From fd7f056b155b2ebaafa3251a3c136117ebefc3e3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matthieu Sozeau
Date: Mon, 29 May 2017 11:48:51 +0200
Subject: Cleanup: removal of constr_of_global.

Constrintern.pf_global returns a global_reference, not a constr,
adapt plugins accordingly, properly registering universes where
necessary.
---
 dev/doc/changes.txt | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'dev')

diff --git a/dev/doc/changes.txt b/dev/doc/changes.txt
index 7fad65bf0a..92e3e8c9e5 100644
--- a/dev/doc/changes.txt
+++ b/dev/doc/changes.txt
@@ -113,13 +113,17 @@ In Coqlib / reference location:
   We have removed from Coqlib functions returning `constr` from
   names. Now it is only possible to obtain references, that must be
   processed wrt the particular needs of the client.
+  We have changed in constrintern the functions returnin `constr` as
+  well to return global references instead.
 
   Users of `coq_constant/gen_constant` can do
   `Universes.constr_of_global (find_reference dir r)` _however_ note
   the warnings in the `Universes.constr_of_global` in the
   documentation. It is very likely that you were previously suffering
   from problems with polymorphic universes due to using
-  `Coqlib.coq_constant` that used to do this.
+  `Coqlib.coq_constant` that used to do this. You must rather use
+  `pf_constr_of_global` in tactics and `Evarutil.new_global` variants
+  when constructing terms in ML (see univpoly.txt for more information).
 
 ** Tactic API **
 
@@ -127,6 +131,10 @@ In Coqlib / reference location:
   Thus it only generates one instance of the global reference, and it is the
   caller's responsibility to perform a focus on the goal.
 
+- pf_global, construct_reference, global_reference,
+  global_reference_in_absolute_module now return a global_reference
+  instead of a constr.
+
 - The tclWEAK_PROGRESS and tclNOTSAMEGOAL tacticals were removed. Their usecase
   was very specific. Use tclPROGRESS instead.
 
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