introduction pattern (in particular, if {\intropattern} is {\ident},
- the tactic behaves like \texttt{assert ({\ident} :\ {\form})}).
-
- If {\intropattern} is an action introduction pattern, the tactic
- behaves like \texttt{assert {\form}} followed by the action done by
- this introduction pattern.
-
-\item \texttt{assert {\form} as {\intropattern} by {\tac}}
-
- This combines the two previous variants of {\tt assert}.
-
-\item{\tt assert ( {\ident} := {\term} )}
-
- This behaves as {\tt assert ({\ident} :\ {\type}) by exact {\term}}
- where {\type} is the type of {\term}. This is deprecated in favor of
- {\tt pose proof}.
-
- If the head of {\term} is {\ident}, the tactic behaves as
- {\tt specialize \term}.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{Variable {\ident} is already declared}
-
-\item \texttt{eassert {\form} as {\intropattern} by {\tac}}\tacindex{eassert}\tacindex{eassert as}\tacindex{eassert by}\\
- {\tt assert ( {\ident} := {\term} )}
-
- While the different variants of \texttt{assert} expect that no
- existential variables are generated by the tactic, \texttt{eassert}
- removes this constraint. This allows not to specify the asserted
- statement completely before starting to prove it.
-
-\item \texttt{pose proof {\term} \zeroone{as {\intropattern}}\tacindex{pose proof}}
-
- This tactic behaves like \texttt{assert T \zeroone{as {\intropattern}} by
- exact {\term}} where \texttt{T} is the type of {\term}.
-
- In particular, \texttt{pose proof {\term} as {\ident}} behaves as
- \texttt{assert ({\ident} := {\term})} and \texttt{pose proof {\term}
- as {\intropattern}} is the same as applying
- the {\intropattern} to {\term}.
-
-\item \texttt{epose proof {\term} \zeroone{as {\intropattern}}\tacindex{epose proof}}
-
- While \texttt{pose proof} expects that no existential variables are generated by the tactic,
- \texttt{epose proof} removes this constraint.
-
-\item \texttt{enough ({\ident} :\ {\form})}\tacindex{enough}
-
- This adds a new hypothesis of name {\ident} asserting {\form} to the
- goal the tactic \texttt{enough} is applied to. A new subgoal stating
- \texttt{\form} is inserted after the initial goal rather than before
- it as \texttt{assert} would do.
-
-\item \texttt{enough {\form}}\tacindex{enough}
-
- This behaves like \texttt{enough ({\ident} :\ {\form})} with the name
- {\ident} of the hypothesis generated by {\Coq}.
-
-\item \texttt{enough {\form} as {\intropattern}\tacindex{enough as}}
-
- This behaves like \texttt{enough} {\form} using {\intropattern} to
- name or destruct the new hypothesis.
-
-\item \texttt{enough ({\ident} :\ {\form}) by {\tac}}\tacindex{enough by}\\
- \texttt{enough {\form} by {\tac}}\tacindex{enough by}\\
- \texttt{enough {\form} as {\intropattern} by {\tac}}
-
- This behaves as above but with {\tac} expected to solve the initial
- goal after the extra assumption {\form} is added and possibly
- destructed. If the \texttt{as} {\intropattern} clause generates more
- than one subgoal, {\tac} is applied to all of them.
-
-\item \texttt{eenough ({\ident} :\ {\form}) by {\tac}}\tacindex{eenough}\tacindex{eenough as}\tacindex{eenough by}\\
- \texttt{eenough {\form} by {\tac}}\tacindex{enough by}\\
- \texttt{eenough {\form} as {\intropattern} by {\tac}}
-
- While the different variants of \texttt{enough} expect that no
- existential variables are generated by the tactic, \texttt{eenough}
- removes this constraint.
-
-\item {\tt cut {\form}}\tacindex{cut}
-
- This tactic applies to any goal. It implements the non-dependent
- case of the ``App''\index{Typing rules!App} rule given in
- Section~\ref{Typed-terms}. (This is Modus Ponens inference rule.)
- {\tt cut U} transforms the current goal \texttt{T} into the two
- following subgoals: {\tt U -> T} and \texttt{U}. The subgoal {\tt U
- -> T} comes first in the list of remaining subgoal to prove.
-
-\item {\tt specialize ({\ident} \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$)\tacindex{specialize} \zeroone{as \intropattern}}\\
- {\tt specialize {\ident} with {\bindinglist} \zeroone{as \intropattern}}
-
- The tactic {\tt specialize} works on local hypothesis \ident.
- The premises of this hypothesis (either universal
- quantifications or non-dependent implications) are instantiated
- by concrete terms coming either from arguments \term$_1$
- $\ldots$ \term$_n$ or from a bindings list (see
- Section~\ref{Binding-list} for more about bindings lists).
- In the first form the application to \term$_1$ {\ldots}
- \term$_n$ can be partial. The first form is equivalent to
- {\tt assert ({\ident} := {\ident} {\term$_1$} \dots\ \term$_n$)}.
-
- In the second form, instantiation elements can also be partial.
- In this case the uninstantiated arguments are inferred by
- unification if possible or left quantified in the hypothesis
- otherwise.
-
- With the {\tt as} clause, the local hypothesis {\ident} is left
- unchanged and instead, the modified hypothesis is introduced as
- specified by the {\intropattern}.
-
- The name {\ident} can also refer to a global lemma or
- hypothesis. In this case, for compatibility reasons, the
- behavior of {\tt specialize} is close to that of {\tt
- generalize}: the instantiated statement becomes an additional
- premise of the goal. The {\tt as} clause is especially useful
- in this case to immediately introduce the instantiated statement
- as a local hypothesis.
-
- \begin{ErrMsgs}
- \item \errindexbis{{\ident} is used in hypothesis \ident'}{is used in hypothesis}
- \item \errindexbis{{\ident} is used in conclusion}{is used in conclusion}
- \end{ErrMsgs}
-
-%% Moreover, the old syntax allows the use of a number after {\tt specialize}
-%% for controlling the number of premises to instantiate. Giving this
-%% number should not be mandatory anymore (automatic detection of how
-%% many premises can be eaten without leaving meta-variables). Hence
-%% no documentation for this integer optional argument of specialize
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt generalize \term}
-\tacindex{generalize}
-\label{generalize}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. It generalizes the conclusion with
-respect to some term.
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Goal forall x y:nat, (0 <= x + y + y).
-intros.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Show.
-generalize (x + y + y).
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-If the goal is $G$ and $t$ is a subterm of type $T$ in the goal, then
-{\tt generalize} \textit{t} replaces the goal by {\tt forall (x:$T$), $G'$}
-where $G'$ is obtained from $G$ by replacing all occurrences of $t$ by
-{\tt x}. The name of the variable (here {\tt n}) is chosen based on $T$.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt generalize {\term$_1$ , \dots\ , \term$_n$}}
-
- This is equivalent to {\tt generalize \term$_n$; \dots\ ; generalize
- \term$_1$}. Note that the sequence of \term$_i$'s are processed
- from $n$ to $1$.
-
-\item {\tt generalize {\term} at {\num$_1$ \dots\ \num$_i$}}
-
- This is equivalent to {\tt generalize \term} but it generalizes only over
- the specified occurrences of {\term} (counting from left to right on the
- expression printed using option {\tt Set Printing All}).
-
-\item {\tt generalize {\term} as {\ident}}
-
- This is equivalent to {\tt generalize \term} but it uses {\ident} to name the
- generalized hypothesis.
-
-\item {\tt generalize {\term$_1$} at {\num$_{11}$ \dots\ \num$_{1i_1}$}
- as {\ident$_1$}
- , {\ldots} ,
- {\term$_n$} at {\num$_{n1}$ \mbox{\dots} \num$_{ni_n}$}
- as {\ident$_2$}}
-
- This is the most general form of {\tt generalize} that combines the
- previous behaviors.
-
-\item {\tt generalize dependent \term} \tacindex{generalize dependent}
-
- This generalizes {\term} but also {\em all} hypotheses that depend
- on {\term}. It clears the generalized hypotheses.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt evar ( {\ident} :\ {\term} )}
-\tacindex{evar}
-\label{evar}
-
-The {\tt evar} tactic creates a new local definition named \ident\ with
-type \term\ in the context. The body of this binding is a fresh
-existential variable.
-
-\subsection{\tt instantiate ( {\ident} := {\term} )}
-\tacindex{instantiate}
-\label{instantiate}
-
-The {\tt instantiate} tactic refines (see Section~\ref{refine})
-an existential variable {\ident} with the term {\term}.
-It is equivalent to {\tt only [\ident]: refine \term} (preferred alternative).
-
-\begin{Remarks}
-\item To be able to refer to an existential variable by name, the
-user must have given the name explicitly (see~\ref{ExistentialVariables}).
-
-\item When you are referring to hypotheses which you did not name
-explicitly, be aware that Coq may make a different decision on how to
-name the variable in the current goal and in the context of the
-existential variable. This can lead to surprising behaviors.
-\end{Remarks}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
- \item {\tt instantiate ( {\num} := {\term} )}
- This variant allows to refer to an existential variable which was not
- named by the user. The {\num} argument is the position of the
- existential variable from right to left in the goal.
- Because this variant is not robust to slight changes in the goal,
- its use is strongly discouraged.
-
- \item {\tt instantiate ( {\num} := {\term} ) in \ident}
-
- \item {\tt instantiate ( {\num} := {\term} ) in ( Value of {\ident} )}
-
- \item {\tt instantiate ( {\num} := {\term} ) in ( Type of {\ident} )}
-
-These allow to refer respectively to existential variables occurring in
-a hypothesis or in the body or the type of a local definition.
-
- \item {\tt instantiate}
-
- Without argument, the {\tt instantiate} tactic tries to solve as
- many existential variables as possible, using information gathered
- from other tactics in the same tactical. This is automatically
- done after each complete tactic (i.e. after a dot in proof mode),
- but not, for example, between each tactic when they are sequenced
- by semicolons.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt admit}
-\tacindex{admit}
-\tacindex{give\_up}
-\label{admit}
-
-The {\tt admit} tactic allows temporarily skipping a subgoal so as to
-progress further in the rest of the proof. A proof containing
-admitted goals cannot be closed with {\tt Qed} but only with
-{\tt Admitted}.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
- \item {\tt give\_up}
-
- Synonym of {\tt admit}.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt absurd \term}
-\tacindex{absurd}
-\label{absurd}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The argument {\term} is any
-proposition {\tt P} of type {\tt Prop}. This tactic applies {\tt
- False} elimination, that is it deduces the current goal from {\tt
- False}, and generates as subgoals {\tt $\sim$P} and {\tt P}. It is
-very useful in proofs by cases, where some cases are impossible. In
-most cases, \texttt{P} or $\sim$\texttt{P} is one of the hypotheses of
-the local context.
-
-\subsection{\tt contradiction}
-\label{contradiction}
-\tacindex{contradiction}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The {\tt contradiction} tactic
-attempts to find in the current context (after all {\tt intros}) an
-hypothesis that is equivalent to an empty inductive type (e.g. {\tt
- False}), to the negation of a singleton inductive type (e.g. {\tt
- True} or {\tt x=x}), or two contradictory hypotheses.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No such assumption}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt contradiction \ident}
-
-The proof of {\tt False} is searched in the hypothesis named \ident.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt contradict \ident}
-\label{contradict}
-\tacindex{contradict}
-
-This tactic allows manipulating negated hypothesis and goals. The
-name \ident\ should correspond to a hypothesis. With
-{\tt contradict H}, the current goal and context is transformed in
-the following way:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item {\tt H:$\neg$A $\vd$ B} \ becomes \ {\tt $\vd$ A}
-\item {\tt H:$\neg$A $\vd$ $\neg$B} \ becomes \ {\tt H: B $\vd$ A }
-\item {\tt H: A $\vd$ B} \ becomes \ {\tt $\vd$ $\neg$A}
-\item {\tt H: A $\vd$ $\neg$B} \ becomes \ {\tt H: B $\vd$ $\neg$A}
-\end{itemize}
-
-\subsection{\tt exfalso}
-\label{exfalso}
-\tacindex{exfalso}
-
-This tactic implements the ``ex falso quodlibet'' logical principle:
-an elimination of {\tt False} is performed on the current goal, and the
-user is then required to prove that {\tt False} is indeed provable in
-the current context. This tactic is a macro for {\tt elimtype False}.
-
-\section{Case analysis and induction}
-
-The tactics presented in this section implement induction or case
-analysis on inductive or co-inductive objects (see
-Section~\ref{Cic-inductive-definitions}).
-
-\subsection{\tt destruct \term}
-\tacindex{destruct}
-\label{destruct}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The argument {\term} must be of
-inductive or co-inductive type and the tactic generates subgoals, one
-for each possible form of {\term}, i.e. one for each constructor of
-the inductive or co-inductive type. Unlike {\tt induction}, no
-induction hypothesis is generated by {\tt destruct}.
-
-There are special cases:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item If {\term} is an identifier {\ident} denoting a quantified
- variable of the conclusion of the goal, then {\tt destruct {\ident}}
- behaves as {\tt intros until {\ident}; destruct {\ident}}. If
- {\ident} is not anymore dependent in the goal after application of
- {\tt destruct}, it is erased (to avoid erasure, use
- parentheses, as in {\tt destruct ({\ident})}).
-
-\item If {\term} is a {\num}, then {\tt destruct {\num}} behaves as
-{\tt intros until {\num}} followed by {\tt destruct} applied to the
-last introduced hypothesis. Remark: For destruction of a numeral, use
-syntax {\tt destruct ({\num})} (not very interesting anyway).
-
-\item In case {\term} is an hypothesis {\ident} of the context,
- and {\ident} is not anymore dependent in the goal after
- application of {\tt destruct}, it is erased (to avoid erasure, use
- parentheses, as in {\tt destruct ({\ident})}).
-
-\item The argument {\term} can also be a pattern of which holes are
- denoted by ``\_''. In this case, the tactic checks that all subterms
- matching the pattern in the conclusion and the hypotheses are
- compatible and performs case analysis using this subterm.
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item{\tt destruct \term$_1$, \ldots, \term$_n$}
-
- This is a shortcut for {\tt destruct \term$_1$; \ldots; destruct \term$_n$}.
-
-\item{\tt destruct {\term} as {\disjconjintropattern}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt destruct {\term}} but uses the names in
- {\intropattern} to name the variables introduced in the context.
- The {\intropattern} must have the form {\tt [} $p_{11}$ \ldots
- $p_{1n_1}$ {\tt |} {\ldots} {\tt |} $p_{m1}$ \ldots $p_{mn_m}$
- {\tt ]} with $m$ being the number of constructors of the type of
- {\term}. Each variable introduced by {\tt destruct} in the context
- of the $i^{th}$ goal gets its name from the list $p_{i1}$ \ldots
- $p_{in_i}$ in order. If there are not enough names, {\tt destruct}
- invents names for the remaining variables to introduce. More
- generally, the $p_{ij}$ can be any introduction pattern (see
- Section~\ref{intros-pattern}). This provides a concise notation for
- chaining destruction of an hypothesis.
-
-% It is recommended to use this variant of {\tt destruct} for
-% robust proof scripts.
-
-\item{\tt destruct {\term} eqn:{\namingintropattern}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt destruct {\term}} but adds an equation between
- {\term} and the value that {\term} takes in each of the possible
- cases. The name of the equation is specified by {\namingintropattern}
- (see Section~\ref{intros-pattern}), in particular {\tt ?} can be
- used to let Coq generate a fresh name.
-
-\item{\tt destruct {\term} with \bindinglist}
-
- This behaves like \texttt{destruct {\term}} providing explicit
- instances for the dependent premises of the type of {\term} (see
- syntax of bindings in Section~\ref{Binding-list}).
-
-\item{\tt edestruct {\term}\tacindex{edestruct}}
-
- This tactic behaves like \texttt{destruct {\term}} except that it
- does not fail if the instance of a dependent premises of the type of
- {\term} is not inferable. Instead, the unresolved instances are left
- as existential variables to be inferred later, in the same way as
- {\tt eapply} does (see Section~\ref{eapply-example}).
-
-\item{\tt destruct {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$}}\\
- {\tt destruct {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist}}
-
- These are synonyms of {\tt induction {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$}} and
- {\tt induction {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist}}.
-
-\item \texttt{destruct {\term} in {\occgoalset}}
-
- This syntax is used for selecting which occurrences of {\term} the
- case analysis has to be done on. The {\tt in {\occgoalset}} clause is an
- occurrence clause whose syntax and behavior is described in
- Section~\ref{Occurrences_clauses}.
-
-\item{\tt destruct {\term$_1$} with {\bindinglist$_1$}
- as {\disjconjintropattern} eqn:{\namingintropattern}
- using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist$_2$} in {\occgoalset}}\\
- {\tt edestruct {\term$_1$} with {\bindinglist$_1$}
- as {\disjconjintropattern} eqn:{\namingintropattern}
- using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist$_2$} in {\occgoalset}}
-
- These are the general forms of {\tt destruct} and {\tt edestruct}.
- They combine the effects of the {\tt with}, {\tt as}, {\tt eqn:}, {\tt using},
- and {\tt in} clauses.
-
-\item{\tt case \term}\label{case}\tacindex{case}
-
- The tactic {\tt case} is a more basic tactic to perform case
- analysis without recursion. It behaves as {\tt elim \term} but using
- a case-analysis elimination principle and not a recursive one.
-
-\item {\tt case {\term} with {\bindinglist}}
-
- Analogous to {\tt elim {\term} with {\bindinglist}} above.
-
-\item{\tt ecase {\term}\tacindex{ecase}}\\
- {\tt ecase {\term} with {\bindinglist}}
-
- In case the type of {\term} has dependent premises, or dependent
- premises whose values are not inferable from the {\tt with
- {\bindinglist}} clause, {\tt ecase} turns them into existential
- variables to be resolved later on.
-
-\item {\tt simple destruct \ident}\tacindex{simple destruct}
-
- This tactic behaves as {\tt intros until
- {\ident}; case {\tt {\ident}}} when {\ident} is a quantified
- variable of the goal.
-
-\item {\tt simple destruct {\num}}
-
- This tactic behaves as {\tt intros until
- {\num}; case {\tt {\ident}}} where {\ident} is the name given by
- {\tt intros until {\num}} to the {\num}-th non-dependent premise of
- the goal.
-
-\item{\tt case\_eq \term}\label{case_eq}\tacindex{case\_eq}
-
- The tactic {\tt case\_eq} is a variant of the {\tt case} tactic that
- allow to perform case analysis on a term without completely
- forgetting its original form. This is done by generating equalities
- between the original form of the term and the outcomes of the case
- analysis.
-
-% The effect of this tactic is similar to the effect of {\tt
-% destruct {\term} in |- *} with the exception that no new hypotheses
-% are introduced in the context.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt induction \term}
-\tacindex{induction}
-\label{Tac-induction}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The argument {\term} must be of
-inductive type and the tactic {\tt induction} generates subgoals,
-one for each possible form of {\term}, i.e. one for each constructor
-of the inductive type.
-
-If the argument is dependent in either the conclusion or some
-hypotheses of the goal, the argument is replaced by the appropriate
-constructor form in each of the resulting subgoals and induction
-hypotheses are added to the local context using names whose prefix is
-{\tt IH}.
-
-There are particular cases:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-
-\item If {\term} is an identifier {\ident} denoting a quantified
- variable of the conclusion of the goal, then {\tt induction
- {\ident}} behaves as {\tt intros until {\ident}; induction
- {\ident}}. If {\ident} is not anymore dependent in the goal
- after application of {\tt induction}, it is erased (to avoid
- erasure, use parentheses, as in {\tt induction ({\ident})}).
