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diff --git a/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst b/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst index 5cbd2e400e..df73de846f 100644 --- a/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst +++ b/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst @@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ Here is the basic example of a notation using a binder: .. coqtop:: in Notation "'sigma' x : A , B" := (sigT (fun x : A => B)) - (at level 200, x ident, A at level 200, right associativity). + (at level 200, x name, A at level 200, right associativity). The binding variables in the right-hand side that occur as a parameter of the notation (here :g:`x`) dynamically bind all the occurrences @@ -616,8 +616,9 @@ application of the notation: Check sigma z : nat, z = 0. -Note the :n:`@syntax_modifier x ident` in the declaration of the -notation. It tells to parse :g:`x` as a single identifier. +Note the :n:`@syntax_modifier x name` in the declaration of the +notation. It tells to parse :g:`x` as a single identifier (or as the +unnamed variable :g:`_`). Binders bound in the notation and parsed as patterns ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ @@ -655,7 +656,7 @@ variable. Here is an example showing the difference: Notation "'subset_bis' ' p , P" := (sig (fun p => P)) (at level 200, p strict pattern). Notation "'subset_bis' p , P " := (sig (fun p => P)) - (at level 200, p ident). + (at level 200, p name). .. coqtop:: all @@ -675,18 +676,19 @@ the following: .. coqdoc:: Notation "{ x : A | P }" := (sig (fun x : A => P)) - (at level 0, x at level 99 as ident). + (at level 0, x at level 99 as name). This is so because the grammar also contains rules starting with :g:`{}` and followed by a term, such as the rule for the notation :g:`{ A } + { B }` for the constant :g:`sumbool` (see :ref:`specification`). -Then, in the rule, ``x ident`` is replaced by ``x at level 99 as ident`` meaning +Then, in the rule, ``x name`` is replaced by ``x at level 99 as name`` meaning that ``x`` is parsed as a term at level 99 (as done in the notation for -:g:`sumbool`), but that this term has actually to be an identifier. +:g:`sumbool`), but that this term has actually to be a name, i.e. an +identifier or :g:`_`. The notation :g:`{ x | P }` is already defined in the standard -library with the ``as ident`` :n:`@syntax_modifier`. We cannot redefine it but +library with the ``as name`` :n:`@syntax_modifier`. We cannot redefine it but one can define an alternative notation, say :g:`{ p such that P }`, using instead ``as pattern``. @@ -702,12 +704,12 @@ Then, the following works: Check {(x,y) such that x+y=0}. To enforce that the pattern should not be used for printing when it -is just an identifier, one could have said +is just a name, one could have said ``p at level 99 as strict pattern``. -Note also that in the absence of a ``as ident``, ``as strict pattern`` or +Note also that in the absence of a ``as name``, ``as strict pattern`` or ``as pattern`` :n:`@syntax_modifier`\s, the default is to consider sub-expressions occurring -in binding position and parsed as terms to be ``as ident``. +in binding position and parsed as terms to be ``as name``. Binders bound in the notation and parsed as general binders +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ @@ -768,7 +770,7 @@ binding position. Here is an example: Definition force n (P:nat -> Prop) := forall n', n' >= n -> P n'. Notation "▢_ n P" := (force n (fun n => P)) - (at level 0, n ident, P at level 9, format "▢_ n P"). + (at level 0, n name, P at level 9, format "▢_ n P"). .. coqtop:: all @@ -946,16 +948,31 @@ position of :g:`x`: (at level 10, f global, a1, an at level 9). In addition to ``global``, one can restrict the syntax of a -sub-expression by using the entry names ``ident`` or ``pattern`` +sub-expression by using the entry names ``ident``, ``name`` or ``pattern`` already seen in :ref:`NotationsWithBinders`, even when the corresponding expression is not used as a binder in the right-hand side. E.g.: + .. todo: these two Set Warnings and the note should be removed when + ident is reactivated with its literal meaning. + +.. coqtop:: none + + Set Warnings "-deprecated-ident-entry". + .. coqtop:: in Notation "'apply_id' f a1 .. an" := (.. (f a1) .. an) (at level 10, f ident, a1, an at level 9). +.. coqtop:: none + + Set Warnings "+deprecated-ident-entry". + +.. note:: As of version 8.13, the entry ``ident`` is a deprecated + alias for ``name``. In the future, it is planned to strictly + parse an identifier (excluding :g:`_`). + .. _custom-entries: Custom entries @@ -1113,6 +1130,31 @@ gives a way to let any arbitrary expression which is not handled by the custom entry ``expr`` be parsed or printed by the main grammar of term up to the insertion of a pair of curly brackets. +Another special situation is when parsing global references or +identifiers. To indicate that a custom entry should parse identifiers, +use the following form: + +.. coqtop:: none + + Reset Initial. + Declare Custom Entry expr. + +.. coqtop:: in + + Notation "x" := x (in custom expr at level 0, x ident). + +Similarly, to indicate that a custom entry should parse global references +(i.e. qualified or non qualified identifiers), use the following form: + +.. coqtop:: none + + Reset Initial. + Declare Custom Entry expr. + +.. coqtop:: in + + Notation "x" := x (in custom expr at level 0, x global). + .. cmd:: Print Custom Grammar @ident :name: Print Custom Grammar @@ -1142,6 +1184,7 @@ Here are the syntax elements used by the various notation commands. | only printing | format @string {? @string } explicit_subentry ::= ident + | name | global | bigint | strict pattern {? at level @natural } @@ -1151,6 +1194,7 @@ Here are the syntax elements used by the various notation commands. | custom @ident {? at @level } {? @binder_interp } | pattern {? at level @natural } binder_interp ::= as ident + | as name | as pattern | as strict pattern level ::= level @natural @@ -1188,6 +1232,27 @@ Here are the syntax elements used by the various notation commands. due to legacy notation in the Coq standard library. It can be turned on with the ``-w disj-pattern-notation`` flag. +.. note:: + + As of version 8.13, the entry ``ident`` is a deprecated alias for + ``name``. In the future, it is planned to strictly parse an + identifier (to the exclusion of :g:`_`). If the intent was to use + ``ident`` as an identifier (excluding :g:`_`), just silence the warning with + :n:`Set Warnings "-deprecated-ident-entry"` and it should automatically + get its intended meaning in version 8.15. + + Similarly, ``as ident`` is a deprecated alias for ``as name``, which + will only accept an identifier in the future. If the + intent was to use ``as ident`` as an identifier + (excluding :g:`_`), just silence the warning with + :n:`Set Warnings "-deprecated-as-ident-kind"`. + + However, this deprecation does not apply to custom entries, where it + already denotes an identifier, as expected. + + .. todo: the note above should be removed at the end of deprecation + phase of ident + .. .. _Scopes: Notation scopes |