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diff --git a/dev/doc/changes.txt b/dev/doc/changes.txt index bcda4ff50a..57c7a97d58 100644 --- a/dev/doc/changes.txt +++ b/dev/doc/changes.txt @@ -1,4 +1,24 @@ ========================================= += CHANGES BETWEEN COQ V8.7 AND COQ V8.8 = +========================================= + +* ML API * + +We removed the following functions: + +- Universes.unsafe_constr_of_global: use Global.constr_of_global_in_context + instead. The returned term contains De Bruijn universe variables. If you don't + depend on universes being instantiated, simply drop the context. +- Universes.unsafe_type_of_global: same as above with + Global.type_of_global_in_context + +We changed the type of the following functions: + +- Global.body_of_constant_body: now also returns the abstract universe context. + The returned term contains De Bruijn universe variables. +- Global.body_of_constant: same as above. + +========================================= = CHANGES BETWEEN COQ V8.6 AND COQ V8.7 = ========================================= @@ -8,8 +28,28 @@ Coq is compiled with -safe-string enabled and requires plugins to do the same. This means that code using `String` in an imperative way will fail to compile now. They should switch to `Bytes.t` +* Plugin API * + +Coq 8.7 offers a new module overlay containing a proposed plugin API +in `API/API.ml`; this overlay is enabled by adding the `-open API` +flag to the OCaml compiler; this happens automatically for +developments in the `plugin` folder and `coq_makefile`. + +However, `coq_makefile` can be instructed not to enable this flag by +passing `-bypass-API`. + * ML API * +Added two functions for declaring hooks to be executed in reduction +functions when some given constants are traversed: + + declare_reduction_effect: to declare a hook to be applied when some + constant are visited during the execution of some reduction functions + (primarily cbv). + + set_reduction_effect: to declare a constant on which a given effect + hook should be called. + We renamed the following functions: Context.Rel.Declaration.fold -> Context.Rel.Declaration.fold_constr @@ -144,6 +184,9 @@ In Coqlib / reference location: - The tclWEAK_PROGRESS and tclNOTSAMEGOAL tacticals were removed. Their usecase was very specific. Use tclPROGRESS instead. +- The unsafe flag of the Refine.refine function and its variants has been + renamed and dualized into typecheck and has been made mandatory. + ** Ltac API ** Many Ltac specific API has been moved in its own ltac/ folder. Amongst other @@ -275,6 +318,10 @@ document type". This allows for a more uniform handling of printing - The legacy `Interp` call has been turned into a noop. +- The `query` call has been modified, now it carries a mandatory + "route_id" integer parameter, that associated the result of such + query with its generated feedback. + ========================================= = CHANGES BETWEEN COQ V8.5 AND COQ V8.6 = ========================================= |