-
-\item If {\term} is a {\num}, then {\tt induction {\num}} behaves as
-{\tt intros until {\num}} followed by {\tt induction} applied to the
-last introduced hypothesis. Remark: For simple induction on a numeral,
-use syntax {\tt induction ({\num})} (not very interesting anyway).
-
-\item In case {\term} is an hypothesis {\ident} of the context,
- and {\ident} is not anymore dependent in the goal after
- application of {\tt induction}, it is erased (to avoid erasure, use
- parentheses, as in {\tt induction ({\ident})}).
-
-\item The argument {\term} can also be a pattern of which holes are
- denoted by ``\_''. In this case, the tactic checks that all subterms
- matching the pattern in the conclusion and the hypotheses are
- compatible and performs induction using this subterm.
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Lemma induction_test : forall n:nat, n = n -> n <= n.
-intros n H.
-induction n.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Not an inductive product}
-\item \errindex{Unable to find an instance for the variables
-{\ident} \ldots {\ident}}
-
- Use in this case
- the variant {\tt elim \dots\ with \dots} below.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item{\tt induction {\term} as {\disjconjintropattern}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt induction {\term}} but uses the names in
- {\disjconjintropattern} to name the variables introduced in the context.
- The {\disjconjintropattern} must typically be of the form
- {\tt [} $p_{11}$ {\ldots}
- $p_{1n_1}$ {\tt |} {\ldots} {\tt |} $p_{m1}$ {\ldots} $p_{mn_m}$ {\tt
- ]} with $m$ being the number of constructors of the type of
- {\term}. Each variable introduced by {\tt induction} in the context
- of the $i^{th}$ goal gets its name from the list $p_{i1}$ {\ldots}
- $p_{in_i}$ in order. If there are not enough names, {\tt induction}
- invents names for the remaining variables to introduce. More
- generally, the $p_{ij}$ can be any disjunctive/conjunctive
- introduction pattern (see Section~\ref{intros-pattern}). For instance,
- for an inductive type with one constructor, the pattern notation
- {\tt (}$p_{1}$ {\tt ,} {\ldots} {\tt ,} $p_{n}${\tt )} can be used instead of
- {\tt [} $p_{1}$ {\ldots} $p_{n}$ {\tt ]}.
-
-%% \item{\tt induction {\term} eqn:{\namingintropattern}}
-
-%% This behaves as {\tt induction {\term}} but adds an equation between
-%% {\term} and the value that {\term} takes in each of the induction
-%% case. The name of the equation is built according to
-%% {\namingintropattern} which can be an identifier, a ``?'', etc, as
-%% indicated in Section~\ref{intros-pattern}.
-
-%% \item{\tt induction {\term} as {\disjconjintropattern} eqn:{\namingintropattern}}
-
-%% This combines the two previous forms.
-
-\item{\tt induction {\term} with \bindinglist}
-
- This behaves like \texttt{induction {\term}} providing explicit
- instances for the premises of the type of {\term} (see the syntax of
- bindings in Section~\ref{Binding-list}).
-
-\item{\tt einduction {\term}\tacindex{einduction}}
-
- This tactic behaves like \texttt{induction {\term}} excepts that it
- does not fail if some dependent premise of the type of {\term} is
- not inferable. Instead, the unresolved premises are posed as
- existential variables to be inferred later, in the same way as {\tt
- eapply} does (see Section~\ref{eapply-example}).
-
-\item {\tt induction {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt induction {\term$_1$}} but using {\term$_2$} as
- induction scheme. It does not expect the conclusion of the type of
- {\term$_1$} to be inductive.
-
-\item {\tt induction {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist}}
-
- This behaves as {\tt induction {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$}} but
- also providing instances for the premises of the type of {\term$_2$}.
-
-\item \texttt{induction {\term}$_1$, {\ldots}, {\term}$_n$ using {\qualid}}
-
- This syntax is used for the case {\qualid} denotes an induction principle
- with complex predicates as the induction principles generated by
- {\tt Function} or {\tt Functional Scheme} may be.
-
-\item \texttt{induction {\term} in {\occgoalset}}
-
- This syntax is used for selecting which occurrences of {\term} the
- induction has to be carried on. The {\tt in \occgoalset} clause is
- an occurrence clause whose syntax and behavior is described in
- Section~\ref{Occurrences_clauses}. If variables or hypotheses not
- mentioning {\term} in their type are listed in {\occgoalset}, those
- are generalized as well in the statement to prove.
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Lemma comm x y : x + y = y + x.
-induction y in x |- *.
-Show 2.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\item {\tt induction {\term$_1$} with {\bindinglist$_1$}
- as {\disjconjintropattern} %% eqn:{\namingintropattern}
- using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist$_2$} in {\occgoalset}}\\
- {\tt einduction {\term$_1$} with {\bindinglist$_1$}
- as {\disjconjintropattern} %% eqn:{\namingintropattern}
- using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist$_2$} in {\occgoalset}}
-
- These are the most general forms of {\tt induction} and {\tt
- einduction}. It combines the effects of the {\tt with}, {\tt as}, %%{\tt eqn:},
- {\tt using}, and {\tt in} clauses.
-
-\item {\tt elim \term}\label{elim}
-
- This is a more basic induction tactic. Again, the type of the
- argument {\term} must be an inductive type. Then, according to
- the type of the goal, the tactic {\tt elim} chooses the appropriate
- destructor and applies it as the tactic {\tt apply}
- would do. For instance, if the proof context contains {\tt
- n:nat} and the current goal is {\tt T} of type {\tt
- Prop}, then {\tt elim n} is equivalent to {\tt apply nat\_ind with
- (n:=n)}. The tactic {\tt elim} does not modify the context of
- the goal, neither introduces the induction loading into the context
- of hypotheses.
-
- More generally, {\tt elim \term} also works when the type of {\term}
- is a statement with premises and whose conclusion is inductive. In
- that case the tactic performs induction on the conclusion of the
- type of {\term} and leaves the non-dependent premises of the type as
- subgoals. In the case of dependent products, the tactic tries to
- find an instance for which the elimination lemma applies and fails
- otherwise.
-
-\item {\tt elim {\term} with {\bindinglist}}
-
- Allows to give explicit instances to the premises of the type
- of {\term} (see Section~\ref{Binding-list}).
-
-\item{\tt eelim {\term}\tacindex{eelim}}
-
- In case the type of {\term} has dependent premises, this turns them into
- existential variables to be resolved later on.
-
-\item{\tt elim {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$}}\\
- {\tt elim {\term$_1$} using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist}\tacindex{elim \dots\ using}}
-
-Allows the user to give explicitly an elimination predicate
-{\term$_2$} that is not the standard one for the underlying inductive
-type of {\term$_1$}. The {\bindinglist} clause allows
-instantiating premises of the type of {\term$_2$}.
-
-\item{\tt elim {\term$_1$} with {\bindinglist$_1$} using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist$_2$}}\\
- {\tt eelim {\term$_1$} with {\bindinglist$_1$} using {\term$_2$} with {\bindinglist$_2$}}
-
- These are the most general forms of {\tt elim} and {\tt eelim}. It
- combines the effects of the {\tt using} clause and of the two uses
- of the {\tt with} clause.
-
-\item {\tt elimtype \form}\tacindex{elimtype}
-
- The argument {\form} must be inductively defined. {\tt elimtype I}
- is equivalent to {\tt cut I. intro H{\rm\sl n}; elim H{\rm\sl n};
- clear H{\rm\sl n}}. Therefore the hypothesis {\tt H{\rm\sl n}} will
- not appear in the context(s) of the subgoal(s). Conversely, if {\tt
- t} is a term of (inductive) type {\tt I} that does not occur
- in the goal, then {\tt elim t} is equivalent to {\tt elimtype I; 2:
- exact t.}
-
-\item {\tt simple induction \ident}\tacindex{simple induction}
-
- This tactic behaves as {\tt intros until
- {\ident}; elim {\tt {\ident}}} when {\ident} is a quantified
- variable of the goal.
-
-\item {\tt simple induction {\num}}
-
- This tactic behaves as {\tt intros until
- {\num}; elim {\tt {\ident}}} where {\ident} is the name given by
- {\tt intros until {\num}} to the {\num}-th non-dependent premise of
- the goal.
-
-%% \item {\tt simple induction {\term}}\tacindex{simple induction}
-
-%% If {\term} is an {\ident} corresponding to a quantified variable of
-%% the goal then the tactic behaves as {\tt intros until {\ident}; elim
-%% {\tt {\ident}}}. If {\term} is a {\num} then the tactic behaves as
-%% {\tt intros until {\ident}; elim {\tt {\ident}}}. Otherwise, it is
-%% a synonym for {\tt elim {\term}}.
-
-%% \Rem For simple induction on a numeral, use syntax {\tt simple
-%% induction ({\num})}.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-%\subsection[\tt FixPoint \dots]{\tt FixPoint \dots\tacindex{Fixpoint}}
-%Not yet documented.
-
-\subsection{\tt double induction \ident$_1$ \ident$_2$}
-\tacindex{double induction}
-
-This tactic is deprecated and should be replaced by {\tt induction \ident$_1$; induction \ident$_2$} (or {\tt induction \ident$_1$; destruct \ident$_2$} depending on the exact needs).
-
-%% This tactic applies to any goal. If the variables {\ident$_1$} and
-%% {\ident$_2$} of the goal have an inductive type, then this tactic
-%% performs double induction on these variables. For instance, if the
-%% current goal is \verb+forall n m:nat, P n m+ then, {\tt double induction n
-%% m} yields the four cases with their respective inductive hypotheses.
-
-%% In particular, for proving \verb+(P (S n) (S m))+, the generated induction
-%% hypotheses are \verb+(P (S n) m)+ and \verb+(m:nat)(P n m)+ (of the latter,
-%% \verb+(P n m)+ and \verb+(P n (S m))+ are derivable).
-
-%% \Rem When the induction hypothesis \verb+(P (S n) m)+ is not
-%% needed, {\tt induction \ident$_1$; destruct \ident$_2$} produces
-%% more concise subgoals.
-
-\begin{Variant}
-
-\item {\tt double induction \num$_1$ \num$_2$}
-
-This tactic is deprecated and should be replaced by {\tt induction
- \num$_1$; induction \num$_3$} where \num$_3$ is the result of
-\num$_2$-\num$_1$.
-
-%% This applies double induction on the \num$_1^{th}$ and \num$_2^{th}$ {\it
-%% non dependent} premises of the goal. More generally, any combination of an
-%% {\ident} and a {\num} is valid.
-
-\end{Variant}
-
-\subsection{\tt dependent induction \ident}
-\tacindex{dependent induction}
-\label{DepInduction}
-
-The \emph{experimental} tactic \texttt{dependent induction} performs
-induction-inversion on an instantiated inductive predicate.
-One needs to first require the {\tt Coq.Program.Equality} module to use
-this tactic. The tactic is based on the BasicElim tactic by Conor
-McBride \cite{DBLP:conf/types/McBride00} and the work of Cristina Cornes
-around inversion \cite{DBLP:conf/types/CornesT95}. From an instantiated
-inductive predicate and a goal, it generates an equivalent goal where the
-hypothesis has been generalized over its indexes which are then
-constrained by equalities to be the right instances. This permits to
-state lemmas without resorting to manually adding these equalities and
-still get enough information in the proofs.
-
-\Example
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Lemma le_minus : forall n:nat, n < 1 -> n = 0.
-intros n H ; induction H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-Here we did not get any information on the indexes to help fulfill this
-proof. The problem is that, when we use the \texttt{induction} tactic,
-we lose information on the hypothesis instance, notably that the second
-argument is \texttt{1} here. Dependent induction solves this problem by
-adding the corresponding equality to the context.
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Require Import Coq.Program.Equality.
-Lemma le_minus : forall n:nat, n < 1 -> n = 0.
-intros n H ; dependent induction H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-The subgoal is cleaned up as the tactic tries to automatically
-simplify the subgoals with respect to the generated equalities.
-In this enriched context, it becomes possible to solve this subgoal.
-\begin{coq_example}
-reflexivity.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-Now we are in a contradictory context and the proof can be solved.
-\begin{coq_example}
-inversion H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-This technique works with any inductive predicate.
-In fact, the \texttt{dependent induction} tactic is just a wrapper around
-the \texttt{induction} tactic. One can make its own variant by just
-writing a new tactic based on the definition found in
-\texttt{Coq.Program.Equality}.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt dependent induction {\ident} generalizing {\ident$_1$} \dots
- {\ident$_n$}}\tacindex{dependent induction \dots\ generalizing}
-
- This performs dependent induction on the hypothesis {\ident} but first
- generalizes the goal by the given variables so that they are
- universally quantified in the goal. This is generally what one wants
- to do with the variables that are inside some constructors in the
- induction hypothesis. The other ones need not be further generalized.
-
-\item {\tt dependent destruction {\ident}}\tacindex{dependent destruction}
-
- This performs the generalization of the instance {\ident} but uses {\tt destruct}
- instead of {\tt induction} on the generalized hypothesis. This gives
- results equivalent to {\tt inversion} or {\tt dependent inversion} if
- the hypothesis is dependent.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\SeeAlso \ref{dependent-induction-example} for a larger example of
-dependent induction and an explanation of the underlying technique.
-
-\subsection{\tt functional induction (\qualid\ \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$)}
-\tacindex{functional induction}
-\label{FunInduction}
-
-The tactic \texttt{functional induction} performs
-case analysis and induction following the definition of a function. It
-makes use of a principle generated by \texttt{Function}
-(see Section~\ref{Function}) or \texttt{Functional Scheme}
-(see Section~\ref{FunScheme}). Note that this tactic is only available
-after a {\tt Require Import FunInd}.
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-Import Nat.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Require Import FunInd.
-Functional Scheme minus_ind := Induction for minus Sort Prop.
-Check minus_ind.
-Lemma le_minus (n m:nat) : n - m <= n.
-functional induction (minus n m) using minus_ind; simpl; auto.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Qed.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-\Rem \texttt{(\qualid\ \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$)} must be a correct
-full application of \qualid. In particular, the rules for implicit
-arguments are the same as usual. For example use \texttt{@\qualid} if
-you want to write implicit arguments explicitly.
-
-\Rem Parentheses over \qualid \dots \term$_n$ are mandatory.
-
-\Rem \texttt{functional induction (f x1 x2 x3)} is actually a wrapper
-for \texttt{induction x1, x2, x3, (f x1 x2 x3) using \qualid} followed by
-a cleaning phase, where {\qualid} is the induction principle
-registered for $f$ (by the \texttt{Function} (see Section~\ref{Function})
-or \texttt{Functional Scheme} (see Section~\ref{FunScheme}) command)
-corresponding to the sort of the goal. Therefore \texttt{functional
- induction} may fail if the induction scheme {\qualid} is
-not defined. See also Section~\ref{Function} for the function terms
-accepted by \texttt{Function}.
-
-\Rem There is a difference between obtaining an induction scheme for a
-function by using \texttt{Function} (see Section~\ref{Function}) and by
-using \texttt{Functional Scheme} after a normal definition using
-\texttt{Fixpoint} or \texttt{Definition}. See \ref{Function} for
-details.
-
-\SeeAlso{\ref{Function},\ref{FunScheme},\ref{FunScheme-examples},
- \ref{sec:functional-inversion}}
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Cannot find induction information on \qualid}
-\item \errindex{Not the right number of induction arguments}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt functional induction (\qualid\ \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$)
- as {\disjconjintropattern} using \term$_{m+1}$ with \bindinglist}
-
- Similarly to \texttt{Induction} and \texttt{elim}
- (see Section~\ref{Tac-induction}), this allows giving explicitly the
- name of the introduced variables, the
- induction principle, and the values of dependent premises of the
- elimination scheme, including \emph{predicates} for mutual induction
- when {\qualid} is part of a mutually recursive definition.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt discriminate \term}
-\label{discriminate}
-\tacindex{discriminate}
-
-
-This tactic proves any goal from an assumption stating that two
-structurally different terms of an inductive set are equal. For
-example, from {\tt (S (S O))=(S O)} we can derive by absurdity any
-proposition.
-
-The argument {\term} is assumed to be a proof of a statement
-of conclusion {\tt{\term$_1$} = {\term$_2$}} with {\term$_1$} and
-{\term$_2$} being elements of an inductive set. To build the proof,
-the tactic traverses the normal forms\footnote{Reminder: opaque
- constants will not be expanded by $\delta$ reductions.} of
-{\term$_1$} and {\term$_2$} looking for a couple of subterms {\tt u}
-and {\tt w} ({\tt u} subterm of the normal form of {\term$_1$} and
-{\tt w} subterm of the normal form of {\term$_2$}), placed at the same
-positions and whose head symbols are two different constructors. If
-such a couple of subterms exists, then the proof of the current goal
-is completed, otherwise the tactic fails.
-
-\Rem The syntax {\tt discriminate {\ident}} can be used to refer to a
-hypothesis quantified in the goal. In this case, the quantified
-hypothesis whose name is {\ident} is first introduced in the local
-context using \texttt{intros until \ident}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No primitive equality found}
-\item \errindex{Not a discriminable equality}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item \texttt{discriminate \num}
-
- This does the same thing as \texttt{intros until \num} followed by
- \texttt{discriminate \ident} where {\ident} is the identifier for
- the last introduced hypothesis.
-
-\item \texttt{discriminate {\term} with \bindinglist}
-
- This does the same thing as \texttt{discriminate {\term}} but using
-the given bindings to instantiate parameters or hypotheses of {\term}.
-
-\item \texttt{ediscriminate \num}\tacindex{ediscriminate}\\
- \texttt{ediscriminate {\term} \zeroone{with \bindinglist}}
-
- This works the same as {\tt discriminate} but if the type of {\term},
- or the type of the hypothesis referred to by {\num}, has uninstantiated
- parameters, these parameters are left as existential variables.
-
-\item \texttt{discriminate}
-
- This behaves like {\tt discriminate {\ident}} if {\ident} is the
- name of an hypothesis to which {\tt discriminate} is applicable; if
- the current goal is of the form {\term$_1$} {\tt <>} {\term$_2$},
- this behaves as {\tt intro {\ident}; discriminate {\ident}}.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{No discriminable equalities}
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt injection \term}
-\label{injection}
-\tacindex{injection}
-
-The {\tt injection} tactic exploits the property that constructors of
-inductive types are injective, i.e. that if $c$ is a constructor
-of an inductive type and $c~\vec{t_1}$ and $c~\vec{t_2}$ are equal
-then $\vec{t_1}$ and $\vec{t_2}$ are equal too.
-
-If {\term} is a proof of a statement of conclusion
- {\tt {\term$_1$} = {\term$_2$}},
-then {\tt injection} applies the injectivity of constructors as deep as possible to
-derive the equality of all the subterms of {\term$_1$} and {\term$_2$} at positions
-where {\term$_1$} and {\term$_2$} start to differ.
-For example, from {\tt (S p, S n) = (q, S (S m)} we may derive {\tt S
- p = q} and {\tt n = S m}. For this tactic to work, {\term$_1$} and
-{\term$_2$} should be typed with an inductive
-type and they should be neither convertible, nor having a different
-head constructor. If these conditions are satisfied, the tactic
-derives the equality of all the subterms of {\term$_1$} and
-{\term$_2$} at positions where they differ and adds them as
-antecedents to the conclusion of the current goal.
