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authorJim Fehrle2018-11-28 10:35:27 -0800
committerJim Fehrle2018-12-04 13:16:26 -0800
commit9903f6a7f86661549def884a0050d0f4537d52d7 (patch)
treee18757b500abeeab710c99f506d79259ba18260e /doc/sphinx/proof-engine
parent40c483a95f354e457e10d00951fd6a8eec08176d (diff)
Add undocumented options from mattam82
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/sphinx/proof-engine')
-rw-r--r--doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst18
-rw-r--r--doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst36
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst
index e3089f0d09..9fbac95f0c 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst
@@ -167,8 +167,14 @@ compatible with the rest of |Coq|, up to a few discrepancies:
.. flag:: SsrIdents
- Controls whether reserved identifiers can appear in scripts. The default
- is "on". "off" is compatible with other parts of Coq.
+ Controls whether tactics can refer to |SSR|-generated variables that are
+ in the form _xxx_. Scripts with explicit references to such variables
+ are fragile; they are prone to failure if the proof is later modified or
+ if the details of variable name generation change in future releases of Coq.
+
+ The default is on, which gives an error message when the user tries to
+ create such identifiers. Disabling the flag generates a warning instead,
+ increasing compatibility with other parts of Coq.
|Gallina| extensions
--------------------
@@ -3071,10 +3077,10 @@ An :token:`r_item` can be:
Controls the order in which generated subgoals (side conditions)
are added to the
- proof context. "off", the default value, puts subgoals generated
- by conditional rules first, followed by the main goal. "on" puts
- the main goal first. If your proofs are organized to complete
- proving the main goal before side conditions, "on" will save you
+ proof context. The flag is off by default, which puts subgoals generated
+ by conditional rules first, followed by the main goal. When it is on,
+ the main goal appears first. If your proofs are organized to complete
+ proving the main goal before side conditions, turning the flag on will save you
from having to add :tacn:`last first` tactics that would be needed
to keep the main goal as the currently focused goal.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst
index 6b48c3cc14..ad80cb62e1 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst
@@ -264,6 +264,11 @@ Applying theorems
This tactic behaves like :tacn:`simple refine` except it performs type checking
without resolution of typeclasses.
+ .. flag:: Debug Unification
+
+ Enables printing traces of unification steps used during
+ elaboration/typechecking and the :tacn:`refine` tactic.
+
.. tacn:: apply @term
:name: apply
@@ -606,6 +611,10 @@ Applying theorems
when the instantiation of a variable cannot be found
(cf. :tacn:`eapply` and :tacn:`apply`).
+.. flag:: Debug Tactic Unification
+
+ Enables printing traces of unification steps in tactic unification.
+ Tactic unification is used in tactics such as :tacn:`apply` and :tacn:`rewrite`.
.. _managingthelocalcontext:
@@ -2096,9 +2105,9 @@ and an explanation of the underlying technique.
Part of the behavior of the ``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 :n:`@terms` whose type is in sort
- :g:`Prop`). This behavior can be turned off by using the option
- :flag`Keep Proof Equalities`.
+ relate two proofs (i.e. equalities between :token:`term`\s whose type is in sort
+ :g:`Prop`). This behavior can be turned off by using the
+ :flag:`Keep Proof Equalities` setting.
.. tacv:: inversion @num
@@ -2534,6 +2543,13 @@ simply :g:`t=u` dropping the implicit type of :g:`t` and :g:`u`.
unresolved bindings into existential variables, if any, instead of
failing. It has the same variants as :tacn:`rewrite` has.
+ .. flag:: Keyed Unification
+
+ Makes higher-order unification used by :tacn:`rewrite` rely on a set of keys to drive
+ unification. The subterms, considered as rewriting candidates, must start with
+ the same key as the left- or right-hand side of the lemma given to rewrite, and the arguments
+ are then unified up to full reduction.
+
.. tacn:: replace @term with @term’
:name: replace
@@ -4504,6 +4520,20 @@ user-defined tactics.
drawback of the re-engineering of the code, this tactic has also been
completely revised to get a very compact and readable version.
+Delaying solving unification constraints
+----------------------------------------
+
+.. tacn:: solve_constraints
+ :name: solve_constraints
+ :undocumented:
+
+.. flag:: Solve Unification Constraints
+
+ By default, after each tactic application, postponed typechecking unification
+ problems are resolved using heuristics. Unsetting this flag disables this
+ behavior, allowing tactics to leave unification constraints unsolved. Use the
+ :tacn:`solve_constraints` tactic at any point to solve the constraints.
+
Proof maintenance
-----------------