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+.. _extraction:
+
+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+Extraction of programs in OCaml and Haskell
+============================================
+
+:Authors: Jean-Christophe Filliâtre and Pierre Letouzey
+
+We present here the |Coq| extraction commands, used to build certified
+and relatively efficient functional programs, extracting them from
+either |Coq| functions or |Coq| proofs of specifications. The
+functional languages available as output are currently OCaml, Haskell
+and Scheme. In the following, "ML" will be used (abusively) to refer
+to any of the three.
+
+Before using any of the commands or options described in this chapter,
+the extraction framework should first be loaded explicitly
+via ``Require Extraction``, or via the more robust
+``From Coq Require Extraction``.
+Note that in earlier versions of Coq, these commands and options were
+directly available without any preliminary ``Require``.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Require Extraction.
+
+Generating ML Code
+-------------------
+
+.. note::
+
+ In the following, a qualified identifier `qualid`
+ can be used to refer to any kind of |Coq| global "object" : constant,
+ inductive type, inductive constructor or module name.
+
+The next two commands are meant to be used for rapid preview of
+extraction. They both display extracted term(s) inside |Coq|.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction @qualid.
+
+ Extraction of the mentioned object in the |Coq| toplevel.
+
+.. cmd:: Recursive Extraction @qualid ... @qualid.
+
+ Recursive extraction of all the mentioned objects and
+ all their dependencies in the |Coq| toplevel.
+
+All the following commands produce real ML files. User can choose to
+produce one monolithic file or one file per |Coq| library.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction "@file" @qualid ... @qualid.
+
+ Recursive extraction of all the mentioned objects and all
+ their dependencies in one monolithic `file`.
+ Global and local identifiers are renamed according to the chosen ML
+ language to fulfill its syntactic conventions, keeping original
+ names as much as possible.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction Library @ident.
+
+ Extraction of the whole |Coq| library ``ident.v`` to an ML module
+ ``ident.ml``. In case of name clash, identifiers are here renamed
+ using prefixes ``coq_`` or ``Coq_`` to ensure a session-independent
+ renaming.
+
+.. cmd:: Recursive Extraction Library @ident.
+
+ Extraction of the |Coq| library ``ident.v`` and all other modules
+ ``ident.v`` depends on.
+
+.. cmd:: Separate Extraction @qualid ... @qualid.
+
+ Recursive extraction of all the mentioned objects and all
+ their dependencies, just as ``Extraction "file"``,
+ but instead of producing one monolithic file, this command splits
+ the produced code in separate ML files, one per corresponding Coq
+ ``.v`` file. This command is hence quite similar to
+ ``Recursive Extraction Library``, except that only the needed
+ parts of Coq libraries are extracted instead of the whole.
+ The naming convention in case of name clash is the same one as
+ ``Extraction Library``: identifiers are here renamed using prefixes
+ ``coq_`` or ``Coq_``.
+
+The following command is meant to help automatic testing of
+the extraction, see for instance the ``test-suite`` directory
+in the |Coq| sources.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction TestCompile @qualid ... @qualid.
+
+ All the mentioned objects and all their dependencies are extracted
+ to a temporary OCaml file, just as in ``Extraction "file"``. Then
+ this temporary file and its signature are compiled with the same
+ OCaml compiler used to built |Coq|. This command succeeds only
+ if the extraction and the OCaml compilation succeed. It fails
+ if the current target language of the extraction is not OCaml.
+
+Extraction Options
+-------------------
+
+Setting the target language
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ability to fix target language is the first and more important
+of the extraction options. Default is ``Ocaml``.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction Language Ocaml.
+.. cmd:: Extraction Language Haskell.
+.. cmd:: Extraction Language Scheme.
+
+Inlining and optimizations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Since OCaml is a strict language, the extracted code has to
+be optimized in order to be efficient (for instance, when using
+induction principles we do not want to compute all the recursive calls
+but only the needed ones). So the extraction mechanism provides an
+automatic optimization routine that will be called each time the user
+want to generate OCaml programs. The optimizations can be split in two
+groups: the type-preserving ones (essentially constant inlining and
+reductions) and the non type-preserving ones (some function
+abstractions of dummy types are removed when it is deemed safe in order
+to have more elegant types). Therefore some constants may not appear in the
+resulting monolithic OCaml program. In the case of modular extraction,
+even if some inlining is done, the inlined constant are nevertheless
+printed, to ensure session-independent programs.
+
+Concerning Haskell, type-preserving optimizations are less useful
+because of laziness. We still make some optimizations, for example in
+order to produce more readable code.
+
+The type-preserving optimizations are controlled by the following |Coq| options:
+
+.. opt:: Extraction Optimize.
+
+ Default is on. This controls all type-preserving optimizations made on
+ the ML terms (mostly reduction of dummy beta/iota redexes, but also
+ simplifications on Cases, etc). Turn this option off if you want a
+ ML term as close as possible to the Coq term.
+
+.. opt:: Extraction Conservative Types.
+
+ Default is off. This controls the non type-preserving optimizations
+ made on ML terms (which try to avoid function abstraction of dummy
+ types). Turn this option on to make sure that ``e:t``
+ implies that ``e':t'`` where ``e'`` and ``t'`` are the extracted
+ code of ``e`` and ``t`` respectively.
+
+.. opt:: Extraction KeepSingleton.
+
+ Default is off. Normally, when the extraction of an inductive type
+ produces a singleton type (i.e. a type with only one constructor, and
+ only one argument to this constructor), the inductive structure is
+ removed and this type is seen as an alias to the inner type.
+ The typical example is ``sig``. This option allows disabling this
+ optimization when one wishes to preserve the inductive structure of types.
+
+.. opt:: Extraction AutoInline.
+
+ Default is on. The extraction mechanism inlines the bodies of
+ some defined constants, according to some heuristics
+ like size of bodies, uselessness of some arguments, etc.
+ Those heuristics are not always perfect; if you want to disable
+ this feature, turn this option off.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction Inline @qualid ... @qualid.
+
+ In addition to the automatic inline feature, the constants
+ mentionned by this command will always be inlined during extraction.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction NoInline @qualid ... @qualid.
+
+ Conversely, the constants mentionned by this command will
+ never be inlined during extraction.
+
+.. cmd:: Print Extraction Inline.
+
+ Prints the current state of the table recording the custom inlinings
+ declared by the two previous commands.
+
+.. cmd:: Reset Extraction Inline.
+
+ Empties the table recording the custom inlinings (see the
+ previous commands).
+
+**Inlining and printing of a constant declaration:**
+
+A user can explicitly ask for a constant to be extracted by two means:
+
+ * by mentioning it on the extraction command line
+
+ * by extracting the whole |Coq| module of this constant.
+
+In both cases, the declaration of this constant will be present in the
+produced file. But this same constant may or may not be inlined in
+the following terms, depending on the automatic/custom inlining mechanism.
+
+For the constants non-explicitly required but needed for dependency
+reasons, there are two cases:
+
+ * If an inlining decision is taken, whether automatically or not,
+ all occurrences of this constant are replaced by its extracted body,
+ and this constant is not declared in the generated file.
+
+ * If no inlining decision is taken, the constant is normally
+ declared in the produced file.
+
+Extra elimination of useless arguments
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following command provides some extra manual control on the
+code elimination performed during extraction, in a way which
+is independent but complementary to the main elimination
+principles of extraction (logical parts and types).
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction Implicit @qualid [ @ident ... @ident ].
+
+ This experimental command allows declaring some arguments of
+ `qualid` as implicit, i.e. useless in extracted code and hence to
+ be removed by extraction. Here `qualid` can be any function or
+ inductive constructor, and the given `ident` are the names of
+ the concerned arguments. In fact, an argument can also be referred
+ by a number indicating its position, starting from 1.
+
+When an actual extraction takes place, an error is normally raised if the
+``Extraction Implicit`` declarations cannot be honored, that is
+if any of the implicited variables still occurs in the final code.
+This behavior can be relaxed via the following option:
+
+.. opt:: Extraction SafeImplicits.
+
+ Default is on. When this option is off, a warning is emitted
+ instead of an error if some implicited variables still occur in the
+ final code of an extraction. This way, the extracted code may be
+ obtained nonetheless and reviewed manually to locate the source of the issue
+ (in the code, some comments mark the location of these remaining
+ implicited variables).
+ Note that this extracted code might not compile or run properly,
+ depending of the use of these remaining implicited variables.
+
+Realizing axioms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Extraction will fail if it encounters an informative axiom not realized.
+A warning will be issued if it encounters a logical axiom, to remind the
+user that inconsistent logical axioms may lead to incorrect or
+non-terminating extracted terms.
+
+It is possible to assume some axioms while developing a proof. Since
+these axioms can be any kind of proposition or object or type, they may
+perfectly well have some computational content. But a program must be
+a closed term, and of course the system cannot guess the program which
+realizes an axiom. Therefore, it is possible to tell the system
+what ML term corresponds to a given axiom.
+
+.. cmd:: Extract Constant @qualid => @string.
+
+ Give an ML extraction for the given constant.
+ The `string` may be an identifier or a quoted string.
+
+.. cmd:: Extract Inlined Constant @qualid => @string.
+
+ Same as the previous one, except that the given ML terms will
+ be inlined everywhere instead of being declared via a ``let``.
+
+ .. note::
+
+ This command is sugar for an ``Extract Constant`` followed
+ by a ``Extraction Inline``. Hence a ``Reset Extraction Inline``
+ will have an effect on the realized and inlined axiom.
+
+.. caution:: It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the ML
+ terms given to realize the axioms do have the expected types. In
+ fact, the strings containing realizing code are just copied to the
+ extracted files. The extraction recognizes whether the realized axiom
+ should become a ML type constant or a ML object declaration. For example:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Axiom X:Set.
+ Axiom x:X.
+ Extract Constant X => "int".
+ Extract Constant x => "0".
+
+Notice that in the case of type scheme axiom (i.e. whose type is an
+arity, that is a sequence of product finished by a sort), then some type
+variables have to be given (as quoted strings). The syntax is then:
+
+.. cmdv:: Extract Constant @qualid @string ... @string => @string.
+
+The number of type variables is checked by the system. For example:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Axiom Y : Set -> Set -> Set.
+ Extract Constant Y "'a" "'b" => " 'a * 'b ".
+
+Realizing an axiom via ``Extract Constant`` is only useful in the
+case of an informative axiom (of sort ``Type`` or ``Set``). A logical axiom
+have no computational content and hence will not appears in extracted
+terms. But a warning is nonetheless issued if extraction encounters a
+logical axiom. This warning reminds user that inconsistent logical
+axioms may lead to incorrect or non-terminating extracted terms.
+
+If an informative axiom has not been realized before an extraction, a
+warning is also issued and the definition of the axiom is filled with
+an exception labeled ``AXIOM TO BE REALIZED``. The user must then
+search these exceptions inside the extracted file and replace them by
+real code.
+
+Realizing inductive types
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The system also provides a mechanism to specify ML terms for inductive
+types and constructors. For instance, the user may want to use the ML
+native boolean type instead of |Coq| one. The syntax is the following:
+
+.. cmd:: Extract Inductive @qualid => @string [ @string ... @string ].
+
+ Give an ML extraction for the given inductive type. You must specify
+ extractions for the type itself (first `string`) and all its
+ constructors (all the `string` between square brackets). In this form,
+ the ML extraction must be an ML inductive datatype, and the native
+ pattern-matching of the language will be used.
+
+.. cmdv:: Extract Inductive @qualid => @string [ @string ... @string ] @string.
+
+ Same as before, with a final extra `string` that indicates how to
+ perform pattern-matching over this inductive type. In this form,
+ the ML extraction could be an arbitrary type.
+ For an inductive type with `k` constructors, the function used to
+ emulate the pattern-matching should expect `(k+1)` arguments, first the `k`
+ branches in functional form, and then the inductive element to
+ destruct. For instance, the match branch ``| S n => foo`` gives the
+ functional form ``(fun n -> foo)``. Note that a constructor with no
+ argument is considered to have one unit argument, in order to block
+ early evaluation of the branch: ``| O => bar`` leads to the functional
+ form ``(fun () -> bar)``. For instance, when extracting ``nat``
+ into OCaml ``int``, the code to provide has type:
+ ``(unit->'a)->(int->'a)->int->'a``.
+
+.. caution:: As for ``Extract Constant``, this command should be used with care:
+
+ * The ML code provided by the user is currently **not** checked at all by
+ extraction, even for syntax errors.
+
+ * Extracting an inductive type to a pre-existing ML inductive type
+ is quite sound. But extracting to a general type (by providing an
+ ad-hoc pattern-matching) will often **not** be fully rigorously
+ correct. For instance, when extracting ``nat`` to OCaml ``int``,
+ it is theoretically possible to build ``nat`` values that are
+ larger than OCaml ``max_int``. It is the user's responsibility to
+ be sure that no overflow or other bad events occur in practice.
+
+ * Translating an inductive type to an arbitrary ML type does **not**
+ magically improve the asymptotic complexity of functions, even if the
+ ML type is an efficient representation. For instance, when extracting
+ ``nat`` to OCaml ``int``, the function ``Nat.mul`` stays quadratic.
+ It might be interesting to associate this translation with
+ some specific ``Extract Constant`` when primitive counterparts exist.
+
+Typical examples are the following:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Extract Inductive unit => "unit" [ "()" ].
+ Extract Inductive bool => "bool" [ "true" "false" ].
+ Extract Inductive sumbool => "bool" [ "true" "false" ].
+
+.. note::
+
+ When extracting to Ocaml, if an inductive constructor or type has arity 2 and
+ the corresponding string is enclosed by parentheses, and the string meets
+ Ocaml's lexical criteria for an infix symbol, then the rest of the string is
+ used as infix constructor or type.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Extract Inductive list => "list" [ "[]" "(::)" ].
+ Extract Inductive prod => "(*)" [ "(,)" ].
+
+As an example of translation to a non-inductive datatype, let's turn
+``nat`` into OCaml ``int`` (see caveat above):
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Extract Inductive nat => int [ "0" "succ" ] "(fun fO fS n -> if n=0 then fO () else fS (n-1))".
+
+Avoiding conflicts with existing filenames
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When using ``Extraction Library``, the names of the extracted files
+directly depends from the names of the |Coq| files. It may happen that
+these filenames are in conflict with already existing files,
+either in the standard library of the target language or in other
+code that is meant to be linked with the extracted code.
+For instance the module ``List`` exists both in |Coq| and in OCaml.
+It is possible to instruct the extraction not to use particular filenames.
+
+.. cmd:: Extraction Blacklist @ident ... @ident.
+
+ Instruct the extraction to avoid using these names as filenames
+ for extracted code.
+
+.. cmd:: Print Extraction Blacklist.
+
+ Show the current list of filenames the extraction should avoid.
+
+.. cmd:: Reset Extraction Blacklist.
+
+ Allow the extraction to use any filename.
+
+For OCaml, a typical use of these commands is
+``Extraction Blacklist String List``.
+
+Differences between |Coq| and ML type systems
+----------------------------------------------
+
+Due to differences between |Coq| and ML type systems,
+some extracted programs are not directly typable in ML.
+We now solve this problem (at least in OCaml) by adding
+when needed some unsafe casting ``Obj.magic``, which give
+a generic type ``'a`` to any term.
+
+First, if some part of the program is *very* polymorphic, there
+may be no ML type for it. In that case the extraction to ML works
+alright but the generated code may be refused by the ML
+type-checker. A very well known example is the ``distr-pair``
+function:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Definition dp {A B:Type}(x:A)(y:B)(f:forall C:Type, C->C) := (f A x, f B y).
+
+In Ocaml, for instance, the direct extracted term would be::
+
+ let dp x y f = Pair((f () x),(f () y))
+
+and would have type::
+
+ dp : 'a -> 'a -> (unit -> 'a -> 'b) -> ('b,'b) prod
+
+which is not its original type, but a restriction.
+
+We now produce the following correct version::
+
+ let dp x y f = Pair ((Obj.magic f () x), (Obj.magic f () y))
+
+Secondly, some |Coq| definitions may have no counterpart in ML. This
+happens when there is a quantification over types inside the type
+of a constructor; for example:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Inductive anything : Type := dummy : forall A:Set, A -> anything.
+
+which corresponds to the definition of an ML dynamic type.
+In OCaml, we must cast any argument of the constructor dummy
+(no GADT are produced yet by the extraction).
+
+Even with those unsafe castings, you should never get error like
+``segmentation fault``. In fact even if your program may seem
+ill-typed to the Ocaml type-checker, it can't go wrong : it comes
+from a Coq well-typed terms, so for example inductive types will always
+have the correct number of arguments, etc. Of course, when launching
+manually some extracted function, you should apply it to arguments
+of the right shape (from the |Coq| point-of-view).
+
+More details about the correctness of the extracted programs can be
+found in :cite:`Let02`.
+
+We have to say, though, that in most "realistic" programs, these problems do not
+occur. For example all the programs of Coq library are accepted by the OCaml
+type-checker without any ``Obj.magic`` (see examples below).
+
+Some examples
+-------------
+
+We present here two examples of extractions, taken from the
+|Coq| Standard Library. We choose OCaml as target language,
+but all can be done in the other dialects with slight modifications.
+We then indicate where to find other examples and tests of extraction.
+
+A detailed example: Euclidean division
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The file ``Euclid`` contains the proof of Euclidean division.
+The natural numbers used there are unary integers of type ``nat``,
+defined by two constructors ``O`` and ``S``.
+This module contains a theorem ``eucl_dev``, whose type is::
+
+ forall b:nat, b > 0 -> forall a:nat, diveucl a b
+
+where ``diveucl`` is a type for the pair of the quotient and the
+modulo, plus some logical assertions that disappear during extraction.
+We can now extract this program to OCaml:
+
+.. coqtop:: none
+
+ Reset Initial.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Require Extraction.
+ Require Import Euclid Wf_nat.
+ Extraction Inline gt_wf_rec lt_wf_rec induction_ltof2.
+ Recursive Extraction eucl_dev.
+
+The inlining of ``gt_wf_rec`` and others is not
+mandatory. It only enhances readability of extracted code.
+You can then copy-paste the output to a file ``euclid.ml`` or let
+|Coq| do it for you with the following command::
+
+ Extraction "euclid" eucl_dev.
+
+Let us play the resulting program (in an OCaml toplevel)::
+
+ #use "euclid.ml";;
+ type nat = O | S of nat
+ type sumbool = Left | Right
+ val sub : nat -> nat -> nat = <fun>
+ val le_lt_dec : nat -> nat -> sumbool = <fun>
+ val le_gt_dec : nat -> nat -> sumbool = <fun>
+ type diveucl = Divex of nat * nat
+ val eucl_dev : nat -> nat -> diveucl = <fun>
+
+ # eucl_dev (S (S O)) (S (S (S (S (S O)))));;
+ - : diveucl = Divex (S (S O), S O)
+
+It is easier to test on OCaml integers::
+
+ # let rec nat_of_int = function 0 -> O | n -> S (nat_of_int (n-1));;
+ val nat_of_int : int -> nat = <fun>
+
+ # let rec int_of_nat = function O -> 0 | S p -> 1+(int_of_nat p);;
+ val int_of_nat : nat -> int = <fun>
+
+ # let div a b =
+ let Divex (q,r) = eucl_dev (nat_of_int b) (nat_of_int a)
+ in (int_of_nat q, int_of_nat r);;
+ val div : int -> int -> int * int = <fun>
+
+ # div 173 15;;
+ - : int * int = (11, 8)
+
+Note that these ``nat_of_int`` and ``int_of_nat`` are now
+available via a mere ``Require Import ExtrOcamlIntConv`` and then
+adding these functions to the list of functions to extract. This file
+``ExtrOcamlIntConv.v`` and some others in ``plugins/extraction/``
+are meant to help building concrete program via extraction.
+
+Extraction's horror museum
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Some pathological examples of extraction are grouped in the file
+``test-suite/success/extraction.v`` of the sources of |Coq|.
+
+Users' Contributions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Several of the |Coq| Users' Contributions use extraction to produce
+certified programs. In particular the following ones have an automatic
+extraction test:
+
+ * ``additions`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/additions
+ * ``bdds`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/bdds
+ * ``canon-bdds`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/canon-bdds
+ * ``chinese`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/chinese
+ * ``continuations`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/continuations
+ * ``coq-in-coq`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/coq-in-coq
+ * ``exceptions`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/exceptions
+ * ``firing-squad`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/firing-squad
+ * ``founify`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/founify
+ * ``graphs`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/graphs
+ * ``higman-cf`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/higman-cf
+ * ``higman-nw`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/higman-nw
+ * ``hardware`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/hardware
+ * ``multiplier`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/multiplier
+ * ``search-trees`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/search-trees
+ * ``stalmarck`` : https://github.com/coq-contribs/stalmarck
+
+Note that ``continuations`` and ``multiplier`` are a bit particular. They are
+examples of developments where ``Obj.magic`` are needed. This is
+probably due to an heavy use of impredicativity. After compilation, those
+two examples run nonetheless, thanks to the correction of the
+extraction :cite:`Let02`.
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+.. _generalizedrewriting:
+
+-----------------------
+ Generalized rewriting
+-----------------------
+
+:Author: Matthieu Sozeau
+
+Generalized rewriting
+=====================
+
+
+This chapter presents the extension of several equality related
+tactics to work over user-defined structures (called setoids) that are
+equipped with ad-hoc equivalence relations meant to behave as
+equalities. Actually, the tactics have also been generalized to
+relations weaker then equivalences (e.g. rewriting systems). The
+toolbox also extends the automatic rewriting capabilities of the
+system, allowing the specification of custom strategies for rewriting.
+
+This documentation is adapted from the previous setoid documentation
+by Claudio Sacerdoti Coen (based on previous work by Clément Renard).
+The new implementation is a drop-in replacement for the old one
+[#tabareau]_, hence most of the documentation still applies.
+
+The work is a complete rewrite of the previous implementation, based
+on the type class infrastructure. It also improves on and generalizes
+the previous implementation in several ways:
+
+
++ User-extensible algorithm. The algorithm is separated in two parts:
+ generations of the rewriting constraints (done in ML) and solving of
+ these constraints using type class resolution. As type class
+ resolution is extensible using tactics, this allows users to define
+ general ways to solve morphism constraints.
++ Sub-relations. An example extension to the base algorithm is the
+ ability to define one relation as a subrelation of another so that
+ morphism declarations on one relation can be used automatically for
+ the other. This is done purely using tactics and type class search.
++ Rewriting under binders. It is possible to rewrite under binders in
+ the new implementation, if one provides the proper morphisms. Again,
+ most of the work is handled in the tactics.
++ First-class morphisms and signatures. Signatures and morphisms are
+ ordinary Coq terms, hence they can be manipulated inside Coq, put
+ inside structures and lemmas about them can be proved inside the
+ system. Higher-order morphisms are also allowed.
++ Performance. The implementation is based on a depth-first search for
+ the first solution to a set of constraints which can be as fast as
+ linear in the size of the term, and the size of the proof term is
+ linear in the size of the original term. Besides, the extensibility
+ allows the user to customize the proof search if necessary.
+
+.. [#tabareau] Nicolas Tabareau helped with the gluing.
+
+Introduction to generalized rewriting
+-------------------------------------
+
+
+Relations and morphisms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A parametric *relation* ``R`` is any term of type
+``forall (x1 :T1 ) ... (xn :Tn ), relation A``.
+The expression ``A``, which depends on ``x1 ... xn`` , is called the *carrier*
+of the relation and ``R`` is said to be a relation over ``A``; the list
+``x1,...,xn`` is the (possibly empty) list of parameters of the relation.
+
+**Example 1 (Parametric relation):**
+
+It is possible to implement finite sets of elements of type ``A`` as
+unordered list of elements of type ``A``.
+The function ``set_eq: forall (A: Type), relation (list A)``
+satisfied by two lists with the same elements is a parametric relation
+over ``(list A)`` with one parameter ``A``. The type of ``set_eq``
+is convertible with ``forall (A: Type), list A -> list A -> Prop.``
+
+An *instance* of a parametric relation ``R`` with n parameters is any term
+``(R t1 ... tn )``.
+
+Let ``R`` be a relation over ``A`` with ``n`` parameters. A term is a parametric
+proof of reflexivity for ``R`` if it has type
+``forall (x1 :T1 ) ... (xn :Tn), reflexive (R x1 ... xn )``.
+Similar definitions are given for parametric proofs of symmetry and transitivity.
+
+**Example 2 (Parametric relation (cont.)):**
+
+The ``set_eq`` relation of the previous example can be proved to be
+reflexive, symmetric and transitive. A parametric unary function ``f`` of type
+``forall (x1 :T1 ) ... (xn :Tn ), A1 -> A2`` covariantly respects two parametric relation instances
+``R1`` and ``R2`` if, whenever ``x``, ``y`` satisfy ``R1 x y``, their images (``f x``) and (``f y``)
+satisfy ``R2 (f x) (f y)``. An ``f`` that respects its input and output
+relations will be called a unary covariant *morphism*. We can also say
+that ``f`` is a monotone function with respect to ``R1`` and ``R2`` . The
+sequence ``x1 ... xn`` represents the parameters of the morphism.
+
+Let ``R1`` and ``R2`` be two parametric relations. The *signature* of a
+parametric morphism of type ``forall (x1 :T1 ) ... (xn :Tn ), A1 -> A2``
+that covariantly respects two instances :math:`I_{R_1}` and :math:`I_{R_2}` of ``R1`` and ``R2``
+is written :math:`I_{R_1} ++> I_{R_2}`. Notice that the special arrow ++>, which
+reminds the reader of covariance, is placed between the two relation
+instances, not between the two carriers. The signature relation
+instances and morphism will be typed in a context introducing
+variables for the parameters.
+
+The previous definitions are extended straightforwardly to n-ary
+morphisms, that are required to be simultaneously monotone on every
+argument.
+
+Morphisms can also be contravariant in one or more of their arguments.
+A morphism is contravariant on an argument associated to the relation
+instance :math`R` if it is covariant on the same argument when the inverse
+relation :math:`R^{−1}` (``inverse R`` in Coq) is considered. The special arrow ``-->``
+is used in signatures for contravariant morphisms.
+
+Functions having arguments related by symmetric relations instances
+are both covariant and contravariant in those arguments. The special
+arrow ``==>`` is used in signatures for morphisms that are both
+covariant and contravariant.
+
+An instance of a parametric morphism :math:`f` with :math:`n`
+parameters is any term :math:`f \, t_1 \ldots t_n`.
+
+**Example 3 (Morphisms):**
+
+Continuing the previous example, let ``union: forall (A: Type), list A -> list A -> list A``
+perform the union of two sets by appending one list to the other. ``union` is a binary
+morphism parametric over ``A`` that respects the relation instance
+``(set_eq A)``. The latter condition is proved by showing:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ forall (A: Type) (S1 S1’ S2 S2’: list A),
+ set_eq A S1 S1’ ->
+ set_eq A S2 S2’ ->
+ set_eq A (union A S1 S2) (union A S1’ S2’).
+
+The signature of the function ``union A`` is ``set_eq A ==> set_eq A ==> set_eq A``
+for all ``A``.
+
+**Example 4 (Contravariant morphism):**
+
+The division function ``Rdiv: R -> R -> R`` is a morphism of signature
+``le ++> le --> le`` where ``le`` is the usual order relation over
+real numbers. Notice that division is covariant in its first argument
+and contravariant in its second argument.
+
+Leibniz equality is a relation and every function is a morphism that
+respects Leibniz equality. Unfortunately, Leibniz equality is not
+always the intended equality for a given structure.
+
+In the next section we will describe the commands to register terms as
+parametric relations and morphisms. Several tactics that deal with
+equality in Coq can also work with the registered relations. The exact
+list of tactic will be given :ref:`in this section <tactics-enabled-on-user-provided-relations>`.
+For instance, the tactic reflexivity can be used to close a goal ``R n n`` whenever ``R``
+is an instance of a registered reflexive relation. However, the
+tactics that replace in a context ``C[]`` one term with another one
+related by ``R`` must verify that ``C[]`` is a morphism that respects the
+intended relation. Currently the verification consists in checking
+whether ``C[]`` is a syntactic composition of morphism instances that respects some obvious
+compatibility constraints.
+
+
+**Example 5 (Rewriting):**
+
+Continuing the previous examples, suppose that the user must prove
+``set_eq int (union int (union int S1 S2) S2) (f S1 S2)`` under the
+hypothesis ``H: set_eq int S2 (@nil int)``. It
+is possible to use the ``rewrite`` tactic to replace the first two
+occurrences of ``S2`` with ``@nil int`` in the goal since the
+context ``set_eq int (union int (union int S1 nil) nil) (f S1 S2)``,
+being a composition of morphisms instances, is a morphism. However the
+tactic will fail replacing the third occurrence of ``S2`` unless ``f``
+has also been declared as a morphism.
+
+
+Adding new relations and morphisms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+A parametric relation :g:`Aeq: forall (y1 : β1 ... ym : βm )`,
+:g:`relation (A t1 ... tn)` over :g:`(A : αi -> ... αn -> Type)` can be
+declared with the following command:
+
+.. cmd:: Add Parametric Relation (x1 : T1) ... (xn : Tk) : (A t1 ... tn) (Aeq t′1 ... t′m ) {? reflexivity proved by refl} {? symmetry proved by sym} {? transitivity proved by trans} as @ident.
+
+after having required the ``Setoid`` module with the ``Require Setoid``
+command.
+
+The :g:`@ident` gives a unique name to the morphism and it is used
+by the command to generate fresh names for automatically provided
+lemmas used internally.
+
+Notice that the carrier and relation parameters may refer to the
+context of variables introduced at the beginning of the declaration,
+but the instances need not be made only of variables. Also notice that
+``A`` is *not* required to be a term having the same parameters as ``Aeq``,
+although that is often the case in practice (this departs from the
+previous implementation).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Add Relation
+
+In case the carrier and relations are not parametric, one can use this command
+instead, whose syntax is the same except there is no local context.
+
+The proofs of reflexivity, symmetry and transitivity can be omitted if
+the relation is not an equivalence relation. The proofs must be
+instances of the corresponding relation definitions: e.g. the proof of
+reflexivity must have a type convertible to
+:g:`reflexive (A t1 ... tn) (Aeq t′ 1 …t′ n )`.
+Each proof may refer to the introduced variables as well.
+
+**Example 6 (Parametric relation):**
+
+For Leibniz equality, we may declare:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Add Parametric Relation (A : Type) : A (@eq A)
+ [reflexivity proved by @refl_equal A]
+ ...
+
+Some tactics (``reflexivity``, ``symmetry``, ``transitivity``) work only on
+relations that respect the expected properties. The remaining tactics
+(``replace``, ``rewrite`` and derived tactics such as ``autorewrite``) do not
+require any properties over the relation. However, they are able to
+replace terms with related ones only in contexts that are syntactic
+compositions of parametric morphism instances declared with the
+following command.
+
+.. cmd:: Add Parametric Morphism (x1 : T1 ) ... (xk : Tk ) : (f t1 ... tn ) with signature sig as @ident.
+
+The command declares ``f`` as a parametric morphism of signature ``sig``. The
+identifier ``id`` gives a unique name to the morphism and it is used as
+the base name of the type class instance definition and as the name of
+the lemma that proves the well-definedness of the morphism. The
+parameters of the morphism as well as the signature may refer to the
+context of variables. The command asks the user to prove interactively
+that ``f`` respects the relations identified from the signature.
+
+**Example 7:**
+
+We start the example by assuming a small theory over
+homogeneous sets and we declare set equality as a parametric
+equivalence relation and union of two sets as a parametric morphism.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Require Export Setoid.
+ Require Export Relation_Definitions.
+
+ Set Implicit Arguments.
+
+ Parameter set: Type -> Type.
+ Parameter empty: forall A, set A.
+ Parameter eq_set: forall A, set A -> set A -> Prop.
+ Parameter union: forall A, set A -> set A -> set A.
+
+ Axiom eq_set_refl: forall A, reflexive _ (eq_set (A:=A)).
+ Axiom eq_set_sym: forall A, symmetric _ (eq_set (A:=A)).
+ Axiom eq_set_trans: forall A, transitive _ (eq_set (A:=A)).
+ Axiom empty_neutral: forall A (S: set A), eq_set (union S (empty A)) S.
+
+ Axiom union_compat: forall (A : Type),
+ forall x x' : set A, eq_set x x' ->
+ forall y y' : set A, eq_set y y' ->
+ eq_set (union x y) (union x' y').
+
+ Add Parametric Relation A : (set A) (@eq_set A)
+ reflexivity proved by (eq_set_refl (A:=A))
+ symmetry proved by (eq_set_sym (A:=A))
+ transitivity proved by (eq_set_trans (A:=A))
+ as eq_set_rel.
+
+ Add Parametric Morphism A : (@union A) with
+ signature (@eq_set A) ==> (@eq_set A) ==> (@eq_set A) as union_mor.
+ Proof.
+ exact (@union_compat A).
+ Qed.
+
+It is possible to reduce the burden of specifying parameters using
+(maximally inserted) implicit arguments. If ``A`` is always set as
+maximally implicit in the previous example, one can write:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Add Parametric Relation A : (set A) eq_set
+ reflexivity proved by eq_set_refl
+ symmetry proved by eq_set_sym
+ transitivity proved by eq_set_trans
+ as eq_set_rel.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Add Parametric Morphism A : (@union A) with
+ signature eq_set ==> eq_set ==> eq_set as union_mor.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Proof. exact (@union_compat A). Qed.
+
+We proceed now by proving a simple lemma performing a rewrite step and
+then applying reflexivity, as we would do working with Leibniz
+equality. Both tactic applications are accepted since the required
+properties over ``eq_set`` and ``union`` can be established from the two
+declarations above.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Goal forall (S: set nat),
+ eq_set (union (union S empty) S) (union S S).
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Proof. intros. rewrite empty_neutral. reflexivity. Qed.
+
+The tables of relations and morphisms are managed by the type class
+instance mechanism. The behavior on section close is to generalize the
+instances by the variables of the section (and possibly hypotheses
+used in the proofs of instance declarations) but not to export them in
+the rest of the development for proof search. One can use the
+``Existing Instance`` command to do so outside the section, using the name of the
+declared morphism suffixed by ``_Morphism``, or use the ``Global`` modifier
+for the corresponding class instance declaration
+(see :ref:`First Class Setoids and Morphisms <first-class-setoids-and-morphisms>`) at
+definition time. When loading a compiled file or importing a module,
+all the declarations of this module will be loaded.
+
+
+Rewriting and non reflexive relations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To replace only one argument of an n-ary morphism it is necessary to
+prove that all the other arguments are related to themselves by the
+respective relation instances.
+
+**Example 8:**
+
+To replace ``(union S empty)`` with ``S`` in ``(union (union S empty) S) (union S S)``
+the rewrite tactic must exploit the monotony of ``union`` (axiom ``union_compat``
+in the previous example). Applying ``union_compat`` by hand we are left with the
+goal ``eq_set (union S S) (union S S)``.
+
+When the relations associated to some arguments are not reflexive, the
+tactic cannot automatically prove the reflexivity goals, that are left
+to the user.
+
+Setoids whose relation are partial equivalence relations (PER) are
+useful to deal with partial functions. Let ``R`` be a PER. We say that an
+element ``x`` is defined if ``R x x``. A partial function whose domain
+comprises all the defined elements only is declared as a morphism that
+respects ``R``. Every time a rewriting step is performed the user must
+prove that the argument of the morphism is defined.
