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     1 Isabelle NEWS -- history user-relevant changes
     2 ==============================================
     3 
     4 New in this Isabelle version
     5 ----------------------------
     6 
     7 *** General ***
     8 
     9 * Prover IDE (PIDE) improvements:
    10 
    11   - markup for bound variables
    12   - markup for types of term variables (e.g. displayed as tooltips)
    13 
    14 * Rule attributes in local theory declarations (e.g. locale or class)
    15 are now statically evaluated: the resulting theorem is stored instead
    16 of the original expression.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
    17 the historic accident of dynamic re-evaluation in interpretations
    18 etc. was exploited.
    19 
    20 * Commands 'lemmas' and 'theorems' allow local variables using 'for'
    21 declaration, and results are standardized before being stored.  Thus
    22 old-style "standard" after instantiation or composition of facts
    23 becomes obsolete.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, due to potential change of
    24 indices of schematic variables.
    25 
    26 * Renamed inner syntax categories "num" to "num_token" and "xnum" to
    27 "xnum_token", in accordance to existing "float_token".  Minor
    28 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that in practice "num_const" etc. are mainly
    29 used instead (which also include position information via
    30 constraints).
    31 
    32 
    33 *** Pure ***
    34 
    35 * Obsolete command 'types' has been discontinued.  Use 'type_synonym'
    36 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
    37 
    38 * Ancient code generator for SML and its commands 'code_module',
    39 'code_library', 'consts_code', 'types_code' have been discontinued.
    40 Use commands of the generic code generator instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
    41 
    42 * Redundant attribute 'code_inline' has been discontinued. Use
    43 'code_unfold' instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
    44 
    45 * Dropped attribute 'code_unfold_post' in favor of the its dual
    46 'code_abbrev', which yields a common pattern in definitions like
    47 
    48   definition [code_abbrev]: "f = t"
    49 
    50 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    51 
    52 * Sort constraints are now propagated in simultaneous statements, just
    53 like type constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
    54 distinct sorts used to be assigned accidentally.  For example:
    55 
    56   lemma "P (x::'a::foo)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"  -- "now illegal"
    57 
    58   lemma "P (x::'a)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"
    59     -- "now uniform 'a::bar instead of default sort for first occurence (!)"
    60 
    61 
    62 *** HOL ***
    63 
    64 * Type 'a set is now a proper type constructor (just as before
    65 Isabelle2008).  Definitions mem_def and Collect_def have disappeared.
    66 Non-trivial INCOMPATIBILITY.  For developments keeping predicates and
    67 sets separate, it is often sufficient to rephrase sets S accidentally
    68 used as predicates by "%x. x : S" and predicates P accidentally used
    69 as sets by "{x. P x}".  Corresponding proofs in a first step should be
    70 pruned from any tinkering with former theorems mem_def and
    71 Collect_def.  For developments which deliberately mixed predicates and
    72 sets, a planning step is necessary to determine what should become a
    73 predicate and what a set.  It can be helpful to carry out that step in
    74 Isabelle2011-1 before jumping right into the current release.
    75 
    76 * New type synonym 'a rel = ('a * 'a) set
    77 
    78 * Consolidated various theorem names relating to Finite_Set.fold
    79 combinator:
    80 
    81   inf_INFI_fold_inf ~> inf_INF_fold_inf
    82   sup_SUPR_fold_sup ~> sup_SUP_fold_sup
    83   INFI_fold_inf ~> INF_fold_inf
    84   SUPR_fold_sup ~> SUP_fold_sup
    85   union_set ~> union_set_fold
    86   minus_set ~> minus_set_fold
    87   
    88 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    89 
    90 * Consolidated theorem names concerning fold combinators:
    91 
    92   INFI_set_fold ~> INF_set_fold
    93   SUPR_set_fold ~> SUP_set_fold
    94   INF_code ~> INF_set_foldr
    95   SUP_code ~> SUP_set_foldr
    96   foldr.simps ~> foldr_Nil foldr_Cons (in point-free formulation)
    97   foldl.simps ~> foldl_Nil foldl_Cons
    98   foldr_fold_rev ~> foldr_def
    99   foldl_fold ~> foldl_def
   100 
   101 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   102 
   103 * Dropped rarely useful theorems concerning fold combinators:
   104 foldl_apply, foldl_fun_comm, foldl_rev, fold_weak_invariant,
   105 rev_foldl_cons, fold_set_remdups, fold_set, fold_set1,
   106 concat_conv_foldl, foldl_weak_invariant, foldl_invariant,
   107 foldr_invariant, foldl_absorb0, foldl_foldr1_lemma, foldl_foldr1,
   108 listsum_conv_fold, listsum_foldl, sort_foldl_insort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   109 Prefer "List.fold" with canonical argument order, or boil down
   110 "List.foldr" and "List.foldl" to "List.fold" by unfolding "foldr_def"
   111 and "foldl_def".  For the common phrases "%xs. List.foldr plus xs 0"
   112 and "List.foldl plus 0", prefer "List.listsum".
   113 
   114 * Concrete syntax for case expressions includes constraints for source
   115 positions, and thus produces Prover IDE markup for its bindings.
   116 INCOMPATIBILITY for old-style syntax translations that augment the
   117 pattern notation; e.g. see src/HOL/HOLCF/One.thy for translations of
   118 one_case.
   119 
   120 * Discontinued configuration option "syntax_positions": atomic terms
   121 in parse trees are always annotated by position constraints.
   122 
   123 * Finite_Set.fold now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   124 
   125 * Renamed some facts on canonical fold on lists, in order to avoid
   126 problems with interpretation involving corresponding facts on foldl
   127 with the same base names:
   128 
   129   fold_set_remdups ~> fold_set_fold_remdups
   130   fold_set ~> fold_set_fold
   131   fold1_set ~> fold1_set_fold
   132 
   133 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   134 
   135 * Renamed facts about the power operation on relations, i.e., relpow
   136   to match the constant's name:
   137   
   138   rel_pow_1 ~> lemma relpow_1
   139   rel_pow_0_I ~> relpow_0_I
   140   rel_pow_Suc_I ~> relpow_Suc_I
   141   rel_pow_Suc_I2 ~> relpow_Suc_I2
   142   rel_pow_0_E ~> relpow_0_E
   143   rel_pow_Suc_E ~> relpow_Suc_E
   144   rel_pow_E ~> relpow_E
   145   rel_pow_Suc_D2 ~> lemma relpow_Suc_D2
   146   rel_pow_Suc_E2 ~> relpow_Suc_E2 
   147   rel_pow_Suc_D2' ~> relpow_Suc_D2'
   148   rel_pow_E2 ~> relpow_E2
   149   rel_pow_add ~> relpow_add
   150   rel_pow_commute ~> relpow
   151   rel_pow_empty ~> relpow_empty:
   152   rtrancl_imp_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_UN_relpow
   153   rel_pow_imp_rtrancl ~> relpow_imp_rtrancl
   154   rtrancl_is_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_is_UN_relpow
   155   rtrancl_imp_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_relpow
   156   rel_pow_fun_conv ~> relpow_fun_conv
   157   rel_pow_finite_bounded1 ~> relpow_finite_bounded1
   158   rel_pow_finite_bounded ~> relpow_finite_bounded
   159   rtrancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_finite_eq_relpow
   160   trancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> trancl_finite_eq_relpow
   161   single_valued_rel_pow ~> single_valued_relpow
   162  
   163 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   164 
   165 * New theory HOL/Library/DAList provides an abstract type for association
   166   lists with distinct keys.
   167 
   168 * 'datatype' specifications allow explicit sort constraints.
   169 
   170 * Theory HOL/Library/Diagonalize has been removed. INCOMPATIBILITY,
   171 use theory HOL/Library/Nat_Bijection instead.
   172 
   173 * Session HOL-Word: Discontinued many redundant theorems specific to
   174 type 'a word. INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems
   175 instead.
   176 
   177   word_sub_alt ~> word_sub_wi
   178   word_add_alt ~> word_add_def
   179   word_mult_alt ~> word_mult_def
   180   word_minus_alt ~> word_minus_def
   181   word_0_alt ~> word_0_wi
   182   word_1_alt ~> word_1_wi
   183   word_add_0 ~> add_0_left
   184   word_add_0_right ~> add_0_right
   185   word_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   186   word_mult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
   187   word_add_commute ~> add_commute
   188   word_add_assoc ~> add_assoc
   189   word_add_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
   190   word_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
   191   word_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   192   word_mult_left_commute ~> mult_left_commute
   193   word_left_distrib ~> left_distrib
   194   word_right_distrib ~> right_distrib
   195   word_left_minus ~> left_minus
   196   word_diff_0_right ~> diff_0_right
   197   word_diff_self ~> diff_self
   198   word_sub_def ~> diff_minus
   199   word_diff_minus ~> diff_minus
   200   word_add_ac ~> add_ac
   201   word_mult_ac ~> mult_ac
   202   word_plus_ac0 ~> add_0_left add_0_right add_ac
   203   word_times_ac1 ~> mult_1_left mult_1_right mult_ac
   204   word_order_trans ~> order_trans
   205   word_order_refl ~> order_refl
   206   word_order_antisym ~> order_antisym
   207   word_order_linear ~> linorder_linear
   208   lenw1_zero_neq_one ~> zero_neq_one
   209   word_number_of_eq ~> number_of_eq
   210   word_of_int_add_hom ~> wi_hom_add
   211   word_of_int_sub_hom ~> wi_hom_sub
   212   word_of_int_mult_hom ~> wi_hom_mult
   213   word_of_int_minus_hom ~> wi_hom_neg
   214   word_of_int_succ_hom ~> wi_hom_succ
   215   word_of_int_pred_hom ~> wi_hom_pred
   216   word_of_int_0_hom ~> word_0_wi
   217   word_of_int_1_hom ~> word_1_wi
   218 
   219 * Clarified attribute "mono_set": pure declaration without modifying
   220 the result of the fact expression.
   221 
   222 * "Transitive_Closure.ntrancl": bounded transitive closure on
   223 relations.
   224 
   225 * Constant "Set.not_member" now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   226 
   227 * "sublists" moved to theory More_List.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   228 
   229 * Theory Int: Discontinued many legacy theorems specific to type int.
   230 INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems instead.
   231 
   232   zminus_zminus ~> minus_minus
   233   zminus_0 ~> minus_zero
   234   zminus_zadd_distrib ~> minus_add_distrib
   235   zadd_commute ~> add_commute
   236   zadd_assoc ~> add_assoc
   237   zadd_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
   238   zadd_ac ~> add_ac
   239   zmult_ac ~> mult_ac
   240   zadd_0 ~> add_0_left
   241   zadd_0_right ~> add_0_right
   242   zadd_zminus_inverse2 ~> left_minus
   243   zmult_zminus ~> mult_minus_left
   244   zmult_commute ~> mult_commute
   245   zmult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   246   zadd_zmult_distrib ~> left_distrib
   247   zadd_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_distrib
   248   zdiff_zmult_distrib ~> left_diff_distrib
   249   zdiff_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_diff_distrib
   250   zmult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   251   zmult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
   252   zle_refl ~> order_refl
   253   zle_trans ~> order_trans
   254   zle_antisym ~> order_antisym
   255   zle_linear ~> linorder_linear
   256   zless_linear ~> linorder_less_linear
   257   zadd_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
   258   zadd_strict_right_mono ~> add_strict_right_mono
   259   zadd_zless_mono ~> add_less_le_mono
   260   int_0_less_1 ~> zero_less_one
   261   int_0_neq_1 ~> zero_neq_one
   262   zless_le ~> less_le
   263   zpower_zadd_distrib ~> power_add
   264   zero_less_zpower_abs_iff ~> zero_less_power_abs_iff
   265   zero_le_zpower_abs ~> zero_le_power_abs
   266 
   267 * Theory Deriv: Renamed
   268 
   269   DERIV_nonneg_imp_nonincreasing ~> DERIV_nonneg_imp_nondecreasing
   270 
   271 * New "case_product" attribute to generate a case rule doing multiple
   272 case distinctions at the same time.  E.g.
   273 
   274   list.exhaust [case_product nat.exhaust]
   275 
   276 produces a rule which can be used to perform case distinction on both
   277 a list and a nat.
   278 
   279 * Improved code generation of multisets.
   280 
   281 * Quickcheck:
   282   - Quickcheck returns variable assignments as counterexamples, which
   283     allows to reveal the underspecification of functions under test.
   284     For example, refuting "hd xs = x", it presents the variable
   285     assignment xs = [] and x = a1 as a counterexample, assuming that
   286     any property is false whenever "hd []" occurs in it.
   287     These counterexample are marked as potentially spurious, as
   288     Quickcheck also returns "xs = []" as a counterexample to the
   289     obvious theorem "hd xs = hd xs".
   290     After finding a potentially spurious counterexample, Quickcheck
   291     continues searching for genuine ones.
   292     By default, Quickcheck shows potentially spurious and genuine
   293     counterexamples. The option "genuine_only" sets quickcheck to
   294     only show genuine counterexamples.
   295 
   296   - The command 'quickcheck_generator' creates random and exhaustive
   297     value generators for a given type and operations.
   298     It generates values by using the operations as if they were
   299     constructors of that type. 
   300 
   301   - Support for multisets.
   302 
   303 * Nitpick:
   304   - Fixed infinite loop caused by the 'peephole_optim' option and
   305     affecting 'rat' and 'real'.
   306 
   307 * Sledgehammer:
   308   - Added "lam_trans", "uncurry_aliases", and "minimize" options.
   309   - Renamed "slicing" ("no_slicing") option to "slice" ("dont_slice").
   310   - Renamed "sound" option to "strict".
   311 
   312 * Metis:
   313   - Added possibility to specify lambda translations scheme as a
   314     parenthesized argument (e.g., "by (metis (lifting) ...)").
   315 
   316 
   317 *** FOL ***
   318 
   319 * New "case_product" attribute (see HOL).
   320 
   321 
   322 *** ML ***
   323 
   324 * Antiquotation @{attributes [...]} embeds attribute source
   325 representation into the ML text, which is particularly useful with
   326 declarations like Local_Theory.note.
   327 
   328 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
   329 ProofContext has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   330 
   331 * Refined Local_Theory.declaration {syntax, pervasive}, with subtle
   332 change of semantics: update is applied to auxiliary local theory
   333 context as well.
   334 
   335 * Modernized some old-style infix operations:
   336 
   337   addeqcongs    ~> Simplifier.add_eqcong
   338   deleqcongs    ~> Simplifier.del_eqcong
   339   addcongs      ~> Simplifier.add_cong
   340   delcongs      ~> Simplifier.del_cong
   341   setmksimps    ~> Simplifier.set_mksimps
   342   setmkcong     ~> Simplifier.set_mkcong
   343   setmksym      ~> Simplifier.set_mksym
   344   setmkeqTrue   ~> Simplifier.set_mkeqTrue
   345   settermless   ~> Simplifier.set_termless
   346   setsubgoaler  ~> Simplifier.set_subgoaler
   347   addsplits     ~> Splitter.add_split
   348   delsplits     ~> Splitter.del_split
   349 
   350 
   351 
   352 New in Isabelle2011-1 (October 2011)
   353 ------------------------------------
   354 
   355 *** General ***
   356 
   357 * Improved Isabelle/jEdit Prover IDE (PIDE), which can be invoked as
   358 "isabelle jedit" or "ISABELLE_HOME/Isabelle" on the command line.
   359 
   360   - Management of multiple theory files directly from the editor
   361     buffer store -- bypassing the file-system (no requirement to save
   362     files for checking).
   363 
   364   - Markup of formal entities within the text buffer, with semantic
   365     highlighting, tooltips and hyperlinks to jump to defining source
   366     positions.
   367 
   368   - Improved text rendering, with sub/superscripts in the source
   369     buffer (including support for copy/paste wrt. output panel, HTML
   370     theory output and other non-Isabelle text boxes).
   371 
   372   - Refined scheduling of proof checking and printing of results,
   373     based on interactive editor view.  (Note: jEdit folding and
   374     narrowing allows to restrict buffer perspectives explicitly.)
   375 
   376   - Reduced CPU performance requirements, usable on machines with few
   377     cores.
   378 
   379   - Reduced memory requirements due to pruning of unused document
   380     versions (garbage collection).
   381 
   382 See also ~~/src/Tools/jEdit/README.html for further information,
   383 including some remaining limitations.
   384 
   385 * Theory loader: source files are exclusively located via the master
   386 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
   387 The global load path (such as src/HOL/Library) has been discontinued.
   388 Note that the path element ~~ may be used to reference theories in the
   389 Isabelle home folder -- for instance, "~~/src/HOL/Library/FuncSet".
   390 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   391 
   392 * Theory loader: source files are identified by content via SHA1
   393 digests.  Discontinued former path/modtime identification and optional
   394 ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT plugin scripts.
   395 
   396 * Parallelization of nested Isar proofs is subject to
   397 Goal.parallel_proofs_threshold (default 100).  See also isabelle
   398 usedir option -Q.
   399 
   400 * Name space: former unsynchronized references are now proper
   401 configuration options, with more conventional names:
   402 
   403   long_names   ~> names_long
   404   short_names  ~> names_short
   405   unique_names ~> names_unique
   406 
   407 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, need to declare options in context like this:
   408 
   409   declare [[names_unique = false]]
   410 
   411 * Literal facts `prop` may contain dummy patterns, e.g. `_ = _`.  Note
   412 that the result needs to be unique, which means fact specifications
   413 may have to be refined after enriching a proof context.
   414 
   415 * Attribute "case_names" has been refined: the assumptions in each case
   416 can be named now by following the case name with [name1 name2 ...].
   417 
   418 * Isabelle/Isar reference manual has been updated and extended:
   419   - "Synopsis" provides a catalog of main Isar language concepts.
   420   - Formal references in syntax diagrams, via @{rail} antiquotation.
   421   - Updated material from classic "ref" manual, notably about
   422     "Classical Reasoner".
   423 
   424 
   425 *** HOL ***
   426 
   427 * Class bot and top require underlying partial order rather than
   428 preorder: uniqueness of bot and top is guaranteed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   429 
   430 * Class complete_lattice: generalized a couple of lemmas from sets;
   431 generalized theorems INF_cong and SUP_cong.  New type classes for
   432 complete boolean algebras and complete linear orders.  Lemmas
   433 Inf_less_iff, less_Sup_iff, INF_less_iff, less_SUP_iff now reside in
   434 class complete_linorder.
   435 
   436 Changed proposition of lemmas Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, Inf_fun_def,
   437 Sup_fun_def, Inf_apply, Sup_apply.
   438 
   439 Removed redundant lemmas (the right hand side gives hints how to
   440 replace them for (metis ...), or (simp only: ...) proofs):
   441 
   442   Inf_singleton ~> Inf_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Inf_empty inf_top_right]
   443   Sup_singleton ~> Sup_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Sup_empty sup_bot_right]
   444   Inf_binary ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
   445   Sup_binary ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
   446   Int_eq_Inter ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
   447   Un_eq_Union ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
   448   Inter_def ~> INF_def, image_def
   449   Union_def ~> SUP_def, image_def
   450   INT_eq ~> INF_def, and image_def
   451   UN_eq ~> SUP_def, and image_def
   452   INF_subset ~> INF_superset_mono [OF _ order_refl]
   453 
   454 More consistent and comprehensive names:
   455 
   456   INTER_eq_Inter_image ~> INF_def
   457   UNION_eq_Union_image ~> SUP_def
   458   INFI_def ~> INF_def
   459   SUPR_def ~> SUP_def
   460   INF_leI ~> INF_lower
   461   INF_leI2 ~> INF_lower2
   462   le_INFI ~> INF_greatest
   463   le_SUPI ~> SUP_upper
   464   le_SUPI2 ~> SUP_upper2
   465   SUP_leI ~> SUP_least
   466   INFI_bool_eq ~> INF_bool_eq
   467   SUPR_bool_eq ~> SUP_bool_eq
   468   INFI_apply ~> INF_apply
   469   SUPR_apply ~> SUP_apply
   470   INTER_def ~> INTER_eq
   471   UNION_def ~> UNION_eq
   472 
   473 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   474 
   475 * Renamed theory Complete_Lattice to Complete_Lattices.
   476 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   477 
   478 * Theory Complete_Lattices: lemmas Inf_eq_top_iff, INF_eq_top_iff,
   479 INF_image, Inf_insert, INF_top, Inf_top_conv, INF_top_conv, SUP_bot,
   480 Sup_bot_conv, SUP_bot_conv, Sup_eq_top_iff, SUP_eq_top_iff, SUP_image,
   481 Sup_insert are now declared as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   482 
   483 * Theory Lattice: lemmas compl_inf_bot, compl_le_comp_iff,
   484 compl_sup_top, inf_idem, inf_left_idem, inf_sup_absorb, sup_idem,
   485 sup_inf_absob, sup_left_idem are now declared as [simp].  Minor
   486 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   487 
   488 * Added syntactic classes "inf" and "sup" for the respective
   489 constants.  INCOMPATIBILITY: Changes in the argument order of the
   490 (mostly internal) locale predicates for some derived classes.
   491 
   492 * Theorem collections ball_simps and bex_simps do not contain theorems
   493 referring to UNION any longer; these have been moved to collection
   494 UN_ball_bex_simps.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   495 
   496 * Theory Archimedean_Field: floor now is defined as parameter of a
   497 separate type class floor_ceiling.
   498 
   499 * Theory Finite_Set: more coherent development of fold_set locales:
   500 
   501     locale fun_left_comm ~> locale comp_fun_commute
   502     locale fun_left_comm_idem ~> locale comp_fun_idem
   503 
   504 Both use point-free characterization; interpretation proofs may need
   505 adjustment.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   506 
   507 * Theory Limits: Type "'a net" has been renamed to "'a filter", in
   508 accordance with standard mathematical terminology. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   509 
   510 * Theory Complex_Main: The locale interpretations for the
   511 bounded_linear and bounded_bilinear locales have been removed, in
   512 order to reduce the number of duplicate lemmas. Users must use the
   513 original names for distributivity theorems, potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
   514 
   515   divide.add ~> add_divide_distrib
   516   divide.diff ~> diff_divide_distrib
   517   divide.setsum ~> setsum_divide_distrib
   518   mult.add_right ~> right_distrib
   519   mult.diff_right ~> right_diff_distrib
   520   mult_right.setsum ~> setsum_right_distrib
   521   mult_left.diff ~> left_diff_distrib
   522 
   523 * Theory Complex_Main: Several redundant theorems have been removed or
   524 replaced by more general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   525 
   526   real_diff_def ~> minus_real_def
   527   real_divide_def ~> divide_real_def
   528   real_less_def ~> less_le
   529   real_abs_def ~> abs_real_def
   530   real_sgn_def ~> sgn_real_def
   531   real_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
   532   real_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   533   real_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   534   real_add_mult_distrib ~> left_distrib
   535   real_zero_not_eq_one ~> zero_neq_one
   536   real_mult_inverse_left ~> left_inverse
   537   INVERSE_ZERO ~> inverse_zero
   538   real_le_refl ~> order_refl
   539   real_le_antisym ~> order_antisym
   540   real_le_trans ~> order_trans
   541   real_le_linear ~> linear
   542   real_le_eq_diff ~> le_iff_diff_le_0
   543   real_add_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
   544   real_mult_order ~> mult_pos_pos
   545   real_mult_less_mono2 ~> mult_strict_left_mono
   546   real_of_int_real_of_nat ~> real_of_int_of_nat_eq
   547   real_0_le_divide_iff ~> zero_le_divide_iff
   548   realpow_two_disj ~> power2_eq_iff
   549   real_squared_diff_one_factored ~> square_diff_one_factored
   550   realpow_two_diff ~> square_diff_square_factored
   551   reals_complete2 ~> complete_real
   552   real_sum_squared_expand ~> power2_sum
   553   exp_ln_eq ~> ln_unique
   554   expi_add ~> exp_add
   555   expi_zero ~> exp_zero
   556   lemma_DERIV_subst ~> DERIV_cong
   557   LIMSEQ_Zfun_iff ~> tendsto_Zfun_iff
   558   LIMSEQ_const ~> tendsto_const
   559   LIMSEQ_norm ~> tendsto_norm
   560   LIMSEQ_add ~> tendsto_add
   561   LIMSEQ_minus ~> tendsto_minus
   562   LIMSEQ_minus_cancel ~> tendsto_minus_cancel
   563   LIMSEQ_diff ~> tendsto_diff
   564   bounded_linear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
   565   bounded_bilinear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
   566   LIMSEQ_mult ~> tendsto_mult
   567   LIMSEQ_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
   568   LIMSEQ_divide ~> tendsto_divide
   569   LIMSEQ_pow ~> tendsto_power
   570   LIMSEQ_setsum ~> tendsto_setsum
   571   LIMSEQ_setprod ~> tendsto_setprod
   572   LIMSEQ_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
   573   LIMSEQ_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
   574   LIMSEQ_imp_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
   575   LIMSEQ_add_minus ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_minus]
   576   LIMSEQ_add_const ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_const]
   577   LIMSEQ_diff_const ~> tendsto_diff [OF _ tendsto_const]
   578   LIMSEQ_Complex ~> tendsto_Complex
   579   LIM_ident ~> tendsto_ident_at
   580   LIM_const ~> tendsto_const
   581   LIM_add ~> tendsto_add
   582   LIM_add_zero ~> tendsto_add_zero
   583   LIM_minus ~> tendsto_minus
   584   LIM_diff ~> tendsto_diff
   585   LIM_norm ~> tendsto_norm
   586   LIM_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero
   587   LIM_norm_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_norm_zero_cancel
   588   LIM_norm_zero_iff ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
   589   LIM_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
   590   LIM_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero
   591   LIM_rabs_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_cancel
   592   LIM_rabs_zero_iff ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
   593   LIM_compose ~> tendsto_compose
   594   LIM_mult ~> tendsto_mult
   595   LIM_scaleR ~> tendsto_scaleR
   596   LIM_of_real ~> tendsto_of_real
   597   LIM_power ~> tendsto_power
   598   LIM_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
   599   LIM_sgn ~> tendsto_sgn
   600   isCont_LIM_compose ~> isCont_tendsto_compose
   601   bounded_linear.LIM ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
   602   bounded_linear.LIM_zero ~> bounded_linear.tendsto_zero
   603   bounded_bilinear.LIM ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
   604   bounded_bilinear.LIM_prod_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_zero
   605   bounded_bilinear.LIM_left_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_left_zero
   606   bounded_bilinear.LIM_right_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_right_zero
   607   LIM_inverse_fun ~> tendsto_inverse [OF tendsto_ident_at]
   608 
   609 * Theory Complex_Main: The definition of infinite series was
   610 generalized.  Now it is defined on the type class {topological_space,
   611 comm_monoid_add}.  Hence it is useable also for extended real numbers.
   612 
   613 * Theory Complex_Main: The complex exponential function "expi" is now
   614 a type-constrained abbreviation for "exp :: complex => complex"; thus
   615 several polymorphic lemmas about "exp" are now applicable to "expi".
   616 
   617 * Code generation:
   618 
   619   - Theory Library/Code_Char_ord provides native ordering of
   620     characters in the target language.
   621 
   622   - Commands code_module and code_library are legacy, use export_code
   623     instead.
   624 
   625   - Method "evaluation" is legacy, use method "eval" instead.
   626 
   627   - Legacy evaluator "SML" is deactivated by default.  May be
   628     reactivated by the following theory command:
   629 
   630       setup {* Value.add_evaluator ("SML", Codegen.eval_term) *}
   631 
   632 * Declare ext [intro] by default.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
   633 
   634 * New proof method "induction" that gives induction hypotheses the
   635 name "IH", thus distinguishing them from further hypotheses that come
   636 from rule induction.  The latter are still called "hyps".  Method
   637 "induction" is a thin wrapper around "induct" and follows the same
   638 syntax.
   639 
   640 * Method "fastsimp" has been renamed to "fastforce", but "fastsimp" is
   641 still available as a legacy feature for some time.
   642 
   643 * Nitpick:
   644   - Added "need" and "total_consts" options.
   645   - Reintroduced "show_skolems" option by popular demand.
   646   - Renamed attribute: nitpick_def ~> nitpick_unfold.
   647     INCOMPATIBILITY.
   648 
   649 * Sledgehammer:
   650   - Use quasi-sound (and efficient) translations by default.
   651   - Added support for the following provers: E-ToFoF, LEO-II,
   652     Satallax, SNARK, Waldmeister, and Z3 with TPTP syntax.
   653   - Automatically preplay and minimize proofs before showing them if
   654     this can be done within reasonable time.
   655   - sledgehammer available_provers ~> sledgehammer supported_provers.
   656     INCOMPATIBILITY.
   657   - Added "preplay_timeout", "slicing", "type_enc", "sound",
   658     "max_mono_iters", and "max_new_mono_instances" options.
   659   - Removed "explicit_apply" and "full_types" options as well as "Full
   660     Types" Proof General menu item. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   661 
   662 * Metis:
   663   - Removed "metisF" -- use "metis" instead. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   664   - Obsoleted "metisFT" -- use "metis (full_types)" instead.
   665     INCOMPATIBILITY.
   666 
   667 * Command 'try':
   668   - Renamed 'try_methods' and added "simp:", "intro:", "dest:", and
   669     "elim:" options. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   670   - Introduced 'try' that not only runs 'try_methods' but also
   671     'solve_direct', 'sledgehammer', 'quickcheck', and 'nitpick'.
   672 
   673 * Quickcheck:
   674   - Added "eval" option to evaluate terms for the found counterexample
   675     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
   676   - Added post-processing of terms to obtain readable counterexamples
   677     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
   678   - New counterexample generator quickcheck[narrowing] enables
   679     narrowing-based testing.  Requires the Glasgow Haskell compiler
   680     with its installation location defined in the Isabelle settings
   681     environment as ISABELLE_GHC.
   682   - Removed quickcheck tester "SML" based on the SML code generator
   683     (formly in HOL/Library).
   684 
   685 * Function package: discontinued option "tailrec".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
   686 use 'partial_function' instead.
   687 
   688 * Theory Library/Extended_Reals replaces now the positive extended
   689 reals found in probability theory. This file is extended by
   690 Multivariate_Analysis/Extended_Real_Limits.
   691 
   692 * Theory Library/Old_Recdef: old 'recdef' package has been moved here,
   693 from where it must be imported explicitly if it is really required.
   694 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   695 
   696 * Theory Library/Wfrec: well-founded recursion combinator "wfrec" has
   697 been moved here.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   698 
   699 * Theory Library/Saturated provides type of numbers with saturated
   700 arithmetic.
   701 
   702 * Theory Library/Product_Lattice defines a pointwise ordering for the
   703 product type 'a * 'b, and provides instance proofs for various order
   704 and lattice type classes.
   705 
   706 * Theory Library/Countable now provides the "countable_datatype" proof
   707 method for proving "countable" class instances for datatypes.
   708 
   709 * Theory Library/Cset_Monad allows do notation for computable sets
   710 (cset) via the generic monad ad-hoc overloading facility.
   711 
   712 * Library: Theories of common data structures are split into theories
   713 for implementation, an invariant-ensuring type, and connection to an
   714 abstract type. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   715 
   716   - RBT is split into RBT and RBT_Mapping.
   717   - AssocList is split and renamed into AList and AList_Mapping.
   718   - DList is split into DList_Impl, DList, and DList_Cset.
   719   - Cset is split into Cset and List_Cset.
   720 
   721 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity has been renamed to
   722 Library/Extended_Nat, with name changes of the following types and
   723 constants:
   724 
   725   type inat   ~> type enat
   726   Fin         ~> enat
   727   Infty       ~> infinity (overloaded)
   728   iSuc        ~> eSuc
   729   the_Fin     ~> the_enat
   730 
   731 Every theorem name containing "inat", "Fin", "Infty", or "iSuc" has
   732 been renamed accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   733 
   734 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: The euclidean_space type class now
   735 fixes a constant "Basis :: 'a set" consisting of the standard
   736 orthonormal basis for the type. Users now have the option of
   737 quantifying over this set instead of using the "basis" function, e.g.
   738 "ALL x:Basis. P x" vs "ALL i<DIM('a). P (basis i)".
   739 
   740 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Type "('a, 'b) cart" has been renamed
   741 to "('a, 'b) vec" (the syntax "'a ^ 'b" remains unaffected). Constants
   742 "Cart_nth" and "Cart_lambda" have been respectively renamed to
   743 "vec_nth" and "vec_lambda"; theorems mentioning those names have
   744 changed to match. Definition theorems for overloaded constants now use
   745 the standard "foo_vec_def" naming scheme. A few other theorems have
   746 been renamed as follows (INCOMPATIBILITY):
   747 
   748   Cart_eq          ~> vec_eq_iff
   749   dist_nth_le_cart ~> dist_vec_nth_le
   750   tendsto_vector   ~> vec_tendstoI
   751   Cauchy_vector    ~> vec_CauchyI
   752 
   753 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Several duplicate theorems have been
   754 removed, and other theorems have been renamed or replaced with more
   755 general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   756 
   757   finite_choice ~> finite_set_choice
   758   eventually_conjI ~> eventually_conj
   759   eventually_and ~> eventually_conj_iff
   760   eventually_false ~> eventually_False
   761   setsum_norm ~> norm_setsum
   762   Lim_sequentially ~> LIMSEQ_def
   763   Lim_ident_at ~> LIM_ident
   764   Lim_const ~> tendsto_const
   765   Lim_cmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF tendsto_const]
   766   Lim_neg ~> tendsto_minus
   767   Lim_add ~> tendsto_add
   768   Lim_sub ~> tendsto_diff
   769   Lim_mul ~> tendsto_scaleR
   770   Lim_vmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF _ tendsto_const]
   771   Lim_null_norm ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff [symmetric]
   772   Lim_linear ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
   773   Lim_component ~> tendsto_euclidean_component
   774   Lim_component_cart ~> tendsto_vec_nth
   775   Lim_inner ~> tendsto_inner [OF tendsto_const]
   776   dot_lsum ~> inner_setsum_left
   777   dot_rsum ~> inner_setsum_right
   778   continuous_cmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF continuous_const]
   779   continuous_neg ~> continuous_minus
   780   continuous_sub ~> continuous_diff
   781   continuous_vmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF _ continuous_const]
   782   continuous_mul ~> continuous_scaleR
   783   continuous_inv ~> continuous_inverse
   784   continuous_at_within_inv ~> continuous_at_within_inverse
   785   continuous_at_inv ~> continuous_at_inverse
   786   continuous_at_norm ~> continuous_norm [OF continuous_at_id]
   787   continuous_at_infnorm ~> continuous_infnorm [OF continuous_at_id]
   788   continuous_at_component ~> continuous_component [OF continuous_at_id]
   789   continuous_on_neg ~> continuous_on_minus
   790   continuous_on_sub ~> continuous_on_diff
   791   continuous_on_cmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF continuous_on_const]
   792   continuous_on_vmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF _ continuous_on_const]
   793   continuous_on_mul ~> continuous_on_scaleR
   794   continuous_on_mul_real ~> continuous_on_mult
   795   continuous_on_inner ~> continuous_on_inner [OF continuous_on_const]
   796   continuous_on_norm ~> continuous_on_norm [OF continuous_on_id]
   797   continuous_on_inverse ~> continuous_on_inv
   798   uniformly_continuous_on_neg ~> uniformly_continuous_on_minus
   799   uniformly_continuous_on_sub ~> uniformly_continuous_on_diff
   800   subset_interior ~> interior_mono
   801   subset_closure ~> closure_mono
   802   closure_univ ~> closure_UNIV
   803   real_arch_lt ~> reals_Archimedean2
   804   real_arch ~> reals_Archimedean3
   805   real_abs_norm ~> abs_norm_cancel
   806   real_abs_sub_norm ~> norm_triangle_ineq3
   807   norm_cauchy_schwarz_abs ~> Cauchy_Schwarz_ineq2
   808 
   809 * Session HOL-Probability:
   810   - Caratheodory's extension lemma is now proved for ring_of_sets.