-
-\Example Consider the following goal:
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Inductive list : Set :=
- | nil : list
- | cons : nat -> list -> list.
-Variable P : list -> Prop.
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Lemma ex :
- forall (l:list) (n:nat), P nil -> cons n l = cons 0 nil -> P l.
-intros l n H H0.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Show.
-injection H0.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-Beware that \texttt{injection} yields an equality in a sigma type
-whenever the injected object has a dependent type $P$ with its two
-instances in different types $(P~t_1~...~t_n)$ and
-$(P~u_1~...~u_n)$. If $t_1$ and $u_1$ are the same and have for type
-an inductive type for which a decidable equality has been declared
-using the command {\tt Scheme Equality} (see \ref{Scheme}), the use of
-a sigma type is avoided.
-
-\Rem If some quantified hypothesis of the goal is named {\ident}, then
-{\tt injection {\ident}} first introduces the hypothesis in the local
-context using \texttt{intros until \ident}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Not a projectable equality but a discriminable one}
-\item \errindex{Nothing to do, it is an equality between convertible terms}
-\item \errindex{Not a primitive equality}
-\item \errindex{Nothing to inject}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item \texttt{injection \num}
-
- This does the same thing as \texttt{intros until \num} followed by
-\texttt{injection \ident} where {\ident} is the identifier for the last
-introduced hypothesis.
-
-\item \texttt{injection {\term} with \bindinglist}
-
- This does the same as \texttt{injection {\term}} but using
- the given bindings to instantiate parameters or hypotheses of {\term}.
-
-\item \texttt{einjection \num}\tacindex{einjection}\\
- \texttt{einjection {\term} \zeroone{with \bindinglist}}
-
- This works the same as {\tt injection} but if the type of {\term},
- or the type of the hypothesis referred to by {\num}, has uninstantiated
- parameters, these parameters are left as existential variables.
-
-\item{\tt injection}
-
- If the current goal is of the form {\term$_1$} {\tt <>} {\term$_2$},
- this behaves as {\tt intro {\ident}; injection {\ident}}.
-
- \ErrMsg \errindex{goal does not satisfy the expected preconditions}
-
-\item \texttt{injection {\term} \zeroone{with \bindinglist} as \nelistnosep{\intropattern}}\\
-\texttt{injection {\num} as {\intropattern} \dots\ \intropattern}\\
-\texttt{injection as {\intropattern} \dots\ \intropattern}\\
-\texttt{einjection {\term} \zeroone{with \bindinglist} as \nelistnosep{\intropattern}}\\
-\texttt{einjection {\num} as {\intropattern} \dots\ \intropattern}\\
-\texttt{einjection as {\intropattern} \dots\ \intropattern}
-\tacindex{injection \dots\ as}
-
-These variants apply \texttt{intros} \nelistnosep{\intropattern} after
-the call to \texttt{injection} or \texttt{einjection} so that all
-equalities generated are moved in the context of hypotheses. The
-number of {\intropattern} must not exceed the number of equalities
-newly generated. If it is smaller, fresh names are automatically
-generated to adjust the list of {\intropattern} to the number of new
-equalities. The original equality is erased if it corresponds to an
-hypothesis.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\optindex{Structural Injection}
-
-It is possible to ensure that \texttt{injection {\term}} erases the
-original hypothesis and leaves the generated equalities in the context
-rather than putting them as antecedents of the current goal, as if
-giving \texttt{injection {\term} as} (with an empty list of names). To
-obtain this behavior, the option {\tt Set Structural Injection} must
-be activated. This option is off by default.
-
-By default, \texttt{injection} only creates new equalities between
-terms whose type is in sort \texttt{Type} or \texttt{Set}, thus
-implementing a special behavior for objects that are proofs
-of a statement in \texttt{Prop}. This behavior can be turned off
-by setting the option \texttt{Set Keep Proof Equalities}.
-\optindex{Keep Proof Equalities}
-\subsection{\tt inversion \ident}
-\tacindex{inversion}
-
-Let the type of {\ident} in the local context be $(I~\vec{t})$,
-where $I$ is a (co)inductive predicate. Then,
-\texttt{inversion} applied to \ident~ derives for each possible
-constructor $c_i$ of $(I~\vec{t})$, {\bf all} the necessary
-conditions that should hold for the instance $(I~\vec{t})$ to be
-proved by $c_i$.
-
-\Rem If {\ident} does not denote a hypothesis in the local context
-but refers to a hypothesis quantified in the goal, then the
-latter is first introduced in the local context using
-\texttt{intros until \ident}.
-
-\Rem As inversion proofs may be large in size, we recommend the user to
-stock the lemmas whenever the same instance needs to be inverted
-several times. See Section~\ref{Derive-Inversion}.
-
-\Rem Part of the behavior of the \texttt{inversion} tactic is to generate
-equalities between expressions that appeared in the hypothesis that is
-being processed. By default, no equalities are generated if they relate
-two proofs (i.e. equalities between terms whose type is in
-sort \texttt{Prop}). This behavior can be turned off by using the option
-\texttt{Set Keep Proof Equalities.}
-\optindex{Keep Proof Equalities}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item \texttt{inversion \num}
-
- This does the same thing as \texttt{intros until \num} then
- \texttt{inversion \ident} where {\ident} is the identifier for the
- last introduced hypothesis.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion\_clear} \texttt{inversion\_clear \ident}
-
- This behaves as \texttt{inversion} and then erases \ident~ from the
- context.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion \dots\ as} \texttt{inversion {\ident} as \intropattern}
-
- This generally behaves as \texttt{inversion} but using names in
- {\intropattern} for naming hypotheses. The {\intropattern} must have
- the form {\tt [} $p_{11} \ldots p_{1n_1}$ {\tt |} {\ldots} {\tt |}
- $p_{m1} \ldots p_{mn_m}$ {\tt ]} with $m$ being the number of
- constructors of the type of {\ident}. Be careful that the list must
- be of length $m$ even if {\tt inversion} discards some cases (which
- is precisely one of its roles): for the discarded cases, just use an
- empty list (i.e. $n_i=0$).
-
- The arguments of the $i^{th}$ constructor and the
- equalities that {\tt inversion} introduces in the context of the
- goal corresponding to the $i^{th}$ constructor, if it exists, get
- their names from the list $p_{i1}$ \ldots $p_{in_i}$ in order. If
- there are not enough names, {\tt inversion} invents names for the
- remaining variables to introduce. In case an equation splits into
- several equations (because {\tt inversion} applies {\tt injection}
- on the equalities it generates), the corresponding name $p_{ij}$ in
- the list must be replaced by a sublist of the form {\tt [$p_{ij1}$
- \mbox{\dots} $p_{ijq}$]} (or, equivalently, {\tt ($p_{ij1}$,
- \dots, $p_{ijq}$)}) where $q$ is the number of subequalities
- obtained from splitting the original equation. Here is an example.
-
- The \texttt{inversion \dots\ as} variant of \texttt{inversion}
- generally behaves in a slightly more expectable way than
- \texttt{inversion} (no artificial duplication of some hypotheses
- referring to other hypotheses) To take benefit of these
- improvements, it is enough to use \texttt{inversion \dots\ as []},
- letting the names being finally chosen by {\Coq}.
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Require Import List.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Inductive contains0 : list nat -> Prop :=
- | in_hd : forall l, contains0 (0 :: l)
- | in_tl : forall l b, contains0 l -> contains0 (b :: l).
-Goal forall l:list nat, contains0 (1 :: l) -> contains0 l.
-intros l H; inversion H as [ | l' p Hl' [Heqp Heql'] ].
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\item \texttt{inversion {\num} as \intropattern}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced by
- \texttt{inversion \num} in the context.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion\_clear \dots\ as} \texttt{inversion\_clear
- {\ident} as \intropattern}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced by
- \texttt{inversion\_clear} in the context. Notice that hypothesis
- names can be provided as if \texttt{inversion} were called, even
- though the \texttt{inversion\_clear} will eventually erase the
- hypotheses.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion \dots\ in} \texttt{inversion {\ident}
- in \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
- Let \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$, be identifiers in the local context. This
- tactic behaves as generalizing \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$, and
- then performing \texttt{inversion}.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion \dots\ as \dots\ in} \texttt{inversion
- {\ident} as {\intropattern} in \ident$_1$ \dots\
- \ident$_n$}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced in the context by
- \texttt{inversion {\ident} in \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion\_clear \dots\ in} \texttt{inversion\_clear
- {\ident} in \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
- Let \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$, be identifiers in the local context. This
- tactic behaves as generalizing \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$, and
- then performing {\tt inversion\_clear}.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion\_clear \dots\ as \dots\ in}
- \texttt{inversion\_clear {\ident} as {\intropattern}
- in \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced in the context by
- \texttt{inversion\_clear {\ident} in \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion} \texttt{dependent inversion \ident}
-
- That must be used when \ident\ appears in the current goal. It acts
- like \texttt{inversion} and then substitutes \ident\ for the
- corresponding term in the goal.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion \dots\ as } \texttt{dependent
- inversion {\ident} as \intropattern}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced in the context by
- \texttt{dependent inversion} {\ident}.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion\_clear} \texttt{dependent
- inversion\_clear \ident}
-
- Like \texttt{dependent inversion}, except that {\ident} is cleared
- from the local context.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion\_clear \dots\ as}
- \texttt{dependent inversion\_clear {\ident} as \intropattern}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced in the context by
- \texttt{dependent inversion\_clear} {\ident}.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion \dots\ with} \texttt{dependent
- inversion {\ident} with \term}
-
- This variant allows you to specify the generalization of the goal. It
- is useful when the system fails to generalize the goal automatically. If
- {\ident} has type $(I~\vec{t})$ and $I$ has type
- $\forall (\vec{x}:\vec{T}), s$, then \term~ must be of type
- $I:\forall (\vec{x}:\vec{T}), I~\vec{x}\to s'$ where $s'$ is the
- type of the goal.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion \dots\ as \dots\ with}
- \texttt{dependent inversion {\ident} as {\intropattern}
- with \term}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced in the context by
- \texttt{dependent inversion {\ident} with \term}.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion\_clear \dots\ with}
- \texttt{dependent inversion\_clear {\ident} with \term}
-
- Like \texttt{dependent inversion \dots\ with} but clears {\ident} from
- the local context.
-
-\item \tacindex{dependent inversion\_clear \dots\ as \dots\ with}
- \texttt{dependent inversion\_clear {\ident} as
- {\intropattern} with \term}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced in the context by
- \texttt{dependent inversion\_clear {\ident} with \term}.
-
-\item \tacindex{simple inversion} \texttt{simple inversion \ident}
-
- It is a very primitive inversion tactic that derives all the necessary
- equalities but it does not simplify the constraints as
- \texttt{inversion} does.
-
-\item \tacindex{simple inversion \dots\ as} \texttt{simple inversion
- {\ident} as \intropattern}
-
- This allows naming the hypotheses introduced in the context by
- \texttt{simple inversion}.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion \dots\ using} \texttt{inversion {\ident}
- using \ident$'$}
-
- Let {\ident} have type $(I~\vec{t})$ ($I$ an inductive
- predicate) in the local context, and \ident$'$ be a (dependent) inversion
- lemma. Then, this tactic refines the current goal with the specified
- lemma.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion \dots\ using \dots\ in} \texttt{inversion
- {\ident} using \ident$'$ in \ident$_1$\dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
- This tactic behaves as generalizing \ident$_1$\dots\ \ident$_n$,
- then doing \texttt{inversion {\ident} using \ident$'$}.
-
-\item \tacindex{inversion\_sigma} \texttt{inversion\_sigma}
-
- This tactic turns equalities of dependent pairs (e.g.,
- \texttt{existT P x p = existT P y q}, frequently left over by
- \texttt{inversion} on a dependent type family) into pairs of
- equalities (e.g., a hypothesis \texttt{H : x = y} and a hypothesis
- of type \texttt{rew H in p = q}); these hypotheses can subsequently
- be simplified using \texttt{subst}, without ever invoking any kind
- of axiom asserting uniqueness of identity proofs. If you want to
- explicitly specify the hypothesis to be inverted, or name the
- generated hypotheses, you can invoke \texttt{induction H as [H1 H2]
- using eq\_sigT\_rect}. This tactic also works for \texttt{sig},
- \texttt{sigT2}, and \texttt{sig2}, and there are similar
- \texttt{eq\_sig\emph{*}\_rect} induction lemmas.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\firstexample
-\example{Non-dependent inversion}
-\label{inversion-examples}
-
-Let us consider the relation \texttt{Le} over natural numbers and the
-following variables:
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Inductive Le : nat -> nat -> Set :=
- | LeO : forall n:nat, Le 0 n
- | LeS : forall n m:nat, Le n m -> Le (S n) (S m).
-Variable P : nat -> nat -> Prop.
-Variable Q : forall n m:nat, Le n m -> Prop.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-Let us consider the following goal:
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Lemma ex : forall n m:nat, Le (S n) m -> P n m.
-intros.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Show.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-To prove the goal, we may need to reason by cases on \texttt{H} and to
-derive that \texttt{m} is necessarily of
-the form $(S~m_0)$ for certain $m_0$ and that $(Le~n~m_0)$.
-Deriving these conditions corresponds to prove that the
-only possible constructor of \texttt{(Le (S n) m)} is
-\texttt{LeS} and that we can invert the
-\texttt{->} in the type of \texttt{LeS}.
-This inversion is possible because \texttt{Le} is the smallest set closed by
-the constructors \texttt{LeO} and \texttt{LeS}.
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-inversion_clear H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-Note that \texttt{m} has been substituted in the goal for \texttt{(S m0)}
-and that the hypothesis \texttt{(Le n m0)} has been added to the
-context.
-
-Sometimes it is
-interesting to have the equality \texttt{m=(S m0)} in the
-context to use it after. In that case we can use \texttt{inversion} that
-does not clear the equalities:
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Undo.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-inversion H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\example{Dependent inversion}
-
-Let us consider the following goal:
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Lemma ex_dep : forall (n m:nat) (H:Le (S n) m), Q (S n) m H.
-intros.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Show.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-As \texttt{H} occurs in the goal, we may want to reason by cases on its
-structure and so, we would like inversion tactics to
-substitute \texttt{H} by the corresponding term in constructor form.
-Neither \texttt{Inversion} nor {\tt Inversion\_clear} make such a
-substitution.
-To have such a behavior we use the dependent inversion tactics:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-dependent inversion_clear H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-Note that \texttt{H} has been substituted by \texttt{(LeS n m0 l)} and
-\texttt{m} by \texttt{(S m0)}.
-
-\example{Using \texorpdfstring{\texttt{inversion\_sigma}}{inversion\_sigma}}
-
-Let us consider the following inductive type of length-indexed lists,
-and a lemma about inverting equality of \texttt{cons}:
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-Set Printing Compact Contexts.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Require Coq.Logic.Eqdep_dec.
-
-Inductive vec A : nat -> Type :=
-| nil : vec A O
-| cons {n} (x : A) (xs : vec A n) : vec A (S n).
-
-Lemma invert_cons : forall A n x xs y ys,
- @cons A n x xs = @cons A n y ys
- -> xs = ys.
-Proof.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-intros A n x xs y ys H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-After performing \texttt{inversion}, we are left with an equality of
-\texttt{existT}s:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-inversion H.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-We can turn this equality into a usable form with
-\texttt{inversion\_sigma}:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-inversion_sigma.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-To finish cleaning up the proof, we will need to use the fact that
-that all proofs of \texttt{n = n} for \texttt{n} a \texttt{nat} are
-\texttt{eq\_refl}:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-let H := match goal with H : n = n |- _ => H end in
-pose proof (Eqdep_dec.UIP_refl_nat _ H); subst H.
-simpl in *.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-Finally, we can finish the proof:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-assumption.
-Qed.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\subsection{\tt fix {\ident} {\num}}
-\tacindex{fix}
-\label{tactic:fix}
-
-This tactic is a primitive tactic to start a proof by induction. In
-general, it is easier to rely on higher-level induction tactics such
-as the ones described in Section~\ref{Tac-induction}.
-
-In the syntax of the tactic, the identifier {\ident} is the name given
-to the induction hypothesis. The natural number {\num} tells on which
-premise of the current goal the induction acts, starting
-from 1, counting both dependent and non dependent
-products, but skipping local definitions. Especially, the current
-lemma must be composed of at least {\num} products.
-
-Like in a {\tt fix} expression, the induction
-hypotheses have to be used on structurally smaller arguments.
-The verification that inductive proof arguments are correct is done
-only at the time of registering the lemma in the environment. To know
-if the use of induction hypotheses is correct at some
-time of the interactive development of a proof, use the command {\tt
- Guarded} (see Section~\ref{Guarded}).
-
-\begin{Variants}
- \item {\tt fix \ident$_1$ {\num} with ( \ident$_2$
- \nelistnosep{\binder$_2$} \zeroone{\{ struct \ident$'_2$
- \}} :~\type$_2$ ) \dots\ ( \ident$_n$
- \nelistnosep{\binder$_n$} \zeroone{\{ struct \ident$'_n$ \}} :~\type$_n$ )}
-
-This starts a proof by mutual induction. The statements to be
-simultaneously proved are respectively {\tt forall}
- \nelistnosep{{\binder}$_2$}{\tt ,} {\type}$_2$, {\ldots}, {\tt forall}
- \nelistnosep{{\binder}$_n$}{\tt ,} {\type}$_n$. The identifiers
-{\ident}$_1$ {\ldots} {\ident}$_n$ are the names of the induction
-hypotheses. The identifiers {\ident}$'_2$ {\ldots} {\ident}$'_n$ are the
-respective names of the premises on which the induction is performed
-in the statements to be simultaneously proved (if not given, the
-system tries to guess itself what they are).
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt cofix \ident}
-\tacindex{cofix}
-\label{tactic:cofix}
-
-This tactic starts a proof by coinduction. The identifier {\ident} is
-the name given to the coinduction hypothesis. Like in a {\tt cofix}
-expression, the use of induction hypotheses have to guarded by a
-constructor. The verification that the use of co-inductive hypotheses
-is correct is done only at the time of registering the lemma in the
-environment. To know if the use of coinduction hypotheses is correct
-at some time of the interactive development of a proof, use the
-command {\tt Guarded} (see Section~\ref{Guarded}).
-
-
-\begin{Variants}
- \item {\tt cofix \ident$_1$ with ( \ident$_2$
- \nelistnosep{\binder$_2$} :~\type$_2$ ) \dots\ (
- \ident$_n$ \nelistnosep{\binder$_n$} :~\type$_n$ )}
-
-This starts a proof by mutual coinduction. The statements to be
-simultaneously proved are respectively {\tt forall}
-\nelistnosep{{\binder}$_2$}{\tt ,} {\type}$_2$, {\ldots}, {\tt forall}
- \nelistnosep{{\binder}$_n$}{\tt ,} {\type}$_n$. The identifiers
- {\ident}$_1$ {\ldots} {\ident}$_n$ are the names of the
- coinduction hypotheses.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\section{Rewriting expressions}
-
-
-These tactics use the equality {\tt eq:forall A:Type, A->A->Prop}
-defined in file {\tt Logic.v} (see Section~\ref{Equality}). The
-notation for {\tt eq}~$T~t~u$ is simply {\tt $t$=$u$} dropping the
-implicit type of $t$ and $u$.
-
-\subsection{\tt rewrite \term}
-\label{rewrite}
-\tacindex{rewrite}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The type of {\term}
-must have the form
-
-\texttt{forall (x$_1$:A$_1$) \dots\ (x$_n$:A$_n$)}\texttt{eq} \term$_1$ \term$_2$.