+
+**Example 9:**
+
+Let ``eqO`` be ``fun x y => x = y /\ x <> 0`` (the
+smaller PER over non zero elements). Division can be declared as a
+morphism of signature ``eq ==> eq0 ==> eq``. Replace ``x`` with
+``y`` in ``div x n = div y n`` opens the additional goal ``eq0 n n``
+that is equivalent to ``n = n /\ n <> 0``.
+
+
+Rewriting and non symmetric relations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+When the user works up to relations that are not symmetric, it is no
+longer the case that any covariant morphism argument is also
+contravariant. As a result it is no longer possible to replace a term
+with a related one in every context, since the obtained goal implies
+the previous one if and only if the replacement has been performed in
+a contravariant position. In a similar way, replacement in an
+hypothesis can be performed only if the replaced term occurs in a
+covariant position.
+
+**Example 10 (Covariance and contravariance):**
+
+Suppose that division over real numbers has been defined as a morphism of signature
+``Z.div: Z.lt ++> Z.lt --> Z.lt`` (i.e. ``Z.div`` is increasing in
+its first argument, but decreasing on the second one). Let ``<``
+denotes ``Z.lt``. Under the hypothesis ``H: x < y`` we have
+``k < x / y -> k < x / x``, but not ``k < y / x -> k < x / x``. Dually,
+under the same hypothesis ``k < x / y -> k < y / y`` holds, but
+``k < y / x -> k < y / y`` does not. Thus, if the current goal is
+``k < x / x``, it is possible to replace only the second occurrence of
+``x`` (in contravariant position) with ``y`` since the obtained goal
+must imply the current one. On the contrary, if ``k < x / x`` is an
+hypothesis, it is possible to replace only the first occurrence of
+``x`` (in covariant position) with ``y`` since the current
+hypothesis must imply the obtained one.
+
+Contrary to the previous implementation, no specific error message
+will be raised when trying to replace a term that occurs in the wrong
+position. It will only fail because the rewriting constraints are not
+satisfiable. However it is possible to use the at modifier to specify
+which occurrences should be rewritten.
+
+As expected, composing morphisms together propagates the variance
+annotations by switching the variance every time a contravariant
+position is traversed.
+
+**Example 11:**
+
+Let us continue the previous example and let us consider
+the goal ``x / (x / x) < k``. The first and third occurrences of
+``x`` are in a contravariant position, while the second one is in
+covariant position. More in detail, the second occurrence of ``x``
+occurs covariantly in ``(x / x)`` (since division is covariant in
+its first argument), and thus contravariantly in ``x / (x / x)``
+(since division is contravariant in its second argument), and finally
+covariantly in ``x / (x / x) < k`` (since ``<``, as every
+transitive relation, is contravariant in its first argument with
+respect to the relation itself).
+
+
+Rewriting in ambiguous setoid contexts
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+One function can respect several different relations and thus it can
+be declared as a morphism having multiple signatures.
+
+**Example 12:**
+
+
+Union over homogeneous lists can be given all the
+following signatures: ``eq ==> eq ==> eq`` (``eq`` being the
+equality over ordered lists) ``set_eq ==> set_eq ==> set_eq``
+(``set_eq`` being the equality over unordered lists up to duplicates),
+``multiset_eq ==> multiset_eq ==> multiset_eq`` (``multiset_eq``
+being the equality over unordered lists).
+
+To declare multiple signatures for a morphism, repeat the ``Add Morphism``
+command.
+
+When morphisms have multiple signatures it can be the case that a
+rewrite request is ambiguous, since it is unclear what relations
+should be used to perform the rewriting. Contrary to the previous
+implementation, the tactic will always choose the first possible
+solution to the set of constraints generated by a rewrite and will not
+try to find *all* possible solutions to warn the user about.
+
+
+Commands and tactics
+--------------------
+
+
+.. _first-class-setoids-and-morphisms:
+
+First class setoids and morphisms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+
+
+The implementation is based on a first-class representation of
+properties of relations and morphisms as type classes. That is, the
+various combinations of properties on relations and morphisms are
+represented as records and instances of theses classes are put in a
+hint database. For example, the declaration:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Add Parametric Relation (x1 : T1) ... (xn : Tk) : (A t1 ... tn) (Aeq t′1 ... t′m)
+ [reflexivity proved by refl]
+ [symmetry proved by sym]
+ [transitivity proved by trans]
+ as id.
+
+
+is equivalent to an instance declaration:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Instance (x1 : T1) ... (xn : Tk) => id : @Equivalence (A t1 ... tn) (Aeq t′1 ... t′m) :=
+ [Equivalence_Reflexive := refl]
+ [Equivalence_Symmetric := sym]
+ [Equivalence_Transitive := trans].
+
+The declaration itself amounts to the definition of an object of the
+record type ``Coq.Classes.RelationClasses.Equivalence`` and a hint added
+to the ``typeclass_instances`` hint database. Morphism declarations are
+also instances of a type class defined in ``Classes.Morphisms``. See the
+documentation on type classes :ref:`TODO-chapter-20-type-classes`
+and the theories files in Classes for further explanations.
+
+One can inform the rewrite tactic about morphisms and relations just
+by using the typeclass mechanism to declare them using Instance and
+Context vernacular commands. Any object of type Proper (the type of
+morphism declarations) in the local context will also be automatically
+used by the rewriting tactic to solve constraints.
+
+Other representations of first class setoids and morphisms can also be
+handled by encoding them as records. In the following example, the
+projections of the setoid relation and of the morphism function can be
+registered as parametric relations and morphisms.
+
+**Example 13 (First class setoids):**
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Require Import Relation_Definitions Setoid.
+
+ Record Setoid: Type :=
+ { car: Type;
+ eq: car -> car -> Prop;
+ refl: reflexive _ eq;
+ sym: symmetric _ eq;
+ trans: transitive _ eq
+ }.
+
+ Add Parametric Relation (s : Setoid) : (@car s) (@eq s)
+ reflexivity proved by (refl s)
+ symmetry proved by (sym s)
+ transitivity proved by (trans s) as eq_rel.
+
+ Record Morphism (S1 S2:Setoid): Type :=
+ { f: car S1 -> car S2;
+ compat: forall (x1 x2: car S1), eq S1 x1 x2 -> eq S2 (f x1) (f x2)
+ }.
+
+ Add Parametric Morphism (S1 S2 : Setoid) (M : Morphism S1 S2) :
+ (@f S1 S2 M) with signature (@eq S1 ==> @eq S2) as apply_mor.
+ Proof. apply (compat S1 S2 M). Qed.
+
+ Lemma test: forall (S1 S2:Setoid) (m: Morphism S1 S2)
+ (x y: car S1), eq S1 x y -> eq S2 (f _ _ m x) (f _ _ m y).
+ Proof. intros. rewrite H. reflexivity. Qed.
+
+.. _tactics-enabled-on-user-provided-relations:
+
+Tactics enabled on user provided relations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The following tactics, all prefixed by ``setoid_``, deal with arbitrary
+registered relations and morphisms. Moreover, all the corresponding
+unprefixed tactics (i.e. ``reflexivity``, ``symmetry``, ``transitivity``,
+``replace``, ``rewrite``) have been extended to fall back to their prefixed
+counterparts when the relation involved is not Leibniz equality.
+Notice, however, that using the prefixed tactics it is possible to
+pass additional arguments such as ``using relation``.
+
+.. tacv:: setoid_reflexivity
+
+.. tacv:: setoid_symmetry [in @ident]
+
+.. tacv:: setoid_transitivity
+
+.. tacv:: setoid_rewrite [@orientation] @term [at @occs] [in @ident]
+
+.. tacv:: setoid_replace @term with @term [in @ident] [using relation @term] [by @tactic]
+
+
+The ``using relation`` arguments cannot be passed to the unprefixed form.
+The latter argument tells the tactic what parametric relation should
+be used to replace the first tactic argument with the second one. If
+omitted, it defaults to the ``DefaultRelation`` instance on the type of
+the objects. By default, it means the most recent ``Equivalence`` instance
+in the environment, but it can be customized by declaring
+new ``DefaultRelation`` instances. As Leibniz equality is a declared
+equivalence, it will fall back to it if no other relation is declared
+on a given type.
+
+Every derived tactic that is based on the unprefixed forms of the
+tactics considered above will also work up to user defined relations.
+For instance, it is possible to register hints for ``autorewrite`` that
+are not proof of Leibniz equalities. In particular it is possible to
+exploit ``autorewrite`` to simulate normalization in a term rewriting
+system up to user defined equalities.
+
+
+Printing relations and morphisms
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``Print Instances`` command can be used to show the list of currently
+registered ``Reflexive`` (using ``Print Instances Reflexive``), ``Symmetric``
+or ``Transitive`` relations, Equivalences, PreOrders, PERs, and Morphisms
+(implemented as ``Proper`` instances). When the rewriting tactics refuse
+to replace a term in a context because the latter is not a composition
+of morphisms, the ``Print Instances`` commands can be useful to understand
+what additional morphisms should be registered.
+
+
+Deprecated syntax and backward incompatibilities
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Due to backward compatibility reasons, the following syntax for the
+declaration of setoids and morphisms is also accepted.
+
+.. tacv:: Add Setoid @A @Aeq @ST as @ident
+
+where ``Aeq`` is a congruence relation without parameters, ``A`` is its carrier
+and ``ST`` is an object of type (``Setoid_Theory A Aeq``) (i.e. a record
+packing together the reflexivity, symmetry and transitivity lemmas).
+Notice that the syntax is not completely backward compatible since the
+identifier was not required.
+
+.. cmd:: Add Morphism f : @ident.
+
+The latter command also is restricted to the declaration of morphisms
+without parameters. It is not fully backward compatible since the
+property the user is asked to prove is slightly different: for n-ary
+morphisms the hypotheses of the property are permuted; moreover, when
+the morphism returns a proposition, the property is now stated using a
+bi-implication in place of a simple implication. In practice, porting
+an old development to the new semantics is usually quite simple.
+
+Notice that several limitations of the old implementation have been
+lifted. In particular, it is now possible to declare several relations
+with the same carrier and several signatures for the same morphism.
+Moreover, it is now also possible to declare several morphisms having
+the same signature. Finally, the replace and rewrite tactics can be
+used to replace terms in contexts that were refused by the old
+implementation. As discussed in the next section, the semantics of the
+new ``setoid_rewrite`` command differs slightly from the old one and
+``rewrite``.
+
+
+Extensions
+----------
+
+
+Rewriting under binders
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+warning:: Due to compatibility issues, this feature is enabled only
+when calling the ``setoid_rewrite`` tactics directly and not ``rewrite``.
+
+To be able to rewrite under binding constructs, one must declare
+morphisms with respect to pointwise (setoid) equivalence of functions.
+Example of such morphisms are the standard ``all`` and ``ex`` combinators for
+universal and existential quantification respectively. They are
+declared as morphisms in the ``Classes.Morphisms_Prop`` module. For
+example, to declare that universal quantification is a morphism for
+logical equivalence:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Instance all_iff_morphism (A : Type) :
+ Proper (pointwise_relation A iff ==> iff) (@all A).
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Proof. simpl_relation.
+
+One then has to show that if two predicates are equivalent at every
+point, their universal quantifications are equivalent. Once we have
+declared such a morphism, it will be used by the setoid rewriting
+tactic each time we try to rewrite under an ``all`` application (products
+in ``Prop`` are implicitly translated to such applications).
+
+Indeed, when rewriting under a lambda, binding variable ``x``, say from ``P x``
+to ``Q x`` using the relation iff, the tactic will generate a proof of
+``pointwise_relation A iff (fun x => P x) (fun x => Q x)`` from the proof
+of ``iff (P x) (Q x)`` and a constraint of the form Proper
+``(pointwise_relation A iff ==> ?) m`` will be generated for the
+surrounding morphism ``m``.
+
+Hence, one can add higher-order combinators as morphisms by providing
+signatures using pointwise extension for the relations on the
+functional arguments (or whatever subrelation of the pointwise
+extension). For example, one could declare the ``map`` combinator on lists
+as a morphism:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Instance map_morphism `{Equivalence A eqA, Equivalence B eqB} :
+ Proper ((eqA ==> eqB) ==> list_equiv eqA ==> list_equiv eqB) (@map A B).
+
+where ``list_equiv`` implements an equivalence on lists parameterized by
+an equivalence on the elements.
+
+Note that when one does rewriting with a lemma under a binder using
+``setoid_rewrite``, the application of the lemma may capture the bound
+variable, as the semantics are different from rewrite where the lemma
+is first matched on the whole term. With the new ``setoid_rewrite``,
+matching is done on each subterm separately and in its local
+environment, and all matches are rewritten *simultaneously* by
+default. The semantics of the previous ``setoid_rewrite`` implementation
+can almost be recovered using the ``at 1`` modifier.
+
+
+Sub-relations
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Sub-relations can be used to specify that one relation is included in
+another, so that morphisms signatures for one can be used for the
+other. If a signature mentions a relation ``R`` on the left of an
+arrow ``==>``, then the signature also applies for any relation ``S`` that is
+smaller than ``R``, and the inverse applies on the right of an arrow. One
+can then declare only a few morphisms instances that generate the
+complete set of signatures for a particular constant. By default, the
+only declared subrelation is ``iff``, which is a subrelation of ``impl`` and
+``inverse impl`` (the dual of implication). That’s why we can declare only
+two morphisms for conjunction: ``Proper (impl ==> impl ==> impl) and`` and
+``Proper (iff ==> iff ==> iff) and``. This is sufficient to satisfy any
+rewriting constraints arising from a rewrite using ``iff``, ``impl`` or
+``inverse impl`` through ``and``.
+
+Sub-relations are implemented in ``Classes.Morphisms`` and are a prime
+example of a mostly user-space extension of the algorithm.
+
+
+Constant unfolding
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The resolution tactic is based on type classes and hence regards user-
+defined constants as transparent by default. This may slow down the
+resolution due to a lot of unifications (all the declared ``Proper``
+instances are tried at each node of the search tree). To speed it up,
+declare your constant as rigid for proof search using the command
+``Typeclasses Opaque`` (see :ref:`TODO-20.6.7-typeclasses-transparency`).
+
+
+Strategies for rewriting
+------------------------
+
+
+Definitions
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The generalized rewriting tactic is based on a set of strategies that
+can be combined to obtain custom rewriting procedures. Its set of
+strategies is based on Elan’s rewriting strategies :ref:`TODO-102-biblio`. Rewriting
+strategies are applied using the tactic ``rewrite_strat s`` where ``s`` is a
+strategy expression. Strategies are defined inductively as described
+by the following grammar:
+
+.. productionlist:: rewriting
+ s, t, u : `strategy`
+ : | `lemma`
+ : | `lemma_right_to_left`
+ : | `failure`
+ : | `identity`
+ : | `reflexivity`
+ : | `progress`
+ : | `failure_catch`
+ : | `composition`
+ : | `left_biased_choice`
+ : | `iteration_one_or_more`
+ : | `iteration_zero_or_more`
+ : | `one_subterm`
+ : | `all_subterms`
+ : | `innermost_first`
+ : | `outermost_first`
+ : | `bottom_up`
+ : | `top_down`
+ : | `apply_hint`
+ : | `any_of_the_terms`
+ : | `apply_reduction`
+ : | `fold_expression`
+
+.. productionlist:: rewriting
+ strategy : "(" `s` ")"
+ lemma : `c`
+ lemma_right_to_left : "<-" `c`
+ failure : `fail`
+ identity : `id`
+ reflexivity : `refl`
+ progress : `progress` `s`
+ failure_catch : `try` `s`
+ composition : `s` ";" `u`
+ left_biased_choice : choice `s` `t`
+ iteration_one_or_more : `repeat` `s`
+ iteration_zero_or_more : `any` `s`
+ one_subterm : subterm `s`
+ all_subterms : subterms `s`
+ innermost_first : `innermost` `s`
+ outermost_first : `outermost` `s`
+ bottom_up : `bottomup` `s`
+ top_down : `topdown` `s`
+ apply_hint : hints `hintdb`
+ any_of_the_terms : terms (`c`)+
+ apply_reduction : eval `redexpr`
+ fold_expression : fold `c`
+
+
+Actually a few of these are defined in term of the others using a
+primitive fixpoint operator:
+
+.. productionlist:: rewriting
+ try `s` : choice `s` `id`
+ any `s` : fix `u`. try (`s` ; `u`)
+ repeat `s` : `s` ; `any` `s`
+ bottomup s : fix `bu`. (choice (progress (subterms bu)) s) ; try bu
+ topdown s : fix `td`. (choice s (progress (subterms td))) ; try td
+ innermost s : fix `i`. (choice (subterm i) s)
+ outermost s : fix `o`. (choice s (subterm o))
+
+The basic control strategy semantics are straightforward: strategies
+are applied to subterms of the term to rewrite, starting from the root
+of the term. The lemma strategies unify the left-hand-side of the
+lemma with the current subterm and on success rewrite it to the right-
+hand-side. Composition can be used to continue rewriting on the
+current subterm. The fail strategy always fails while the identity
+strategy succeeds without making progress. The reflexivity strategy
+succeeds, making progress using a reflexivity proof of rewriting.
+Progress tests progress of the argument strategy and fails if no
+progress was made, while ``try`` always succeeds, catching failures.
+Choice is left-biased: it will launch the first strategy and fall back
+on the second one in case of failure. One can iterate a strategy at
+least 1 time using ``repeat`` and at least 0 times using ``any``.
+
+The ``subterm`` and ``subterms`` strategies apply their argument strategy ``s`` to
+respectively one or all subterms of the current term under
+consideration, left-to-right. ``subterm`` stops at the first subterm for
+which ``s`` made progress. The composite strategies ``innermost`` and ``outermost``
+perform a single innermost or outermost rewrite using their argument
+strategy. Their counterparts ``bottomup`` and ``topdown`` perform as many
+rewritings as possible, starting from the bottom or the top of the
+term.
+
+Hint databases created for ``autorewrite`` can also be used
+by ``rewrite_strat`` using the ``hints`` strategy that applies any of the
+lemmas at the current subterm. The ``terms`` strategy takes the lemma
+names directly as arguments. The ``eval`` strategy expects a reduction
+expression (see :ref:`TODO-8.7-performing-computations`) and succeeds
+if it reduces the subterm under consideration. The ``fold`` strategy takes
+a term ``c`` and tries to *unify* it to the current subterm, converting it to ``c``
+on success, it is stronger than the tactic ``fold``.
+
+
+Usage
+~~~~~
+
+
+.. tacv:: rewrite_strat @s [in @ident]
+
+ Rewrite using the strategy s in hypothesis ident or the conclusion.
+
+ .. exn:: Nothing to rewrite.
+
+ If the strategy failed.
+
+ .. exn:: No progress made.
+
+ If the strategy succeeded but made no progress.
+
+ .. exn:: Unable to satisfy the rewriting constraints.
+
+ If the strategy succeeded and made progress but the
+ corresponding rewriting constraints are not satisfied.
+
+
+ The ``setoid_rewrite c`` tactic is basically equivalent to
+ ``rewrite_strat (outermost c)``.
+
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+.. _implicitcoercions:
+
+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+Implicit Coercions
+====================
+
+:Author: Amokrane Saïbi
+
+General Presentation
+---------------------
+
+This section describes the inheritance mechanism of |Coq|. In |Coq| with
+inheritance, we are not interested in adding any expressive power to
+our theory, but only convenience. Given a term, possibly not typable,
+we are interested in the problem of determining if it can be well
+typed modulo insertion of appropriate coercions. We allow to write:
+
+ * :g:`f a` where :g:`f:(forall x:A,B)` and :g:`a:A'` when ``A'`` can
+ be seen in some sense as a subtype of ``A``.
+ * :g:`x:A` when ``A`` is not a type, but can be seen in
+ a certain sense as a type: set, group, category etc.
+ * :g:`f a` when ``f`` is not a function, but can be seen in a certain sense
+ as a function: bijection, functor, any structure morphism etc.
+
+
+Classes
+-------
+
+A class with `n` parameters is any defined name with a type
+:g:`forall (x₁:A₁)..(xₙ:Aₙ),s` where ``s`` is a sort. Thus a class with
+parameters is considered as a single class and not as a family of
+classes. An object of a class ``C`` is any term of type :g:`C t₁ .. tₙ`.
+In addition to these user-classes, we have two abstract classes:
+
+
+ * ``Sortclass``, the class of sorts; its objects are the terms whose type is a
+ sort (e.g. :g:`Prop` or :g:`Type`).
+ * ``Funclass``, the class of functions; its objects are all the terms with a functional
+ type, i.e. of form :g:`forall x:A,B`.
+
+Formally, the syntax of a classes is defined as:
+
+.. productionlist::
+ class: qualid
+ : | `Sortclass`
+ : | `Funclass`
+
+
+Coercions
+---------
+
+A name ``f`` can be declared as a coercion between a source user-class
+``C`` with `n` parameters and a target class ``D`` if one of these
+conditions holds:
+
+ * ``D`` is a user-class, then the type of ``f`` must have the form
+ :g:`forall (x₁:A₁)..(xₙ:Aₙ)(y:C x₁..xₙ), D u₁..uₘ` where `m`
+ is the number of parameters of ``D``.
+ * ``D`` is ``Funclass``, then the type of ``f`` must have the form
+ :g:`forall (x₁:A₁)..(xₙ:Aₙ)(y:C x₁..xₙ)(x:A), B`.
+ * ``D`` is ``Sortclass``, then the type of ``f`` must have the form
+ :g:`forall (x₁:A₁)..(xₙ:Aₙ)(y:C x₁..xₙ), s` with ``s`` a sort.
+
+We then write :g:`f : C >-> D`. The restriction on the type
+of coercions is called *the uniform inheritance condition*.
+
+.. note:: The abstract classe ``Sortclass`` can be used as a source class, but
+ the abstract class ``Funclass`` cannot.
+
+To coerce an object :g:`t:C t₁..tₙ` of ``C`` towards ``D``, we have to
+apply the coercion ``f`` to it; the obtained term :g:`f t₁..tₙ t` is
+then an object of ``D``.
+
+
+Identity Coercions
+-------------------
+
+Identity coercions are special cases of coercions used to go around
+the uniform inheritance condition. Let ``C`` and ``D`` be two classes
+with respectively `n` and `m` parameters and
+:g:`f:forall (x₁:T₁)..(xₖ:Tₖ)(y:C u₁..uₙ), D v₁..vₘ` a function which
+does not verify the uniform inheritance condition. To declare ``f`` as
+coercion, one has first to declare a subclass ``C'`` of ``C``:
+
+ :g:`C' := fun (x₁:T₁)..(xₖ:Tₖ) => C u₁..uₙ`
+
+We then define an *identity coercion* between ``C'`` and ``C``:
+
+ :g:`Id_C'_C := fun (x₁:T₁)..(xₖ:Tₖ)(y:C' x₁..xₖ) => (y:C u₁..uₙ)`
+
+We can now declare ``f`` as coercion from ``C'`` to ``D``, since we can
+"cast" its type as
+:g:`forall (x₁:T₁)..(xₖ:Tₖ)(y:C' x₁..xₖ),D v₁..vₘ`.
+
+The identity coercions have a special status: to coerce an object
+:g:`t:C' t₁..tₖ`
+of ``C'`` towards ``C``, we does not have to insert explicitly ``Id_C'_C``
+since :g:`Id_C'_C t₁..tₖ t` is convertible with ``t``. However we
+"rewrite" the type of ``t`` to become an object of ``C``; in this case,
+it becomes :g:`C uₙ'..uₖ'` where each ``uᵢ'`` is the result of the
+substitution in ``uᵢ`` of the variables ``xⱼ`` by ``tⱼ``.
+
+Inheritance Graph
+------------------
+
+Coercions form an inheritance graph with classes as nodes. We call
+*coercion path* an ordered list of coercions between two nodes of
+the graph. A class ``C`` is said to be a subclass of ``D`` if there is a
+coercion path in the graph from ``C`` to ``D``; we also say that ``C``
+inherits from ``D``. Our mechanism supports multiple inheritance since a
+class may inherit from several classes, contrary to simple inheritance
+where a class inherits from at most one class. However there must be
+at most one path between two classes. If this is not the case, only
+the *oldest* one is valid and the others are ignored. So the order
+of declaration of coercions is important.
+
+We extend notations for coercions to coercion paths. For instance
+:g:`[f₁;..;fₖ] : C >-> D` is the coercion path composed
+by the coercions ``f₁..fₖ``. The application of a coercion path to a
+term consists of the successive application of its coercions.
+
+
+Declaration of Coercions
+-------------------------
+
+.. cmd:: Coercion @qualid : @class >-> @class.
+
+ Declares the construction denoted by `qualid` as a coercion between
+ the two given classes.
+
+ .. exn:: @qualid not declared
+ .. exn:: @qualid is already a coercion
+ .. exn:: Funclass cannot be a source class
+ .. exn:: @qualid is not a function
+ .. exn:: Cannot find the source class of @qualid
+ .. exn:: Cannot recognize @class as a source class of @qualid
+ .. exn:: @qualid does not respect the uniform inheritance condition
+ .. exn:: Found target class ... instead of ...
+
+ .. warn:: Ambigous path:
+
+ When the coercion `qualid` is added to the inheritance graph, non
+ valid coercion paths are ignored; they are signaled by a warning
+ displaying these paths of the form :g:`[f₁;..;fₙ] : C >-> D`.
+
+ .. cmdv:: Local Coercion @qualid : @class >-> @class.
+
+ Declares the construction denoted by `qualid` as a coercion local to
+ the current section.
+
+ .. cmdv:: Coercion @ident := @term.
+
+ This defines `ident` just like ``Definition`` `ident` ``:=`` `term`,
+ and then declares `ident` as a coercion between it source and its target.
+
+ .. cmdv:: Coercion @ident := @term : @type.
+
+ This defines `ident` just like ``Definition`` `ident` : `type` ``:=`` `term`,
+ and then declares `ident` as a coercion between it source and its target.
+
+ .. cmdv:: Local Coercion @ident := @term.
+
+ This defines `ident` just like ``Let`` `ident` ``:=`` `term`,
+ and then declares `ident` as a coercion between it source and its target.
+
+Assumptions can be declared as coercions at declaration time.
+This extends the grammar of assumptions from
+Figure :ref:`TODO-1.3-sentences-syntax` as follows:
+
+..
+ FIXME:
+ \comindex{Variable \mbox{\rm (and coercions)}}
+ \comindex{Axiom \mbox{\rm (and coercions)}}
+ \comindex{Parameter \mbox{\rm (and coercions)}}
+ \comindex{Hypothesis \mbox{\rm (and coercions)}}
+
+.. productionlist::
+ assumption : assumption_keyword assums .
+ assums : simple_assums
+ : | (simple_assums) ... (simple_assums)
+ simple_assums : ident ... ident :[>] term
+
+If the extra ``>`` is present before the type of some assumptions, these
+assumptions are declared as coercions.
+
+Similarly, constructors of inductive types can be declared as coercions at
+definition time of the inductive type. This extends and modifies the
+grammar of inductive types from Figure :ref:`TODO-1.3-sentences-syntax` as follows:
+
+..
+ FIXME:
+ \comindex{Inductive \mbox{\rm (and coercions)}}
+ \comindex{CoInductive \mbox{\rm (and coercions)}}
+
+.. productionlist::
+ inductive : `Inductive` ind_body `with` ... `with` ind_body
+ : | `CoInductive` ind_body `with` ... `with` ind_body
+ ind_body : ident [binders] : term := [[|] constructor | ... | constructor]
+ constructor : ident [binders] [:[>] term]
+
+Especially, if the extra ``>`` is present in a constructor
+declaration, this constructor is declared as a coercion.
+
+.. cmd:: Identity Coercion @ident : @class >-> @class.
+
+ If ``C`` is the source `class` and ``D`` the destination, we check
+ that ``C`` is a constant with a body of the form
+ :g:`fun (x₁:T₁)..(xₙ:Tₙ) => D t₁..tₘ` where `m` is the
+ number of parameters of ``D``. Then we define an identity
+ function with type :g:`forall (x₁:T₁)..(xₙ:Tₙ)(y:C x₁..xₙ),D t₁..tₘ`,
+ and we declare it as an identity coercion between ``C`` and ``D``.
+
+ .. exn:: @class must be a transparent constant
+
+ .. cmdv:: Local Identity Coercion @ident : @ident >-> @ident.
+
+ Idem but locally to the current section.
+
+ .. cmdv:: SubClass @ident := @type.
+
+ If `type` is a class `ident'` applied to some arguments then
+ `ident` is defined and an identity coercion of name
+ `Id_ident_ident'` is
+ declared. Otherwise said, this is an abbreviation for
+
+ ``Definition`` `ident` ``:=`` `type`.
+
+ ``Identity Coercion`` `Id_ident_ident'` : `ident` ``>->`` `ident'`.
+
+ .. cmdv:: Local SubClass @ident := @type.
+
+ Same as before but locally to the current section.
+
+
+Displaying Available Coercions
+-------------------------------
+
+.. cmd:: Print Classes.
+
+ Print the list of declared classes in the current context.
+
+.. cmd:: Print Coercions.
+
+ Print the list of declared coercions in the current context.
+
+.. cmd:: Print Graph.
+
+ Print the list of valid coercion paths in the current context.
+
+.. cmd:: Print Coercion Paths @class @class.
+
+ Print the list of valid coercion paths between the two given classes.
+
+Activating the Printing of Coercions
+-------------------------------------
+
+.. cmd:: Set Printing Coercions.
+
+ This command forces all the coercions to be printed.
+ Conversely, to skip the printing of coercions, use
+ ``Unset Printing Coercions``. By default, coercions are not printed.
+
+.. cmd:: Add Printing Coercion @qualid.
+
+ This command forces coercion denoted by `qualid` to be printed.
+ To skip the printing of coercion `qualid`, use
+ ``Remove Printing Coercion`` `qualid`. By default, a coercion is never printed.
+
+
+Classes as Records
+------------------
+
+We allow the definition of *Structures with Inheritance* (or
+classes as records) by extending the existing ``Record`` macro
+(see Section :ref:`TODO-2.1-Record`). Its new syntax is:
+
+.. cmd:: Record {? >} @ident {? @binders} : @sort := {? @ident} { {+; @ident :{? >} @term } }.
+
+ The first identifier `ident` is the name of the defined record and
+ `sort` is its type. The optional identifier after ``:=`` is the name
+ of the constuctor (it will be ``Build_``\ `ident` if not given).
+ The other identifiers are the names of the fields, and the `term`
+ are their respective types. If ``:>`` is used instead of ``:`` in
+ the declaration of a field, then the name of this field is automatically
+ declared as a coercion from the record name to the class of this
+ field type. Remark that the fields always verify the uniform
+ inheritance condition. If the optional ``>`` is given before the
+ record name, then the constructor name is automatically declared as
+ a coercion from the class of the last field type to the record name
+ (this may fail if the uniform inheritance condition is not
+ satisfied).
+
+.. note::
+
+ The keyword ``Structure`` is a synonym of ``Record``.
+
+..
+ FIXME: \comindex{Structure}
+
+
+Coercions and Sections
+----------------------
+
+The inheritance mechanism is compatible with the section
+mechanism. The global classes and coercions defined inside a section
+are redefined after its closing, using their new value and new
+type. The classes and coercions which are local to the section are
+simply forgotten.
+Coercions with a local source class or a local target class, and
+coercions which do not verify the uniform inheritance condition any longer
+are also forgotten.
+
+Coercions and Modules
+--------------------=
+
+From |Coq| version 8.3, the coercions present in a module are activated
+only when the module is explicitly imported. Formerly, the coercions
+were activated as soon as the module was required, whatever it was
+imported or not.
+
+To recover the behavior of the versions of |Coq| prior to 8.3, use the
+following command:
+
+.. cmd:: Set Automatic Coercions Import.
+
+To cancel the effect of the option, use instead ``Unset Automatic Coercions Import``.
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+There are three situations:
+
+Coercion at function application
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:g:`f a` is ill-typed where :g:`f:forall x:A,B` and :g:`a:A'`. If there is a
+coercion path between ``A'`` and ``A``, then :g:`f a` is transformed into
+:g:`f a'` where ``a'`` is the result of the application of this
+coercion path to ``a``.
+
+We first give an example of coercion between atomic inductive types
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Definition bool_in_nat (b:bool) := if b then 0 else 1.
+ Coercion bool_in_nat : bool >-> nat.
+ Check (0 = true).
+ Set Printing Coercions.
+ Check (0 = true).
+ Unset Printing Coercions.
+
+
+.. warning::
+
+ Note that ``Check true=O`` would fail. This is "normal" behaviour of
+ coercions. To validate ``true=O``, the coercion is searched from
+ ``nat`` to ``bool``. There is none.
+
+We give an example of coercion between classes with parameters.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Parameters (C : nat -> Set) (D : nat -> bool -> Set) (E : bool -> Set).
+ Parameter f : forall n:nat, C n -> D (S n) true.
+ Coercion f : C >-> D.
+ Parameter g : forall (n:nat) (b:bool), D n b -> E b.
+ Coercion g : D >-> E.
+ Parameter c : C 0.
+ Parameter T : E true -> nat.
+ Check (T c).
+ Set Printing Coercions.
+ Check (T c).
+ Unset Printing Coercions.
+
+We give now an example using identity coercions.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Definition D' (b:bool) := D 1 b.
+ Identity Coercion IdD'D : D' >-> D.
+ Print IdD'D.
+ Parameter d' : D' true.
+ Check (T d').
+ Set Printing Coercions.
+ Check (T d').
+ Unset Printing Coercions.
+
+
+In the case of functional arguments, we use the monotonic rule of
+sub-typing. Approximatively, to coerce :g:`t:forall x:A,B` towards
+:g:`forall x:A',B'`, one have to coerce ``A'`` towards ``A`` and ``B``
+towards ``B'``. An example is given below:
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Parameters (A B : Set) (h : A -> B).
+ Coercion h : A >-> B.
+ Parameter U : (A -> E true) -> nat.
+ Parameter t : B -> C 0.
+ Check (U t).
+ Set Printing Coercions.
+ Check (U t).
+ Unset Printing Coercions.
+
+Remark the changes in the result following the modification of the
+previous example.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Parameter U' : (C 0 -> B) -> nat.
+ Parameter t' : E true -> A.
+ Check (U' t').
+ Set Printing Coercions.
+ Check (U' t').
+ Unset Printing Coercions.
+
+
+Coercion to a type
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+An assumption ``x:A`` when ``A`` is not a type, is ill-typed. It is
+replaced by ``x:A'`` where ``A'`` is the result of the application to
+``A`` of the coercion path between the class of ``A`` and
+``Sortclass`` if it exists. This case occurs in the abstraction
+:g:`fun x:A => t`, universal quantification :g:`forall x:A,B`, global
+variables and parameters of (co-)inductive definitions and
+functions. In :g:`forall x:A,B`, such a coercion path may be applied
+to ``B`` also if necessary.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Parameter Graph : Type.
+ Parameter Node : Graph -> Type.
+ Coercion Node : Graph >-> Sortclass.
+ Parameter G : Graph.
+ Parameter Arrows : G -> G -> Type.
+ Check Arrows.
+ Parameter fg : G -> G.
+ Check fg.
+ Set Printing Coercions.
+ Check fg.
+ Unset Printing Coercions.
+
+
+Coercion to a function
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+``f a`` is ill-typed because ``f:A`` is not a function. The term
+``f`` is replaced by the term obtained by applying to ``f`` the
+coercion path between ``A`` and ``Funclass`` if it exists.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Parameter bij : Set -> Set -> Set.