   811   - Infinite products of probability measures are now available.
   812   - Sigma closure is independent, if the generator is independent
   813   - Use extended reals instead of positive extended
   814     reals. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   815 
   816 * Session HOLCF: Discontinued legacy theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
   817 
   818   expand_fun_below ~> fun_below_iff
   819   below_fun_ext ~> fun_belowI
   820   expand_cfun_eq ~> cfun_eq_iff
   821   ext_cfun ~> cfun_eqI
   822   expand_cfun_below ~> cfun_below_iff
   823   below_cfun_ext ~> cfun_belowI
   824   monofun_fun_fun ~> fun_belowD
   825   monofun_fun_arg ~> monofunE
   826   monofun_lub_fun ~> adm_monofun [THEN admD]
   827   cont_lub_fun ~> adm_cont [THEN admD]
   828   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
   829   cont_Rep_CFun_app ~> cont_APP_app
   830   cont_Rep_CFun_app_app ~> cont_APP_app_app
   831   cont_cfun_fun ~> cont_Rep_cfun1 [THEN contE]
   832   cont_cfun_arg ~> cont_Rep_cfun2 [THEN contE]
   833   contlub_cfun ~> lub_APP [symmetric]
   834   contlub_LAM ~> lub_LAM [symmetric]
   835   thelubI ~> lub_eqI
   836   UU_I ~> bottomI
   837   lift_distinct1 ~> lift.distinct(1)
   838   lift_distinct2 ~> lift.distinct(2)
   839   Def_not_UU ~> lift.distinct(2)
   840   Def_inject ~> lift.inject
   841   below_UU_iff ~> below_bottom_iff
   842   eq_UU_iff ~> eq_bottom_iff
   843 
   844 
   845 *** Document preparation ***
   846 
   847 * Antiquotation @{rail} layouts railroad syntax diagrams, see also
   848 isar-ref manual, both for description and actual application of the
   849 same.
   850 
   851 * Antiquotation @{value} evaluates the given term and presents its
   852 result.
   853 
   854 * Antiquotations: term style "isub" provides ad-hoc conversion of
   855 variables x1, y23 into subscripted form x\<^isub>1,
   856 y\<^isub>2\<^isub>3.
   857 
   858 * Predefined LaTeX macros for Isabelle symbols \<bind> and \<then>
   859 (e.g. see ~~/src/HOL/Library/Monad_Syntax.thy).
   860 
   861 * Localized \isabellestyle switch can be used within blocks or groups
   862 like this:
   863 
   864   \isabellestyle{it}  %preferred default
   865   {\isabellestylett @{text "typewriter stuff"}}
   866 
   867 * Discontinued special treatment of hard tabulators.  Implicit
   868 tab-width is now defined as 1.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY for visual
   869 layouts.
   870 
   871 
   872 *** ML ***
   873 
   874 * The inner syntax of sort/type/term/prop supports inlined YXML
   875 representations within quoted string tokens.  By encoding logical
   876 entities via Term_XML (in ML or Scala) concrete syntax can be
   877 bypassed, which is particularly useful for producing bits of text
   878 under external program control.
   879 
   880 * Antiquotations for ML and document preparation are managed as theory
   881 data, which requires explicit setup.
   882 
   883 * Isabelle_Process.is_active allows tools to check if the official
   884 process wrapper is running (Isabelle/Scala/jEdit) or the old TTY loop
   885 (better known as Proof General).
   886 
   887 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
   888 ProofContext is still available for some time as legacy alias.
   889 
   890 * Structure Timing provides various operations for timing; supersedes
   891 former start_timing/end_timing etc.
   892 
   893 * Path.print is the official way to show file-system paths to users
   894 (including quotes etc.).
   895 
   896 * Inner syntax: identifiers in parse trees of generic categories
   897 "logic", "aprop", "idt" etc. carry position information (disguised as
   898 type constraints).  Occasional INCOMPATIBILITY with non-compliant
   899 translations that choke on unexpected type constraints.  Positions can
   900 be stripped in ML translations via Syntax.strip_positions /
   901 Syntax.strip_positions_ast, or via the syntax constant
   902 "_strip_positions" within parse trees.  As last resort, positions can
   903 be disabled via the configuration option Syntax.positions, which is
   904 called "syntax_positions" in Isar attribute syntax.
   905 
   906 * Discontinued special status of various ML structures that contribute
   907 to structure Syntax (Ast, Lexicon, Mixfix, Parser, Printer etc.): less
   908 pervasive content, no inclusion in structure Syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
   909 refer directly to Ast.Constant, Lexicon.is_identifier,
   910 Syntax_Trans.mk_binder_tr etc.
   911 
   912 * Typed print translation: discontinued show_sorts argument, which is
   913 already available via context of "advanced" translation.
   914 
   915 * Refined PARALLEL_GOALS tactical: degrades gracefully for schematic
   916 goal states; body tactic needs to address all subgoals uniformly.
   917 
   918 * Slightly more special eq_list/eq_set, with shortcut involving
   919 pointer equality (assumes that eq relation is reflexive).
   920 
   921 * Classical tactics use proper Proof.context instead of historic types
   922 claset/clasimpset.  Old-style declarations like addIs, addEs, addDs
   923 operate directly on Proof.context.  Raw type claset retains its use as
   924 snapshot of the classical context, which can be recovered via
   925 (put_claset HOL_cs) etc.  Type clasimpset has been discontinued.
   926 INCOMPATIBILITY, classical tactics and derived proof methods require
   927 proper Proof.context.
   928 
   929 
   930 *** System ***
   931 
   932 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.2, which was the last version
   933 without proper multithreading and TimeLimit implementation.
   934 
   935 * Discontinued old lib/scripts/polyml-platform, which has been
   936 obsolete since Isabelle2009-2.
   937 
   938 * Various optional external tools are referenced more robustly and
   939 uniformly by explicit Isabelle settings as follows:
   940 
   941   ISABELLE_CSDP   (formerly CSDP_EXE)
   942   ISABELLE_GHC    (formerly EXEC_GHC or GHC_PATH)
   943   ISABELLE_OCAML  (formerly EXEC_OCAML)
   944   ISABELLE_SWIPL  (formerly EXEC_SWIPL)
   945   ISABELLE_YAP    (formerly EXEC_YAP)
   946 
   947 Note that automated detection from the file-system or search path has
   948 been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   949 
   950 * Scala layer provides JVM method invocation service for static
   951 methods of type (String)String, see Invoke_Scala.method in ML.  For
   952 example:
   953 
   954   Invoke_Scala.method "java.lang.System.getProperty" "java.home"
   955 
   956 Together with YXML.string_of_body/parse_body and XML.Encode/Decode
   957 this allows to pass structured values between ML and Scala.
   958 
   959 * The IsabelleText fonts includes some further glyphs to support the
   960 Prover IDE.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: users who happen to have
   961 installed a local copy (which is normally *not* required) need to
   962 delete or update it from ~~/lib/fonts/.
   963 
   964 
   965 
   966 New in Isabelle2011 (January 2011)
   967 ----------------------------------
   968 
   969 *** General ***
   970 
   971 * Experimental Prover IDE based on Isabelle/Scala and jEdit (see
   972 src/Tools/jEdit).  This also serves as IDE for Isabelle/ML, with
   973 useful tooltips and hyperlinks produced from its static analysis.  The
   974 bundled component provides an executable Isabelle tool that can be run
   975 like this:
   976 
   977   Isabelle2011/bin/isabelle jedit
   978 
   979 * Significantly improved Isabelle/Isar implementation manual.
   980 
   981 * System settings: ISABELLE_HOME_USER now includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER
   982 (and thus refers to something like $HOME/.isabelle/Isabelle2011),
   983 while the default heap location within that directory lacks that extra
   984 suffix.  This isolates multiple Isabelle installations from each
   985 other, avoiding problems with old settings in new versions.
   986 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to copy/upgrade old user settings manually.
   987 
   988 * Source files are always encoded as UTF-8, instead of old-fashioned
   989 ISO-Latin-1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Isabelle LaTeX documents might require
   990 the following package declarations:
   991 
   992   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
   993   \usepackage{textcomp}
   994 
   995 * Explicit treatment of UTF-8 sequences as Isabelle symbols, such that
   996 a Unicode character is treated as a single symbol, not a sequence of
   997 non-ASCII bytes as before.  Since Isabelle/ML string literals may
   998 contain symbols without further backslash escapes, Unicode can now be
   999 used here as well.  Recall that Symbol.explode in ML provides a
  1000 consistent view on symbols, while raw explode (or String.explode)
  1001 merely give a byte-oriented representation.
  1002 
  1003 * Theory loader: source files are primarily located via the master
  1004 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
  1005 The global load path is still partially available as legacy feature.
  1006 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY due to subtle change in file lookup: use
  1007 explicit paths, relatively to the theory.
  1008 
  1009 * Special treatment of ML file names has been discontinued.
  1010 Historically, optional extensions .ML or .sml were added on demand --
  1011 at the cost of clarity of file dependencies.  Recall that Isabelle/ML
  1012 files exclusively use the .ML extension.  Minor INCOMPATIBILTY.
  1013 
  1014 * Various options that affect pretty printing etc. are now properly
  1015 handled within the context via configuration options, instead of
  1016 unsynchronized references or print modes.  There are both ML Config.T
  1017 entities and Isar declaration attributes to access these.
  1018 
  1019   ML (Config.T)                 Isar (attribute)
  1020 
  1021   eta_contract                  eta_contract
  1022   show_brackets                 show_brackets
  1023   show_sorts                    show_sorts
  1024   show_types                    show_types
  1025   show_question_marks           show_question_marks
  1026   show_consts                   show_consts
  1027   show_abbrevs                  show_abbrevs
  1028 
  1029   Syntax.ast_trace              syntax_ast_trace
  1030   Syntax.ast_stat               syntax_ast_stat
  1031   Syntax.ambiguity_level        syntax_ambiguity_level
  1032 
  1033   Goal_Display.goals_limit      goals_limit
  1034   Goal_Display.show_main_goal   show_main_goal
  1035 
  1036   Method.rule_trace             rule_trace
  1037 
  1038   Thy_Output.display            thy_output_display
  1039   Thy_Output.quotes             thy_output_quotes
  1040   Thy_Output.indent             thy_output_indent
  1041   Thy_Output.source             thy_output_source
  1042   Thy_Output.break              thy_output_break
  1043 
  1044 Note that corresponding "..._default" references in ML may only be
  1045 changed globally at the ROOT session setup, but *not* within a theory.
  1046 The option "show_abbrevs" supersedes the former print mode
  1047 "no_abbrevs" with inverted meaning.
  1048 
  1049 * More systematic naming of some configuration options.
  1050 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1051 
  1052   trace_simp  ~>  simp_trace
  1053   debug_simp  ~>  simp_debug
  1054 
  1055 * Support for real valued configuration options, using simplistic
  1056 floating-point notation that coincides with the inner syntax for
  1057 float_token.
  1058 
  1059 * Support for real valued preferences (with approximative PGIP type):
  1060 front-ends need to accept "pgint" values in float notation.
  1061 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1062 
  1063 * The IsabelleText font now includes Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic from
  1064 DejaVu Sans.
  1065 
  1066 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.0 and 5.1 versions.
  1067 
  1068 
  1069 *** Pure ***
  1070 
  1071 * Command 'type_synonym' (with single argument) replaces somewhat
  1072 outdated 'types', which is still available as legacy feature for some
  1073 time.
  1074 
  1075 * Command 'nonterminal' (with 'and' separated list of arguments)
  1076 replaces somewhat outdated 'nonterminals'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1077 
  1078 * Command 'notepad' replaces former 'example_proof' for
  1079 experimentation in Isar without any result.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1080 
  1081 * Locale interpretation commands 'interpret' and 'sublocale' accept
  1082 lists of equations to map definitions in a locale to appropriate
  1083 entities in the context of the interpretation.  The 'interpretation'
  1084 command already provided this functionality.
  1085 
  1086 * Diagnostic command 'print_dependencies' prints the locale instances
  1087 that would be activated if the specified expression was interpreted in
  1088 the current context.  Variant "print_dependencies!" assumes a context
  1089 without interpretations.
  1090 
  1091 * Diagnostic command 'print_interps' prints interpretations in proofs
  1092 in addition to interpretations in theories.
  1093 
  1094 * Discontinued obsolete 'global' and 'local' commands to manipulate
  1095 the theory name space.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.  The ML functions
  1096 Sign.root_path and Sign.local_path may be applied directly where this
  1097 feature is still required for historical reasons.
  1098 
  1099 * Discontinued obsolete 'constdefs' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  1100 'definition' instead.
  1101 
  1102 * The "prems" fact, which refers to the accidental collection of
  1103 foundational premises in the context, is now explicitly marked as
  1104 legacy feature and will be discontinued soon.  Consider using "assms"
  1105 of the head statement or reference facts by explicit names.
  1106 
  1107 * Document antiquotations @{class} and @{type} print classes and type
  1108 constructors.
  1109 
  1110 * Document antiquotation @{file} checks file/directory entries within
  1111 the local file system.
  1112 
  1113 
  1114 *** HOL ***
  1115 
  1116 * Coercive subtyping: functions can be declared as coercions and type
  1117 inference will add them as necessary upon input of a term.  Theory
  1118 Complex_Main declares real :: nat => real and real :: int => real as
  1119 coercions. A coercion function f is declared like this:
  1120 
  1121   declare [[coercion f]]
  1122 
  1123 To lift coercions through type constructors (e.g. from nat => real to
  1124 nat list => real list), map functions can be declared, e.g.
  1125 
  1126   declare [[coercion_map map]]
  1127 
  1128 Currently coercion inference is activated only in theories including
  1129 real numbers, i.e. descendants of Complex_Main.  This is controlled by
  1130 the configuration option "coercion_enabled", e.g. it can be enabled in
  1131 other theories like this:
  1132 
  1133   declare [[coercion_enabled]]
  1134 
  1135 * Command 'partial_function' provides basic support for recursive
  1136 function definitions over complete partial orders.  Concrete instances
  1137 are provided for i) the option type, ii) tail recursion on arbitrary
  1138 types, and iii) the heap monad of Imperative_HOL.  See
  1139 src/HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy and src/HOL/Imperative_HOL/ex/Linked_Lists.thy
  1140 for examples.
  1141 
  1142 * Function package: f.psimps rules are no longer implicitly declared
  1143 as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1144 
  1145 * Datatype package: theorems generated for executable equality (class
  1146 "eq") carry proper names and are treated as default code equations.
  1147 
  1148 * Inductive package: now offers command 'inductive_simps' to
  1149 automatically derive instantiated and simplified equations for
  1150 inductive predicates, similar to 'inductive_cases'.
  1151 
  1152 * Command 'enriched_type' allows to register properties of the
  1153 functorial structure of types.
  1154 
  1155 * Improved infrastructure for term evaluation using code generator
  1156 techniques, in particular static evaluation conversions.
  1157 
  1158 * Code generator: Scala (2.8 or higher) has been added to the target
  1159 languages.
  1160 
  1161 * Code generator: globbing constant expressions "*" and "Theory.*"
  1162 have been replaced by the more idiomatic "_" and "Theory._".
  1163 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1164 
  1165 * Code generator: export_code without explicit file declaration prints
  1166 to standard output.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1167 
  1168 * Code generator: do not print function definitions for case
  1169 combinators any longer.
  1170 
  1171 * Code generator: simplification with rules determined with
  1172 src/Tools/Code/code_simp.ML and method "code_simp".
  1173 
  1174 * Code generator for records: more idiomatic representation of record
  1175 types.  Warning: records are not covered by ancient SML code
  1176 generation any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  In cases of need, a suitable
  1177 rep_datatype declaration helps to succeed then:
  1178 
  1179   record 'a foo = ...
  1180   ...
  1181   rep_datatype foo_ext ...
  1182 
  1183 * Records: logical foundation type for records does not carry a
  1184 '_type' suffix any longer (obsolete due to authentic syntax).
  1185 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1186 
  1187 * Quickcheck now by default uses exhaustive testing instead of random
  1188 testing.  Random testing can be invoked by "quickcheck [random]",
  1189 exhaustive testing by "quickcheck [exhaustive]".
  1190 
  1191 * Quickcheck instantiates polymorphic types with small finite
  1192 datatypes by default. This enables a simple execution mechanism to
  1193 handle quantifiers and function equality over the finite datatypes.
  1194 
  1195 * Quickcheck random generator has been renamed from "code" to
  1196 "random".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1197 
  1198 * Quickcheck now has a configurable time limit which is set to 30
  1199 seconds by default. This can be changed by adding [timeout = n] to the
  1200 quickcheck command. The time limit for Auto Quickcheck is still set
  1201 independently.
  1202 
  1203 * Quickcheck in locales considers interpretations of that locale for
  1204 counter example search.
  1205 
  1206 * Sledgehammer:
  1207   - Added "smt" and "remote_smt" provers based on the "smt" proof
  1208     method. See the Sledgehammer manual for details ("isabelle doc
  1209     sledgehammer").
  1210   - Renamed commands:
  1211     sledgehammer atp_info ~> sledgehammer running_provers
  1212     sledgehammer atp_kill ~> sledgehammer kill_provers
  1213     sledgehammer available_atps ~> sledgehammer available_provers
  1214     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1215   - Renamed options:
  1216     sledgehammer [atps = ...] ~> sledgehammer [provers = ...]
  1217     sledgehammer [atp = ...] ~> sledgehammer [prover = ...]
  1218     sledgehammer [timeout = 77 s] ~> sledgehammer [timeout = 77]
  1219     (and "ms" and "min" are no longer supported)
  1220     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1221 
  1222 * Nitpick:
  1223   - Renamed options:
  1224     nitpick [timeout = 77 s] ~> nitpick [timeout = 77]
  1225     nitpick [tac_timeout = 777 ms] ~> nitpick [tac_timeout = 0.777]
  1226     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1227   - Added support for partial quotient types.
  1228   - Added local versions of the "Nitpick.register_xxx" functions.
  1229   - Added "whack" option.
  1230   - Allow registration of quotient types as codatatypes.
  1231   - Improved "merge_type_vars" option to merge more types.
  1232   - Removed unsound "fast_descrs" option.
  1233   - Added custom symmetry breaking for datatypes, making it possible to reach
  1234     higher cardinalities.
  1235   - Prevent the expansion of too large definitions.
  1236 
  1237 * Proof methods "metis" and "meson" now have configuration options
  1238 "meson_trace", "metis_trace", and "metis_verbose" that can be enabled
  1239 to diagnose these tools. E.g.
  1240 
  1241     using [[metis_trace = true]]
  1242 
  1243 * Auto Solve: Renamed "Auto Solve Direct".  The tool is now available
  1244 manually as command 'solve_direct'.
  1245 
  1246 * The default SMT solver Z3 must be enabled explicitly (due to
  1247 licensing issues) by setting the environment variable
  1248 Z3_NON_COMMERCIAL in etc/settings of the component, for example.  For
  1249 commercial applications, the SMT solver CVC3 is provided as fall-back;
  1250 changing the SMT solver is done via the configuration option
  1251 "smt_solver".
  1252 
  1253 * Remote SMT solvers need to be referred to by the "remote_" prefix,
  1254 i.e. "remote_cvc3" and "remote_z3".
  1255 
  1256 * Added basic SMT support for datatypes, records, and typedefs using
  1257 the oracle mode (no proofs).  Direct support of pairs has been dropped
  1258 in exchange (pass theorems fst_conv snd_conv pair_collapse to the SMT
  1259 support for a similar behavior).  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1260 
  1261 * Changed SMT configuration options:
  1262   - Renamed:
  1263     z3_proofs ~> smt_oracle (with inverted meaning)
  1264     z3_trace_assms ~> smt_trace_used_facts
  1265     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1266   - Added:
  1267     smt_verbose
  1268     smt_random_seed
  1269     smt_datatypes
  1270     smt_infer_triggers
  1271     smt_monomorph_limit
  1272     cvc3_options
  1273     remote_cvc3_options
  1274     remote_z3_options
  1275     yices_options
  1276 
  1277 * Boogie output files (.b2i files) need to be declared in the theory
  1278 header.
  1279 
  1280 * Simplification procedure "list_to_set_comprehension" rewrites list
  1281 comprehensions applied to List.set to set comprehensions.  Occasional
  1282 INCOMPATIBILITY, may be deactivated like this:
  1283 
  1284   declare [[simproc del: list_to_set_comprehension]]
  1285 
  1286 * Removed old version of primrec package.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1287 
  1288 * Removed simplifier congruence rule of "prod_case", as has for long
  1289 been the case with "split".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1290 
  1291 * String.literal is a type, but not a datatype.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1292 
  1293 * Removed [split_format ... and ... and ...] version of
  1294 [split_format].  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1295 
  1296 * Predicate "sorted" now defined inductively, with nice induction
  1297 rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY: former sorted.simps now named sorted_simps.
  1298 
  1299 * Constant "contents" renamed to "the_elem", to free the generic name
  1300 contents for other uses.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1301 
  1302 * Renamed class eq and constant eq (for code generation) to class
  1303 equal and constant equal, plus renaming of related facts and various
  1304 tuning.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1305 
  1306 * Dropped type classes mult_mono and mult_mono1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1307 
  1308 * Removed output syntax "'a ~=> 'b" for "'a => 'b option".
  1309 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1310 
  1311 * Renamed theory Fset to Cset, type Fset.fset to Cset.set, in order to
  1312 avoid confusion with finite sets.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1313 
  1314 * Abandoned locales equiv, congruent and congruent2 for equivalence
  1315 relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use equivI rather than equiv_intro (same
  1316 for congruent(2)).
  1317 
  1318 * Some previously unqualified names have been qualified:
  1319 
  1320   types
  1321     bool ~> HOL.bool
  1322     nat ~> Nat.nat
  1323 
  1324   constants
  1325     Trueprop ~> HOL.Trueprop
  1326     True ~> HOL.True
  1327     False ~> HOL.False
  1328     op & ~> HOL.conj
  1329     op | ~> HOL.disj
  1330     op --> ~> HOL.implies
  1331     op = ~> HOL.eq
  1332     Not ~> HOL.Not
  1333     The ~> HOL.The
  1334     All ~> HOL.All
  1335     Ex ~> HOL.Ex
  1336     Ex1 ~> HOL.Ex1
  1337     Let ~> HOL.Let
  1338     If ~> HOL.If
  1339     Ball ~> Set.Ball
  1340     Bex ~> Set.Bex
  1341     Suc ~> Nat.Suc
  1342     Pair ~> Product_Type.Pair
  1343     fst ~> Product_Type.fst
  1344     snd ~> Product_Type.snd
  1345     curry ~> Product_Type.curry
  1346     op : ~> Set.member
  1347     Collect ~> Set.Collect
  1348 
  1349 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1350 
  1351 * More canonical naming convention for some fundamental definitions:
  1352 
  1353     bot_bool_eq ~> bot_bool_def
  1354     top_bool_eq ~> top_bool_def
  1355     inf_bool_eq ~> inf_bool_def
  1356     sup_bool_eq ~> sup_bool_def
  1357     bot_fun_eq  ~> bot_fun_def
  1358     top_fun_eq  ~> top_fun_def
  1359     inf_fun_eq  ~> inf_fun_def
  1360     sup_fun_eq  ~> sup_fun_def
  1361 
  1362 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1363 
  1364 * More stylized fact names:
  1365 
  1366   expand_fun_eq ~> fun_eq_iff
  1367   expand_set_eq ~> set_eq_iff
  1368   set_ext       ~> set_eqI
  1369   nat_number    ~> eval_nat_numeral
  1370 
  1371 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1372 
  1373 * Refactoring of code-generation specific operations in theory List:
  1374 
  1375   constants
  1376     null ~> List.null
  1377 
  1378   facts
  1379     mem_iff ~> member_def
  1380     null_empty ~> null_def
  1381 
  1382 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that these were not supposed to be used
  1383 regularly unless for striking reasons; their main purpose was code
  1384 generation.
  1385 
  1386 Various operations from the Haskell prelude are used for generating
  1387 Haskell code.
  1388 
  1389 * Term "bij f" is now an abbreviation of "bij_betw f UNIV UNIV".  Term
  1390 "surj f" is now an abbreviation of "range f = UNIV".  The theorems
  1391 bij_def and surj_def are unchanged.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1392 
  1393 * Abolished some non-alphabetic type names: "prod" and "sum" replace
  1394 "*" and "+" respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1395 
  1396 * Name "Plus" of disjoint sum operator "<+>" is now hidden.  Write
  1397 "Sum_Type.Plus" instead.
  1398 
  1399 * Constant "split" has been merged with constant "prod_case"; names of
  1400 ML functions, facts etc. involving split have been retained so far,
  1401 though.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1402 
  1403 * Dropped old infix syntax "_ mem _" for List.member; use "_ : set _"
  1404 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1405 
  1406 * Removed lemma "Option.is_none_none" which duplicates "is_none_def".
  1407 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1408 
  1409 * Former theory Library/Enum is now part of the HOL-Main image.
  1410 INCOMPATIBILITY: all constants of the Enum theory now have to be
  1411 referred to by its qualified name.
  1412 
  1413   enum    ~>  Enum.enum
  1414   nlists  ~>  Enum.nlists
  1415   product ~>  Enum.product
  1416 
  1417 * Theory Library/Monad_Syntax provides do-syntax for monad types.
  1418 Syntax in Library/State_Monad has been changed to avoid ambiguities.
  1419 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1420 
  1421 * Theory Library/SetsAndFunctions has been split into
  1422 Library/Function_Algebras and Library/Set_Algebras; canonical names
  1423 for instance definitions for functions; various improvements.
  1424 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1425 
  1426 * Theory Library/Multiset provides stable quicksort implementation of
  1427 sort_key.
  1428 
  1429 * Theory Library/Multiset: renamed empty_idemp ~> empty_neutral.
  1430 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1431 
  1432 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: introduced a type class for euclidean
  1433 space.  Most theorems are now stated in terms of euclidean spaces
  1434 instead of finite cartesian products.
  1435 
  1436   types
  1437     real ^ 'n ~>  'a::real_vector
  1438               ~>  'a::euclidean_space
  1439               ~>  'a::ordered_euclidean_space
  1440         (depends on your needs)
  1441 
  1442   constants
  1443      _ $ _        ~> _ $$ _
  1444      \<chi> x. _  ~> \<chi>\<chi> x. _
  1445      CARD('n)     ~> DIM('a)
  1446 
  1447 Also note that the indices are now natural numbers and not from some
  1448 finite type. Finite cartesian products of euclidean spaces, products
  1449 of euclidean spaces the real and complex numbers are instantiated to
  1450 be euclidean_spaces.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1451 
  1452 * Session Probability: introduced pextreal as positive extended real
  1453 numbers.  Use pextreal as value for measures.  Introduce the
  1454 Radon-Nikodym derivative, product spaces and Fubini's theorem for
  1455 arbitrary sigma finite measures.  Introduces Lebesgue measure based on
  1456 the integral in Multivariate Analysis.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1457 
  1458 * Session Imperative_HOL: revamped, corrected dozens of inadequacies.
  1459 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1460 
  1461 * Session SPARK (with image HOL-SPARK) provides commands to load and
  1462 prove verification conditions generated by the SPARK Ada program
  1463 verifier.  See also src/HOL/SPARK and src/HOL/SPARK/Examples.
  1464 
  1465 
  1466 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  1467 
  1468 * Theorems for additive ring operations (locale abelian_monoid and
  1469 descendants) are generated by interpretation from their multiplicative
  1470 counterparts.  Names (in particular theorem names) have the mandatory
  1471 qualifier 'add'.  Previous theorem names are redeclared for
  1472 compatibility.
  1473 
  1474 * Structure "int_ring" is now an abbreviation (previously a
  1475 definition).  This fits more natural with advanced interpretations.
  1476 
  1477 
  1478 *** HOLCF ***
  1479 
  1480 * The domain package now runs in definitional mode by default: The
  1481 former command 'new_domain' is now called 'domain'.  To use the domain
  1482 package in its original axiomatic mode, use 'domain (unsafe)'.
  1483 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1484 
  1485 * The new class "domain" is now the default sort.  Class "predomain"
  1486 is an unpointed version of "domain". Theories can be updated by
  1487 replacing sort annotations as shown below.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1488 
  1489   'a::type ~> 'a::countable
  1490   'a::cpo  ~> 'a::predomain
  1491   'a::pcpo ~> 'a::domain
  1492 
  1493 * The old type class "rep" has been superseded by class "domain".
  1494 Accordingly, users of the definitional package must remove any
  1495 "default_sort rep" declarations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1496 
  1497 * The domain package (definitional mode) now supports unpointed
  1498 predomain argument types, as long as they are marked 'lazy'. (Strict
  1499 arguments must be in class "domain".) For example, the following
  1500 domain definition now works:
  1501 
  1502   domain natlist = nil | cons (lazy "nat discr") (lazy "natlist")
  1503 
  1504 * Theory HOLCF/Library/HOL_Cpo provides cpo and predomain class
  1505 instances for types from main HOL: bool, nat, int, char, 'a + 'b,
  1506 'a option, and 'a list.  Additionally, it configures fixrec and the
  1507 domain package to work with these types.  For example:
  1508 
  1509   fixrec isInl :: "('a + 'b) u -> tr"
  1510     where "isInl$(up$(Inl x)) = TT" | "isInl$(up$(Inr y)) = FF"
  1511 
  1512   domain V = VFun (lazy "V -> V") | VCon (lazy "nat") (lazy "V list")
  1513 
  1514 * The "(permissive)" option of fixrec has been replaced with a
  1515 per-equation "(unchecked)" option. See
  1516 src/HOL/HOLCF/Tutorial/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1517 
  1518 * The "bifinite" class no longer fixes a constant "approx"; the class
  1519 now just asserts that such a function exists.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1520 
  1521 * Former type "alg_defl" has been renamed to "defl".  HOLCF no longer
  1522 defines an embedding of type 'a defl into udom by default; instances
  1523 of "bifinite" and "domain" classes are available in
  1524 src/HOL/HOLCF/Library/Defl_Bifinite.thy.
  1525 
  1526 * The syntax "REP('a)" has been replaced with "DEFL('a)".
  1527 
  1528 * The predicate "directed" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1529 
  1530 * The type class "finite_po" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1531 
  1532 * The function "cprod_map" has been renamed to "prod_map".
  1533 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1534 
  1535 * The monadic bind operator on each powerdomain has new binder syntax
  1536 similar to sets, e.g. "\<Union>\<sharp>x\<in>xs. t" represents
  1537 "upper_bind\<cdot>xs\<cdot>(\<Lambda> x. t)".
  1538 
  1539 * The infix syntax for binary union on each powerdomain has changed
  1540 from e.g. "+\<sharp>" to "\<union>\<sharp>", for consistency with set
  1541 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1542 
  1543 * The constant "UU" has been renamed to "bottom".  The syntax "UU" is
  1544 still supported as an input translation.
  1545 
  1546 * Renamed some theorems (the original names are also still available).
  1547 
  1548   expand_fun_below   ~> fun_below_iff
  1549   below_fun_ext      ~> fun_belowI
  1550   expand_cfun_eq     ~> cfun_eq_iff
  1551   ext_cfun           ~> cfun_eqI
  1552   expand_cfun_below  ~> cfun_below_iff
  1553   below_cfun_ext     ~> cfun_belowI
  1554   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
  1555 
  1556 * The Abs and Rep functions for various types have changed names.
  1557 Related theorem names have also changed to match. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1558 
  1559   Rep_CFun  ~> Rep_cfun
  1560   Abs_CFun  ~> Abs_cfun
  1561   Rep_Sprod ~> Rep_sprod
  1562   Abs_Sprod ~> Abs_sprod
  1563   Rep_Ssum  ~> Rep_ssum
  1564   Abs_Ssum  ~> Abs_ssum
  1565 
  1566 * Lemmas with names of the form *_defined_iff or *_strict_iff have
  1567 been renamed to *_bottom_iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1568 
  1569 * Various changes to bisimulation/coinduction with domain package:
  1570 
  1571   - Definitions of "bisim" constants no longer mention definedness.
  1572   - With mutual recursion, "bisim" predicate is now curried.
  1573   - With mutual recursion, each type gets a separate coind theorem.
  1574   - Variable names in bisim_def and coinduct rules have changed.
  1575 
  1576 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1577 
  1578 * Case combinators generated by the domain package for type "foo" are
  1579 now named "foo_case" instead of "foo_when".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1580 
  1581 * Several theorems have been renamed to more accurately reflect the
  1582 names of constants and types involved.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1583 
  1584   thelub_const    ~> lub_const
  1585   lub_const       ~> is_lub_const
  1586   thelubI         ~> lub_eqI
  1587   is_lub_lub      ~> is_lubD2
  1588   lubI            ~> is_lub_lub
  1589   unique_lub      ~> is_lub_unique
  1590   is_ub_lub       ~> is_lub_rangeD1
  1591   lub_bin_chain   ~> is_lub_bin_chain
  1592   lub_fun         ~> is_lub_fun
  1593   thelub_fun      ~> lub_fun
  1594   thelub_cfun     ~> lub_cfun
  1595   thelub_Pair     ~> lub_Pair
  1596   lub_cprod       ~> is_lub_prod
  1597   thelub_cprod    ~> lub_prod
  1598   minimal_cprod   ~> minimal_prod
  1599   inst_cprod_pcpo ~> inst_prod_pcpo
  1600   UU_I            ~> bottomI
  1601   compact_UU      ~> compact_bottom
  1602   deflation_UU    ~> deflation_bottom
  1603   finite_deflation_UU ~> finite_deflation_bottom
  1604 
  1605 * Many legacy theorem names have been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1606 
  1607   sq_ord_less_eq_trans ~> below_eq_trans
  1608   sq_ord_eq_less_trans ~> eq_below_trans
  1609   refl_less            ~> below_refl
  1610   trans_less           ~> below_trans
  1611   antisym_less         ~> below_antisym
  1612   antisym_less_inverse ~> po_eq_conv [THEN iffD1]
  1613   box_less             ~> box_below
  1614   rev_trans_less       ~> rev_below_trans
  1615   not_less2not_eq      ~> not_below2not_eq
  1616   less_UU_iff          ~> below_UU_iff
  1617   flat_less_iff        ~> flat_below_iff
  1618   adm_less             ~> adm_below
  1619   adm_not_less         ~> adm_not_below
  1620   adm_compact_not_less ~> adm_compact_not_below
  1621   less_fun_def         ~> below_fun_def
  1622   expand_fun_less      ~> fun_below_iff
  1623   less_fun_ext         ~> fun_belowI
  1624   less_discr_def       ~> below_discr_def
  1625   discr_less_eq        ~> discr_below_eq
  1626   less_unit_def        ~> below_unit_def
  1627   less_cprod_def       ~> below_prod_def
  1628   prod_lessI           ~> prod_belowI
  1629   Pair_less_iff        ~> Pair_below_iff
  1630   fst_less_iff         ~> fst_below_iff
  1631   snd_less_iff         ~> snd_below_iff
  1632   expand_cfun_less     ~> cfun_below_iff
  1633   less_cfun_ext        ~> cfun_belowI
  1634   injection_less       ~> injection_below
  1635   less_up_def          ~> below_up_def
  1636   not_Iup_less         ~> not_Iup_below
  1637   Iup_less             ~> Iup_below
  1638   up_less              ~> up_below
  1639   Def_inject_less_eq   ~> Def_below_Def
  1640   Def_less_is_eq       ~> Def_below_iff
  1641   spair_less_iff       ~> spair_below_iff
  1642   less_sprod           ~> below_sprod
  1643   spair_less           ~> spair_below
  1644   sfst_less_iff        ~> sfst_below_iff
  1645   ssnd_less_iff        ~> ssnd_below_iff
  1646   fix_least_less       ~> fix_least_below
  1647   dist_less_one        ~> dist_below_one
  1648   less_ONE             ~> below_ONE
  1649   ONE_less_iff         ~> ONE_below_iff
  1650   less_sinlD           ~> below_sinlD
  1651   less_sinrD           ~> below_sinrD
  1652 
  1653 
  1654 *** FOL and ZF ***
  1655 
  1656 * All constant names are now qualified internally and use proper
  1657 identifiers, e.g. "IFOL.eq" instead of "op =".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1658 
  1659 
  1660 *** ML ***
  1661 
  1662 * Antiquotation @{assert} inlines a function bool -> unit that raises
  1663 Fail if the argument is false.  Due to inlining the source position of
  1664 failed assertions is included in the error output.