-
-\noindent where \texttt{eq} is the Leibniz equality or a registered
-setoid equality.
-
-\noindent Then {\tt rewrite \term} finds the first subterm matching
-\term$_1$ in the goal, resulting in instances \term$_1'$ and \term$_2'$
-and then replaces every occurrence of \term$_1'$ by \term$_2'$.
-Hence, some of the variables x$_i$ are
-solved by unification, and some of the types \texttt{A}$_1$, \dots,
-\texttt{A}$_n$ become new subgoals.
-
-% \Rem In case the type of
-% \term$_1$ contains occurrences of variables bound in the
-% type of \term, the tactic tries first to find a subterm of the goal
-% which matches this term in order to find a closed instance \term$'_1$
-% of \term$_1$, and then all instances of \term$'_1$ will be replaced.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{The term provided does not end with an equation}
-
-\item \errindex{Tactic generated a subgoal identical to the original goal}
-
-This happens if \term$_1$ does not occur in the goal.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt rewrite -> \term}\tacindex{rewrite ->}
-
- Is equivalent to {\tt rewrite \term}
-
-\item {\tt rewrite <- \term}\tacindex{rewrite <-}
-
- Uses the equality \term$_1${\tt=}\term$_2$ from right to left
-
-\item {\tt rewrite {\term} in \nterm{clause}}
- \tacindex{rewrite \dots\ in}
-
- Analogous to {\tt rewrite {\term}} but rewriting is done following
- \nterm{clause} (similarly to \ref{Conversion-tactics}). For
- instance:
- \begin{itemize}
- \item \texttt{rewrite H in H1} will rewrite \texttt{H} in the hypothesis
- \texttt{H1} instead of the current goal.
- \item \texttt{rewrite H in H1 at 1, H2 at - 2 |- *} means \texttt{rewrite H; rewrite H in H1 at 1;
- rewrite H in H2 at - 2}. In particular a failure will happen if any of
- these three simpler tactics fails.
- \item \texttt{rewrite H in * |- } will do \texttt{rewrite H in
- H$_i$} for all hypotheses \texttt{H$_i$} different from \texttt{H}. A success will happen
- as soon as at least one of these simpler tactics succeeds.
- \item \texttt{rewrite H in *} is a combination of \texttt{rewrite H}
- and \texttt{rewrite H in * |-} that succeeds if at
- least one of these two tactics succeeds.
- \end{itemize}
- Orientation {\tt ->} or {\tt <-} can be
- inserted before the term to rewrite.
-
-\item {\tt rewrite {\term} at {\occlist}}
- \tacindex{rewrite \dots\ at}
-
- Rewrite only the given occurrences of \term$_1'$. Occurrences are
- specified from left to right as for \texttt{pattern} (\S
- \ref{pattern}). The rewrite is always performed using setoid
- rewriting, even for Leibniz's equality, so one has to
- \texttt{Import Setoid} to use this variant.
-
-\item {\tt rewrite {\term} by {\tac}}
- \tacindex{rewrite \dots\ by}
-
- Use {\tac} to completely solve the side-conditions arising from the
- rewrite.
-
-\item {\tt rewrite \term$_1$ , \mbox{\dots} , \term$_n$}
-
- Is equivalent to the $n$ successive tactics {\tt rewrite $\term_1$}
- up to {\tt rewrite $\term_n$}, each one working on the first subgoal
- generated by the previous one.
- Orientation {\tt ->} or {\tt <-} can be
- inserted before each term to rewrite. One unique \nterm{clause}
- can be added at the end after the keyword {\tt in}; it will
- then affect all rewrite operations.
-
-\item In all forms of {\tt rewrite} described above, a term to rewrite
- can be immediately prefixed by one of the following modifiers:
- \begin{itemize}
- \item {\tt ?} : the tactic {\tt rewrite ?$\term$} performs the
- rewrite of $\term$ as many times as possible (perhaps zero time).
- This form never fails.
- \item {\tt $n$?} : works similarly, except that it will do at most
- $n$ rewrites.
- \item {\tt !} : works as {\tt ?}, except that at least one rewrite
- should succeed, otherwise the tactic fails.
- \item {\tt $n$!} (or simply {\tt $n$}) : precisely $n$ rewrites
- of $\term$ will be done, leading to failure if these $n$ rewrites are not possible.
- \end{itemize}
-
-\item {\tt erewrite {\term}\tacindex{erewrite}}
-
-This tactic works as {\tt rewrite {\term}} but turning unresolved
-bindings into existential variables, if any, instead of failing. It has
-the same variants as {\tt rewrite} has.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt replace \term$_1$ with \term$_2$}
-\label{tactic:replace}
-\tacindex{replace \dots\ with}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. It replaces all free occurrences of
-{\term$_1$} in the current goal with {\term$_2$} and generates the
-equality {\term$_2$}{\tt =}{\term$_1$} as a subgoal. This equality is
-automatically solved if it occurs among the assumption, or if its
-symmetric form occurs. It is equivalent to {\tt cut
-\term$_2$=\term$_1$; [intro H{\sl n}; rewrite <- H{\sl n}; clear H{\sl
-n}| assumption || symmetry; try assumption]}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{terms do not have convertible types}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt replace \term$_1$ with \term$_2$ by \tac}
-
- This acts as {\tt replace \term$_1$ with \term$_2$} but applies {\tt \tac}
- to solve the generated subgoal {\tt \term$_2$=\term$_1$}.
-
-\item {\tt replace {\term}}
-
- Replaces {\term} with {\term'} using the
- first assumption whose type has the form {\tt \term=\term'} or {\tt
- \term'=\term}.
-
-\item {\tt replace -> {\term}}
-
- Replaces {\term} with {\term'} using the
- first assumption whose type has the form {\tt \term=\term'}
-
-\item {\tt replace <- {\term}}
-
- Replaces {\term} with {\term'} using the
- first assumption whose type has the form {\tt \term'=\term}
-
-\item {\tt replace {\term$_1$} with {\term$_2$} in \nterm{clause} }\\
- {\tt replace {\term$_1$} with {\term$_2$} in \nterm{clause} by \tac }\\
- {\tt replace {\term} in \nterm{clause}}\\
- {\tt replace -> {\term} in \nterm{clause}}\\
- {\tt replace <- {\term} in \nterm{clause}}
-
- Acts as before but the replacements take place in
- \nterm{clause}~(see Section~\ref{Conversion-tactics}) and not only
- in the conclusion of the goal.
- The \nterm{clause} argument must not contain any \texttt{type of} nor \texttt{value of}.
-
-\item {\tt cutrewrite <- (\term$_1$ = \term$_2$)}
-%\label{cutrewrite}
-\tacindex{cutrewrite}
-
-This tactic is deprecated. It acts like {\tt replace {\term$_2$} with
- {\term$_1$}}, or, equivalently as {\tt enough} (\term$_1$ =
-\term$_2$) {\tt as <-}.
-
-\item {\tt cutrewrite -> (\term$_1$ = \term$_2$)}
-%\label{cutrewrite}
-\tacindex{cutrewrite}
-
-This tactic is deprecated. It can be replaced by {\tt enough}
-(\term$_1$ = \term$_2$) {\tt as ->}.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt subst \ident}
-\tacindex{subst}
-\optindex{Regular Subst Tactic}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal that has \ident\ in its context and (at
-least) one hypothesis, say $H$, of type {\tt \ident} = $t$ or $t$
-{\tt = \ident} with {\ident} not occurring in $t$. Then it replaces
-{\ident} by $t$ everywhere in the goal (in the hypotheses and in the
-conclusion) and clears {\ident} and $H$ from the context.
-
-If {\ident} is a local definition of the form {\ident} := $t$, it is
-also unfolded and cleared.
-
-\Rem
-When several hypotheses have the form {\tt \ident} = $t$ or {\tt
- $t$ = \ident}, the first one is used.
-
-\Rem
-If $H$ is itself dependent in the goal, it is replaced by the
-proof of reflexivity of equality.
-
-\begin{Variants}
- \item {\tt subst \ident$_1$ {\dots} \ident$_n$}
-
- This is equivalent to {\tt subst \ident$_1$; \dots; subst \ident$_n$}.
- \item {\tt subst}
-
- This applies {\tt subst} repeatedly from top to bottom to all
- identifiers of the context for which an equality of the form {\tt
- \ident} = $t$ or $t$ {\tt = \ident} or {\tt \ident} := $t$ exists, with
- {\ident} not occurring in $t$.
-
-\noindent {\bf Remark: } The behavior of {\tt subst} can be controlled
-using option {\tt Set Regular Subst Tactic}. When this option is
-activated, {\tt subst} also deals with the following corner cases:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item A context with ordered hypotheses {\tt \ident$_1$ = \ident$_2$}
- and {\tt \ident$_1$ = $t$}, or {$t'$ = \ident$_1$} with $t'$ not a
- variable, and no other hypotheses of the form {\tt \ident$_2$ = $u$}
- or {\tt $u$ = \ident$_2$}; without the option, a second call to {\tt
- subst} would be necessary to replace {\ident$_2$} by $t$ or $t'$
- respectively.
-
-\item The presence of a recursive equation which without the option
- would be a cause of failure of {\tt subst}.
-
-\item A context with cyclic dependencies as with hypotheses {\tt
- \ident$_1$ = f~\ident$_2$} and {\tt \ident$_2$ = g~\ident$_1$} which
- without the option would be a cause of failure of {\tt subst}.
-\end{itemize}
-Additionally, it prevents a local definition such as {\tt \ident} :=
- $t$ to be unfolded which otherwise it would exceptionally unfold in
-configurations containing hypotheses of the form {\tt {\ident} = $u$},
-or {\tt $u'$ = \ident} with $u'$ not a variable.
-
-Finally, it preserves the initial order of hypotheses, which without
-the option it may break.
-
-The option is on by default.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt stepl \term}
-\tacindex{stepl}
-
-This tactic is for chaining rewriting steps. It assumes a goal of the
-form ``$R$ {\term}$_1$ {\term}$_2$'' where $R$ is a binary relation
-and relies on a database of lemmas of the form {\tt forall} $x$ $y$
-$z$, $R$ $x$ $y$ {\tt ->} $eq$ $x$ $z$ {\tt ->} $R$ $z$ $y$ where $eq$
-is typically a setoid equality. The application of {\tt stepl {\term}}
-then replaces the goal by ``$R$ {\term} {\term}$_2$'' and adds a new
-goal stating ``$eq$ {\term} {\term}$_1$''.
-
-Lemmas are added to the database using the command
-\comindex{Declare Left Step}
-\begin{quote}
-{\tt Declare Left Step {\term}.}
-\end{quote}
-
-The tactic is especially useful for parametric setoids which are not
-accepted as regular setoids for {\tt rewrite} and {\tt
- setoid\_replace} (see Chapter~\ref{setoids}).
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item{\tt stepl {\term} by {\tac}}
-
-This applies {\tt stepl {\term}} then applies {\tac} to the second goal.
-
-\item{\tt stepr {\term}}\\
- {\tt stepr {\term} by {\tac}}\tacindex{stepr}
-
-This behaves as {\tt stepl} but on the right-hand-side of the binary relation.
-Lemmas are expected to be of the form
-``{\tt forall} $x$ $y$
-$z$, $R$ $x$ $y$ {\tt ->} $eq$ $y$ $z$ {\tt ->} $R$ $x$ $z$''
-and are registered using the command
-\comindex{Declare Right Step}
-\begin{quote}
-{\tt Declare Right Step {\term}.}
-\end{quote}
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt change \term}
-\tacindex{change}
-\label{change}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. It implements the rule
-``Conv''\index{Typing rules!Conv} given in Section~\ref{Conv}. {\tt
- change U} replaces the current goal \T\ with \U\ providing that
-\U\ is well-formed and that \T\ and \U\ are convertible.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Not convertible}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\tacindex{change \dots\ in}
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt change \term$_1$ with \term$_2$}
-
- This replaces the occurrences of \term$_1$ by \term$_2$ in the
- current goal. The terms \term$_1$ and \term$_2$ must be
- convertible.
-
-\item {\tt change \term$_1$ at \num$_1$ \dots\ \num$_i$ with \term$_2$}
-
- This replaces the occurrences numbered \num$_1$ \dots\ \num$_i$ of
- \term$_1$ by \term$_2$ in the current goal.
- The terms \term$_1$ and \term$_2$ must be convertible.
-
- \ErrMsg {\tt Too few occurrences}
-
-\item {\tt change {\term} in {\ident}}
-
-\item {\tt change \term$_1$ with \term$_2$ in {\ident}}
-
-\item {\tt change \term$_1$ at \num$_1$ \dots\ \num$_i$ with \term$_2$ in
- {\ident}}
-
- This applies the {\tt change} tactic not to the goal but to the
- hypothesis {\ident}.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\SeeAlso \ref{Conversion-tactics}
-
-
-\section{Performing computations
-\index{Conversion tactics}
-\label{Conversion-tactics}}
-
-This set of tactics implements different specialized usages of the
-tactic \texttt{change}.
-
-All conversion tactics (including \texttt{change}) can be
-parameterized by the parts of the goal where the conversion can
-occur. This is done using \emph{goal clauses} which consists in a list
-of hypotheses and, optionally, of a reference to the conclusion of the
-goal. For defined hypothesis it is possible to specify if the
-conversion should occur on the type part, the body part or both
-(default).
-
-\index{Clauses}
-\index{Goal clauses}
-Goal clauses are written after a conversion tactic (tactics
-\texttt{set}~\ref{tactic:set}, \texttt{rewrite}~\ref{rewrite},
-\texttt{replace}~\ref{tactic:replace} and
-\texttt{autorewrite}~\ref{tactic:autorewrite} also use goal clauses) and
-are introduced by the keyword \texttt{in}. If no goal clause is provided,
-the default is to perform the conversion only in the conclusion.
-
-The syntax and description of the various goal clauses is the following:
-\begin{description}
-\item[]\texttt{in {\ident}$_1$ $\ldots$ {\ident}$_n$ |- } only in hypotheses {\ident}$_1$
- \ldots {\ident}$_n$
-\item[]\texttt{in {\ident}$_1$ $\ldots$ {\ident}$_n$ |- *} in hypotheses {\ident}$_1$ \ldots
- {\ident}$_n$ and in the conclusion
-\item[]\texttt{in * |-} in every hypothesis
-\item[]\texttt{in *} (equivalent to \texttt{in * |- *}) everywhere
-\item[]\texttt{in (type of {\ident}$_1$) (value of {\ident}$_2$) $\ldots$ |-} in
- type part of {\ident}$_1$, in the value part of {\ident}$_2$, etc.
-\end{description}
-
-For backward compatibility, the notation \texttt{in}~{\ident}$_1$\ldots {\ident}$_n$
-performs the conversion in hypotheses {\ident}$_1$\ldots {\ident}$_n$.
-
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-%voir reduction__conv_x : histoires d'univers.
-%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
-
-\subsection{{\tt cbv \flag$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \flag$_n$}, {\tt lazy \flag$_1$
-\mbox{\dots} \flag$_n$}, and \tt compute}
-\tacindex{cbv}
-\tacindex{lazy}
-\tacindex{compute}
-\tacindex{vm\_compute}\label{vmcompute}
-\tacindex{native\_compute}\label{nativecompute}
-
-These parameterized reduction tactics apply to any goal and perform
-the normalization of the goal according to the specified flags. In
-correspondence with the kinds of reduction considered in \Coq\, namely
-$\beta$ (reduction of functional application), $\delta$ (unfolding of
-transparent constants, see \ref{Transparent}), $\iota$ (reduction of
-pattern-matching over a constructed term, and unfolding of {\tt fix}
-and {\tt cofix} expressions) and $\zeta$ (contraction of local
-definitions), the flags are either {\tt beta}, {\tt delta},
-{\tt match}, {\tt fix}, {\tt cofix}, {\tt iota} or {\tt zeta}.
-The {\tt iota} flag is a shorthand for {\tt match}, {\tt fix} and {\tt cofix}.
-The {\tt delta} flag itself can be refined into {\tt
-delta [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]} or {\tt delta
--[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}, restricting in the first case the
-constants to unfold to the constants listed, and restricting in the
-second case the constant to unfold to all but the ones explicitly
-mentioned. Notice that the {\tt delta} flag does not apply to
-variables bound by a let-in construction inside the term itself (use
-here the {\tt zeta} flag). In any cases, opaque constants are not
-unfolded (see Section~\ref{Opaque}).
-
-Normalization according to the flags is done by first evaluating the
-head of the expression into a {\em weak-head} normal form, i.e. until
-the evaluation is bloked by a variable (or an opaque constant, or an
-axiom), as e.g. in {\tt x\;u$_1$\;...\;u$_n$}, or {\tt match x with
- ... end}, or {\tt (fix f x \{struct x\} := ...) x}, or is a
-constructed form (a $\lambda$-expression, a constructor, a cofixpoint,
-an inductive type, a product type, a sort), or is a redex that the
-flags prevent to reduce. Once a weak-head normal form is obtained,
-subterms are recursively reduced using the same strategy.
-
-Reduction to weak-head normal form can be done using two strategies:
-{\em lazy} ({\tt lazy} tactic), or {\em call-by-value} ({\tt cbv}
-tactic). The lazy strategy is a call-by-need strategy, with sharing of
-reductions: the arguments of a function call are weakly evaluated only
-when necessary, and if an argument is used several times then it is
-weakly computed only once. This reduction is efficient for reducing
-expressions with dead code. For instance, the proofs of a proposition
-{\tt exists~$x$. $P(x)$} reduce to a pair of a witness $t$, and a
-proof that $t$ satisfies the predicate $P$. Most of the time, $t$ may
-be computed without computing the proof of $P(t)$, thanks to the lazy
-strategy.
-
-The call-by-value strategy is the one used in ML languages: the
-arguments of a function call are systematically weakly evaluated
-first. Despite the lazy strategy always performs fewer reductions than
-the call-by-value strategy, the latter is generally more efficient for
-evaluating purely computational expressions (i.e. with little dead code).
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt compute} \tacindex{compute}\\
- {\tt cbv}
-
- These are synonyms for {\tt cbv beta delta iota zeta}.
-
-\item {\tt lazy}
-
- This is a synonym for {\tt lazy beta delta iota zeta}.
-
-\item {\tt compute [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}\\
- {\tt cbv [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}
-
- These are synonyms of {\tt cbv beta delta
- [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$] iota zeta}.
-
-\item {\tt compute -[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}\\
- {\tt cbv -[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}
-
- These are synonyms of {\tt cbv beta delta
- -[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$] iota zeta}.
-
-\item {\tt lazy [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}\\
- {\tt lazy -[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}
-
- These are respectively synonyms of {\tt lazy beta delta
- [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$] iota zeta} and {\tt lazy beta delta
- -[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$] iota zeta}.
-
-\item {\tt vm\_compute} \tacindex{vm\_compute}
-
- This tactic evaluates the goal using the optimized call-by-value evaluation
- bytecode-based virtual machine described in
- \cite{CompiledStrongReduction}. This algorithm is dramatically more efficient
- than the algorithm used for the {\tt cbv} tactic, but it cannot be
- fine-tuned. It is specially interesting for full evaluation of algebraic
- objects. This includes the case of reflection-based tactics.
-
-\item {\tt native\_compute} \tacindex{native\_compute} \optindex{NativeCompute Profiling}
-
- This tactic evaluates the goal by compilation to \ocaml{} as described in
- \cite{FullReduction}. If \Coq{} is running in native code, it can be typically
- two to five times faster than {\tt vm\_compute}. Note however that the
- compilation cost is higher, so it is worth using only for intensive
- computations.
