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authorArnaud Spiwack2014-07-25 12:38:42 +0200
committerArnaud Spiwack2014-07-25 19:06:22 +0200
commitd87d8c6e694037762082a213d443e8225f96ad8a (patch)
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parent3f7f3a9bc9fde8e1d44d1179fa8dd16221ebf526 (diff)
Warns about inconsistency of generated name in evars and goals.
See bug #1041
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@@ -1341,6 +1341,11 @@ existential variable from right to left in the conclusion. This cannot be
the number of the existential variable since this number is different
in every session.
+When you are refering to hypotheses which you did not name
+explicitely, 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 behaviours.
+
\begin{Variants}
\item {\tt instantiate ( {\num} := {\term} ) in \ident}