  1665 
  1666 * Discontinued antiquotation @{theory_ref}, which is obsolete since ML
  1667 text is in practice always evaluated with a stable theory checkpoint.
  1668 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use (Theory.check_thy @{theory}) instead.
  1669 
  1670 * Antiquotation @{theory A} refers to theory A from the ancestry of
  1671 the current context, not any accidental theory loader state as before.
  1672 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, subtle change in semantics.
  1673 
  1674 * Syntax.pretty_priority (default 0) configures the required priority
  1675 of pretty-printed output and thus affects insertion of parentheses.
  1676 
  1677 * Syntax.default_root (default "any") configures the inner syntax
  1678 category (nonterminal symbol) for parsing of terms.
  1679 
  1680 * Former exception Library.UnequalLengths now coincides with
  1681 ListPair.UnequalLengths.
  1682 
  1683 * Renamed structure MetaSimplifier to Raw_Simplifier.  Note that the
  1684 main functionality is provided by structure Simplifier.
  1685 
  1686 * Renamed raw "explode" function to "raw_explode" to emphasize its
  1687 meaning.  Note that internally to Isabelle, Symbol.explode is used in
  1688 almost all situations.
  1689 
  1690 * Discontinued obsolete function sys_error and exception SYS_ERROR.
  1691 See implementation manual for further details on exceptions in
  1692 Isabelle/ML.
  1693 
  1694 * Renamed setmp_noncritical to Unsynchronized.setmp to emphasize its
  1695 meaning.
  1696 
  1697 * Renamed structure PureThy to Pure_Thy and moved most of its
  1698 operations to structure Global_Theory, to emphasize that this is
  1699 rarely-used global-only stuff.
  1700 
  1701 * Discontinued Output.debug.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use plain writeln
  1702 instead (or tracing for high-volume output).
  1703 
  1704 * Configuration option show_question_marks only affects regular pretty
  1705 printing of types and terms, not raw Term.string_of_vname.
  1706 
  1707 * ML_Context.thm and ML_Context.thms are no longer pervasive.  Rare
  1708 INCOMPATIBILITY, superseded by static antiquotations @{thm} and
  1709 @{thms} for most purposes.
  1710 
  1711 * ML structure Unsynchronized is never opened, not even in Isar
  1712 interaction mode as before.  Old Unsynchronized.set etc. have been
  1713 discontinued -- use plain := instead.  This should be *rare* anyway,
  1714 since modern tools always work via official context data, notably
  1715 configuration options.
  1716 
  1717 * Parallel and asynchronous execution requires special care concerning
  1718 interrupts.  Structure Exn provides some convenience functions that
  1719 avoid working directly with raw Interrupt.  User code must not absorb
  1720 interrupts -- intermediate handling (for cleanup etc.) needs to be
  1721 followed by re-raising of the original exception.  Another common
  1722 source of mistakes are "handle _" patterns, which make the meaning of
  1723 the program subject to physical effects of the environment.
  1724 
  1725 
  1726 
  1727 New in Isabelle2009-2 (June 2010)
  1728 ---------------------------------
  1729 
  1730 *** General ***
  1731 
  1732 * Authentic syntax for *all* logical entities (type classes, type
  1733 constructors, term constants): provides simple and robust
  1734 correspondence between formal entities and concrete syntax.  Within
  1735 the parse tree / AST representations, "constants" are decorated by
  1736 their category (class, type, const) and spelled out explicitly with
  1737 their full internal name.
  1738 
  1739 Substantial INCOMPATIBILITY concerning low-level syntax declarations
  1740 and translations (translation rules and translation functions in ML).
  1741 Some hints on upgrading:
  1742 
  1743   - Many existing uses of 'syntax' and 'translations' can be replaced
  1744     by more modern 'type_notation', 'notation' and 'abbreviation',
  1745     which are independent of this issue.
  1746 
  1747   - 'translations' require markup within the AST; the term syntax
  1748     provides the following special forms:
  1749 
  1750       CONST c   -- produces syntax version of constant c from context
  1751       XCONST c  -- literally c, checked as constant from context
  1752       c         -- literally c, if declared by 'syntax'
  1753 
  1754     Plain identifiers are treated as AST variables -- occasionally the
  1755     system indicates accidental variables via the error "rhs contains
  1756     extra variables".
  1757 
  1758     Type classes and type constructors are marked according to their
  1759     concrete syntax.  Some old translations rules need to be written
  1760     for the "type" category, using type constructor application
  1761     instead of pseudo-term application of the default category
  1762     "logic".
  1763 
  1764   - 'parse_translation' etc. in ML may use the following
  1765     antiquotations:
  1766 
  1767       @{class_syntax c}   -- type class c within parse tree / AST
  1768       @{term_syntax c}    -- type constructor c within parse tree / AST
  1769       @{const_syntax c}   -- ML version of "CONST c" above
  1770       @{syntax_const c}   -- literally c (checked wrt. 'syntax' declarations)
  1771 
  1772   - Literal types within 'typed_print_translations', i.e. those *not*
  1773     represented as pseudo-terms are represented verbatim.  Use @{class
  1774     c} or @{type_name c} here instead of the above syntax
  1775     antiquotations.
  1776 
  1777 Note that old non-authentic syntax was based on unqualified base
  1778 names, so all of the above "constant" names would coincide.  Recall
  1779 that 'print_syntax' and ML_command "set Syntax.trace_ast" help to
  1780 diagnose syntax problems.
  1781 
  1782 * Type constructors admit general mixfix syntax, not just infix.
  1783 
  1784 * Concrete syntax may be attached to local entities without a proof
  1785 body, too.  This works via regular mixfix annotations for 'fix',
  1786 'def', 'obtain' etc. or via the explicit 'write' command, which is
  1787 similar to the 'notation' command in theory specifications.
  1788 
  1789 * Discontinued unnamed infix syntax (legacy feature for many years) --
  1790 need to specify constant name and syntax separately.  Internal ML
  1791 datatype constructors have been renamed from InfixName to Infix etc.
  1792 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1793 
  1794 * Schematic theorem statements need to be explicitly markup as such,
  1795 via commands 'schematic_lemma', 'schematic_theorem',
  1796 'schematic_corollary'.  Thus the relevance of the proof is made
  1797 syntactically clear, which impacts performance in a parallel or
  1798 asynchronous interactive environment.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1799 
  1800 * Use of cumulative prems via "!" in some proof methods has been
  1801 discontinued (old legacy feature).
  1802 
  1803 * References 'trace_simp' and 'debug_simp' have been replaced by
  1804 configuration options stored in the context. Enabling tracing (the
  1805 case of debugging is similar) in proofs works via
  1806 
  1807   using [[trace_simp = true]]
  1808 
  1809 Tracing is then active for all invocations of the simplifier in
  1810 subsequent goal refinement steps. Tracing may also still be enabled or
  1811 disabled via the ProofGeneral settings menu.
  1812 
  1813 * Separate commands 'hide_class', 'hide_type', 'hide_const',
  1814 'hide_fact' replace the former 'hide' KIND command.  Minor
  1815 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1816 
  1817 * Improved parallelism of proof term normalization: usedir -p2 -q0 is
  1818 more efficient than combinations with -q1 or -q2.
  1819 
  1820 
  1821 *** Pure ***
  1822 
  1823 * Proofterms record type-class reasoning explicitly, using the
  1824 "unconstrain" operation internally.  This eliminates all sort
  1825 constraints from a theorem and proof, introducing explicit
  1826 OFCLASS-premises.  On the proof term level, this operation is
  1827 automatically applied at theorem boundaries, such that closed proofs
  1828 are always free of sort constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools that
  1829 inspect proof terms.
  1830 
  1831 * Local theory specifications may depend on extra type variables that
  1832 are not present in the result type -- arguments TYPE('a) :: 'a itself
  1833 are added internally.  For example:
  1834 
  1835   definition unitary :: bool where "unitary = (ALL (x::'a) y. x = y)"
  1836 
  1837 * Predicates of locales introduced by classes carry a mandatory
  1838 "class" prefix.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1839 
  1840 * Vacuous class specifications observe default sort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1841 
  1842 * Old 'axclass' command has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  1843 'class' instead.
  1844 
  1845 * Command 'code_reflect' allows to incorporate generated ML code into
  1846 runtime environment; replaces immature code_datatype antiquotation.
  1847 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1848 
  1849 * Code generator: simple concept for abstract datatypes obeying
  1850 invariants.
  1851 
  1852 * Code generator: details of internal data cache have no impact on the
  1853 user space functionality any longer.
  1854 
  1855 * Methods "unfold_locales" and "intro_locales" ignore non-locale
  1856 subgoals.  This is more appropriate for interpretations with 'where'.
  1857 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1858 
  1859 * Command 'example_proof' opens an empty proof body.  This allows to
  1860 experiment with Isar, without producing any persistent result.
  1861 
  1862 * Commands 'type_notation' and 'no_type_notation' declare type syntax
  1863 within a local theory context, with explicit checking of the
  1864 constructors involved (in contrast to the raw 'syntax' versions).
  1865 
  1866 * Commands 'types' and 'typedecl' now work within a local theory
  1867 context -- without introducing dependencies on parameters or
  1868 assumptions, which is not possible in Isabelle/Pure.
  1869 
  1870 * Command 'defaultsort' has been renamed to 'default_sort', it works
  1871 within a local theory context.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1872 
  1873 
  1874 *** HOL ***
  1875 
  1876 * Command 'typedef' now works within a local theory context -- without
  1877 introducing dependencies on parameters or assumptions, which is not
  1878 possible in Isabelle/Pure/HOL.  Note that the logical environment may
  1879 contain multiple interpretations of local typedefs (with different
  1880 non-emptiness proofs), even in a global theory context.
  1881 
  1882 * New package for quotient types.  Commands 'quotient_type' and
  1883 'quotient_definition' may be used for defining types and constants by
  1884 quotient constructions.  An example is the type of integers created by
  1885 quotienting pairs of natural numbers:
  1886 
  1887   fun
  1888     intrel :: "(nat * nat) => (nat * nat) => bool"
  1889   where
  1890     "intrel (x, y) (u, v) = (x + v = u + y)"
  1891 
  1892   quotient_type int = "nat * nat" / intrel
  1893     by (auto simp add: equivp_def expand_fun_eq)
  1894 
  1895   quotient_definition
  1896     "0::int" is "(0::nat, 0::nat)"
  1897 
  1898 The method "lifting" can be used to lift of theorems from the
  1899 underlying "raw" type to the quotient type.  The example
  1900 src/HOL/Quotient_Examples/FSet.thy includes such a quotient
  1901 construction and provides a reasoning infrastructure for finite sets.
  1902 
  1903 * Renamed Library/Quotient.thy to Library/Quotient_Type.thy to avoid
  1904 clash with new theory Quotient in Main HOL.
  1905 
  1906 * Moved the SMT binding into the main HOL session, eliminating
  1907 separate HOL-SMT session.
  1908 
  1909 * List membership infix mem operation is only an input abbreviation.
  1910 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1911 
  1912 * Theory Library/Word.thy has been removed.  Use library Word/Word.thy
  1913 for future developements; former Library/Word.thy is still present in
  1914 the AFP entry RSAPPS.
  1915 
  1916 * Theorem Int.int_induct renamed to Int.int_of_nat_induct and is no
  1917 longer shadowed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1918 
  1919 * Dropped theorem duplicate comp_arith; use semiring_norm instead.
  1920 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1921 
  1922 * Dropped theorem RealPow.real_sq_order; use power2_le_imp_le instead.
  1923 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1924 
  1925 * Dropped normalizing_semiring etc; use the facts in semiring classes
  1926 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1927 
  1928 * Dropped several real-specific versions of lemmas about floor and
  1929 ceiling; use the generic lemmas from theory "Archimedean_Field"
  1930 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1931 
  1932   floor_number_of_eq         ~> floor_number_of
  1933   le_floor_eq_number_of      ~> number_of_le_floor
  1934   le_floor_eq_zero           ~> zero_le_floor
  1935   le_floor_eq_one            ~> one_le_floor
  1936   floor_less_eq_number_of    ~> floor_less_number_of
  1937   floor_less_eq_zero         ~> floor_less_zero
  1938   floor_less_eq_one          ~> floor_less_one
  1939   less_floor_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_less_floor
  1940   less_floor_eq_zero         ~> zero_less_floor
  1941   less_floor_eq_one          ~> one_less_floor
  1942   floor_le_eq_number_of      ~> floor_le_number_of
  1943   floor_le_eq_zero           ~> floor_le_zero
  1944   floor_le_eq_one            ~> floor_le_one
  1945   floor_subtract_number_of   ~> floor_diff_number_of
  1946   floor_subtract_one         ~> floor_diff_one
  1947   ceiling_number_of_eq       ~> ceiling_number_of
  1948   ceiling_le_eq_number_of    ~> ceiling_le_number_of
  1949   ceiling_le_zero_eq         ~> ceiling_le_zero
  1950   ceiling_le_eq_one          ~> ceiling_le_one
  1951   less_ceiling_eq_number_of  ~> number_of_less_ceiling
  1952   less_ceiling_eq_zero       ~> zero_less_ceiling
  1953   less_ceiling_eq_one        ~> one_less_ceiling
  1954   ceiling_less_eq_number_of  ~> ceiling_less_number_of
  1955   ceiling_less_eq_zero       ~> ceiling_less_zero
  1956   ceiling_less_eq_one        ~> ceiling_less_one
  1957   le_ceiling_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_le_ceiling
  1958   le_ceiling_eq_zero         ~> zero_le_ceiling
  1959   le_ceiling_eq_one          ~> one_le_ceiling
  1960   ceiling_subtract_number_of ~> ceiling_diff_number_of
  1961   ceiling_subtract_one       ~> ceiling_diff_one
  1962 
  1963 * Theory "Finite_Set": various folding_XXX locales facilitate the
  1964 application of the various fold combinators on finite sets.
  1965 
  1966 * Library theory "RBT" renamed to "RBT_Impl"; new library theory "RBT"
  1967 provides abstract red-black tree type which is backed by "RBT_Impl" as
  1968 implementation.  INCOMPATIBILTY.
  1969 
  1970 * Theory Library/Coinductive_List has been removed -- superseded by
  1971 AFP/thys/Coinductive.
  1972 
  1973 * Theory PReal, including the type "preal" and related operations, has
  1974 been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1975 
  1976 * Real: new development using Cauchy Sequences.
  1977 
  1978 * Split off theory "Big_Operators" containing setsum, setprod,
  1979 Inf_fin, Sup_fin, Min, Max from theory Finite_Set.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1980 
  1981 * Theory "Rational" renamed to "Rat", for consistency with "Nat",
  1982 "Int" etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1983 
  1984 * Constant Rat.normalize needs to be qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1985 
  1986 * New set of rules "ac_simps" provides combined assoc / commute
  1987 rewrites for all interpretations of the appropriate generic locales.
  1988 
  1989 * Renamed theory "OrderedGroup" to "Groups" and split theory
  1990 "Ring_and_Field" into theories "Rings" and "Fields"; for more
  1991 appropriate and more consistent names suitable for name prefixes
  1992 within the HOL theories.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1993 
  1994 * Some generic constants have been put to appropriate theories:
  1995   - less_eq, less: Orderings
  1996   - zero, one, plus, minus, uminus, times, abs, sgn: Groups
  1997   - inverse, divide: Rings
  1998 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1999 
  2000 * More consistent naming of type classes involving orderings (and
  2001 lattices):
  2002 
  2003     lower_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_inf
  2004     upper_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_sup
  2005 
  2006     dense_linear_order                  ~> dense_linorder
  2007 
  2008     pordered_ab_group_add               ~> ordered_ab_group_add
  2009     pordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> ordered_ab_group_add_abs
  2010     pordered_ab_semigroup_add           ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add
  2011     pordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le    ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le
  2012     pordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add    ~> ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  2013     pordered_cancel_comm_semiring       ~> ordered_cancel_comm_semiring
  2014     pordered_cancel_semiring            ~> ordered_cancel_semiring
  2015     pordered_comm_monoid_add            ~> ordered_comm_monoid_add
  2016     pordered_comm_ring                  ~> ordered_comm_ring
  2017     pordered_comm_semiring              ~> ordered_comm_semiring
  2018     pordered_ring                       ~> ordered_ring
  2019     pordered_ring_abs                   ~> ordered_ring_abs
  2020     pordered_semiring                   ~> ordered_semiring
  2021 
  2022     ordered_ab_group_add                ~> linordered_ab_group_add
  2023     ordered_ab_semigroup_add            ~> linordered_ab_semigroup_add
  2024     ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add     ~> linordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  2025     ordered_comm_semiring_strict        ~> linordered_comm_semiring_strict
  2026     ordered_field                       ~> linordered_field
  2027     ordered_field_no_lb                 ~> linordered_field_no_lb
  2028     ordered_field_no_ub                 ~> linordered_field_no_ub
  2029     ordered_field_dense_linear_order    ~> dense_linordered_field
  2030     ordered_idom                        ~> linordered_idom
  2031     ordered_ring                        ~> linordered_ring
  2032     ordered_ring_le_cancel_factor       ~> linordered_ring_le_cancel_factor
  2033     ordered_ring_less_cancel_factor     ~> linordered_ring_less_cancel_factor
  2034     ordered_ring_strict                 ~> linordered_ring_strict
  2035     ordered_semidom                     ~> linordered_semidom
  2036     ordered_semiring                    ~> linordered_semiring
  2037     ordered_semiring_1                  ~> linordered_semiring_1
  2038     ordered_semiring_1_strict           ~> linordered_semiring_1_strict
  2039     ordered_semiring_strict             ~> linordered_semiring_strict
  2040 
  2041   The following slightly odd type classes have been moved to a
  2042   separate theory Library/Lattice_Algebras:
  2043 
  2044     lordered_ab_group_add               ~> lattice_ab_group_add
  2045     lordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> lattice_ab_group_add_abs
  2046     lordered_ab_group_add_meet          ~> semilattice_inf_ab_group_add
  2047     lordered_ab_group_add_join          ~> semilattice_sup_ab_group_add
  2048     lordered_ring                       ~> lattice_ring
  2049 
  2050 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2051 
  2052 * Refined field classes:
  2053   - classes division_ring_inverse_zero, field_inverse_zero,
  2054     linordered_field_inverse_zero include rule inverse 0 = 0 --
  2055     subsumes former division_by_zero class;
  2056   - numerous lemmas have been ported from field to division_ring.
  2057 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2058 
  2059 * Refined algebra theorem collections:
  2060   - dropped theorem group group_simps, use algebra_simps instead;
  2061   - dropped theorem group ring_simps, use field_simps instead;
  2062   - proper theorem collection field_simps subsumes former theorem
  2063     groups field_eq_simps and field_simps;
  2064   - dropped lemma eq_minus_self_iff which is a duplicate for
  2065     equal_neg_zero.
  2066 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2067 
  2068 * Theory Finite_Set and List: some lemmas have been generalized from
  2069 sets to lattices:
  2070 
  2071   fun_left_comm_idem_inter      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_inf
  2072   fun_left_comm_idem_union      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_sup
  2073   inter_Inter_fold_inter        ~> inf_Inf_fold_inf
  2074   union_Union_fold_union        ~> sup_Sup_fold_sup
  2075   Inter_fold_inter              ~> Inf_fold_inf
  2076   Union_fold_union              ~> Sup_fold_sup
  2077   inter_INTER_fold_inter        ~> inf_INFI_fold_inf
  2078   union_UNION_fold_union        ~> sup_SUPR_fold_sup
  2079   INTER_fold_inter              ~> INFI_fold_inf
  2080   UNION_fold_union              ~> SUPR_fold_sup
  2081 
  2082 * Theory "Complete_Lattice": lemmas top_def and bot_def have been
  2083 replaced by the more convenient lemmas Inf_empty and Sup_empty.
  2084 Dropped lemmas Inf_insert_simp and Sup_insert_simp, which are subsumed
  2085 by Inf_insert and Sup_insert.  Lemmas Inf_UNIV and Sup_UNIV replace
  2086 former Inf_Univ and Sup_Univ.  Lemmas inf_top_right and sup_bot_right
  2087 subsume inf_top and sup_bot respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2088 
  2089 * Reorganized theory Multiset: swapped notation of pointwise and
  2090 multiset order:
  2091 
  2092   - pointwise ordering is instance of class order with standard syntax
  2093     <= and <;
  2094   - multiset ordering has syntax <=# and <#; partial order properties
  2095     are provided by means of interpretation with prefix
  2096     multiset_order;
  2097   - less duplication, less historical organization of sections,
  2098     conversion from associations lists to multisets, rudimentary code
  2099     generation;
  2100   - use insert_DiffM2 [symmetric] instead of elem_imp_eq_diff_union,
  2101     if needed.
  2102 
  2103 Renamed:
  2104 
  2105   multiset_eq_conv_count_eq  ~>  multiset_ext_iff
  2106   multi_count_ext  ~>  multiset_ext
  2107   diff_union_inverse2  ~>  diff_union_cancelR
  2108 
  2109 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2110 
  2111 * Theory Permutation: replaced local "remove" by List.remove1.
  2112 
  2113 * Code generation: ML and OCaml code is decorated with signatures.
  2114 
  2115 * Theory List: added transpose.
  2116 
  2117 * Library/Nat_Bijection.thy is a collection of bijective functions
  2118 between nat and other types, which supersedes the older libraries
  2119 Library/Nat_Int_Bij.thy and HOLCF/NatIso.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2120 
  2121   Constants:
  2122   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat         ~> prod_encode
  2123   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2         ~> prod_decode
  2124   Nat_Int_Bij.int_to_nat_bij      ~> int_encode
  2125   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_int_bij      ~> int_decode
  2126   Countable.pair_encode           ~> prod_encode
  2127   NatIso.prod2nat                 ~> prod_encode
  2128   NatIso.nat2prod                 ~> prod_decode
  2129   NatIso.sum2nat                  ~> sum_encode
  2130   NatIso.nat2sum                  ~> sum_decode
  2131   NatIso.list2nat                 ~> list_encode
  2132   NatIso.nat2list                 ~> list_decode
  2133   NatIso.set2nat                  ~> set_encode
  2134   NatIso.nat2set                  ~> set_decode
  2135 
  2136   Lemmas:
  2137   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  2138   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_inj     ~> inj_prod_encode
  2139   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_surj    ~> surj_prod_encode
  2140   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_inj     ~> inj_prod_decode
  2141   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_surj    ~> surj_prod_decode
  2142   Nat_Int_Bij.i2n_n2i_id          ~> int_encode_inverse
  2143   Nat_Int_Bij.n2i_i2n_id          ~> int_decode_inverse
  2144   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_nat_to_int_bij ~> surj_int_encode
  2145   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_int_to_nat_bij ~> surj_int_decode
  2146   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_nat_to_int_bij  ~> inj_int_encode
  2147   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_int_to_nat_bij  ~> inj_int_decode
  2148   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_encode
  2149   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_int_to_nat_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  2150 
  2151 * Sledgehammer:
  2152   - Renamed ATP commands:
  2153     atp_info     ~> sledgehammer running_atps
  2154     atp_kill     ~> sledgehammer kill_atps
  2155     atp_messages ~> sledgehammer messages
  2156     atp_minimize ~> sledgehammer minimize
  2157     print_atps   ~> sledgehammer available_atps
  2158     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2159   - Added user's manual ("isabelle doc sledgehammer").
  2160   - Added option syntax and "sledgehammer_params" to customize
  2161     Sledgehammer's behavior.  See the manual for details.
  2162   - Modified the Isar proof reconstruction code so that it produces
  2163     direct proofs rather than proofs by contradiction.  (This feature
  2164     is still experimental.)
  2165   - Made Isar proof reconstruction work for SPASS, remote ATPs, and in
  2166     full-typed mode.
  2167   - Added support for TPTP syntax for SPASS via the "spass_tptp" ATP.
  2168 
  2169 * Nitpick:
  2170   - Added and implemented "binary_ints" and "bits" options.
  2171   - Added "std" option and implemented support for nonstandard models.
  2172   - Added and implemented "finitize" option to improve the precision
  2173     of infinite datatypes based on a monotonicity analysis.
  2174   - Added support for quotient types.
  2175   - Added support for "specification" and "ax_specification"
  2176     constructs.
  2177   - Added support for local definitions (for "function" and
  2178     "termination" proofs).
  2179   - Added support for term postprocessors.
  2180   - Optimized "Multiset.multiset" and "FinFun.finfun".
  2181   - Improved efficiency of "destroy_constrs" optimization.
  2182   - Fixed soundness bugs related to "destroy_constrs" optimization and
  2183     record getters.
  2184   - Fixed soundness bug related to higher-order constructors.
  2185   - Fixed soundness bug when "full_descrs" is enabled.
  2186   - Improved precision of set constructs.
  2187   - Added "atoms" option.
  2188   - Added cache to speed up repeated Kodkod invocations on the same
  2189     problems.
  2190   - Renamed "MiniSatJNI", "zChaffJNI", "BerkMinAlloy", and
  2191     "SAT4JLight" to "MiniSat_JNI", "zChaff_JNI", "BerkMin_Alloy", and
  2192     "SAT4J_Light".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2193   - Removed "skolemize", "uncurry", "sym_break", "flatten_prop",
  2194     "sharing_depth", and "show_skolems" options.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2195   - Removed "nitpick_intro" attribute.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2196 
  2197 * Method "induct" now takes instantiations of the form t, where t is not
  2198   a variable, as a shorthand for "x == t", where x is a fresh variable.
  2199   If this is not intended, t has to be enclosed in parentheses.
  2200   By default, the equalities generated by definitional instantiations
  2201   are pre-simplified, which may cause parameters of inductive cases
  2202   to disappear, or may even delete some of the inductive cases.
  2203   Use "induct (no_simp)" instead of "induct" to restore the old
  2204   behaviour. The (no_simp) option is also understood by the "cases"
  2205   and "nominal_induct" methods, which now perform pre-simplification, too.
  2206   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2207 
  2208 
  2209 *** HOLCF ***
  2210 
  2211 * Variable names in lemmas generated by the domain package have
  2212 changed; the naming scheme is now consistent with the HOL datatype
  2213 package.  Some proof scripts may be affected, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2214 
  2215 * The domain package no longer defines the function "foo_copy" for
  2216 recursive domain "foo".  The reach lemma is now stated directly in
  2217 terms of "foo_take".  Lemmas and proofs that mention "foo_copy" must
  2218 be reformulated in terms of "foo_take", INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2219 
  2220 * Most definedness lemmas generated by the domain package (previously
  2221 of the form "x ~= UU ==> foo$x ~= UU") now have an if-and-only-if form
  2222 like "foo$x = UU <-> x = UU", which works better as a simp rule.
  2223 Proofs that used definedness lemmas as intro rules may break,
  2224 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2225 
  2226 * Induction and casedist rules generated by the domain package now
  2227 declare proper case_names (one called "bottom", and one named for each
  2228 constructor).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2229 
  2230 * For mutually-recursive domains, separate "reach" and "take_lemma"
  2231 rules are generated for each domain, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2232 
  2233   foo_bar.reach       ~> foo.reach  bar.reach
  2234   foo_bar.take_lemmas ~> foo.take_lemma  bar.take_lemma
  2235 
  2236 * Some lemmas generated by the domain package have been renamed for
  2237 consistency with the datatype package, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2238 
  2239   foo.ind        ~> foo.induct
  2240   foo.finite_ind ~> foo.finite_induct
  2241   foo.coind      ~> foo.coinduct
  2242   foo.casedist   ~> foo.exhaust
  2243   foo.exhaust    ~> foo.nchotomy
  2244 
  2245 * For consistency with other definition packages, the fixrec package
  2246 now generates qualified theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2247 
  2248   foo_simps  ~> foo.simps
  2249   foo_unfold ~> foo.unfold
  2250   foo_induct ~> foo.induct
  2251 
  2252 * The "fixrec_simp" attribute has been removed.  The "fixrec_simp"
  2253 method and internal fixrec proofs now use the default simpset instead.
  2254 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2255 
  2256 * The "contlub" predicate has been removed.  Proof scripts should use
  2257 lemma contI2 in place of monocontlub2cont, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2258 
  2259 * The "admw" predicate has been removed, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2260 
  2261 * The constants cpair, cfst, and csnd have been removed in favor of
  2262 Pair, fst, and snd from Isabelle/HOL, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2263 
  2264 
  2265 *** ML ***
  2266 
  2267 * Antiquotations for basic formal entities:
  2268 
  2269     @{class NAME}         -- type class
  2270     @{class_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of the above
  2271 
  2272     @{type_name NAME}     -- logical type
  2273     @{type_abbrev NAME}   -- type abbreviation
  2274     @{nonterminal NAME}   -- type of concrete syntactic category
  2275     @{type_syntax NAME}   -- syntax representation of any of the above
  2276 
  2277     @{const_name NAME}    -- logical constant (INCOMPATIBILITY)
  2278     @{const_abbrev NAME}  -- abbreviated constant
  2279     @{const_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of any of the above
  2280 
  2281 * Antiquotation @{syntax_const NAME} ensures that NAME refers to a raw
  2282 syntax constant (cf. 'syntax' command).
  2283 
  2284 * Antiquotation @{make_string} inlines a function to print arbitrary
  2285 values similar to the ML toplevel.  The result is compiler dependent
  2286 and may fall back on "?" in certain situations.
  2287 
  2288 * Diagnostic commands 'ML_val' and 'ML_command' may refer to
  2289 antiquotations @{Isar.state} and @{Isar.goal}.  This replaces impure
  2290 Isar.state() and Isar.goal(), which belong to the old TTY loop and do
  2291 not work with the asynchronous Isar document model.
  2292 
  2293 * Configuration options now admit dynamic default values, depending on
  2294 the context or even global references.
  2295 
  2296 * SHA1.digest digests strings according to SHA-1 (see RFC 3174).  It
  2297 uses an efficient external library if available (for Poly/ML).
  2298 
  2299 * Renamed some important ML structures, while keeping the old names
  2300 for some time as aliases within the structure Legacy:
  2301 
  2302   OuterKeyword  ~>  Keyword
  2303   OuterLex      ~>  Token
  2304   OuterParse    ~>  Parse
  2305   OuterSyntax   ~>  Outer_Syntax
  2306   PrintMode     ~>  Print_Mode
  2307   SpecParse     ~>  Parse_Spec
  2308   ThyInfo       ~>  Thy_Info
  2309   ThyLoad       ~>  Thy_Load
  2310   ThyOutput     ~>  Thy_Output
  2311   TypeInfer     ~>  Type_Infer
  2312 
  2313 Note that "open Legacy" simplifies porting of sources, but forgetting
  2314 to remove it again will complicate porting again in the future.
  2315 
  2316 * Most operations that refer to a global context are named
  2317 accordingly, e.g. Simplifier.global_context or
  2318 ProofContext.init_global.  There are some situations where a global
  2319 context actually works, but under normal circumstances one needs to
  2320 pass the proper local context through the code!
  2321 
  2322 * Discontinued old TheoryDataFun with its copy/init operation -- data
  2323 needs to be pure.  Functor Theory_Data_PP retains the traditional
  2324 Pretty.pp argument to merge, which is absent in the standard
  2325 Theory_Data version.
  2326 
  2327 * Sorts.certify_sort and derived "cert" operations for types and terms
  2328 no longer minimize sorts.  Thus certification at the boundary of the
  2329 inference kernel becomes invariant under addition of class relations,
  2330 which is an important monotonicity principle.  Sorts are now minimized
  2331 in the syntax layer only, at the boundary between the end-user and the
  2332 system.  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY, may have to use Sign.minimize_sort
  2333 explicitly in rare situations.
  2334 
  2335 * Renamed old-style Drule.standard to Drule.export_without_context, to
  2336 emphasize that this is in no way a standard operation.
  2337 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2338 
  2339 * Subgoal.FOCUS (and variants): resulting goal state is normalized as
  2340 usual for resolution.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2341 
  2342 * Renamed varify/unvarify operations to varify_global/unvarify_global
  2343 to emphasize that these only work in a global situation (which is
  2344 quite rare).
  2345 
  2346 * Curried take and drop in library.ML; negative length is interpreted
  2347 as infinity (as in chop).  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2348 
  2349 * Proof terms: type substitutions on proof constants now use canonical
  2350 order of type variables.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools working with proof
  2351 terms.
  2352 
  2353 * Raw axioms/defs may no longer carry sort constraints, and raw defs
  2354 may no longer carry premises.  User-level specifications are
  2355 transformed accordingly by Thm.add_axiom/add_def.
  2356 
  2357 
  2358 *** System ***
  2359 
  2360 * Discontinued special HOL_USEDIR_OPTIONS for the main HOL image;
  2361 ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS applies uniformly to all sessions.  Note that
  2362 proof terms are enabled unconditionally in the new HOL-Proofs image.
  2363 
  2364 * Discontinued old ISABELLE and ISATOOL environment settings (legacy
  2365 feature since Isabelle2009).  Use ISABELLE_PROCESS and ISABELLE_TOOL,
  2366 respectively.
  2367 
  2368 * Old lib/scripts/polyml-platform is superseded by the
  2369 ISABELLE_PLATFORM setting variable, which defaults to the 32 bit
  2370 variant, even on a 64 bit machine.  The following example setting
  2371 prefers 64 bit if available:
  2372 
  2373   ML_PLATFORM="${ISABELLE_PLATFORM64:-$ISABELLE_PLATFORM}"
  2374 
  2375 * The preliminary Isabelle/jEdit application demonstrates the emerging
  2376 Isabelle/Scala layer for advanced prover interaction and integration.
  2377 See src/Tools/jEdit or "isabelle jedit" provided by the properly built
  2378 component.
  2379 
  2380 * "IsabelleText" is a Unicode font derived from Bitstream Vera Mono
  2381 and Bluesky TeX fonts.  It provides the usual Isabelle symbols,
  2382 similar to the default assignment of the document preparation system
  2383 (cf. isabellesym.sty).  The Isabelle/Scala class Isabelle_System
  2384 provides some operations for direct access to the font without asking
  2385 the user for manual installation.