-
- On Linux, if you have the {\tt perf} profiler installed, you can profile {\tt native\_compute} evaluations.
- The command
- \begin{quote}
- {\tt Set Native Compute Profiling}
- \end{quote}
- enables profiling. Use the command
- \begin{quote}
- {\tt Set NativeCompute Profile Filename \str}
- \end{quote}
- to specify the profile output; the default is {\tt native\_compute\_profile.data}. The actual filename used
- will contain extra characters to avoid overwriting an existing file; that filename is reported to the user. That means
- you can individually profile multiple uses of {\tt native\_compute} in a script. From the Linux command line, run {\tt perf report} on
- the profile file to see the results. Consult the {\tt perf} documentation for more details.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\Rem The following option makes {\tt cbv} (and its derivative {\tt
- compute}) print information about the constants it encounters and
-the unfolding decisions it makes.
-\begin{quote}
- \optindex{Debug Cbv}
- {\tt Set Debug Cbv}
-\end{quote}
-
-% Obsolete? Anyway not very important message
-%\begin{ErrMsgs}
-%\item \errindex{Delta must be specified before}
-%
-% A list of constants appeared before the {\tt delta} flag.
-%\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-
-\subsection{\tt red}
-\tacindex{red}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal that has the form {\tt
- forall (x:T1)\dots(xk:Tk), t} with {\tt t}
-$\beta\iota\zeta$-reducing to {\tt c t1 \dots\ tn} and {\tt c} a
-constant. If
-{\tt c} is transparent then it replaces {\tt c} with its definition
-(say {\tt t}) and then reduces {\tt (t t1 \dots\ tn)} according to
-$\beta\iota\zeta$-reduction rules.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Not reducible}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\subsection{\tt hnf}
-\tacindex{hnf}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. It replaces the current goal with its
-head normal form according to the $\beta\delta\iota\zeta$-reduction
-rules, i.e. it reduces the head of the goal until it becomes a
-product or an irreducible term. All inner $\beta\iota$-redexes are also
-reduced.
-
-\Example
-The term \verb+forall n:nat, (plus (S n) (S n))+ is not reduced by {\tt hnf}.
-
-\Rem The $\delta$ rule only applies to transparent constants
-(see Section~\ref{Opaque} on transparency and opacity).
-
-\subsection{\texorpdfstring{\texttt{cbn}}{cbn} and \texorpdfstring{\texttt{simpl}}{simpl}}
-\tacindex{cbn} \tacindex{simpl}
-
-These tactics apply to any goal. They try to reduce a term to
-something still readable instead of fully normalizing it. They perform
-a sort of strong normalization with two key differences:
-\begin{itemize}
-\item They unfold a constant if and only if it leads to a
- $\iota$-reduction, i.e. reducing a match or unfolding a fixpoint.
-\item While reducing a constant unfolding to (co)fixpoints,
- the tactics use the name of the
- constant the (co)fixpoint comes from instead of the (co)fixpoint
- definition in recursive calls.
-\end{itemize}
-
-The \texttt{cbn} tactic is claimed to be a more principled, faster and more
-predictable replacement for \texttt{simpl}.
-
-The \texttt{cbn} tactic accepts the same flags as \texttt{cbv} and
-\texttt{lazy}. The behavior of both \texttt{simpl} and \texttt{cbn}
-can be tuned using the \texttt{Arguments} vernacular command as
-follows: \comindex{Arguments}
-\begin{itemize}
-\item
-A constant can be marked to be never unfolded by \texttt{cbn} or
-\texttt{simpl}:
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Arguments minus n m : simpl never.
-\end{coq_example*}
-After that command an expression like \texttt{(minus (S x) y)} is left
-untouched by the tactics \texttt{cbn} and \texttt{simpl}.
-\item
-A constant can be marked to be unfolded only if applied to enough arguments.
-The number of arguments required can be specified using
-the {\tt /} symbol in the arguments list of the {\tt Arguments} vernacular
-command.
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Definition fcomp A B C f (g : A -> B) (x : A) : C := f (g x).
-Notation "f \o g" := (fcomp f g) (at level 50).
-Arguments fcomp {A B C} f g x /.
-\end{coq_example*}
-After that command the expression {\tt (f \verb+\+o g)} is left untouched by
-{\tt simpl} while {\tt ((f \verb+\+o g) t)} is reduced to {\tt (f (g t))}.
-The same mechanism can be used to make a constant volatile, i.e. always
-unfolded.
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Definition volatile := fun x : nat => x.
-Arguments volatile / x.
-\end{coq_example*}
-\item
-A constant can be marked to be unfolded only if an entire set of arguments
-evaluates to a constructor. The {\tt !} symbol can be used to mark such
-arguments.
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Arguments minus !n !m.
-\end{coq_example*}
-After that command, the expression {\tt (minus (S x) y)} is left untouched by
-{\tt simpl}, while {\tt (minus (S x) (S y))} is reduced to {\tt (minus x y)}.
-\item
-A special heuristic to determine if a constant has to be unfolded can be
-activated with the following command:
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Arguments minus n m : simpl nomatch.
-\end{coq_example*}
-The heuristic avoids to perform a simplification step that would
-expose a {\tt match} construct in head position. For example the
-expression {\tt (minus (S (S x)) (S y))} is simplified to
-{\tt (minus (S x) y)} even if an extra simplification is possible.
-\end{itemize}
-
-In detail, the tactic \texttt{simpl} first applies
-$\beta\iota$-reduction. Then, it expands transparent constants and
-tries to reduce further using $\beta\iota$-reduction. But, when no
-$\iota$ rule is applied after unfolding then $\delta$-reductions are
-not applied. For instance trying to use \texttt{simpl} on
-\texttt{(plus n O)=n} changes nothing.
-
-Notice that only transparent constants whose name can be reused in the
-recursive calls are possibly unfolded by \texttt{simpl}. For instance
-a constant defined by \texttt{plus' := plus} is possibly unfolded and
-reused in the recursive calls, but a constant such as \texttt{succ :=
- plus (S O)} is never unfolded. This is the main difference between
-\texttt{simpl} and \texttt{cbn}. The tactic \texttt{cbn} reduces
-whenever it will be able to reuse it or not: \texttt{succ t} is
-reduced to \texttt{S t}.
-
-\tacindex{simpl \dots\ in}
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt cbn [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}\\
- {\tt cbn -[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$]}
-
- These are respectively synonyms of {\tt cbn beta delta
- [\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$] iota zeta} and {\tt cbn beta delta
- -[\qualid$_1$\ldots\qualid$_k$] iota zeta} (see \ref{vmcompute}).
-
-\item {\tt simpl {\pattern}}
-
- This applies {\tt simpl} only to the subterms matching {\pattern} in the
- current goal.
-
-\item {\tt simpl {\pattern} at \num$_1$ \dots\ \num$_i$}
-
- This applies {\tt simpl} only to the \num$_1$, \dots, \num$_i$
- occurrences of the subterms matching {\pattern} in the current goal.
-
- \ErrMsg {\tt Too few occurrences}
-
-\item {\tt simpl {\qualid}}\\
- {\tt simpl {\qstring}}
-
- This applies {\tt simpl} only to the applicative subterms whose head
- occurrence is the unfoldable constant {\qualid} (the constant can be
- referred to by its notation using {\qstring} if such a notation
- exists).
-
-\item {\tt simpl {\qualid} at \num$_1$ \dots\ \num$_i$}\\
- {\tt simpl {\qstring} at \num$_1$ \dots\ \num$_i$}\\
-
- This applies {\tt simpl} only to the \num$_1$, \dots, \num$_i$
- applicative subterms whose head occurrence is {\qualid} (or
- {\qstring}).
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\begin{quote}
- \optindex{Debug RAKAM}
- {\tt Set Debug RAKAM}
-\end{quote}
-This option makes {\tt cbn} print various debugging information.
-{\tt RAKAM} is the Refolding Algebraic Krivine Abstract Machine.
-
-\subsection{\tt unfold \qualid}
-\tacindex{unfold}
-\label{unfold}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The argument {\qualid} must denote a
-defined transparent constant or local definition (see Sections~\ref{Basic-definitions} and~\ref{Transparent}). The tactic {\tt
- unfold} applies the $\delta$ rule to each occurrence of the constant
-to which {\qualid} refers in the current goal and then replaces it
-with its $\beta\iota$-normal form.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item {\qualid} \errindex{does not denote an evaluable constant}
-
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt unfold {\qualid} in {\ident}}
- \tacindex{unfold \dots in}
-
- Replaces {\qualid} in hypothesis {\ident} with its definition
- and replaces the hypothesis with its $\beta\iota$ normal form.
-
-\item {\tt unfold {\qualid}$_1$, \dots, \qualid$_n$}
-
- Replaces {\em simultaneously} {\qualid}$_1$, \dots, {\qualid}$_n$
- with their definitions and replaces the current goal with its
- $\beta\iota$ normal form.
-
-\item {\tt unfold {\qualid}$_1$ at \num$_1^1$, \dots, \num$_i^1$,
-\dots,\ \qualid$_n$ at \num$_1^n$ \dots\ \num$_j^n$}
-
- The lists \num$_1^1$, \dots, \num$_i^1$ and \num$_1^n$, \dots,
- \num$_j^n$ specify the occurrences of {\qualid}$_1$, \dots,
- \qualid$_n$ to be unfolded. Occurrences are located from left to
- right.
-
- \ErrMsg {\tt bad occurrence number of {\qualid}$_i$}
-
- \ErrMsg {\qualid}$_i$ {\tt does not occur}
-
-\item {\tt unfold {\qstring}}
-
- If {\qstring} denotes the discriminating symbol of a notation (e.g. {\tt
- "+"}) or an expression defining a notation (e.g. \verb!"_ + _"!), and
- this notation refers to an unfoldable constant, then the tactic
- unfolds it.
-
-\item {\tt unfold {\qstring}\%{\delimkey}}
-
- This is variant of {\tt unfold {\qstring}} where {\qstring} gets its
- interpretation from the scope bound to the delimiting key
- {\delimkey} instead of its default interpretation (see
- Section~\ref{scopechange}).
-
-\item {\tt unfold \qualidorstring$_1$ at \num$_1^1$, \dots, \num$_i^1$,
-\dots,\ \qualidorstring$_n$ at \num$_1^n$ \dots\ \num$_j^n$}
-
- This is the most general form, where {\qualidorstring} is either a
- {\qualid} or a {\qstring} referring to a notation.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt fold \term}
-\tacindex{fold}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. The term \term\ is reduced using the {\tt red}
-tactic. Every occurrence of the resulting term in the goal is then
-replaced by \term.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt fold} \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$
-
- Equivalent to {\tt fold} \term$_1${\tt;}\ldots{\tt; fold} \term$_n$.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt pattern \term}
-\tacindex{pattern}
-\label{pattern}
-
-This command applies to any goal. The argument {\term} must be a free
-subterm of the current goal. The command {\tt pattern} performs
-$\beta$-expansion (the inverse of $\bt$-reduction) of the current goal
-(say \T) by
-\begin{enumerate}
-\item replacing all occurrences of {\term} in {\T} with a fresh variable
-\item abstracting this variable
-\item applying the abstracted goal to {\term}
-\end{enumerate}
-
-For instance, if the current goal $T$ is expressible as $\phi(t)$
-where the notation captures all the instances of $t$ in $\phi(t)$,
-then {\tt pattern $t$} transforms it into {\tt (fun x:$A$ => $\phi(${\tt
-x}$)$) $t$}. This command can be used, for instance, when the tactic
-{\tt apply} fails on matching.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt pattern {\term} at {\num$_1$} \dots\ {\num$_n$}}
-
- Only the occurrences {\num$_1$} \dots\ {\num$_n$} of {\term} are
- considered for $\beta$-expansion. Occurrences are located from left
- to right.
-
-\item {\tt pattern {\term} at - {\num$_1$} \dots\ {\num$_n$}}
-
- All occurrences except the occurrences of indexes {\num$_1$} \dots\
- {\num$_n$} of {\term} are considered for
- $\beta$-expansion. Occurrences are located from left to right.
-
-\item {\tt pattern {\term$_1$}, \dots, {\term$_m$}}
-
- Starting from a goal $\phi(t_1 \dots\ t_m)$, the tactic
- {\tt pattern $t_1$, \dots,\ $t_m$} generates the equivalent goal {\tt
- (fun (x$_1$:$A_1$) \dots\ (x$_m$:$A_m$) => $\phi(${\tt x$_1$\dots\
- x$_m$}$)$) $t_1$ \dots\ $t_m$}. If $t_i$ occurs in one of the
- generated types $A_j$ these occurrences will also be considered and
- possibly abstracted.
-
-\item {\tt pattern {\term$_1$} at {\num$_1^1$} \dots\ {\num$_{n_1}^1$}, \dots,
- {\term$_m$} at {\num$_1^m$} \dots\ {\num$_{n_m}^m$}}
-
- This behaves as above but processing only the occurrences \num$_1^1$,
- \dots, \num$_i^1$ of \term$_1$, \dots, \num$_1^m$, \dots, \num$_j^m$
- of \term$_m$ starting from \term$_m$.
-
-\item {\tt pattern} {\term$_1$} \zeroone{{\tt at \zeroone{-}} {\num$_1^1$} \dots\ {\num$_{n_1}^1$}} {\tt ,} \dots {\tt ,}
- {\term$_m$} \zeroone{{\tt at \zeroone{-}} {\num$_1^m$} \dots\ {\num$_{n_m}^m$}}
-
- This is the most general syntax that combines the different variants.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{Conversion tactics applied to hypotheses}
-
-{\convtactic} {\tt in} \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$
-
-Applies the conversion tactic {\convtactic} to the
-hypotheses \ident$_1$, \ldots, \ident$_n$. The tactic {\convtactic} is
-any of the conversion tactics listed in this section.
-
-If \ident$_i$ is a local definition, then \ident$_i$ can be replaced
-by (Type of \ident$_i$) to address not the body but the type of the
-local definition. Example: {\tt unfold not in (Type of H1) (Type of H3).}
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{No such hypothesis} : {\ident}.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-
-\section{Automation}
-\subsection{\tt auto}
-\label{auto}
-\tacindex{auto}
-
-This tactic implements a Prolog-like resolution procedure to solve the
-current goal. It first tries to solve the goal using the {\tt
- assumption} tactic, then it reduces the goal to an atomic one using
-{\tt intros} and introduces the newly generated hypotheses as hints.
-Then it looks at the list of tactics associated to the head symbol of
-the goal and tries to apply one of them (starting from the tactics
-with lower cost). This process is recursively applied to the generated
-subgoals.
-
-By default, \texttt{auto} only uses the hypotheses of the current goal and the
-hints of the database named {\tt core}.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt auto \num}
-
- Forces the search depth to be \num. The maximal search depth is 5 by
- default.
-
-\item {\tt auto with \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
- Uses the hint databases $\ident_1$ \dots\ $\ident_n$ in addition to
- the database {\tt core}. See Section~\ref{Hints-databases} for the
- list of pre-defined databases and the way to create or extend a
- database.
-
-\item {\tt auto with *}
-
- Uses all existing hint databases. See Section~\ref{Hints-databases}
-
-\item \texttt{auto using} \nterm{lemma}$_1$ {\tt ,} {\ldots} {\tt ,} \nterm{lemma}$_n$
-
- Uses \nterm{lemma}$_1$, \ldots, \nterm{lemma}$_n$ in addition to
- hints (can be combined with the \texttt{with \ident} option). If
- $lemma_i$ is an inductive type, it is the collection of its
- constructors which is added as hints.
-
-\item {\tt info\_auto}
-
- Behaves like {\tt auto} but shows the tactics it uses to solve the goal.
- This variant is very useful for getting a better understanding of automation,
- or to know what lemmas/assumptions were used.
-
-\item {\tt debug auto} Behaves like {\tt auto} but shows the tactics
- it tries to solve the goal, including failing paths.
-
-\item {\tt \zeroone{info\_}auto \zeroone{\num}} \zeroone{{\tt using} \nterm{lemma}$_1$
- {\tt ,} {\ldots} {\tt ,} \nterm{lemma}$_n$} \zeroone{{\tt with}
- \ident$_1$ {\ldots} \ident$_n$}
-
- This is the most general form, combining the various options.
-
-\item {\tt trivial}\tacindex{trivial}
-
- This tactic is a restriction of {\tt auto} that is not recursive and
- tries only hints that cost 0. Typically it solves trivial
- equalities like $X=X$.
-
-\item \texttt{trivial with \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
-\item \texttt{trivial with *}
-
-\item \texttt{trivial using} \nterm{lemma}$_1$ {\tt ,} {\ldots} {\tt ,} \nterm{lemma}$_n$
-
-\item {\tt info\_trivial}
-
-\item {\tt debug trivial}
-
-\item {\tt \zeroone{info\_}trivial} \zeroone{{\tt using} \nterm{lemma}$_1$
- {\tt ,} {\ldots} {\tt ,} \nterm{lemma}$_n$} \zeroone{{\tt with}
- \ident$_1$ {\ldots} \ident$_n$}
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\Rem {\tt auto} either solves completely the goal or else leaves it
-intact. \texttt{auto} and \texttt{trivial} never fail.
-
-\Rem The following options enable printing of informative or debug
-information for the {\tt auto} and {\tt trivial} tactics:
-\begin{quote}
- \optindex{Info Auto}
- {\tt Set Info Auto}
- \optindex{Debug Auto}
- {\tt Set Debug Auto}
- \optindex{Info Trivial}
- {\tt Set Info Trivial}
- \optindex{Debug Trivial}
- {\tt Set Debug Trivial}
-\end{quote}
-
-\SeeAlso Section~\ref{Hints-databases}
-
-\subsection{\tt eauto}
-\tacindex{eauto}
-\label{eauto}
-
-This tactic generalizes {\tt auto}. While {\tt auto} does not try
-resolution hints which would leave existential variables in the goal,
-{\tt eauto} does try them (informally speaking, it uses
-{\tt simple eapply} where {\tt auto} uses {\tt simple apply}).
-As a consequence, {\tt eauto} can solve such a goal:
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Hint Resolve ex_intro.
-Goal forall P:nat -> Prop, P 0 -> exists n, P n.
-eauto.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-Note that {\tt ex\_intro} should be declared as a hint.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt \zeroone{info\_}eauto \zeroone{\num}} \zeroone{{\tt using} \nterm{lemma}$_1$
- {\tt ,} {\ldots} {\tt ,} \nterm{lemma}$_n$} \zeroone{{\tt with}
- \ident$_1$ {\ldots} \ident$_n$}
-
- The various options for eauto are the same as for auto.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\Rem {\tt eauto} obeys the following options:
-\begin{quote}
- \optindex{Info Eauto}
- {\tt Set Info Eauto}
- \optindex{Debug Eauto}
- {\tt Set Debug Eauto}
-\end{quote}
-
-\SeeAlso Section~\ref{Hints-databases}
-
-\subsection{\tt autounfold with \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$}
-\tacindex{autounfold}
-\label{autounfold}
-
-This tactic unfolds constants that were declared through a {\tt Hint
- Unfold} in the given databases.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt autounfold with \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$ in \nterm{clause}}
-
- Performs the unfolding in the given clause.
-
-\item {\tt autounfold with *}
-
- Uses the unfold hints declared in all the hint databases.