+ Parameter ap : forall A B:Set, bij A B -> A -> B.
+ Coercion ap : bij >-> Funclass.
+ Parameter b : bij nat nat.
+ Check (b 0).
+ Set Printing Coercions.
+ Check (b 0).
+ Unset Printing Coercions.
+
+Let us see the resulting graph after all these examples.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Print Graph.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/addendum/miscellaneous-extensions.rst b/doc/sphinx/addendum/miscellaneous-extensions.rst
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+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+.. _miscellaneousextensions:
+
+Miscellaneous extensions
+=======================
+
+.. contents::
+ :local:
+ :depth: 1
+----
+
+Program derivation
+-----------------
+
+|Coq| comes with an extension called ``Derive``, which supports program
+derivation. Typically in the style of Bird and Meertens or derivations
+of program refinements. To use the Derive extension it must first be
+required with ``Require Coq.Derive.Derive``. When the extension is loaded,
+it provides the following command:
+
+.. cmd:: Derive @ident SuchThat @term As @ident
+
+The first `ident` can appear in `term`. This command opens a new proof
+presenting the user with a goal for term in which the name `ident` is
+bound to an existential variable `?x` (formally, there are other goals
+standing for the existential variables but they are shelved, as
+described in Section :ref:`TODO-8.17.4`).
+
+When the proof ends two constants are defined:
+
++ The first one is named using the first `ident` and is defined as the proof of the
+ shelved goal (which is also the value of `?x`). It is always
+ transparent.
++ The second one is named using the second `ident`. It has type `term`, and its body is
+ the proof of the initially visible goal. It is opaque if the proof
+ ends with ``Qed``, and transparent if the proof ends with ``Defined``.
+
+.. example::
+ .. coqtop:: all
+
+ Require Coq.derive.Derive.
+ Require Import Coq.Numbers.Natural.Peano.NPeano.
+
+ Section P.
+
+ Variables (n m k:nat).
+
+ Derive p SuchThat ((k*n)+(k*m) = p) As h.
+ Proof.
+ rewrite <- Nat.mul_add_distr_l.
+ subst p.
+ reflexivity.
+ Qed.
+
+ End P.
+
+ Print p.
+ Check h.
+
+Any property can be used as `term`, not only an equation. In particular,
+it could be an order relation specifying some form of program
+refinement or a non-executable property from which deriving a program
+is convenient.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/addendum/nsatz.rst b/doc/sphinx/addendum/nsatz.rst
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+.. include:: ../preamble.rst
+
+.. _nsatz:
+
+Nsatz: tactics for proving equalities in integral domains
+===========================================================
+
+:Author: Loïc Pottier
+
+The tactic `nsatz` proves goals of the form
+
+:math:`\begin{array}{l}
+\forall X_1,\ldots,X_n \in A,\\
+P_1(X_1,\ldots,X_n) = Q_1(X_1,\ldots,X_n) , \ldots , P_s(X_1,\ldots,X_n) =Q_s(X_1,\ldots,X_n)\\
+\vdash P(X_1,\ldots,X_n) = Q(X_1,\ldots,X_n)\\
+\end{array}`
+
+where :math:`P, Q, P₁,Q₁,\ldots,Pₛ, Qₛ` are polynomials and :math:`A` is an integral
+domain, i.e. a commutative ring with no zero divisor. For example, :math:`A`
+can be :math:`\mathbb{R}`, :math:`\mathbb{Z}`, or :math:`\mathbb{Q}`.
+Note that the equality :math:`=` used in these goals can be
+any setoid equality (see :ref:`TODO-27.2.2`) , not only Leibnitz equality.
+
+It also proves formulas
+
+:math:`\begin{array}{l}
+\forall X_1,\ldots,X_n \in A,\\
+P_1(X_1,\ldots,X_n) = Q_1(X_1,\ldots,X_n) \wedge \ldots \wedge P_s(X_1,\ldots,X_n) =Q_s(X_1,\ldots,X_n)\\
+\rightarrow P(X_1,\ldots,X_n) = Q(X_1,\ldots,X_n)\\
+\end{array}`
+
+doing automatic introductions.
+
+
+Using the basic tactic `nsatz`
+------------------------------
+
+
+Load the Nsatz module:
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Require Import Nsatz.
+
+and use the tactic `nsatz`.
+
+More about `nsatz`
+---------------------
+
+Hilbert’s Nullstellensatz theorem shows how to reduce proofs of
+equalities on polynomials on a commutative ring :math:`A` with no zero divisor
+to algebraic computations: it is easy to see that if a polynomial :math:`P` in
+:math:`A[X_1,\ldots,X_n]` verifies :math:`c P^r = \sum_{i=1}^{s} S_i P_i`, with
+:math:`c \in A`, :math:`c \not = 0`,
+:math:`r` a positive integer, and the :math:`S_i` s in :math:`A[X_1,\ldots,X_n ]`,
+then :math:`P` is zero whenever polynomials :math:`P_1,\ldots,P_s` are zero
+(the converse is also true when :math:`A` is an algebraic closed field: the method is
+complete).
+
+So, proving our initial problem can reduce into finding :math:`S_1,\ldots,S_s`,
+:math:`c` and :math:`r` such that :math:`c (P-Q)^r = \sum_{i} S_i (P_i-Q_i)`,
+which will be proved by the tactic ring.
+
+This is achieved by the computation of a Gröbner basis of the ideal
+generated by :math:`P_1-Q_1,...,P_s-Q_s`, with an adapted version of the
+Buchberger algorithm.
+
+This computation is done after a step of *reification*, which is
+performed using :ref:`typeclasses`.
+
+The ``Nsatz`` module defines the tactic `nsatz`, which can be used without
+arguments, or with the syntax:
+
+| nsatz with radicalmax:=num%N strategy:=num%Z parameters:= :n:`{* var}` variables:= :n:`{* var}`
+
+where:
+
+* `radicalmax` is a bound when for searching r s.t.
+ :math:`c (P−Q) r = \sum_{i=1..s} S_i (P i − Q i)`
+
+* `strategy` gives the order on variables :math:`X_1,\ldots,X_n` and the strategy
+ used in Buchberger algorithm (see :cite:`sugar` for details):
+
+ * strategy = 0: reverse lexicographic order and newest s-polynomial.
+ * strategy = 1: reverse lexicographic order and sugar strategy.
+ * strategy = 2: pure lexicographic order and newest s-polynomial.
+ * strategy = 3: pure lexicographic order and sugar strategy.
+
+* `parameters` is the list of variables :math:`X_{i_1},\ldots,X_{i_k}` among
+ :math:`X_1,\ldots,X_n` which are considered as parameters: computation will be performed with
+ rational fractions in these variables, i.e. polynomials are considered
+ with coefficients in :math:`R(X_{i_1},\ldots,X_{i_k})`. In this case, the coefficient
+ :math:`c` can be a non constant polynomial in :math:`X_{i_1},\ldots,X_{i_k}`, and the tactic
+ produces a goal which states that :math:`c` is not zero.
+
+* `variables` is the list of the variables in the decreasing order in
+ which they will be used in Buchberger algorithm. If `variables` = `(@nil R)`,
+ then `lvar` is replaced by all the variables which are not in
+ `parameters`.
+
+See file `Nsatz.v` for many examples, especially in geometry.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/addendum/parallel-proof-processing.rst b/doc/sphinx/addendum/parallel-proof-processing.rst
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+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+.. _asynchronousandparallelproofprocessing:
+
+Asynchronous and Parallel Proof Processing
+==========================================
+
+:Author: Enrico Tassi
+
+This chapter explains how proofs can be asynchronously processed by
+|Coq|. This feature improves the reactivity of the system when used in
+interactive mode via |CoqIDE|. In addition, it allows |Coq| to take
+advantage of parallel hardware when used as a batch compiler by
+decoupling the checking of statements and definitions from the
+construction and checking of proofs objects.
+
+This feature is designed to help dealing with huge libraries of
+theorems characterized by long proofs. In the current state, it may
+not be beneficial on small sets of short files.
+
+This feature has some technical limitations that may make it
+unsuitable for some use cases.
+
+For example, in interactive mode, some errors coming from the kernel
+of |Coq| are signaled late. The type of errors belonging to this
+category are universe inconsistencies.
+
+At the time of writing, only opaque proofs (ending with ``Qed`` or
+``Admitted``) can be processed asynchronously.
+
+Finally, asynchronous processing is disabled when running |CoqIDE| in
+Windows. The current implementation of the feature is not stable on
+Windows. It can be enabled, as described below at :ref:`interactive-mode`,
+though doing so is not recommended.
+
+Proof annotations
+----------------------
+
+To process a proof asynchronously |Coq| needs to know the precise
+statement of the theorem without looking at the proof. This requires
+some annotations if the theorem is proved inside a Section (see
+Section :ref:`TODO-2.4`).
+
+When a section ends, |Coq| looks at the proof object to decide which
+section variables are actually used and hence have to be quantified in
+the statement of the theorem. To avoid making the construction of
+proofs mandatory when ending a section, one can start each proof with
+the ``Proof using`` command (Section :ref:`TODO-7.1.5`) that declares which section
+variables the theorem uses.
+
+The presence of ``Proof`` using is needed to process proofs asynchronously
+in interactive mode.
+
+It is not strictly mandatory in batch mode if it is not the first time
+the file is compiled and if the file itself did not change. When the
+proof does not begin with Proof using, the system records in an
+auxiliary file, produced along with the `.vo` file, the list of section
+variables used.
+
+Automatic suggestion of proof annotations
+`````````````````````````````````````````
+
+The command ``Set Suggest Proof Using`` makes |Coq| suggest, when a ``Qed``
+command is processed, a correct proof annotation. It is up to the user
+to modify the proof script accordingly.
+
+
+Proof blocks and error resilience
+--------------------------------------
+
+|Coq| 8.6 introduced a mechanism for error resiliency: in interactive
+mode |Coq| is able to completely check a document containing errors
+instead of bailing out at the first failure.
+
+Two kind of errors are supported: errors occurring in vernacular
+commands and errors occurring in proofs.
+
+To properly recover from a failing tactic, |Coq| needs to recognize the
+structure of the proof in order to confine the error to a sub proof.
+Proof block detection is performed by looking at the syntax of the
+proof script (i.e. also looking at indentation). |Coq| comes with four
+kind of proof blocks, and an ML API to add new ones.
+
+:curly: blocks are delimited by { and }, see Chapter :ref:`proofhandling`
+:par: blocks are atomic, i.e. just one tactic introduced by the `par:`
+ goal selector
+:indent: blocks end with a tactic indented less than the previous one
+:bullet: blocks are delimited by two equal bullet signs at the same
+ indentation level
+
+Caveats
+````````
+
+When a vernacular command fails the subsequent error messages may be
+bogus, i.e. caused by the first error. Error resiliency for vernacular
+commands can be switched off by passing ``-async-proofs-command-error-resilience off``
+to |CoqIDE|.
+
+An incorrect proof block detection can result into an incorrect error
+recovery and hence in bogus errors. Proof block detection cannot be
+precise for bullets or any other non well parenthesized proof
+structure. Error resiliency can be turned off or selectively activated
+for any set of block kind passing to |CoqIDE| one of the following
+options:
+
+- ``-async-proofs-tactic-error-resilience off``
+- ``-async-proofs-tactic-error-resilience all``
+- ``-async-proofs-tactic-error-resilience`` :n:`{*, blocktype}`
+
+Valid proof block types are: “curly”, “par”, “indent”, and “bullet”.
+
+.. _interactive-mode:
+
+Interactive mode
+---------------------
+
+At the time of writing the only user interface supporting asynchronous
+proof processing is |CoqIDE|.
+
+When |CoqIDE| is started, two |Coq| processes are created. The master one
+follows the user, giving feedback as soon as possible by skipping
+proofs, which are delegated to the worker process. The worker process,
+whose state can be seen by clicking on the button in the lower right
+corner of the main |CoqIDE| window, asynchronously processes the proofs.
+If a proof contains an error, it is reported in red in the label of
+the very same button, that can also be used to see the list of errors
+and jump to the corresponding line.
+
+If a proof is processed asynchronously the corresponding Qed command
+is colored using a lighter color that usual. This signals that the
+proof has been delegated to a worker process (or will be processed
+lazily if the ``-async-proofs lazy`` option is used). Once finished, the
+worker process will provide the proof object, but this will not be
+automatically checked by the kernel of the main process. To force the
+kernel to check all the proof objects, one has to click the button
+with the gears. Only then are all the universe constraints checked.
+
+Caveats
+```````
+
+The number of worker processes can be increased by passing |CoqIDE|
+the ``-async-proofs-j n`` flag. Note that the memory consumption increases too,
+since each worker requires the same amount of memory as the master
+process. Also note that increasing the number of workers may reduce
+the reactivity of the master process to user commands.
+
+To disable this feature, one can pass the ``-async-proofs off`` flag to
+|CoqIDE|. Conversely, on Windows, where the feature is disabled by
+default, pass the ``-async-proofs on`` flag to enable it.
+
+Proofs that are known to take little time to process are not delegated
+to a worker process. The threshold can be configure with
+``-async-proofs-delegation-threshold``. Default is 0.03 seconds.
+
+Batch mode
+---------------
+
+When |Coq| is used as a batch compiler by running `coqc` or `coqtop`
+-compile, it produces a `.vo` file for each `.v` file. A `.vo` file contains,
+among other things, theorems statements and proofs. Hence to produce a
+.vo |Coq| need to process all the proofs of the `.v` file.
+
+The asynchronous processing of proofs can decouple the generation of a
+compiled file (like the `.vo` one) that can be loaded by ``Require`` from the
+generation and checking of the proof objects. The ``-quick`` flag can be
+passed to `coqc` or `coqtop` to produce, quickly, `.vio` files.
+Alternatively, when using a Makefile produced by `coq_makefile`,
+the ``quick`` target can be used to compile all files using the ``-quick`` flag.
+
+A `.vio` file can be loaded using ``Require`` exactly as a `.vo` file but
+proofs will not be available (the Print command produces an error).
+Moreover, some universe constraints might be missing, so universes
+inconsistencies might go unnoticed. A `.vio` file does not contain proof
+objects, but proof tasks, i.e. what a worker process can transform
+into a proof object.
+
+Compiling a set of files with the ``-quick`` flag allows one to work,
+interactively, on any file without waiting for all the proofs to be
+checked.
+
+When working interactively, one can fully check all the `.v` files by
+running `coqc` as usual.
+
+Alternatively one can turn each `.vio` into the corresponding `.vo`. All
+.vio files can be processed in parallel, hence this alternative might
+be faster. The command ``coqtop -schedule-vio2vo 2 a b c`` can be used to
+obtain a good scheduling for two workers to produce `a.vo`, `b.vo`, and
+`c.vo`. When using a Makefile produced by `coq_makefile`, the ``vio2vo`` target
+can be used for that purpose. Variable `J` should be set to the number
+of workers, e.g. ``make vio2vo J=2``. The only caveat is that, while the
+.vo files obtained from `.vio` files are complete (they contain all proof
+terms and universe constraints), the satisfiability of all universe
+constraints has not been checked globally (they are checked to be
+consistent for every single proof). Constraints will be checked when
+these `.vo` files are (recursively) loaded with ``Require``.
+
+There is an extra, possibly even faster, alternative: just check the
+proof tasks stored in `.vio` files without producing the `.vo` files. This
+is possibly faster because all the proof tasks are independent, hence
+one can further partition the job to be done between workers. The
+``coqtop -schedule-vio-checking 6 a b c`` command can be used to obtain a
+good scheduling for 6 workers to check all the proof tasks of `a.vio`,
+`b.vio`, and `c.vio`. Auxiliary files are used to predict how long a proof
+task will take, assuming it will take the same amount of time it took
+last time. When using a Makefile produced by coq_makefile, the
+``checkproofs`` target can be used to check all `.vio` files. Variable `J`
+should be set to the number of workers, e.g. ``make checkproofs J=6``. As
+when converting `.vio` files to `.vo` files, universe constraints are not
+checked to be globally consistent. Hence this compilation mode is only
+useful for quick regression testing and on developments not making
+heavy use of the `Type` hierarchy.
+
+Limiting the number of parallel workers
+--------------------------------------------
+
+Many |Coq| processes may run on the same computer, and each of them may
+start many additional worker processes. The `coqworkmgr` utility lets
+one limit the number of workers, globally.
+
+The utility accepts the ``-j`` argument to specify the maximum number of
+workers (defaults to 2). `coqworkmgr` automatically starts in the
+background and prints an environment variable assignment
+like ``COQWORKMGR_SOCKET=localhost:45634``. The user must set this variable
+in all the shells from which |Coq| processes will be started. If one
+uses just one terminal running the bash shell, then
+``export ‘coqworkmgr -j 4‘`` will do the job.
+
+After that, all |Coq| processes, e.g. `coqide` and `coqc`, will honor the
+limit, globally.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/addendum/program.rst b/doc/sphinx/addendum/program.rst
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+.. include:: ../preamble.rst
+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+.. this should be just "_program", but refs to it don't work
+
+.. _programs:
+
+Program
+========
+
+:Author: Matthieu Sozeau
+
+We present here the |Program| tactic commands, used to build
+certified |Coq| programs, elaborating them from their algorithmic
+skeleton and a rich specification :cite:`sozeau06`. It can be thought of as a
+dual of :ref:`Extraction <extraction>`. The goal of |Program| is to
+program as in a regular functional programming language whilst using
+as rich a specification as desired and proving that the code meets the
+specification using the whole |Coq| proof apparatus. This is done using
+a technique originating from the “Predicate subtyping” mechanism of
+PVS :cite:`Rushby98`, which generates type-checking conditions while typing a
+term constrained to a particular type. Here we insert existential
+variables in the term, which must be filled with proofs to get a
+complete |Coq| term. |Program| replaces the |Program| tactic by Catherine
+Parent :cite:`Parent95b` which had a similar goal but is no longer maintained.
+
+The languages available as input are currently restricted to |Coq|’s
+term language, but may be extended to OCaml, Haskell and
+others in the future. We use the same syntax as |Coq| and permit to use
+implicit arguments and the existing coercion mechanism. Input terms
+and types are typed in an extended system (Russell) and interpreted
+into |Coq| terms. The interpretation process may produce some proof
+obligations which need to be resolved to create the final term.
+
+
+.. _elaborating-programs:
+
+Elaborating programs
+---------------------
+
+The main difference from |Coq| is that an object in a type T : Set can
+be considered as an object of type { x : T | P} for any wellformed P :
+Prop. If we go from T to the subset of T verifying property P, we must
+prove that the object under consideration verifies it. Russell will
+generate an obligation for every such coercion. In the other
+direction, Russell will automatically insert a projection.
+
+Another distinction is the treatment of pattern-matching. Apart from
+the following differences, it is equivalent to the standard match
+operation (see :ref:`extendedpatternmatching`).
+
+
++ Generation of equalities. A match expression is always generalized
+ by the corresponding equality. As an example, the expression:
+
+ ::
+
+ match x with
+ | 0 => t
+ | S n => u
+ end.
+
+ will be first rewritten to:
+
+ ::
+
+ (match x as y return (x = y -> _) with
+ | 0 => fun H : x = 0 -> t
+ | S n => fun H : x = S n -> u
+ end) (eq_refl n).
+
+ This permits to get the proper equalities in the context of proof
+ obligations inside clauses, without which reasoning is very limited.
+
++ Generation of inequalities. If a pattern intersects with a previous
+ one, an inequality is added in the context of the second branch. See
+ for example the definition of div2 below, where the second branch is
+ typed in a context where ∀ p, _ <> S (S p).
++ Coercion. If the object being matched is coercible to an inductive
+ type, the corresponding coercion will be automatically inserted. This
+ also works with the previous mechanism.
+
+
+There are options to control the generation of equalities and
+coercions.
+
+.. opt:: Program Cases
+
+ This controls the special treatment of pattern-matching generating equalities
+ and inequalities when using |Program| (it is on by default). All
+ pattern-matchings and let-patterns are handled using the standard algorithm
+ of |Coq| (see :ref:`extendedpatternmatching`) when this option is
+ deactivated.
+
+.. opt:: Program Generalized Coercion
+
+ This controls the coercion of general inductive types when using |Program|
+ (the option is on by default). Coercion of subset types and pairs is still
+ active in this case.
+
+.. _syntactic_control:
+
+Syntactic control over equalities
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+To give more control over the generation of equalities, the
+typechecker will fall back directly to |Coq|’s usual typing of dependent
+pattern-matching if a return or in clause is specified. Likewise, the
+if construct is not treated specially by |Program| so boolean tests in
+the code are not automatically reflected in the obligations. One can
+use the dec combinator to get the correct hypotheses as in:
+
+.. coqtop:: none
+
+ Require Import Program Arith.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Program Definition id (n : nat) : { x : nat | x = n } :=
+ if dec (leb n 0) then 0
+ else S (pred n).
+
+The let tupling construct :g:`let (x1, ..., xn) := t in b` does not
+produce an equality, contrary to the let pattern construct :g:`let ’(x1,
+..., xn) := t in b`. Also, :g:`term :>` explicitly asks the system to
+coerce term to its support type. It can be useful in notations, for
+example:
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Notation " x `= y " := (@eq _ (x :>) (y :>)) (only parsing).
+
+This notation denotes equality on subset types using equality on their
+support types, avoiding uses of proof-irrelevance that would come up
+when reasoning with equality on the subset types themselves.
+
+The next two commands are similar to their standard counterparts
+Definition (see Section `TODO-1.3.2-Definition`_) and Fixpoint (see Section `TODO-1.3.4-Fixpoint`_)
+in that they define constants. However, they may require the user to
+prove some goals to construct the final definitions.
+
+
+.. _program_definition:
+
+Program Definition
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. cmd:: Program Definition @ident := @term.
+
+ This command types the value term in Russell and generates proof
+ obligations. Once solved using the commands shown below, it binds the
+ final |Coq| term to the name ``ident`` in the environment.
+
+ .. exn:: ident already exists
+
+ .. cmdv:: Program Definition @ident : @type := @term
+
+ It interprets the type ``type``, potentially generating proof
+ obligations to be resolved. Once done with them, we have a |Coq|
+ type |type_0|. It then elaborates the preterm ``term`` into a |Coq|
+ term |term_0|, checking that the type of |term_0| is coercible to
+ |type_0|, and registers ``ident`` as being of type |type_0| once the
+ set of obligations generated during the interpretation of |term_0|
+ and the aforementioned coercion derivation are solved.
+
+ .. exn:: In environment … the term: @term does not have type @type. Actually, it has type ...
+
+
+ .. cmdv:: Program Definition @ident @binders : @type := @term.
+
+ This is equivalent to:
+
+ :g:`Program Definition ident : forall binders, type := fun binders => term`.
+
+ .. TODO refer to production in alias
+
+See also: Sections `TODO-6.10.1-Opaque`_, `TODO-6.10.2-Transparent`_, `TODO-8.7.5-unfold`_
+
+.. _program_fixpoint:
+
+Program Fixpoint
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. cmd:: Program Fixpoint @ident @params {? {@order}} : @type := @term.
+
+The optional order annotation follows the grammar:
+
+.. productionlist:: orderannot
+ order : measure `term` (`term`)? | wf `term` `term`
+
++ :g:`measure f ( R )` where :g:`f` is a value of type :g:`X` computed on
+ any subset of the arguments and the optional (parenthesised) term
+ ``(R)`` is a relation on ``X``. By default ``X`` defaults to ``nat`` and ``R``
+ to ``lt``.
+
++ :g:`wf R x` which is equivalent to :g:`measure x (R)`.
+
+The structural fixpoint operator behaves just like the one of |Coq| (see
+Section `TODO-1.3.4-Fixpoint`_), except it may also generate obligations. It works
+with mutually recursive definitions too.
+
+.. coqtop:: reset none
+
+ Require Import Program Arith.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Program Fixpoint div2 (n : nat) : { x : nat | n = 2 * x \/ n = 2 * x + 1 } :=
+ match n with
+ | S (S p) => S (div2 p)
+ | _ => O
+ end.
+
+Here we have one obligation for each branch (branches for :g:`0` and
+``(S 0)`` are automatically generated by the pattern-matching
+compilation algorithm).
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Obligation 1.
+
+.. coqtop:: reset none
+
+ Require Import Program Arith.
+
+One can use a well-founded order or a measure as termination orders
+using the syntax:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Program Fixpoint div2 (n : nat) {measure n} : { x : nat | n = 2 * x \/ n = 2 * x + 1 } :=
+ match n with
+ | S (S p) => S (div2 p)
+ | _ => O
+ end.
+
+
+
+.. caution:: When defining structurally recursive functions, the generated
+ obligations should have the prototype of the currently defined
+ functional in their context. In this case, the obligations should be
+ transparent (e.g. defined using :g:`Defined`) so that the guardedness
+ condition on recursive calls can be checked by the kernel’s type-
+ checker. There is an optimization in the generation of obligations
+ which gets rid of the hypothesis corresponding to the functional when
+ it is not necessary, so that the obligation can be declared opaque
+ (e.g. using :g:`Qed`). However, as soon as it appears in the context, the
+ proof of the obligation is *required* to be declared transparent.
+
+ No such problems arise when using measures or well-founded recursion.
+
+.. _program_lemma:
+
+Program Lemma
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. cmd:: Program Lemma @ident : @type.
+
+ The Russell language can also be used to type statements of logical
+ properties. It will generate obligations, try to solve them
+ automatically and fail if some unsolved obligations remain. In this
+ case, one can first define the lemma’s statement using :g:`Program
+ Definition` and use it as the goal afterwards. Otherwise the proof
+ will be started with the elaborated version as a goal. The
+ :g:`Program` prefix can similarly be used as a prefix for
+ :g:`Variable`, :g:`Hypothesis`, :g:`Axiom` etc...
+
+.. _solving_obligations:
+
+Solving obligations
+--------------------
+
+The following commands are available to manipulate obligations. The
+optional identifier is used when multiple functions have unsolved
+obligations (e.g. when defining mutually recursive blocks). The
+optional tactic is replaced by the default one if not specified.
+
+.. cmd:: {? Local|Global} Obligation Tactic := @tactic
+
+ Sets the default obligation solving tactic applied to all obligations
+ automatically, whether to solve them or when starting to prove one,
+ e.g. using :g:`Next`. :g:`Local` makes the setting last only for the current
+ module. Inside sections, local is the default.
+
+.. cmd:: Show Obligation Tactic
+
+ Displays the current default tactic.
+
+.. cmd:: Obligations {? of @ident}
+
+ Displays all remaining obligations.
+
+.. cmd:: Obligation num {? of @ident}
+
+ Start the proof of obligation num.
+
+.. cmd:: Next Obligation {? of @ident}
+
+ Start the proof of the next unsolved obligation.
+
+.. cmd:: Solve Obligations {? of @ident} {? with @tactic}
+
+ Tries to solve each obligation of ``ident`` using the given ``tactic`` or the default one.
+
+.. cmd:: Solve All Obligations {? with @tactic}
+
+ Tries to solve each obligation of every program using the given
+ tactic or the default one (useful for mutually recursive definitions).
+
+.. cmd:: Admit Obligations {? of @ident}
+
+ Admits all obligations (of ``ident``).
+
+ .. note:: Does not work with structurally recursive programs.
+
+.. cmd:: Preterm {? of @ident}
+
+ Shows the term that will be fed to the kernel once the obligations
+ are solved. Useful for debugging.
+
+.. opt:: Transparent Obligations
+
+ Control whether all obligations should be declared as transparent
+ (the default), or if the system should infer which obligations can be
+ declared opaque.
+
+.. opt:: Hide Obligations
+
+ Control whether obligations appearing in the
+ term should be hidden as implicit arguments of the special
+ constantProgram.Tactics.obligation.
+
+.. opt:: Shrink Obligations
+
+ *Deprecated since 8.7*
+
+ This option (on by default) controls whether obligations should have
+ their context minimized to the set of variables used in the proof of
+ the obligation, to avoid unnecessary dependencies.
+
+The module :g:`Coq.Program.Tactics` defines the default tactic for solving
+obligations called :g:`program_simpl`. Importing :g:`Coq.Program.Program` also
+adds some useful notations, as documented in the file itself.
+
+.. _program-faq:
+
+Frequently Asked Questions
+---------------------------
+
+
+.. exn:: Ill-formed recursive definition
+
+ This error can happen when one tries to define a function by structural
+ recursion on a subset object, which means the |Coq| function looks like:
+
+ ::
+
+ Program Fixpoint f (x : A | P) := match x with A b => f b end.
+
+ Supposing ``b : A``, the argument at the recursive call to ``f`` is not a
+ direct subterm of ``x`` as ``b`` is wrapped inside an ``exist`` constructor to
+ build an object of type ``{x : A | P}``. Hence the definition is
+ rejected by the guardedness condition checker. However one can use
+ wellfounded recursion on subset objects like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ Program Fixpoint f (x : A | P) { measure (size x) } :=
+ match x with A b => f b end.
+
+ One will then just have to prove that the measure decreases at each
+ recursive call. There are three drawbacks though:
+
+ #. A measure function has to be defined;
+ #. The reduction is a little more involved, although it works well
+ using lazy evaluation;
+ #. Mutual recursion on the underlying inductive type isn’t possible
+ anymore, but nested mutual recursion is always possible.
+
+.. bibliography:: ../biblio.bib
+ :keyprefix: p-
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+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+.. |ra| replace:: :math:`\rightarrow_{\beta\delta\iota}`
+.. |la| replace:: :math:`\leftarrow_{\beta\delta\iota}`
+.. |eq| replace:: `=`:sub:`(by the main correctness theorem)`
+.. |re| replace:: ``(PEeval`` `v` `ap`\ ``)``
+.. |le| replace:: ``(Pphi_dev`` `v` ``(norm`` `ap`\ ``))``
+
+
+.. _theringandfieldtacticfamilies:
+
+The ring and field tactic families
+====================================
+
+:Author: Bruno Barras, Benjamin Grégoire, Assia Mahboubi, Laurent Théry [#f1]_
+
+This chapter presents the tactics dedicated to deal with ring and
+field equations.
+
+What does this tactic do?
+------------------------------
+
+``ring`` does associative-commutative rewriting in ring and semi-ring
+structures. Assume you have two binary functions :math:`\oplus` and
+:math:`\otimes` that are associative and commutative, with :math:`\oplus`
+distributive on :math:`\otimes`, and two constants 0 and 1 that are unities for
+:math:`\oplus` and :math:`\otimes`. A polynomial is an expression built on
+variables :math:`V_0`, :math:`V_1`, :math:`\dots` and constants by application
+of :math:`\oplus` and :math:`\otimes`.
+
+Let an ordered product be a product of variables :math:`V_{i_1} \otimes \dots
+\otimes V_{i_n}` verifying :math:`i_1 ≤ i_2 ≤ \dots ≤ i_n` . Let a monomial be
+the product of a constant and an ordered product. We can order the monomials by
+the lexicographic order on products of variables. Let a canonical sum be an
+ordered sum of monomials that are all different, i.e. each monomial in the sum
+is strictly less than the following monomial according to the lexicographic
+order. It is an easy theorem to show that every polynomial is equivalent (modulo
+the ring properties) to exactly one canonical sum. This canonical sum is called
+the normal form of the polynomial. In fact, the actual representation shares
+monomials with same prefixes. So what does ring? It normalizes polynomials over
+any ring or semi-ring structure. The basic use of ``ring`` is to simplify ring
+expressions, so that the user does not have to deal manually with the theorems
+of associativity and commutativity.
+
+
+.. example::
+
+ In the ring of integers, the normal form of
+ :math:`x (3 + yx + 25(1 − z)) + zx`
+ is
+ :math:`28x + (−24)xz + xxy`.
+
+
+``ring`` is also able to compute a normal form modulo monomial equalities.
+For example, under the hypothesis that :math:`2x^2 = yz+1`, the normal form of
+:math:`2(x + 1)x − x − zy` is :math:`x+1`.
+
+The variables map
+----------------------
+
+It is frequent to have an expression built with :math:`+` and :math:`\times`,
+but rarely on variables only. Let us associate a number to each subterm of a
+ring expression in the Gallina language. For example in the ring |nat|, consider
+the expression:
+
+
+::
+
+ (plus (mult (plus (f (5)) x) x)
+ (mult (if b then (4) else (f (3))) (2)))
+
+
+As a ring expression, it has 3 subterms. Give each subterm a number in
+an arbitrary order:
+
+===== =============== =========================
+0 :math:`\mapsto` if b then (4) else (f (3))
+1 :math:`\mapsto` (f (5))
+2 :math:`\mapsto` x
+===== =============== =========================
+
+Then normalize the “abstract” polynomial
+:math:`((V_1 \otimes V_2 ) \oplus V_2) \oplus (V_0 \otimes 2)`
+In our example the normal form is:
+:math:`(2 \otimes V_0 ) \oplus (V_1 \otimes V_2) \oplus (V_2 \otimes V_2 )`.
+Then substitute the variables by their values in the variables map to
+get the concrete normal polynomial:
+
+::
+
+ (plus (mult (2) (if b then (4) else (f (3))))
+ (plus (mult (f (5)) x) (mult x x)))
+
+
+Is it automatic?
+---------------------
+
+Yes, building the variables map and doing the substitution after
+normalizing is automatically done by the tactic. So you can just
+forget this paragraph and use the tactic according to your intuition.
+
+Concrete usage in Coq
+--------------------------
+
+.. tacn:: ring
+
+The ``ring`` tactic solves equations upon polynomial expressions of a ring
+(or semi-ring) structure. It proceeds by normalizing both hand sides
+of the equation (w.r.t. associativity, commutativity and
+distributivity, constant propagation, rewriting of monomials) and
+comparing syntactically the results.
+
+.. tacn:: ring_simplify
+
+``ring_simplify`` applies the normalization procedure described above to
+the terms given. The tactic then replaces all occurrences of the terms
+given in the conclusion of the goal by their normal forms. If no term
+is given, then the conclusion should be an equation and both hand
+sides are normalized. The tactic can also be applied in a hypothesis.
+
+The tactic must be loaded by ``Require Import Ring``. The ring structures
+must be declared with the ``Add Ring`` command (see below). The ring of
+booleans is predefined; if one wants to use the tactic on |nat| one must
+first require the module ``ArithRing`` exported by ``Arith``); for |Z|, do
+``Require Import ZArithRing`` or simply ``Require Import ZArith``; for |N|, do
+``Require Import NArithRing`` or ``Require Import NArith``.
+
+
+.. example::
+
+ .. coqtop:: all
+
+ Require Import ZArith.
+ Open Scope Z_scope.
+ Goal forall a b c:Z,
+ (a + b + c) ^ 2 =
+ a * a + b ^ 2 + c * c + 2 * a * b + 2 * a * c + 2 * b * c.
+ intros; ring.
+ Abort.
+ Goal forall a b:Z,
+ 2 * a * b = 30 -> (a + b) ^ 2 = a ^ 2 + b ^ 2 + 30.
+ intros a b H; ring [H].
+ Abort.
+
+
+.. tacv:: ring [{* @term }]
+
+decides the equality of two terms modulo ring operations and
+the equalities defined by the :n:`@term`\ s.
+Each :n:`@term` has to be a proof of some equality `m = p`, where `m` is a monomial (after “abstraction”), `p` a polynomial and `=` the corresponding equality of the ring structure.
+
+.. tacv:: ring_simplify [{* @term }] {* @term } in @ident
+
+performs the simplification in the hypothesis named :n:`@ident`.