  2386 
  2387 
  2388 
  2389 New in Isabelle2009-1 (December 2009)
  2390 -------------------------------------
  2391 
  2392 *** General ***
  2393 
  2394 * Discontinued old form of "escaped symbols" such as \\<forall>.  Only
  2395 one backslash should be used, even in ML sources.
  2396 
  2397 
  2398 *** Pure ***
  2399 
  2400 * Locale interpretation propagates mixins along the locale hierarchy.
  2401 The currently only available mixins are the equations used to map
  2402 local definitions to terms of the target domain of an interpretation.
  2403 
  2404 * Reactivated diagnostic command 'print_interps'.  Use "print_interps
  2405 loc" to print all interpretations of locale "loc" in the theory.
  2406 Interpretations in proofs are not shown.
  2407 
  2408 * Thoroughly revised locales tutorial.  New section on conditional
  2409 interpretation.
  2410 
  2411 * On instantiation of classes, remaining undefined class parameters
  2412 are formally declared.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2413 
  2414 
  2415 *** Document preparation ***
  2416 
  2417 * New generalized style concept for printing terms: @{foo (style) ...}
  2418 instead of @{foo_style style ...}  (old form is still retained for
  2419 backward compatibility).  Styles can be also applied for
  2420 antiquotations prop, term_type and typeof.
  2421 
  2422 
  2423 *** HOL ***
  2424 
  2425 * New proof method "smt" for a combination of first-order logic with
  2426 equality, linear and nonlinear (natural/integer/real) arithmetic, and
  2427 fixed-size bitvectors; there is also basic support for higher-order
  2428 features (esp. lambda abstractions).  It is an incomplete decision
  2429 procedure based on external SMT solvers using the oracle mechanism;
  2430 for the SMT solver Z3, this method is proof-producing.  Certificates
  2431 are provided to avoid calling the external solvers solely for
  2432 re-checking proofs.  Due to a remote SMT service there is no need for
  2433 installing SMT solvers locally.  See src/HOL/SMT.
  2434 
  2435 * New commands to load and prove verification conditions generated by
  2436 the Boogie program verifier or derived systems (e.g. the Verifying C
  2437 Compiler (VCC) or Spec#).  See src/HOL/Boogie.
  2438 
  2439 * New counterexample generator tool 'nitpick' based on the Kodkod
  2440 relational model finder.  See src/HOL/Tools/Nitpick and
  2441 src/HOL/Nitpick_Examples.
  2442 
  2443 * New commands 'code_pred' and 'values' to invoke the predicate
  2444 compiler and to enumerate values of inductive predicates.
  2445 
  2446 * A tabled implementation of the reflexive transitive closure.
  2447 
  2448 * New implementation of quickcheck uses generic code generator;
  2449 default generators are provided for all suitable HOL types, records
  2450 and datatypes.  Old quickcheck can be re-activated importing theory
  2451 Library/SML_Quickcheck.
  2452 
  2453 * New testing tool Mirabelle for automated proof tools.  Applies
  2454 several tools and tactics like sledgehammer, metis, or quickcheck, to
  2455 every proof step in a theory.  To be used in batch mode via the
  2456 "mirabelle" utility.
  2457 
  2458 * New proof method "sos" (sum of squares) for nonlinear real
  2459 arithmetic (originally due to John Harison). It requires theory
  2460 Library/Sum_Of_Squares.  It is not a complete decision procedure but
  2461 works well in practice on quantifier-free real arithmetic with +, -,
  2462 *, ^, =, <= and <, i.e. boolean combinations of equalities and
  2463 inequalities between polynomials.  It makes use of external
  2464 semidefinite programming solvers.  Method "sos" generates a
  2465 certificate that can be pasted into the proof thus avoiding the need
  2466 to call an external tool every time the proof is checked.  See
  2467 src/HOL/Library/Sum_Of_Squares.
  2468 
  2469 * New method "linarith" invokes existing linear arithmetic decision
  2470 procedure only.
  2471 
  2472 * New command 'atp_minimal' reduces result produced by Sledgehammer.
  2473 
  2474 * New Sledgehammer option "Full Types" in Proof General settings menu.
  2475 Causes full type information to be output to the ATPs.  This slows
  2476 ATPs down considerably but eliminates a source of unsound "proofs"
  2477 that fail later.
  2478 
  2479 * New method "metisFT": A version of metis that uses full type
  2480 information in order to avoid failures of proof reconstruction.
  2481 
  2482 * New evaluator "approximate" approximates an real valued term using
  2483 the same method as the approximation method.
  2484 
  2485 * Method "approximate" now supports arithmetic expressions as
  2486 boundaries of intervals and implements interval splitting and Taylor
  2487 series expansion.
  2488 
  2489 * ML antiquotation @{code_datatype} inserts definition of a datatype
  2490 generated by the code generator; e.g. see src/HOL/Predicate.thy.
  2491 
  2492 * New theory SupInf of the supremum and infimum operators for sets of
  2493 reals.
  2494 
  2495 * New theory Probability, which contains a development of measure
  2496 theory, eventually leading to Lebesgue integration and probability.
  2497 
  2498 * Extended Multivariate Analysis to include derivation and Brouwer's
  2499 fixpoint theorem.
  2500 
  2501 * Reorganization of number theory, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  2502   - new number theory development for nat and int, in theories Divides
  2503     and GCD as well as in new session Number_Theory
  2504   - some constants and facts now suffixed with _nat and _int
  2505     accordingly
  2506   - former session NumberTheory now named Old_Number_Theory, including
  2507     theories Legacy_GCD and Primes (prefer Number_Theory if possible)
  2508   - moved theory Pocklington from src/HOL/Library to
  2509     src/HOL/Old_Number_Theory
  2510 
  2511 * Theory GCD includes functions Gcd/GCD and Lcm/LCM for the gcd and
  2512 lcm of finite and infinite sets. It is shown that they form a complete
  2513 lattice.
  2514 
  2515 * Class semiring_div requires superclass no_zero_divisors and proof of
  2516 div_mult_mult1; theorems div_mult_mult1, div_mult_mult2,
  2517 div_mult_mult1_if, div_mult_mult1 and div_mult_mult2 have been
  2518 generalized to class semiring_div, subsuming former theorems
  2519 zdiv_zmult_zmult1, zdiv_zmult_zmult1_if, zdiv_zmult_zmult1 and
  2520 zdiv_zmult_zmult2.  div_mult_mult1 is now [simp] by default.
  2521 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2522 
  2523 * Refinements to lattice classes and sets:
  2524   - less default intro/elim rules in locale variant, more default
  2525     intro/elim rules in class variant: more uniformity
  2526   - lemma ge_sup_conv renamed to le_sup_iff, in accordance with
  2527     le_inf_iff
  2528   - dropped lemma alias inf_ACI for inf_aci (same for sup_ACI and
  2529     sup_aci)
  2530   - renamed ACI to inf_sup_aci
  2531   - new class "boolean_algebra"
  2532   - class "complete_lattice" moved to separate theory
  2533     "Complete_Lattice"; corresponding constants (and abbreviations)
  2534     renamed and with authentic syntax:
  2535     Set.Inf ~>    Complete_Lattice.Inf
  2536     Set.Sup ~>    Complete_Lattice.Sup
  2537     Set.INFI ~>   Complete_Lattice.INFI
  2538     Set.SUPR ~>   Complete_Lattice.SUPR
  2539     Set.Inter ~>  Complete_Lattice.Inter
  2540     Set.Union ~>  Complete_Lattice.Union
  2541     Set.INTER ~>  Complete_Lattice.INTER
  2542     Set.UNION ~>  Complete_Lattice.UNION
  2543   - authentic syntax for
  2544     Set.Pow
  2545     Set.image
  2546   - mere abbreviations:
  2547     Set.empty               (for bot)
  2548     Set.UNIV                (for top)
  2549     Set.inter               (for inf, formerly Set.Int)
  2550     Set.union               (for sup, formerly Set.Un)
  2551     Complete_Lattice.Inter  (for Inf)
  2552     Complete_Lattice.Union  (for Sup)
  2553     Complete_Lattice.INTER  (for INFI)
  2554     Complete_Lattice.UNION  (for SUPR)
  2555   - object-logic definitions as far as appropriate
  2556 
  2557 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Care is required when theorems Int_subset_iff or
  2558 Un_subset_iff are explicitly deleted as default simp rules; then also
  2559 their lattice counterparts le_inf_iff and le_sup_iff have to be
  2560 deleted to achieve the desired effect.
  2561 
  2562 * Rules inf_absorb1, inf_absorb2, sup_absorb1, sup_absorb2 are no simp
  2563 rules by default any longer; the same applies to min_max.inf_absorb1
  2564 etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2565 
  2566 * Rules sup_Int_eq and sup_Un_eq are no longer declared as
  2567 pred_set_conv by default.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2568 
  2569 * Power operations on relations and functions are now one dedicated
  2570 constant "compow" with infix syntax "^^".  Power operation on
  2571 multiplicative monoids retains syntax "^" and is now defined generic
  2572 in class power.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2573 
  2574 * Relation composition "R O S" now has a more standard argument order:
  2575 "R O S = {(x, z). EX y. (x, y) : R & (y, z) : S}".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  2576 rewrite propositions with "S O R" --> "R O S". Proofs may occasionally
  2577 break, since the O_assoc rule was not rewritten like this.  Fix using
  2578 O_assoc[symmetric].  The same applies to the curried version "R OO S".
  2579 
  2580 * Function "Inv" is renamed to "inv_into" and function "inv" is now an
  2581 abbreviation for "inv_into UNIV".  Lemmas are renamed accordingly.
  2582 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2583 
  2584 * Most rules produced by inductive and datatype package have mandatory
  2585 prefixes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2586 
  2587 * Changed "DERIV_intros" to a dynamic fact, which can be augmented by
  2588 the attribute of the same name.  Each of the theorems in the list
  2589 DERIV_intros assumes composition with an additional function and
  2590 matches a variable to the derivative, which has to be solved by the
  2591 Simplifier.  Hence (auto intro!: DERIV_intros) computes the derivative
  2592 of most elementary terms.  Former Maclauren.DERIV_tac and
  2593 Maclauren.deriv_tac should be replaced by (auto intro!: DERIV_intros).
  2594 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2595 
  2596 * Code generator attributes follow the usual underscore convention:
  2597     code_unfold     replaces    code unfold
  2598     code_post       replaces    code post
  2599     etc.
  2600   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2601 
  2602 * Renamed methods:
  2603     sizechange -> size_change
  2604     induct_scheme -> induction_schema
  2605   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2606 
  2607 * Discontinued abbreviation "arbitrary" of constant "undefined".
  2608 INCOMPATIBILITY, use "undefined" directly.
  2609 
  2610 * Renamed theorems:
  2611     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  2612     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1_left -> Suc_eq_plus1_left
  2613     Suc_plus1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  2614     *anti_sym -> *antisym*
  2615     vector_less_eq_def -> vector_le_def
  2616   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2617 
  2618 * Added theorem List.map_map as [simp].  Removed List.map_compose.
  2619 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2620 
  2621 * Removed predicate "M hassize n" (<--> card M = n & finite M).
  2622 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2623 
  2624 
  2625 *** HOLCF ***
  2626 
  2627 * Theory Representable defines a class "rep" of domains that are
  2628 representable (via an ep-pair) in the universal domain type "udom".
  2629 Instances are provided for all type constructors defined in HOLCF.
  2630 
  2631 * The 'new_domain' command is a purely definitional version of the
  2632 domain package, for representable domains.  Syntax is identical to the
  2633 old domain package.  The 'new_domain' package also supports indirect
  2634 recursion using previously-defined type constructors.  See
  2635 src/HOLCF/ex/New_Domain.thy for examples.
  2636 
  2637 * Method "fixrec_simp" unfolds one step of a fixrec-defined constant
  2638 on the left-hand side of an equation, and then performs
  2639 simplification.  Rewriting is done using rules declared with the
  2640 "fixrec_simp" attribute.  The "fixrec_simp" method is intended as a
  2641 replacement for "fixpat"; see src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples.
  2642 
  2643 * The pattern-match compiler in 'fixrec' can now handle constructors
  2644 with HOL function types.  Pattern-match combinators for the Pair
  2645 constructor are pre-configured.
  2646 
  2647 * The 'fixrec' package now produces better fixed-point induction rules
  2648 for mutually-recursive definitions:  Induction rules have conclusions
  2649 of the form "P foo bar" instead of "P <foo, bar>".
  2650 
  2651 * The constant "sq_le" (with infix syntax "<<" or "\<sqsubseteq>") has
  2652 been renamed to "below".  The name "below" now replaces "less" in many
  2653 theorem names.  (Legacy theorem names using "less" are still supported
  2654 as well.)
  2655 
  2656 * The 'fixrec' package now supports "bottom patterns".  Bottom
  2657 patterns can be used to generate strictness rules, or to make
  2658 functions more strict (much like the bang-patterns supported by the
  2659 Glasgow Haskell Compiler).  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  2660 examples.
  2661 
  2662 
  2663 *** ML ***
  2664 
  2665 * Support for Poly/ML 5.3.0, with improved reporting of compiler
  2666 errors and run-time exceptions, including detailed source positions.
  2667 
  2668 * Structure Name_Space (formerly NameSpace) now manages uniquely
  2669 identified entries, with some additional information such as source
  2670 position, logical grouping etc.
  2671 
  2672 * Theory and context data is now introduced by the simplified and
  2673 modernized functors Theory_Data, Proof_Data, Generic_Data.  Data needs
  2674 to be pure, but the old TheoryDataFun for mutable data (with explicit
  2675 copy operation) is still available for some time.
  2676 
  2677 * Structure Synchronized (cf. src/Pure/Concurrent/synchronized.ML)
  2678 provides a high-level programming interface to synchronized state
  2679 variables with atomic update.  This works via pure function
  2680 application within a critical section -- its runtime should be as
  2681 short as possible; beware of deadlocks if critical code is nested,
  2682 either directly or indirectly via other synchronized variables!
  2683 
  2684 * Structure Unsynchronized (cf. src/Pure/ML-Systems/unsynchronized.ML)
  2685 wraps raw ML references, explicitly indicating their non-thread-safe
  2686 behaviour.  The Isar toplevel keeps this structure open, to
  2687 accommodate Proof General as well as quick and dirty interactive
  2688 experiments with references.
  2689 
  2690 * PARALLEL_CHOICE and PARALLEL_GOALS provide basic support for
  2691 parallel tactical reasoning.
  2692 
  2693 * Tacticals Subgoal.FOCUS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PREMS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PARAMS
  2694 are similar to SUBPROOF, but are slightly more flexible: only the
  2695 specified parts of the subgoal are imported into the context, and the
  2696 body tactic may introduce new subgoals and schematic variables.
  2697 
  2698 * Old tactical METAHYPS, which does not observe the proof context, has
  2699 been renamed to Old_Goals.METAHYPS and awaits deletion.  Use SUBPROOF
  2700 or Subgoal.FOCUS etc.
  2701 
  2702 * Renamed functor TableFun to Table, and GraphFun to Graph.  (Since
  2703 functors have their own ML name space there is no point to mark them
  2704 separately.)  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2705 
  2706 * Renamed NamedThmsFun to Named_Thms.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2707 
  2708 * Renamed several structures FooBar to Foo_Bar.  Occasional,
  2709 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2710 
  2711 * Operations of structure Skip_Proof no longer require quick_and_dirty
  2712 mode, which avoids critical setmp.
  2713 
  2714 * Eliminated old Attrib.add_attributes, Method.add_methods and related
  2715 combinators for "args".  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to use simplified
  2716 Attrib/Method.setup introduced in Isabelle2009.
  2717 
  2718 * Proper context for simpset_of, claset_of, clasimpset_of.  May fall
  2719 back on global_simpset_of, global_claset_of, global_clasimpset_of as
  2720 last resort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2721 
  2722 * Display.pretty_thm now requires a proper context (cf. former
  2723 ProofContext.pretty_thm).  May fall back on Display.pretty_thm_global
  2724 or even Display.pretty_thm_without_context as last resort.
  2725 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2726 
  2727 * Discontinued Display.pretty_ctyp/cterm etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  2728 Syntax.pretty_typ/term directly, preferably with proper context
  2729 instead of global theory.
  2730 
  2731 
  2732 *** System ***
  2733 
  2734 * Further fine tuning of parallel proof checking, scales up to 8 cores
  2735 (max. speedup factor 5.0).  See also Goal.parallel_proofs in ML and
  2736 usedir option -q.
  2737 
  2738 * Support for additional "Isabelle components" via etc/components, see
  2739 also the system manual.
  2740 
  2741 * The isabelle makeall tool now operates on all components with
  2742 IsaMakefile, not just hardwired "logics".
  2743 
  2744 * Removed "compress" option from isabelle-process and isabelle usedir;
  2745 this is always enabled.
  2746 
  2747 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 4.x versions.
  2748 
  2749 * Isabelle tool "wwwfind" provides web interface for 'find_theorems'
  2750 on a given logic image.  This requires the lighttpd webserver and is
  2751 currently supported on Linux only.
  2752 
  2753 
  2754 
  2755 New in Isabelle2009 (April 2009)
  2756 --------------------------------
  2757 
  2758 *** General ***
  2759 
  2760 * Simplified main Isabelle executables, with less surprises on
  2761 case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  2762 
  2763   - The main Isabelle tool wrapper is now called "isabelle" instead of
  2764     "isatool."
  2765 
  2766   - The former "isabelle" alias for "isabelle-process" has been
  2767     removed (should rarely occur to regular users).
  2768 
  2769   - The former "isabelle-interface" and its alias "Isabelle" have been
  2770     removed (interfaces are now regular Isabelle tools).
  2771 
  2772 Within scripts and make files, the Isabelle environment variables
  2773 ISABELLE_TOOL and ISABELLE_PROCESS replace old ISATOOL and ISABELLE,
  2774 respectively.  (The latter are still available as legacy feature.)
  2775 
  2776 The old isabelle-interface wrapper could react in confusing ways if
  2777 the interface was uninstalled or changed otherwise.  Individual
  2778 interface tool configuration is now more explicit, see also the
  2779 Isabelle system manual.  In particular, Proof General is now available
  2780 via "isabelle emacs".
  2781 
  2782 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt derivative scripts.  Users may need to
  2783 purge installed copies of Isabelle executables and re-run "isabelle
  2784 install -p ...", or use symlinks.
  2785 
  2786 * The default for ISABELLE_HOME_USER is now ~/.isabelle instead of the
  2787 old ~/isabelle, which was slightly non-standard and apt to cause
  2788 surprises on case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  2789 
  2790 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to move existing ~/isabelle/etc,
  2791 ~/isabelle/heaps, ~/isabelle/browser_info to the new place.  Special
  2792 care is required when using older releases of Isabelle.  Note that
  2793 ISABELLE_HOME_USER can be changed in Isabelle/etc/settings of any
  2794 Isabelle distribution, in order to use the new ~/.isabelle uniformly.
  2795 
  2796 * Proofs of fully specified statements are run in parallel on
  2797 multi-core systems.  A speedup factor of 2.5 to 3.2 can be expected on
  2798 a regular 4-core machine, if the initial heap space is made reasonably
  2799 large (cf. Poly/ML option -H).  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  2800 
  2801 * The main reference manuals ("isar-ref", "implementation", and
  2802 "system") have been updated and extended.  Formally checked references
  2803 as hyperlinks are now available uniformly.
  2804 
  2805 
  2806 *** Pure ***
  2807 
  2808 * Complete re-implementation of locales.  INCOMPATIBILITY in several
  2809 respects.  The most important changes are listed below.  See the
  2810 Tutorial on Locales ("locales" manual) for details.
  2811 
  2812 - In locale expressions, instantiation replaces renaming.  Parameters
  2813 must be declared in a for clause.  To aid compatibility with previous
  2814 parameter inheritance, in locale declarations, parameters that are not
  2815 'touched' (instantiation position "_" or omitted) are implicitly added
  2816 with their syntax at the beginning of the for clause.
  2817 
  2818 - Syntax from abbreviations and definitions in locales is available in
  2819 locale expressions and context elements.  The latter is particularly
  2820 useful in locale declarations.
  2821 
  2822 - More flexible mechanisms to qualify names generated by locale
  2823 expressions.  Qualifiers (prefixes) may be specified in locale
  2824 expressions, and can be marked as mandatory (syntax: "name!:") or
  2825 optional (syntax "name?:").  The default depends for plain "name:"
  2826 depends on the situation where a locale expression is used: in
  2827 commands 'locale' and 'sublocale' prefixes are optional, in
  2828 'interpretation' and 'interpret' prefixes are mandatory.  The old
  2829 implicit qualifiers derived from the parameter names of a locale are
  2830 no longer generated.
  2831 
  2832 - Command "sublocale l < e" replaces "interpretation l < e".  The
  2833 instantiation clause in "interpretation" and "interpret" (square
  2834 brackets) is no longer available.  Use locale expressions.
  2835 
  2836 - When converting proof scripts, mandatory qualifiers in
  2837 'interpretation' and 'interpret' should be retained by default, even
  2838 if this is an INCOMPATIBILITY compared to former behavior.  In the
  2839 worst case, use the "name?:" form for non-mandatory ones.  Qualifiers
  2840 in locale expressions range over a single locale instance only.
  2841 
  2842 - Dropped locale element "includes".  This is a major INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2843 In existing theorem specifications replace the includes element by the
  2844 respective context elements of the included locale, omitting those
  2845 that are already present in the theorem specification.  Multiple
  2846 assume elements of a locale should be replaced by a single one
  2847 involving the locale predicate.  In the proof body, declarations (most
  2848 notably theorems) may be regained by interpreting the respective
  2849 locales in the proof context as required (command "interpret").
  2850 
  2851 If using "includes" in replacement of a target solely because the
  2852 parameter types in the theorem are not as general as in the target,
  2853 consider declaring a new locale with additional type constraints on
  2854 the parameters (context element "constrains").
  2855 
  2856 - Discontinued "locale (open)".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2857 
  2858 - Locale interpretation commands no longer attempt to simplify goal.
  2859 INCOMPATIBILITY: in rare situations the generated goal differs.  Use
  2860 methods intro_locales and unfold_locales to clarify.
  2861 
  2862 - Locale interpretation commands no longer accept interpretation
  2863 attributes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2864 
  2865 * Class declaration: so-called "base sort" must not be given in import
  2866 list any longer, but is inferred from the specification.  Particularly
  2867 in HOL, write
  2868 
  2869     class foo = ...
  2870 
  2871 instead of
  2872 
  2873     class foo = type + ...
  2874 
  2875 * Class target: global versions of theorems stemming do not carry a
  2876 parameter prefix any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2877 
  2878 * Class 'instance' command no longer accepts attached definitions.
  2879 INCOMPATIBILITY, use proper 'instantiation' target instead.
  2880 
  2881 * Recovered hiding of consts, which was accidentally broken in
  2882 Isabelle2007.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, ``hide const c'' really
  2883 makes c inaccessible; consider using ``hide (open) const c'' instead.
  2884 
  2885 * Slightly more coherent Pure syntax, with updated documentation in
  2886 isar-ref manual.  Removed locales meta_term_syntax and
  2887 meta_conjunction_syntax: TERM and &&& (formerly &&) are now permanent,
  2888 INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations.  Note that &&& should not be used
  2889 directly in regular applications.
  2890 
  2891 * There is a new syntactic category "float_const" for signed decimal
  2892 fractions (e.g. 123.45 or -123.45).
  2893 
  2894 * Removed exotic 'token_translation' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML
  2895 interface with 'setup' command instead.
  2896 
  2897 * Command 'local_setup' is similar to 'setup', but operates on a local
  2898 theory context.
  2899 
  2900 * The 'axiomatization' command now only works within a global theory
  2901 context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2902 
  2903 * Goal-directed proof now enforces strict proof irrelevance wrt. sort
  2904 hypotheses.  Sorts required in the course of reasoning need to be
  2905 covered by the constraints in the initial statement, completed by the
  2906 type instance information of the background theory.  Non-trivial sort
  2907 hypotheses, which rarely occur in practice, may be specified via
  2908 vacuous propositions of the form SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::c).  For example:
  2909 
  2910   lemma assumes "SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::empty)" shows False ...
  2911 
  2912 The result contains an implicit sort hypotheses as before --
  2913 SORT_CONSTRAINT premises are eliminated as part of the canonical rule
  2914 normalization.
  2915 
  2916 * Generalized Isar history, with support for linear undo, direct state
  2917 addressing etc.
  2918 
  2919 * Changed defaults for unify configuration options:
  2920 
  2921   unify_trace_bound = 50 (formerly 25)
  2922   unify_search_bound = 60 (formerly 30)
  2923 
  2924 * Different bookkeeping for code equations (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  2925 
  2926   a) On theory merge, the last set of code equations for a particular
  2927      constant is taken (in accordance with the policy applied by other
  2928      parts of the code generator framework).
  2929 
  2930   b) Code equations stemming from explicit declarations (e.g. code
  2931      attribute) gain priority over default code equations stemming
  2932      from definition, primrec, fun etc.
  2933 
  2934 * Keyword 'code_exception' now named 'code_abort'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2935 
  2936 * Unified theorem tables for both code generators.  Thus [code
  2937 func] has disappeared and only [code] remains.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2938 
  2939 * Command 'find_consts' searches for constants based on type and name
  2940 patterns, e.g.
  2941 
  2942     find_consts "_ => bool"
  2943 
  2944 By default, matching is against subtypes, but it may be restricted to
  2945 the whole type.  Searching by name is possible.  Multiple queries are
  2946 conjunctive and queries may be negated by prefixing them with a
  2947 hyphen:
  2948 
  2949     find_consts strict: "_ => bool" name: "Int" -"int => int"
  2950 
  2951 * New 'find_theorems' criterion "solves" matches theorems that
  2952 directly solve the current goal (modulo higher-order unification).
  2953 
  2954 * Auto solve feature for main theorem statements: whenever a new goal
  2955 is stated, "find_theorems solves" is called; any theorems that could
  2956 solve the lemma directly are listed as part of the goal state.
  2957 Cf. associated options in Proof General Isabelle settings menu,
  2958 enabled by default, with reasonable timeout for pathological cases of
  2959 higher-order unification.
  2960 
  2961 
  2962 *** Document preparation ***
  2963 
  2964 * Antiquotation @{lemma} now imitates a regular terminal proof,
  2965 demanding keyword 'by' and supporting the full method expression
  2966 syntax just like the Isar command 'by'.
  2967 
  2968 
  2969 *** HOL ***
  2970 
  2971 * Integrated main parts of former image HOL-Complex with HOL.  Entry
  2972 points Main and Complex_Main remain as before.
  2973 
  2974 * Logic image HOL-Plain provides a minimal HOL with the most important
  2975 tools available (inductive, datatype, primrec, ...).  This facilitates
  2976 experimentation and tool development.  Note that user applications
  2977 (and library theories) should never refer to anything below theory
  2978 Main, as before.
  2979 
  2980 * Logic image HOL-Main stops at theory Main, and thus facilitates
  2981 experimentation due to shorter build times.
  2982 
  2983 * Logic image HOL-NSA contains theories of nonstandard analysis which
  2984 were previously part of former HOL-Complex.  Entry point Hyperreal
  2985 remains valid, but theories formerly using Complex_Main should now use
  2986 new entry point Hypercomplex.
  2987 
  2988 * Generic ATP manager for Sledgehammer, based on ML threads instead of
  2989 Posix processes.  Avoids potentially expensive forking of the ML
  2990 process.  New thread-based implementation also works on non-Unix
  2991 platforms (Cygwin).  Provers are no longer hardwired, but defined
  2992 within the theory via plain ML wrapper functions.  Basic Sledgehammer
  2993 commands are covered in the isar-ref manual.
  2994 
  2995 * Wrapper scripts for remote SystemOnTPTP service allows to use
  2996 sledgehammer without local ATP installation (Vampire etc.). Other
  2997 provers may be included via suitable ML wrappers, see also
  2998 src/HOL/ATP_Linkup.thy.
  2999 
  3000 * ATP selection (E/Vampire/Spass) is now via Proof General's settings
  3001 menu.
  3002 
  3003 * The metis method no longer fails because the theorem is too trivial
  3004 (contains the empty clause).
  3005 
  3006 * The metis method now fails in the usual manner, rather than raising
  3007 an exception, if it determines that it cannot prove the theorem.
  3008 
  3009 * Method "coherent" implements a prover for coherent logic (see also
  3010 src/Tools/coherent.ML).
  3011 
  3012 * Constants "undefined" and "default" replace "arbitrary".  Usually
  3013 "undefined" is the right choice to replace "arbitrary", though
  3014 logically there is no difference.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3015 
  3016 * Command "value" now integrates different evaluation mechanisms.  The
  3017 result of the first successful evaluation mechanism is printed.  In
  3018 square brackets a particular named evaluation mechanisms may be
  3019 specified (currently, [SML], [code] or [nbe]).  See further
  3020 src/HOL/ex/Eval_Examples.thy.
  3021 
  3022 * Normalization by evaluation now allows non-leftlinear equations.
  3023 Declare with attribute [code nbe].
  3024 
  3025 * Methods "case_tac" and "induct_tac" now refer to the very same rules
  3026 as the structured Isar versions "cases" and "induct", cf. the
  3027 corresponding "cases" and "induct" attributes.  Mutual induction rules
  3028 are now presented as a list of individual projections
  3029 (e.g. foo_bar.inducts for types foo and bar); the old format with
  3030 explicit HOL conjunction is no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  3031 rare situations a different rule is selected --- notably nested tuple
  3032 elimination instead of former prod.exhaust: use explicit (case_tac t
  3033 rule: prod.exhaust) here.
  3034 
  3035 * Attributes "cases", "induct", "coinduct" support "del" option.
  3036 
  3037 * Removed fact "case_split_thm", which duplicates "case_split".
  3038 
  3039 * The option datatype has been moved to a new theory Option.  Renamed
  3040 option_map to Option.map, and o2s to Option.set, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3041 
  3042 * New predicate "strict_mono" classifies strict functions on partial
  3043 orders.  With strict functions on linear orders, reasoning about
  3044 (in)equalities is facilitated by theorems "strict_mono_eq",
  3045 "strict_mono_less_eq" and "strict_mono_less".
  3046 
  3047 * Some set operations are now proper qualified constants with
  3048 authentic syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  3049 
  3050     op Int ~>   Set.Int
  3051     op Un ~>    Set.Un
  3052     INTER ~>    Set.INTER
  3053     UNION ~>    Set.UNION
  3054     Inter ~>    Set.Inter
  3055     Union ~>    Set.Union
  3056     {} ~>       Set.empty
  3057     UNIV ~>     Set.UNIV
  3058 
  3059 * Class complete_lattice with operations Inf, Sup, INFI, SUPR now in
  3060 theory Set.
  3061 
  3062 * Auxiliary class "itself" has disappeared -- classes without any
  3063 parameter are treated as expected by the 'class' command.
  3064 
  3065 * Leibnitz's Series for Pi and the arcus tangens and logarithm series.
  3066 
  3067 * Common decision procedures (Cooper, MIR, Ferrack, Approximation,
  3068 Dense_Linear_Order) are now in directory HOL/Decision_Procs.
  3069 
  3070 * Theory src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Approximation provides the new proof
  3071 method "approximation".  It proves formulas on real values by using
  3072 interval arithmetic.  In the formulas are also the transcendental
  3073 functions sin, cos, tan, atan, ln, exp and the constant pi are
  3074 allowed. For examples see
  3075 src/HOL/Descision_Procs/ex/Approximation_Ex.thy.
  3076 
  3077 * Theory "Reflection" now resides in HOL/Library.
  3078 
  3079 * Entry point to Word library now simply named "Word".
  3080 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3081 
  3082 * Made source layout more coherent with logical distribution
  3083 structure:
  3084 
  3085     src/HOL/Library/RType.thy ~> src/HOL/Typerep.thy
  3086     src/HOL/Library/Code_Message.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3087     src/HOL/Library/GCD.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3088     src/HOL/Library/Order_Relation.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3089     src/HOL/Library/Parity.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3090     src/HOL/Library/Univ_Poly.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3091     src/HOL/Real/ContNotDenum.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3092     src/HOL/Real/Lubs.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3093     src/HOL/Real/PReal.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3094     src/HOL/Real/Rational.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3095     src/HOL/Real/RComplete.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3096     src/HOL/Real/RealDef.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3097     src/HOL/Real/RealPow.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3098     src/HOL/Real/Real.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3099     src/HOL/Complex/Complex_Main.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3100     src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3101     src/HOL/Complex/FrechetDeriv.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3102     src/HOL/Complex/Fundamental_Theorem_Algebra.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3103     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Deriv.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3104     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Fact.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3105     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Integration.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3106     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Lim.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3107     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Ln.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3108     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Log.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3109     src/HOL/Hyperreal/MacLaurin.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3110     src/HOL/Hyperreal/NthRoot.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3111     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Series.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3112     src/HOL/Hyperreal/SEQ.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3113     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Taylor.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3114     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Transcendental.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3115     src/HOL/Real/Float ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3116     src/HOL/Real/HahnBanach ~> src/HOL/HahnBanach
  3117     src/HOL/Real/RealVector.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3118 
  3119     src/HOL/arith_data.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3120     src/HOL/hologic.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3121     src/HOL/simpdata.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3122     src/HOL/int_arith1.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools/int_arith.ML
  3123     src/HOL/int_factor_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3124     src/HOL/nat_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3125     src/HOL/Real/float_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3126     src/HOL/Real/float_syntax.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3127     src/HOL/Real/rat_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3128     src/HOL/Real/real_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3129 
  3130     src/HOL/Library/Array.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3131     src/HOL/Library/Heap_Monad.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3132     src/HOL/Library/Heap.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3133     src/HOL/Library/Imperative_HOL.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3134     src/HOL/Library/Ref.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3135     src/HOL/Library/Relational.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3136 
  3137 * If methods "eval" and "evaluation" encounter a structured proof
  3138 state with !!/==>, only the conclusion is evaluated to True (if
  3139 possible), avoiding strange error messages.
  3140 
  3141 * Method "sizechange" automates termination proofs using (a
  3142 modification of) the size-change principle.  Requires SAT solver.  See
  3143 src/HOL/ex/Termination.thy for examples.
  3144 
  3145 * Simplifier: simproc for let expressions now unfolds if bound
  3146 variable occurs at most once in let expression body.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3147 
  3148 * Method "arith": Linear arithmetic now ignores all inequalities when
  3149 fast_arith_neq_limit is exceeded, instead of giving up entirely.
  3150 
  3151 * New attribute "arith" for facts that should always be used
  3152 automatically by arithmetic. It is intended to be used locally in
  3153 proofs, e.g.
  3154 
  3155   assumes [arith]: "x > 0"
  3156 
  3157 Global usage is discouraged because of possible performance impact.
  3158 
  3159 * New classes "top" and "bot" with corresponding operations "top" and
  3160 "bot" in theory Orderings; instantiation of class "complete_lattice"
  3161 requires instantiation of classes "top" and "bot".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3162 
  3163 * Changed definition lemma "less_fun_def" in order to provide an
  3164 instance for preorders on functions; use lemma "less_le" instead.
  3165 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3166 
  3167 * Theory Orderings: class "wellorder" moved here, with explicit
  3168 induction rule "less_induct" as assumption.  For instantiation of
  3169 "wellorder" by means of predicate "wf", use rule wf_wellorderI.
  3170 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3171 
  3172 * Theory Orderings: added class "preorder" as superclass of "order".
  3173 INCOMPATIBILITY: Instantiation proofs for order, linorder
  3174 etc. slightly changed.  Some theorems named order_class.* now named
  3175 preorder_class.*.