-\end{Variants}
-
-
-\subsection{\tt autorewrite with \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$}
-\label{tactic:autorewrite}
-\tacindex{autorewrite}
-
-This tactic \footnote{The behavior of this tactic has much changed compared to
-the versions available in the previous distributions (V6). This may cause
-significant changes in your theories to obtain the same result. As a drawback
-of the re-engineering of the code, this tactic has also been completely revised
-to get a very compact and readable version.} carries out rewritings according
-the rewriting rule bases {\tt \ident$_1$ \dots \ident$_n$}.
-
-Each rewriting rule of a base \ident$_i$ is applied to the main subgoal until
-it fails. Once all the rules have been processed, if the main subgoal has
-progressed (e.g., if it is distinct from the initial main goal) then the rules
-of this base are processed again. If the main subgoal has not progressed then
-the next base is processed. For the bases, the behavior is exactly similar to
-the processing of the rewriting rules.
-
-The rewriting rule bases are built with the {\tt Hint~Rewrite} vernacular
-command.
-
-\Warning{} This tactic may loop if you build non terminating rewriting systems.
-
-\begin{Variant}
-\item {\tt autorewrite with \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$ using \tac}
-
-Performs, in the same way, all the rewritings of the bases {\tt \ident$_1$
-\mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$} applying {\tt \tac} to the main subgoal after each
-rewriting step.
-
-\item {\tt autorewrite with \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$ in \qualid}
-
- Performs all the rewritings in hypothesis {\qualid}.
-\item {\tt autorewrite with \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$ in {\qualid} using \tac}
-
- Performs all the rewritings in hypothesis {\qualid} applying {\tt
- \tac} to the main subgoal after each rewriting step.
-
-\item {\tt autorewrite with \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$ in \nterm{clause}}
-
- Performs all the rewriting in the clause \nterm{clause}.
- The \nterm{clause} argument must not contain any \texttt{type of} nor \texttt{value of}.
-
-\end{Variant}
-
-\SeeAlso Section~\ref{HintRewrite} for feeding the database of lemmas used by {\tt autorewrite}.
-
-\SeeAlso Section~\ref{autorewrite-example} for examples showing the use of
-this tactic.
-
-% En attente d'un moyen de valoriser les fichiers de demos
-%\SeeAlso file \texttt{contrib/Rocq/DEMOS/Demo\_AutoRewrite.v}
-
-\subsection{\tt easy}
-\tacindex{easy}
-\label{easy}
-
-This tactic tries to solve the current goal by a number of standard closing steps.
-In particular, it tries to close the current goal using the closing tactics
-{\tt trivial}, reflexivity, symmetry, contradiction and inversion of hypothesis.
-If this fails, it tries introducing variables and splitting and-hypotheses,
-using the closing tactics afterwards, and splitting the goal using {\tt split} and recursing.
-
-This tactic solves goals that belong to many common classes; in particular, many cases of
-unsatisfiable hypotheses, and simple equality goals are usually solved by this tactic.
-
-\begin{Variant}
-\item {\tt now \tac}
- \tacindex{now}
-
- Run \tac\/ followed by easy. This is a notation for {\tt \tac; easy}.
-\end{Variant}
-
-\section{Controlling automation}
-
-\subsection{The hints databases for {\tt auto} and {\tt eauto}}
-\index{Hints databases}
-\label{Hints-databases}
-\comindex{Hint}
-
-The hints for \texttt{auto} and \texttt{eauto} are stored in
-databases. Each database maps head symbols to a list of hints. One can
-use the command \texttt{Print Hint \ident} to display the hints
-associated to the head symbol \ident{} (see \ref{PrintHint}). Each
-hint has a cost that is a nonnegative integer, and an optional pattern.
-The hints with lower cost are tried first. A hint is tried by
-\texttt{auto} when the conclusion of the current goal
-matches its pattern or when it has no pattern.
-
-\subsubsection*{Creating Hint databases
- \label{CreateHintDb}\comindex{CreateHintDb}}
-
-One can optionally declare a hint database using the command
-\texttt{Create HintDb}. If a hint is added to an unknown database, it
-will be automatically created.
-
-\medskip
-\texttt{Create HintDb} {\ident} [\texttt{discriminated}]
-\medskip
-
-This command creates a new database named \ident.
-The database is implemented by a Discrimination Tree (DT) that serves as
-an index of all the lemmas. The DT can use transparency information to decide
-if a constant should be indexed or not (c.f. \ref{HintTransparency}),
-making the retrieval more efficient.
-The legacy implementation (the default one for new databases) uses the
-DT only on goals without existentials (i.e., auto goals), for non-Immediate
-hints and do not make use of transparency hints, putting more work on the
-unification that is run after retrieval (it keeps a list of the lemmas
-in case the DT is not used). The new implementation enabled by
-the {\tt discriminated} option makes use of DTs in all cases and takes
-transparency information into account. However, the order in which hints
-are retrieved from the DT may differ from the order in which they were
-inserted, making this implementation observationally different from the
-legacy one.
-
-The general
-command to add a hint to some databases \ident$_1$, \dots, \ident$_n$ is
-\begin{tabbing}
- {\tt Hint {\hintdef} :~\ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$}
-\end{tabbing}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt Hint \hintdef}
-
- No database name is given: the hint is registered in the {\tt core}
- database.
-
-\item {\tt Local Hint {\hintdef} :~\ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$}
-
- This is used to declare hints that must not be exported to the other
- modules that require and import the current module. Inside a
- section, the option {\tt Local} is useless since hints do not
- survive anyway to the closure of sections.
-
-\item {\tt Local Hint \hintdef}
-
- Idem for the {\tt core} database.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-The {\hintdef} is one of the following expressions:
-
-\begin{itemize}
-\item {\tt Resolve \term {\zeroone{{\tt |} \zeroone{\num} \zeroone{\pattern}}}}
- \comindex{Hint Resolve}
-
- This command adds {\tt simple apply {\term}} to the hint list
- with the head symbol of the type of \term. The cost of that hint is
- the number of subgoals generated by {\tt simple apply {\term}} or \num
- if specified. The associated pattern is inferred from the conclusion
- of the type of \term or the given \pattern if specified.
-%{\tt auto} actually uses a slightly modified variant of {\tt simple apply} with use_metas_eagerly_in_conv_on_closed_terms set to false
-
- In case the inferred type of \term\ does not start with a product
- the tactic added in the hint list is {\tt exact {\term}}.
-% Actually, a slightly restricted version is used (no conversion on the head symbol)
- In case
- this type can however be reduced to a type starting with a product,
- the tactic {\tt simple apply {\term}} is also stored in the hints list.
-
- If the inferred type of \term\ contains a dependent quantification
- on a variable which occurs only in the premisses of the type and not
- in its conclusion, no instance could be inferred for the variable by
- unification with the goal. In this case, the hint is added to the
- hint list of {\tt eauto} (see \ref{eauto}) instead of the hint list
- of {\tt auto} and a warning is printed. A typical example of a hint
- that is used only by \texttt{eauto} is a transitivity lemma.
-
- \begin{ErrMsgs}
-%% \item \errindex{Bound head variable}
-
- \item \term\ \errindex{cannot be used as a hint}
-
- The head symbol of the type of {\term} is a bound variable such
- that this tactic cannot be associated to a constant.
-
- %% The type of {\term} contains products over variables that do not
- %% appear in the conclusion. A typical example is a transitivity axiom.
- %% In that case the {\tt simple apply} tactic fails, and thus is useless.
-
- \end{ErrMsgs}
-
- \begin{Variants}
-
- \item {\tt Resolve \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_m$}
-
- Adds each \texttt{Resolve} {\term$_i$}.
-
- \item {\tt Resolve -> \term}
-
- Adds the left-to-right implication of an equivalence as a hint
- (informally the hint will be used as {\tt apply <- \term},
- although as mentionned before, the tactic actually used is
- a restricted version of apply).
-
- \item {\tt Resolve <- \term}
-
- Adds the right-to-left implication of an equivalence as a hint.
-
- \end{Variants}
-
-\item \texttt{Immediate {\term}}
-\comindex{Hint Immediate}
-
- This command adds {\tt simple apply {\term}; trivial} to the hint list
- associated with the head symbol of the type of {\ident} in the given
- database. This tactic will fail if all the subgoals generated by
- {\tt simple apply {\term}} are not solved immediately by the {\tt trivial}
- tactic (which only tries tactics with cost $0$).
-
- This command is useful for theorems such as the symmetry of equality
- or $n+1=m+1 \to n=m$ that we may like to introduce with a
- limited use in order to avoid useless proof-search.
-
- The cost of this tactic (which never generates subgoals) is always 1,
- so that it is not used by {\tt trivial} itself.
-
- \begin{ErrMsgs}
-
-%% \item \errindex{Bound head variable}
-
- \item \term\ \errindex{cannot be used as a hint}
-
- \end{ErrMsgs}
-
- \begin{Variants}
-
- \item {\tt Immediate \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_m$}
-
- Adds each \texttt{Immediate} {\term$_i$}.
-
- \end{Variants}
-
-\item \texttt{Constructors} {\ident}
-\comindex{Hint Constructors}
-
- If {\ident} is an inductive type, this command adds all its
- constructors as hints of type \texttt{Resolve}. Then, when the
- conclusion of current goal has the form \texttt{({\ident} \dots)},
- \texttt{auto} will try to apply each constructor.
-
- \begin{ErrMsgs}
-
- \item {\ident} \errindex{is not an inductive type}
-
-% No need to have this message here, is is generic to all commands
-% referring to globals
-%% \item {\ident} \errindex{not declared}
-
- \end{ErrMsgs}
-
- \begin{Variants}
-
- \item {\tt Constructors \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$}
-
- Adds each \texttt{Constructors} {\ident$_i$}.
-
- \end{Variants}
-
-\item \texttt{Unfold} {\qualid}
-\comindex{Hint Unfold}
-
- This adds the tactic {\tt unfold {\qualid}} to the hint list that
- will only be used when the head constant of the goal is \ident. Its
- cost is 4.
-
- \begin{Variants}
-
- \item {\tt Unfold \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$}
-
- Adds each \texttt{Unfold} {\ident$_i$}.
-
- \end{Variants}
-
-\item \texttt{Transparent}, \texttt{Opaque} {\qualid}
-\label{HintTransparency}
-\comindex{Hint Transparent}
-\comindex{Hint Opaque}
-
- This adds a transparency hint to the database, making {\tt {\qualid}}
- a transparent or opaque constant during resolution. This information
- is used during unification of the goal with any lemma in the database
- and inside the discrimination network to relax or constrain it in the
- case of \texttt{discriminated} databases.
-
- \begin{Variants}
-
- \item \texttt{Transparent}, \texttt{Opaque} {\ident$_1$} \mbox{\dots} {\ident$_m$}
-
- Declares each {\ident$_i$} as a transparent or opaque constant.
-
- \end{Variants}
-
-\item \texttt{Extern \num\ [\pattern]\ => }\textsl{tactic}
-\comindex{Hint Extern}
-
- This hint type is to extend \texttt{auto} with tactics other than
- \texttt{apply} and \texttt{unfold}. For that, we must specify a
- cost, an optional pattern and a tactic to execute. Here is an example:
-
-\begin{quotation}
-\begin{verbatim}
-Hint Extern 4 (~(_ = _)) => discriminate.
-\end{verbatim}
-\end{quotation}
-
- Now, when the head of the goal is a disequality, \texttt{auto} will
- try \texttt{discriminate} if it does not manage to solve the goal
- with hints with a cost less than 4.
-
- One can even use some sub-patterns of the pattern in the tactic
- script. A sub-pattern is a question mark followed by an identifier, like
- \texttt{?X1} or \texttt{?X2}. Here is an example:
-
-% Require EqDecide.
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Require Import List.
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_example}
-Hint Extern 5 ({?X1 = ?X2} + {?X1 <> ?X2}) =>
- generalize X1, X2; decide equality : eqdec.
-Goal
-forall a b:list (nat * nat), {a = b} + {a <> b}.
-Info 1 auto with eqdec.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\item \texttt{Cut} {\textit{regexp}}
-\label{HintCut}
-\comindex{Hint Cut}
-
- \textit{Warning:} these hints currently only apply to typeclass proof search and
- the \texttt{typeclasses eauto} tactic (\ref{typeclasseseauto}).
-
- This command can be used to cut the proof-search tree according to a
- regular expression matching paths to be cut. The grammar for regular
- expressions is the following. Beware, there is no operator precedence
- during parsing, one can check with \texttt{Print HintDb} to verify the
- current cut expression:
-\[\begin{array}{lcll}
- e & ::= & \ident & \text{ hint or instance identifier } \\
- & & \texttt{\_} & \text{ any hint } \\
- & & e | e' & \text{ disjunction } \\
- & & e e' & \text{ sequence } \\
- & & e * & \text{ Kleene star } \\
- & & \texttt{emp} & \text{ empty } \\
- & & \texttt{eps} & \text{ epsilon } \\
- & & \texttt{(} e \texttt{)} &
-\end{array}\]
-
-The \texttt{emp} regexp does not match any search path while
-\texttt{eps} matches the empty path. During proof search, the path of
-successive successful hints on a search branch is recorded, as a list of
-identifiers for the hints (note \texttt{Hint Extern}'s do not have an
-associated identifier). Before applying any hint $\ident$ the current
-path $p$ extended with $\ident$ is matched against the current cut
-expression $c$ associated to the hint database. If matching succeeds,
-the hint is \emph{not} applied. The semantics of \texttt{Hint Cut} $e$
-is to set the cut expression to $c | e$, the initial cut expression
-being \texttt{emp}.
-
-
-\item \texttt{Mode} {\qualid} {\tt (+ | ! | -)}$^*$
-\label{HintMode}
-\comindex{Hint Mode}
-
-This sets an optional mode of use of the identifier {\qualid}. When
-proof-search faces a goal that ends in an application of {\qualid} to
-arguments {\tt \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$}, the mode tells if the
-hints associated to qualid can be applied or not. A mode specification
-is a list of $n$ {\tt +}, {\tt !} or {\tt -} items that specify if an
-argument of the identifier is to be treated as an input ({\tt +}), if
-its head only is an input ({\tt !}) or an output ({\tt -}) of the
-identifier. For a mode to match a list of arguments, input terms and
-input heads \emph{must not} contain existential variables or be
-existential variables respectively, while outputs can be any
-term. Multiple modes can be declared for a single identifier, in that
-case only one mode needs to match the arguments for the hints to be
-applied.
-
-The head of a term is understood here as the applicative head, or the
-match or projection scrutinee's head, recursively, casts being ignored.
-
-{\tt Hint Mode} is especially useful for typeclasses, when one does not
-want to support default instances and avoid ambiguity in
-general. Setting a parameter of a class as an input forces proof-search
-to be driven by that index of the class, with {\tt !} giving more
-flexibility by allowing existentials to still appear deeper in the index
-but not at its head.
-
-\end{itemize}
-
-\Rem One can use an \texttt{Extern} hint with no pattern to do
-pattern-matching on hypotheses using \texttt{match goal with} inside
-the tactic.
-
-% There are shortcuts that allow to define several goal at once:
-
-% \begin{itemize}
-% \item \comindex{Hints Resolve}\texttt{Hints Resolve \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$ : \ident.}\\
-% This command is a shortcut for the following ones:
-% \begin{quotation}
-% \noindent\texttt{Hint \ident$_1$ : \ident\ := Resolve \ident$_1$}\\
-% \dots\\
-% \texttt{Hint \ident$_1$ : \ident := Resolve \ident$_1$}
-% \end{quotation}
-% Notice that the hint name is the same that the theorem given as
-% hint.
-% \item \comindex{Hints Immediate}\texttt{Hints Immediate \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$ : \ident.}\\
-% \item \comindex{Hints Unfold}\texttt{Hints Unfold \qualid$_1$ \dots\ \qualid$_n$ : \ident.}\\
-% \end{itemize}
-
-%\begin{Warnings}
-% \item \texttt{Overriding hint named \dots\ in database \dots}
-%\end{Warnings}
-
-
-
-\subsection{Hint databases defined in the \Coq\ standard library}
-
-Several hint databases are defined in the \Coq\ standard library. The
-actual content of a database is the collection of the hints declared
-to belong to this database in each of the various modules currently
-loaded. Especially, requiring new modules potentially extend a
-database. At {\Coq} startup, only the {\tt core} database is non empty
-and can be used.
-
-\begin{description}
-
-\item[\tt core] This special database is automatically used by
- \texttt{auto}, except when pseudo-database \texttt{nocore} is
- given to \texttt{auto}. The \texttt{core} database contains
- only basic lemmas about negation,
- conjunction, and so on from. Most of the hints in this database come
- from the \texttt{Init} and \texttt{Logic} directories.
-
-\item[\tt arith] This database contains all lemmas about Peano's
- arithmetic proved in the directories \texttt{Init} and
- \texttt{Arith}
-
-\item[\tt zarith] contains lemmas about binary signed integers from
- the directories \texttt{theories/ZArith}. When required, the module
- {\tt Omega} also extends the database {\tt zarith} with a high-cost
- hint that calls {\tt omega} on equations and inequalities in {\tt
- nat} or {\tt Z}.
-
-\item[\tt bool] contains lemmas about booleans, mostly from directory
- \texttt{theories/Bool}.
-
-\item[\tt datatypes] is for lemmas about lists, streams and so on that
- are mainly proved in the \texttt{Lists} subdirectory.
-
-\item[\tt sets] contains lemmas about sets and relations from the
- directories \texttt{Sets} and \texttt{Relations}.
-
-\item[\tt typeclass\_instances] contains all the type class instances
- declared in the environment, including those used for \texttt{setoid\_rewrite},
- from the \texttt{Classes} directory.
-\end{description}
-
-You are advised not to put your own hints in the {\tt core} database,
-but use one or several databases specific to your development.
-
-\subsection{\tt Remove Hints \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$ :~ \ident$_1$
- \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$}
-\label{RemoveHints}
-\comindex{Remove Hints}
-
-This command removes the hints associated to terms \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots}
-\term$_n$ in databases \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$.
-
-\subsection{\tt Print Hint}
-\label{PrintHint}
-\comindex{Print Hint}
-
-This command displays all hints that apply to the current goal. It
-fails if no proof is being edited, while the two variants can be used at
-every moment.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt Print Hint \ident}
-
- This command displays only tactics associated with \ident\ in the
- hints list. This is independent of the goal being edited, so this
- command will not fail if no goal is being edited.
-
-\item {\tt Print Hint *}
-
- This command displays all declared hints.
-
-\item {\tt Print HintDb \ident}
-\label{PrintHintDb}
-\comindex{Print HintDb}
-
- This command displays all hints from database \ident.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt Hint Rewrite \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$ :~ \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$}
-\label{HintRewrite}
-\comindex{Hint Rewrite}
-
-This vernacular command adds the terms {\tt \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$}
-(their types must be equalities) in the rewriting bases \ident$_1$, \dots, \ident$_m$
-with the default orientation (left to right). Notice that the
-rewriting bases are distinct from the {\tt auto} hint bases and that
-{\tt auto} does not take them into account.
-
-This command is synchronous with the section mechanism (see \ref{Section}):
-when closing a section, all aliases created by \texttt{Hint Rewrite} in that
-section are lost. Conversely, when loading a module, all \texttt{Hint Rewrite}
-declarations at the global level of that module are loaded.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt Hint Rewrite -> \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$ :~\ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$}
-
-This is strictly equivalent to the command above (we only make explicit the
-orientation which otherwise defaults to {\tt ->}).