+
+
+.. note::
+
+ .. tacn:: ring_simplify @term1; ring_simplify @term2
+
+ is not equivalent to
+
+ .. tacn:: ring_simplify @term1 @term2
+
+ In the latter case the variables map
+ is shared between the two terms, and common subterm `t` of :n:`@term1` and :n:`@term2`
+ will have the same associated variable number. So the first
+ alternative should be avoided for terms belonging to the same ring
+ theory.
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: not a valid ring equation
+
+ The conclusion of the goal is not provable in the corresponding ring theory.
+
+.. exn:: arguments of ring_simplify do not have all the same type
+
+ ``ring_simplify`` cannot simplify terms of several rings at the same
+ time. Invoke the tactic once per ring structure.
+
+.. exn:: cannot find a declared ring structure over @term
+
+ No ring has been declared for the type of the terms to be simplified.
+ Use ``Add Ring`` first.
+
+.. exn:: cannot find a declared ring structure for equality @term
+
+ Same as above is the case of the ``ring`` tactic.
+
+
+Adding a ring structure
+----------------------------
+
+Declaring a new ring consists in proving that a ring signature (a
+carrier set, an equality, and ring operations: ``Ring_theory.ring_theory``
+and ``Ring_theory.semi_ring_theory``) satisfies the ring axioms. Semi-
+rings (rings without + inverse) are also supported. The equality can
+be either Leibniz equality, or any relation declared as a setoid (see
+:ref:`tactics-enabled-on-user-provided-relations`). The definition of ring and semi-rings (see module
+``Ring_theory``) is:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Record ring_theory : Prop := mk_rt {
+ Radd_0_l : forall x, 0 + x == x;
+ Radd_sym : forall x y, x + y == y + x;
+ Radd_assoc : forall x y z, x + (y + z) == (x + y) + z;
+ Rmul_1_l : forall x, 1 * x == x;
+ Rmul_sym : forall x y, x * y == y * x;
+ Rmul_assoc : forall x y z, x * (y * z) == (x * y) * z;
+ Rdistr_l : forall x y z, (x + y) * z == (x * z) + (y * z);
+ Rsub_def : forall x y, x - y == x + -y;
+ Ropp_def : forall x, x + (- x) == 0
+ }.
+
+ Record semi_ring_theory : Prop := mk_srt {
+ SRadd_0_l : forall n, 0 + n == n;
+ SRadd_sym : forall n m, n + m == m + n ;
+ SRadd_assoc : forall n m p, n + (m + p) == (n + m) + p;
+ SRmul_1_l : forall n, 1*n == n;
+ SRmul_0_l : forall n, 0*n == 0;
+ SRmul_sym : forall n m, n*m == m*n;
+ SRmul_assoc : forall n m p, n*(m*p) == (n*m)*p;
+ SRdistr_l : forall n m p, (n + m)*p == n*p + m*p
+ }.
+
+
+This implementation of ``ring`` also features a notion of constant that
+can be parameterized. This can be used to improve the handling of
+closed expressions when operations are effective. It consists in
+introducing a type of *coefficients* and an implementation of the ring
+operations, and a morphism from the coefficient type to the ring
+carrier type. The morphism needs not be injective, nor surjective.
+
+As an example, one can consider the real numbers. The set of
+coefficients could be the rational numbers, upon which the ring
+operations can be implemented. The fact that there exists a morphism
+is defined by the following properties:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Record ring_morph : Prop := mkmorph {
+ morph0 : [cO] == 0;
+ morph1 : [cI] == 1;
+ morph_add : forall x y, [x +! y] == [x]+[y];
+ morph_sub : forall x y, [x -! y] == [x]-[y];
+ morph_mul : forall x y, [x *! y] == [x]*[y];
+ morph_opp : forall x, [-!x] == -[x];
+ morph_eq : forall x y, x?=!y = true -> [x] == [y]
+ }.
+
+ Record semi_morph : Prop := mkRmorph {
+ Smorph0 : [cO] == 0;
+ Smorph1 : [cI] == 1;
+ Smorph_add : forall x y, [x +! y] == [x]+[y];
+ Smorph_mul : forall x y, [x *! y] == [x]*[y];
+ Smorph_eq : forall x y, x?=!y = true -> [x] == [y]
+ }.
+
+
+where ``c0`` and ``cI`` denote the 0 and 1 of the coefficient set, ``+!``, ``*!``, ``-!``
+are the implementations of the ring operations, ``==`` is the equality of
+the coefficients, ``?+!`` is an implementation of this equality, and ``[x]``
+is a notation for the image of ``x`` by the ring morphism.
+
+Since |Z| is an initial ring (and |N| is an initial semi-ring), it can
+always be considered as a set of coefficients. There are basically
+three kinds of (semi-)rings:
+
+abstract rings
+ to be used when operations are not effective. The set
+ of coefficients is |Z| (or |N| for semi-rings).
+
+computational rings
+ to be used when operations are effective. The
+ set of coefficients is the ring itself. The user only has to provide
+ an implementation for the equality.
+
+customized ring
+ for other cases. The user has to provide the
+ coefficient set and the morphism.
+
+
+This implementation of ring can also recognize simple power
+expressions as ring expressions. A power function is specified by the
+following property:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Section POWER.
+ Variable Cpow : Set.
+ Variable Cp_phi : N -> Cpow.
+ Variable rpow : R -> Cpow -> R.
+
+ Record power_theory : Prop := mkpow_th {
+ rpow_pow_N : forall r n, req (rpow r (Cp_phi n)) (pow_N rI rmul r n)
+ }.
+
+ End POWER.
+
+
+The syntax for adding a new ring is
+
+.. cmd:: Add Ring @ident : @term {? ( @ring_mod {* , @ring_mod } )}.
+
+The :n:`@ident` is not relevant. It is just used for error messages. The
+:n:`@term` is a proof that the ring signature satisfies the (semi-)ring
+axioms. The optional list of modifiers is used to tailor the behavior
+of the tactic. The following list describes their syntax and effects:
+
+.. prodn::
+ ring_mod ::= abstract %| decidable @term %| morphism @term
+ %| setoid @term @term
+ %| constants [@ltac]
+ %| preprocess [@ltac]
+ %| postprocess [@ltac]
+ %| power_tac @term [@ltac]
+ %| sign @term
+ %| div @term
+
+
+abstract
+ declares the ring as abstract. This is the default.
+
+decidable :n:`@term`
+ declares the ring as computational. The expression
+ :n:`@term` is the correctness proof of an equality test ``?=!``
+ (which hould be evaluable). Its type should be of the form
+ ``forall x y, x ?=! y = true → x == y``.
+
+morphism :n:`@term`
+ declares the ring as a customized one. The expression
+ :n:`@term` is a proof that there exists a morphism between a set of
+ coefficient and the ring carrier (see ``Ring_theory.ring_morph`` and
+ ``Ring_theory.semi_morph``).
+
+setoid :n:`@term` :n:`@term`
+ forces the use of given setoid. The first
+ :n:`@term` is a proof that the equality is indeed a setoid (see
+ ``Setoid.Setoid_Theory``), and the second :n:`@term` a proof that the
+ ring operations are morphisms (see ``Ring_theory.ring_eq_ext`` and
+ ``Ring_theory.sring_eq_ext``).
+ This modifier needs not be used if the setoid and morphisms have been
+ declared.
+
+constants [:n:`@ltac`]
+ specifies a tactic expression :n:`@ltac` that, given a
+ term, returns either an object of the coefficient set that is mapped
+ to the expression via the morphism, or returns
+ ``InitialRing.NotConstant``. The default behavior is to map only 0 and 1
+ to their counterpart in the coefficient set. This is generally not
+ desirable for non trivial computational rings.
+
+preprocess [:n:`@ltac`]
+ specifies a tactic :n:`@ltac` that is applied as a
+ preliminary step for ``ring`` and ``ring_simplify``. It can be used to
+ transform a goal so that it is better recognized. For instance, ``S n``
+ can be changed to ``plus 1 n``.
+
+postprocess [:n:`@ltac`]
+ specifies a tactic :n:`@ltac` that is applied as a final
+ step for ``ring_simplify``. For instance, it can be used to undo
+ modifications of the preprocessor.
+
+power_tac :n:`@term` [:n:`@ltac`]
+ allows ``ring`` and ``ring_simplify`` to recognize
+ power expressions with a constant positive integer exponent (example:
+ ::math:`x^2` ). The term :n:`@term` is a proof that a given power function satisfies
+ the specification of a power function (term has to be a proof of
+ ``Ring_theory.power_theory``) and :n:`@ltac` specifies a tactic expression
+ that, given a term, “abstracts” it into an object of type |N| whose
+ interpretation via ``Cp_phi`` (the evaluation function of power
+ coefficient) is the original term, or returns ``InitialRing.NotConstant``
+ if not a constant coefficient (i.e. |L_tac| is the inverse function of
+ ``Cp_phi``). See files ``plugins/setoid_ring/ZArithRing.v``
+ and ``plugins/setoid_ring/RealField.v`` for examples. By default the tactic
+ does not recognize power expressions as ring expressions.
+
+sign :n:`@term`
+ allows ``ring_simplify`` to use a minus operation when
+ outputting its normal form, i.e writing ``x − y`` instead of ``x + (− y)``. The
+ term `:n:`@term` is a proof that a given sign function indicates expressions
+ that are signed (`term` has to be a proof of ``Ring_theory.get_sign``). See
+ ``plugins/setoid_ring/InitialRing.v`` for examples of sign function.
+
+div :n:`@term`
+ allows ``ring`` and ``ring_simplify`` to use monomials with
+ coefficient other than 1 in the rewriting. The term :n:`@term` is a proof
+ that a given division function satisfies the specification of an
+ euclidean division function (:n:`@term` has to be a proof of
+ ``Ring_theory.div_theory``). For example, this function is called when
+ trying to rewrite :math:`7x` by :math:`2x = z` to tell that :math:`7 = 3 \times 2 + 1`. See
+ ``plugins/setoid_ring/InitialRing.v`` for examples of div function.
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: bad ring structure
+
+ The proof of the ring structure provided is not
+ of the expected type.
+
+.. exn:: bad lemma for decidability of equality
+
+ The equality function
+ provided in the case of a computational ring has not the expected
+ type.
+
+.. exn:: ring operation should be declared as a morphism
+
+ A setoid associated to the carrier of the ring structure has been found,
+ but the ring operation should be declared as morphism. See :ref:`tactics-enabled-on-user-provided-relations`.
+
+How does it work?
+----------------------
+
+The code of ring is a good example of tactic written using *reflection*.
+What is reflection? Basically, it is writing |Coq| tactics in |Coq|, rather
+than in |OCaml|. From the philosophical point of view, it is
+using the ability of the Calculus of Constructions to speak and reason
+about itself. For the ring tactic we used Coq as a programming
+language and also as a proof environment to build a tactic and to
+prove it correctness.
+
+The interested reader is strongly advised to have a look at the
+file ``Ring_polynom.v``. Here a type for polynomials is defined:
+
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Inductive PExpr : Type :=
+ | PEc : C -> PExpr
+ | PEX : positive -> PExpr
+ | PEadd : PExpr -> PExpr -> PExpr
+ | PEsub : PExpr -> PExpr -> PExpr
+ | PEmul : PExpr -> PExpr -> PExpr
+ | PEopp : PExpr -> PExpr
+ | PEpow : PExpr -> N -> PExpr.
+
+
+Polynomials in normal form are defined as:
+
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Inductive Pol : Type :=
+ | Pc : C -> Pol
+ | Pinj : positive -> Pol -> Pol
+ | PX : Pol -> positive -> Pol -> Pol.
+
+
+where ``Pinj n P`` denotes ``P`` in which :math:`V_i` is replaced by :math:`V_{i+n}` ,
+and ``PX P n Q`` denotes :math:`P \otimes V_1^n \oplus Q'`, `Q'` being `Q` where :math:`V_i` is replaced by :math:`V_{i+1}`.
+
+Variables maps are represented by list of ring elements, and two
+interpretation functions, one that maps a variables map and a
+polynomial to an element of the concrete ring, and the second one that
+does the same for normal forms:
+
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+
+ Definition PEeval : list R -> PExpr -> R := [...].
+ Definition Pphi_dev : list R -> Pol -> R := [...].
+
+
+A function to normalize polynomials is defined, and the big theorem is
+its correctness w.r.t interpretation, that is:
+
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Definition norm : PExpr -> Pol := [...].
+ Lemma Pphi_dev_ok :
+ forall l pe npe, norm pe = npe -> PEeval l pe == Pphi_dev l npe.
+
+
+So now, what is the scheme for a normalization proof? Let p be the
+polynomial expression that the user wants to normalize. First a little
+piece of |ML| code guesses the type of `p`, the ring theory `T` to use, an
+abstract polynomial `ap` and a variables map `v` such that `p` is |bdi|-
+equivalent to ``(PEeval`` `v` `ap`\ ``)``. Then we replace it by ``(Pphi_dev`` `v`
+``(norm`` `ap`\ ``))``, using the main correctness theorem and we reduce it to a
+concrete expression `p’`, which is the concrete normal form of `p`. This is summarized in this diagram:
+
+========= ====== ====
+`p` |ra| |re|
+\ |eq| \
+`p’` |la| |le|
+========= ====== ====
+
+The user do not see the right part of the diagram. From outside, the
+tactic behaves like a |bdi| simplification extended with AC rewriting
+rules. Basically, the proof is only the application of the main
+correctness theorem to well-chosen arguments.
+
+Dealing with fields
+------------------------
+
+.. tacn:: field
+
+The ``field`` tactic is an extension of the ``ring`` to deal with rational
+expression. Given a rational expression :math:`F = 0`. It first reduces the
+expression `F` to a common denominator :math:`N/D = 0` where `N` and `D`
+are two ring expressions. For example, if we take :math:`F = (1 − 1/x) x − x + 1`, this
+gives :math:`N = (x − 1) x − x^2 + x` and :math:`D = x`. It then calls ring to solve
+:math:`N = 0`.
+Note that ``field`` also generates non-zero conditions for all the
+denominators it encounters in the reduction. In our example, it
+generates the condition :math:`x \neq 0`. These conditions appear as one subgoal
+which is a conjunction if there are several denominators. Non-zero
+conditions are always polynomial expressions. For example when
+reducing the expression :math:`1/(1 + 1/x)`, two side conditions are
+generated: :math:`x \neq 0` and :math:`x + 1 \neq 0`. Factorized expressions are broken since
+a field is an integral domain, and when the equality test on
+coefficients is complete w.r.t. the equality of the target field,
+constants can be proven different from zero automatically.
+
+The tactic must be loaded by ``Require Import Field``. New field
+structures can be declared to the system with the ``Add Field`` command
+(see below). The field of real numbers is defined in module ``RealField``
+(in ``plugins/setoid_ring``). It is exported by module ``Rbase``, so
+that requiring ``Rbase`` or ``Reals`` is enough to use the field tactics on
+real numbers. Rational numbers in canonical form are also declared as
+a field in module ``Qcanon``.
+
+
+.. example::
+
+ .. coqtop:: all
+
+ Require Import Reals.
+ Open Scope R_scope.
+ Goal forall x,
+ x <> 0 -> (1 - 1 / x) * x - x + 1 = 0.
+ intros; field; auto.
+ Abort.
+ Goal forall x y,
+ y <> 0 -> y = x -> x / y = 1.
+ intros x y H H1; field [H1]; auto.
+ Abort.
+
+.. tacv:: field [{* @term}]
+
+ decides the equality of two terms modulo
+ field operations and the equalities defined
+ by the :n:`@term`\ s. Each :n:`@term` has to be a proof of some equality
+ `m` ``=`` `p`, where `m` is a monomial (after “abstraction”), `p` a polynomial
+ and ``=`` the corresponding equality of the field structure.
+
+.. note::
+
+ rewriting works with the equality `m` ``=`` `p` only if `p` is a polynomial since
+ rewriting is handled by the underlying ring tactic.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify
+
+ performs the simplification in the conclusion of the
+ goal, :math:`F_1 = F_2` becomes :math:`N_1 / D_1 = N_2 / D_2`. A normalization step
+ (the same as the one for rings) is then applied to :math:`N_1`, :math:`D_1`,
+ :math:`N_2` and :math:`D_2`. This way, polynomials remain in factorized form during the
+ fraction simplifications. This yields smaller expressions when
+ reducing to the same denominator since common factors can be canceled.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify [{* @term }]
+
+ performs the simplification in the conclusion of the goal using the equalities
+ defined by the :n:`@term`\ s.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify [{* @term }] {* @term }
+
+ performs the simplification in the terms :n:`@terms` of the conclusion of the goal
+ using the equalities defined by :n:`@term`\ s inside the brackets.
+
+.. tacv :: field_simplify in @ident
+
+ performs the simplification in the assumption :n:`@ident`.
+
+.. tacv :: field_simplify [{* @term }] in @ident
+
+ performs the simplification
+ in the assumption :n:`@ident` using the equalities defined by the :n:`@term`\ s.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify [{* @term }] {* @term } in @ident
+
+ performs the simplification in the :n:`@term`\ s of the assumption :n:`@ident` using the
+ equalities defined by the :n:`@term`\ s inside the brackets.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify_eq
+
+ performs the simplification in the conclusion of
+ the goal removing the denominator. :math:`F_1 = F_2` becomes :math:`N_1 D_2 = N_2 D_1`.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify_eq [ {* @term }]
+
+ performs the simplification in
+ the conclusion of the goal using the equalities defined by
+ :n:`@term`\ s.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify_eq in @ident
+
+ performs the simplification in the assumption :n:`@ident`.
+
+.. tacv:: field_simplify_eq [{* @term}] in @ident
+
+ performs the simplification in the assumption :n:`@ident` using the equalities defined by
+ :n:`@terms`\ s and removing the denominator.
+
+
+Adding a new field structure
+---------------------------------
+
+Declaring a new field consists in proving that a field signature (a
+carrier set, an equality, and field operations:
+``Field_theory.field_theory`` and ``Field_theory.semi_field_theory``)
+satisfies the field axioms. Semi-fields (fields without + inverse) are
+also supported. The equality can be either Leibniz equality, or any
+relation declared as a setoid (see :ref:`tactics-enabled-on-user-provided-relations`). The definition of
+fields and semi-fields is:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Record field_theory : Prop := mk_field {
+ F_R : ring_theory rO rI radd rmul rsub ropp req;
+ F_1_neq_0 : ~ 1 == 0;
+ Fdiv_def : forall p q, p / q == p * / q;
+ Finv_l : forall p, ~ p == 0 -> / p * p == 1
+ }.
+
+ Record semi_field_theory : Prop := mk_sfield {
+ SF_SR : semi_ring_theory rO rI radd rmul req;
+ SF_1_neq_0 : ~ 1 == 0;
+ SFdiv_def : forall p q, p / q == p * / q;
+ SFinv_l : forall p, ~ p == 0 -> / p * p == 1
+ }.
+
+
+The result of the normalization process is a fraction represented by
+the following type:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Record linear : Type := mk_linear {
+ num : PExpr C;
+ denum : PExpr C;
+ condition : list (PExpr C)
+ }.
+
+
+where ``num`` and ``denum`` are the numerator and denominator; ``condition`` is a
+list of expressions that have appeared as a denominator during the
+normalization process. These expressions must be proven different from
+zero for the correctness of the algorithm.
+
+The syntax for adding a new field is
+
+.. cmd:: Add Field @ident : @term {? ( @field_mod {* , @field_mod } )}.
+
+The :n:`@ident` is not relevant. It is just used for error
+messages. :n:`@term` is a proof that the field signature satisfies the
+(semi-)field axioms. The optional list of modifiers is used to tailor
+the behavior of the tactic.
+
+.. prodn::
+ field_mod := @ring_mod %| completeness @term
+
+Since field tactics are built upon ``ring``
+tactics, all modifiers of the ``Add Ring`` apply. There is only one
+specific modifier:
+
+completeness :n:`@term`
+ allows the field tactic to prove automatically
+ that the image of non-zero coefficients are mapped to non-zero
+ elements of the field. :n:`@term` is a proof of
+
+ ``forall x y, [x] == [y] -> x ?=! y = true``,
+
+ which is the completeness of equality on coefficients
+ w.r.t. the field equality.
+
+
+History of ring
+--------------------
+
+First Samuel Boutin designed the tactic ``ACDSimpl``. This tactic did lot
+of rewriting. But the proofs terms generated by rewriting were too big
+for |Coq|’s type-checker. Let us see why:
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Require Import ZArith.
+ Open Scope Z_scope.
+ Goal forall x y z : Z,
+ x + 3 + y + y * z = x + 3 + y + z * y.
+ intros; rewrite (Zmult_comm y z); reflexivity.
+ Save foo.
+ Print foo.
+
+At each step of rewriting, the whole context is duplicated in the
+proof term. Then, a tactic that does hundreds of rewriting generates
+huge proof terms. Since ``ACDSimpl`` was too slow, Samuel Boutin rewrote
+it using reflection (see his article in TACS’97 [Bou97]_). Later, it
+was rewritten by Patrick Loiseleur: the new tactic does not any
+more require ``ACDSimpl`` to compile and it makes use of |bdi|-reduction not
+only to replace the rewriting steps, but also to achieve the
+interleaving of computation and reasoning (see :ref:`discussion_reflection`). He also wrote a
+few |ML| code for the ``Add Ring`` command, that allow to register new rings
+dynamically.
+
+Proofs terms generated by ring are quite small, they are linear in the
+number of :math:`\oplus` and :math:`\otimes` operations in the normalized terms. Type-checking
+those terms requires some time because it makes a large use of the
+conversion rule, but memory requirements are much smaller.
+
+
+.. _discussion_reflection:
+
+
+Discussion
+----------------
+
+
+Efficiency is not the only motivation to use reflection here. ``ring``
+also deals with constants, it rewrites for example the expression
+``34 + 2 * x − x + 12`` to the expected result ``x + 46``.
+For the tactic ``ACDSimpl``, the only constants were 0 and 1.
+So the expression ``34 + 2 * (x − 1) + 12``
+is interpreted as :math:`V_0 \oplus V_1 \otimes (V_2 \ominus 1) \oplus V_3`\ ,
+with the variables mapping
+:math:`\{V_0 \mapsto 34; V_1 \mapsto 2; V_2 \mapsto x; V_3 \mapsto 12\}`\ .
+Then it is rewritten to ``34 − x + 2 * x + 12``, very far from the expected result.
+Here rewriting is not sufficient: you have to do some kind of reduction
+(some kind of computation) to achieve the normalization.
+
+The tactic ``ring`` is not only faster than a classical one: using
+reflection, we get for free integration of computation and reasoning
+that would be very complex to implement in the classic fashion.
+
+Is it the ultimate way to write tactics? The answer is: yes and no.
+The ``ring`` tactic uses intensively the conversion rule of |Cic|, that is
+replaces proof by computation the most as it is possible. It can be
+useful in all situations where a classical tactic generates huge proof
+terms. Symbolic Processing and Tautologies are in that case. But there
+are also tactics like ``auto`` or ``linear`` that do many complex computations,
+using side-effects and backtracking, and generate a small proof term.
+Clearly, it would be significantly less efficient to replace them by
+tactics using reflection.
+
+Another idea suggested by Benjamin Werner: reflection could be used to
+couple an external tool (a rewriting program or a model checker)
+with |Coq|. We define (in |Coq|) a type of terms, a type of *traces*, and
+prove a correction theorem that states that *replaying traces* is safe
+w.r.t some interpretation. Then we let the external tool do every
+computation (using side-effects, backtracking, exception, or others
+features that are not available in pure lambda calculus) to produce
+the trace: now we can check in |Coq| that the trace has the expected
+semantic by applying the correction lemma.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+.. rubric:: Footnotes
+.. [#f1] based on previous work from Patrick Loiseleur and Samuel Boutin
+
+
+
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/addendum/type-classes.rst b/doc/sphinx/addendum/type-classes.rst
index becebb421b..5518da9acc 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/addendum/type-classes.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/addendum/type-classes.rst
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
Type Classes
============
-:Source: https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/current/refman/type-classes.html
-:Author: Matthieu Sozeau
-
This chapter presents a quick reference of the commands related to type
classes. For an actual introduction to type classes, there is a
description of the system :cite:`sozeau08` and the literature on type
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/addendum/universe-polymorphism.rst b/doc/sphinx/addendum/universe-polymorphism.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c791fc906b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/addendum/universe-polymorphism.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,445 @@
+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+.. _polymorphicuniverses:
+
+Polymorphic Universes
+======================
+
+:Author: Matthieu Sozeau
+
+General Presentation
+---------------------
+
+.. warning::
+
+ The status of Universe Polymorphism is experimental.
+
+This section describes the universe polymorphic extension of |Coq|.
+Universe polymorphism makes it possible to write generic definitions
+making use of universes and reuse them at different and sometimes
+incompatible universe levels.
+
+A standard example of the difference between universe *polymorphic*
+and *monomorphic* definitions is given by the identity function:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Definition identity {A : Type} (a : A) := a.
+
+By default, constant declarations are monomorphic, hence the identity
+function declares a global universe (say ``Top.1``) for its domain.
+Subsequently, if we try to self-apply the identity, we will get an
+error:
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Fail Definition selfid := identity (@identity).
+
+Indeed, the global level ``Top.1`` would have to be strictly smaller than
+itself for this self-application to typecheck, as the type of
+:g:`(@identity)` is :g:`forall (A : Type@{Top.1}), A -> A` whose type is itself
+:g:`Type@{Top.1+1}`.
+
+A universe polymorphic identity function binds its domain universe
+level at the definition level instead of making it global.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Polymorphic Definition pidentity {A : Type} (a : A) := a.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ About pidentity.
+
+It is then possible to reuse the constant at different levels, like
+so:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Definition selfpid := pidentity (@pidentity).
+
+Of course, the two instances of :g:`pidentity` in this definition are
+different. This can be seen when the :opt:`Printing Universes` option is on:
+
+.. coqtop:: none
+
+ Set Printing Universes.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Print selfpid.
+
+Now :g:`pidentity` is used at two different levels: at the head of the
+application it is instantiated at ``Top.3`` while in the argument position
+it is instantiated at ``Top.4``. This definition is only valid as long as
+``Top.4`` is strictly smaller than ``Top.3``, as show by the constraints. Note
+that this definition is monomorphic (not universe polymorphic), so the
+two universes (in this case ``Top.3`` and ``Top.4``) are actually global
+levels.
+
+When printing :g:`pidentity`, we can see the universes it binds in
+the annotation :g:`@{Top.2}`. Additionally, when
+:g:`Set Printing Universes` is on we print the "universe context" of
+:g:`pidentity` consisting of the bound universes and the
+constraints they must verify (for :g:`pidentity` there are no constraints).
+
+Inductive types can also be declared universes polymorphic on
+universes appearing in their parameters or fields. A typical example
+is given by monoids:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Polymorphic Record Monoid := { mon_car :> Type; mon_unit : mon_car;
+ mon_op : mon_car -> mon_car -> mon_car }.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Print Monoid.
+
+The Monoid's carrier universe is polymorphic, hence it is possible to
+instantiate it for example with :g:`Monoid` itself. First we build the
+trivial unit monoid in :g:`Set`:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Definition unit_monoid : Monoid :=
+ {| mon_car := unit; mon_unit := tt; mon_op x y := tt |}.
+
+From this we can build a definition for the monoid of :g:`Set`\-monoids
+(where multiplication would be given by the product of monoids).
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Polymorphic Definition monoid_monoid : Monoid.
+ refine (@Build_Monoid Monoid unit_monoid (fun x y => x)).
+ Defined.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Print monoid_monoid.
+
+As one can see from the constraints, this monoid is “large”, it lives
+in a universe strictly higher than :g:`Set`.
+
+Polymorphic, Monomorphic
+-------------------------
+
+.. cmd:: Polymorphic @definition
+
+ As shown in the examples, polymorphic definitions and inductives can be
+ declared using the ``Polymorphic`` prefix.
+
+.. opt:: Universe Polymorphism
+
+ Once enabled, this option will implicitly prepend ``Polymorphic`` to any
+ definition of the user.
+
+.. cmd:: Monomorphic @definition
+
+ When the :opt:`Universe Polymorphism` option is set, to make a definition
+ producing global universe constraints, one can use the ``Monomorphic`` prefix.
+
+Many other commands support the ``Polymorphic`` flag, including:
+
+.. TODO add links on each of these?
+
+- ``Lemma``, ``Axiom``, and all the other “definition” keywords support
+ polymorphism.
+
+- ``Variables``, ``Context``, ``Universe`` and ``Constraint`` in a section support
+ polymorphism. This means that the universe variables (and associated
+ constraints) are discharged polymorphically over definitions that use
+ them. In other words, two definitions in the section sharing a common
+ variable will both get parameterized by the universes produced by the
+ variable declaration. This is in contrast to a “mononorphic” variable
+ which introduces global universes and constraints, making the two
+ definitions depend on the *same* global universes associated to the
+ variable.
+
+- :cmd:`Hint Resolve` and :cmd:`Hint Rewrite` will use the auto/rewrite hint
+ polymorphically, not at a single instance.
+
+Cumulative, NonCumulative
+-------------------------
+
+Polymorphic inductive types, coinductive types, variants and records can be
+declared cumulative using the :g:`Cumulative` prefix.
+
+.. cmd:: Cumulative @inductive
+
+ Declares the inductive as cumulative
+
+Alternatively, there is an option :g:`Set Polymorphic Inductive
+Cumulativity` which when set, makes all subsequent *polymorphic*
+inductive definitions cumulative. When set, inductive types and the
+like can be enforced to be non-cumulative using the :g:`NonCumulative`
+prefix.
+
+.. cmd:: NonCumulative @inductive
+
+ Declares the inductive as non-cumulative
+
+.. opt:: Polymorphic Inductive Cumulativity
+
+ When this option is on, it sets all following polymorphic inductive
+ types as cumulative (it is off by default).
+
+Consider the examples below.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Polymorphic Cumulative Inductive list {A : Type} :=
+ | nil : list
+ | cons : A -> list -> list.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Print list.
+
+When printing :g:`list`, the universe context indicates the subtyping
+constraints by prefixing the level names with symbols.
+
+Because inductive subtypings are only produced by comparing inductives
+to themselves with universes changed, they amount to variance
+information: each universe is either invariant, covariant or
+irrelevant (there are no contravariant subtypings in Coq),
+respectively represented by the symbols `=`, `+` and `*`.
+
+Here we see that :g:`list` binds an irrelevant universe, so any two
+instances of :g:`list` are convertible: :math:`E[Γ] ⊢ \mathsf{list}@\{i\}~A
+=_{βδιζη} \mathsf{list}@\{j\}~B` whenever :math:`E[Γ] ⊢ A =_{βδιζη} B` and
+this applies also to their corresponding constructors, when
+they are comparable at the same type.
+
+See :ref:`Conversion-rules` for more details on convertibility and subtyping.
+The following is an example of a record with non-trivial subtyping relation:
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Polymorphic Cumulative Record packType := {pk : Type}.
+
+:g:`packType` binds a covariant universe, i.e.
+
+.. math::
+
+ E[Γ] ⊢ \mathsf{packType}@\{i\} =_{βδιζη}
+ \mathsf{packType}@\{j\}~\mbox{ whenever }~i ≤ j
+
+Cumulative inductive types, coninductive types, variants and records
+only make sense when they are universe polymorphic. Therefore, an
+error is issued whenever the user uses the :g:`Cumulative` or
+:g:`NonCumulative` prefix in a monomorphic context.
+Notice that this is not the case for the option :g:`Set Polymorphic Inductive Cumulativity`.
+That is, this option, when set, makes all subsequent *polymorphic*
+inductive declarations cumulative (unless, of course the :g:`NonCumulative` prefix is used)
+but has no effect on *monomorphic* inductive declarations.
+
+Consider the following examples.
+
+.. coqtop:: all reset
+
+ Monomorphic Cumulative Inductive Unit := unit.
+
+.. coqtop:: all reset
+
+ Monomorphic NonCumulative Inductive Unit := unit.
+
+.. coqtop:: all reset
+
+ Set Polymorphic Inductive Cumulativity.
+ Inductive Unit := unit.
+
+An example of a proof using cumulativity
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Set Universe Polymorphism.
+ Set Polymorphic Inductive Cumulativity.
+
+ Inductive eq@{i} {A : Type@{i}} (x : A) : A -> Type@{i} := eq_refl : eq x x.
+
+ Definition funext_type@{a b e} (A : Type@{a}) (B : A -> Type@{b})
+ := forall f g : (forall a, B a),
+ (forall x, eq@{e} (f x) (g x))
+ -> eq@{e} f g.
+
+ Section down.
+ Universes a b e e'.
+ Constraint e' < e.
+ Lemma funext_down {A B}
+ (H : @funext_type@{a b e} A B) : @funext_type@{a b e'} A B.
+ Proof.
+ exact H.
+ Defined.
+ End down.
+
+Cumulativity Weak Constraints
+-----------------------------
+
+.. opt:: Cumulativity Weak Constraints
+
+This option, on by default, causes "weak" constraints to be produced
+when comparing universes in an irrelevant position. Processing weak
+constraints is delayed until minimization time. A weak constraint
+between `u` and `v` when neither is smaller than the other and
+one is flexible causes them to be unified. Otherwise the constraint is
+silently discarded.
+
+This heuristic is experimental and may change in future versions.
+Disabling weak constraints is more predictable but may produce
+arbitrary numbers of universes.
+
+
+Global and local universes
+---------------------------
+
+Each universe is declared in a global or local environment before it
+can be used. To ensure compatibility, every *global* universe is set
+to be strictly greater than :g:`Set` when it is introduced, while every
+*local* (i.e. polymorphically quantified) universe is introduced as
+greater or equal to :g:`Set`.
+
+
+Conversion and unification
+---------------------------
+
+The semantics of conversion and unification have to be modified a
+little to account for the new universe instance arguments to
+polymorphic references. The semantics respect the fact that
+definitions are transparent, so indistinguishable from their bodies
+during conversion.
+
+This is accomplished by changing one rule of unification, the first-
+order approximation rule, which applies when two applicative terms
+with the same head are compared. It tries to short-cut unfolding by
+comparing the arguments directly. In case the constant is universe
+polymorphic, we allow this rule to fire only when unifying the
+universes results in instantiating a so-called flexible universe
+variables (not given by the user). Similarly for conversion, if such
+an equation of applicative terms fail due to a universe comparison not
+being satisfied, the terms are unfolded. This change implies that
+conversion and unification can have different unfolding behaviors on
+the same development with universe polymorphism switched on or off.
+
+
+Minimization
+-------------
+
+Universe polymorphism with cumulativity tends to generate many useless
+inclusion constraints in general. Typically at each application of a
+polymorphic constant :g:`f`, if an argument has expected type :g:`Type@{i}`
+and is given a term of type :g:`Type@{j}`, a :math:`j ≤ i` constraint will be
+generated. It is however often the case that an equation :math:`j = i` would
+be more appropriate, when :g:`f`\'s universes are fresh for example.
+Consider the following example:
+
+.. coqtop:: none
+
+ Polymorphic Definition pidentity {A : Type} (a : A) := a.
+ Set Printing Universes.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Definition id0 := @pidentity nat 0.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Print id0.
+
+This definition is elaborated by minimizing the universe of :g:`id0` to
+level :g:`Set` while the more general definition would keep the fresh level
+:g:`i` generated at the application of :g:`id` and a constraint that :g:`Set` :math:`≤ i`.
+This minimization process is applied only to fresh universe variables.