  3176 
  3177 * Theory Relation: renamed "refl" to "refl_on", "reflexive" to "refl,
  3178 "diag" to "Id_on".
  3179 
  3180 * Theory Finite_Set: added a new fold combinator of type
  3181 
  3182   ('a => 'b => 'b) => 'b => 'a set => 'b
  3183 
  3184 Occasionally this is more convenient than the old fold combinator
  3185 which is now defined in terms of the new one and renamed to
  3186 fold_image.
  3187 
  3188 * Theories Ring_and_Field and OrderedGroup: The lemmas "group_simps"
  3189 and "ring_simps" have been replaced by "algebra_simps" (which can be
  3190 extended with further lemmas!).  At the moment both still exist but
  3191 the former will disappear at some point.
  3192 
  3193 * Theory Power: Lemma power_Suc is now declared as a simp rule in
  3194 class recpower.  Type-specific simp rules for various recpower types
  3195 have been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, rename old lemmas as follows:
  3196 
  3197 rat_power_0    -> power_0
  3198 rat_power_Suc  -> power_Suc
  3199 realpow_0      -> power_0
  3200 realpow_Suc    -> power_Suc
  3201 complexpow_0   -> power_0
  3202 complexpow_Suc -> power_Suc
  3203 power_poly_0   -> power_0
  3204 power_poly_Suc -> power_Suc
  3205 
  3206 * Theories Ring_and_Field and Divides: Definition of "op dvd" has been
  3207 moved to separate class dvd in Ring_and_Field; a couple of lemmas on
  3208 dvd has been generalized to class comm_semiring_1.  Likewise a bunch
  3209 of lemmas from Divides has been generalized from nat to class
  3210 semiring_div.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  This involves the following theorem
  3211 renames resulting from duplicate elimination:
  3212 
  3213     dvd_def_mod ~>          dvd_eq_mod_eq_0
  3214     zero_dvd_iff ~>         dvd_0_left_iff
  3215     dvd_0 ~>                dvd_0_right
  3216     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_DIV ~> div_by_0
  3217     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_MOD ~> mod_by_0
  3218     mult_div ~>             div_mult_self2_is_id
  3219     mult_mod ~>             mod_mult_self2_is_0
  3220 
  3221 * Theory IntDiv: removed many lemmas that are instances of class-based
  3222 generalizations (from Divides and Ring_and_Field).  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  3223 rename old lemmas as follows:
  3224 
  3225 dvd_diff               -> nat_dvd_diff
  3226 dvd_zminus_iff         -> dvd_minus_iff
  3227 mod_add1_eq            -> mod_add_eq
  3228 mod_mult1_eq           -> mod_mult_right_eq
  3229 mod_mult1_eq'          -> mod_mult_left_eq
  3230 mod_mult_distrib_mod   -> mod_mult_eq
  3231 nat_mod_add_left_eq    -> mod_add_left_eq
  3232 nat_mod_add_right_eq   -> mod_add_right_eq
  3233 nat_mod_div_trivial    -> mod_div_trivial
  3234 nat_mod_mod_trivial    -> mod_mod_trivial
  3235 zdiv_zadd_self1        -> div_add_self1
  3236 zdiv_zadd_self2        -> div_add_self2
  3237 zdiv_zmult_self1       -> div_mult_self2_is_id
  3238 zdiv_zmult_self2       -> div_mult_self1_is_id
  3239 zdvd_triv_left         -> dvd_triv_left
  3240 zdvd_triv_right        -> dvd_triv_right
  3241 zdvd_zmult_cancel_disj -> dvd_mult_cancel_left
  3242 zmod_eq0_zdvd_iff      -> dvd_eq_mod_eq_0[symmetric]
  3243 zmod_zadd_left_eq      -> mod_add_left_eq
  3244 zmod_zadd_right_eq     -> mod_add_right_eq
  3245 zmod_zadd_self1        -> mod_add_self1
  3246 zmod_zadd_self2        -> mod_add_self2
  3247 zmod_zadd1_eq          -> mod_add_eq
  3248 zmod_zdiff1_eq         -> mod_diff_eq
  3249 zmod_zdvd_zmod         -> mod_mod_cancel
  3250 zmod_zmod_cancel       -> mod_mod_cancel
  3251 zmod_zmult_self1       -> mod_mult_self2_is_0
  3252 zmod_zmult_self2       -> mod_mult_self1_is_0
  3253 zmod_1                 -> mod_by_1
  3254 zdiv_1                 -> div_by_1
  3255 zdvd_abs1              -> abs_dvd_iff
  3256 zdvd_abs2              -> dvd_abs_iff
  3257 zdvd_refl              -> dvd_refl
  3258 zdvd_trans             -> dvd_trans
  3259 zdvd_zadd              -> dvd_add
  3260 zdvd_zdiff             -> dvd_diff
  3261 zdvd_zminus_iff        -> dvd_minus_iff
  3262 zdvd_zminus2_iff       -> minus_dvd_iff
  3263 zdvd_zmultD            -> dvd_mult_right
  3264 zdvd_zmultD2           -> dvd_mult_left
  3265 zdvd_zmult_mono        -> mult_dvd_mono
  3266 zdvd_0_right           -> dvd_0_right
  3267 zdvd_0_left            -> dvd_0_left_iff
  3268 zdvd_1_left            -> one_dvd
  3269 zminus_dvd_iff         -> minus_dvd_iff
  3270 
  3271 * Theory Rational: 'Fract k 0' now equals '0'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3272 
  3273 * The real numbers offer decimal input syntax: 12.34 is translated
  3274 into 1234/10^2. This translation is not reversed upon output.
  3275 
  3276 * Theory Library/Polynomial defines an abstract type 'a poly of
  3277 univariate polynomials with coefficients of type 'a.  In addition to
  3278 the standard ring operations, it also supports div and mod.  Code
  3279 generation is also supported, using list-style constructors.
  3280 
  3281 * Theory Library/Inner_Product defines a class of real_inner for real
  3282 inner product spaces, with an overloaded operation inner :: 'a => 'a
  3283 => real.  Class real_inner is a subclass of real_normed_vector from
  3284 theory RealVector.
  3285 
  3286 * Theory Library/Product_Vector provides instances for the product
  3287 type 'a * 'b of several classes from RealVector and Inner_Product.
  3288 Definitions of addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, norms,
  3289 and inner products are included.
  3290 
  3291 * Theory Library/Bit defines the field "bit" of integers modulo 2.  In
  3292 addition to the field operations, numerals and case syntax are also
  3293 supported.
  3294 
  3295 * Theory Library/Diagonalize provides constructive version of Cantor's
  3296 first diagonalization argument.
  3297 
  3298 * Theory Library/GCD: Curried operations gcd, lcm (for nat) and zgcd,
  3299 zlcm (for int); carried together from various gcd/lcm developements in
  3300 the HOL Distribution.  Constants zgcd and zlcm replace former igcd and
  3301 ilcm; corresponding theorems renamed accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  3302 may recover tupled syntax as follows:
  3303 
  3304     hide (open) const gcd
  3305     abbreviation gcd where
  3306       "gcd == (%(a, b). GCD.gcd a b)"
  3307     notation (output)
  3308       GCD.gcd ("gcd '(_, _')")
  3309 
  3310 The same works for lcm, zgcd, zlcm.
  3311 
  3312 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity: added addition, numeral syntax and more
  3313 instantiations for algebraic structures.  Removed some duplicate
  3314 theorems.  Changes in simp rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3315 
  3316 * ML antiquotation @{code} takes a constant as argument and generates
  3317 corresponding code in background and inserts name of the corresponding
  3318 resulting ML value/function/datatype constructor binding in place.
  3319 All occurrences of @{code} with a single ML block are generated
  3320 simultaneously.  Provides a generic and safe interface for
  3321 instrumentalizing code generation.  See
  3322 src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Ferrack.thy for a more ambitious application.
  3323 In future you ought to refrain from ad-hoc compiling generated SML
  3324 code on the ML toplevel.  Note that (for technical reasons) @{code}
  3325 cannot refer to constants for which user-defined serializations are
  3326 set.  Refer to the corresponding ML counterpart directly in that
  3327 cases.
  3328 
  3329 * Command 'rep_datatype': instead of theorem names the command now
  3330 takes a list of terms denoting the constructors of the type to be
  3331 represented as datatype.  The characteristic theorems have to be
  3332 proven.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Also observe that the following theorems
  3333 have disappeared in favour of existing ones:
  3334 
  3335     unit_induct                 ~> unit.induct
  3336     prod_induct                 ~> prod.induct
  3337     sum_induct                  ~> sum.induct
  3338     Suc_Suc_eq                  ~> nat.inject
  3339     Suc_not_Zero Zero_not_Suc   ~> nat.distinct
  3340 
  3341 
  3342 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  3343 
  3344 * New locales for orders and lattices where the equivalence relation
  3345 is not restricted to equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY: all order and lattice
  3346 locales use a record structure with field eq for the equivalence.
  3347 
  3348 * New theory of factorial domains.
  3349 
  3350 * Units_l_inv and Units_r_inv are now simp rules by default.
  3351 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Simplifier proof that require deletion of l_inv
  3352 and/or r_inv will now also require deletion of these lemmas.
  3353 
  3354 * Renamed the following theorems, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  3355 
  3356 UpperD ~> Upper_memD
  3357 LowerD ~> Lower_memD
  3358 least_carrier ~> least_closed
  3359 greatest_carrier ~> greatest_closed
  3360 greatest_Lower_above ~> greatest_Lower_below
  3361 one_zero ~> carrier_one_zero
  3362 one_not_zero ~> carrier_one_not_zero  (collision with assumption)
  3363 
  3364 
  3365 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  3366 
  3367 * Nominal datatypes can now contain type-variables.
  3368 
  3369 * Commands 'nominal_inductive' and 'equivariance' work with local
  3370 theory targets.
  3371 
  3372 * Nominal primrec can now works with local theory targets and its
  3373 specification syntax now conforms to the general format as seen in
  3374 'inductive' etc.
  3375 
  3376 * Method "perm_simp" honours the standard simplifier attributes
  3377 (no_asm), (no_asm_use) etc.
  3378 
  3379 * The new predicate #* is defined like freshness, except that on the
  3380 left hand side can be a set or list of atoms.
  3381 
  3382 * Experimental command 'nominal_inductive2' derives strong induction
  3383 principles for inductive definitions.  In contrast to
  3384 'nominal_inductive', which can only deal with a fixed number of
  3385 binders, it can deal with arbitrary expressions standing for sets of
  3386 atoms to be avoided.  The only inductive definition we have at the
  3387 moment that needs this generalisation is the typing rule for Lets in
  3388 the algorithm W:
  3389 
  3390  Gamma |- t1 : T1   (x,close Gamma T1)::Gamma |- t2 : T2   x#Gamma
  3391  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  3392          Gamma |- Let x be t1 in t2 : T2
  3393 
  3394 In this rule one wants to avoid all the binders that are introduced by
  3395 "close Gamma T1".  We are looking for other examples where this
  3396 feature might be useful.  Please let us know.
  3397 
  3398 
  3399 *** HOLCF ***
  3400 
  3401 * Reimplemented the simplification procedure for proving continuity
  3402 subgoals.  The new simproc is extensible; users can declare additional
  3403 continuity introduction rules with the attribute [cont2cont].
  3404 
  3405 * The continuity simproc now uses a different introduction rule for
  3406 solving continuity subgoals on terms with lambda abstractions.  In
  3407 some rare cases the new simproc may fail to solve subgoals that the
  3408 old one could solve, and "simp add: cont2cont_LAM" may be necessary.
  3409 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3410 
  3411 * Command 'fixrec': specification syntax now conforms to the general
  3412 format as seen in 'inductive' etc.  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  3413 examples.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3414 
  3415 
  3416 *** ZF ***
  3417 
  3418 * Proof of Zorn's Lemma for partial orders.
  3419 
  3420 
  3421 *** ML ***
  3422 
  3423 * Multithreading for Poly/ML 5.1/5.2 is no longer supported, only for
  3424 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.  Important note: the TimeLimit facility
  3425 depends on multithreading, so timouts will not work before Poly/ML
  3426 5.2.1!
  3427 
  3428 * High-level support for concurrent ML programming, see
  3429 src/Pure/Cuncurrent.  The data-oriented model of "future values" is
  3430 particularly convenient to organize independent functional
  3431 computations.  The concept of "synchronized variables" provides a
  3432 higher-order interface for components with shared state, avoiding the
  3433 delicate details of mutexes and condition variables.  (Requires
  3434 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  3435 
  3436 * ML bindings produced via Isar commands are stored within the Isar
  3437 context (theory or proof).  Consequently, commands like 'use' and 'ML'
  3438 become thread-safe and work with undo as expected (concerning
  3439 top-level bindings, not side-effects on global references).
  3440 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to provide proper Isar context when invoking the
  3441 compiler at runtime; really global bindings need to be given outside a
  3442 theory.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  3443 
  3444 * Command 'ML_prf' is analogous to 'ML' but works within a proof
  3445 context.  Top-level ML bindings are stored within the proof context in
  3446 a purely sequential fashion, disregarding the nested proof structure.
  3447 ML bindings introduced by 'ML_prf' are discarded at the end of the
  3448 proof.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  3449 
  3450 * Simplified ML attribute and method setup, cf. functions Attrib.setup
  3451 and Method.setup, as well as Isar commands 'attribute_setup' and
  3452 'method_setup'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for 'method_setup', need to simplify
  3453 existing code accordingly, or use plain 'setup' together with old
  3454 Method.add_method.
  3455 
  3456 * Simplified ML oracle interface Thm.add_oracle promotes 'a -> cterm
  3457 to 'a -> thm, while results are always tagged with an authentic oracle
  3458 name.  The Isar command 'oracle' is now polymorphic, no argument type
  3459 is specified.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify existing oracle code
  3460 accordingly.  Note that extra performance may be gained by producing
  3461 the cterm carefully, avoiding slow Thm.cterm_of.
  3462 
  3463 * Simplified interface for defining document antiquotations via
  3464 ThyOutput.antiquotation, ThyOutput.output, and optionally
  3465 ThyOutput.maybe_pretty_source.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify user
  3466 antiquotations accordingly, see src/Pure/Thy/thy_output.ML for common
  3467 examples.
  3468 
  3469 * More systematic treatment of long names, abstract name bindings, and
  3470 name space operations.  Basic operations on qualified names have been
  3471 move from structure NameSpace to Long_Name, e.g. Long_Name.base_name,
  3472 Long_Name.append.  Old type bstring has been mostly replaced by
  3473 abstract type binding (see structure Binding), which supports precise
  3474 qualification by packages and local theory targets, as well as proper
  3475 tracking of source positions.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to wrap old
  3476 bstring values into Binding.name, or better pass through abstract
  3477 bindings everywhere.  See further src/Pure/General/long_name.ML,
  3478 src/Pure/General/binding.ML and src/Pure/General/name_space.ML
  3479 
  3480 * Result facts (from PureThy.note_thms, ProofContext.note_thms,
  3481 LocalTheory.note etc.) now refer to the *full* internal name, not the
  3482 bstring as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY, not detected by ML type-checking!
  3483 
  3484 * Disposed old type and term read functions (Sign.read_def_typ,
  3485 Sign.read_typ, Sign.read_def_terms, Sign.read_term,
  3486 Thm.read_def_cterms, Thm.read_cterm etc.).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should
  3487 use regular Syntax.read_typ, Syntax.read_term, Syntax.read_typ_global,
  3488 Syntax.read_term_global etc.; see also OldGoals.read_term as last
  3489 resort for legacy applications.
  3490 
  3491 * Disposed old declarations, tactics, tactic combinators that refer to
  3492 the simpset or claset of an implicit theory (such as Addsimps,
  3493 Simp_tac, SIMPSET).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should use @{simpset} etc. in
  3494 embedded ML text, or local_simpset_of with a proper context passed as
  3495 explicit runtime argument.
  3496 
  3497 * Rules and tactics that read instantiations (read_instantiate,
  3498 res_inst_tac, thin_tac, subgoal_tac etc.) now demand a proper proof
  3499 context, which is required for parsing and type-checking.  Moreover,
  3500 the variables are specified as plain indexnames, not string encodings
  3501 thereof.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3502 
  3503 * Generic Toplevel.add_hook interface allows to analyze the result of
  3504 transactions.  E.g. see src/Pure/ProofGeneral/proof_general_pgip.ML
  3505 for theorem dependency output of transactions resulting in a new
  3506 theory state.
  3507 
  3508 * ML antiquotations: block-structured compilation context indicated by
  3509 \<lbrace> ... \<rbrace>; additional antiquotation forms:
  3510 
  3511   @{binding name}                         - basic name binding
  3512   @{let ?pat = term}                      - term abbreviation (HO matching)
  3513   @{note name = fact}                     - fact abbreviation
  3514   @{thm fact}                             - singleton fact (with attributes)
  3515   @{thms fact}                            - general fact (with attributes)
  3516   @{lemma prop by method}                 - singleton goal
  3517   @{lemma prop by meth1 meth2}            - singleton goal
  3518   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by method}      - general goal
  3519   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by meth1 meth2} - general goal
  3520   @{lemma (open) ...}                     - open derivation
  3521 
  3522 
  3523 *** System ***
  3524 
  3525 * The Isabelle "emacs" tool provides a specific interface to invoke
  3526 Proof General / Emacs, with more explicit failure if that is not
  3527 installed (the old isabelle-interface script silently falls back on
  3528 isabelle-process).  The PROOFGENERAL_HOME setting determines the
  3529 installation location of the Proof General distribution.
  3530 
  3531 * Isabelle/lib/classes/Pure.jar provides basic support to integrate
  3532 the Isabelle process into a JVM/Scala application.  See
  3533 Isabelle/lib/jedit/plugin for a minimal example.  (The obsolete Java
  3534 process wrapper has been discontinued.)
  3535 
  3536 * Added homegrown Isabelle font with unicode layout, see lib/fonts.
  3537 
  3538 * Various status messages (with exact source position information) are
  3539 emitted, if proper markup print mode is enabled.  This allows
  3540 user-interface components to provide detailed feedback on internal
  3541 prover operations.
  3542 
  3543 
  3544 
  3545 New in Isabelle2008 (June 2008)
  3546 -------------------------------
  3547 
  3548 *** General ***
  3549 
  3550 * The Isabelle/Isar Reference Manual (isar-ref) has been reorganized
  3551 and updated, with formally checked references as hyperlinks.
  3552 
  3553 * Theory loader: use_thy (and similar operations) no longer set the
  3554 implicit ML context, which was occasionally hard to predict and in
  3555 conflict with concurrency.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML within Isar which
  3556 provides a proper context already.
  3557 
  3558 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  3559 file are no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, regular 'uses' and
  3560 'use' within a theory file will do the job.
  3561 
  3562 * Name space merge now observes canonical order, i.e. the second space
  3563 is inserted into the first one, while existing entries in the first
  3564 space take precedence.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, may try to
  3565 swap theory imports.
  3566 
  3567 * Syntax: symbol \<chi> is now considered a letter.  Potential
  3568 INCOMPATIBILITY in identifier syntax etc.
  3569 
  3570 * Outer syntax: string tokens no longer admit escaped white space,
  3571 which was an accidental (undocumented) feature.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  3572 white space without escapes.
  3573 
  3574 * Outer syntax: string tokens may contain arbitrary character codes
  3575 specified via 3 decimal digits (as in SML).  E.g. "foo\095bar" for
  3576 "foo_bar".
  3577 
  3578 
  3579 *** Pure ***
  3580 
  3581 * Context-dependent token translations.  Default setup reverts locally
  3582 fixed variables, and adds hilite markup for undeclared frees.
  3583 
  3584 * Unused theorems can be found using the new command 'unused_thms'.
  3585 There are three ways of invoking it:
  3586 
  3587 (1) unused_thms
  3588      Only finds unused theorems in the current theory.
  3589 
  3590 (2) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n -
  3591      Finds unused theorems in the current theory and all of its ancestors,
  3592      excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of their ancestors.
  3593 
  3594 (3) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n - thy'_1 ... thy'_m
  3595      Finds unused theorems in the theories thy'_1 ... thy'_m and all of
  3596      their ancestors, excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of
  3597      their ancestors.
  3598 
  3599 In order to increase the readability of the list produced by
  3600 unused_thms, theorems that have been created by a particular instance
  3601 of a theory command such as 'inductive' or 'function' are considered
  3602 to belong to the same "group", meaning that if at least one theorem in
  3603 this group is used, the other theorems in the same group are no longer
  3604 reported as unused.  Moreover, if all theorems in the group are
  3605 unused, only one theorem in the group is displayed.
  3606 
  3607 Note that proof objects have to be switched on in order for
  3608 unused_thms to work properly (i.e. !proofs must be >= 1, which is
  3609 usually the case when using Proof General with the default settings).
  3610 
  3611 * Authentic naming of facts disallows ad-hoc overwriting of previous
  3612 theorems within the same name space.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to remove
  3613 duplicate fact bindings, or even accidental fact duplications.  Note
  3614 that tools may maintain dynamically scoped facts systematically, using
  3615 PureThy.add_thms_dynamic.
  3616 
  3617 * Command 'hide' now allows to hide from "fact" name space as well.
  3618 
  3619 * Eliminated destructive theorem database, simpset, claset, and
  3620 clasimpset.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, really need to observe linear
  3621 update of theories within ML code.
  3622 
  3623 * Eliminated theory ProtoPure and CPure, leaving just one Pure theory.
  3624 INCOMPATIBILITY, object-logics depending on former Pure require
  3625 additional setup PureThy.old_appl_syntax_setup; object-logics
  3626 depending on former CPure need to refer to Pure.
  3627 
  3628 * Commands 'use' and 'ML' are now purely functional, operating on
  3629 theory/local_theory.  Removed former 'ML_setup' (on theory), use 'ML'
  3630 instead.  Added 'ML_val' as mere diagnostic replacement for 'ML'.
  3631 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3632 
  3633 * Command 'setup': discontinued implicit version with ML reference.
  3634 
  3635 * Instantiation target allows for simultaneous specification of class
  3636 instance operations together with an instantiation proof.
  3637 Type-checking phase allows to refer to class operations uniformly.
  3638 See src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy for an Isar example and
  3639 src/HOL/Library/Eval.thy for an ML example.
  3640 
  3641 * Indexing of literal facts: be more serious about including only
  3642 facts from the visible specification/proof context, but not the
  3643 background context (locale etc.).  Affects `prop` notation and method
  3644 "fact".  INCOMPATIBILITY: need to name facts explicitly in rare
  3645 situations.
  3646 
  3647 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": removed obsolete/undocumented
  3648 "(open)" option, which used to expose internal bound variables to the
  3649 proof text.
  3650 
  3651 * Isar statements: removed obsolete case "rule_context".
  3652 INCOMPATIBILITY, better use explicit fixes/assumes.
  3653 
  3654 * Locale proofs: default proof step now includes 'unfold_locales';
  3655 hence 'proof' without argument may be used to unfold locale
  3656 predicates.
  3657 
  3658 
  3659 *** Document preparation ***
  3660 
  3661 * Simplified pdfsetup.sty: color/hyperref is used unconditionally for
  3662 both pdf and dvi (hyperlinks usually work in xdvi as well); removed
  3663 obsolete thumbpdf setup (contemporary PDF viewers do this on the
  3664 spot); renamed link color from "darkblue" to "linkcolor" (default
  3665 value unchanged, can be redefined via \definecolor); no longer sets
  3666 "a4paper" option (unnecessary or even intrusive).
  3667 
  3668 * Antiquotation @{lemma A method} proves proposition A by the given
  3669 method (either a method name or a method name plus (optional) method
  3670 arguments in parentheses) and prints A just like @{prop A}.
  3671 
  3672 
  3673 *** HOL ***
  3674 
  3675 * New primrec package.  Specification syntax conforms in style to
  3676 definition/function/....  No separate induction rule is provided.  The
  3677 "primrec" command distinguishes old-style and new-style specifications
  3678 by syntax.  The former primrec package is now named OldPrimrecPackage.
  3679 When adjusting theories, beware: constants stemming from new-style
  3680 primrec specifications have authentic syntax.
  3681 
  3682 * Metis prover is now an order of magnitude faster, and also works
  3683 with multithreading.
  3684 
  3685 * Metis: the maximum number of clauses that can be produced from a
  3686 theorem is now given by the attribute max_clauses.  Theorems that
  3687 exceed this number are ignored, with a warning printed.
  3688 
  3689 * Sledgehammer no longer produces structured proofs by default. To
  3690 enable, declare [[sledgehammer_full = true]].  Attributes
  3691 reconstruction_modulus, reconstruction_sorts renamed
  3692 sledgehammer_modulus, sledgehammer_sorts.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3693 
  3694 * Method "induct_scheme" derives user-specified induction rules
  3695 from well-founded induction and completeness of patterns. This factors
  3696 out some operations that are done internally by the function package
  3697 and makes them available separately.  See
  3698 src/HOL/ex/Induction_Scheme.thy for examples.
  3699 
  3700 * More flexible generation of measure functions for termination
  3701 proofs: Measure functions can be declared by proving a rule of the
  3702 form "is_measure f" and giving it the [measure_function] attribute.
  3703 The "is_measure" predicate is logically meaningless (always true), and
  3704 just guides the heuristic.  To find suitable measure functions, the
  3705 termination prover sets up the goal "is_measure ?f" of the appropriate
  3706 type and generates all solutions by prolog-style backwards proof using
  3707 the declared rules.
  3708 
  3709 This setup also deals with rules like 
  3710 
  3711   "is_measure f ==> is_measure (list_size f)"
  3712 
  3713 which accommodates nested datatypes that recurse through lists.
  3714 Similar rules are predeclared for products and option types.
  3715 
  3716 * Turned the type of sets "'a set" into an abbreviation for "'a => bool"
  3717 
  3718   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  3719 
  3720   - Definitions of overloaded constants on sets have to be replaced by
  3721     definitions on => and bool.
  3722 
  3723   - Some definitions of overloaded operators on sets can now be proved
  3724     using the definitions of the operators on => and bool.  Therefore,
  3725     the following theorems have been renamed:
  3726 
  3727       subset_def   -> subset_eq
  3728       psubset_def  -> psubset_eq
  3729       set_diff_def -> set_diff_eq
  3730       Compl_def    -> Compl_eq
  3731       Sup_set_def  -> Sup_set_eq
  3732       Inf_set_def  -> Inf_set_eq
  3733       sup_set_def  -> sup_set_eq
  3734       inf_set_def  -> inf_set_eq
  3735 
  3736   - Due to the incompleteness of the HO unification algorithm, some
  3737     rules such as subst may require manual instantiation, if some of
  3738     the unknowns in the rule is a set.
  3739 
  3740   - Higher order unification and forward proofs:
  3741     The proof pattern
  3742 
  3743       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  3744       then have "EX S. P S" ..
  3745 
  3746     no longer works (due to the incompleteness of the HO unification
  3747     algorithm) and must be replaced by the pattern
  3748 
  3749       have "EX S. P S"
  3750       proof
  3751         show "P S" <...>
  3752       qed
  3753 
  3754   - Calculational reasoning with subst (or similar rules):
  3755     The proof pattern
  3756 
  3757       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  3758       also have "S = T" <...>
  3759       finally have "P T" .
  3760 
  3761     no longer works (for similar reasons as the previous example) and
  3762     must be replaced by something like
  3763 
  3764       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  3765       moreover have "S = T" <...>
  3766       ultimately have "P T" by simp
  3767 
  3768   - Tactics or packages written in ML code:
  3769     Code performing pattern matching on types via
  3770 
  3771       Type ("set", [T]) => ...
  3772 
  3773     must be rewritten. Moreover, functions like strip_type or
  3774     binder_types no longer return the right value when applied to a
  3775     type of the form
  3776 
  3777       T1 => ... => Tn => U => bool
  3778 
  3779     rather than
  3780 
  3781       T1 => ... => Tn => U set
  3782 
  3783 * Merged theories Wellfounded_Recursion, Accessible_Part and
  3784 Wellfounded_Relations to theory Wellfounded.
  3785 
  3786 * Explicit class "eq" for executable equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3787 
  3788 * Class finite no longer treats UNIV as class parameter.  Use class
  3789 enum from theory Library/Enum instead to achieve a similar effect.
  3790 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3791 
  3792 * Theory List: rule list_induct2 now has explicitly named cases "Nil"
  3793 and "Cons".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3794 
  3795 * HOL (and FOL): renamed variables in rules imp_elim and swap.
  3796 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3797 
  3798 * Theory Product_Type: duplicated lemmas split_Pair_apply and
  3799 injective_fst_snd removed, use split_eta and prod_eqI instead.
  3800 Renamed upd_fst to apfst and upd_snd to apsnd.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3801 
  3802 * Theory Nat: removed redundant lemmas that merely duplicate lemmas of
  3803 the same name in theory Orderings:
  3804 
  3805   less_trans
  3806   less_linear
  3807   le_imp_less_or_eq
  3808   le_less_trans
  3809   less_le_trans
  3810   less_not_sym
  3811   less_asym
  3812 
  3813 Renamed less_imp_le to less_imp_le_nat, and less_irrefl to
  3814 less_irrefl_nat.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to more general types
  3815 and different variable names.
  3816 
  3817 * Library/Option_ord.thy: Canonical order on option type.
  3818 
  3819 * Library/RBT.thy: Red-black trees, an efficient implementation of
  3820 finite maps.
  3821 
  3822 * Library/Countable.thy: Type class for countable types.
  3823 
  3824 * Theory Int: The representation of numerals has changed.  The infix
  3825 operator BIT and the bit datatype with constructors B0 and B1 have
  3826 disappeared.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use "Int.Bit0 x" and "Int.Bit1 y" in
  3827 place of "x BIT bit.B0" and "y BIT bit.B1", respectively.  Theorems
  3828 involving BIT, B0, or B1 have been renamed with "Bit0" or "Bit1"
  3829 accordingly.
  3830 
  3831 * Theory Nat: definition of <= and < on natural numbers no longer
  3832 depend on well-founded relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Definitions
  3833 le_def and less_def have disappeared.  Consider lemmas not_less
  3834 [symmetric, where ?'a = nat] and less_eq [symmetric] instead.
  3835 
  3836 * Theory Finite_Set: locales ACf, ACe, ACIf, ACIfSL and ACIfSLlin
  3837 (whose purpose mainly is for various fold_set functionals) have been
  3838 abandoned in favor of the existing algebraic classes
  3839 ab_semigroup_mult, comm_monoid_mult, ab_semigroup_idem_mult,
  3840 lower_semilattice (resp. upper_semilattice) and linorder.
  3841 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3842 
  3843 * Theory Transitive_Closure: induct and cases rules now declare proper
  3844 case_names ("base" and "step").  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3845 
  3846 * Theorem Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct generalized to complete
  3847 lattices.  The form set-specific version is available as
  3848 Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct_set.
  3849 
  3850 * Renamed theorems "power.simps" to "power_int.simps".
  3851 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3852 
  3853 * Class semiring_div provides basic abstract properties of semirings
  3854 with division and modulo operations.  Subsumes former class dvd_mod.
  3855 
  3856 * Merged theories IntDef, Numeral and IntArith into unified theory
  3857 Int.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3858 
  3859 * Theory Library/Code_Index: type "index" now represents natural
  3860 numbers rather than integers.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3861 
  3862 * New class "uminus" with operation "uminus" (split of from class
  3863 "minus" which now only has operation "minus", binary).
  3864 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3865 
  3866 * Constants "card", "internal_split", "option_map" now with authentic
  3867 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3868 
  3869 * Definitions subset_def, psubset_def, set_diff_def, Compl_def,
  3870 le_bool_def, less_bool_def, le_fun_def, less_fun_def, inf_bool_def,
  3871 sup_bool_def, Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, inf_fun_def, sup_fun_def,
  3872 Inf_fun_def, Sup_fun_def, inf_set_def, sup_set_def, Inf_set_def,
  3873 Sup_set_def, le_def, less_def, option_map_def now with object
  3874 equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3875 
  3876 * Records. Removed K_record, and replaced it by pure lambda term
  3877 %x. c. The simplifier setup is now more robust against eta expansion.
  3878 INCOMPATIBILITY: in cases explicitly referring to K_record.
  3879 
  3880 * Library/Multiset: {#a, b, c#} abbreviates {#a#} + {#b#} + {#c#}.
  3881 
  3882 * Library/ListVector: new theory of arithmetic vector operations.
  3883 
  3884 * Library/Order_Relation: new theory of various orderings as sets of
  3885 pairs.  Defines preorders, partial orders, linear orders and
  3886 well-orders on sets and on types.
  3887 
  3888 
  3889 *** ZF ***
  3890 
  3891 * Renamed some theories to allow to loading both ZF and HOL in the
  3892 same session:
  3893 
  3894   Datatype  -> Datatype_ZF
  3895   Inductive -> Inductive_ZF
  3896   Int       -> Int_ZF
  3897   IntDiv    -> IntDiv_ZF
  3898   Nat       -> Nat_ZF
  3899   List      -> List_ZF
  3900   Main      -> Main_ZF
  3901 
  3902 INCOMPATIBILITY: ZF theories that import individual theories below
  3903 Main might need to be adapted.  Regular theory Main is still
  3904 available, as trivial extension of Main_ZF.
  3905 
  3906 
  3907 *** ML ***
  3908 
  3909 * ML within Isar: antiquotation @{const name} or @{const
  3910 name(typargs)} produces statically-checked Const term.
  3911 
  3912 * Functor NamedThmsFun: data is available to the user as dynamic fact
  3913 (of the same name).  Removed obsolete print command.
  3914 
  3915 * Removed obsolete "use_legacy_bindings" function.
  3916 
  3917 * The ``print mode'' is now a thread-local value derived from a global
  3918 template (the former print_mode reference), thus access becomes
  3919 non-critical.  The global print_mode reference is for session
  3920 management only; user-code should use print_mode_value,
  3921 print_mode_active, PrintMode.setmp etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3922 
  3923 * Functions system/system_out provide a robust way to invoke external
  3924 shell commands, with propagation of interrupts (requires Poly/ML
  3925 5.2.1).  Do not use OS.Process.system etc. from the basis library!
  3926 
  3927 
  3928 *** System ***
  3929 
  3930 * Default settings: PROOFGENERAL_OPTIONS no longer impose xemacs ---
  3931 in accordance with Proof General 3.7, which prefers GNU emacs.
  3932 
  3933 * isatool tty runs Isabelle process with plain tty interaction;
  3934 optional line editor may be specified via ISABELLE_LINE_EDITOR
  3935 setting, the default settings attempt to locate "ledit" and "rlwrap".
  3936 
  3937 * isatool browser now works with Cygwin as well, using general
  3938 "javapath" function defined in Isabelle process environment.
  3939 
  3940 * YXML notation provides a simple and efficient alternative to
  3941 standard XML transfer syntax.  See src/Pure/General/yxml.ML and
  3942 isatool yxml as described in the Isabelle system manual.
  3943 
  3944 * JVM class isabelle.IsabelleProcess (located in Isabelle/lib/classes)
  3945 provides general wrapper for managing an Isabelle process in a robust
  3946 fashion, with ``cooked'' output from stdin/stderr.
  3947 
  3948 * Rudimentary Isabelle plugin for jEdit (see Isabelle/lib/jedit),
  3949 based on Isabelle/JVM process wrapper (see Isabelle/lib/classes).