-
-\item {\tt Hint Rewrite <- \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$ :~\ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$}
-
-Adds the rewriting rules {\tt \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$} with a right-to-left
-orientation in the bases \ident$_1$, \dots, \ident$_m$.
-
-\item {\tt Hint Rewrite \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$ using {\tac} :~\ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_m$}
-
-When the rewriting rules {\tt \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$} in \ident$_1$, \dots, \ident$_m$ will
-be used, the tactic {\tt \tac} will be applied to the generated subgoals, the
-main subgoal excluded.
-
-%% \item
-%% {\tt Hint Rewrite [ \term$_1$ \dots \term$_n$ ] in \ident}\\
-%% {\tt Hint Rewrite [ \term$_1$ \dots \term$_n$ ] in {\ident} using {\tac}}\\
-%% These are deprecated syntactic variants for
-%% {\tt Hint Rewrite \term$_1$ \dots \term$_n$ : \ident} and
-%% {\tt Hint Rewrite \term$_1$ \dots \term$_n$ using {\tac} : {\ident}}.
-
-\item \texttt{Print Rewrite HintDb {\ident}}
-
- This command displays all rewrite hints contained in {\ident}.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{Hint locality
-\label{Hint-Locality}}
-\optindex{Loose Hint Behavior}
-
-Hints provided by the \texttt{Hint} commands are erased when closing a
-section. Conversely, all hints of a module \texttt{A} that are not
-defined inside a section (and not defined with option {\tt Local}) become
-available when the module {\tt A} is imported (using
-e.g. \texttt{Require Import A.}).
-
-As of today, hints only have a binary behavior regarding locality, as described
-above: either they disappear at the end of a section scope, or they remain
-global forever. This causes a scalability issue, because hints coming from an
-unrelated part of the code may badly influence another development. It can be
-mitigated to some extent thanks to the {\tt Remove Hints} command
-(see ~\ref{RemoveHints}), but this is a mere workaround and has some
-limitations (for instance, external hints cannot be removed).
-
-A proper way to fix this issue is to bind the hints to their module scope, as
-for most of the other objects Coq uses. Hints should only made available when
-the module they are defined in is imported, not just required. It is very
-difficult to change the historical behavior, as it would break a lot of scripts.
-We propose a smooth transitional path by providing the {\tt Loose Hint Behavior}
-option which accepts three flags allowing for a fine-grained handling of
-non-imported hints.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt Set Loose Hint Behavior "Lax"}
-
- This is the default, and corresponds to the historical behavior, that is,
- hints defined outside of a section have a global scope.
-
-\item {\tt Set Loose Hint Behavior "Warn"}
-
- When set, it outputs a warning when a non-imported hint is used. Note that
- this is an over-approximation, because a hint may be triggered by a run that
- will eventually fail and backtrack, resulting in the hint not being actually
- useful for the proof.
-
-\item {\tt Set Loose Hint Behavior "Strict"}
-
- When set, it changes the behavior of an unloaded hint to a immediate fail
- tactic, allowing to emulate an import-scoped hint mechanism.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{Setting implicit automation tactics}
-
-\subsubsection{\tt Proof with {\tac}}
-\label{ProofWith}
-\comindex{Proof with}
-
- This command may be used to start a proof. It defines a default
- tactic to be used each time a tactic command {\tac$_1$} is ended by
- ``\verb#...#''. In this case the tactic command typed by the user is
- equivalent to \tac$_1$;{\tac}.
-
-\SeeAlso {\tt Proof.} in Section~\ref{BeginProof}.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt Proof with {\tac} using \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$}
-
- Combines in a single line {\tt Proof with} and {\tt Proof using},
- see~\ref{ProofUsing}
-
-\item {\tt Proof using \ident$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \ident$_n$ with {\tac}}
-
- Combines in a single line {\tt Proof with} and {\tt Proof using},
- see~\ref{ProofUsing}
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsubsection{\tt Declare Implicit Tactic {\tac}}\label{DeclareImplicit}
-\comindex{Declare Implicit Tactic}
-
-This command declares a tactic to be used to solve implicit arguments
-that {\Coq} does not know how to solve by unification. It is used
-every time the term argument of a tactic has one of its holes not
-fully resolved.
-
-Here is an example:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Parameter quo : nat -> forall n:nat, n<>0 -> nat.
-Notation "x // y" := (quo x y _) (at level 40).
-
-Declare Implicit Tactic assumption.
-Goal forall n m, m<>0 -> { q:nat & { r | q * m + r = n } }.
-intros.
-exists (n // m).
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Clear Implicit Tactic.
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-The tactic {\tt exists (n // m)} did not fail. The hole was solved by
-{\tt assumption} so that it behaved as {\tt exists (quo n m H)}.
-
-\section{Decision procedures}
-
-\subsection{\tt tauto}
-\tacindex{tauto}
-\tacindex{dtauto}
-\label{tauto}
-
-This tactic implements a decision procedure for intuitionistic propositional
-calculus based on the contraction-free sequent calculi LJT* of Roy Dyckhoff
-\cite{Dyc92}. Note that {\tt tauto} succeeds on any instance of an
-intuitionistic tautological proposition. {\tt tauto} unfolds negations
-and logical equivalence but does not unfold any other definition.
-
-The following goal can be proved by {\tt tauto} whereas {\tt auto}
-would fail:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Goal forall (x:nat) (P:nat -> Prop), x = 0 \/ P x -> x <> 0 -> P x.
- intros.
- tauto.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-Moreover, if it has nothing else to do, {\tt tauto} performs
-introductions. Therefore, the use of {\tt intros} in the previous
-proof is unnecessary. {\tt tauto} can for instance prove the
-following:
-\begin{coq_example}
-(* auto would fail *)
-Goal forall (A:Prop) (P:nat -> Prop),
- A \/ (forall x:nat, ~ A -> P x) -> forall x:nat, ~ A -> P x.
-
- tauto.
-\end{coq_example}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\Rem In contrast, {\tt tauto} cannot solve the following goal
-
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Goal forall (A:Prop) (P:nat -> Prop),
- A \/ (forall x:nat, ~ A -> P x) -> forall x:nat, ~ ~ (A \/ P x).
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Abort.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-because \verb=(forall x:nat, ~ A -> P x)= cannot be treated as atomic and an
-instantiation of \verb=x= is necessary.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-
-\item {\tt dtauto}
-
- While {\tt tauto} recognizes inductively defined connectives
- isomorphic to the standard connective {\tt and}, {\tt prod}, {\tt
- or}, {\tt sum}, {\tt False}, {\tt Empty\_set}, {\tt unit}, {\tt
- True}, {\tt dtauto} recognizes also all inductive types with
- one constructors and no indices, i.e. record-style connectives.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt intuition \tac}
-\tacindex{intuition}
-\tacindex{dintuition}
-\label{intuition}
-
-The tactic \texttt{intuition} takes advantage of the search-tree built
-by the decision procedure involved in the tactic {\tt tauto}. It uses
-this information to generate a set of subgoals equivalent to the
-original one (but simpler than it) and applies the tactic
-{\tac} to them \cite{Mun94}. If this tactic fails on some goals then
-{\tt intuition} fails. In fact, {\tt tauto} is simply {\tt intuition
- fail}.
-
-For instance, the tactic {\tt intuition auto} applied to the goal
-\begin{verbatim}
-(forall (x:nat), P x)/\B -> (forall (y:nat),P y)/\ P O \/B/\ P O
-\end{verbatim}
-internally replaces it by the equivalent one:
-\begin{verbatim}
-(forall (x:nat), P x), B |- P O
-\end{verbatim}
-and then uses {\tt auto} which completes the proof.
-
-Originally due to C{\'e}sar~Mu{\~n}oz, these tactics ({\tt tauto} and {\tt intuition})
-have been completely re-engineered by David~Delahaye using mainly the tactic
-language (see Chapter~\ref{TacticLanguage}). The code is now much shorter and
-a significant increase in performance has been noticed. The general behavior
-with respect to dependent types, unfolding and introductions has
-slightly changed to get clearer semantics. This may lead to some
-incompatibilities.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt intuition}
-
- Is equivalent to {\tt intuition auto with *}.
-
-\item {\tt dintuition}
-
- While {\tt intuition} recognizes inductively defined connectives
- isomorphic to the standard connective {\tt and}, {\tt prod}, {\tt
- or}, {\tt sum}, {\tt False}, {\tt Empty\_set}, {\tt unit}, {\tt
- True}, {\tt dintuition} recognizes also all inductive types with
- one constructors and no indices, i.e. record-style connectives.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\optindex{Intuition Negation Unfolding}
-
-Some aspects of the tactic {\tt intuition} can be
-controlled using options. To avoid that inner negations which do not
-need to be unfolded are unfolded, use:
-
-\begin{quote}
-{\tt Unset Intuition Negation Unfolding}
-\end{quote}
-
-To do that all negations of the goal are unfolded even inner ones
-(this is the default), use:
-
-\begin{quote}
-{\tt Set Intuition Negation Unfolding}
-\end{quote}
-
-To avoid that inner occurrence of {\tt iff} which do not need to be
-unfolded are unfolded (this is the default), use:
-
-% En attente d'un moyen de valoriser les fichiers de demos
-%\SeeAlso file \texttt{contrib/Rocq/DEMOS/Demo\_tauto.v}
-
-
-\subsection{\tt rtauto}
-\tacindex{rtauto}
-\label{rtauto}
-
-The {\tt rtauto} tactic solves propositional tautologies similarly to what {\tt tauto} does. The main difference is that the proof term is built using a reflection scheme applied to a sequent calculus proof of the goal. The search procedure is also implemented using a different technique.
-
-Users should be aware that this difference may result in faster proof-search but slower proof-checking, and {\tt rtauto} might not solve goals that {\tt tauto} would be able to solve (e.g. goals involving universal quantifiers).
-
-\subsection{\tt firstorder}
-\tacindex{firstorder}
-\label{firstorder}
-
-The tactic \texttt{firstorder} is an {\it experimental} extension of
-\texttt{tauto} to
-first-order reasoning, written by Pierre Corbineau.
-It is not restricted to usual logical connectives but
-instead may reason about any first-order class inductive definition.
-
-The default tactic used by \texttt{firstorder} when no rule applies is {\tt
- auto with *}, it can be reset locally or globally using the {\nobreak
- {\tt Set Firstorder Solver {\tac}}} \optindex{Firstorder Solver}
-vernacular command and printed using {\nobreak {\tt Print Firstorder
- Solver}}.
-
-\begin{Variants}
- \item {\tt firstorder {\tac}}
- \tacindex{firstorder {\tac}}
-
- Tries to solve the goal with {\tac} when no logical rule may apply.
-
- \item {\tt firstorder using {\qualid}$_1$ , \dots\ , {\qualid}$_n$ }
- \tacindex{firstorder using}
-
- Adds lemmas {\qualid}$_1$ \dots\ {\qualid}$_n$ to the proof-search
- environment. If {\qualid}$_i$ refers to an inductive type, it is
- the collection of its constructors which are added to the
- proof-search environment.
-
- \item {\tt firstorder with \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$ }
- \tacindex{firstorder with}
-
- Adds lemmas from {\tt auto} hint bases \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$
- to the proof-search environment.
-
-\item \texttt{firstorder {\tac} using {\qualid}$_1$ , \dots\ , {\qualid}$_n$ with \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}
-
- This combines the effects of the different variants of \texttt{firstorder}.
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-Proof-search is bounded by a depth parameter which can be set by typing the
-{\nobreak \tt Set Firstorder Depth $n$} \optindex{Firstorder Depth}
-vernacular command.
-
-
-\subsection{\tt congruence}
-\tacindex{congruence}
-\label{congruence}
-
-The tactic {\tt congruence}, by Pierre Corbineau, implements the standard Nelson and Oppen
-congruence closure algorithm, which is a decision procedure for ground
-equalities with uninterpreted symbols. It also include the constructor theory
-(see \ref{injection} and \ref{discriminate}).
-If the goal is a non-quantified equality, {\tt congruence} tries to
-prove it with non-quantified equalities in the context. Otherwise it
-tries to infer a discriminable equality from those in the context. Alternatively, congruence tries to prove that a hypothesis is equal to the goal or to the negation of another hypothesis.
-
-{\tt congruence} is also able to take advantage of hypotheses stating quantified equalities, you have to provide a bound for the number of extra equalities generated that way. Please note that one of the members of the equality must contain all the quantified variables in order for {\tt congruence} to match against it.
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-Variable A:Set.
-Variables a b:A.
-Variable f:A->A.
-Variable g:A->A->A.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Theorem T:
- a=(f a) -> (g b (f a))=(f (f a)) -> (g a b)=(f (g b a)) -> (g a b)=a.
-intros.
-congruence.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-Variable A:Set.
-Variables a c d:A.
-Variable f:A->A*A.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Theorem inj : f = pair a -> Some (f c) = Some (f d) -> c=d.
-intros.
-congruence.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{Variants}
- \item {\tt congruence {\sl n}}
-
- Tries to add at most {\tt \sl n} instances of hypotheses stating quantified equalities to the problem in order to solve it. A bigger value of {\tt \sl n} does not make success slower, only failure. You might consider adding some lemmas as hypotheses using {\tt assert} in order for congruence to use them.
-
-\item {\tt congruence with \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$}
-
- Adds {\tt \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$} to the pool of terms used by
- {\tt congruence}. This helps in case you have partially applied
- constructors in your goal.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
- \item \errindex{I don't know how to handle dependent equality}
-
- The decision procedure managed to find a proof of the goal or of
- a discriminable equality but this proof could not be built in {\Coq}
- because of dependently-typed functions.
-
- \item \errindex{Goal is solvable by congruence but some arguments are missing. Try "congruence with \dots", replacing metavariables by arbitrary terms.}
-
- The decision procedure could solve the goal with the provision
- that additional arguments are supplied for some partially applied
- constructors. Any term of an appropriate type will allow the
- tactic to successfully solve the goal. Those additional arguments
- can be given to {\tt congruence} by filling in the holes in the
- terms given in the error message, using the {\tt with} variant
- described above.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\noindent {\bf Remark: } {\tt congruence} can be made to print debug
-information by setting the following option:
-
-\begin{quote}
-\optindex{Congruence Verbose}
-{\tt Set Congruence Verbose}
-\end{quote}
-
-\section{Checking properties of terms}
-
-Each of the following tactics acts as the identity if the check succeeds, and results in an error otherwise.
-
-\subsection{\tt constr\_eq \term$_1$ \term$_2$}
-\tacindex{constr\_eq}
-\label{constreq}
-
-This tactic checks whether its arguments are equal modulo alpha conversion and casts.
-
-\ErrMsg \errindex{Not equal}
-
-\subsection{\tt unify \term$_1$ \term$_2$}
-\tacindex{unify}
-\label{unify}
-
-This tactic checks whether its arguments are unifiable, potentially
-instantiating existential variables.
-
-\ErrMsg \errindex{Not unifiable}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt unify \term$_1$ \term$_2$ with \ident}
-
- Unification takes the transparency information defined in the
- hint database {\tt \ident} into account (see Section~\ref{HintTransparency}).
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt is\_evar \term}
-\tacindex{is\_evar}
-\label{isevar}
-
-This tactic checks whether its argument is a current existential
-variable. Existential variables are uninstantiated variables generated
-by {\tt eapply} (see Section~\ref{apply}) and some other tactics.
-
-\ErrMsg \errindex{Not an evar}
-
-\subsection{\tt has\_evar \term}
-\tacindex{has\_evar}
-\label{hasevar}
-
-This tactic checks whether its argument has an existential variable as
-a subterm. Unlike {\tt context} patterns combined with {\tt is\_evar},
-this tactic scans all subterms, including those under binders.
-
-\ErrMsg \errindex{No evars}
-
-\subsection{\tt is\_var \term}
-\tacindex{is\_var}
-\label{isvar}
-
-This tactic checks whether its argument is a variable or hypothesis in the
-current goal context or in the opened sections.
-
-\ErrMsg \errindex{Not a variable or hypothesis}
-
-\section{Equality}
-
-\subsection{\tt f\_equal}
-\label{f-equal}
-\tacindex{f\_equal}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal of the form $f\ a_1\ \ldots\ a_n = f'\
-a'_1\ \ldots\ a'_n$. Using {\tt f\_equal} on such a goal leads to
-subgoals $f=f'$ and $a_1=a'_1$ and so on up to $a_n=a'_n$. Amongst
-these subgoals, the simple ones (e.g. provable by
-reflexivity or congruence) are automatically solved by {\tt f\_equal}.
-
-\subsection{\tt reflexivity}
-\label{reflexivity}
-\tacindex{reflexivity}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal that has the form {\tt t=u}. It checks
-that {\tt t} and {\tt u} are convertible and then solves the goal.
-It is equivalent to {\tt apply refl\_equal}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{The conclusion is not a substitutive equation}
-\item \errindex{Unable to unify \dots\ with \dots}
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\subsection{\tt symmetry}
-\tacindex{symmetry}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal that has the form {\tt t=u} and changes it
-into {\tt u=t}.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt symmetry in \ident} \tacindex{symmetry in}
-
-If the statement of the hypothesis {\ident} has the form {\tt t=u},
-the tactic changes it to {\tt u=t}.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt transitivity \term}
-\tacindex{transitivity}
-
-This tactic applies to a goal that has the form {\tt t=u}
-and transforms it into the two subgoals
-{\tt t={\term}} and {\tt {\term}=u}.
-
-\section{Equality and inductive sets}
-
-We describe in this section some special purpose tactics dealing with
-equality and inductive sets or types. These tactics use the equality
-{\tt eq:forall (A:Type), A->A->Prop}, simply written with the
-infix symbol {\tt =}.
-
-\subsection{\tt decide equality}
-\label{decideequality}
-\tacindex{decide equality}
-
-This tactic solves a goal of the form
-{\tt forall $x$ $y$:$R$, \{$x$=$y$\}+\{\verb|~|$x$=$y$\}}, where $R$
-is an inductive type such that its constructors do not take proofs or
-functions as arguments, nor objects in dependent types.
-It solves goals of the form {\tt \{$x$=$y$\}+\{\verb|~|$x$=$y$\}} as well.
-
-\subsection{\tt compare \term$_1$ \term$_2$}
-\tacindex{compare}
-
-This tactic compares two given objects \term$_1$ and \term$_2$
-of an inductive datatype. If $G$ is the current goal, it leaves the sub-goals
-\term$_1${\tt =}\term$_2$ {\tt ->} $G$ and \verb|~|\term$_1${\tt =}\term$_2$
-{\tt ->} $G$. The type
-of \term$_1$ and \term$_2$ must satisfy the same restrictions as in the tactic
-\texttt{decide equality}.
-
-\subsection{\tt simplify\_eq \term}
-\tacindex{simplify\_eq}
-\tacindex{esimplify\_eq}
-\label{simplify-eq}
-
-Let {\term} be the proof of a statement of conclusion {\tt
- {\term$_1$}={\term$_2$}}. If {\term$_1$} and
-{\term$_2$} are structurally different (in the sense described for the
-tactic {\tt discriminate}), then the tactic {\tt simplify\_eq} behaves as {\tt
- discriminate {\term}}, otherwise it behaves as {\tt injection
- {\term}}.
-
-\Rem If some quantified hypothesis of the goal is named {\ident}, then
-{\tt simplify\_eq {\ident}} first introduces the hypothesis in the local
-context using \texttt{intros until \ident}.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item \texttt{simplify\_eq} \num
-
- This does the same thing as \texttt{intros until \num} then
-\texttt{simplify\_eq \ident} where {\ident} is the identifier for the last
-introduced hypothesis.