+It simply adds an equation between the variable and its lower bound if
+it is an atomic universe (i.e. not an algebraic max() universe).
+
+.. opt:: Universe Minimization ToSet
+
+ Turning this option off (it is on by default) disallows minimization
+ to the sort :g:`Set` and only collapses floating universes between
+ themselves.
+
+
+Explicit Universes
+-------------------
+
+The syntax has been extended to allow users to explicitly bind names
+to universes and explicitly instantiate polymorphic definitions.
+
+.. cmd:: Universe @ident.
+
+ In the monorphic case, this command declares a new global universe
+ named :g:`ident`, which can be referred to using its qualified name
+ as well. Global universe names live in a separate namespace. The
+ command supports the polymorphic flag only in sections, meaning the
+ universe quantification will be discharged on each section definition
+ independently. One cannot mix polymorphic and monomorphic
+ declarations in the same section.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Constraint @ident @ord @ident.
+
+ This command declares a new constraint between named universes. The
+ order relation :n:`@ord` can be one of :math:`<`, :math:`≤` or :math:`=`. If consistent, the constraint
+ is then enforced in the global environment. Like ``Universe``, it can be
+ used with the ``Polymorphic`` prefix in sections only to declare
+ constraints discharged at section closing time. One cannot declare a
+ global constraint on polymorphic universes.
+
+ .. exn:: Undeclared universe @ident.
+
+ .. exn:: Universe inconsistency.
+
+
+Polymorphic definitions
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+For polymorphic definitions, the declaration of (all) universe levels
+introduced by a definition uses the following syntax:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Polymorphic Definition le@{i j} (A : Type@{i}) : Type@{j} := A.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Print le.
+
+During refinement we find that :g:`j` must be larger or equal than :g:`i`, as we
+are using :g:`A : Type@{i} <= Type@{j}`, hence the generated constraint. At the
+end of a definition or proof, we check that the only remaining
+universes are the ones declared. In the term and in general in proof
+mode, introduced universe names can be referred to in terms. Note that
+local universe names shadow global universe names. During a proof, one
+can use :ref:`Show Universes <ShowUniverses>` to display the current context of universes.
+
+Definitions can also be instantiated explicitly, giving their full
+instance:
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Check (pidentity@{Set}).
+ Monomorphic Universes k l.
+ Check (le@{k l}).
+
+User-named universes and the anonymous universe implicitly attached to
+an explicit :g:`Type` are considered rigid for unification and are never
+minimized. Flexible anonymous universes can be produced with an
+underscore or by omitting the annotation to a polymorphic definition.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Check (fun x => x) : Type -> Type.
+ Check (fun x => x) : Type -> Type@{_}.
+
+ Check le@{k _}.
+ Check le.
+
+.. opt:: Strict Universe Declaration.
+
+ The command ``Unset Strict Universe Declaration`` allows one to freely use
+ identifiers for universes without declaring them first, with the
+ semantics that the first use declares it. In this mode, the universe
+ names are not associated with the definition or proof once it has been
+ defined. This is meant mainly for debugging purposes.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/credits.rst b/doc/sphinx/credits.rst
index a60f326454..f3d9f57b42 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/credits.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/credits.rst
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ contributed by Jean Goubault was integrated in the basic theories.
Pierre Courtieu developed a command and a tactic to reason on the
inductive structure of recursively defined functions.
-Jacek Chrzszcz designed and implemented the module system of |Coq| whose
+Jacek Chrząszcz designed and implemented the module system of |Coq| whose
foundations are in Judicaël Courant’s PhD thesis.
The development was coordinated by C. Paulin.
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ Marché and Bruno Barras.
Claude Marché coordinated the edition of the Reference Manual for |Coq|
V8.0.
-Pierre Letouzey and Jacek Chrzszcz respectively maintained the
+Pierre Letouzey and Jacek Chrząszcz respectively maintained the
extraction tool and module system of |Coq|.
Jean-Christophe Filliâtre, Pierre Letouzey, Hugo Herbelin and other
@@ -1307,9 +1307,9 @@ features and deprecations, cleanups of the internals of the system along
with a few new features. The main user visible changes are:
- Kernel: fix a subject reduction failure due to allowing fixpoints
- on non-recursive values, which allows to recover full parametricity
- for CIC, by Matthieu Sozeau. Handling of evars in the VM (the kernel
- still does not accept evars) by Pierre-Marie Pédrot.
+ on non-recursive values, by Matthieu Sozeau.
+ Handling of evars in the VM (the kernel still does not accept evars)
+ by Pierre-Marie Pédrot.
- Notations: many improvements on recursive notations and support for
destructuring patterns in the syntax of notations by Hugo Herbelin.
@@ -1338,7 +1338,14 @@ with a few new features. The main user visible changes are:
- Documentation: a large community effort resulted in the migration
of the reference manual to the Sphinx documentation tool. The result
- is this manual.
+ is this manual. The new documentation infrastructure (based on Sphinx)
+ is by Clément Pit-Claudel. The migration was coordinated by Maxime Dénès
+ and Paul Steckler, with some help of Théo Zimmermann during the
+ final integration phase. The 14 people who ported the manual are
+ Calvin Beck, Heiko Becker, Yves Bertot, Maxime Dénès, Richard Ford,
+ Pierre Letouzey, Assia Mahboubi, Clément Pit-Claudel,
+ Laurence Rideau, Matthieu Sozeau, Paul Steckler, Enrico Tassi,
+ Laurent Théry, Nikita Zyuzin.
- Tools: experimental ``-mangle-names`` option to coqtop/coqc for
linting proof scripts, by Jasper Hugunin.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/index.rst b/doc/sphinx/index.rst
index cf64aea038..8b1d0e7230 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/index.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/index.rst
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Table of contents
.. toctree::
:caption: The proof engine
+ proof-engine/vernacular-commands
+ proof-engine/proof-handling
proof-engine/tactics
proof-engine/detailed-tactic-examples
proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language
@@ -38,16 +40,26 @@ Table of contents
:caption: Practical tools
practical-tools/coq-commands
+ practical-tools/utilities
practical-tools/coqide
.. toctree::
:caption: Addendum
addendum/extended-pattern-matching
+ addendum/implicit-coercions
addendum/canonical-structures
addendum/type-classes
addendum/omega
addendum/micromega
+ addendum/extraction
+ addendum/program
+ addendum/ring
+ addendum/nsatz
+ addendum/generalized-rewriting
+ addendum/parallel-proof-processing
+ addendum/miscellaneous-extensions
+ addendum/universe-polymorphism
.. toctree::
:caption: Reference
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/introduction.rst b/doc/sphinx/introduction.rst
index 514745c1bf..67de2ae68e 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/introduction.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/introduction.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
Introduction
------------------------
-This document is the Reference Manual of version of the |Coq|  proof
+This document is the Reference Manual of the |Coq|  proof
assistant. A companion volume, the |Coq| Tutorial, is provided for the
beginners. It is advised to read the Tutorial first. A
book :cite:`CoqArt` on practical uses of the |Coq| system was
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/language/cic.rst b/doc/sphinx/language/cic.rst
index 7ed6524095..13d20d7cf1 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/language/cic.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/language/cic.rst
@@ -373,19 +373,22 @@ following rules.
-**Remark**: **Prod-Prop** and **Prod-Set** typing-rules make sense if we consider the
-semantic difference between :math:`\Prop` and :math:`\Set`:
+.. note::
+ **Prod-Prop** and **Prod-Set** typing-rules make sense if we consider the
+ semantic difference between :math:`\Prop` and :math:`\Set`:
-+ All values of a type that has a sort :math:`\Set` are extractable.
-+ No values of a type that has a sort :math:`\Prop` are extractable.
+ + All values of a type that has a sort :math:`\Set` are extractable.
+ + No values of a type that has a sort :math:`\Prop` are extractable.
-**Remark**: We may have :math:`\letin{x}{t:T}{u}` well-typed without having
-:math:`((λ x:T.u) t)` well-typed (where :math:`T` is a type of
-:math:`t`). This is because the value :math:`t` associated to
-:math:`x` may be used in a conversion rule (see Section :ref:`Conversion-rules`).
+.. note::
+ We may have :math:`\letin{x}{t:T}{u}` well-typed without having
+ :math:`((λ x:T.u) t)` well-typed (where :math:`T` is a type of
+ :math:`t`). This is because the value :math:`t` associated to
+ :math:`x` may be used in a conversion rule
+ (see Section :ref:`Conversion-rules`).
.. _Conversion-rules:
@@ -487,29 +490,31 @@ term :math:`t` of functional type :math:`∀ x:T, U` with its so-called η-expan
for :math:`x` an arbitrary variable name fresh in :math:`t`.
-**Remark**: We deliberately do not define η-reduction:
+.. note::
-.. math::
- λ x:T. (t~x) \not\triangleright_η t
+ We deliberately do not define η-reduction:
-This is because, in general, the type of :math:`t` need not to be convertible
-to the type of :math:`λ x:T. (t~x)`. E.g., if we take :math:`f` such that:
+ .. math::
+ λ x:T. (t~x) \not\triangleright_η t
-.. math::
- f : ∀ x:\Type(2),\Type(1)
+ This is because, in general, the type of :math:`t` need not to be convertible
+ to the type of :math:`λ x:T. (t~x)`. E.g., if we take :math:`f` such that:
+
+ .. math::
+ f : ∀ x:\Type(2),\Type(1)
-then
+ then
-.. math::
- λ x:\Type(1),(f~x) : ∀ x:\Type(1),\Type(1)
+ .. math::
+ λ x:\Type(1),(f~x) : ∀ x:\Type(1),\Type(1)
-We could not allow
+ We could not allow
-.. math::
- λ x:Type(1),(f x) \triangleright_η f
+ .. math::
+ λ x:Type(1),(f x) \triangleright_η f
-because the type of the reduced term :math:`∀ x:\Type(2),\Type(1)` would not be
-convertible to the type of the original term :math:`∀ x:\Type(1),\Type(1).`
+ because the type of the reduced term :math:`∀ x:\Type(2),\Type(1)` would not be
+ convertible to the type of the original term :math:`∀ x:\Type(1),\Type(1).`
.. _Convertibility:
@@ -794,18 +799,18 @@ contains an inductive declaration.
---------------------
E[Γ] ⊢ c : C
-**Example.**
-Provided that our environment :math:`E` contains inductive definitions we showed before,
-these two inference rules above enable us to conclude that:
+.. example::
+ Provided that our environment :math:`E` contains inductive definitions we showed before,
+ these two inference rules above enable us to conclude that:
-.. math::
- \begin{array}{l}
+ .. math::
+ \begin{array}{l}
E[Γ] ⊢ \even : \nat→\Prop\\
E[Γ] ⊢ \odd : \nat→\Prop\\
E[Γ] ⊢ \even\_O : \even~O\\
E[Γ] ⊢ \even\_S : \forall~n:\nat, \odd~n → \even~(S~n)\\
E[Γ] ⊢ \odd\_S : \forall~n:\nat, \even~n → \odd~(S~n)
- \end{array}
+ \end{array}
@@ -1135,9 +1140,10 @@ eliminations schemes are allowed.
Check (fun (A:Prop) (B:Set) => prod A B).
Check (fun (A:Type) (B:Prop) => prod A B).
-Remark: Template polymorphism used to be called “sort-polymorphism of
-inductive types” before universe polymorphism (see Chapter :ref:`polymorphicuniverses`) was
-introduced.
+.. note::
+ Template polymorphism used to be called “sort-polymorphism of
+ inductive types” before universe polymorphism
+ (see Chapter :ref:`polymorphicuniverses`) was introduced.
.. _Destructors:
@@ -1473,20 +1479,20 @@ definition :math:`\ind{r}{Γ_I}{Γ_C}` with :math:`Γ_C = [c_1 :C_1 ;…;c_n :C_
-**Example.**
-Below is a typing rule for the term shown in the previous example:
-
-.. inference:: list example
-
- \begin{array}{l}
- E[Γ] ⊢ t : (\List ~\nat) \\
- E[Γ] ⊢ P : B \\
- [(\List ~\nat)|B] \\
- E[Γ] ⊢ f_1 : {(\kw{nil} ~\nat)}^P \\
- E[Γ] ⊢ f_2 : {(\kw{cons} ~\nat)}^P
- \end{array}
- ------------------------------------------------
- E[Γ] ⊢ \case(t,P,f_1 |f_2 ) : (P~t)
+.. example::
+ Below is a typing rule for the term shown in the previous example:
+
+ .. inference:: list example
+
+ \begin{array}{l}
+ E[Γ] ⊢ t : (\List ~\nat) \\
+ E[Γ] ⊢ P : B \\
+ [(\List ~\nat)|B] \\
+ E[Γ] ⊢ f_1 : {(\kw{nil} ~\nat)}^P \\
+ E[Γ] ⊢ f_2 : {(\kw{cons} ~\nat)}^P
+ \end{array}
+ ------------------------------------------------
+ E[Γ] ⊢ \case(t,P,f_1 |f_2 ) : (P~t)
.. _Definition-of-ι-reduction:
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/language/coq-library.rst b/doc/sphinx/language/coq-library.rst
index 29053d6a57..82ced65b4a 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/language/coq-library.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/language/coq-library.rst
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@
The |Coq| library
=================
-:Source: https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/current/refman/stdlib.html
-:Converted by: Pierre Letouzey
-
.. index::
single: Theories
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-extensions.rst b/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-extensions.rst
index 68066faa30..6877759806 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-extensions.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/language/gallina-extensions.rst
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ Remark that the type of a particular identifier may depend on a previously-given
order of the fields is important. Finally, each `param` is a parameter of the record.
More generally, a record may have explicitly defined (a.k.a. manifest)
-fields. For instance, we might have::
+fields. For instance, we might have:
+
+.. coqtop:: in
Record ident param : sort := { ident₁ : type₁ ; ident₂ := term₂ ; ident₃ : type₃ }.
@@ -50,6 +52,8 @@ may depend on |ident_1|.
.. example::
+ The set of rational numbers may be defined as:
+
.. coqtop:: reset all
Record Rat : Set := mkRat
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ and the syntax `term.(@qualid` |term_1| |term_n| `)` to `@qualid` |term_1| `…`
In each case, `term` is the object projected and the
other arguments are the parameters of the inductive type.
-.. note::. Records defined with the ``Record`` keyword are not allowed to be
+.. note:: Records defined with the ``Record`` keyword are not allowed to be
recursive (references to the record's name in the type of its field
raises an error). To define recursive records, one can use the ``Inductive``
and ``CoInductive`` keywords, resulting in an inductive or co-inductive record.
@@ -181,7 +185,7 @@ other arguments are the parameters of the inductive type.
defined with the ``Record`` keyword can be activated with the
``Nonrecursive Elimination Schemes`` option (see :ref:`TODO-13.1.1-nonrecursive-elimination-schemes`).
-.. note::``Structure`` is a synonym of the keyword ``Record``.
+.. note:: ``Structure`` is a synonym of the keyword ``Record``.
.. warn:: @ident cannot be defined.
@@ -217,7 +221,9 @@ the errors of inductive definitions, as described in Section
Primitive Projections
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The option ``Set Primitive Projections`` turns on the use of primitive
+.. opt:: Primitive Projections
+
+Turns on the use of primitive
projections when defining subsequent records (even through the ``Inductive``
and ``CoInductive`` commands). Primitive projections
extended the Calculus of Inductive Constructions with a new binary
@@ -229,11 +235,15 @@ terms when manipulating parameterized records and typechecking time.
On the user level, primitive projections can be used as a replacement
for the usual defined ones, although there are a few notable differences.
-The internally omitted parameters can be reconstructed at printing time
-even though they are absent in the actual AST manipulated by the kernel. This
-can be obtained by setting the ``Printing Primitive Projection Parameters``
-flag. Another compatibility printing can be activated thanks to the
-``Printing Primitive Projection Compatibility`` option which governs the
+.. opt:: Printing Primitive Projection Parameters
+
+This compatibility option reconstructs internally omitted parameters at
+printing time (even though they are absent in the actual AST manipulated
+by the kernel).
+
+.. opt:: Printing Primitive Projection Compatibility
+
+This compatibility option (on by default) governs the
printing of pattern-matching over primitive records.
Primitive Record Types
@@ -244,6 +254,8 @@ record types change meaning. When a type is declared with primitive
projections, its :g:`match` construct is disabled (see :ref:`primitive_projections` though).
To eliminate the (co-)inductive type, one must use its defined primitive projections.
+.. The following paragraph is quite redundant with what is above
+
For compatibility, the parameters still appear to the user when
printing terms even though they are absent in the actual AST
manipulated by the kernel. This can be changed by unsetting the
@@ -462,116 +474,63 @@ of :g:`match` expressions.
Printing nested patterns
+++++++++++++++++++++++++
+.. opt:: Printing Matching.
+
The Calculus of Inductive Constructions knows pattern-matching only
over simple patterns. It is however convenient to re-factorize nested
pattern-matching into a single pattern-matching over a nested
-pattern. |Coq|’s printer tries to do such limited re-factorization.
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Matching.
-
-This tells |Coq| to try to use nested patterns. This is the default
-behavior.
+pattern.
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Matching.
+When this option is on (default), |Coq|’s printer tries to do such
+limited re-factorization.
+Turning it off tells |Coq| to print only simple pattern-matching problems
+in the same way as the |Coq| kernel handles them.
-This tells |Coq| to print only simple pattern-matching problems in the
-same way as the |Coq| kernel handles them.
-
-.. cmd:: Test Printing Matching.
-
-This tells if the printing matching mode is on or off. The default is
-on.
Factorization of clauses with same right-hand side
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+.. opt:: Printing Factorizable Match Patterns.
+
When several patterns share the same right-hand side, it is additionally
possible to share the clauses using disjunctive patterns. Assuming that the
-printing matching mode is on, whether |Coq|'s printer shall try to do this kind
-of factorization is governed by the following commands:
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Factorizable Match Patterns.
-
-This tells |Coq|'s printer to try to use disjunctive patterns. This is the
-default behavior.
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Factorizable Match Patterns.
-
-This tells |Coq|'s printer not to try to use disjunctive patterns.
-
-.. cmd:: Test Printing Factorizable Match Patterns.
-
-This tells if the factorization of clauses with same right-hand side is on or
-off.
+printing matching mode is on, this option (on by default) tells |Coq|'s
+printer to try to do this kind of factorization.
Use of a default clause
+++++++++++++++++++++++
+.. opt:: Printing Allow Default Clause.
+
When several patterns share the same right-hand side which do not depend on the
arguments of the patterns, yet an extra factorization is possible: the
disjunction of patterns can be replaced with a `_` default clause. Assuming that
-the printing matching mode and the factorization mode are on, whether |Coq|'s
-printer shall try to use a default clause is governed by the following commands:
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Allow Default Clause.
-
-This tells |Coq|'s printer to use a default clause when relevant. This is the
-default behavior.
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Allow Default Clause.
-
-This tells |Coq|'s printer not to use a default clause.
-
-.. cmd:: Test Printing Allow Default Clause.
-
-This tells if the use of a default clause is allowed.
+the printing matching mode and the factorization mode are on, this option (on by
+default) tells |Coq|'s printer to use a default clause when relevant.
Printing of wildcard patterns
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
-Some variables in a pattern may not occur in the right-hand side of
-the pattern-matching clause. There are options to control the display
-of these variables.
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Wildcard.
+.. opt:: Printing Wildcard.
-The variables having no occurrences in the right-hand side of the
+Some variables in a pattern may not occur in the right-hand side of
+the pattern-matching clause. When this option is on (default), the
+variables having no occurrences in the right-hand side of the
pattern-matching clause are just printed using the wildcard symbol
“_”.
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Wildcard.
-
-The variables, even useless, are printed using their usual name. But
-some non-dependent variables have no name. These ones are still
-printed using a “_”.
-
-.. cmd:: Test Printing Wildcard.
-
-This tells if the wildcard printing mode is on or off. The default is
-to print wildcard for useless variables.
-
Printing of the elimination predicate
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+.. opt:: Printing Synth.
+
In most of the cases, the type of the result of a matched term is
mechanically synthesizable. Especially, if the result type does not
-depend of the matched term.
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Synth.
-
-The result type is not printed when |Coq| knows that it can re-
+depend of the matched term. When this option is on (default),
+the result type is not printed when |Coq| knows that it can re-
synthesize it.
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Synth.
-
-This forces the result type to be always printed.
-
-.. cmd:: Test Printing Synth.
-
-This tells if the non-printing of synthesizable types is on or off.
-The default is to not print synthesizable types.
-
Printing matching on irrefutable patterns
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
@@ -1188,24 +1147,24 @@ some of the fields and give one of its possible implementations:
Notice that ``M`` is a correct body for the component ``M2`` since its ``T``
component is equal ``nat`` and hence ``M1.T`` as specified.
-**Remarks:**
+.. note::
-#. Modules and module types can be nested components of each other.
-#. One can have sections inside a module or a module type, but not a
- module or a module type inside a section.
-#. Commands like ``Hint`` or ``Notation`` can also appear inside modules and
- module types. Note that in case of a module definition like:
+ #. Modules and module types can be nested components of each other.
+ #. One can have sections inside a module or a module type, but not a
+ module or a module type inside a section.
+ #. Commands like ``Hint`` or ``Notation`` can also appear inside modules and
+ module types. Note that in case of a module definition like:
-::
+ ::
- Module N : SIG := M.
+ Module N : SIG := M.
-or::
+ or::
- Module N : SIG. … End N.
+ Module N : SIG. … End N.
-hints and the like valid for ``N`` are not those defined in ``M`` (or the module body) but the ones defined
-in ``SIG``.
+ hints and the like valid for ``N`` are not those defined in ``M``
+ (or the module body) but the ones defined in ``SIG``.
.. _import_qualid:
@@ -1780,14 +1739,10 @@ appear strictly in the body of the type, they are implicit.
Mode for automatic declaration of implicit arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-In case one wants to systematically declare implicit the arguments
-detectable as such, one may switch to the automatic declaration of
-implicit arguments mode by using the command:
-
-.. cmd:: Set Implicit Arguments.
+.. opt:: Implicit Arguments.
-Conversely, one may unset the mode by using ``Unset Implicit Arguments``.
-The mode is off by default. Auto-detection of implicit arguments is
+This option (off by default) allows to systematically declare implicit
+the arguments detectable as such. Auto-detection of implicit arguments is
governed by options controlling whether strict and contextual implicit
arguments have to be considered or not.
@@ -1796,76 +1751,53 @@ arguments have to be considered or not.
Controlling strict implicit arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.. opt:: Strict Implicit.
+
When the mode for automatic declaration of implicit arguments is on,
the default is to automatically set implicit only the strict implicit
arguments plus, for historical reasons, a small subset of the non-strict
implicit arguments. To relax this constraint and to set
-implicit all non strict implicit arguments by default, use the command:
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Strict Implicit.
-
-Conversely, use the command ``Set Strict Implicit`` to restore the
-original mode that declares implicit only the strict implicit
-arguments plus a small subset of the non strict implicit arguments.
-
-In the other way round, to capture exactly the strict implicit
-arguments and no more than the strict implicit arguments, use the
-command
+implicit all non strict implicit arguments by default, you can turn this
+option off.
-.. cmd:: Set Strongly Strict Implicit.
+.. opt:: Strongly Strict Implicit.
-Conversely, use the command ``Unset Strongly Strict Implicit`` to let the
-option “Strict Implicit” decide what to do.
-
-Remark: In versions of |Coq| prior to version 8.0, the default was to
-declare the strict implicit arguments as implicit.
+Use this option (off by default) to capture exactly the strict implicit
+arguments and no more than the strict implicit arguments.
.. _controlling-contextual-implicit-args:
Controlling contextual implicit arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-By default, |Coq| does not automatically set implicit the contextual
-implicit arguments. To tell |Coq| to infer also contextual implicit
-argument, use command
-
-.. cmd:: Set Contextual Implicit.
+.. opt:: Contextual Implicit.
-Conversely, use command ``Unset Contextual Implicit`` to unset the
-contextual implicit mode.
+By default, |Coq| does not automatically set implicit the contextual
+implicit arguments. You can turn this option on to tell |Coq| to also
+infer contextual implicit argument.
.. _controlling-rev-pattern-implicit-args:
Controlling reversible-pattern implicit arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-By default, |Coq| does not automatically set implicit the reversible-pattern
-implicit arguments. To tell |Coq| to infer also reversible-
-pattern implicit argument, use command
+.. opt:: Reversible Pattern Implicit.
-.. cmd:: Set Reversible Pattern Implicit.
-
-Conversely, use command ``Unset Reversible Pattern Implicit`` to unset the
-reversible-pattern implicit mode.
+By default, |Coq| does not automatically set implicit the reversible-pattern
+implicit arguments. You can turn this option on to tell |Coq| to also infer
+reversible-pattern implicit argument.
.. _controlling-insertion-implicit-args:
Controlling the insertion of implicit arguments not followed by explicit arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Implicit arguments can be declared to be automatically inserted when a
-function is partially applied and the next argument of the function is
-an implicit one. In case the implicit arguments are automatically
-declared (with the command ``Set Implicit Arguments``), the command
-
-.. cmd:: Set Maximal Implicit Insertion.
+.. opt:: Maximal Implicit Insertion.
-is used to tell to declare the implicit arguments with a maximal
-insertion status. By default, automatically declared implicit
-arguments are not declared to be insertable maximally. To restore the
-default mode for maximal insertion, use the command
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Maximal Implicit Insertion.
+Assuming the implicit argument mode is on, this option (off by default)
+declares implicit arguments to be automatically inserted when a
+function is partially applied and the next argument of the function is
+an implicit one.
Explicit applications
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -1935,26 +1867,18 @@ if each of them is to be used maximally or not, use the command
Explicit displaying of implicit arguments for pretty-printing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-By default the basic pretty-printing rules hide the inferable implicit
-arguments of an application. To force printing all implicit arguments,
-use command
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Implicit.
+.. opt:: Printing Implicit.
-Conversely, to restore the hiding of implicit arguments, use command
+By default, the basic pretty-printing rules hide the inferable implicit
+arguments of an application. Turn this option on to force printing all
+implicit arguments.
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Implicit.
+.. opt:: Printing Implicit Defensive.
-By default the basic pretty-printing rules display the implicit
+By default, the basic pretty-printing rules display the implicit
arguments that are not detected as strict implicit arguments. This
“defensive” mode can quickly make the display cumbersome so this can
-be deactivated by using the command
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Implicit Defensive.
-
-Conversely, to force the display of non strict arguments, use command
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Implicit Defensive.
+be deactivated by turning this option off.
See also: ``Set Printing All`` in :ref:`printing_constructions_full`.
@@ -1981,17 +1905,14 @@ but succeeds in
Deactivation of implicit arguments for parsing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-Use of implicit arguments can be deactivated by issuing the command:
+.. opt:: Parsing Explicit.
-.. cmd:: Set Parsing Explicit.
+Turning this option on, deactivates the use of implicit arguments.
In this case, all arguments of constants, inductive types,
constructors, etc, including the arguments declared as implicit, have
-to be given as if none arguments were implicit. By symmetry, this also
-affects printing. To restore parsing and normal printing of implicit
-arguments, use:
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Parsing Explicit.
+to be given as if no arguments were implicit. By symmetry, this also
+affects printing.
Canonical structures
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -2191,12 +2112,7 @@ an inductive type or any constant with a type of the form
Then the user is able to apply an object that is not a function, but
can be coerced to a function, and more generally to consider that a
term of type ``A`` is of type ``B`` provided that there is a declared coercion
-between ``A`` and ``B``. The main command is
-
-.. cmd:: Coercion @qualid : @class >-> @class.
-
-which declares the construction denoted by qualid as a coercion
-between the two given classes.
+between ``A`` and ``B``.
More details and examples, and a description of the commands related
to coercions are provided in :ref:`implicitcoercions`.
@@ -2206,38 +2122,30 @@ to coercions are provided in :ref:`implicitcoercions`.
Printing constructions in full
------------------------------
+.. opt:: Printing All.
+
Coercions, implicit arguments, the type of pattern-matching, but also
notations (see :ref:`syntaxextensionsandinterpretationscopes`) can obfuscate the behavior of some
tactics (typically the tactics applying to occurrences of subterms are
-sensitive to the implicit arguments). The command
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing All.
-
+sensitive to the implicit arguments). Turning this option on
deactivates all high-level printing features such as coercions,
implicit arguments, returned type of pattern-matching, notations and
various syntactic sugar for pattern-matching or record projections.
Otherwise said, ``Set Printing All`` includes the effects of the commands
``Set Printing Implicit``, ``Set Printing Coercions``, ``Set Printing Synth``,
``Unset Printing Projections``, and ``Unset Printing Notations``. To reactivate
-the high-level printing features, use the command
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing All.
+the high-level printing features, use the command ``Unset Printing All``.
Printing universes
------------------
-The following command:
+.. opt:: Printing Universes.
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Universes.
-
-activates the display of the actual level of each occurrence of ``Type``.
+Turn this option on to activate the display of the actual level of each occurrence of ``Type``.
See :ref:`TODO-4.1.1-sorts` for details. This wizard option, in combination
with ``Set Printing All`` (see :ref:`printing_constructions_full`) can help to diagnose failures
to unify terms apparently identical but internally different in the
-Calculus of Inductive Constructions. To reactivate the display of the
-actual level of the occurrences of Type, use
-
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Universes.
+Calculus of Inductive Constructions.
The constraints on the internal level of the occurrences of Type
(see :ref:`TODO-4.1.1-sorts`) can be printed using the command
@@ -2319,18 +2227,12 @@ with a named-goal selector, see :ref:`TODO-9.2-goal-selectors`).
Explicit displaying of existential instances for pretty-printing
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The command:
-
-.. cmd:: Set Printing Existential Instances.
-
-activates the full display of how the context of an existential
-variable is instantiated at each of the occurrences of the existential
-variable.
+.. opt:: Printing Existential Instances.
-To deactivate the full display of the instances of existential
-variables, use
+This option (off by default) activates the full display of how the
+context of an existential variable is instantiated at each of the
+occurrences of the existential variable.
-.. cmd:: Unset Printing Existential Instances.
Solving existential variables using tactics
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/practical-tools/coqide.rst b/doc/sphinx/practical-tools/coqide.rst
index 1fcfc665be..a3b9426287 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/practical-tools/coqide.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/practical-tools/coqide.rst
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ used as a user-friendly replacement to `coqtop`. Its main purpose is to
allow the user to navigate forward and backward into a Coq vernacular
file, executing corresponding commands or undoing them respectively.
-CoqIDE is run by typing the command `coqide` on the command line.
+|CoqIDE| is run by typing the command `coqide` on the command line.
Without argument, the main screen is displayed with an “unnamed
buffer”, and with a file name as argument, another buffer displaying
the contents of that file. Additionally, `coqide` accepts the same
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ is the one where Coq commands are currently executed.
Buffers may be edited as in any text editor, and classical basic
editing commands (Copy/Paste, …) are available in the *Edit* menu.
-CoqIDE offers only basic editing commands, so if you need more complex
+|CoqIDE| offers only basic editing commands, so if you need more complex
editing commands, you may launch your favorite text editor on the
current buffer, using the *Edit/External Editor* menu.
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ If you ever try to execute a command which happens to run during a
long time, and would like to abort it before its termination, you may
use the interrupt button (the white cross on a red circle).
-There are other buttons on the CoqIDE toolbar: a button to save the running
+There are other buttons on the |CoqIDE| toolbar: a button to save the running
buffer; a button to close the current buffer (an "X"); buttons to switch among
buffers (left and right arrows); an "information" button; and a "gears" button.
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Queries
We call *query* any vernacular command that does not change the current state,
such as ``Check``, ``Search``, etc. To run such commands interactively, without
-writing them in scripts, CoqIDE offers a *query pane*. The query pane can be
+writing them in scripts, |CoqIDE| offers a *query pane*. The query pane can be
displayed on demand by using the ``View`` menu, or using the shortcut ``F1``.
Queries can also be performed by selecting a particular phrase, then choosing an
item from the ``Queries`` menu. The response then appears in the message window.
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ still edit this configuration file by hand, but this is more involved.
Using Unicode symbols
--------------------------
-CoqIDE is based on GTK+ and inherits from it support for Unicode in
+|CoqIDE| is based on GTK+ and inherits from it support for Unicode in
its text windows. Consequently a large set of symbols is available for
notations.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/practical-tools/utilities.rst b/doc/sphinx/practical-tools/utilities.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..620c002ff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/practical-tools/utilities.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,999 @@
+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+.. _utilities:
+
+---------------------
+ Utilities
+---------------------
+
+The distribution provides utilities to simplify some tedious works
+beside proof development, tactics writing or documentation.
+
+
+Using Coq as a library
+----------------------
+
+In previous versions, ``coqmktop`` was used to build custom
+toplevels - for example for better debugging or custom static
+linking. Nowadays, the preferred method is to use ``ocamlfind``.
+
+The most basic custom toplevel is built using:
+
+::
+
+ % ocamlfind ocamlopt -thread -rectypes -linkall -linkpkg \
+ -package coq.toplevel \
+ toplevel/coqtop\_bin.ml -o my\_toplevel.native
+
+
+For example, to statically link |L_tac|, you can just do:
+
+::
+
+ % ocamlfind ocamlopt -thread -rectypes -linkall -linkpkg \
+ -package coq.toplevel -package coq.ltac \
+ toplevel/coqtop\_bin.ml -o my\_toplevel.native
+and similarly for other plugins.
+
+
+Building a |Coq| project with coq_makefile
+------------------------------------------
+
+The majority of |Coq| projects are very similar: a collection of ``.v``
+files and eventually some ``.ml`` ones (a |Coq| plugin). The main piece of
+metadata needed in order to build the project are the command line
+options to ``coqc`` (e.g. ``-R``, ``-I``, see also: Section
+:ref:`bycommandline`). Collecting the list of files and options is the job
+of the ``_CoqProject`` file.
+
+A simple example of a ``_CoqProject`` file follows:
+
+::
+
+ -R theories/ MyCode
+ theories/foo.v
+ theories/bar.v
+ -I src/
+ src/baz.ml4
+ src/bazaux.ml
+ src/qux_plugin.mlpack
+
+
+Currently, both |CoqIDE| and |ProofGeneral| (version ≥ ``4.3pre``)
+understand ``_CoqProject`` files and invoke |Coq| with the desired options.
+
+The ``coq_makefile`` utility can be used to set up a build infrastructure
+for the |Coq| project based on makefiles. The recommended way of
+invoking ``coq_makefile`` is the following one:
+
+::
+
+ coq_makefile -f _CoqProject -o CoqMakefile
+
+
+Such command generates the following files:
+
+CoqMakefile
+ is a generic makefile for ``GNU Make`` that provides
+ targets to build the project (both ``.v`` and ``.ml*`` files), to install it
+ system-wide in the ``coq-contrib`` directory (i.e. where |Coq| is installed)
+ as well as to invoke |coqdoc| to generate |HTML| documentation.
+
+CoqMakefile.conf
+ contains make variables assignments that reflect
+ the contents of the ``_CoqProject`` file as well as the path relevant to
+ |Coq|.
+
+
+An optional file ``CoqMakefile.local`` can be provided by the user in order to
+extend ``CoqMakefile``. In particular one can declare custom actions to be
+performed before or after the build process. Similarly one can customize the
+install target or even provide new targets. Extension points are documented in
+paragraph :ref:`coqmakefile:local`.