  3950 
  3951 * Removed obsolete THIS_IS_ISABELLE_BUILD feature.  NB: the documented
  3952 way of changing the user's settings is via
  3953 ISABELLE_HOME_USER/etc/settings, which is a fully featured bash
  3954 script.
  3955 
  3956 * Multithreading.max_threads := 0 refers to the number of actual CPU
  3957 cores of the underlying machine, which is a good starting point for
  3958 optimal performance tuning.  The corresponding usedir option -M allows
  3959 "max" as an alias for "0".  WARNING: does not work on certain versions
  3960 of Mac OS (with Poly/ML 5.1).
  3961 
  3962 * isabelle-process: non-ML sessions are run with "nice", to reduce the
  3963 adverse effect of Isabelle flooding interactive front-ends (notably
  3964 ProofGeneral / XEmacs).
  3965 
  3966 
  3967 
  3968 New in Isabelle2007 (November 2007)
  3969 -----------------------------------
  3970 
  3971 *** General ***
  3972 
  3973 * More uniform information about legacy features, notably a
  3974 warning/error of "Legacy feature: ...", depending on the state of the
  3975 tolerate_legacy_features flag (default true). FUTURE INCOMPATIBILITY:
  3976 legacy features will disappear eventually.
  3977 
  3978 * Theory syntax: the header format ``theory A = B + C:'' has been
  3979 discontinued in favour of ``theory A imports B C begin''.  Use isatool
  3980 fixheaders to convert existing theory files.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3981 
  3982 * Theory syntax: the old non-Isar theory file format has been
  3983 discontinued altogether.  Note that ML proof scripts may still be used
  3984 with Isar theories; migration is usually quite simple with the ML
  3985 function use_legacy_bindings.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3986 
  3987 * Theory syntax: some popular names (e.g. 'class', 'declaration',
  3988 'fun', 'help', 'if') are now keywords.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use double
  3989 quotes.
  3990 
  3991 * Theory loader: be more serious about observing the static theory
  3992 header specifications (including optional directories), but not the
  3993 accidental file locations of previously successful loads.  The strict
  3994 update policy of former update_thy is now already performed by
  3995 use_thy, so the former has been removed; use_thys updates several
  3996 theories simultaneously, just as 'imports' within a theory header
  3997 specification, but without merging the results.  Potential
  3998 INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to refine theory headers and commands
  3999 ROOT.ML which depend on load order.
  4000 
  4001 * Theory loader: optional support for content-based file
  4002 identification, instead of the traditional scheme of full physical
  4003 path plus date stamp; configured by the ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT setting
  4004 (cf. the system manual).  The new scheme allows to work with
  4005 non-finished theories in persistent session images, such that source
  4006 files may be moved later on without requiring reloads.
  4007 
  4008 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  4009 file (with the same base name as the theory) are considered a legacy
  4010 feature, which will disappear eventually. Even now, the theory loader
  4011 no longer maintains dependencies on such files.
  4012 
  4013 * Syntax: the scope for resolving ambiguities via type-inference is
  4014 now limited to individual terms, instead of whole simultaneous
  4015 specifications as before. This greatly reduces the complexity of the
  4016 syntax module and improves flexibility by separating parsing and
  4017 type-checking. INCOMPATIBILITY: additional type-constraints (explicit
  4018 'fixes' etc.) are required in rare situations.
  4019 
  4020 * Syntax: constants introduced by new-style packages ('definition',
  4021 'abbreviation' etc.) are passed through the syntax module in
  4022 ``authentic mode''. This means that associated mixfix annotations
  4023 really stick to such constants, independently of potential name space
  4024 ambiguities introduced later on. INCOMPATIBILITY: constants in parse
  4025 trees are represented slightly differently, may need to adapt syntax
  4026 translations accordingly. Use CONST marker in 'translations' and
  4027 @{const_syntax} antiquotation in 'parse_translation' etc.
  4028 
  4029 * Legacy goal package: reduced interface to the bare minimum required
  4030 to keep existing proof scripts running.  Most other user-level
  4031 functions are now part of the OldGoals structure, which is *not* open
  4032 by default (consider isatool expandshort before open OldGoals).
  4033 Removed top_sg, prin, printyp, pprint_term/typ altogether, because
  4034 these tend to cause confusion about the actual goal (!) context being
  4035 used here, which is not necessarily the same as the_context().
  4036 
  4037 * Command 'find_theorems': supports "*" wild-card in "name:"
  4038 criterion; "with_dups" option.  Certain ProofGeneral versions might
  4039 support a specific search form (see ProofGeneral/CHANGES).
  4040 
  4041 * The ``prems limit'' option (cf. ProofContext.prems_limit) is now -1
  4042 by default, which means that "prems" (and also "fixed variables") are
  4043 suppressed from proof state output.  Note that the ProofGeneral
  4044 settings mechanism allows to change and save options persistently, but
  4045 older versions of Isabelle will fail to start up if a negative prems
  4046 limit is imposed.
  4047 
  4048 * Local theory targets may be specified by non-nested blocks of
  4049 ``context/locale/class ... begin'' followed by ``end''.  The body may
  4050 contain definitions, theorems etc., including any derived mechanism
  4051 that has been implemented on top of these primitives.  This concept
  4052 generalizes the existing ``theorem (in ...)'' towards more versatility
  4053 and scalability.
  4054 
  4055 * Proof General interface: proper undo of final 'end' command;
  4056 discontinued Isabelle/classic mode (ML proof scripts).
  4057 
  4058 
  4059 *** Document preparation ***
  4060 
  4061 * Added antiquotation @{theory name} which prints the given name,
  4062 after checking that it refers to a valid ancestor theory in the
  4063 current context.
  4064 
  4065 * Added antiquotations @{ML_type text} and @{ML_struct text} which
  4066 check the given source text as ML type/structure, printing verbatim.
  4067 
  4068 * Added antiquotation @{abbrev "c args"} which prints the abbreviation
  4069 "c args == rhs" given in the current context.  (Any number of
  4070 arguments may be given on the LHS.)
  4071 
  4072 
  4073 *** Pure ***
  4074 
  4075 * The 'class' package offers a combination of axclass and locale to
  4076 achieve Haskell-like type classes in Isabelle.  Definitions and
  4077 theorems within a class context produce both relative results (with
  4078 implicit parameters according to the locale context), and polymorphic
  4079 constants with qualified polymorphism (according to the class
  4080 context).  Within the body context of a 'class' target, a separate
  4081 syntax layer ("user space type system") takes care of converting
  4082 between global polymorphic consts and internal locale representation.
  4083 See src/HOL/ex/Classpackage.thy for examples (as well as main HOL).
  4084 "isatool doc classes" provides a tutorial.
  4085 
  4086 * Generic code generator framework allows to generate executable
  4087 code for ML and Haskell (including Isabelle classes).  A short usage
  4088 sketch:
  4089 
  4090     internal compilation:
  4091         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML
  4092     writing SML code to a file:
  4093         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML <filename>
  4094     writing OCaml code to a file:
  4095         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in OCaml <filename>
  4096     writing Haskell code to a bunch of files:
  4097         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in Haskell <filename>
  4098 
  4099     evaluating closed propositions to True/False using code generation:
  4100         method ``eval''
  4101 
  4102 Reasonable default setup of framework in HOL.
  4103 
  4104 Theorem attributs for selecting and transforming function equations theorems:
  4105 
  4106     [code fun]:        select a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  4107     [code fun del]:    deselect a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  4108     [code inline]:     select an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  4109     [code inline del]: deselect an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  4110 
  4111 User-defined serializations (target in {SML, OCaml, Haskell}):
  4112 
  4113     code_const <and-list of constants (term syntax)>
  4114       {(target) <and-list of const target syntax>}+
  4115 
  4116     code_type <and-list of type constructors>
  4117       {(target) <and-list of type target syntax>}+
  4118 
  4119     code_instance <and-list of instances>
  4120       {(target)}+
  4121         where instance ::= <type constructor> :: <class>
  4122 
  4123     code_class <and_list of classes>
  4124       {(target) <and-list of class target syntax>}+
  4125         where class target syntax ::= <class name> {where {<classop> == <target syntax>}+}?
  4126 
  4127 code_instance and code_class only are effective to target Haskell.
  4128 
  4129 For example usage see src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator.thy and
  4130 src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator_Pretty.thy.  A separate tutorial on code
  4131 generation from Isabelle/HOL theories is available via "isatool doc
  4132 codegen".
  4133 
  4134 * Code generator: consts in 'consts_code' Isar commands are now
  4135 referred to by usual term syntax (including optional type
  4136 annotations).
  4137 
  4138 * Command 'no_translations' removes translation rules from theory
  4139 syntax.
  4140 
  4141 * Overloaded definitions are now actually checked for acyclic
  4142 dependencies.  The overloading scheme is slightly more general than
  4143 that of Haskell98, although Isabelle does not demand an exact
  4144 correspondence to type class and instance declarations.
  4145 INCOMPATIBILITY, use ``defs (unchecked overloaded)'' to admit more
  4146 exotic versions of overloading -- at the discretion of the user!
  4147 
  4148 Polymorphic constants are represented via type arguments, i.e. the
  4149 instantiation that matches an instance against the most general
  4150 declaration given in the signature.  For example, with the declaration
  4151 c :: 'a => 'a => 'a, an instance c :: nat => nat => nat is represented
  4152 as c(nat).  Overloading is essentially simultaneous structural
  4153 recursion over such type arguments.  Incomplete specification patterns
  4154 impose global constraints on all occurrences, e.g. c('a * 'a) on the
  4155 LHS means that more general c('a * 'b) will be disallowed on any RHS.
  4156 Command 'print_theory' outputs the normalized system of recursive
  4157 equations, see section "definitions".
  4158 
  4159 * Configuration options are maintained within the theory or proof
  4160 context (with name and type bool/int/string), providing a very simple
  4161 interface to a poor-man's version of general context data.  Tools may
  4162 declare options in ML (e.g. using Attrib.config_int) and then refer to
  4163 these values using Config.get etc.  Users may change options via an
  4164 associated attribute of the same name.  This form of context
  4165 declaration works particularly well with commands 'declare' or
  4166 'using', for example ``declare [[foo = 42]]''.  Thus it has become
  4167 very easy to avoid global references, which would not observe Isar
  4168 toplevel undo/redo and fail to work with multithreading.
  4169 
  4170 Various global ML references of Pure and HOL have been turned into
  4171 configuration options:
  4172 
  4173   Unify.search_bound		unify_search_bound
  4174   Unify.trace_bound		unify_trace_bound
  4175   Unify.trace_simp		unify_trace_simp
  4176   Unify.trace_types		unify_trace_types
  4177   Simplifier.simp_depth_limit	simp_depth_limit
  4178   Blast.depth_limit		blast_depth_limit
  4179   DatatypeProp.dtK		datatype_distinctness_limit
  4180   fast_arith_neq_limit  	fast_arith_neq_limit
  4181   fast_arith_split_limit	fast_arith_split_limit
  4182 
  4183 * Named collections of theorems may be easily installed as context
  4184 data using the functor NamedThmsFun (see also
  4185 src/Pure/Tools/named_thms.ML).  The user may add or delete facts via
  4186 attributes; there is also a toplevel print command.  This facility is
  4187 just a common case of general context data, which is the preferred way
  4188 for anything more complex than just a list of facts in canonical
  4189 order.
  4190 
  4191 * Isar: command 'declaration' augments a local theory by generic
  4192 declaration functions written in ML.  This enables arbitrary content
  4193 being added to the context, depending on a morphism that tells the
  4194 difference of the original declaration context wrt. the application
  4195 context encountered later on.
  4196 
  4197 * Isar: proper interfaces for simplification procedures.  Command
  4198 'simproc_setup' declares named simprocs (with match patterns, and body
  4199 text in ML).  Attribute "simproc" adds/deletes simprocs in the current
  4200 context.  ML antiquotation @{simproc name} retrieves named simprocs.
  4201 
  4202 * Isar: an extra pair of brackets around attribute declarations
  4203 abbreviates a theorem reference involving an internal dummy fact,
  4204 which will be ignored later --- only the effect of the attribute on
  4205 the background context will persist.  This form of in-place
  4206 declarations is particularly useful with commands like 'declare' and
  4207 'using', for example ``have A using [[simproc a]] by simp''.
  4208 
  4209 * Isar: method "assumption" (and implicit closing of subproofs) now
  4210 takes simple non-atomic goal assumptions into account: after applying
  4211 an assumption as a rule the resulting subgoals are solved by atomic
  4212 assumption steps.  This is particularly useful to finish 'obtain'
  4213 goals, such as "!!x. (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> P x ==> thesis",
  4214 without referring to the original premise "!!x. P x ==> thesis" in the
  4215 Isar proof context.  POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY: method "assumption" is
  4216 more permissive.
  4217 
  4218 * Isar: implicit use of prems from the Isar proof context is
  4219 considered a legacy feature.  Common applications like ``have A .''
  4220 may be replaced by ``have A by fact'' or ``note `A`''.  In general,
  4221 referencing facts explicitly here improves readability and
  4222 maintainability of proof texts.
  4223 
  4224 * Isar: improper proof element 'guess' is like 'obtain', but derives
  4225 the obtained context from the course of reasoning!  For example:
  4226 
  4227   assume "EX x y. A x & B y"   -- "any previous fact"
  4228   then guess x and y by clarify
  4229 
  4230 This technique is potentially adventurous, depending on the facts and
  4231 proof tools being involved here.
  4232 
  4233 * Isar: known facts from the proof context may be specified as literal
  4234 propositions, using ASCII back-quote syntax.  This works wherever
  4235 named facts used to be allowed so far, in proof commands, proof
  4236 methods, attributes etc.  Literal facts are retrieved from the context
  4237 according to unification of type and term parameters.  For example,
  4238 provided that "A" and "A ==> B" and "!!x. P x ==> Q x" are known
  4239 theorems in the current context, then these are valid literal facts:
  4240 `A` and `A ==> B` and `!!x. P x ==> Q x" as well as `P a ==> Q a` etc.
  4241 
  4242 There is also a proof method "fact" which does the same composition
  4243 for explicit goal states, e.g. the following proof texts coincide with
  4244 certain special cases of literal facts:
  4245 
  4246   have "A" by fact                 ==  note `A`
  4247   have "A ==> B" by fact           ==  note `A ==> B`
  4248   have "!!x. P x ==> Q x" by fact  ==  note `!!x. P x ==> Q x`
  4249   have "P a ==> Q a" by fact       ==  note `P a ==> Q a`
  4250 
  4251 * Isar: ":" (colon) is no longer a symbolic identifier character in
  4252 outer syntax.  Thus symbolic identifiers may be used without
  4253 additional white space in declarations like this: ``assume *: A''.
  4254 
  4255 * Isar: 'print_facts' prints all local facts of the current context,
  4256 both named and unnamed ones.
  4257 
  4258 * Isar: 'def' now admits simultaneous definitions, e.g.:
  4259 
  4260   def x == "t" and y == "u"
  4261 
  4262 * Isar: added command 'unfolding', which is structurally similar to
  4263 'using', but affects both the goal state and facts by unfolding given
  4264 rewrite rules.  Thus many occurrences of the 'unfold' method or
  4265 'unfolded' attribute may be replaced by first-class proof text.
  4266 
  4267 * Isar: methods 'unfold' / 'fold', attributes 'unfolded' / 'folded',
  4268 and command 'unfolding' now all support object-level equalities
  4269 (potentially conditional).  The underlying notion of rewrite rule is
  4270 analogous to the 'rule_format' attribute, but *not* that of the
  4271 Simplifier (which is usually more generous).
  4272 
  4273 * Isar: the new attribute [rotated n] (default n = 1) rotates the
  4274 premises of a theorem by n. Useful in conjunction with drule.
  4275 
  4276 * Isar: the goal restriction operator [N] (default N = 1) evaluates a
  4277 method expression within a sandbox consisting of the first N
  4278 sub-goals, which need to exist.  For example, ``simp_all [3]''
  4279 simplifies the first three sub-goals, while (rule foo, simp_all)[]
  4280 simplifies all new goals that emerge from applying rule foo to the
  4281 originally first one.
  4282 
  4283 * Isar: schematic goals are no longer restricted to higher-order
  4284 patterns; e.g. ``lemma "?P(?x)" by (rule TrueI)'' now works as
  4285 expected.
  4286 
  4287 * Isar: the conclusion of a long theorem statement is now either
  4288 'shows' (a simultaneous conjunction, as before), or 'obtains'
  4289 (essentially a disjunction of cases with local parameters and
  4290 assumptions).  The latter allows to express general elimination rules
  4291 adequately; in this notation common elimination rules look like this:
  4292 
  4293   lemma exE:    -- "EX x. P x ==> (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4294     assumes "EX x. P x"
  4295     obtains x where "P x"
  4296 
  4297   lemma conjE:  -- "A & B ==> (A ==> B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4298     assumes "A & B"
  4299     obtains A and B
  4300 
  4301   lemma disjE:  -- "A | B ==> (A ==> thesis) ==> (B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4302     assumes "A | B"
  4303     obtains
  4304       A
  4305     | B
  4306 
  4307 The subsequent classical rules even refer to the formal "thesis"
  4308 explicitly:
  4309 
  4310   lemma classical:     -- "(~ thesis ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4311     obtains "~ thesis"
  4312 
  4313   lemma Peirce's_Law:  -- "((thesis ==> something) ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4314     obtains "thesis ==> something"
  4315 
  4316 The actual proof of an 'obtains' statement is analogous to that of the
  4317 Isar proof element 'obtain', only that there may be several cases.
  4318 Optional case names may be specified in parentheses; these will be
  4319 available both in the present proof and as annotations in the
  4320 resulting rule, for later use with the 'cases' method (cf. attribute
  4321 case_names).
  4322 
  4323 * Isar: the assumptions of a long theorem statement are available as
  4324 "assms" fact in the proof context.  This is more appropriate than the
  4325 (historical) "prems", which refers to all assumptions of the current
  4326 context, including those from the target locale, proof body etc.
  4327 
  4328 * Isar: 'print_statement' prints theorems from the current theory or
  4329 proof context in long statement form, according to the syntax of a
  4330 top-level lemma.
  4331 
  4332 * Isar: 'obtain' takes an optional case name for the local context
  4333 introduction rule (default "that").
  4334 
  4335 * Isar: removed obsolete 'concl is' patterns.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  4336 explicit (is "_ ==> ?foo") in the rare cases where this still happens
  4337 to occur.
  4338 
  4339 * Pure: syntax "CONST name" produces a fully internalized constant
  4340 according to the current context.  This is particularly useful for
  4341 syntax translations that should refer to internal constant
  4342 representations independently of name spaces.
  4343 
  4344 * Pure: syntax constant for foo (binder "FOO ") is called "foo_binder"
  4345 instead of "FOO ". This allows multiple binder declarations to coexist
  4346 in the same context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4347 
  4348 * Isar/locales: 'notation' provides a robust interface to the 'syntax'
  4349 primitive that also works in a locale context (both for constants and
  4350 fixed variables). Type declaration and internal syntactic representation
  4351 of given constants retrieved from the context. Likewise, the
  4352 'no_notation' command allows to remove given syntax annotations from the
  4353 current context.
  4354 
  4355 * Isar/locales: new derived specification elements 'axiomatization',
  4356 'definition', 'abbreviation', which support type-inference, admit
  4357 object-level specifications (equality, equivalence).  See also the
  4358 isar-ref manual.  Examples:
  4359 
  4360   axiomatization
  4361     eq  (infix "===" 50) where
  4362     eq_refl: "x === x" and eq_subst: "x === y ==> P x ==> P y"
  4363 
  4364   definition "f x y = x + y + 1"
  4365   definition g where "g x = f x x"
  4366 
  4367   abbreviation
  4368     neq  (infix "=!=" 50) where
  4369     "x =!= y == ~ (x === y)"
  4370 
  4371 These specifications may be also used in a locale context.  Then the
  4372 constants being introduced depend on certain fixed parameters, and the
  4373 constant name is qualified by the locale base name.  An internal
  4374 abbreviation takes care for convenient input and output, making the
  4375 parameters implicit and using the original short name.  See also
  4376 src/HOL/ex/Abstract_NAT.thy for an example of deriving polymorphic
  4377 entities from a monomorphic theory.
  4378 
  4379 Presently, abbreviations are only available 'in' a target locale, but
  4380 not inherited by general import expressions.  Also note that
  4381 'abbreviation' may be used as a type-safe replacement for 'syntax' +
  4382 'translations' in common applications.  The "no_abbrevs" print mode
  4383 prevents folding of abbreviations in term output.
  4384 
  4385 Concrete syntax is attached to specified constants in internal form,
  4386 independently of name spaces.  The parse tree representation is
  4387 slightly different -- use 'notation' instead of raw 'syntax', and
  4388 'translations' with explicit "CONST" markup to accommodate this.
  4389 
  4390 * Pure/Isar: unified syntax for new-style specification mechanisms
  4391 (e.g.  'definition', 'abbreviation', or 'inductive' in HOL) admits
  4392 full type inference and dummy patterns ("_").  For example:
  4393 
  4394   definition "K x _ = x"
  4395 
  4396   inductive conj for A B
  4397   where "A ==> B ==> conj A B"
  4398 
  4399 * Pure: command 'print_abbrevs' prints all constant abbreviations of
  4400 the current context.  Print mode "no_abbrevs" prevents inversion of
  4401 abbreviations on output.
  4402 
  4403 * Isar/locales: improved parameter handling: use of locales "var" and
  4404 "struct" no longer necessary; - parameter renamings are no longer
  4405 required to be injective.  For example, this allows to define
  4406 endomorphisms as locale endom = homom mult mult h.
  4407 
  4408 * Isar/locales: changed the way locales with predicates are defined.
  4409 Instead of accumulating the specification, the imported expression is
  4410 now an interpretation.  INCOMPATIBILITY: different normal form of
  4411 locale expressions.  In particular, in interpretations of locales with
  4412 predicates, goals repesenting already interpreted fragments are not
  4413 removed automatically.  Use methods `intro_locales' and
  4414 `unfold_locales'; see below.
  4415 
  4416 * Isar/locales: new methods `intro_locales' and `unfold_locales'
  4417 provide backward reasoning on locales predicates.  The methods are
  4418 aware of interpretations and discharge corresponding goals.
  4419 `intro_locales' is less aggressive then `unfold_locales' and does not
  4420 unfold predicates to assumptions.
  4421 
  4422 * Isar/locales: the order in which locale fragments are accumulated
  4423 has changed.  This enables to override declarations from fragments due
  4424 to interpretations -- for example, unwanted simp rules.
  4425 
  4426 * Isar/locales: interpretation in theories and proof contexts has been
  4427 extended.  One may now specify (and prove) equations, which are
  4428 unfolded in interpreted theorems.  This is useful for replacing
  4429 defined concepts (constants depending on locale parameters) by
  4430 concepts already existing in the target context.  Example:
  4431 
  4432   interpretation partial_order ["op <= :: [int, int] => bool"]
  4433     where "partial_order.less (op <=) (x::int) y = (x < y)"
  4434 
  4435 Typically, the constant `partial_order.less' is created by a
  4436 definition specification element in the context of locale
  4437 partial_order.
  4438 
  4439 * Method "induct": improved internal context management to support
  4440 local fixes and defines on-the-fly. Thus explicit meta-level
  4441 connectives !!  and ==> are rarely required anymore in inductive goals
  4442 (using object-logic connectives for this purpose has been long
  4443 obsolete anyway). Common proof patterns are explained in
  4444 src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, see also
  4445 src/HOL/Isar_examples/Puzzle.thy and src/HOL/Lambda for realistic
  4446 examples.
  4447 
  4448 * Method "induct": improved handling of simultaneous goals. Instead of
  4449 introducing object-level conjunction, the statement is now split into
  4450 several conclusions, while the corresponding symbolic cases are nested
  4451 accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY, proofs need to be structured explicitly,
  4452 see src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, for example.
  4453 
  4454 * Method "induct": mutual induction rules are now specified as a list
  4455 of rule sharing the same induction cases. HOL packages usually provide
  4456 foo_bar.inducts for mutually defined items foo and bar (e.g. inductive
  4457 predicates/sets or datatypes). INCOMPATIBILITY, users need to specify
  4458 mutual induction rules differently, i.e. like this:
  4459 
  4460   (induct rule: foo_bar.inducts)
  4461   (induct set: foo bar)
  4462   (induct pred: foo bar)
  4463   (induct type: foo bar)
  4464 
  4465 The ML function ProjectRule.projections turns old-style rules into the
  4466 new format.
  4467 
  4468 * Method "coinduct": dual of induction, see
  4469 src/HOL/Library/Coinductive_List.thy for various examples.
  4470 
  4471 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": the ``(open)'' option is
  4472 considered a legacy feature.
  4473 
  4474 * Attribute "symmetric" produces result with standardized schematic
  4475 variables (index 0).  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4476 
  4477 * Simplifier: by default the simplifier trace only shows top level
  4478 rewrites now. That is, trace_simp_depth_limit is set to 1 by
  4479 default. Thus there is less danger of being flooded by the trace. The
  4480 trace indicates where parts have been suppressed.
  4481   
  4482 * Provers/classical: removed obsolete classical version of elim_format
  4483 attribute; classical elim/dest rules are now treated uniformly when
  4484 manipulating the claset.
  4485 
  4486 * Provers/classical: stricter checks to ensure that supplied intro,
  4487 dest and elim rules are well-formed; dest and elim rules must have at
  4488 least one premise.
  4489 
  4490 * Provers/classical: attributes dest/elim/intro take an optional
  4491 weight argument for the rule (just as the Pure versions).  Weights are
  4492 ignored by automated tools, but determine the search order of single
  4493 rule steps.
  4494 
  4495 * Syntax: input syntax now supports dummy variable binding "%_. b",
  4496 where the body does not mention the bound variable.  Note that dummy
  4497 patterns implicitly depend on their context of bounds, which makes
  4498 "{_. _}" match any set comprehension as expected.  Potential
  4499 INCOMPATIBILITY -- parse translations need to cope with syntactic
  4500 constant "_idtdummy" in the binding position.
  4501 
  4502 * Syntax: removed obsolete syntactic constant "_K" and its associated
  4503 parse translation.  INCOMPATIBILITY -- use dummy abstraction instead,
  4504 for example "A -> B" => "Pi A (%_. B)".
  4505 
  4506 * Pure: 'class_deps' command visualizes the subclass relation, using
  4507 the graph browser tool.
  4508 
  4509 * Pure: 'print_theory' now suppresses certain internal declarations by
  4510 default; use '!' option for full details.
  4511 
  4512 
  4513 *** HOL ***
  4514 
  4515 * Method "metis" proves goals by applying the Metis general-purpose
  4516 resolution prover (see also http://gilith.com/software/metis/).
  4517 Examples are in the directory MetisExamples.  WARNING: the
  4518 Isabelle/HOL-Metis integration does not yet work properly with
  4519 multi-threading.
  4520   
  4521 * Command 'sledgehammer' invokes external automatic theorem provers as
  4522 background processes.  It generates calls to the "metis" method if
  4523 successful. These can be pasted into the proof.  Users do not have to
  4524 wait for the automatic provers to return.  WARNING: does not really
  4525 work with multi-threading.
  4526 
  4527 * New "auto_quickcheck" feature tests outermost goal statements for
  4528 potential counter-examples.  Controlled by ML references
  4529 auto_quickcheck (default true) and auto_quickcheck_time_limit (default
  4530 5000 milliseconds).  Fails silently if statements is outside of
  4531 executable fragment, or any other codgenerator problem occurs.
  4532 
  4533 * New constant "undefined" with axiom "undefined x = undefined".
  4534 
  4535 * Added class "HOL.eq", allowing for code generation with polymorphic
  4536 equality.
  4537 
  4538 * Some renaming of class constants due to canonical name prefixing in
  4539 the new 'class' package:
  4540 
  4541     HOL.abs ~> HOL.abs_class.abs
  4542     HOL.divide ~> HOL.divide_class.divide
  4543     0 ~> HOL.zero_class.zero
  4544     1 ~> HOL.one_class.one
  4545     op + ~> HOL.plus_class.plus
  4546     op - ~> HOL.minus_class.minus
  4547     uminus ~> HOL.minus_class.uminus
  4548     op * ~> HOL.times_class.times
  4549     op < ~> HOL.ord_class.less
  4550     op <= > HOL.ord_class.less_eq
  4551     Nat.power ~> Power.power_class.power
  4552     Nat.size ~> Nat.size_class.size
  4553     Numeral.number_of ~> Numeral.number_class.number_of
  4554     FixedPoint.Inf ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Inf
  4555     FixedPoint.Sup ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Sup
  4556     Orderings.min ~> Orderings.ord_class.min
  4557     Orderings.max ~> Orderings.ord_class.max
  4558     Divides.op div ~> Divides.div_class.div
  4559     Divides.op mod ~> Divides.div_class.mod
  4560     Divides.op dvd ~> Divides.div_class.dvd
  4561 
  4562 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Adaptions may be required in the following cases:
  4563 
  4564 a) User-defined constants using any of the names "plus", "minus",
  4565 "times", "less" or "less_eq". The standard syntax translations for
  4566 "+", "-" and "*" may go wrong.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific
  4567 names.
  4568 
  4569 b) Variables named "plus", "minus", "times", "less", "less_eq"
  4570 INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific names.
  4571 
  4572 c) Permutative equations (e.g. "a + b = b + a")
  4573 Since the change of names also changes the order of terms, permutative
  4574 rewrite rules may get applied in a different order. Experience shows
  4575 that this is rarely the case (only two adaptions in the whole Isabelle
  4576 distribution).  INCOMPATIBILITY: rewrite proofs
  4577 
  4578 d) ML code directly refering to constant names
  4579 This in general only affects hand-written proof tactics, simprocs and
  4580 so on.  INCOMPATIBILITY: grep your sourcecode and replace names.
  4581 Consider using @{const_name} antiquotation.
  4582 
  4583 * New class "default" with associated constant "default".
  4584 
  4585 * Function "sgn" is now overloaded and available on int, real, complex
  4586 (and other numeric types), using class "sgn".  Two possible defs of
  4587 sgn are given as equational assumptions in the classes sgn_if and
  4588 sgn_div_norm; ordered_idom now also inherits from sgn_if.
  4589 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4590 
  4591 * Locale "partial_order" now unified with class "order" (cf. theory
  4592 Orderings), added parameter "less".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4593 
  4594 * Renamings in classes "order" and "linorder": facts "refl", "trans" and
  4595 "cases" to "order_refl", "order_trans" and "linorder_cases", to avoid
  4596 clashes with HOL "refl" and "trans".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4597 
  4598 * Classes "order" and "linorder": potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to
  4599 changed order of proof goals in instance proofs.
  4600 
  4601 * The transitivity reasoner for partial and linear orders is set up
  4602 for classes "order" and "linorder".  Instances of the reasoner are available
  4603 in all contexts importing or interpreting the corresponding locales.
  4604 Method "order" invokes the reasoner separately; the reasoner
  4605 is also integrated with the Simplifier as a solver.  Diagnostic
  4606 command 'print_orders' shows the available instances of the reasoner
  4607 in the current context.
  4608 
  4609 * Localized monotonicity predicate in theory "Orderings"; integrated
  4610 lemmas max_of_mono and min_of_mono with this predicate.
  4611 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4612 
  4613 * Formulation of theorem "dense" changed slightly due to integration
  4614 with new class dense_linear_order.
  4615 
  4616 * Uniform lattice theory development in HOL.
  4617 
  4618     constants "meet" and "join" now named "inf" and "sup"
  4619     constant "Meet" now named "Inf"
  4620 
  4621     classes "meet_semilorder" and "join_semilorder" now named
  4622       "lower_semilattice" and "upper_semilattice"
  4623     class "lorder" now named "lattice"
  4624     class "comp_lat" now named "complete_lattice"
  4625 
  4626     Instantiation of lattice classes allows explicit definitions
  4627     for "inf" and "sup" operations (or "Inf" and "Sup" for complete lattices).
  4628 
  4629   INCOMPATIBILITY.  Theorem renames:
  4630 
  4631     meet_left_le            ~> inf_le1
  4632     meet_right_le           ~> inf_le2
  4633     join_left_le            ~> sup_ge1
  4634     join_right_le           ~> sup_ge2
  4635     meet_join_le            ~> inf_sup_ord
  4636     le_meetI                ~> le_infI
  4637     join_leI                ~> le_supI
  4638     le_meet                 ~> le_inf_iff
  4639     le_join                 ~> ge_sup_conv
  4640     meet_idempotent         ~> inf_idem
  4641     join_idempotent         ~> sup_idem
  4642     meet_comm               ~> inf_commute
  4643     join_comm               ~> sup_commute
  4644     meet_leI1               ~> le_infI1
  4645     meet_leI2               ~> le_infI2
  4646     le_joinI1               ~> le_supI1
  4647     le_joinI2               ~> le_supI2
  4648     meet_assoc              ~> inf_assoc
  4649     join_assoc              ~> sup_assoc
  4650     meet_left_comm          ~> inf_left_commute
  4651     meet_left_idempotent    ~> inf_left_idem
  4652     join_left_comm          ~> sup_left_commute
  4653     join_left_idempotent    ~> sup_left_idem
  4654     meet_aci                ~> inf_aci
  4655     join_aci                ~> sup_aci
  4656     le_def_meet             ~> le_iff_inf
  4657     le_def_join             ~> le_iff_sup
  4658     join_absorp2            ~> sup_absorb2
  4659     join_absorp1            ~> sup_absorb1
  4660     meet_absorp1            ~> inf_absorb1
  4661     meet_absorp2            ~> inf_absorb2
  4662     meet_join_absorp        ~> inf_sup_absorb
  4663     join_meet_absorp        ~> sup_inf_absorb
  4664     distrib_join_le         ~> distrib_sup_le
  4665     distrib_meet_le         ~> distrib_inf_le
  4666 
  4667     add_meet_distrib_left   ~> add_inf_distrib_left
  4668     add_join_distrib_left   ~> add_sup_distrib_left
  4669     is_join_neg_meet        ~> is_join_neg_inf
  4670     is_meet_neg_join        ~> is_meet_neg_sup
  4671     add_meet_distrib_right  ~> add_inf_distrib_right
  4672     add_join_distrib_right  ~> add_sup_distrib_right
  4673     add_meet_join_distribs  ~> add_sup_inf_distribs
  4674     join_eq_neg_meet        ~> sup_eq_neg_inf
  4675     meet_eq_neg_join        ~> inf_eq_neg_sup
  4676     add_eq_meet_join        ~> add_eq_inf_sup
  4677     meet_0_imp_0            ~> inf_0_imp_0
  4678     join_0_imp_0            ~> sup_0_imp_0
  4679     meet_0_eq_0             ~> inf_0_eq_0
  4680     join_0_eq_0             ~> sup_0_eq_0
  4681     neg_meet_eq_join        ~> neg_inf_eq_sup
  4682     neg_join_eq_meet        ~> neg_sup_eq_inf
  4683     join_eq_if              ~> sup_eq_if
  4684 
  4685     mono_meet               ~> mono_inf
  4686     mono_join               ~> mono_sup
  4687     meet_bool_eq            ~> inf_bool_eq
  4688     join_bool_eq            ~> sup_bool_eq
  4689     meet_fun_eq             ~> inf_fun_eq
  4690     join_fun_eq             ~> sup_fun_eq
  4691     meet_set_eq             ~> inf_set_eq
  4692     join_set_eq             ~> sup_set_eq
  4693     meet1_iff               ~> inf1_iff
  4694     meet2_iff               ~> inf2_iff
  4695     meet1I                  ~> inf1I
  4696     meet2I                  ~> inf2I
  4697     meet1D1                 ~> inf1D1
  4698     meet2D1                 ~> inf2D1
  4699     meet1D2                 ~> inf1D2
  4700     meet2D2                 ~> inf2D2
  4701     meet1E                  ~> inf1E
  4702     meet2E                  ~> inf2E
  4703     join1_iff               ~> sup1_iff
  4704     join2_iff               ~> sup2_iff
  4705     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  4706     join2I1                 ~> sup2I1
  4707     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  4708     join2I2                 ~> sup1I2
  4709     join1CI                 ~> sup1CI
  4710     join2CI                 ~> sup2CI
  4711     join1E                  ~> sup1E
  4712     join2E                  ~> sup2E
  4713 
  4714     is_meet_Meet            ~> is_meet_Inf
  4715     Meet_bool_def           ~> Inf_bool_def
  4716     Meet_fun_def            ~> Inf_fun_def
  4717     Meet_greatest           ~> Inf_greatest
  4718     Meet_lower              ~> Inf_lower
  4719     Meet_set_def            ~> Inf_set_def
  4720 
  4721     Sup_def                 ~> Sup_Inf
  4722     Sup_bool_eq             ~> Sup_bool_def
  4723     Sup_fun_eq              ~> Sup_fun_def
  4724     Sup_set_eq              ~> Sup_set_def
  4725 
  4726     listsp_meetI            ~> listsp_infI
  4727     listsp_meet_eq          ~> listsp_inf_eq
  4728 
  4729     meet_min                ~> inf_min
  4730     join_max                ~> sup_max
  4731 
  4732 * Added syntactic class "size"; overloaded constant "size" now has
  4733 type "'a::size ==> bool"
  4734 
  4735 * Internal reorganisation of `size' of datatypes: size theorems
  4736 "foo.size" are no longer subsumed by "foo.simps" (but are still
  4737 simplification rules by default!); theorems "prod.size" now named
  4738 "*.size".
