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diff --git a/doc/sphinx/language/extensions/index.rst b/doc/sphinx/language/extensions/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f22927d627 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/sphinx/language/extensions/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +.. _extensions: + +=================== +Language extensions +=================== + +Elaboration extends the language accepted by the Coq kernel to make it +easier to use. For example, this lets the user omit most type +annotations because they can be inferred, call functions with implicit +arguments which will be inferred as well, extend the syntax with +notations, factorize branches when pattern-matching, etc. In this +chapter, we present these language extensions and we give some +explanations on how this language is translated down to the core +language presented in the :ref:`previous chapter <core-language>`. + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + ../gallina-extensions + ../../addendum/extended-pattern-matching + ../../user-extensions/syntax-extensions + ../../addendum/implicit-coercions + ../../addendum/type-classes + ../../addendum/canonical-structures + ../../addendum/program + ../../proof-engine/vernacular-commands |