+
+The extensions of the files listed in ``_CoqProject`` is used in order to
+decide how to build them. In particular:
+
+
++ |Coq| files must use the ``.v`` extension
++ |OCaml| files must use the ``.ml`` or ``.mli`` extension
++ |OCaml| files that require pre processing for syntax
+ extensions (like ``VERNAC EXTEND``) must use the ``.ml4`` extension
++ In order to generate a plugin one has to list all |OCaml|
+ modules (i.e. ``Baz`` for ``baz.ml``) in a ``.mlpack`` file (or ``.mllib``
+ file).
+
+
+The use of ``.mlpack`` files has to be preferred over ``.mllib`` files,
+since it results in a “packed” plugin: All auxiliary modules (as
+``Baz`` and ``Bazaux``) are hidden inside the plugin’s “name space”
+(``Qux_plugin``). This reduces the chances of begin unable to load two
+distinct plugins because of a clash in their auxiliary module names.
+
+.. _coqmakefilelocal:
+
+CoqMakefile.local
++++++++++++++++++
+
+
+
+The optional file ``CoqMakefile.local`` is included by the generated
+file ``CoqMakefile``. It can contain two kinds of directives.
+
+Variable assignment
+ The variable must belong to the variables listed in the ``Parameters`` section of the generated makefile.
+ Here we describe only few of them.
+ :CAMLPKGS:
+ can be used to specify third party findlib packages, and is
+ passed to the OCaml compiler on building or linking of modules. Eg:
+ ``-package yojson``.
+ :CAMLFLAGS:
+ can be used to specify additional flags to the |OCaml|
+ compiler, like ``-bin-annot`` or ``-w``....
+ :COQC, COQDEP, COQDOC:
+ can be set in order to use alternative binaries
+ (e.g. wrappers)
+ :COQ_SRC_SUBDIRS: can be extended by including other paths in which ``*.cm*`` files are searched. For example ``COQ\_SRC\_SUBDIRS+=user-contrib/Unicoq`` lets you build a plugin containing OCaml code that depends on the OCaml code of ``Unicoq``.
+
+Rule extension
+ The following makefile rules can be extended.
+
+ .. example ::
+
+ ::
+
+ pre-all::
+ echo "This line is print before making the all target"
+ install-extra::
+ cp ThisExtraFile /there/it/goes
+
+ ``pre-all::``
+ run before the all target. One can use this to configure
+ the project, or initialize sub modules or check dependencies are met.
+
+ ``post-all::``
+ run after the all target. One can use this to run a test
+ suite, or compile extracted code.
+
+
+ ``install-extra::``
+ run after install. One can use this to install extra files.
+
+ ``install-doc::``
+ One can use this to install extra doc.
+
+ ``uninstall::``
+ \
+
+ ``uninstall-doc::``
+ \
+
+ ``clean::``
+ \
+
+ ``cleanall::``
+ \
+
+ ``archclean::``
+ \
+
+ ``merlin-hook::``
+ One can append lines to the generated .merlin file extending this
+ target.
+
+Timing targets and performance testing
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+The generated ``Makefile`` supports the generation of two kinds of timing
+data: per-file build-times, and per-line times for an individual file.
+
+The following targets and Makefile variables allow collection of per-
+file timing data:
+
+
++ ``TIMED=1``
+ passing this variable will cause ``make`` to emit a line
+ describing the user-space build-time and peak memory usage for each
+ file built.
+
+ .. note::
+ On ``Mac OS``, this works best if you’ve installed ``gnu-time``.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, the output of ``make TIMED=1`` may look like
+ this:
+
+ ::
+
+ COQDEP Fast.v
+ COQDEP Slow.v
+ COQC Slow.v
+ Slow (user: 0.34 mem: 395448 ko)
+ COQC Fast.v
+ Fast (user: 0.01 mem: 45184 ko)
+
++ ``pretty-timed``
+ this target stores the output of ``make TIMED=1`` into
+ ``time-of-build.log``, and displays a table of the times, sorted from
+ slowest to fastest, which is also stored in ``time-of-build-pretty.log``.
+ If you want to construct the ``log`` for targets other than the default
+ one, you can pass them via the variable ``TGTS``, e.g., ``make pretty-timed
+ TGTS="a.vo b.vo"``.
+
+ .. ::
+ This target requires ``python`` to build the table.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target will *append* to the timing log; if you want a
+ fresh start, you must remove the ``filetime-of-build.log`` or
+ ``run make cleanall``.
+
+ .. example::
+
+ For example, the output of ``make pretty-timed`` may look like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ COQDEP Fast.v
+ COQDEP Slow.v
+ COQC Slow.v
+ Slow (user: 0.36 mem: 393912 ko)
+ COQC Fast.v
+ Fast (user: 0.05 mem: 45992 ko)
+ Time | File Name
+ --------------------
+ 0m00.41s | Total
+ --------------------
+ 0m00.36s | Slow
+ 0m00.05s | Fast
+
+
++ ``print-pretty-timed-diff``
+ this target builds a table of timing
+ changes between two compilations; run ``make make-pretty-timed-before`` to
+ build the log of the “before” times, and run ``make make-pretty-timed-
+ after`` to build the log of the “after” times. The table is printed on
+ the command line, and stored in ``time-of-build-both.log``. This target is
+ most useful for profiling the difference between two commits to a
+ repo.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target requires ``python`` to build the table.
+
+ .. note::
+ The ``make-pretty-timed-before`` and ``make-pretty-timed-after`` targets will
+ *append* to the timing log; if you want a fresh start, you must remove
+ the files ``time-of-build-before.log`` and ``time-of-build-after.log`` or run
+ ``make cleanall`` *before* building either the “before” or “after”
+ targets.
+
+ .. note::
+ The table will be sorted first by absolute time
+ differences rounded towards zero to a whole-number of seconds, then by
+ times in the “after” column, and finally lexicographically by file
+ name. This will put the biggest changes in either direction first, and
+ will prefer sorting by build-time over subsecond changes in build time
+ (which are frequently noise); lexicographic sorting forces an order on
+ files which take effectively no time to compile.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, the output table from
+ ``make print-pretty-timed-diff`` may look like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ After | File Name | Before || Change | % Change
+ --------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.39s | Total | 0m00.35s || +0m00.03s | +11.42%
+ --------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.37s | Slow | 0m00.01s || +0m00.36s | +3600.00%
+ 0m00.02s | Fast | 0m00.34s || -0m00.32s | -94.11%
+
+
+The following targets and ``Makefile`` variables allow collection of per-
+line timing data:
+
+
++ ``TIMING=1``
+ passing this variable will cause ``make`` to use ``coqc -time`` to
+ write to a ``.v.timing`` file for each ``.v`` file compiled, which contains
+ line-by-line timing information.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, running ``make all TIMING=1`` may result in a file like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ Chars 0 - 26 [Require~Coq.ZArith.BinInt.] 0.157 secs (0.128u,0.028s)
+ Chars 27 - 68 [Declare~Reduction~comp~:=~vm_c...] 0. secs (0.u,0.s)
+ Chars 69 - 162 [Definition~foo0~:=~Eval~comp~i...] 0.153 secs (0.136u,0.019s)
+ Chars 163 - 208 [Definition~foo1~:=~Eval~comp~i...] 0.239 secs (0.236u,0.s)
+
++ ``print-pretty-single-time-diff``
+ ::
+
+ print-pretty-single-time-diff BEFORE=path/to/file.v.before-timing AFTER=path/to/file.v.after-timing
+ this target will make a sorted table of the per-line timing differences
+ between the timing logs in the ``BEFORE`` and ``AFTER`` files, display it, and
+ save it to the file specified by the ``TIME_OF_PRETTY_BUILD_FILE`` variable,
+ which defaults to ``time-of-build-pretty.log``.
+ To generate the ``.v.before-timing`` or ``.v.after-timing`` files, you should
+ pass ``TIMING=before`` or ``TIMING=after`` rather than ``TIMING=1``.
+
+ .. note::
+ The sorting used here is the same as in the ``print-pretty-timed -diff`` target.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target requires python to build the table.
+
+ .. example::
+ For example, running ``print-pretty-single-time-diff`` might give a table like this:
+
+ ::
+
+ After | Code | Before || Change | % Change
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.50s | Total | 0m04.17s || -0m03.66s | -87.96%
+ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 0m00.145s | Chars 069 - 162 [Definition~foo0~:=~Eval~comp~i...] | 0m00.192s || -0m00.04s | -24.47%
+ 0m00.126s | Chars 000 - 026 [Require~Coq.ZArith.BinInt.] | 0m00.143s || -0m00.01s | -11.88%
+ N/A | Chars 027 - 068 [Declare~Reduction~comp~:=~nati...] | 0m00.s || +0m00.00s | N/A
+ 0m00.s | Chars 027 - 068 [Declare~Reduction~comp~:=~vm_c...] | N/A || +0m00.00s | N/A
+ 0m00.231s | Chars 163 - 208 [Definition~foo1~:=~Eval~comp~i...] | 0m03.836s || -0m03.60s | -93.97%
+
+
++ ``all.timing.diff``, ``path/to/file.v.timing.diff``
+ The ``path/to/file.v.timing.diff`` target will make a ``.v.timing.diff`` file for
+ the corresponding ``.v`` file, with a table as would be generated by
+ the ``print-pretty-single-time-diff`` target; it depends on having already
+ made the corresponding ``.v.before-timing`` and ``.v.after-timing`` files,
+ which can be made by passing ``TIMING=before`` and ``TIMING=after``.
+ The ``all.timing.diff`` target will make such timing difference files for
+ all of the ``.v`` files that the ``Makefile`` knows about. It will fail if
+ some ``.v.before-timing`` or ``.v.after-timing`` files don’t exist.
+
+ .. note::
+ This target requires python to build the table.
+
+
+Reusing/extending the generated Makefile
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Including the generated makefile with an include directive is
+discouraged. The contents of this file, including variable names and
+status of rules shall change in the future. Users are advised to
+include ``Makefile.conf`` or call a target of the generated Makefile as in
+``make -f Makefile target`` from another Makefile.
+
+One way to get access to all targets of the generated ``CoqMakefile`` is to
+have a generic target for invoking unknown targets.
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ # KNOWNTARGETS will not be passed along to CoqMakefile
+ KNOWNTARGETS := CoqMakefile extra-stuff extra-stuff2
+ # KNOWNFILES will not get implicit targets from the final rule, and so
+ # depending on them won't invoke the submake
+ # Warning: These files get declared as PHONY, so any targets depending
+ # on them always get rebuilt
+ KNOWNFILES := Makefile _CoqProject
+
+ .DEFAULT_GOAL := invoke-coqmakefile
+
+ CoqMakefile: Makefile _CoqProject
+ $(COQBIN)coq_makefile -f _CoqProject -o CoqMakefile
+
+ invoke-coqmakefile: CoqMakefile
+ $(MAKE) --no-print-directory -f CoqMakefile $(filter-out $(KNOWNTARGETS),$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+
+ .PHONY: invoke-coqmakefile $(KNOWNFILES)
+
+ ####################################################################
+ ## Your targets here ##
+ ####################################################################
+
+ # This should be the last rule, to handle any targets not declared above
+ %: invoke-coqmakefile
+ @true
+
+
+
+Building a subset of the targets with -j
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+To build, say, two targets foo.vo and bar.vo in parallel one can use
+``make only TGTS="foo.vo bar.vo" -j``.
+
+.. note::
+
+ ``make foo.vo bar.vo -j`` has a different meaning for the make
+ utility, in particular it may build a shared prerequisite twice.
+
+
+.. note::
+
+ For users of coq_makefile with version < 8.7
+
+ + Support for “sub-directory” is deprecated. To perform actions before
+ or after the build (like invoking ``make`` on a subdirectory) one can hook
+ in pre-all and post-all extension points.
+ + ``-extra-phony`` and ``-extra`` are deprecated. To provide additional target
+ (``.PHONY`` or not) please use ``CoqMakefile.local``.
+
+
+
+Modules dependencies
+--------------------
+
+In order to compute modules dependencies (so to use ``make``), |Coq| comes
+with an appropriate tool, ``coqdep``.
+
+``coqdep`` computes inter-module dependencies for |Coq| and |OCaml|
+programs, and prints the dependencies on the standard output in a
+format readable by make. When a directory is given as argument, it is
+recursively looked at.
+
+Dependencies of |Coq| modules are computed by looking at ``Require``
+commands (``Require``, ``Require Export``, ``Require Import``), but also at the
+command ``Declare ML Module``.
+
+Dependencies of |OCaml| modules are computed by looking at
+`open` commands and the dot notation *module.value*. However, this is
+done approximately and you are advised to use ``ocamldep`` instead for the
+|OCaml| modules dependencies.
+
+See the man page of ``coqdep`` for more details and options.
+
+The build infrastructure generated by ``coq_makefile`` uses ``coqdep`` to
+automatically compute the dependencies among the files part of the
+project.
+
+
+Documenting |Coq| files with coqdoc
+-----------------------------------
+
+|coqdoc| is a documentation tool for the proof assistant |Coq|, similar to
+``javadoc`` or ``ocamldoc``. The task of |coqdoc| is
+
+
+#. to produce a nice |Latex| and/or |HTML| document from the |Coq|
+ sources, readable for a human and not only for the proof assistant;
+#. to help the user navigating in his own (or third-party) sources.
+
+
+
+Principles
+~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Documentation is inserted into |Coq| files as *special comments*. Thus
+your files will compile as usual, whether you use |coqdoc| or not. |coqdoc|
+presupposes that the given |Coq| files are well-formed (at least
+lexically). Documentation starts with ``(**``, followed by a space, and
+ends with the pending ``*)``. The documentation format is inspired by Todd
+A. Coram’s *Almost Free Text (AFT)* tool: it is mainly ``ASCII`` text with
+some syntax-light controls, described below. |coqdoc| is robust: it
+shouldn’t fail, whatever the input is. But remember: “garbage in,
+garbage out”.
+
+
+|Coq| material inside documentation.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+|Coq| material is quoted between the delimiters ``[`` and ``]``. Square brackets
+may be nested, the inner ones being understood as being part of the
+quoted code (thus you can quote a term like ``fun x => u`` by writing ``[fun
+x => u]``). Inside quotations, the code is pretty-printed in the same
+way as it is in code parts.
+
+Pre-formatted vernacular is enclosed by ``[[`` and ``]]``. The former must be
+followed by a newline and the latter must follow a newline.
+
+
+Pretty-printing.
+++++++++++++++++
+
+|coqdoc| uses different faces for identifiers and keywords. The pretty-
+printing of |Coq| tokens (identifiers or symbols) can be controlled
+using one of the following commands:
+
+::
+
+
+ (** printing *token* %...LATEX...% #...html...# *)
+
+
+or
+
+::
+
+
+ (** printing *token* $...LATEX math...$ #...html...# *)
+
+
+It gives the |Latex| and |HTML| texts to be produced for the given |Coq|
+token. One of the |Latex| or |HTML| text may be omitted, causing the
+default pretty-printing to be used for this token.
+
+The printing for one token can be removed with
+
+::
+
+
+ (** remove printing *token* *)
+
+
+Initially, the pretty-printing table contains the following mapping:
+
+==== === ==== ===== === ==== ==== ===
+`->` → `<-` ← `*` ×
+`<=` ≤ `>=` ≥ `=>` ⇒
+`<>` ≠ `<->` ↔ `|-` ⊢
+`\/` ∨ `/\` ∧ `~` ¬
+==== === ==== ===== === ==== ==== ===
+
+Any of these can be overwritten or suppressed using the printing
+commands.
+
+.. note ::
+ The recognition of tokens is done by a (``ocaml``) lex
+ automaton and thus applies the longest-match rule. For instance, `->~`
+ is recognized as a single token, where |Coq| sees two tokens. It is the
+ responsibility of the user to insert space between tokens *or* to give
+ pretty-printing rules for the possible combinations, e.g.
+
+ ::
+
+ (** printing ->~ %\ensuremath{\rightarrow\lnot}% *)
+
+
+
+Sections.
++++++++++
+
+Sections are introduced by 1 to 4 leading stars (i.e. at the beginning
+of the line) followed by a space. One star is a section, two stars a
+sub-section, etc. The section title is given on the remaining of the
+line.
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ (** * Well-founded relations
+
+ In this section, we introduce... *)
+
+
+Lists.
+++++++
+
+List items are introduced by a leading dash. coqdoc uses whitespace to
+determine the depth of a new list item and which text belongs in which
+list items. A list ends when a line of text starts at or before the
+level of indenting of the list’s dash. A list item’s dash must always
+be the first non-space character on its line (so, in particular, a
+list can not begin on the first line of a comment - start it on the
+second line instead).
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ We go by induction on [n]:
+ - If [n] is 0...
+ - If [n] is [S n'] we require...
+
+ two paragraphs of reasoning, and two subcases:
+
+ - In the first case...
+ - In the second case...
+
+ So the theorem holds.
+
+
+
+Rules.
+++++++
+
+More than 4 leading dashes produce a horizontal rule.
+
+
+Emphasis.
++++++++++
+
+Text can be italicized by placing it in underscores. A non-identifier
+character must precede the leading underscore and follow the trailing
+underscore, so that uses of underscores in names aren’t mistaken for
+emphasis. Usually, these are spaces or punctuation.
+
+::
+
+ This sentence contains some _emphasized text_.
+
+
+
+Escaping to |Latex| and |HTML|.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Pure |Latex| or |HTML| material can be inserted using the following
+escape sequences:
+
+
++ ``$...LATEX stuff...$`` inserts some |Latex| material in math mode.
+ Simply discarded in |HTML| output.
++ ``%...LATEX stuff...%`` inserts some |Latex| material. Simply
+ discarded in |HTML| output.
++ ``#...HTML stuff...#`` inserts some |HTML| material. Simply discarded in
+ |Latex| output.
+
+.. note::
+ to simply output the characters ``$``, ``%`` and ``#`` and escaping
+ their escaping role, these characters must be doubled.
+
+
+Verbatim
+++++++++
+
+Verbatim material is introduced by a leading ``<<`` and closed by ``>>``
+at the beginning of a line.
+
+.. example::
+
+ ::
+
+ Here is the corresponding caml code:
+ <<
+ let rec fact n =
+ if n <= 1 then 1 else n * fact (n-1)
+ >>
+
+
+
+Hyperlinks
+++++++++++
+
+Hyperlinks can be inserted into the |HTML| output, so that any
+identifier is linked to the place of its definition.
+
+``coqc file.v`` automatically dumps localization information in
+``file.glob`` or appends it to a file specified using option ``--dump-glob
+file``. Take care of erasing this global file, if any, when starting
+the whole compilation process.
+
+Then invoke |coqdoc| or ``coqdoc --glob-from file`` to tell |coqdoc| to look
+for name resolutions into the file ``file`` (it will look in ``file.glob``
+by default).
+
+Identifiers from the |Coq| standard library are linked to the Coq web
+site at `<http://coq.inria.fr/library/>`_. This behavior can be changed
+using command line options ``--no-externals`` and ``--coqlib``; see below.
+
+
+Hiding / Showing parts of the source.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+
+Some parts of the source can be hidden using command line options ``-g``
+and ``-l`` (see below), or using such comments:
+
+::
+
+
+ (* begin hide *)
+ *some Coq material*
+ (* end hide *)
+
+
+Conversely, some parts of the source which would be hidden can be
+shown using such comments:
+
+::
+
+
+ (* begin show *)
+ *some Coq material*
+ (* end show *)
+
+
+The latter cannot be used around some inner parts of a proof, but can
+be used around a whole proof.
+
+
+Usage
+~~~~~
+
+|coqdoc| is invoked on a shell command line as follows:
+``coqdoc <options and files>``.
+Any command line argument which is not an option is considered to be a
+file (even if it starts with a ``-``). |Coq| files are identified by the
+suffixes ``.v`` and ``.g`` and |Latex| files by the suffix ``.tex``.
+
+
+:|HTML| output: This is the default output. One |HTML| file is created for
+ each |Coq| file given on the command line, together with a file
+ ``index.html`` (unless ``option-no-index is passed``). The |HTML| pages use a
+ style sheet named ``style.css``. Such a file is distributed with |coqdoc|.
+:|Latex| output: A single |Latex| file is created, on standard
+ output. It can be redirected to a file with option ``-o``. The order of
+ files on the command line is kept in the final document. |Latex|
+ files given on the command line are copied ‘as is’ in the final
+ document . DVI and PostScript can be produced directly with the
+ options ``-dvi`` and ``-ps`` respectively.
+:TEXmacs output: To translate the input files to TEXmacs format,
+ to be used by the TEXmacs |Coq| interface.
+
+
+
+Command line options
+++++++++++++++++++++
+
+
+**Overall options**
+
+
+ :--|HTML|: Select a |HTML| output.
+ :--|Latex|: Select a |Latex| output.
+ :--dvi: Select a DVI output.
+ :--ps: Select a PostScript output.
+ :--texmacs: Select a TEXmacs output.
+ :--stdout: Write output to stdout.
+ :-o file, --output file: Redirect the output into the file ‘file’
+ (meaningless with ``-html``).
+ :-d dir, --directory dir: Output files into directory ‘dir’ instead of
+ current directory (option ``-d`` does not change the filename specified
+ with option ``-o``, if any).
+ :--body-only: Suppress the header and trailer of the final document.
+ Thus, you can insert the resulting document into a larger one.
+ :-p string, --preamble string: Insert some material in the |Latex|
+ preamble, right before ``\begin{document}`` (meaningless with ``-html``).
+ :--vernac-file file,--tex-file file: Considers the file ‘file’
+ respectively as a ``.v`` (or ``.g``) file or a ``.tex`` file.
+ :--files-from file: Read file names to process in file ‘file’ as if
+ they were given on the command line. Useful for program sources split
+ up into several directories.
+ :-q, --quiet: Be quiet. Do not print anything except errors.
+ :-h, --help: Give a short summary of the options and exit.
+ :-v, --version: Print the version and exit.
+
+
+
+**Index options**
+
+ Default behavior is to build an index, for the |HTML| output only,
+ into ``index.html``.
+
+ :--no-index: Do not output the index.
+ :--multi-index: Generate one page for each category and each letter in
+ the index, together with a top page ``index.html``.
+ :--index string: Make the filename of the index string instead of
+ “index”. Useful since “index.html” is special.
+
+
+
+**Table of contents option**
+
+ :-toc, --table-of-contents: Insert a table of contents. For a |Latex|
+ output, it inserts a ``\tableofcontents`` at the beginning of the
+ document. For a |HTML| output, it builds a table of contents into
+ ``toc.html``.
+ :--toc-depth int: Only include headers up to depth ``int`` in the table of
+ contents.
+
+
+**Hyperlinks options**
+
+ :--glob-from file: Make references using |Coq| globalizations from file
+ file. (Such globalizations are obtained with Coq option ``-dump-glob``).
+ :--no-externals: Do not insert links to the |Coq| standard library.
+ :--external url coqdir: Use given URL for linking references whose
+ name starts with prefix ``coqdir``.
+ :--coqlib url: Set base URL for the Coq standard library (default is
+ `<http://coq.inria.fr/library/>`_). This is equivalent to ``--external url
+ Coq``.
+ :-R dir coqdir: Map physical directory dir to |Coq| logical
+ directory ``coqdir`` (similarly to |Coq| option ``-R``).
+
+ .. note::
+ option ``-R`` only has
+ effect on the files *following* it on the command line, so you will
+ probably need to put this option first.
+
+
+**Title options**
+
+ :-s , --short: Do not insert titles for the files. The default
+ behavior is to insert a title like “Library Foo” for each file.
+ :--lib-name string: Print “string Foo” instead of “Library Foo” in
+ titles. For example “Chapter” and “Module” are reasonable choices.
+ :--no-lib-name: Print just “Foo” instead of “Library Foo” in titles.
+ :--lib-subtitles: Look for library subtitles. When enabled, the
+ beginning of each file is checked for a comment of the form:
+
+ ::
+
+
+ (** * ModuleName : text *)
+
+ where ``ModuleName`` must be the name of the file. If it is present, the
+ text is used as a subtitle for the module in appropriate places.
+ :-t string, --title string: Set the document title.
+
+
+**Contents options**
+
+ :-g, --gallina: Do not print proofs.
+ :-l, --light: Light mode. Suppress proofs (as with ``-g``) and the following commands:
+
+ + [Recursive] Tactic Definition
+ + Hint / Hints
+ + Require
+ + Transparent / Opaque
+ + Implicit Argument / Implicits
+ + Section / Variable / Hypothesis / End
+
+
+
+ The behavior of options ``-g`` and ``-l`` can be locally overridden using the
+ ``(* begin show *) … (* end show *)`` environment (see above).
+
+ There are a few options to drive the parsing of comments:
+
+ :--parse-comments: Parses regular comments delimited by ``(*`` and ``*)`` as
+ well. They are typeset inline.
+ :--plain-comments: Do not interpret comments, simply copy them as
+ plain-text.
+ :--interpolate: Use the globalization information to typeset
+ identifiers appearing in |Coq| escapings inside comments.
+
+**Language options**
+
+
+ Default behavior is to assume ASCII 7 bits input files.
+
+ :-latin1, --latin1: Select ISO-8859-1 input files. It is equivalent to
+ --inputenc latin1 --charset iso-8859-1.
+ :-utf8, --utf8: Set --inputenc utf8x for |Latex| output and--charset
+ utf-8 for |HTML| output. Also use Unicode replacements for a couple of
+ standard plain ASCII notations such as → for ``->`` and ∀ for ``forall``. |Latex|
+ UTF-8 support can be found
+ at `<http://www.ctan.org/pkg/unicode>`_. For the interpretation of Unicode
+ characters by |Latex|, extra packages which |coqdoc| does not provide
+ by default might be required, such as textgreek for some Greek letters
+ or ``stmaryrd`` for some mathematical symbols. If a Unicode character is
+ missing an interpretation in the utf8x input encoding, add
+ ``\DeclareUnicodeCharacter{code}{LATEX-interpretation}``. Packages
+ and declarations can be added with option ``-p``.
+ :--inputenc string: Give a |Latex| input encoding, as an option to |Latex|
+ package ``inputenc``.
+ :--charset string: Specify the |HTML| character set, to be inserted in
+ the |HTML| header.
+
+
+
+The coqdoc |Latex| style file
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+In case you choose to produce a document without the default |Latex|
+preamble (by using option ``--no-preamble``), then you must insert into
+your own preamble the command
+
+::
+
+ \usepackage{coqdoc}
+
+The package optionally takes the argument ``[color]`` to typeset
+identifiers with colors (this requires the ``xcolor`` package).
+
+Then you may alter the rendering of the document by redefining some
+macros:
+
+:coqdockw, coqdocid, …: The one-argument macros for typesetting
+ keywords and identifiers. Defaults are sans-serif for keywords and
+ italic for identifiers.For example, if you would like a slanted font
+ for keywords, you may insert
+
+ ::
+
+ \renewcommand{\coqdockw}[1]{\textsl{#1}}
+
+
+ anywhere between ``\usepackage{coqdoc}`` and ``\begin{document}``.
+
+
+:coqdocmodule:
+ One-argument macro for typesetting the title of a ``.v``
+ file. Default is
+
+ ::
+
+ \newcommand{\coqdocmodule}[1]{\section*{Module #1}}
+
+ and you may redefine it using ``\renewcommand``.
+
+Embedded Coq phrases inside |Latex| documents
+---------------------------------------------
+
+When writing a documentation about a proof development, one may want
+to insert |Coq| phrases inside a |Latex| document, possibly together
+with the corresponding answers of the system. We provide a mechanical
+way to process such |Coq| phrases embedded in |Latex| files: the ``coq-tex``
+filter. This filter extracts |Coq| phrases embedded in |Latex| files,
+evaluates them, and insert the outcome of the evaluation after each
+phrase.
+
+Starting with a file ``file.tex`` containing |Coq| phrases, the ``coq-tex``
+filter produces a file named ``file.v.tex`` with the Coq outcome.
+
+There are options to produce the |Coq| parts in smaller font, italic,
+between horizontal rules, etc. See the man page of ``coq-tex`` for more
+details.
+
+|Coq| and |GNU| |Emacs|
+-----------------------
+
+
+The |Coq| |Emacs| mode
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+|Coq| comes with a Major mode for |GNU| |Emacs|, ``gallina.el``. This mode
+provides syntax highlighting and also a rudimentary indentation
+facility in the style of the ``Caml`` |GNU| |Emacs| mode.
+
+Add the following lines to your ``.emacs`` file:
+
+::
+
+ (setq auto-mode-alist (cons '("\\.v$" . coq-mode) auto-mode-alist))
+ (autoload 'coq-mode "gallina" "Major mode for editing Coq vernacular." t)
+
+
+The |Coq| major mode is triggered by visiting a file with extension ``.v``,
+or manually with the command ``M-x coq-mode``. It gives you the correct
+syntax table for the |Coq| language, and also a rudimentary indentation
+facility:
+
+
++ pressing ``Tab`` at the beginning of a line indents the line like the
+ line above;
++ extra ``Tab``s increase the indentation level (by 2 spaces by default);
++ ``M-Tab`` decreases the indentation level.
+
+
+An inferior mode to run |Coq| under |Emacs|, by Marco Maggesi, is also
+included in the distribution, in file ``inferior-coq.el``. Instructions to
+use it are contained in this file.
+
+
+Proof General
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+|ProofGeneral| is a generic interface for proof assistants based on
+|Emacs|. The main idea is that the |Coq| commands you are editing are sent
+to a |Coq| toplevel running behind |Emacs| and the answers of the system
+automatically inserted into other |Emacs| buffers. Thus you don’t need
+to copy-paste the |Coq| material from your files to the |Coq| toplevel or
+conversely from the |Coq| toplevel to some files.
+
+|ProofGeneral| is developed and distributed independently of the system
+|Coq|. It is freely available at `<https://proofgeneral.github.io/>`_.
+
+
+Module specification
+--------------------
+
+Given a |Coq| vernacular file, the gallina filter extracts its
+specification (inductive types declarations, definitions, type of
+lemmas and theorems), removing the proofs parts of the file. The |Coq|
+file ``file.v`` gives birth to the specification file ``file.g`` (where
+the suffix ``.g`` stands for |Gallina|).
+
+See the man page of ``gallina`` for more details and options.
+
+
+Man pages
+---------
+
+There are man pages for the commands ``coqdep``, ``gallina`` and ``coq-tex``. Man
+pages are installed at installation time (see installation
+instructions in file ``INSTALL``, step 6).
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+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+.. _proofhandling:
+
+-------------------
+ Proof handling
+-------------------
+
+In |Coq|’s proof editing mode all top-level commands documented in
+Chapter :ref:`vernacularcommands` remain available and the user has access to specialized
+commands dealing with proof development pragmas documented in this
+section. He can also use some other specialized commands called
+*tactics*. They are the very tools allowing the user to deal with
+logical reasoning. They are documented in Chapter :ref:`tactics`.
+When switching in editing proof mode, the prompt ``Coq <`` is changed into
+``ident <`` where ``ident`` is the declared name of the theorem currently
+edited.
+
+At each stage of a proof development, one has a list of goals to
+prove. Initially, the list consists only in the theorem itself. After
+having applied some tactics, the list of goals contains the subgoals
+generated by the tactics.
+
+To each subgoal is associated a number of hypotheses called the *local
+context* of the goal. Initially, the local context contains the local
+variables and hypotheses of the current section (see Section :ref:`TODO_gallina_assumptions`)
+and the local variables and hypotheses of the theorem statement. It is
+enriched by the use of certain tactics (see e.g. ``intro`` in Section
+:ref:`managingthelocalcontext`).
+
+When a proof is completed, the message ``Proof completed`` is displayed.
+One can then register this proof as a defined constant in the
+environment. Because there exists a correspondence between proofs and
+terms of λ-calculus, known as the *Curry-Howard isomorphism* [[How80]_,
+[Bar81]_, [Gir89]_, [Hue88]_ ], |Coq|
+stores proofs as terms of |Cic|. Those terms
+are called *proof terms*.
+
+
+.. exn:: No focused proof
+
+Coq raises this error message when one attempts to use a proof editing command
+out of the proof editing mode.
+
+Switching on/off the proof editing mode
+-------------------------------------------
+
+The proof editing mode is entered by asserting a statement, which
+typically is the assertion of a theorem:
+
+.. cmd:: Theorem @ident [@binders] : @form.
+
+The list of assertion commands is given in Section :ref:TODO-assertions_and_proof`. The
+command ``Goal`` can also be used.
+
+.. cmd:: Goal @form.
+
+This is intended for quick assertion of statements, without knowing in
+advance which name to give to the assertion, typically for quick
+testing of the provability of a statement. If the proof of the
+statement is eventually completed and validated, the statement is then
+bound to the name ``Unnamed_thm`` (or a variant of this name not already
+used for another statement).
+
+.. cmd:: Qed.
+
+This command is available in interactive editing proof mode when the
+proof is completed. Then ``Qed`` extracts a proof term from the proof
+script, switches back to Coq top-level and attaches the extracted
+proof term to the declared name of the original goal. This name is
+added to the environment as an ``Opaque`` constant.
+
+
+.. exn:: Attempt to save an incomplete proof
+
+.. note::
+
+ Sometimes an error occurs when building the proof term, because
+ tactics do not enforce completely the term construction
+ constraints.
+
+The user should also be aware of the fact that since the
+proof term is completely rechecked at this point, one may have to wait
+a while when the proof is large. In some exceptional cases one may
+even incur a memory overflow.
+
+.. cmdv:: Defined.
+
+Defines the proved term as a transparent constant.
+
+.. cmdv:: Save @ident.
+
+Forces the name of the original goal to be :n:`@ident`. This
+command (and the following ones) can only be used if the original goal
+has been opened using the ``Goal`` command.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Admitted.
+
+This command is available in interactive editing proof mode to give up
+the current proof and declare the initial goal as an axiom.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Proof @term.
+
+This command applies in proof editing mode. It is equivalent to
+
+.. cmd:: exact @term. Qed.
+
+That is, you have to give the full proof in one gulp, as a
+proof term (see Section :ref:`applyingtheorems`).
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof.
+
+Is a noop which is useful to delimit the sequence of tactic commands
+which start a proof, after a ``Theorem`` command. It is a good practice to
+use ``Proof``. as an opening parenthesis, closed in the script with a
+closing ``Qed``.
+
+
+See also: ``Proof with tactic.`` in Section
+:ref:`setimpautotactics`.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Proof using @ident1 ... @identn.
+
+This command applies in proof editing mode. It declares the set of
+section variables (see :ref:`TODO-gallina-assumptions`) used by the proof. At ``Qed`` time, the
+system will assert that the set of section variables actually used in
+the proof is a subset of the declared one.
+
+The set of declared variables is closed under type dependency. For
+example if ``T`` is variable and a is a variable of type ``T``, the commands
+``Proof using a`` and ``Proof using T a``` are actually equivalent.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using @ident1 ... @identn with @tactic.
+
+in Section :ref:`setimpautotactics`.
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using All.
+
+Use all section variables.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using Type.
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using.
+
+Use only section variables occurring in the statement.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using Type*.
+
+The ``*`` operator computes the forward transitive closure. E.g. if the
+variable ``H`` has type ``p < 5`` then ``H`` is in ``p*`` since ``p`` occurs in the type
+of ``H``. ``Type*`` is the forward transitive closure of the entire set of
+section variables occurring in the statement.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using -(@ident1 ... @identn).
+
+Use all section variables except :n:`@ident1` ... :n:`@identn`.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using @collection1 + @collection2 .
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using @collection1 - @collection2 .