  4739 
  4740 * Class "div" now inherits from class "times" rather than "type".
  4741 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4742 
  4743 * HOL/Finite_Set: "name-space" locales Lattice, Distrib_lattice,
  4744 Linorder etc.  have disappeared; operations defined in terms of
  4745 fold_set now are named Inf_fin, Sup_fin.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4746 
  4747 * HOL/Nat: neq0_conv no longer declared as iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4748 
  4749 * HOL-Word: New extensive library and type for generic, fixed size
  4750 machine words, with arithemtic, bit-wise, shifting and rotating
  4751 operations, reflection into int, nat, and bool lists, automation for
  4752 linear arithmetic (by automatic reflection into nat or int), including
  4753 lemmas on overflow and monotonicity.  Instantiated to all appropriate
  4754 arithmetic type classes, supporting automatic simplification of
  4755 numerals on all operations.
  4756 
  4757 * Library/Boolean_Algebra: locales for abstract boolean algebras.
  4758 
  4759 * Library/Numeral_Type: numbers as types, e.g. TYPE(32).
  4760 
  4761 * Code generator library theories:
  4762   - Code_Integer represents HOL integers by big integer literals in target
  4763     languages.
  4764   - Code_Char represents HOL characters by character literals in target
  4765     languages.
  4766   - Code_Char_chr like Code_Char, but also offers treatment of character
  4767     codes; includes Code_Integer.
  4768   - Executable_Set allows to generate code for finite sets using lists.
  4769   - Executable_Rat implements rational numbers as triples (sign, enumerator,
  4770     denominator).
  4771   - Executable_Real implements a subset of real numbers, namly those
  4772     representable by rational numbers.
  4773   - Efficient_Nat implements natural numbers by integers, which in general will
  4774     result in higher efficency; pattern matching with 0/Suc is eliminated;
  4775     includes Code_Integer.
  4776   - Code_Index provides an additional datatype index which is mapped to
  4777     target-language built-in integers.
  4778   - Code_Message provides an additional datatype message_string which is isomorphic to
  4779     strings; messages are mapped to target-language strings.
  4780 
  4781 * New package for inductive predicates
  4782 
  4783   An n-ary predicate p with m parameters z_1, ..., z_m can now be defined via
  4784 
  4785     inductive
  4786       p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  4787       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  4788     where
  4789       rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  4790     | ...
  4791 
  4792   with full support for type-inference, rather than
  4793 
  4794     consts s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  4795 
  4796     abbreviation p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  4797     where "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  4798 
  4799     inductive "s z_1 ... z_m"
  4800     intros
  4801       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  4802       ...
  4803 
  4804   For backward compatibility, there is a wrapper allowing inductive
  4805   sets to be defined with the new package via
  4806 
  4807     inductive_set
  4808       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  4809       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  4810     where
  4811       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  4812     | ...
  4813 
  4814   or
  4815 
  4816     inductive_set
  4817       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  4818       and p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  4819       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  4820     where
  4821       "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  4822     | rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  4823     | ...
  4824 
  4825   if the additional syntax "p ..." is required.
  4826 
  4827   Numerous examples can be found in the subdirectories src/HOL/Auth,
  4828   src/HOL/Bali, src/HOL/Induct, and src/HOL/MicroJava.
  4829 
  4830   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  4831 
  4832   - Since declaration and definition of inductive sets or predicates
  4833     is no longer separated, abbreviations involving the newly
  4834     introduced sets or predicates must be specified together with the
  4835     introduction rules after the 'where' keyword (see above), rather
  4836     than before the actual inductive definition.
  4837 
  4838   - The variables in induction and elimination rules are now
  4839     quantified in the order of their occurrence in the introduction
  4840     rules, rather than in alphabetical order. Since this may break
  4841     some proofs, these proofs either have to be repaired, e.g. by
  4842     reordering the variables a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i} in Isar 'case'
  4843     statements of the form
  4844 
  4845       case (rule_i a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i})
  4846 
  4847     or the old order of quantification has to be restored by explicitly adding
  4848     meta-level quantifiers in the introduction rules, i.e.
  4849 
  4850       | rule_i: "!!a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i}. ... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_i_1 ... t_i_n"
  4851 
  4852   - The format of the elimination rules is now
  4853 
  4854       p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n ==>
  4855         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  4856         ==> ... ==> P
  4857 
  4858     for predicates and
  4859 
  4860       (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  4861         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  4862         ==> ... ==> P
  4863 
  4864     for sets rather than
  4865 
  4866       x : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  4867         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x = (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) ==> ... ==> P)
  4868         ==> ... ==> P
  4869 
  4870     This may require terms in goals to be expanded to n-tuples
  4871     (e.g. using case_tac or simplification with the split_paired_all
  4872     rule) before the above elimination rule is applicable.
  4873 
  4874   - The elimination or case analysis rules for (mutually) inductive
  4875     sets or predicates are now called "p_1.cases" ... "p_k.cases". The
  4876     list of rules "p_1_..._p_k.elims" is no longer available.
  4877 
  4878 * New package "function"/"fun" for general recursive functions,
  4879 supporting mutual and nested recursion, definitions in local contexts,
  4880 more general pattern matching and partiality. See HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy
  4881 for small examples, and the separate tutorial on the function
  4882 package. The old recdef "package" is still available as before, but
  4883 users are encouraged to use the new package.
  4884 
  4885 * Method "lexicographic_order" automatically synthesizes termination
  4886 relations as lexicographic combinations of size measures. 
  4887 
  4888 * Case-expressions allow arbitrary constructor-patterns (including
  4889 "_") and take their order into account, like in functional
  4890 programming.  Internally, this is translated into nested
  4891 case-expressions; missing cases are added and mapped to the predefined
  4892 constant "undefined". In complicated cases printing may no longer show
  4893 the original input but the internal form. Lambda-abstractions allow
  4894 the same form of pattern matching: "% pat1 => e1 | ..." is an
  4895 abbreviation for "%x. case x of pat1 => e1 | ..." where x is a new
  4896 variable.
  4897 
  4898 * IntDef: The constant "int :: nat => int" has been removed; now "int"
  4899 is an abbreviation for "of_nat :: nat => int". The simplification
  4900 rules for "of_nat" have been changed to work like "int" did
  4901 previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  4902   - "of_nat (Suc m)" simplifies to "1 + of_nat m" instead of "of_nat m + 1"
  4903   - of_nat_diff and of_nat_mult are no longer default simp rules
  4904 
  4905 * Method "algebra" solves polynomial equations over (semi)rings using
  4906 Groebner bases. The (semi)ring structure is defined by locales and the
  4907 tool setup depends on that generic context. Installing the method for
  4908 a specific type involves instantiating the locale and possibly adding
  4909 declarations for computation on the coefficients.  The method is
  4910 already instantiated for natural numbers and for the axiomatic class
  4911 of idoms with numerals.  See also the paper by Chaieb and Wenzel at
  4912 CALCULEMUS 2007 for the general principles underlying this
  4913 architecture of context-aware proof-tools.
  4914 
  4915 * Method "ferrack" implements quantifier elimination over
  4916 special-purpose dense linear orders using locales (analogous to
  4917 "algebra"). The method is already installed for class
  4918 {ordered_field,recpower,number_ring} which subsumes real, hyperreal,
  4919 rat, etc.
  4920 
  4921 * Former constant "List.op @" now named "List.append".  Use ML
  4922 antiquotations @{const_name List.append} or @{term " ... @ ... "} to
  4923 circumvent possible incompatibilities when working on ML level.
  4924 
  4925 * primrec: missing cases mapped to "undefined" instead of "arbitrary".
  4926 
  4927 * New function listsum :: 'a list => 'a for arbitrary monoids.
  4928 Special syntax: "SUM x <- xs. f x" (and latex variants)
  4929 
  4930 * New syntax for Haskell-like list comprehension (input only), eg.
  4931 [(x,y). x <- xs, y <- ys, x ~= y], see also src/HOL/List.thy.
  4932 
  4933 * The special syntax for function "filter" has changed from [x :
  4934 xs. P] to [x <- xs. P] to avoid an ambiguity caused by list
  4935 comprehension syntax, and for uniformity.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4936 
  4937 * [a..b] is now defined for arbitrary linear orders.  It used to be
  4938 defined on nat only, as an abbreviation for [a..<Suc b]
  4939 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4940 
  4941 * Renamed lemma "set_take_whileD"  to "set_takeWhileD".
  4942 
  4943 * New functions "sorted" and "sort" in src/HOL/List.thy.
  4944 
  4945 * New lemma collection field_simps (an extension of ring_simps) for
  4946 manipulating (in)equations involving division. Multiplies with all
  4947 denominators that can be proved to be non-zero (in equations) or
  4948 positive/negative (in inequations).
  4949 
  4950 * Lemma collections ring_eq_simps, group_eq_simps and ring_distrib
  4951 have been improved and renamed to ring_simps, group_simps and
  4952 ring_distribs.  Removed lemmas field_xyz in theory Ring_and_Field
  4953 because they were subsumed by lemmas xyz.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4954 
  4955 * Theory Library/Commutative_Ring: switched from recdef to function
  4956 package; constants add, mul, pow now curried.  Infix syntax for
  4957 algebraic operations.
  4958 
  4959 * Dropped redundant lemma def_imp_eq in favor of meta_eq_to_obj_eq.
  4960 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4961 
  4962 * Dropped redundant lemma if_def2 in favor of if_bool_eq_conj.
  4963 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4964 
  4965 * HOL/records: generalised field-update to take a function on the
  4966 field rather than the new value: r(|A := x|) is translated to A_update
  4967 (K x) r The K-combinator that is internally used is called K_record.
  4968 INCOMPATIBILITY: Usage of the plain update functions has to be
  4969 adapted.
  4970  
  4971 * Class "semiring_0" now contains annihilation axioms x * 0 = 0 and 0
  4972 * x = 0, which are required for a semiring.  Richer structures do not
  4973 inherit from semiring_0 anymore, because this property is a theorem
  4974 there, not an axiom.  INCOMPATIBILITY: In instances of semiring_0,
  4975 there is more to prove, but this is mostly trivial.
  4976 
  4977 * Class "recpower" is generalized to arbitrary monoids, not just
  4978 commutative semirings.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to incorporate
  4979 commutativity or semiring properties additionally.
  4980 
  4981 * Constant "List.list_all2" in List.thy now uses authentic syntax.
  4982 INCOMPATIBILITY: translations containing list_all2 may go wrong,
  4983 better use 'abbreviation'.
  4984 
  4985 * Renamed constant "List.op mem" to "List.member".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4986 
  4987 * Numeral syntax: type 'bin' which was a mere type copy of 'int' has
  4988 been abandoned in favour of plain 'int'.  INCOMPATIBILITY --
  4989 significant changes for setting up numeral syntax for types:
  4990   - New constants Numeral.pred and Numeral.succ instead
  4991       of former Numeral.bin_pred and Numeral.bin_succ.
  4992   - Use integer operations instead of bin_add, bin_mult and so on.
  4993   - Numeral simplification theorems named Numeral.numeral_simps instead of Bin_simps.
  4994   - ML structure Bin_Simprocs now named Int_Numeral_Base_Simprocs.
  4995 
  4996 See src/HOL/Integ/IntArith.thy for an example setup.
  4997 
  4998 * Command 'normal_form' computes the normal form of a term that may
  4999 contain free variables.  For example ``normal_form "rev [a, b, c]"''
  5000 produces ``[b, c, a]'' (without proof).  This command is suitable for
  5001 heavy-duty computations because the functions are compiled to ML
  5002 first.  Correspondingly, a method "normalization" is provided.  See
  5003 further src/HOL/ex/NormalForm.thy and src/Tools/nbe.ML.
  5004 
  5005 * Alternative iff syntax "A <-> B" for equality on bool (with priority
  5006 25 like -->); output depends on the "iff" print_mode, the default is
  5007 "A = B" (with priority 50).
  5008 
  5009 * Relations less (<) and less_eq (<=) are also available on type bool.
  5010 Modified syntax to disallow nesting without explicit parentheses,
  5011 e.g. "(x < y) < z" or "x < (y < z)", but NOT "x < y < z".  Potential
  5012 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5013 
  5014 * "LEAST x:A. P" expands to "LEAST x. x:A & P" (input only).
  5015 
  5016 * Relation composition operator "op O" now has precedence 75 and binds
  5017 stronger than union and intersection. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5018 
  5019 * The old set interval syntax "{m..n(}" (and relatives) has been
  5020 removed.  Use "{m..<n}" (and relatives) instead.
  5021 
  5022 * In the context of the assumption "~(s = t)" the Simplifier rewrites
  5023 "t = s" to False (by simproc "neq").  INCOMPATIBILITY, consider using
  5024 ``declare [[simproc del: neq]]''.
  5025 
  5026 * Simplifier: "m dvd n" where m and n are numbers is evaluated to
  5027 True/False.
  5028 
  5029 * Theorem Cons_eq_map_conv no longer declared as "simp".
  5030 
  5031 * Theorem setsum_mult renamed to setsum_right_distrib.
  5032 
  5033 * Prefer ex1I over ex_ex1I in single-step reasoning, e.g. by the
  5034 ``rule'' method.
  5035 
  5036 * Reimplemented methods "sat" and "satx", with several improvements:
  5037 goals no longer need to be stated as "<prems> ==> False", equivalences
  5038 (i.e. "=" on type bool) are handled, variable names of the form
  5039 "lit_<n>" are no longer reserved, significant speedup.
  5040 
  5041 * Methods "sat" and "satx" can now replay MiniSat proof traces.
  5042 zChaff is still supported as well.
  5043 
  5044 * 'inductive' and 'datatype': provide projections of mutual rules,
  5045 bundled as foo_bar.inducts;
  5046 
  5047 * Library: moved theories Parity, GCD, Binomial, Infinite_Set to
  5048 Library.
  5049 
  5050 * Library: moved theory Accessible_Part to main HOL.
  5051 
  5052 * Library: added theory Coinductive_List of potentially infinite lists
  5053 as greatest fixed-point.
  5054 
  5055 * Library: added theory AssocList which implements (finite) maps as
  5056 association lists.
  5057 
  5058 * Method "evaluation" solves goals (i.e. a boolean expression)
  5059 efficiently by compiling it to ML.  The goal is "proved" (via an
  5060 oracle) if it evaluates to True.
  5061 
  5062 * Linear arithmetic now splits certain operators (e.g. min, max, abs)
  5063 also when invoked by the simplifier.  This results in the Simplifier
  5064 being more powerful on arithmetic goals.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5065 Configuration option fast_arith_split_limit=0 recovers the old
  5066 behavior.
  5067 
  5068 * Support for hex (0x20) and binary (0b1001) numerals.
  5069 
  5070 * New method: reify eqs (t), where eqs are equations for an
  5071 interpretation I :: 'a list => 'b => 'c and t::'c is an optional
  5072 parameter, computes a term s::'b and a list xs::'a list and proves the
  5073 theorem I xs s = t. This is also known as reification or quoting. The
  5074 resulting theorem is applied to the subgoal to substitute t with I xs
  5075 s.  If t is omitted, the subgoal itself is reified.
  5076 
  5077 * New method: reflection corr_thm eqs (t). The parameters eqs and (t)
  5078 are as explained above. corr_thm is a theorem for I vs (f t) = I vs t,
  5079 where f is supposed to be a computable function (in the sense of code
  5080 generattion). The method uses reify to compute s and xs as above then
  5081 applies corr_thm and uses normalization by evaluation to "prove" f s =
  5082 r and finally gets the theorem t = r, which is again applied to the
  5083 subgoal. An Example is available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy.
  5084 
  5085 * Reflection: Automatic reification now handels binding, an example is
  5086 available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy
  5087 
  5088 * HOL-Statespace: ``State Spaces: The Locale Way'' introduces a
  5089 command 'statespace' that is similar to 'record', but introduces an
  5090 abstract specification based on the locale infrastructure instead of
  5091 HOL types.  This leads to extra flexibility in composing state spaces,
  5092 in particular multiple inheritance and renaming of components.
  5093 
  5094 
  5095 *** HOL-Complex ***
  5096 
  5097 * Hyperreal: Functions root and sqrt are now defined on negative real
  5098 inputs so that root n (- x) = - root n x and sqrt (- x) = - sqrt x.
  5099 Nonnegativity side conditions have been removed from many lemmas, so
  5100 that more subgoals may now be solved by simplification; potential
  5101 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5102 
  5103 * Real: new type classes formalize real normed vector spaces and
  5104 algebras, using new overloaded constants scaleR :: real => 'a => 'a
  5105 and norm :: 'a => real.
  5106 
  5107 * Real: constant of_real :: real => 'a::real_algebra_1 injects from
  5108 reals into other types. The overloaded constant Reals :: 'a set is now
  5109 defined as range of_real; potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5110 
  5111 * Real: proper support for ML code generation, including 'quickcheck'.
  5112 Reals are implemented as arbitrary precision rationals.
  5113 
  5114 * Hyperreal: Several constants that previously worked only for the
  5115 reals have been generalized, so they now work over arbitrary vector
  5116 spaces. Type annotations may need to be added in some cases; potential
  5117 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5118 
  5119   Infinitesimal  :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5120   HFinite        :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5121   HInfinite      :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5122   approx         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star => bool
  5123   monad          :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  5124   galaxy         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  5125   (NS)LIMSEQ     :: [nat => 'a::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  5126   (NS)convergent :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5127   (NS)Bseq       :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5128   (NS)Cauchy     :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5129   (NS)LIM        :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a, 'b] => bool
  5130   is(NS)Cont     :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  5131   deriv          :: ['a::real_normed_field => 'a, 'a, 'a] => bool
  5132   sgn            :: 'a::real_normed_vector => 'a
  5133   exp            :: 'a::{recpower,real_normed_field,banach} => 'a
  5134 
  5135 * Complex: Some complex-specific constants are now abbreviations for
  5136 overloaded ones: complex_of_real = of_real, cmod = norm, hcmod =
  5137 hnorm.  Other constants have been entirely removed in favor of the
  5138 polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5139 
  5140   approx        <-- capprox
  5141   HFinite       <-- CFinite
  5142   HInfinite     <-- CInfinite
  5143   Infinitesimal <-- CInfinitesimal
  5144   monad         <-- cmonad
  5145   galaxy        <-- cgalaxy
  5146   (NS)LIM       <-- (NS)CLIM, (NS)CRLIM
  5147   is(NS)Cont    <-- is(NS)Contc, is(NS)contCR
  5148   (ns)deriv     <-- (ns)cderiv
  5149 
  5150 
  5151 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  5152 
  5153 * Formalisation of ideals and the quotient construction over rings.
  5154 
  5155 * Order and lattice theory no longer based on records.
  5156 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5157 
  5158 * Renamed lemmas least_carrier -> least_closed and greatest_carrier ->
  5159 greatest_closed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5160 
  5161 * Method algebra is now set up via an attribute.  For examples see
  5162 Ring.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY: the method is now weaker on combinations
  5163 of algebraic structures.
  5164 
  5165 * Renamed theory CRing to Ring.
  5166 
  5167 
  5168 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  5169 
  5170 * Substantial, yet incomplete support for nominal datatypes (binding
  5171 structures) based on HOL-Nominal logic.  See src/HOL/Nominal and
  5172 src/HOL/Nominal/Examples.  Prospective users should consult
  5173 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/nominal/
  5174 
  5175 
  5176 *** ML ***
  5177 
  5178 * ML basics: just one true type int, which coincides with IntInf.int
  5179 (even on SML/NJ).
  5180 
  5181 * ML within Isar: antiquotations allow to embed statically-checked
  5182 formal entities in the source, referring to the context available at
  5183 compile-time.  For example:
  5184 
  5185 ML {* @{sort "{zero,one}"} *}
  5186 ML {* @{typ "'a => 'b"} *}
  5187 ML {* @{term "%x. x"} *}
  5188 ML {* @{prop "x == y"} *}
  5189 ML {* @{ctyp "'a => 'b"} *}
  5190 ML {* @{cterm "%x. x"} *}
  5191 ML {* @{cprop "x == y"} *}
  5192 ML {* @{thm asm_rl} *}
  5193 ML {* @{thms asm_rl} *}
  5194 ML {* @{type_name c} *}
  5195 ML {* @{type_syntax c} *}
  5196 ML {* @{const_name c} *}
  5197 ML {* @{const_syntax c} *}
  5198 ML {* @{context} *}
  5199 ML {* @{theory} *}
  5200 ML {* @{theory Pure} *}
  5201 ML {* @{theory_ref} *}
  5202 ML {* @{theory_ref Pure} *}
  5203 ML {* @{simpset} *}
  5204 ML {* @{claset} *}
  5205 ML {* @{clasimpset} *}
  5206 
  5207 The same works for sources being ``used'' within an Isar context.
  5208 
  5209 * ML in Isar: improved error reporting; extra verbosity with
  5210 ML_Context.trace enabled.
  5211 
  5212 * Pure/General/table.ML: the join operations now works via exceptions
  5213 DUP/SAME instead of type option. This is simpler in simple cases, and
  5214 admits slightly more efficient complex applications.
  5215 
  5216 * Pure: 'advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) now
  5217 use Context.generic instead of just theory.
  5218 
  5219 * Pure: datatype Context.generic joins theory/Proof.context and
  5220 provides some facilities for code that works in either kind of
  5221 context, notably GenericDataFun for uniform theory and proof data.
  5222 
  5223 * Pure: simplified internal attribute type, which is now always
  5224 Context.generic * thm -> Context.generic * thm. Global (theory) vs.
  5225 local (Proof.context) attributes have been discontinued, while
  5226 minimizing code duplication. Thm.rule_attribute and
  5227 Thm.declaration_attribute build canonical attributes; see also structure
  5228 Context for further operations on Context.generic, notably
  5229 GenericDataFun. INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt attribute type
  5230 declarations and definitions.
  5231 
  5232 * Context data interfaces (Theory/Proof/GenericDataFun): removed
  5233 name/print, uninitialized data defaults to ad-hoc copy of empty value,
  5234 init only required for impure data. INCOMPATIBILITY: empty really need
  5235 to be empty (no dependencies on theory content!)
  5236 
  5237 * Pure/kernel: consts certification ignores sort constraints given in
  5238 signature declarations. (This information is not relevant to the
  5239 logic, but only for type inference.) SIGNIFICANT INTERNAL CHANGE,
  5240 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5241 
  5242 * Pure: axiomatic type classes are now purely definitional, with
  5243 explicit proofs of class axioms and super class relations performed
  5244 internally. See Pure/axclass.ML for the main internal interfaces --
  5245 notably AxClass.define_class supercedes AxClass.add_axclass, and
  5246 AxClass.axiomatize_class/classrel/arity supersede
  5247 Sign.add_classes/classrel/arities.
  5248 
  5249 * Pure/Isar: Args/Attrib parsers operate on Context.generic --
  5250 global/local versions on theory vs. Proof.context have been
  5251 discontinued; Attrib.syntax and Method.syntax have been adapted
  5252 accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt parser expressions for
  5253 attributes, methods, etc.
  5254 
  5255 * Pure: several functions of signature "... -> theory -> theory * ..."
  5256 have been reoriented to "... -> theory -> ... * theory" in order to
  5257 allow natural usage in combination with the ||>, ||>>, |-> and
  5258 fold_map combinators.
  5259 
  5260 * Pure: official theorem names (closed derivations) and additional
  5261 comments (tags) are now strictly separate.  Name hints -- which are
  5262 maintained as tags -- may be attached any time without affecting the
  5263 derivation.
  5264 
  5265 * Pure: primitive rule lift_rule now takes goal cterm instead of an
  5266 actual goal state (thm).  Use Thm.lift_rule (Thm.cprem_of st i) to
  5267 achieve the old behaviour.
  5268 
  5269 * Pure: the "Goal" constant is now called "prop", supporting a
  5270 slightly more general idea of ``protecting'' meta-level rule
  5271 statements.
  5272 
  5273 * Pure: Logic.(un)varify only works in a global context, which is now
  5274 enforced instead of silently assumed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use
  5275 Logic.legacy_(un)varify as temporary workaround.
  5276 
  5277 * Pure: structure Name provides scalable operations for generating
  5278 internal variable names, notably Name.variants etc.  This replaces
  5279 some popular functions from term.ML:
  5280 
  5281   Term.variant		->  Name.variant
  5282   Term.variantlist	->  Name.variant_list
  5283   Term.invent_names	->  Name.invent_list
  5284 
  5285 Note that low-level renaming rarely occurs in new code -- operations
  5286 from structure Variable are used instead (see below).
  5287 
  5288 * Pure: structure Variable provides fundamental operations for proper
  5289 treatment of fixed/schematic variables in a context.  For example,
  5290 Variable.import introduces fixes for schematics of given facts and
  5291 Variable.export reverses the effect (up to renaming) -- this replaces
  5292 various freeze_thaw operations.
  5293 
  5294 * Pure: structure Goal provides simple interfaces for
  5295 init/conclude/finish and tactical prove operations (replacing former
  5296 Tactic.prove).  Goal.prove is the canonical way to prove results
  5297 within a given context; Goal.prove_global is a degraded version for
  5298 theory level goals, including a global Drule.standard.  Note that
  5299 OldGoals.prove_goalw_cterm has long been obsolete, since it is
  5300 ill-behaved in a local proof context (e.g. with local fixes/assumes or
  5301 in a locale context).
  5302 
  5303 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for parsing (Syntax.parse_term etc.)
  5304 and type checking (Syntax.check_term etc.), with common combinations
  5305 (Syntax.read_term etc.). These supersede former Sign.read_term etc.
  5306 which are considered legacy and await removal.
  5307 
  5308 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for type unchecking
  5309 (Syntax.uncheck_terms etc.) and unparsing (Syntax.unparse_term etc.),
  5310 with common combinations (Syntax.pretty_term, Syntax.string_of_term
  5311 etc.).  Former Sign.pretty_term, Sign.string_of_term etc. are still
  5312 available for convenience, but refer to the very same operations using
  5313 a mere theory instead of a full context.
  5314 
  5315 * Isar: simplified treatment of user-level errors, using exception
  5316 ERROR of string uniformly.  Function error now merely raises ERROR,
  5317 without any side effect on output channels.  The Isar toplevel takes
  5318 care of proper display of ERROR exceptions.  ML code may use plain
  5319 handle/can/try; cat_error may be used to concatenate errors like this:
  5320 
  5321   ... handle ERROR msg => cat_error msg "..."
  5322 
  5323 Toplevel ML code (run directly or through the Isar toplevel) may be
  5324 embedded into the Isar toplevel with exception display/debug like
  5325 this:
  5326 
  5327   Isar.toplevel (fn () => ...)
  5328 
  5329 INCOMPATIBILITY, removed special transform_error facilities, removed
  5330 obsolete variants of user-level exceptions (ERROR_MESSAGE,
  5331 Context.PROOF, ProofContext.CONTEXT, Proof.STATE, ProofHistory.FAIL)
  5332 -- use plain ERROR instead.
  5333 
  5334 * Isar: theory setup now has type (theory -> theory), instead of a
  5335 list.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use #> to compose setup functions.
  5336 
  5337 * Isar: ML toplevel pretty printer for type Proof.context, subject to
  5338 ProofContext.debug/verbose flags.
  5339 
  5340 * Isar: Toplevel.theory_to_proof admits transactions that modify the
  5341 theory before entering a proof state.  Transactions now always see a
  5342 quasi-functional intermediate checkpoint, both in interactive and
  5343 batch mode.
  5344 
  5345 * Isar: simplified interfaces for outer syntax.  Renamed
  5346 OuterSyntax.add_keywords to OuterSyntax.keywords.  Removed
  5347 OuterSyntax.add_parsers -- this functionality is now included in
  5348 OuterSyntax.command etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5349 
  5350 * Simplifier: the simpset of a running simplification process now
  5351 contains a proof context (cf. Simplifier.the_context), which is the
  5352 very context that the initial simpset has been retrieved from (by
  5353 simpset_of/local_simpset_of).  Consequently, all plug-in components
  5354 (solver, looper etc.) may depend on arbitrary proof data.
  5355 
  5356 * Simplifier.inherit_context inherits the proof context (plus the
  5357 local bounds) of the current simplification process; any simproc
  5358 etc. that calls the Simplifier recursively should do this!  Removed
  5359 former Simplifier.inherit_bounds, which is already included here --
  5360 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Tools based on low-level rewriting may even have to
  5361 specify an explicit context using Simplifier.context/theory_context.
  5362 
  5363 * Simplifier/Classical Reasoner: more abstract interfaces
  5364 change_simpset/claset for modifying the simpset/claset reference of a
  5365 theory; raw versions simpset/claset_ref etc. have been discontinued --
  5366 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5367 
  5368 * Provers: more generic wrt. syntax of object-logics, avoid hardwired
  5369 "Trueprop" etc.
  5370 
  5371 
  5372 *** System ***
  5373 
  5374 * settings: the default heap location within ISABELLE_HOME_USER now
  5375 includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER.  This simplifies use of multiple
  5376 Isabelle installations.
  5377 
  5378 * isabelle-process: option -S (secure mode) disables some critical
  5379 operations, notably runtime compilation and evaluation of ML source
  5380 code.
  5381 
  5382 * Basic Isabelle mode for jEdit, see Isabelle/lib/jedit/.
  5383 
  5384 * Support for parallel execution, using native multicore support of
  5385 Poly/ML 5.1.  The theory loader exploits parallelism when processing
  5386 independent theories, according to the given theory header
  5387 specifications. The maximum number of worker threads is specified via
  5388 usedir option -M or the "max-threads" setting in Proof General. A
  5389 speedup factor of 1.5--3.5 can be expected on a 4-core machine, and up
  5390 to 6 on a 8-core machine.  User-code needs to observe certain
  5391 guidelines for thread-safe programming, see appendix A in the Isar
  5392 Implementation manual.
  5393 
  5394 
  5395 
  5396 New in Isabelle2005 (October 2005)
  5397 ----------------------------------
  5398 
  5399 *** General ***
  5400 
  5401 * Theory headers: the new header syntax for Isar theories is
  5402 
  5403   theory <name>
  5404   imports <theory1> ... <theoryN>
  5405   uses <file1> ... <fileM>
  5406   begin
  5407 
  5408 where the 'uses' part is optional.  The previous syntax
  5409 
  5410   theory <name> = <theory1> + ... + <theoryN>:
  5411 
  5412 will disappear in the next release.  Use isatool fixheaders to convert
  5413 existing theory files.  Note that there is no change in ancient
  5414 non-Isar theories now, but these will disappear soon.
  5415 
  5416 * Theory loader: parent theories can now also be referred to via
  5417 relative and absolute paths.
  5418 
  5419 * Command 'find_theorems' searches for a list of criteria instead of a
  5420 list of constants. Known criteria are: intro, elim, dest, name:string,
  5421 simp:term, and any term. Criteria can be preceded by '-' to select
  5422 theorems that do not match. Intro, elim, dest select theorems that
  5423 match the current goal, name:s selects theorems whose fully qualified
  5424 name contain s, and simp:term selects all simplification rules whose
  5425 lhs match term.  Any other term is interpreted as pattern and selects
  5426 all theorems matching the pattern. Available in ProofGeneral under
  5427 'ProofGeneral -> Find Theorems' or C-c C-f.  Example:
  5428 
  5429   C-c C-f (100) "(_::nat) + _ + _" intro -name: "HOL."
  5430 
  5431 prints the last 100 theorems matching the pattern "(_::nat) + _ + _",
  5432 matching the current goal as introduction rule and not having "HOL."
  5433 in their name (i.e. not being defined in theory HOL).
  5434 
  5435 * Command 'thms_containing' has been discontinued in favour of
  5436 'find_theorems'; INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5437 
  5438 * Communication with Proof General is now 8bit clean, which means that
  5439 Unicode text in UTF-8 encoding may be used within theory texts (both
  5440 formal and informal parts).  Cf. option -U of the Isabelle Proof
  5441 General interface.  Here are some simple examples (cf. src/HOL/ex):
  5442 
  5443   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Hebrew.html
  5444   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Chinese.html
  5445 
  5446 * Improved efficiency of the Simplifier and, to a lesser degree, the
  5447 Classical Reasoner.  Typical big applications run around 2 times
  5448 faster.
  5449 
  5450 
  5451 *** Document preparation ***
  5452 
  5453 * Commands 'display_drafts' and 'print_drafts' perform simple output
  5454 of raw sources.  Only those symbols that do not require additional
  5455 LaTeX packages (depending on comments in isabellesym.sty) are
  5456 displayed properly, everything else is left verbatim.  isatool display
  5457 and isatool print are used as front ends (these are subject to the
  5458 DVI/PDF_VIEWER and PRINT_COMMAND settings, respectively).
  5459 
  5460 * Command tags control specific markup of certain regions of text,
  5461 notably folding and hiding.  Predefined tags include "theory" (for
  5462 theory begin and end), "proof" for proof commands, and "ML" for
  5463 commands involving ML code; the additional tags "visible" and
  5464 "invisible" are unused by default.  Users may give explicit tag
  5465 specifications in the text, e.g. ''by %invisible (auto)''.  The
  5466 interpretation of tags is determined by the LaTeX job during document
  5467 preparation: see option -V of isatool usedir, or options -n and -t of
  5468 isatool document, or even the LaTeX macros \isakeeptag, \isafoldtag,
  5469 \isadroptag.
