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authorClément Pit-Claudel2020-12-11 11:41:10 -0500
committerClément Pit-Claudel2020-12-11 11:41:10 -0500
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doc: Clarify the status of simpl vs cbn
The cbn tactic was documented in aa9db490a2. The current manual causes confusion by suggesting that cbn is a replacement for simpl, while in practice they do different things, both with their own quirks. Given that neither is consistently faster than the other, I think it's worth clarifying the manual.
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diff --git a/doc/sphinx/proofs/writing-proofs/rewriting.rst b/doc/sphinx/proofs/writing-proofs/rewriting.rst
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+++ b/doc/sphinx/proofs/writing-proofs/rewriting.rst
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ the conversion in hypotheses :n:`{+ @ident}`.
use the name of the constant the (co)fixpoint comes from instead of
the (co)fixpoint definition in recursive calls.
- The :tacn:`cbn` tactic is claimed to be a more principled, faster and more
+ The :tacn:`cbn` tactic was intended to be a more principled, faster and more
predictable replacement for :tacn:`simpl`.
The :tacn:`cbn` tactic accepts the same flags as :tacn:`cbv` and