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using @collection - ( @ident1 ... @identn ).
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Proof using @collection * .
+
+Use section variables being, respectively, in the set union, set
+difference, set complement, set forward transitive closure. See
+Section :ref:`nameaset` to know how to form a named collection. The ``*`` operator
+binds stronger than ``+`` and ``-``.
+
+
+Proof using options
+```````````````````
+
+The following options modify the behavior of ``Proof using``.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Set Default Proof Using "@expression".
+
+Use :n:`@expression` as the default ``Proof``` using value. E.g. ``Set Default
+Proof Using "a b"``. will complete all ``Proof`` commands not followed by a
+using part with using ``a`` ``b``.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Set Suggest Proof Using.
+
+When ``Qed`` is performed, suggest a using annotation if the user did not
+provide one.
+
+.. _`nameaset`:
+
+Name a set of section hypotheses for ``Proof using``
+````````````````````````````````````````````````````
+
+The command ``Collection`` can be used to name a set of section
+hypotheses, with the purpose of making ``Proof using`` annotations more
+compact.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Collection Some := x y z.
+
+Define the collection named "Some" containing ``x``, ``y`` and ``z``.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Collection Fewer := Some - z.
+
+Define the collection named "Fewer" containing only ``x`` and ``y``.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Collection Many := Fewer + Some.
+.. cmdv:: Collection Many := Fewer - Some.
+
+Define the collection named "Many" containing the set union or set
+difference of "Fewer" and "Some".
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Collection Many := Fewer - (x y).
+
+Define the collection named "Many" containing the set difference of
+"Fewer" and the unnamed collection ``x`` ``y``.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Abort.
+
+This command cancels the current proof development, switching back to
+the previous proof development, or to the |Coq| toplevel if no other
+proof was edited.
+
+
+.. exn:: No focused proof (No proof-editing in progress)
+
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Abort @ident.
+
+Aborts the editing of the proof named :n:`@ident`.
+
+.. cmdv:: Abort All.
+
+Aborts all current goals, switching back to the |Coq|
+toplevel.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Existential @num := @term.
+
+This command instantiates an existential variable. :n:`@num` is an index in
+the list of uninstantiated existential variables displayed by ``Show
+Existentials`` (described in Section :ref:`requestinginformation`).
+
+This command is intended to be used to instantiate existential
+variables when the proof is completed but some uninstantiated
+existential variables remain. To instantiate existential variables
+during proof edition, you should use the tactic instantiate.
+
+
+See also: ``instantiate (num:= term).`` in Section
+:ref:`TODO-controllingtheproofflow`.
+See also: ``Grab Existential Variables.`` below.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Grab Existential Variables.
+
+This command can be run when a proof has no more goal to be solved but
+has remaining uninstantiated existential variables. It takes every
+uninstantiated existential variable and turns it into a goal.
+
+
+Navigation in the proof tree
+--------------------------------
+
+
+.. cmd:: Undo.
+
+This command cancels the effect of the last command. Thus, it
+backtracks one step.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Undo @num.
+
+Repeats Undo :n:`@num` times.
+
+.. cmdv:: Restart.
+
+This command restores the proof editing process to the original goal.
+
+
+.. exn:: No focused proof to restart
+
+
+.. cmd:: Focus.
+
+This focuses the attention on the first subgoal to prove and the
+printing of the other subgoals is suspended until the focused subgoal
+is solved or unfocused. This is useful when there are many current
+subgoals which clutter your screen.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Focus @num.
+
+This focuses the attention on the :n:`@num` th subgoal to
+prove.
+
+*This command is deprecated since 8.8*: prefer the use of bullets or
+focusing brackets instead, including :n:`@num : %{`
+
+.. cmd:: Unfocus.
+
+This command restores to focus the goal that were suspended by the
+last ``Focus`` command.
+
+*This command is deprecated since 8.8.*
+
+.. cmd:: Unfocused.
+
+Succeeds if the proof is fully unfocused, fails is there are some
+goals out of focus.
+
+
+.. cmd:: %{ %| %}
+
+The command ``{`` (without a terminating period) focuses on the first
+goal, much like ``Focus.`` does, however, the subproof can only be
+unfocused when it has been fully solved ( *i.e.* when there is no
+focused goal left). Unfocusing is then handled by ``}`` (again, without a
+terminating period). See also example in next section.
+
+Note that when a focused goal is proved a message is displayed
+together with a suggestion about the right bullet or ``}`` to unfocus it
+or focus the next one.
+
+.. cmdv:: @num: %{
+
+This focuses on the :n:`@num` th subgoal to prove.
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: This proof is focused, but cannot be unfocused this way
+
+You are trying to use ``}`` but the current subproof has not been fully solved.
+
+.. exn:: No such goal
+
+.. exn:: Brackets only support the single numbered goal selector
+
+
+See also error messages about bullets below.
+
+Bullets
+```````
+
+Alternatively to ``{`` and ``}``, proofs can be structured with bullets. The
+use of a bullet ``b`` for the first time focuses on the first goal ``g``, the
+same bullet cannot be used again until the proof of ``g`` is completed,
+then it is mandatory to focus the next goal with ``b``. The consequence is
+that ``g`` and all goals present when ``g`` was focused are focused with the
+same bullet ``b``. See the example below.
+
+Different bullets can be used to nest levels. The scope of bullet does
+not go beyond enclosing ``{`` and ``}``, so bullets can be reused as further
+nesting levels provided they are delimited by these. Available bullets
+are ``-``, ``+``, ``*``, ``--``, ``++``, ``**``, ``---``, ``+++``, ``***``, ... (without a terminating period).
+
+Note again that when a focused goal is proved a message is displayed
+together with a suggestion about the right bullet or ``}`` to unfocus it
+or focus the next one.
+
+.. note::
+
+ In Proof General (``Emacs`` interface to |Coq|), you must use
+ bullets with the priority ordering shown above to have a correct
+ indentation. For example ``-`` must be the outer bullet and ``**`` the inner
+ one in the example below.
+
+The following example script illustrates all these features:
+
+.. example::
+ .. coqtop:: all
+
+ Goal (((True /\ True) /\ True) /\ True) /\ True.
+ Proof.
+ split.
+ - split.
+ + split.
+ ** { split.
+ - trivial.
+ - trivial.
+ }
+ ** trivial.
+ + trivial.
+ - assert True.
+ { trivial. }
+ assumption.
+
+
+.. exn:: Wrong bullet @bullet1 : Current bullet @bullet2 is not finished.
+
+Before using bullet :n:`@bullet1` again, you should first finish proving the current focused goal. Note that :n:`@bullet1` and :n:`@bullet2` may be the same.
+
+.. exn:: Wrong bullet @bullet1 : Bullet @bullet2 is mandatory here.
+
+You must put :n:`@bullet2` to focus next goal. No other bullet is allowed here.
+
+.. exn:: No such goal. Focus next goal with bullet @bullet.
+
+You tried to applied a tactic but no goal where under focus. Using :n:`@bullet` is mandatory here.
+
+.. exn:: No such goal. Try unfocusing with %{.
+
+You just finished a goal focused by ``{``, you must unfocus it with ``}``.
+
+Set Bullet Behavior
+```````````````````
+
+The bullet behavior can be controlled by the following commands.
+
+.. opt:: Bullet Behavior "None".
+
+This makes bullets inactive.
+
+.. opt:: Bullet Behavior "Strict Subproofs".
+
+This makes bullets active (this is the default behavior).
+
+
+
+Requesting information
+----------------------
+
+
+.. cmd:: Show.
+
+This command displays the current goals.
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Show @num
+
+Displays only the :n:`@num`-th subgoal.
+
+.. exn:: No such goal
+.. exn:: No focused proof
+
+.. cmdv:: Show @ident.
+
+Displays the named goal :n:`@ident`. This is useful in
+particular to display a shelved goal but only works if the
+corresponding existential variable has been named by the user
+(see :ref:`exvariables`) as in the following example.
+
+.. example::
+
+ .. coqtop:: all
+
+ Goal exists n, n = 0.
+ eexists ?[n].
+ Show n.
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Script.
+
+Displays the whole list of tactics applied from the
+beginning of the current proof. This tactics script may contain some
+holes (subgoals not yet proved). They are printed under the form
+
+``<Your Tactic Text here>``.
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Proof.
+
+It displays the proof term generated by the tactics
+that have been applied. If the proof is not completed, this term
+contain holes, which correspond to the sub-terms which are still to be
+constructed. These holes appear as a question mark indexed by an
+integer, and applied to the list of variables in the context, since it
+may depend on them. The types obtained by abstracting away the context
+from the type of each hole-placer are also printed.
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Conjectures.
+
+It prints the list of the names of all the
+theorems that are currently being proved. As it is possible to start
+proving a previous lemma during the proof of a theorem, this list may
+contain several names.
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Intro.
+
+If the current goal begins by at least one product,
+this command prints the name of the first product, as it would be
+generated by an anonymous ``intro``. The aim of this command is to ease
+the writing of more robust scripts. For example, with an appropriate
+Proof General macro, it is possible to transform any anonymous ``intro``
+into a qualified one such as ``intro y13``. In the case of a non-product
+goal, it prints nothing.
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Intros.
+
+This command is similar to the previous one, it
+simulates the naming process of an intros.
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Existentials.
+
+It displays the set of all uninstantiated
+existential variables in the current proof tree, along with the type
+and the context of each variable.
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Match @ident.
+
+This variant displays a template of the Gallina
+``match`` construct with a branch for each constructor of the type
+:n:`@ident`
+
+.. example::
+ .. coqtop:: all
+
+ Show Match nat.
+
+.. exn:: Unknown inductive type
+
+.. _ShowUniverses:
+
+.. cmdv:: Show Universes.
+
+It displays the set of all universe constraints and
+its normalized form at the current stage of the proof, useful for
+debugging universe inconsistencies.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Guarded.
+
+Some tactics (e.g. refine :ref:`applyingtheorems`) allow to build proofs using
+fixpoint or co-fixpoint constructions. Due to the incremental nature
+of interactive proof construction, the check of the termination (or
+guardedness) of the recursive calls in the fixpoint or cofixpoint
+constructions is postponed to the time of the completion of the proof.
+
+The command ``Guarded`` allows checking if the guard condition for
+fixpoint and cofixpoint is violated at some time of the construction
+of the proof without having to wait the completion of the proof.
+
+
+Controlling the effect of proof editing commands
+------------------------------------------------
+
+
+.. opt:: Hyps Limit @num.
+
+This option controls the maximum number of hypotheses displayed in goals
+after the application of a tactic. All the hypotheses remain usable
+in the proof development.
+When unset, it goes back to the default mode which is to print all
+available hypotheses.
+
+
+.. opt:: Automatic Introduction.
+
+This option controls the way binders are handled
+in assertion commands such as ``Theorem ident [binders] : form``. When the
+option is set, which is the default, binders are automatically put in
+the local context of the goal to prove.
+
+The option can be unset by issuing ``Unset Automatic Introduction``. When
+the option is unset, binders are discharged on the statement to be
+proved and a tactic such as intro (see Section :ref:`managingthelocalcontext`) has to be
+used to move the assumptions to the local context.
+
+
+Controlling memory usage
+------------------------
+
+When experiencing high memory usage the following commands can be used
+to force |Coq| to optimize some of its internal data structures.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Optimize Proof.
+
+This command forces |Coq| to shrink the data structure used to represent
+the ongoing proof.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Optimize Heap.
+
+This command forces the |OCaml| runtime to perform a heap compaction.
+This is in general an expensive operation.
+See: `OCaml Gc <http://caml.inria.fr/pub/docs/manual-ocaml/libref/Gc.html#VALcompact>`_
+There is also an analogous tactic ``optimize_heap`` (see~:ref:`tactic-optimizeheap`)
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst
index 61dffa0243..df5b362970 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/ssreflect-proof-language.rst
@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@
The |SSR| proof language
------------------------------
-:Source: https://coq.inria.fr/distrib/current/refman/ssreflect.html
-:Converted by: Enrico Tassi
-
-Author: Georges Gonthier, Assia Mahboubi, Enrico Tassi
+:Authors: Georges Gonthier, Assia Mahboubi, Enrico Tassi
Introduction
@@ -451,7 +448,7 @@ Anonymous arguments
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When in a definition, the type of a certain argument is mandatory, but
-not its name, one usually use “arrow” abstractions for prenex
+not its name, one usually uses “arrow” abstractions for prenex
arguments, or the ``(_ : term)`` syntax for inner arguments. In |SSR|,
the latter can be replaced by the open syntax ``of term`` or
(equivalently) ``& term``, which are both syntactically equivalent to a
@@ -518,7 +515,7 @@ is a valid tactic expression.
The pose tactic is also improved for the local definition of higher
order terms. Local definitions of functions can use the same syntax as
-global ones. For example the tactic ``pose`` supoprts parameters:
+global ones. For example, the tactic ``pose`` supoprts parameters:
.. example::
@@ -1295,7 +1292,7 @@ is a synonym for:
intro top; first [refine top | refine (top _) | refine (top _ _) | …]; clear top.
-where ``top`` is fresh name, and the sequence of refine tactics tries to
+where ``top`` is a fresh name, and the sequence of refine tactics tries to
catch the appropriate number of wildcards to be inserted. Note that
this use of the refine tactic implies that the tactic tries to match
the goal up to expansion of constants and evaluation of subterms.
@@ -1573,7 +1570,7 @@ The :token:`i_pattern` s can be seen as a variant of *intro patterns*
:ref:`tactics`: each performs an introduction operation, i.e., pops some
variables or assumptions from the goal.
-An :token:`s_item` can simplify the set of subgoals or the subgoal themselves:
+An :token:`s_item` can simplify the set of subgoals or the subgoals themselves:
+ ``//`` removes all the “trivial” subgoals that can be resolved by the
|SSR| tactic ``done`` described in :ref:`terminators_ssr`, i.e.,
@@ -1831,7 +1828,7 @@ compact syntax:
case: {2}_ / eqP.
-were ``_`` is interpreted as ``(_ == _)`` since
+where ``_`` is interpreted as ``(_ == _)`` since
``eqP T a b : reflect (a = b) (a == b)`` and reflect is a type family with
one index.
@@ -2074,7 +2071,7 @@ is equivalent to:
do [done | by move=> top; apply top].
-where top is a fresh name affected to the top assumption of the goal.
+where ``top`` is a fresh name assigned to the top assumption of the goal.
This applied form is supported by the : discharge tactical, and the
tactic:
@@ -2090,7 +2087,7 @@ is equivalent to:
(see section :ref:`discharge_ssr` for the documentation of the apply: combination).
-Warning The list of tactics, possibly chained by semi-columns, that
+Warning The list of tactics, possibly chained by semicolons, that
follows a by keyword is considered as a parenthesized block applied to
the current goal. Hence for example if the tactic:
@@ -2123,7 +2120,7 @@ generated by the previous tactic. This covers the frequent cases where
a tactic generates two subgoals one of which can be easily disposed
of.
-This is an other powerful way of linearization of scripts, since it
+This is another powerful way of linearization of scripts, since it
happens very often that a trivial subgoal can be solved in a less than
one line tactic. For instance, the tactic:
@@ -2131,14 +2128,14 @@ one line tactic. For instance, the tactic:
:name: last
tries to solve the last subgoal generated by the first
-tactic using the given second tactic , and fails if it does not succeeds.
-Its analogous
+tactic using the given second tactic, and fails if it does not succeed.
+Its analogue
.. tacn:: @tactic ; first by @tactic
:name: first
tries to solve the first subgoal generated by the first tactic using the
-second given tactic, and fails if it does not succeeds.
+second given tactic, and fails if it does not succeed.
|SSR| also offers an extension of this facility, by supplying
tactics to *permute* the subgoals generated by a tactic. The tactic:
@@ -2259,14 +2256,14 @@ For instance, the tactic:
tactic; do 1? rewrite mult_comm.
-rewrites at most one time the lemma ``mult_com`` in all the subgoals
+rewrites at most one time the lemma ``mult_comm`` in all the subgoals
generated by tactic , whereas the tactic:
.. coqtop:: in
tactic; do 2! rewrite mult_comm.
-rewrites exactly two times the lemma ``mult_com`` in all the subgoals
+rewrites exactly two times the lemma ``mult_comm`` in all the subgoals
generated by tactic, and fails if this rewrite is not possible in some
subgoal.
@@ -2335,10 +2332,10 @@ to the following one:
.. tacv:: @tactic in {+ @clear_switch | {? @ } @ident | ( @ident ) | ( {? @ } @ident := @c_pattern ) } {? * }
In its simplest form the last option lets one rename hypotheses that
-can’t be cleared (like section variables). For example ``(y := x)``
+can’t be cleared (like section variables). For example, ``(y := x)``
generalizes over ``x`` and reintroduces the generalized variable under the
name ``y`` (and does not clear ``x``).
-For a more precise description this form of localization refer
+For a more precise description of this form of localization refer
to :ref:`advanced_generalization_ssr`.
@@ -2351,7 +2348,7 @@ Forward reasoning structures the script by explicitly specifying some
assumptions to be added to the proof context. It is closely associated
with the declarative style of proof, since an extensive use of these
highlighted statements make the script closer to a (very detailed)
-text book proof.
+textbook proof.
Forward chaining tactics allow to state an intermediate lemma and start a
piece of script dedicated to the proof of this statement. The use of closing
@@ -2492,7 +2489,7 @@ also supported (assuming x occurs in the goal only):
have {x} -> : x = y.
-An other frequent use of the intro patterns combined with ``have`` is the
+Another frequent use of the intro patterns combined with ``have`` is the
destruction of existential assumptions like in the tactic:
.. example::
@@ -2845,8 +2842,8 @@ term -> G.
If the optional list of :token:`itent` is present
on the left side of ``/``, these constants are generalized in the
-premise (term -> G) of the first subgoal. By default the body of local
-definitions is erased. This behavior can be inhibited prefixing the
+premise (term -> G) of the first subgoal. By default bodies of local
+definitions are erased. This behavior can be inhibited by prefixing the
name of the local definition with the ``@`` character.
In the second subgoal, the tactic:
@@ -2936,7 +2933,7 @@ renaming does not require the original variable to be cleared.
The syntax ``(@x := y)`` generates a let-in abstraction but with the
following caveat: ``x`` will not bind ``y``, but its body, whenever ``y`` can be
-unfolded. This cover the case of both local and global definitions, as
+unfolded. This covers the case of both local and global definitions, as
illustrated in the following example.
.. example::
@@ -3035,7 +3032,7 @@ operation should be performed:
specifies if and how the
rewrite operation should be repeated.
+ A rewrite operation matches the occurrences of a *rewrite pattern*,
- and replaces these occurrences by an other term, according to the
+ and replaces these occurrences by another term, according to the
given :token:`r_item`. The optional *redex switch* ``[r_pattern]``,
which should
always be surrounded by brackets, gives explicitly this rewrite
@@ -3329,7 +3326,7 @@ The rewrite tactic can be provided a *tuple* of rewrite rules, or more
generally a tree of such rules, since this tuple can feature arbitrary
inner parentheses. We call *multirule* such a generalized rewrite
rule. This feature is of special interest when it is combined with
-multiplier switches, which makes the rewrite tactic iterates the
+multiplier switches, which makes the rewrite tactic iterate the
rewrite operations prescribed by the rules on the current goal.
@@ -3473,7 +3470,7 @@ efficient ones, e.g. for the purpose of a correctness proof.
Wildcards vs abstractions
`````````````````````````
-The rewrite tactic supports :token:`r_items` containing holes. For example in
+The rewrite tactic supports :token:`r_items` containing holes. For example, in
the tactic ``rewrite (_ : _ * 0 = 0).``
the term ``_ * 0 = 0`` is interpreted as ``forall n : nat, n * 0 = 0.``
Anyway this tactic is *not* equivalent to
@@ -3736,8 +3733,8 @@ replaces the occurrence(s) of :token:`ident` coded by the
We found that it was usually preferable to prevent the expansion of
some functions by the partial evaluation switch ``/=``, unless this
-allowed the evaluation of a condition. This is possible thanks to an
-other mechanism of term tagging, resting on the following *Notation*:
+allowed the evaluation of a condition. This is possible thanks to another
+mechanism of term tagging, resting on the following *Notation*:
.. coqtop:: in
@@ -3781,7 +3778,7 @@ arithmetic operations. We define for instance:
The operation ``addn`` behaves exactly like ``plus``, except that
``(addn (S n) m)`` will not simplify spontaneously to
-``(S (addn n m))`` (the two terms, however, are inter-convertible).
+``(S (addn n m))`` (the two terms, however, are convertible).
In addition, the unfolding step: ``rewrite /addn``
will replace ``addn`` directly with ``plus``, so the ``nosimpl`` form is
essentially invisible.
@@ -3792,7 +3789,7 @@ essentially invisible.
Congruence
~~~~~~~~~~
-Because of the way matching interferes with type families parameters,
+Because of the way matching interferes with parameters of type families,
the tactic:
.. coqtop:: in
@@ -3912,8 +3909,8 @@ The simple form of patterns used so far, terms possibly containing
wild cards, often require an additional :token:`occ_switch` to be specified.
While this may work pretty fine for small goals, the use of
polymorphic functions and dependent types may lead to an invisible
-duplication of functions arguments. These copies usually end up in
-types hidden by the implicit arguments machinery or by user defined
+duplication of function arguments. These copies usually end up in
+types hidden by the implicit arguments machinery or by user-defined
notations. In these situations computing the right occurrence numbers
is very tedious because they must be counted on the goal as printed
after setting the Printing All flag. Moreover the resulting script is
@@ -3981,7 +3978,7 @@ pattern for the redex looking at the rule used for rewriting.
The first :token:`c_pattern` is the simplest form matching any context but
selecting a specific redex and has been described in the previous
sections. We have seen so far that the possibility of selecting a
-redex using a term with holes is already a powerful mean of redex
+redex using a term with holes is already a powerful means of redex
selection. Similarly, any terms provided by the user in the more
complex forms of :token:`c_patterns`
presented in the tables above can contain
@@ -4064,7 +4061,7 @@ Contextual pattern in set and the : tactical
As already mentioned in section :ref:`abbreviations_ssr` the ``set``
tactic takes as an
argument a term in open syntax. This term is interpreted as the
-simplest for of :token:`c_pattern`. To void confusion in the grammar, open
+simplest form of :token:`c_pattern`. To avoid confusion in the grammar, open
syntax is supported only for the simplest form of patterns, while
parentheses are required around more complex patterns.
@@ -4086,17 +4083,17 @@ parentheses are required around more complex patterns.
set t := (a + _ in X in _ = X).
-Since the user may define an infix notation for ``in`` the former tactic
-may result ambiguous. The disambiguation rule implemented is to prefer
+Since the user may define an infix notation for ``in`` the result of the former
+tactic may be ambiguous. The disambiguation rule implemented is to prefer
patterns over simple terms, but to interpret a pattern with double
-parentheses as a simple term. For example the following tactic would
+parentheses as a simple term. For example, the following tactic would
capture any occurrence of the term ``a in A``.
.. coqtop:: in
set t := ((a in A)).
-Contextual pattern can also be used as arguments of the ``:`` tactical.
+Contextual patterns can also be used as arguments of the ``:`` tactical.
For example:
.. coqtop:: in
@@ -4139,7 +4136,7 @@ Contextual patterns in rewrite
Note that the right hand side of ``addn0`` is undetermined, but the
rewrite pattern specifies the redex explicitly. The right hand side
- of ``addn0`` is unified with the term identified by ``X``, ``0`` here.
+ of ``addn0`` is unified with the term identified by ``X``, here ``0``.
The following pattern does not specify a redex, since it identifies an
@@ -4269,7 +4266,7 @@ generation (see section :ref:`generation_of_equations_ssr`).
.. example::
- The following script illustrate a toy example of this feature. Let us
+ The following script illustrates a toy example of this feature. Let us
define a function adding an element at the end of a list:
.. coqtop:: reset
@@ -4283,7 +4280,7 @@ generation (see section :ref:`generation_of_equations_ssr`).
.. coqtop:: all
Variable d : Type.
- Fixpoint add_last(s : list d) (z : d) {struct s} : list d :=
+ Fixpoint add_last (s : list d) (z : d) {struct s} : list d :=
if s is cons x s' then cons x (add_last s' z) else z :: nil.
One can define an alternative, reversed, induction principle on
@@ -4296,7 +4293,7 @@ generation (see section :ref:`generation_of_equations_ssr`).
forall s : list d, P s.
Then the combination of elimination views with equation names result
- in a concise syntax for reasoning inductively using the user defined
+ in a concise syntax for reasoning inductively using the user-defined
elimination scheme.
.. coqtop:: all
@@ -4305,8 +4302,8 @@ generation (see section :ref:`generation_of_equations_ssr`).
elim/last_ind_list E : l=> [| u v]; last first.
-User provided eliminators (potentially generated with the ``Function``
-|Coq|’s command) can be combined with the type family switches described
+User-provided eliminators (potentially generated with |Coq|’s ``Function``
+command) can be combined with the type family switches described
in section :ref:`type_families_ssr`.
Consider an eliminator ``foo_ind`` of type:
@@ -4341,7 +4338,7 @@ The ``elim/`` tactic distinguishes two cases:
As explained in section :ref:`type_families_ssr`, the initial prefix of
``ei`` can be omitted.
-Here an example of a regular, but non trivial, eliminator.
+Here is an example of a regular, but nontrivial, eliminator.
.. example::
@@ -4423,7 +4420,7 @@ Here an example of a regular, but non trivial, eliminator.
``P`` should be the same as the second argument of ``plus``, in the
second argument of ``P``, but ``y`` and ``z`` do no unify.
-Here an example of a truncated eliminator:
+Here is an example of a truncated eliminator:
.. example::
@@ -4481,7 +4478,7 @@ Interpreting assumptions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Interpreting an assumption in the context of a proof consists in
-applying it a lemma before generalizing, and/or decomposing this
+applying to it a lemma before generalizing, and/or decomposing this
assumption. For instance, with the extensive use of boolean reflection
(see section :ref:`views_and_reflection_ssr`.4), it is quite frequent
to need to decompose the logical interpretation of (the boolean
@@ -4689,7 +4686,7 @@ the bookkeeping tactical ``=>`` since this would be redundant with the
Boolean reflection
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-In the Calculus of Inductive Construction, there is an obvious
+In the Calculus of Inductive Constructions, there is an obvious
distinction between logical propositions and boolean values. On the
one hand, logical propositions are objects of *sort* ``Prop`` which is
the carrier of intuitionistic reasoning. Logical connectives in
@@ -5002,7 +4999,7 @@ but they also allow complex transformation, involving negations.
Note that views, being part of :token:`i_pattern`, can be used to interpret
assertions too. For example the following script asserts ``a && b`` but
-actually used its propositional interpretation.
+actually uses its propositional interpretation.
.. example::
@@ -5038,7 +5035,7 @@ applied to a goal ``top`` is interpreted in the following way:
Like assumption interpretation view hints, goal interpretation ones
-are user defined lemmas stored (see section :ref:`views_and_reflection_ssr`) in the ``Hint View``
+are user-defined lemmas stored (see section :ref:`views_and_reflection_ssr`) in the ``Hint View``
database bridging the possible gap between the type of ``term`` and the
type of the goal.
@@ -5132,7 +5129,7 @@ See the files ``ssreflect.v`` and ``ssrbool.v`` for examples.
Multiple views
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-The hypotheses and the goal can be interpreted applying multiple views
+The hypotheses and the goal can be interpreted by applying multiple views
in sequence. Both move and apply can be followed by an arbitrary
number of ``/term``. The main difference between the following two
tactics
@@ -5189,7 +5186,7 @@ equivalences are indeed taken into account, otherwise only single
.. cmd:: Search {? @pattern } {* {? - } %( @string %| @pattern %) {? % @ident} } {? in {+ {? - } @qualid } }
-where :token:`qualid` is the name of an open module. This command search returns
+where :token:`qualid` is the name of an open module. This command returns
the list of lemmas:
@@ -5214,7 +5211,7 @@ Note that:
+ As for regular terms, patterns can feature scope indications. For
instance, the command: ``Search _ (_ + _)%N.`` lists all the lemmas whose
- statement (conclusion or hypotheses) involve an application of the
+ statement (conclusion or hypotheses) involves an application of the
binary operation denoted by the infix ``+`` symbol in the ``N`` scope (which is
|SSR| scope for natural numbers).
+ Patterns with holes should be surrounded by parentheses.
@@ -5491,7 +5488,7 @@ prenex implicits declaration see :ref:`parametric_polymorphism_ssr`
used for such generated names.
.. [#7] More precisely, it should have a quantified inductive type with a
assumptions and m − a constructors.
-.. [#8] This is an implementation feature: there is not such obstruction
+.. [#8] This is an implementation feature: there is no such obstruction
in the metatheory
.. [#9] The current state of the proof shall be displayed by the Show
Proof command of |Coq| proof mode.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst
index da34e3b55b..2af73c28e5 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/tactics.rst
@@ -1635,7 +1635,7 @@ analysis on inductive or co-inductive objects (see :ref:`TODO-4.5`).
.. tacv:: elim @term using @term
.. tacv:: elim @term using @term with @bindings_list
- Allows the user to give explicitly an elimination predicate :n:`@term` that
+ Allows the user to give explicitly an induction principle :n:`@term` that
is not the standard one for the underlying inductive type of :n:`@term`. The
:n:`@bindings_list` clause allows instantiating premises of the type of
:n:`@term`.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/vernacular-commands.rst b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/vernacular-commands.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0bb6eea233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/sphinx/proof-engine/vernacular-commands.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,1414 @@
+.. include:: ../preamble.rst
+.. include:: ../replaces.rst
+
+.. _vernacularcommands:
+
+Vernacular commands
+=============================
+
+.. _displaying:
+
+Displaying
+--------------
+
+
+.. _Print:
+
+.. cmd:: Print @qualid.
+
+This command displays on the screen information about the declared or
+defined object referred by :n:`@qualid`.
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: @qualid not a defined object
+
+.. exn:: Universe instance should have length :n:`num`.
+
+.. exn:: This object does not support universe names.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Print Term @qualid.
+
+This is a synonym to ``Print`` :n:`@qualid` when :n:`@qualid`
+denotes a global constant.
+
+.. cmdv:: About @qualid.
+
+This displays various information about the object
+denoted by :n:`@qualid`: its kind (module, constant, assumption, inductive,
+constructor, abbreviation, …), long name, type, implicit arguments and
+argument scopes. It does not print the body of definitions or proofs.
+
+.. cmdv:: Print @qualid\@@name
+
+This locally renames the polymorphic universes of :n:`@qualid`.
+An underscore means the raw universe is printed.
+This form can be used with ``Print Term`` and ``About``.
+
+.. cmd:: Print All.
+
+This command displays information about the current state of the
+environment, including sections and modules.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Inspect @num.
+
+This command displays the :n:`@num` last objects of the
+current environment, including sections and modules.
+
+.. cmdv:: Print Section @ident.
+
+The name :n:`@ident` should correspond to a currently open section,
+this command displays the objects defined since the beginning of this
+section.
+
+
+.. _flags-options-tables:
+
+Flags, Options and Tables
+-----------------------------
+
+|Coq| configurability is based on flags (e.g. Set Printing All in
+Section :ref:`TODO-2.9-printing-full`), options (e.g. ``Set Printing Widthinteger`` in Section
+:ref:`TODO-6.9.6-set-printing-width`), or tables (e.g. ``Add Printing Record ident``, in Section
+:ref:`TODO-2.2.4-add-printing-record`). The names of flags, options and tables are made of non-empty sequences of identifiers
+(conventionally with capital initial
+letter). The general commands handling flags, options and tables are
+given below.
+
+.. TODO : flag is not a syntax entry
+
+.. cmd:: Set @flag.
+
+This command switches :n:`@flag` on. The original state of :n:`@flag` is restored
+when the current module ends.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Local Set @flag.
+
+This command switches :n:`@flag` on. The original state
+of :n:`@flag` is restored when the current *section* ends.
+
+.. cmdv:: Global Set @flag.
+
+This command switches :n:`@flag` on. The original state
+of :n:`@flag` is *not* restored at the end of the module. Additionally, if
+set in a file, :n:`@flag` is switched on when the file is `Require`-d.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset @flag.
+
+This command switches :n:`@flag` off. The original state of :n:`@flag` is restored
+when the current module ends.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+.. cmdv:: Local Unset @flag.
+
+This command switches :n:`@flag` off. The original
+state of :n:`@flag` is restored when the current *section* ends.
+
+.. cmdv:: Global Unset @flag.
+
+This command switches :n:`@flag` off. The original
+state of :n:`@flag` is *not* restored at the end of the module. Additionally,
+if set in a file, :n:`@flag` is switched off when the file is `Require`-d.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Test @flag.
+
+This command prints whether :n:`@flag` is on or off.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set @option @value.
+
+This command sets :n:`@option` to :n:`@value`. The original value of ` option` is
+restored when the current module ends.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+.. TODO : option and value are not syntax entries
+
+.. cmdv:: Local Set @option @value.
+
+This command sets :n:`@option` to :n:`@value`. The
+original value of :n:`@option` is restored at the end of the module.
+
+.. cmdv:: Global Set @option @value.
+
+This command sets :n:`@option` to :n:`@value`. The
+original value of :n:`@option` is *not* restored at the end of the module.
+Additionally, if set in a file, :n:`@option` is set to value when the file
+is `Require`-d.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset @option.
+
+This command resets option to its default value.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Local Unset @option.
+
+This command resets :n:`@option` to its default
+value. The original state of :n:`@option` is restored when the current
+*section* ends.
+
+.. cmdv:: Global Unset @option.
+
+This command resets :n:`@option` to its default
+value. The original state of :n:`@option` is *not* restored at the end of the
+module. Additionally, if unset in a file, :n:`@option` is reset to its
+default value when the file is `Require`-d.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Test @option.
+
+This command prints the current value of :n:`@option`.
+
+
+.. TODO : table is not a syntax entry
+
+.. cmd:: Add @table @value.
+.. cmd:: Remove @table @value.
+.. cmd:: Test @table @value.
+.. cmd:: Test @table for @value.
+.. cmd:: Print Table @table.
+
+These are general commands for tables.
+
+.. cmd:: Print Options.
+
+This command lists all available flags, options and tables.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Print Tables.
+
+This is a synonymous of ``Print Options``.
+
+
+.. _requests-to-the-environment:
+
+Requests to the environment
+-------------------------------
+
+.. cmd:: Check @term.
+
+This command displays the type of :n:`@term`. When called in proof mode, the
+term is checked in the local context of the current subgoal.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+.. TODO : selector is not a syntax entry
+
+.. cmdv:: @selector: Check @term.
+
+specifies on which subgoal to perform typing
+(see Section :ref:`TODO-8.1-invocation-of-tactics`).
+
+.. TODO : convtactic is not a syntax entry
+
+.. cmd:: Eval @convtactic in @term.
+
+This command performs the specified reduction on :n:`@term`, and displays
+the resulting term with its type. The term to be reduced may depend on
+hypothesis introduced in the first subgoal (if a proof is in
+progress).
+
+
+See also: Section :ref:`TODO-8.7-performing-computations`.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Compute @term.
+
+This command performs a call-by-value evaluation of term by using the
+bytecode-based virtual machine. It is a shortcut for ``Eval vm_compute in``
+:n:`@term`.
+
+
+See also: Section :ref:`TODO-8.7-performing-computations`.
+
+
+.. cmd::Extraction @term.