-
-\item \texttt{simplify\_eq} \term{} {\tt with} {\bindinglist}
-
- This does the same as \texttt{simplify\_eq {\term}} but using
- the given bindings to instantiate parameters or hypotheses of {\term}.
-
-\item \texttt{esimplify\_eq} \num\\
- \texttt{esimplify\_eq} \term{} \zeroone{{\tt with} {\bindinglist}}
-
- This works the same as {\tt simplify\_eq} but if the type of {\term},
- or the type of the hypothesis referred to by {\num}, has uninstantiated
- parameters, these parameters are left as existential variables.
-
-\item{\tt simplify\_eq}
-
-If the current goal has form $t_1\verb=<>=t_2$, it behaves as
-\texttt{intro {\ident}; simplify\_eq {\ident}}.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection{\tt dependent rewrite -> \ident}
-\tacindex{dependent rewrite ->}
-\label{dependent-rewrite}
-
-This tactic applies to any goal. If \ident\ has type
-\verb+(existT B a b)=(existT B a' b')+
-in the local context (i.e. each term of the
-equality has a sigma type $\{ a:A~ \&~(B~a)\}$) this tactic rewrites
-\verb+a+ into \verb+a'+ and \verb+b+ into \verb+b'+ in the current
-goal. This tactic works even if $B$ is also a sigma type. This kind
-of equalities between dependent pairs may be derived by the injection
-and inversion tactics.
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item{\tt dependent rewrite <- {\ident}}
-\tacindex{dependent rewrite <-}
-
-Analogous to {\tt dependent rewrite ->} but uses the equality from
-right to left.
-\end{Variants}
-
-\section{Inversion
-\label{inversion}}
-
-\subsection{\tt functional inversion \ident}
-\tacindex{functional inversion}
-\label{sec:functional-inversion}
-
-\texttt{functional inversion} is a tactic
-that performs inversion on hypothesis {\ident} of the form
-\texttt{\qualid\ \term$_1$\dots\term$_n$\ = \term} or \texttt{\term\ =
- \qualid\ \term$_1$\dots\term$_n$} where \qualid\ must have been
-defined using \texttt{Function} (see Section~\ref{Function}).
-Note that this tactic is only available after a {\tt Require Import FunInd}.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{Hypothesis {\ident} must contain at least one Function}
-
-\item \errindex{Cannot find inversion information for hypothesis \ident}
-
- This error may be raised when some inversion lemma failed to be
- generated by Function.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item {\tt functional inversion \num}
-
- This does the same thing as \texttt{intros until \num} then
- \texttt{functional inversion \ident} where {\ident} is the
- identifier for the last introduced hypothesis.
-\item {\tt functional inversion \ident\ \qualid}\\
- {\tt functional inversion \num\ \qualid}
-
- If the hypothesis {\ident} (or {\num}) has a type of the form
- \texttt{\qualid$_1$\ \term$_1$\dots\term$_n$\ =\ \qualid$_2$\
- \term$_{n+1}$\dots\term$_{n+m}$} where \qualid$_1$ and \qualid$_2$
- are valid candidates to functional inversion, this variant allows
- choosing which {\qualid} is inverted.
-\end{Variants}
-
-
-
-\subsection{\tt quote \ident}
-\tacindex{quote}
-\index{2-level approach}
-
-This kind of inversion has nothing to do with the tactic
-\texttt{inversion} above. This tactic does \texttt{change (\ident\
- t)}, where \texttt{t} is a term built in order to ensure the
-convertibility. In other words, it does inversion of the function
-\ident. This function must be a fixpoint on a simple recursive
-datatype: see~\ref{quote-examples} for the full details.
-
-\begin{ErrMsgs}
-\item \errindex{quote: not a simple fixpoint}
-
- Happens when \texttt{quote} is not able to perform inversion properly.
-\end{ErrMsgs}
-
-\begin{Variants}
-\item \texttt{quote {\ident} [ \ident$_1$ \dots \ident$_n$ ]}
-
- All terms that are built only with \ident$_1$ \dots \ident$_n$ will be
- considered by \texttt{quote} as constants rather than variables.
-\end{Variants}
-
-% En attente d'un moyen de valoriser les fichiers de demos
-% \SeeAlso file \texttt{theories/DEMOS/DemoQuote.v} in the distribution
-
-\section{Classical tactics}
-\label{ClassicalTactics}
-
-In order to ease the proving process, when the {\tt Classical} module is loaded. A few more tactics are available. Make sure to load the module using the \texttt{Require Import} command.
-
-\subsection{{\tt classical\_left} and \tt classical\_right}
-\tacindex{classical\_left}
-\tacindex{classical\_right}
-
-The tactics \texttt{classical\_left} and \texttt{classical\_right} are the analog of the \texttt{left} and \texttt{right} but using classical logic. They can only be used for disjunctions.
-Use \texttt{classical\_left} to prove the left part of the disjunction with the assumption that the negation of right part holds.
-Use \texttt{classical\_right} to prove the right part of the disjunction with the assumption that the negation of left part holds.
-
-\section{Automatizing
-\label{Automatizing}}
-
-% EXISTE ENCORE ?
-%
-% \subsection{\tt Prolog [ \term$_1$ \dots\ \term$_n$ ] \num}
-% \tacindex{Prolog}\label{Prolog}
-% This tactic, implemented by Chet Murthy, is based upon the concept of
-% existential variables of Gilles Dowek, stating that resolution is a
-% kind of unification. It tries to solve the current goal using the {\tt
-% Assumption} tactic, the {\tt intro} tactic, and applying hypotheses
-% of the local context and terms of the given list {\tt [ \term$_1$
-% \dots\ \term$_n$\ ]}. It is more powerful than {\tt auto} since it
-% may apply to any theorem, even those of the form {\tt (x:A)(P x) -> Q}
-% where {\tt x} does not appear free in {\tt Q}. The maximal search
-% depth is {\tt \num}.
-
-% \begin{ErrMsgs}
-% \item \errindex{Prolog failed}\\
-% The Prolog tactic was not able to prove the subgoal.
-% \end{ErrMsgs}
-
-
-%% \subsection{{\tt jp} {\em (Jprover)}
-%% \tacindex{jp}
-%% \label{jprover}}
-
-%% The tactic \texttt{jp}, due to Huang Guan-Shieng, is an experimental
-%% port of the {\em Jprover}\cite{SLKN01} semi-decision procedure for
-%% first-order intuitionistic logic implemented in {\em
-%% NuPRL}\cite{Kre02}.
-
-%% The tactic \texttt{jp}, due to Huang Guan-Shieng, is an {\it
-%% experimental} port of the {\em Jprover}\cite{SLKN01} semi-decision
-%% procedure for first-order intuitionistic logic implemented in {\em
-%% NuPRL}\cite{Kre02}.
-
-%% Search may optionally be bounded by a multiplicity parameter
-%% indicating how many (at most) copies of a formula may be used in
-%% the proof process, its absence may lead to non-termination of the tactic.
-
-%% %\begin{coq_eval}
-%% %Variable S:Set.
-%% %Variables P Q:S->Prop.
-%% %Variable f:S->S.
-%% %\end{coq_eval}
-
-%% %\begin{coq_example*}
-%% %Lemma example: (exists x |P x\/Q x)->(exists x |P x)\/(exists x |Q x).
-%% %jp.
-%% %Qed.
-
-%% %Lemma example2: (forall x ,P x->P (f x))->forall x,P x->P (f(f x)).
-%% %jp.
-%% %Qed.
-%% %\end{coq_example*}
-
-%% \begin{Variants}
-%% \item {\tt jp $n$}\\
-%% \tacindex{jp $n$}
-%% Tries the {\em Jprover} procedure with multiplicities up to $n$,
-%% starting from 1.
-%% \item {\tt jp}\\
-%% Tries the {\em Jprover} procedure without multiplicity bound,
-%% possibly running forever.
-%% \end{Variants}
-
-%% \begin{ErrMsgs}
-%% \item \errindex{multiplicity limit reached}\\
-%% The procedure tried all multiplicities below the limit and
-%% failed. Goal might be solved by increasing the multiplicity limit.
-%% \item \errindex{formula is not provable}\\
-%% The procedure determined that goal was not provable in
-%% intuitionistic first-order logic, no matter how big the
-%% multiplicity is.
-%% \end{ErrMsgs}
-
-
-% \subsection[\tt Linear]{\tt Linear\tacindex{Linear}\label{Linear}}
-% The tactic \texttt{Linear}, due to Jean-Christophe Filli{\^a}atre
-% \cite{Fil94}, implements a decision procedure for {\em Direct
-% Predicate Calculus}, that is first-order Gentzen's Sequent Calculus
-% without contraction rules \cite{KeWe84,BeKe92}. Intuitively, a
-% first-order goal is provable in Direct Predicate Calculus if it can be
-% proved using each hypothesis at most once.
-
-% Unlike the previous tactics, the \texttt{Linear} tactic does not belong
-% to the initial state of the system, and it must be loaded explicitly
-% with the command
-
-% \begin{coq_example*}
-% Require Linear.
-% \end{coq_example*}
-
-% For instance, assuming that \texttt{even} and \texttt{odd} are two
-% predicates on natural numbers, and \texttt{a} of type \texttt{nat}, the
-% tactic \texttt{Linear} solves the following goal
-
-% \begin{coq_eval}
-% Variables even,odd : nat -> Prop.
-% Variable a:nat.
-% \end{coq_eval}
-
-% \begin{coq_example*}
-% Lemma example : (even a)
-% -> ((x:nat)((even x)->(odd (S x))))
-% -> (EX y | (odd y)).
-% \end{coq_example*}
-
-% You can find examples of the use of \texttt{Linear} in
-% \texttt{theories/DEMOS/DemoLinear.v}.
-% \begin{coq_eval}
-% Abort.
-% \end{coq_eval}
-
-% \begin{Variants}
-% \item {\tt Linear with \ident$_1$ \dots\ \ident$_n$}\\
-% \tacindex{Linear with}
-% Is equivalent to apply first {\tt generalize \ident$_1$ \dots
-% \ident$_n$} (see Section~\ref{generalize}) then the \texttt{Linear}
-% tactic. So one can use axioms, lemmas or hypotheses of the local
-% context with \texttt{Linear} in this way.
-% \end{Variants}
-
-% \begin{ErrMsgs}
-% \item \errindex{Not provable in Direct Predicate Calculus}
-% \item \errindex{Found $n$ classical proof(s) but no intuitionistic one}\\
-% The decision procedure looks actually for classical proofs of the
-% goals, and then checks that they are intuitionistic. In that case,
-% classical proofs have been found, which do not correspond to
-% intuitionistic ones.
-% \end{ErrMsgs}
-
-
-\subsection{\tt btauto}
-\tacindex{btauto}
-\label{btauto}
-
-The tactic \texttt{btauto} implements a reflexive solver for boolean tautologies. It
-solves goals of the form {\tt t = u} where {\tt t} and {\tt u} are constructed
-over the following grammar:
-
-$$\mathtt{t} ::= x \mid \mathtt{true} \mid \mathtt{false}\mid \mathtt{orb\ t_1\ t_2}
-\mid \mathtt{andb\ t_1\ t_2} \mid\mathtt{xorb\ t_1\ t_2} \mid\mathtt{negb\ t}
-\mid\mathtt{if\ t_1\ then\ t_2\ else\ t_3}
-$$
-
-Whenever the formula supplied is not a tautology, it also provides a counter-example.
-
-Internally, it uses a system very similar to the one of the {\tt ring} tactic.
-
-\subsection{\tt omega}
-\tacindex{omega}
-\label{omega}
-
-The tactic \texttt{omega}, due to Pierre Cr{\'e}gut,
-is an automatic decision procedure for Presburger
-arithmetic. It solves quantifier-free
-formulas built with \verb|~|, \verb|\/|, \verb|/\|,
-\verb|->| on top of equalities, inequalities and disequalities on
-both the type \texttt{nat} of natural numbers and \texttt{Z} of binary
-integers. This tactic must be loaded by the command \texttt{Require Import
- Omega}. See the additional documentation about \texttt{omega}
-(see Chapter~\ref{OmegaChapter}).
-
-\subsection{{\tt ring} and \tt ring\_simplify \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots} \term$_n$}
-\tacindex{ring}
-\tacindex{ring\_simplify}
-\comindex{Add Ring}
-\comindex{Print Rings}
-
-The {\tt ring} tactic solves equations upon polynomial expressions of
-a ring (or semi-ring) structure. It proceeds by normalizing both hand
-sides of the equation (w.r.t. associativity, commutativity and
-distributivity, constant propagation) and comparing syntactically the
-results.
-
-{\tt ring\_simplify} applies the normalization procedure described
-above to the terms given. The tactic then replaces all occurrences of
-the terms given in the conclusion of the goal by their normal
-forms. If no term is given, then the conclusion should be an equation
-and both hand sides are normalized.
-
-See Chapter~\ref{ring} for more information on the tactic and how to
-declare new ring structures. All declared field structures can be
-printed with the {\tt Print Rings} command.
-
-\subsection{{\tt field}, {\tt field\_simplify \term$_1$ \mbox{\dots}
- \term$_n$}, and \tt field\_simplify\_eq}
-\tacindex{field}
-\tacindex{field\_simplify}
-\tacindex{field\_simplify\_eq}
-\comindex{Add Field}
-\comindex{Print Fields}
-
-The {\tt field} tactic is built on the same ideas as {\tt ring}: this
-is a reflexive tactic that solves or simplifies equations in a field
-structure. The main idea is to reduce a field expression (which is an
-extension of ring expressions with the inverse and division
-operations) to a fraction made of two polynomial expressions.
-
-Tactic {\tt field} is used to solve subgoals, whereas {\tt
- field\_simplify \term$_1$\dots\term$_n$} replaces the provided terms
-by their reduced fraction. {\tt field\_simplify\_eq} applies when the
-conclusion is an equation: it simplifies both hand sides and multiplies
-so as to cancel denominators. So it produces an equation without
-division nor inverse.
-
-All of these 3 tactics may generate a subgoal in order to prove that
-denominators are different from zero.
-
-See Chapter~\ref{ring} for more information on the tactic and how to
-declare new field structures. All declared field structures can be
-printed with the {\tt Print Fields} command.
-
-\Example
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Require Import Reals.
-Goal forall x y:R,
- (x * y > 0)%R ->
- (x * (1 / x + x / (x + y)))%R =
- ((- 1 / y) * y * (- x * (x / (x + y)) - 1))%R.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-intros; field.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\SeeAlso file {\tt plugins/setoid\_ring/RealField.v} for an example of instantiation,\\
-\phantom{\SeeAlso}theory {\tt theories/Reals} for many examples of use of {\tt
-field}.
-
-\subsection{\tt fourier}
-\tacindex{fourier}
-
-This tactic written by Lo{\"\i}c Pottier solves linear inequalities on
-real numbers using Fourier's method~\cite{Fourier}. This tactic must
-be loaded by {\tt Require Import Fourier}.
-
-\Example
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Require Import Reals.
-Require Import Fourier.
-Goal forall x y:R, (x < y)%R -> (y + 1 >= x - 1)%R.
-\end{coq_example*}
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-intros; fourier.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\section{Non-logical tactics}
-
-\subsection[\tt cycle \num]{\tt cycle \num\tacindex{cycle}}
-
-This tactic puts the {\num} first goals at the end of the list of
-goals. If {\num} is negative, it will put the last $\left|\num\right|$ goals at
-the beginning of the list.
-
-\Example
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Parameter P : nat -> Prop.
-Goal P 1 /\ P 2 /\ P 3 /\ P 4 /\ P 5.
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_example}
-repeat split.
-all: cycle 2.
-all: cycle -3.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\subsection[\tt swap \num$_1$ \num$_2$]{\tt swap \num$_1$ \num$_2$\tacindex{swap}}
-
-This tactic switches the position of the goals of indices $\num_1$ and $\num_2$. If either $\num_1$ or $\num_2$ is negative then goals are counted from the end of the focused goal list. Goals are indexed from $1$, there is no goal with position $0$.
-
-\Example
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Parameter P : nat -> Prop.
-Goal P 1 /\ P 2 /\ P 3 /\ P 4 /\ P 5.
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_example}
-repeat split.
-all: swap 1 3.
-all: swap 1 -1.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\subsection[\tt revgoals]{\tt revgoals\tacindex{revgoals}}
-
-This tactics reverses the list of the focused goals.
-
-\Example
-\begin{coq_example*}
-Parameter P : nat -> Prop.
-Goal P 1 /\ P 2 /\ P 3 /\ P 4 /\ P 5.
-\end{coq_example*}
-\begin{coq_example}
-repeat split.
-all: revgoals.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-
-
-\subsection[\tt shelve]{\tt shelve\tacindex{shelve}\label{shelve}}
-
-This tactic moves all goals under focus to a shelf. While on the shelf, goals
-will not be focused on. They can be solved by unification, or they can be called
-back into focus with the command {\tt Unshelve} (Section~\ref{unshelve}).
-
-\begin{Variants}
- \item \texttt{shelve\_unifiable}\tacindex{shelve\_unifiable}
-
- Shelves only the goals under focus that are mentioned in other goals.
- Goals that appear in the type of other goals can be solved by unification.
-
-\Example
-\begin{coq_example}
-Goal exists n, n=0.
-refine (ex_intro _ _ _).
-all:shelve_unifiable.
-reflexivity.
-\end{coq_example}
-
-\begin{coq_eval}
-Reset Initial.
-\end{coq_eval}
-
-\end{Variants}
-
-\subsection[\tt Unshelve]{\tt Unshelve\comindex{Unshelve}\label{unshelve}}
-
-This command moves all the goals on the shelf (see Section~\ref{shelve}) from the
-shelf into focus, by appending them to the end of the current list of focused goals.
-
-\subsection[\tt give\_up]{\tt give\_up\tacindex{give\_up}}
-
-This tactic removes the focused goals from the proof. They are not solved, and cannot
-be solved later in the proof. As the goals are not solved, the proof cannot be closed.
-
-The {\tt give\_up} tactic can be used while editing a proof, to choose to write the
-proof script in a non-sequential order.
-
-\section{Simple tactic macros}
-\index{Tactic macros}
-\label{TacticDefinition}
-
-A simple example has more value than a long explanation:
-
-\begin{coq_example}
-Ltac Solve := simpl; intros; auto.
-Ltac ElimBoolRewrite b H1 H2 :=
- elim b; [ intros; rewrite H1; eauto | intros; rewrite H2; eauto ].
-\end{coq_example}
-
-The tactics macros are synchronous with the \Coq\ section mechanism:
-a tactic definition is deleted from the current environment
-when you close the section (see also \ref{Section})
-where it was defined. If you want that a
-tactic macro defined in a module is usable in the modules that
-require it, you should put it outside of any section.
-
-Chapter~\ref{TacticLanguage} gives examples of more complex
-user-defined tactics.
-
-
-%%% Local Variables:
-%%% mode: latex
-%%% TeX-master: "Reference-Manual"
-%%% TeX-master: "Reference-Manual"
-%%% End:
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--- a/doc/refman/Reference-Manual.tex
+++ b/doc/refman/Reference-Manual.tex
@@ -101,7 +101,6 @@ Options A and B of the licence are {\em not} elected.}
\part{The proof engine}
\include{RefMan-oth.v}% Vernacular commands
\include{RefMan-pro.v}% Proof handling
-\include{RefMan-tac.v}% Tactics and tacticals
\include{RefMan-ltac.v}% Writing tactics
\include{RefMan-tacex.v}% Detailed Examples of tactics