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authorEmilio Jesus Gallego Arias2018-05-17 18:28:42 +0200
committerEmilio Jesus Gallego Arias2018-05-17 18:28:42 +0200
commit5281317cb558f2b9aa6f854b9c7aeb617beba8e6 (patch)
tree49b5ee04830560ff74a3a27c7add6000e28c0980 /doc
parentb0cf6c4042ed8e91c6f7081a6f0c4b83ec9407c2 (diff)
parentc9b4073104385f6079f260c5183bb3a6a989b7d9 (diff)
Merge PR #7451: Introduce an option to allow nested lemma, and turn it off by default.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/sphinx/language/gallina-specification-language.rst3
-rw-r--r--doc/sphinx/proof-engine/proof-handling.rst13
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-specification-language.rst b/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-specification-language.rst
index 4dcd7deb13..d170431058 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-specification-language.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-specification-language.rst
@@ -1339,7 +1339,8 @@ using the keyword :cmd:`Qed`.
.. note::
- #. Several statements can be simultaneously asserted.
+ #. Several statements can be simultaneously asserted provided option
+ :opt:`Nested Proofs Allowed` was turned on.
#. Not only other assertions but any vernacular command can be given
while in the process of proving a given assertion. In this case, the
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/proof-handling.rst b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/proof-handling.rst
index 6d0b277281..eba0db3ff5 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/proof-handling.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/proof-handling.rst
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ list of assertion commands is given in :ref:`Assertions`. The command
Aborts the editing of the proof named :token:`ident` (in case you have
nested proofs).
+ .. seealso:: :opt:`Nested Proofs Allowed`
+
.. cmdv:: Abort All
Aborts all current goals.
@@ -561,6 +563,17 @@ Controlling the effect of proof editing commands
has to be used to move the assumptions to the local context.
+.. opt:: Nested Proofs Allowed
+
+ When turned on (it is off by default), this option enables support for nested
+ proofs: a new assertion command can be inserted before the current proof is
+ finished, in which case Coq will temporarily switch to the proof of this
+ *nested lemma*. When the proof of the nested lemma is finished (with :cmd:`Qed`
+ or :cmd:`Defined`), its statement will be made available (as if it had been
+ proved before starting the previous proof) and Coq will switch back to the
+ proof of the previous assertion.
+
+
Controlling memory usage
------------------------