+
+This command displays the extracted term from :n:`@term`. The extraction is
+processed according to the distinction between ``Set`` and ``Prop``; that is
+to say, between logical and computational content (see Section
+:ref:`TODO-4.1.1-sorts`). The extracted term is displayed in OCaml
+syntax,
+where global identifiers are still displayed as in |Coq| terms.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Recursive Extraction {+ @qualid }.
+
+Recursively extracts all
+the material needed for the extraction of the qualified identifiers.
+
+
+See also: Chapter ref:`TODO-23-chapter-extraction`.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Print Assumptions @qualid.
+
+This commands display all the assumptions (axioms, parameters and
+variables) a theorem or definition depends on. Especially, it informs
+on the assumptions with respect to which the validity of a theorem
+relies.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Print Opaque Dependencies @qualid.
+
+Displays the set of opaque constants :n:`@qualid` relies on in addition to
+the assumptions.
+
+.. cmdv:: Print Transparent Dependencies @qualid.
+
+Displays the set of
+transparent constants :n:`@qualid` relies on in addition to the assumptions.
+
+.. cmdv:: Print All Dependencies @qualid.
+
+Displays all assumptions and constants :n:`@qualid` relies on.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Search @qualid.
+
+This command displays the name and type of all objects (hypothesis of
+the current goal, theorems, axioms, etc) of the current context whose
+statement contains :n:`@qualid`. This command is useful to remind the user
+of the name of library lemmas.
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: The reference @qualid was not found in the current environment
+
+There is no constant in the environment named qualid.
+
+Variants:
+
+.. cmdv:: Search @string.
+
+If :n:`@string` is a valid identifier, this command
+displays the name and type of all objects (theorems, axioms, etc) of
+the current context whose name contains string. If string is a
+notation’s string denoting some reference :n:`@qualid` (referred to by its
+main symbol as in `"+"` or by its notation’s string as in `"_ + _"` or
+`"_ 'U' _"`, see Section :ref:`TODO-12.1-notations`), the command works like ``Search`` :n:`@qualid`.
+
+.. cmdv:: Search @string%@key.
+
+The string string must be a notation or the main
+symbol of a notation which is then interpreted in the scope bound to
+the delimiting key :n:`@key` (see Section :ref:`TODO-12.2.2-local-interpretation-rules-for-notations`).
+
+.. cmdv:: Search @term_pattern.
+
+This searches for all statements or types of
+definition that contains a subterm that matches the pattern
+`term_pattern` (holes of the pattern are either denoted by `_` or by
+`?ident` when non linear patterns are expected).
+
+.. cmdv:: Search { + [-]@term_pattern_string }.
+
+where
+:n:`@term_pattern_string` is a term_pattern, a string, or a string followed
+by a scope delimiting key `%key`. This generalization of ``Search`` searches
+for all objects whose statement or type contains a subterm matching
+:n:`@term_pattern` (or :n:`@qualid` if :n:`@string` is the notation for a reference
+qualid) and whose name contains all string of the request that
+correspond to valid identifiers. If a term_pattern or a string is
+prefixed by `-`, the search excludes the objects that mention that
+term_pattern or that string.
+
+.. cmdv:: Search @term_pattern_string … @term_pattern_string inside {+ @qualid } .
+
+This restricts the search to constructions defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+.. cmdv:: Search @term_pattern_string … @term_pattern_string outside {+ @qualid }.
+
+This restricts the search to constructions not defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+.. cmdv:: @selector: Search [-]@term_pattern_string … [-]@term_pattern_string.
+
+This specifies the goal on which to search hypothesis (see
+Section :ref:`TODO-8.1-invocation-of-tactics`).
+By default the 1st goal is searched. This variant can
+be combined with other variants presented here.
+
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Require Import ZArith.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Search Z.mul Z.add "distr".
+
+ Search "+"%Z "*"%Z "distr" -positive -Prop.
+
+ Search (?x * _ + ?x * _)%Z outside OmegaLemmas.
+
+.. note:: Up to |Coq| version 8.4, ``Search`` had the behavior of current
+``SearchHead`` and the behavior of current Search was obtained with
+command ``SearchAbout``. For compatibility, the deprecated name
+SearchAbout can still be used as a synonym of Search. For
+compatibility, the list of objects to search when using ``SearchAbout``
+may also be enclosed by optional[ ] delimiters.
+
+
+.. cmd:: SearchHead @term.
+
+This command displays the name and type of all hypothesis of the
+current goal (if any) and theorems of the current context whose
+statement’s conclusion has the form `(term t1 .. tn)`. This command is
+useful to remind the user of the name of library lemmas.
+
+
+
+.. coqtop:: reset all
+
+ SearchHead le.
+
+ SearchHead (@eq bool).
+
+
+Variants:
+
+.. cmdv:: SearchHead @term inside {+ @qualid }.
+
+This restricts the search to constructions defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+.. cmdv:: SearchHead term outside {+ @qualid }.
+
+This restricts the search to constructions not defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: Module/section @qualid not found
+
+No module :n:`@qualid` has been required
+(see Section :ref:`TODO-6.5.1-require`).
+
+.. cmdv:: @selector: SearchHead @term.
+
+This specifies the goal on which to
+search hypothesis (see Section :ref:`TODO-8.1-invocation-of-tactics`).
+By default the 1st goal is
+searched. This variant can be combined with other variants presented
+here.
+
+.. note:: Up to |Coq| version 8.4, ``SearchHead`` was named ``Search``.
+
+
+.. cmd:: SearchPattern @term.
+
+This command displays the name and type of all hypothesis of the
+current goal (if any) and theorems of the current context whose
+statement’s conclusion or last hypothesis and conclusion matches the
+expressionterm where holes in the latter are denoted by `_`.
+It is a
+variant of Search @term_pattern that does not look for subterms but
+searches for statements whose conclusion has exactly the expected
+form, or whose statement finishes by the given series of
+hypothesis/conclusion.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Require Import Arith.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ SearchPattern (_ + _ = _ + _).
+
+ SearchPattern (nat -> bool).
+
+ SearchPattern (forall l : list _, _ l l).
+
+Patterns need not be linear: you can express that the same expression
+must occur in two places by using pattern variables `?ident`.
+
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ SearchPattern (?X1 + _ = _ + ?X1).
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: SearchPattern @term inside {+ @qualid } .
+
+This restricts the search to constructions defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+.. cmdv:: SearchPattern @term outside {+ @qualid }.
+
+This restricts the search to constructions not defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+.. cmdv:: @selector: SearchPattern @term.
+
+This specifies the goal on which to
+search hypothesis (see Section :ref:`TODO-8.1-invocation-of-tactics`). By default the 1st goal is
+searched. This variant can be combined with other variants presented
+here.
+
+
+
+.. cmdv:: SearchRewrite @term.
+
+This command displays the name and type of all hypothesis of the
+current goal (if any) and theorems of the current context whose
+statement’s conclusion is an equality of which one side matches the
+expression term. Holes in term are denoted by “_”.
+
+.. coqtop:: in
+
+ Require Import Arith.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ SearchRewrite (_ + _ + _).
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: SearchRewrite term inside {+ @qualid }.
+
+This restricts the search to constructions defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+.. cmdv:: SearchRewrite @term outside {+ @qualid }.
+
+This restricts the search to constructions not defined in the modules named by the given :n:`qualid` sequence.
+
+.. cmdv:: @selector: SearchRewrite @term.
+
+This specifies the goal on which to
+search hypothesis (see Section :ref:`TODO-8.1-invocation-of-tactics`). By default the 1st goal is
+searched. This variant can be combined with other variants presented
+here.
+
+.. note::
+
+ For the ``Search``, ``SearchHead``, ``SearchPattern`` and ``SearchRewrite``
+ queries, it
+ is possible to globally filter the search results via the command
+ ``Add Search Blacklist`` :n:`@substring`. A lemma whose fully-qualified name
+ contains any of the declared substrings will be removed from the
+ search results. The default blacklisted substrings are ``_subproof``
+ ``Private_``. The command ``Remove Search Blacklist ...`` allows expunging
+ this blacklist.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Locate @qualid.
+
+This command displays the full name of objects whose name is a prefix
+of the qualified identifier :n:`@qualid`, and consequently the |Coq| module in
+which they are defined. It searches for objects from the different
+qualified name spaces of |Coq|: terms, modules, Ltac, etc.
+
+.. coqtop:: none
+
+ Set Printing Depth 50.
+
+.. coqtop:: all
+
+ Locate nat.
+
+ Locate Datatypes.O.
+
+ Locate Init.Datatypes.O.
+
+ Locate Coq.Init.Datatypes.O.
+
+ Locate I.Dont.Exist.
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Locate Term @qualid.
+
+As Locate but restricted to terms.
+
+.. cmdv:: Locate Module @qualid.
+
+As Locate but restricted to modules.
+
+.. cmdv:: Locate Ltac @qualid.
+
+As Locate but restricted to tactics.
+
+
+See also: Section :ref:`TODO-12.1.10-LocateSymbol`
+
+
+.. _loading-files:
+
+Loading files
+-----------------
+
+|Coq| offers the possibility of loading different parts of a whole
+development stored in separate files. Their contents will be loaded as
+if they were entered from the keyboard. This means that the loaded
+files are ASCII files containing sequences of commands for |Coq|’s
+toplevel. This kind of file is called a *script* for |Coq|. The standard
+(and default) extension of |Coq|’s script files is .v.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Load @ident.
+
+This command loads the file named :n:`ident`.v, searching successively in
+each of the directories specified in the *loadpath*. (see Section
+:ref:`TODO-2.6.3-libraries-and-filesystem`)
+
+Files loaded this way cannot leave proofs open, and the ``Load``
+command cannot be used inside a proof either.
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Load @string.
+
+Loads the file denoted by the string :n:`@string`, where
+string is any complete filename. Then the `~` and .. abbreviations are
+allowed as well as shell variables. If no extension is specified, |Coq|
+will use the default extension ``.v``.
+
+.. cmdv:: Load Verbose @ident.
+
+.. cmdv:: Load Verbose @string.
+
+Display, while loading,
+the answers of |Coq| to each command (including tactics) contained in
+the loaded file See also: Section :ref:`TODO-6.9.1-silent`.
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: Can’t find file @ident on loadpath
+
+.. exn:: Load is not supported inside proofs
+
+.. exn:: Files processed by Load cannot leave open proofs
+
+.. _compiled-files:
+
+Compiled files
+------------------
+
+This section describes the commands used to load compiled files (see
+Chapter :ref:`TODO-14-coq-commands` for documentation on how to compile a file). A compiled
+file is a particular case of module called *library file*.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Require @qualid.
+
+This command looks in the loadpath for a file containing module :n:`@qualid`
+and adds the corresponding module to the environment of |Coq|. As
+library files have dependencies in other library files, the command
+``Require`` :n:`@qualid` recursively requires all library files the module
+qualid depends on and adds the corresponding modules to the
+environment of |Coq| too. |Coq| assumes that the compiled files have been
+produced by a valid |Coq| compiler and their contents are then not
+replayed nor rechecked.
+
+To locate the file in the file system, :n:`@qualid` is decomposed under the
+form `dirpath.ident` and the file `ident.vo` is searched in the physical
+directory of the file system that is mapped in |Coq| loadpath to the
+logical path dirpath (see Section :ref:`TODO-2.6.3-libraries-and-filesystem`). The mapping between
+physical directories and logical names at the time of requiring the
+file must be consistent with the mapping used to compile the file. If
+several files match, one of them is picked in an unspecified fashion.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+.. cmdv:: Require Import @qualid.
+
+This loads and declares the module :n:`@qualid`
+and its dependencies then imports the contents of :n:`@qualid` as described
+in Section :ref:`TODO-2.5.8-import`.It does not import the modules on which
+qualid depends unless these modules were themselves required in module
+:n:`@qualid`
+using ``Require Export``, as described below, or recursively required
+through a sequence of ``Require Export``. If the module required has
+already been loaded, ``Require Import`` :n:`@qualid` simply imports it, as ``Import``
+:n:`@qualid` would.
+
+.. cmdv:: Require Export @qualid.
+
+This command acts as ``Require Import`` :n:`@qualid`,
+but if a further module, say `A`, contains a command ``Require Export`` `B`,
+then the command ``Require Import`` `A` also imports the module `B.`
+
+.. cmdv:: Require [Import | Export] {+ @qualid }.
+
+This loads the
+modules named by the :n:`qualid` sequence and their recursive
+dependencies. If
+``Import`` or ``Export`` is given, it also imports these modules and
+all the recursive dependencies that were marked or transitively marked
+as ``Export``.
+
+.. cmdv:: From @dirpath Require @qualid.
+
+This command acts as ``Require``, but picks
+any library whose absolute name is of the form dirpath.dirpath’.qualid
+for some `dirpath’`. This is useful to ensure that the :n:`@qualid` library
+comes from a given package by making explicit its absolute root.
+
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: Cannot load qualid: no physical path bound to dirpath
+
+.. exn:: Cannot find library foo in loadpath
+
+The command did not find the
+file foo.vo. Either foo.v exists but is not compiled or foo.vo is in a
+directory which is not in your LoadPath (see Section :ref:`TODO-2.6.3-libraries-and-filesystem`).
+
+.. exn:: Compiled library ident.vo makes inconsistent assumptions over library qualid
+
+The command tried to load library file `ident.vo` that
+depends on some specific version of library :n:`@qualid` which is not the
+one already loaded in the current |Coq| session. Probably `ident.v` was
+not properly recompiled with the last version of the file containing
+module :n:`@qualid`.
+
+.. exn:: Bad magic number
+
+The file `ident.vo` was found but either it is not a
+|Coq| compiled module, or it was compiled with an incompatible
+version of |Coq|.
+
+.. exn:: The file `ident.vo` contains library dirpath and not library dirpath’
+
+The library file `dirpath’` is indirectly required by the
+``Require`` command but it is bound in the current loadpath to the
+file `ident.vo` which was bound to a different library name `dirpath` at
+the time it was compiled.
+
+
+.. exn:: Require is not allowed inside a module or a module type
+
+This command
+is not allowed inside a module or a module type being defined. It is
+meant to describe a dependency between compilation units. Note however
+that the commands Import and Export alone can be used inside modules
+(see Section :ref:`TODO-2.5.8-import`).
+
+
+
+See also: Chapter :ref:`TODO-14-coq-commands`
+
+
+.. cmd:: Print Libraries.
+
+This command displays the list of library files loaded in the
+current |Coq| session. For each of these libraries, it also tells if it
+is imported.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Declare ML Module {+ @string } .
+
+This commands loads the OCaml compiled files
+with names given by the :n:`@string` sequence
+(dynamic link). It is mainly used to load tactics dynamically. The
+files are searched into the current OCaml loadpath (see the
+command ``Add ML Path`` in Section :ref:`TODO-2.6.3-libraries-and-filesystem`). Loading of OCaml files is only possible under the bytecode version of ``coqtop`` (i.e.
+``coqtop`` called with option ``-byte``, see chapter :ref:`TODO-14-coq-commands`), or when |Coq| has been compiled with a
+version of OCaml that supports native Dynlink (≥ 3.11).
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Local Declare ML Module {+ @string }.
+
+This variant is not
+exported to the modules that import the module where they occur, even
+if outside a section.
+
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: File not found on loadpath : @string
+
+.. exn:: Loading of ML object file forbidden in a native |Coq|
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Print ML Modules.
+
+This prints the name of all OCaml modules loaded with ``Declare
+ML Module``. To know from where these module were loaded, the user
+should use the command Locate File (see Section :ref:`TODO-6.6.10-locate-file`)
+
+
+.. _loadpath:
+
+Loadpath
+------------
+
+Loadpaths are preferably managed using |Coq| command line options (see
+Section `2.6.3-libraries-and-filesystem`) but there remain vernacular commands to manage them
+for practical purposes. Such commands are only meant to be issued in
+the toplevel, and using them in source files is discouraged.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Pwd.
+
+This command displays the current working directory.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Cd @string.
+
+This command changes the current directory according to :n:`@string` which
+can be any valid path.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Cd.
+
+Is equivalent to Pwd.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Add LoadPath @string as @dirpath.
+
+This command is equivalent to the command line option
+``-Q`` :n:`@string` :n:`@dirpath`. It adds the physical directory string to the current
+|Coq| loadpath and maps it to the logical directory dirpath.
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Add LoadPath @string.
+
+Performs as Add LoadPath :n:`@string` as :n:`@dirpath` but
+for the empty directory path.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Add Rec LoadPath @string as @dirpath.
+
+This command is equivalent to the command line option
+``-R`` :n:`@string` :n:`@dirpath`. It adds the physical directory string and all its
+subdirectories to the current |Coq| loadpath.
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Add Rec LoadPath @string.
+
+Works as ``Add Rec LoadPath`` :n:`@string` as :n:`@dirpath` but for the empty
+logical directory path.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Remove LoadPath @string.
+
+This command removes the path :n:`@string` from the current |Coq| loadpath.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Print LoadPath.
+
+This command displays the current |Coq| loadpath.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Print LoadPath @dirpath.
+
+Works as ``Print LoadPath`` but displays only
+the paths that extend the :n:`@dirpath` prefix.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Add ML Path @string.
+
+This command adds the path :n:`@string` to the current OCaml
+loadpath (see the command `Declare ML Module`` in Section :ref:`TODO-6.5-compiled-files`).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Add Rec ML Path @string.
+
+This command adds the directory :n:`@string` and all its subdirectories to
+the current OCaml loadpath (see the command ``Declare ML Module``
+in Section :ref:`TODO-6.5-compiled-files`).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Print ML Path @string.
+
+This command displays the current OCaml loadpath. This
+command makes sense only under the bytecode version of ``coqtop``, i.e.
+using option ``-byte``
+(see the command Declare ML Module in Section :ref:`TODO-6.5-compiled-files`).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Locate File @string.
+
+This command displays the location of file string in the current
+loadpath. Typically, string is a .cmo or .vo or .v file.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Locate Library @dirpath.
+
+This command gives the status of the |Coq| module dirpath. It tells if
+the module is loaded and if not searches in the load path for a module
+of logical name :n:`@dirpath`.
+
+
+.. _backtracking:
+
+Backtracking
+----------------
+
+The backtracking commands described in this section can only be used
+interactively, they cannot be part of a vernacular file loaded via
+``Load`` or compiled by ``coqc``.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Reset @ident.
+
+This command removes all the objects in the environment since :n:`@ident`
+was introduced, including :n:`@ident`. :n:`@ident` may be the name of a defined or
+declared object as well as the name of a section. One cannot reset
+over the name of a module or of an object inside a module.
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: @ident: no such entry
+
+Variants:
+
+.. cmd:: Reset Initial.
+
+Goes back to the initial state, just after the start
+of the interactive session.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Back.
+
+This commands undoes all the effects of the last vernacular command.
+Commands read from a vernacular file via a ``Load`` are considered as a
+single command. Proof management commands are also handled by this
+command (see Chapter :ref:`TODO-7-proof-handling`). For that, Back may have to undo more than
+one command in order to reach a state where the proof management
+information is available. For instance, when the last command is a
+``Qed``, the management information about the closed proof has been
+discarded. In this case, ``Back`` will then undo all the proof steps up to
+the statement of this proof.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Back @num.
+
+Undoes :n:`@num` vernacular commands. As for Back, some extra
+commands may be undone in order to reach an adequate state. For
+instance Back :n:`@num` will not re-enter a closed proof, but rather go just
+before that proof.
+
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: Invalid backtrack
+
+The user wants to undo more commands than available in the history.
+
+.. cmd:: BackTo @num.
+
+This command brings back the system to the state labeled :n:`@num`,
+forgetting the effect of all commands executed after this state. The
+state label is an integer which grows after each successful command.
+It is displayed in the prompt when in -emacs mode. Just as ``Back`` (see
+above), the ``BackTo`` command now handles proof states. For that, it may
+have to undo some extra commands and end on a state `num′ ≤ num` if
+necessary.
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Backtrack @num @num @num.
+
+`Backtrack` is a *deprecated* form of
+`BackTo` which allows explicitly manipulating the proof environment. The
+three numbers represent the following:
+
+ + *first number* : State label to reach, as for BackTo.
+ + *second number* : *Proof state number* to unbury once aborts have been done.
+ |Coq| will compute the number of Undo to perform (see Chapter :ref:`TODO-7-proof-handling`).
+ + *third number* : Number of Abort to perform, i.e. the number of currently
+ opened nested proofs that must be canceled (see Chapter :ref:`TODO-7-proof-handling`).
+
+
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: Invalid backtrack
+
+
+The destination state label is unknown.
+
+
+.. _quitting-and-debugging:
+
+Quitting and debugging
+--------------------------
+
+
+.. cmd:: Quit.
+
+This command permits to quit |Coq|.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Drop.
+
+This is used mostly as a debug facility by |Coq|’s implementors and does
+not concern the casual user. This command permits to leave |Coq|
+temporarily and enter the OCaml toplevel. The OCaml
+command:
+
+
+::
+
+ #use "include";;
+
+
+adds the right loadpaths and loads some toplevel printers for all
+abstract types of |Coq|- section_path, identifiers, terms, judgments, ….
+You can also use the file base_include instead, that loads only the
+pretty-printers for section_paths and identifiers. You can return back
+to |Coq| with the command:
+
+
+::
+
+ go();;
+
+
+
+Warnings:
+
+
+#. It only works with the bytecode version of |Coq| (i.e. `coqtop.byte`,
+ see Section `TODO-14.1-interactive-use`).
+#. You must have compiled |Coq| from the source package and set the
+ environment variable COQTOP to the root of your copy of the sources
+ (see Section `14.3.2-customization-by-envionment-variables`).
+
+
+
+.. TODO : command is not a syntax entry
+
+.. cmd:: Time @command.
+
+This command executes the vernacular command :n:`@command` and displays the
+time needed to execute it.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Redirect @string @command.
+
+This command executes the vernacular command :n:`@command`, redirecting its
+output to ":n:`@string`.out".
+
+
+.. cmd:: Timeout @num @command.
+
+This command executes the vernacular command :n:`@command`. If the command
+has not terminated after the time specified by the :n:`@num` (time
+expressed in seconds), then it is interrupted and an error message is
+displayed.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Default Timeout @num.
+
+After using this command, all subsequent commands behave as if they
+were passed to a Timeout command. Commands already starting by a
+`Timeout` are unaffected.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Default Timeout.
+
+This command turns off the use of a default timeout.
+
+.. cmd:: Test Default Timeout.
+
+This command displays whether some default timeout has been set or not.
+
+.. cmd:: Fail @command.
+
+For debugging scripts, sometimes it is desirable to know
+whether a command or a tactic fails. If the given :n:`@command`
+fails, the ``Fail`` statement succeeds, without changing the proof
+state, and in interactive mode, the system
+prints a message confirming the failure.
+If the given :n:`@command` succeeds, the statement is an error, and
+it prints a message indicating that the failure did not occur.
+
+Error messages:
+
+.. exn:: The command has not failed!
+
+.. _controlling-display:
+
+Controlling display
+-----------------------
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Silent.
+
+This command turns off the normal displaying.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Silent.
+
+This command turns the normal display on.
+
+TODO : check that spaces are handled well
+
+.. cmd:: Set Warnings ‘‘(@ident {* , @ident } )’’.
+
+This command configures the display of warnings. It is experimental,
+and expects, between quotes, a comma-separated list of warning names
+or categories. Adding - in front of a warning or category disables it,
+adding + makes it an error. It is possible to use the special
+categories all and default, the latter containing the warnings enabled
+by default. The flags are interpreted from left to right, so in case
+of an overlap, the flags on the right have higher priority, meaning
+that `A,-A` is equivalent to `-A`.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Search Output Name Only.
+
+This command restricts the output of search commands to identifier
+names; turning it on causes invocations of ``Search``, ``SearchHead``,
+``SearchPattern``, ``SearchRewrite`` etc. to omit types from their output,
+printing only identifiers.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Search Output Name Only.
+
+This command turns type display in search results back on.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Printing Width @integer.
+
+This command sets which left-aligned part of the width of the screen
+is used for display.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Printing Width.
+
+This command resets the width of the screen used for display to its
+default value (which is 78 at the time of writing this documentation).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Test Printing Width.
+
+This command displays the current screen width used for display.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Printing Depth @integer.
+
+This command sets the nesting depth of the formatter used for pretty-
+printing. Beyond this depth, display of subterms is replaced by dots.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Printing Depth.
+
+This command resets the nesting depth of the formatter used for
+pretty-printing to its default value (at the time of writing this
+documentation, the default value is 50).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Test Printing Depth.
+
+This command displays the current nesting depth used for display.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Printing Compact Contexts.
+
+This command resets the displaying of goals contexts to non compact
+mode (default at the time of writing this documentation). Non compact
+means that consecutive variables of different types are printed on
+different lines.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Printing Compact Contexts.
+
+This command sets the displaying of goals contexts to compact mode.
+The printer tries to reduce the vertical size of goals contexts by
+putting several variables (even if of different types) on the same
+line provided it does not exceed the printing width (See Set Printing
+Width above).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Test Printing Compact Contexts.
+
+This command displays the current state of compaction of goal.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Printing Unfocused.
+
+This command resets the displaying of goals to focused goals only
+(default). Unfocused goals are created by focusing other goals with
+bullets (see :ref:`TODO-7.2.7-bullets`) or curly braces (see `7.2.6-curly-braces`).
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Printing Unfocused.
+
+This command enables the displaying of unfocused goals. The goals are
+displayed after the focused ones and are distinguished by a separator.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Test Printing Unfocused.
+
+This command displays the current state of unfocused goals display.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Set Printing Dependent Evars Line.
+
+This command enables the printing of the “(dependent evars: …)” line
+when -emacs is passed.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Unset Printing Dependent Evars Line.
+
+This command disables the printing of the “(dependent evars: …)” line
+when -emacs is passed.
+
+
+Controlling the reduction strategies and the conversion algorithm
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+|Coq| provides reduction strategies that the tactics can invoke and two
+different algorithms to check the convertibility of types. The first
+conversion algorithm lazily compares applicative terms while the other
+is a brute-force but efficient algorithm that first normalizes the
+terms before comparing them. The second algorithm is based on a
+bytecode representation of terms similar to the bytecode
+representation used in the ZINC virtual machine [`98`]. It is
+especially useful for intensive computation of algebraic values, such
+as numbers, and for reflection-based tactics. The commands to fine-
+tune the reduction strategies and the lazy conversion algorithm are
+described first.
+
+.. cmd:: Opaque {+ @qualid }.
+
+This command has an effect on unfoldable constants, i.e. on constants
+defined by ``Definition`` or ``Let`` (with an explicit body), or by a command
+assimilated to a definition such as ``Fixpoint``, ``Program Definition``, etc,
+or by a proof ended by ``Defined``. The command tells not to unfold the
+constants in the :n:`@qualid` sequence in tactics using δ-conversion (unfolding
+a constant is replacing it by its definition).
+
+``Opaque`` has also an effect on the conversion algorithm of |Coq|, telling
+it to delay the unfolding of a constant as much as possible when |Coq|
+has to check the conversion (see Section :ref:`TODO-4.3-conversion-rules`) of two distinct
+applied constants.
+
+The scope of ``Opaque`` is limited to the current section, or current
+file, unless the variant ``Global Opaque`` is used.
+
+
+See also: sections :ref:`TODO-8.7-performing-computations`, :ref:`TODO-8.16-automatizing`, :ref:`TODO-7.1-switching-on-off-proof-editing-mode`
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: The reference @qualid was not found in the current environment
+
+There is no constant referred by :n:`@qualid` in the environment.
+Nevertheless, if you asked ``Opaque`` `foo` `bar` and if `bar` does not exist, `foo` is set opaque.
+
+.. cmd:: Transparent {+ @qualid }.
+
+This command is the converse of `Opaque`` and it applies on unfoldable
+constants to restore their unfoldability after an Opaque command.
+
+Note in particular that constants defined by a proof ended by Qed are
+not unfoldable and Transparent has no effect on them. This is to keep
+with the usual mathematical practice of *proof irrelevance*: what
+matters in a mathematical development is the sequence of lemma
+statements, not their actual proofs. This distinguishes lemmas from
+the usual defined constants, whose actual values are of course
+relevant in general.
+
+The scope of Transparent is limited to the current section, or current
+file, unless the variant ``Global Transparent`` is
+used.
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: The reference @qualid was not found in the current environment
+
+There is no constant referred by :n:`@qualid` in the environment.
+
+
+
+See also: sections :ref:`TODO-8.7-performing-computations`, :ref:`TODO-8.16-automatizing`, :ref:`TODO-7.1-switching-on-off-proof-editing-mode`
+
+
+.. cmd:: Strategy @level [ {+ @qualid } ].
+
+This command generalizes the behavior of Opaque and Transparent
+commands. It is used to fine-tune the strategy for unfolding
+constants, both at the tactic level and at the kernel level. This
+command associates a level to the qualified names in the :n:`@qualid`
+sequence. Whenever two
+expressions with two distinct head constants are compared (for
+instance, this comparison can be triggered by a type cast), the one
+with lower level is expanded first. In case of a tie, the second one
+(appearing in the cast type) is expanded.
+
+Levels can be one of the following (higher to lower):
+
+ + ``opaque`` : level of opaque constants. They cannot be expanded by
+ tactics (behaves like +∞, see next item).
+ + :n:`@num` : levels indexed by an integer. Level 0 corresponds to the
+ default behavior, which corresponds to transparent constants. This
+ level can also be referred to as transparent. Negative levels
+ correspond to constants to be expanded before normal transparent
+ constants, while positive levels correspond to constants to be
+ expanded after normal transparent constants.
+ + ``expand`` : level of constants that should be expanded first (behaves
+ like −∞)
+
+
+These directives survive section and module closure, unless the
+command is prefixed by Local. In the latter case, the behavior
+regarding sections and modules is the same as for the ``Transparent`` and
+``Opaque`` commands.
+
+
+.. cmd:: Print Strategy @qualid.
+
+This command prints the strategy currently associated to :n:`@qualid`. It
+fails if :n:`@qualid` is not an unfoldable reference, that is, neither a
+variable nor a constant.
+
+
+Error messages:
+
+
+.. exn:: The reference is not unfoldable.
+
+
+
+Variants:
+
+
+.. cmdv:: Print Strategies.
+
+Print all the currently non-transparent strategies.
+
+
+
+.. cmd:: Declare Reduction @ident := @convtactic.
+
+This command allows giving a short name to a reduction expression, for
+instance lazy beta delta [foo bar]. This short name can then be used
+in ``Eval`` :n:`@ident` ``in`` ... or ``eval`` directives. This command
+accepts the
+Local modifier, for discarding this reduction name at the end of the
+file or module. For the moment the name cannot be qualified. In
+particular declaring the same name in several modules or in several
+functor applications will be refused if these declarations are not
+local. The name :n:`@ident` cannot be used directly as an Ltac tactic, but
+nothing prevents the user to also perform a
+``Ltac`` `ident` ``:=`` `convtactic`.
+
+
+See also: sections :ref:`TODO-8.7-performing-computations`
+
+
+.. _controlling-locality-of-commands:
+
+Controlling the locality of commands
+-----------------------------------------
+
+
+.. cmd:: Local @command.
+.. cmd:: Global @command.
+
+Some commands support a Local or Global prefix modifier to control the
+scope of their effect. There are four kinds of commands:
+
+
++ Commands whose default is to extend their effect both outside the
+ section and the module or library file they occur in. For these
+ commands, the Local modifier limits the effect of the command to the
+ current section or module it occurs in. As an example, the ``Coercion``
+ (see Section :ref:`TODO-2.8-coercions`) and ``Strategy`` (see Section :ref:`TODO-6.10.3-strategy`) commands belong
+ to this category.
++ Commands whose default behavior is to stop their effect at the end
+ of the section they occur in but to extent their effect outside the
+ module or library file they occur in. For these commands, the Local
+ modifier limits the effect of the command to the current module if the
+ command does not occur in a section and the Global modifier extends
+ the effect outside the current sections and current module if the
+ command occurs in a section. As an example, the ``Implicit Arguments`` (see
+ Section :ref:`TODO-2.7-implicit-arguments`), Ltac (see Chapter :ref:`TODO-9-tactic-language`) or ``Notation`` (see Section
+ :ref:`TODO-12.1-notations`) commands belong to this category. Notice that a subclass of
+ these commands do not support extension of their scope outside
+ sections at all and the Global is not applicable to them.
++ Commands whose default behavior is to stop their effect at the end
+ of the section or module they occur in. For these commands, the Global
+ modifier extends their effect outside the sections and modules they
+ occurs in. The ``Transparent`` and ``Opaque`` (see Section :ref:`TODO-6.10-opaque`) commands belong to this category.
++ Commands whose default behavior is to extend their effect outside
+ sections but not outside modules when they occur in a section and to
+ extend their effect outside the module or library file they occur in
+ when no section contains them.For these commands, the Local modifier
+ limits the effect to the current section or module while the Global
+ modifier extends the effect outside the module even when the command
+ occurs in a section. The ``Set`` and ``Unset`` commands belong to this
+ category.
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst b/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst
index 6e6d664475..531295b63a 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/user-extensions/syntax-extensions.rst
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@ parses and prints objects, i.e. the translations between the concrete
and internal representations of terms and commands.
The main commands to provide custom symbolic notations for terms are
-``Notation`` and ``Infix``. They are described in section 12.1. There is also a
+``Notation`` and ``Infix``. They are described in section :ref:`Notations`. There is also a
variant of ``Notation`` which does not modify the parser. This provides with a
form of abbreviation and it is described in Section :ref:`Abbreviations`. It is
sometimes expected that the same symbolic notation has different meanings in
different contexts. To achieve this form of overloading, |Coq| offers a notion
-of interpretation scope. This is described in Section :ref:`scopes`.
+of interpretation scope. This is described in Section :ref:`Scopes`.
The main command to provide custom notations for tactics is ``Tactic Notation``.
It is described in Section :ref:`TacticNotation`.
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ It is described in Section :ref:`TacticNotation`.
Set Printing Depth 50.
+.. _Notations:
+
Notations
---------
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ have to be given.
.. note::
The right-hand side of a notation is interpreted at the time the notation is
- given. In particular, disambiguiation of constants, implicit arguments (see
+ given. In particular, disambiguation of constants, implicit arguments (see
Section :ref:`ImplicitArguments`), coercions (see Section :ref:`Coercions`),
etc. are resolved at the time of the declaration of the notation.
@@ -689,8 +691,7 @@ side. E.g.:
Summary
~~~~~~~
-Syntax of notations
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+**Syntax of notations**
The different syntactic variants of the command Notation are given on the
following figure. The optional :token:`scope` is described in the Section 12.2.
@@ -743,8 +744,7 @@ following figure. The optional :token:`scope` is described in the Section 12.2.
given to some notation, say ``"{ y } & { z }"`` in fact applies to the
underlying ``"{ x }"``\-free rule which is ``"y & z"``).
-Persistence of notations
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+**Persistence of notations**
Notations do not survive the end of sections.
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ Notations do not survive the end of sections.
Notations survive modules unless the command ``Local Notation`` is used instead
of ``Notation``.
+.. _Scopes:
+
Interpretation scopes
----------------------
@@ -1125,6 +1127,8 @@ Displaying informations about scopes
class of all the existing interpretation scopes. It also displays the
lonely notations.
+.. _Abbreviations:
+
Abbreviations
--------------
@@ -1187,6 +1191,8 @@ Abbreviations
denoted expression is performed at definition time. Type-checking is
done only at the time of use of the abbreviation.
+.. _TacticNotation:
+
Tactic Notations
-----------------