  5470 
  5471 Several document versions may be produced at the same time via isatool
  5472 usedir (the generated index.html will link all of them).  Typical
  5473 specifications include ''-V document=theory,proof,ML'' to present
  5474 theory/proof/ML parts faithfully, ''-V outline=/proof,/ML'' to fold
  5475 proof and ML commands, and ''-V mutilated=-theory,-proof,-ML'' to omit
  5476 these parts without any formal replacement text.  The Isabelle site
  5477 default settings produce ''document'' and ''outline'' versions as
  5478 specified above.
  5479 
  5480 * Several new antiquotations:
  5481 
  5482   @{term_type term} prints a term with its type annotated;
  5483 
  5484   @{typeof term} prints the type of a term;
  5485 
  5486   @{const const} is the same as @{term const}, but checks that the
  5487   argument is a known logical constant;
  5488 
  5489   @{term_style style term} and @{thm_style style thm} print a term or
  5490   theorem applying a "style" to it
  5491 
  5492   @{ML text}
  5493 
  5494 Predefined styles are 'lhs' and 'rhs' printing the lhs/rhs of
  5495 definitions, equations, inequations etc., 'concl' printing only the
  5496 conclusion of a meta-logical statement theorem, and 'prem1' .. 'prem19'
  5497 to print the specified premise.  TermStyle.add_style provides an ML
  5498 interface for introducing further styles.  See also the "LaTeX Sugar"
  5499 document practical applications.  The ML antiquotation prints
  5500 type-checked ML expressions verbatim.
  5501 
  5502 * Markup commands 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', 'subsubsection',
  5503 and 'text' support optional locale specification '(in loc)', which
  5504 specifies the default context for interpreting antiquotations.  For
  5505 example: 'text (in lattice) {* @{thm inf_assoc}*}'.
  5506 
  5507 * Option 'locale=NAME' of antiquotations specifies an alternative
  5508 context interpreting the subsequent argument.  For example: @{thm
  5509 [locale=lattice] inf_assoc}.
  5510 
  5511 * Proper output of proof terms (@{prf ...} and @{full_prf ...}) within
  5512 a proof context.
  5513 
  5514 * Proper output of antiquotations for theory commands involving a
  5515 proof context (such as 'locale' or 'theorem (in loc) ...').
  5516 
  5517 * Delimiters of outer tokens (string etc.) now produce separate LaTeX
  5518 macros (\isachardoublequoteopen, isachardoublequoteclose etc.).
  5519 
  5520 * isatool usedir: new option -C (default true) controls whether option
  5521 -D should include a copy of the original document directory; -C false
  5522 prevents unwanted effects such as copying of administrative CVS data.
  5523 
  5524 
  5525 *** Pure ***
  5526 
  5527 * Considerably improved version of 'constdefs' command.  Now performs
  5528 automatic type-inference of declared constants; additional support for
  5529 local structure declarations (cf. locales and HOL records), see also
  5530 isar-ref manual.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to observe strictly
  5531 sequential dependencies of definitions within a single 'constdefs'
  5532 section; moreover, the declared name needs to be an identifier.  If
  5533 all fails, consider to fall back on 'consts' and 'defs' separately.
  5534 
  5535 * Improved indexed syntax and implicit structures.  First of all,
  5536 indexed syntax provides a notational device for subscripted
  5537 application, using the new syntax \<^bsub>term\<^esub> for arbitrary
  5538 expressions.  Secondly, in a local context with structure
  5539 declarations, number indexes \<^sub>n or the empty index (default
  5540 number 1) refer to a certain fixed variable implicitly; option
  5541 show_structs controls printing of implicit structures.  Typical
  5542 applications of these concepts involve record types and locales.
  5543 
  5544 * New command 'no_syntax' removes grammar declarations (and
  5545 translations) resulting from the given syntax specification, which is
  5546 interpreted in the same manner as for the 'syntax' command.
  5547 
  5548 * 'Advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) may depend
  5549 on the signature of the theory context being presently used for
  5550 parsing/printing, see also isar-ref manual.
  5551 
  5552 * Improved 'oracle' command provides a type-safe interface to turn an
  5553 ML expression of type theory -> T -> term into a primitive rule of
  5554 type theory -> T -> thm (i.e. the functionality of Thm.invoke_oracle
  5555 is already included here); see also FOL/ex/IffExample.thy;
  5556 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5557 
  5558 * axclass: name space prefix for class "c" is now "c_class" (was "c"
  5559 before); "cI" is no longer bound, use "c.intro" instead.
  5560 INCOMPATIBILITY.  This change avoids clashes of fact bindings for
  5561 axclasses vs. locales.
  5562 
  5563 * Improved internal renaming of symbolic identifiers -- attach primes
  5564 instead of base 26 numbers.
  5565 
  5566 * New flag show_question_marks controls printing of leading question
  5567 marks in schematic variable names.
  5568 
  5569 * In schematic variable names, *any* symbol following \<^isub> or
  5570 \<^isup> is now treated as part of the base name.  For example, the
  5571 following works without printing of awkward ".0" indexes:
  5572 
  5573   lemma "x\<^isub>1 = x\<^isub>2 ==> x\<^isub>2 = x\<^isub>1"
  5574     by simp
  5575 
  5576 * Inner syntax includes (*(*nested*) comments*).
  5577 
  5578 * Pretty printer now supports unbreakable blocks, specified in mixfix
  5579 annotations as "(00...)".
  5580 
  5581 * Clear separation of logical types and nonterminals, where the latter
  5582 may only occur in 'syntax' specifications or type abbreviations.
  5583 Before that distinction was only partially implemented via type class
  5584 "logic" vs. "{}".  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY in rare cases of improper
  5585 use of 'types'/'consts' instead of 'nonterminals'/'syntax'.  Some very
  5586 exotic syntax specifications may require further adaption
  5587 (e.g. Cube/Cube.thy).
  5588 
  5589 * Removed obsolete type class "logic", use the top sort {} instead.
  5590 Note that non-logical types should be declared as 'nonterminals'
  5591 rather than 'types'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for new object-logic
  5592 specifications.
  5593 
  5594 * Attributes 'induct' and 'cases': type or set names may now be
  5595 locally fixed variables as well.
  5596 
  5597 * Simplifier: can now control the depth to which conditional rewriting
  5598 is traced via the PG menu Isabelle -> Settings -> Trace Simp Depth
  5599 Limit.
  5600 
  5601 * Simplifier: simplification procedures may now take the current
  5602 simpset into account (cf. Simplifier.simproc(_i) / mk_simproc
  5603 interface), which is very useful for calling the Simplifier
  5604 recursively.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY: the 'prems' argument of simprocs
  5605 is gone -- use prems_of_ss on the simpset instead.  Moreover, the
  5606 low-level mk_simproc no longer applies Logic.varify internally, to
  5607 allow for use in a context of fixed variables.
  5608 
  5609 * thin_tac now works even if the assumption being deleted contains !!
  5610 or ==>.  More generally, erule now works even if the major premise of
  5611 the elimination rule contains !! or ==>.
  5612 
  5613 * Method 'rules' has been renamed to 'iprover'. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5614 
  5615 * Reorganized bootstrapping of the Pure theories; CPure is now derived
  5616 from Pure, which contains all common declarations already.  Both
  5617 theories are defined via plain Isabelle/Isar .thy files.
  5618 INCOMPATIBILITY: elements of CPure (such as the CPure.intro /
  5619 CPure.elim / CPure.dest attributes) now appear in the Pure name space;
  5620 use isatool fixcpure to adapt your theory and ML sources.
  5621 
  5622 * New syntax 'name(i-j, i-, i, ...)' for referring to specific
  5623 selections of theorems in named facts via index ranges.
  5624 
  5625 * 'print_theorems': in theory mode, really print the difference
  5626 wrt. the last state (works for interactive theory development only),
  5627 in proof mode print all local facts (cf. 'print_facts');
  5628 
  5629 * 'hide': option '(open)' hides only base names.
  5630 
  5631 * More efficient treatment of intermediate checkpoints in interactive
  5632 theory development.
  5633 
  5634 * Code generator is now invoked via code_module (incremental code
  5635 generation) and code_library (modular code generation, ML structures
  5636 for each theory).  INCOMPATIBILITY: new keywords 'file' and 'contains'
  5637 must be quoted when used as identifiers.
  5638 
  5639 * New 'value' command for reading, evaluating and printing terms using
  5640 the code generator.  INCOMPATIBILITY: command keyword 'value' must be
  5641 quoted when used as identifier.
  5642 
  5643 
  5644 *** Locales ***
  5645 
  5646 * New commands for the interpretation of locale expressions in
  5647 theories (1), locales (2) and proof contexts (3).  These generate
  5648 proof obligations from the expression specification.  After the
  5649 obligations have been discharged, theorems of the expression are added
  5650 to the theory, target locale or proof context.  The synopsis of the
  5651 commands is a follows:
  5652 
  5653   (1) interpretation expr inst
  5654   (2) interpretation target < expr
  5655   (3) interpret expr inst
  5656 
  5657 Interpretation in theories and proof contexts require a parameter
  5658 instantiation of terms from the current context.  This is applied to
  5659 specifications and theorems of the interpreted expression.
  5660 Interpretation in locales only permits parameter renaming through the
  5661 locale expression.  Interpretation is smart in that interpretations
  5662 that are active already do not occur in proof obligations, neither are
  5663 instantiated theorems stored in duplicate.  Use 'print_interps' to
  5664 inspect active interpretations of a particular locale.  For details,
  5665 see the Isar Reference manual.  Examples can be found in
  5666 HOL/Finite_Set.thy and HOL/Algebra/UnivPoly.thy.
  5667 
  5668 INCOMPATIBILITY: former 'instantiate' has been withdrawn, use
  5669 'interpret' instead.
  5670 
  5671 * New context element 'constrains' for adding type constraints to
  5672 parameters.
  5673 
  5674 * Context expressions: renaming of parameters with syntax
  5675 redeclaration.
  5676 
  5677 * Locale declaration: 'includes' disallowed.
  5678 
  5679 * Proper static binding of attribute syntax -- i.e. types / terms /
  5680 facts mentioned as arguments are always those of the locale definition
  5681 context, independently of the context of later invocations.  Moreover,
  5682 locale operations (renaming and type / term instantiation) are applied
  5683 to attribute arguments as expected.
  5684 
  5685 INCOMPATIBILITY of the ML interface: always pass Attrib.src instead of
  5686 actual attributes; rare situations may require Attrib.attribute to
  5687 embed those attributes into Attrib.src that lack concrete syntax.
  5688 Attribute implementations need to cooperate properly with the static
  5689 binding mechanism.  Basic parsers Args.XXX_typ/term/prop and
  5690 Attrib.XXX_thm etc. already do the right thing without further
  5691 intervention.  Only unusual applications -- such as "where" or "of"
  5692 (cf. src/Pure/Isar/attrib.ML), which process arguments depending both
  5693 on the context and the facts involved -- may have to assign parsed
  5694 values to argument tokens explicitly.
  5695 
  5696 * Changed parameter management in theorem generation for long goal
  5697 statements with 'includes'.  INCOMPATIBILITY: produces a different
  5698 theorem statement in rare situations.
  5699 
  5700 * Locale inspection command 'print_locale' omits notes elements.  Use
  5701 'print_locale!' to have them included in the output.
  5702 
  5703 
  5704 *** Provers ***
  5705 
  5706 * Provers/hypsubst.ML: improved version of the subst method, for
  5707 single-step rewriting: it now works in bound variable contexts. New is
  5708 'subst (asm)', for rewriting an assumption.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may
  5709 rewrite a different subterm than the original subst method, which is
  5710 still available as 'simplesubst'.
  5711 
  5712 * Provers/quasi.ML: new transitivity reasoners for transitivity only
  5713 and quasi orders.
  5714 
  5715 * Provers/trancl.ML: new transitivity reasoner for transitive and
  5716 reflexive-transitive closure of relations.
  5717 
  5718 * Provers/blast.ML: new reference depth_limit to make blast's depth
  5719 limit (previously hard-coded with a value of 20) user-definable.
  5720 
  5721 * Provers/simplifier.ML has been moved to Pure, where Simplifier.setup
  5722 is peformed already.  Object-logics merely need to finish their
  5723 initial simpset configuration as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5724 
  5725 
  5726 *** HOL ***
  5727 
  5728 * Symbolic syntax of Hilbert Choice Operator is now as follows:
  5729 
  5730   syntax (epsilon)
  5731     "_Eps" :: "[pttrn, bool] => 'a"    ("(3\<some>_./ _)" [0, 10] 10)
  5732 
  5733 The symbol \<some> is displayed as the alternative epsilon of LaTeX
  5734 and x-symbol; use option '-m epsilon' to get it actually printed.
  5735 Moreover, the mathematically important symbolic identifier \<epsilon>
  5736 becomes available as variable, constant etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  5737 
  5738 * "x > y" abbreviates "y < x" and "x >= y" abbreviates "y <= x".
  5739 Similarly for all quantifiers: "ALL x > y" etc.  The x-symbol for >=
  5740 is \<ge>. New transitivity rules have been added to HOL/Orderings.thy to
  5741 support corresponding Isar calculations.
  5742 
  5743 * "{x:A. P}" abbreviates "{x. x:A & P}", and similarly for "\<in>"
  5744 instead of ":".
  5745 
  5746 * theory SetInterval: changed the syntax for open intervals:
  5747 
  5748   Old       New
  5749   {..n(}    {..<n}
  5750   {)n..}    {n<..}
  5751   {m..n(}   {m..<n}
  5752   {)m..n}   {m<..n}
  5753   {)m..n(}  {m<..<n}
  5754 
  5755 The old syntax is still supported but will disappear in the next
  5756 release.  For conversion use the following Emacs search and replace
  5757 patterns (these are not perfect but work quite well):
  5758 
  5759   {)\([^\.]*\)\.\.  ->  {\1<\.\.}
  5760   \.\.\([^(}]*\)(}  ->  \.\.<\1}
  5761 
  5762 * Theory Commutative_Ring (in Library): method comm_ring for proving
  5763 equalities in commutative rings; method 'algebra' provides a generic
  5764 interface.
  5765 
  5766 * Theory Finite_Set: changed the syntax for 'setsum', summation over
  5767 finite sets: "setsum (%x. e) A", which used to be "\<Sum>x:A. e", is
  5768 now either "SUM x:A. e" or "\<Sum>x \<in> A. e". The bound variable can
  5769 be a tuple pattern.
  5770 
  5771 Some new syntax forms are available:
  5772 
  5773   "\<Sum>x | P. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {x. P}"
  5774   "\<Sum>x = a..b. e"   for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..b}"
  5775   "\<Sum>x = a..<b. e"  for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..<b}"
  5776   "\<Sum>x < k. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {..<k}"
  5777 
  5778 The latter form "\<Sum>x < k. e" used to be based on a separate
  5779 function "Summation", which has been discontinued.
  5780 
  5781 * theory Finite_Set: in structured induction proofs, the insert case
  5782 is now 'case (insert x F)' instead of the old counterintuitive 'case
  5783 (insert F x)'.
  5784 
  5785 * The 'refute' command has been extended to support a much larger
  5786 fragment of HOL, including axiomatic type classes, constdefs and
  5787 typedefs, inductive datatypes and recursion.
  5788 
  5789 * New tactics 'sat' and 'satx' to prove propositional tautologies.
  5790 Requires zChaff with proof generation to be installed.  See
  5791 HOL/ex/SAT_Examples.thy for examples.
  5792 
  5793 * Datatype induction via method 'induct' now preserves the name of the
  5794 induction variable. For example, when proving P(xs::'a list) by
  5795 induction on xs, the induction step is now P(xs) ==> P(a#xs) rather
  5796 than P(list) ==> P(a#list) as previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  5797 in unstructured proof scripts.
  5798 
  5799 * Reworked implementation of records.  Improved scalability for
  5800 records with many fields, avoiding performance problems for type
  5801 inference. Records are no longer composed of nested field types, but
  5802 of nested extension types. Therefore the record type only grows linear
  5803 in the number of extensions and not in the number of fields.  The
  5804 top-level (users) view on records is preserved.  Potential
  5805 INCOMPATIBILITY only in strange cases, where the theory depends on the
  5806 old record representation. The type generated for a record is called
  5807 <record_name>_ext_type.
  5808 
  5809 Flag record_quick_and_dirty_sensitive can be enabled to skip the
  5810 proofs triggered by a record definition or a simproc (if
  5811 quick_and_dirty is enabled).  Definitions of large records can take
  5812 quite long.
  5813 
  5814 New simproc record_upd_simproc for simplification of multiple record
  5815 updates enabled by default.  Moreover, trivial updates are also
  5816 removed: r(|x := x r|) = r.  INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break
  5817 occasionally, since simplification is more powerful by default.
  5818 
  5819 * typedef: proper support for polymorphic sets, which contain extra
  5820 type-variables in the term.
  5821 
  5822 * Simplifier: automatically reasons about transitivity chains
  5823 involving "trancl" (r^+) and "rtrancl" (r^*) by setting up tactics
  5824 provided by Provers/trancl.ML as additional solvers.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  5825 old proofs break occasionally as simplification may now solve more
  5826 goals than previously.
  5827 
  5828 * Simplifier: converts x <= y into x = y if assumption y <= x is
  5829 present.  Works for all partial orders (class "order"), in particular
  5830 numbers and sets.  For linear orders (e.g. numbers) it treats ~ x < y
  5831 just like y <= x.
  5832 
  5833 * Simplifier: new simproc for "let x = a in f x".  If a is a free or
  5834 bound variable or a constant then the let is unfolded.  Otherwise
  5835 first a is simplified to b, and then f b is simplified to g. If
  5836 possible we abstract b from g arriving at "let x = b in h x",
  5837 otherwise we unfold the let and arrive at g.  The simproc can be
  5838 enabled/disabled by the reference use_let_simproc.  Potential
  5839 INCOMPATIBILITY since simplification is more powerful by default.
  5840 
  5841 * Classical reasoning: the meson method now accepts theorems as arguments.
  5842 
  5843 * Prover support: pre-release of the Isabelle-ATP linkup, which runs background
  5844 jobs to provide advice on the provability of subgoals.
  5845 
  5846 * Theory OrderedGroup and Ring_and_Field: various additions and
  5847 improvements to faciliate calculations involving equalities and
  5848 inequalities.
  5849 
  5850 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  5851 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5852 
  5853   abs_eq             now named abs_of_nonneg
  5854   abs_of_ge_0        now named abs_of_nonneg
  5855   abs_minus_eq       now named abs_of_nonpos
  5856   imp_abs_id         now named abs_of_nonneg
  5857   imp_abs_neg_id     now named abs_of_nonpos
  5858   mult_pos           now named mult_pos_pos
  5859   mult_pos_le        now named mult_nonneg_nonneg
  5860   mult_pos_neg_le    now named mult_nonneg_nonpos
  5861   mult_pos_neg2_le   now named mult_nonneg_nonpos2
  5862   mult_neg           now named mult_neg_neg
  5863   mult_neg_le        now named mult_nonpos_nonpos
  5864 
  5865 * The following lemmas in Ring_and_Field have been added to the simplifier:
  5866      
  5867      zero_le_square
  5868      not_square_less_zero 
  5869 
  5870   The following lemmas have been deleted from Real/RealPow:
  5871   
  5872      realpow_zero_zero
  5873      realpow_two
  5874      realpow_less
  5875      zero_le_power
  5876      realpow_two_le
  5877      abs_realpow_two
  5878      realpow_two_abs     
  5879 
  5880 * Theory Parity: added rules for simplifying exponents.
  5881 
  5882 * Theory List:
  5883 
  5884 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  5885 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5886 
  5887   list_all_Nil       now named list_all.simps(1)
  5888   list_all_Cons      now named list_all.simps(2)
  5889   list_all_conv      now named list_all_iff
  5890   set_mem_eq         now named mem_iff
  5891 
  5892 * Theories SetsAndFunctions and BigO (see HOL/Library) support
  5893 asymptotic "big O" calculations.  See the notes in BigO.thy.
  5894 
  5895 
  5896 *** HOL-Complex ***
  5897 
  5898 * Theory RealDef: better support for embedding natural numbers and
  5899 integers in the reals.
  5900 
  5901 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  5902 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5903 
  5904   exp_ge_add_one_self  now requires no hypotheses
  5905   real_of_int_add      reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  5906   real_of_int_minus    reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  5907   real_of_int_diff     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  5908   real_of_int_mult     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  5909 
  5910 * Theory RComplete: expanded support for floor and ceiling functions.
  5911 
  5912 * Theory Ln is new, with properties of the natural logarithm
  5913 
  5914 * Hyperreal: There is a new type constructor "star" for making
  5915 nonstandard types.  The old type names are now type synonyms:
  5916 
  5917   hypreal = real star
  5918   hypnat = nat star
  5919   hcomplex = complex star
  5920 
  5921 * Hyperreal: Many groups of similarly-defined constants have been
  5922 replaced by polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5923 
  5924   star_of <-- hypreal_of_real, hypnat_of_nat, hcomplex_of_complex
  5925 
  5926   starset      <-- starsetNat, starsetC
  5927   *s*          <-- *sNat*, *sc*
  5928   starset_n    <-- starsetNat_n, starsetC_n
  5929   *sn*         <-- *sNatn*, *scn*
  5930   InternalSets <-- InternalNatSets, InternalCSets
  5931 
  5932   starfun      <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  5933   *f*          <-- *fNat*, *fNat2*, *fc*, *fRc*, *fcR*
  5934   starfun_n    <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n
  5935   *fn*         <-- *fNatn*, *fNat2n*, *fcn*, *fRcn*, *fcRn*
  5936   InternalFuns <-- InternalNatFuns, InternalNatFuns2, Internal{C,RC,CR}Funs
  5937 
  5938 * Hyperreal: Many type-specific theorems have been removed in favor of
  5939 theorems specific to various axiomatic type classes (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5940 
  5941   add_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_commute
  5942   add_assoc   <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_assocs
  5943   OrderedGroup.add_0 <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_zero_left
  5944   OrderedGroup.add_0_right <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_zero_right
  5945   right_minus <-- hypreal_add_minus
  5946   left_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_minus_left
  5947   mult_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_commute
  5948   mult_assoc <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_assoc
  5949   mult_1_left <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_1, hcomplex_mult_one_left
  5950   mult_1_right <-- hcomplex_mult_one_right
  5951   mult_zero_left <-- hcomplex_mult_zero_left
  5952   left_distrib <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_mult_distrib
  5953   right_distrib <-- hypnat_add_mult_distrib2
  5954   zero_neq_one <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_not_eq_one
  5955   right_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse
  5956   left_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse_left, hcomplex_mult_inv_left
  5957   order_refl <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_refl
  5958   order_trans <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_trans
  5959   order_antisym <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_anti_sym
  5960   order_less_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less_le
  5961   linorder_linear <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_linear
  5962   add_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_add_left_mono
  5963   mult_strict_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_less_mono2
  5964   add_nonneg_nonneg <-- hypreal_le_add_order
  5965 
  5966 * Hyperreal: Separate theorems having to do with type-specific
  5967 versions of constants have been merged into theorems that apply to the
  5968 new polymorphic constants (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5969 
  5970   STAR_UNIV_set <-- {STAR_real,NatStar_real,STARC_complex}_set
  5971   STAR_empty_set <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_empty_set
  5972   STAR_Un <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Un
  5973   STAR_Int <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Int
  5974   STAR_Compl <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Compl
  5975   STAR_subset <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_subset
  5976   STAR_mem <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_mem
  5977   STAR_mem_Compl <-- {STAR,STARC}_mem_Compl
  5978   STAR_diff <-- {STAR,STARC}_diff
  5979   STAR_star_of_image_subset <-- {STAR_hypreal_of_real, NatStar_hypreal_of_real,
  5980     STARC_hcomplex_of_complex}_image_subset
  5981   starset_n_Un <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Un
  5982   starset_n_Int <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Int
  5983   starset_n_Compl <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Compl
  5984   starset_n_diff <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_diff
  5985   InternalSets_Un <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Un
  5986   InternalSets_Int <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Int
  5987   InternalSets_Compl <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Compl
  5988   InternalSets_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_diff
  5989   InternalSets_UNIV_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_UNIV_diff
  5990   InternalSets_starset_n <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_starset{Nat,C}_n
  5991   starset_starset_n_eq <-- starset{Nat,C}_starset{Nat,C}_n_eq
  5992   starset_n_starset <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_starset{Nat,C}
  5993   starfun_n_starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n_starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  5994   starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  5995   starfun_mult <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_mult
  5996   starfun_add <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_add
  5997   starfun_minus <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_minus
  5998   starfun_diff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_diff
  5999   starfun_o <-- starfun{NatNat2,Nat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o
  6000   starfun_o2 <-- starfun{NatNat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o2
  6001   starfun_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_const_fun
  6002   starfun_inverse <-- starfun{Nat,C,RC,CR}_inverse
  6003   starfun_eq <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_eq
  6004   starfun_eq_iff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_eq_iff
  6005   starfun_Id <-- starfunC_Id
  6006   starfun_approx <-- starfun{Nat,CR}_approx
  6007   starfun_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_capprox
  6008   starfun_abs <-- starfunNat_rabs
  6009   starfun_lambda_cancel <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel
  6010   starfun_lambda_cancel2 <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel2
  6011   starfun_mult_HFinite_approx <-- starfunCR_mult_HFinite_capprox
  6012   starfun_mult_CFinite_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_mult_CFinite_capprox
  6013   starfun_add_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_add_capprox
  6014   starfun_add_approx <-- starfunCR_add_approx
  6015   starfun_inverse_inverse <-- starfunC_inverse_inverse
  6016   starfun_divide <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_divide
  6017   starfun_n <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n
  6018   starfun_n_mult <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_mult
  6019   starfun_n_add <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_add
  6020   starfun_n_add_minus <-- starfunNat_n_add_minus
  6021   starfun_n_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_const_fun
  6022   starfun_n_minus <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_minus
  6023   starfun_n_eq <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_eq
  6024 
  6025   star_n_add <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add
  6026   star_n_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_minus
  6027   star_n_diff <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_diff
  6028   star_n_mult <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_mult
  6029   star_n_inverse <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_inverse
  6030   star_n_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le
  6031   star_n_less <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less
  6032   star_n_zero_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_num
  6033   star_n_one_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_one_num
  6034   star_n_abs <-- hypreal_hrabs
  6035   star_n_divide <-- hcomplex_divide
  6036 
  6037   star_of_add <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_add
  6038   star_of_minus <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_minus
  6039   star_of_diff <-- hypreal_of_real_diff
  6040   star_of_mult <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_mult
  6041   star_of_one <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_one
  6042   star_of_zero <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_zero
  6043   star_of_le <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_le_iff
  6044   star_of_less <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_less_iff
  6045   star_of_eq <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_eq_iff
  6046   star_of_inverse <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_inverse
  6047   star_of_divide <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_divide
  6048   star_of_of_nat <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_nat
  6049   star_of_of_int <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_int
  6050   star_of_number_of <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_number_of
  6051   star_of_number_less <-- number_of_less_hypreal_of_real_iff
  6052   star_of_number_le <-- number_of_le_hypreal_of_real_iff
  6053   star_of_eq_number <-- hypreal_of_real_eq_number_of_iff
  6054   star_of_less_number <-- hypreal_of_real_less_number_of_iff
  6055   star_of_le_number <-- hypreal_of_real_le_number_of_iff
  6056   star_of_power <-- hypreal_of_real_power
  6057   star_of_eq_0 <-- hcomplex_of_complex_zero_iff
  6058 
  6059 * Hyperreal: new method "transfer" that implements the transfer
  6060 principle of nonstandard analysis. With a subgoal that mentions
  6061 nonstandard types like "'a star", the command "apply transfer"
  6062 replaces it with an equivalent one that mentions only standard types.
  6063 To be successful, all free variables must have standard types; non-
  6064 standard variables must have explicit universal quantifiers.
  6065 
  6066 * Hyperreal: A theory of Taylor series.
  6067 
  6068 
  6069 *** HOLCF ***
  6070 
  6071 * Discontinued special version of 'constdefs' (which used to support
  6072 continuous functions) in favor of the general Pure one with full
  6073 type-inference.
  6074 
  6075 * New simplification procedure for solving continuity conditions; it
  6076 is much faster on terms with many nested lambda abstractions (cubic
  6077 instead of exponential time).
  6078 
  6079 * New syntax for domain package: selector names are now optional.
  6080 Parentheses should be omitted unless argument is lazy, for example:
  6081 
  6082   domain 'a stream = cons "'a" (lazy "'a stream")
  6083 
  6084 * New command 'fixrec' for defining recursive functions with pattern
  6085 matching; defining multiple functions with mutual recursion is also
  6086 supported.  Patterns may include the constants cpair, spair, up, sinl,
  6087 sinr, or any data constructor defined by the domain package. The given
  6088 equations are proven as rewrite rules. See HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  6089 syntax and examples.
  6090 
  6091 * New commands 'cpodef' and 'pcpodef' for defining predicate subtypes
  6092 of cpo and pcpo types. Syntax is exactly like the 'typedef' command,
  6093 but the proof obligation additionally includes an admissibility
  6094 requirement. The packages generate instances of class cpo or pcpo,
  6095 with continuity and strictness theorems for Rep and Abs.
  6096 
  6097 * HOLCF: Many theorems have been renamed according to a more standard naming
  6098 scheme (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6099 
  6100   foo_inject:  "foo$x = foo$y ==> x = y"
  6101   foo_eq:      "(foo$x = foo$y) = (x = y)"
  6102   foo_less:    "(foo$x << foo$y) = (x << y)"
  6103   foo_strict:  "foo$UU = UU"
  6104   foo_defined: "... ==> foo$x ~= UU"
  6105   foo_defined_iff: "(foo$x = UU) = (x = UU)"
  6106 
  6107 
  6108 *** ZF ***
  6109 
  6110 * ZF/ex: theories Group and Ring provide examples in abstract algebra,
  6111 including the First Isomorphism Theorem (on quotienting by the kernel
  6112 of a homomorphism).
  6113 
  6114 * ZF/Simplifier: install second copy of type solver that actually
  6115 makes use of TC rules declared to Isar proof contexts (or locales);
  6116 the old version is still required for ML proof scripts.
  6117 
  6118 
  6119 *** Cube ***
  6120 
  6121 * Converted to Isar theory format; use locales instead of axiomatic
  6122 theories.
  6123 
  6124 
  6125 *** ML ***
  6126 
  6127 * Pure/library.ML: added ##>, ##>>, #>> -- higher-order counterparts
  6128 for ||>, ||>>, |>>,
  6129 
  6130 * Pure/library.ML no longer defines its own option datatype, but uses
  6131 that of the SML basis, which has constructors NONE and SOME instead of
  6132 None and Some, as well as exception Option.Option instead of OPTION.
  6133 The functions the, if_none, is_some, is_none have been adapted
  6134 accordingly, while Option.map replaces apsome.
  6135 
  6136 * Pure/library.ML: the exception LIST has been given up in favour of
  6137 the standard exceptions Empty and Subscript, as well as
  6138 Library.UnequalLengths.  Function like Library.hd and Library.tl are
  6139 superceded by the standard hd and tl functions etc.
  6140 
  6141 A number of basic list functions are no longer exported to the ML
  6142 toplevel, as they are variants of predefined functions.  The following
  6143 suggests how one can translate existing code:
  6144 
  6145     rev_append xs ys = List.revAppend (xs, ys)
  6146     nth_elem (i, xs) = List.nth (xs, i)
  6147     last_elem xs = List.last xs
  6148     flat xss = List.concat xss
  6149     seq fs = List.app fs
  6150     partition P xs = List.partition P xs
  6151     mapfilter f xs = List.mapPartial f xs
  6152 
  6153 * Pure/library.ML: several combinators for linear functional
  6154 transformations, notably reverse application and composition:
  6155 
  6156   x |> f                f #> g
  6157   (x, y) |-> f          f #-> g
  6158 
  6159 * Pure/library.ML: introduced/changed precedence of infix operators:
  6160 
  6161   infix 1 |> |-> ||> ||>> |>> |>>> #> #->;
  6162   infix 2 ?;
  6163   infix 3 o oo ooo oooo;
  6164   infix 4 ~~ upto downto;
  6165 
  6166 Maybe INCOMPATIBILITY when any of those is used in conjunction with other
  6167 infix operators.
  6168 
  6169 * Pure/library.ML: natural list combinators fold, fold_rev, and
  6170 fold_map support linear functional transformations and nesting.  For
  6171 example:
  6172 
  6173   fold f [x1, ..., xN] y =
  6174     y |> f x1 |> ... |> f xN
  6175 
  6176   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] y =
  6177     y |> fold f xs1 |> ... |> fold f xsN
  6178 
  6179   fold f [x1, ..., xN] =
  6180     f x1 #> ... #> f xN
  6181 
  6182   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] =
  6183     fold f xs1 #> ... #> fold f xsN
  6184 
  6185 * Pure/library.ML: the following selectors on type 'a option are
  6186 available:
  6187 
  6188   the:               'a option -> 'a  (*partial*)
  6189   these:             'a option -> 'a  where 'a = 'b list
  6190   the_default: 'a -> 'a option -> 'a
  6191   the_list:          'a option -> 'a list
  6192 
  6193 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  6194 basic operations for association lists, following natural argument
  6195 order; moreover the explicit equality predicate passed here avoids
  6196 potentially expensive polymorphic runtime equality checks.
  6197 The old functions may be expressed as follows:
  6198 
  6199   assoc = uncurry (AList.lookup (op =))
  6200   assocs = these oo AList.lookup (op =)
  6201   overwrite = uncurry (AList.update (op =)) o swap
  6202 
  6203 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  6204 
  6205   val make: ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> ('a * 'b) list
  6206   val find: ('a * 'b -> bool) -> ('c * 'b) list -> 'a -> 'c list
  6207 
  6208 replacing make_keylist and keyfilter (occassionally used)
  6209 Naive rewrites:
  6210 
  6211   make_keylist = AList.make
  6212   keyfilter = AList.find (op =)
  6213 
  6214 * eq_fst and eq_snd now take explicit equality parameter, thus
  6215   avoiding eqtypes. Naive rewrites:
  6216 
  6217     eq_fst = eq_fst (op =)
  6218     eq_snd = eq_snd (op =)
  6219 
  6220 * Removed deprecated apl and apr (rarely used).
  6221   Naive rewrites:
  6222 
  6223     apl (n, op) =>>= curry op n
  6224     apr (op, m) =>>= fn n => op (n, m)
  6225 
  6226 * Pure/General: structure OrdList (cf. Pure/General/ord_list.ML)
  6227 provides a reasonably efficient light-weight implementation of sets as
  6228 lists.
  6229 
  6230 * Pure/General: generic tables (cf. Pure/General/table.ML) provide a
  6231 few new operations; existing lookup and update are now curried to
  6232 follow natural argument order (for use with fold etc.);
  6233 INCOMPATIBILITY, use (uncurry Symtab.lookup) etc. as last resort.
  6234 
  6235 * Pure/General: output via the Isabelle channels of
  6236 writeln/warning/error etc. is now passed through Output.output, with a
  6237 hook for arbitrary transformations depending on the print_mode
  6238 (cf. Output.add_mode -- the first active mode that provides a output
  6239 function wins).  Already formatted output may be embedded into further
  6240 text via Output.raw; the result of Pretty.string_of/str_of and derived
  6241 functions (string_of_term/cterm/thm etc.) is already marked raw to
  6242 accommodate easy composition of diagnostic messages etc.  Programmers
  6243 rarely need to care about Output.output or Output.raw at all, with
  6244 some notable exceptions: Output.output is required when bypassing the
  6245 standard channels (writeln etc.), or in token translations to produce
  6246 properly formatted results; Output.raw is required when capturing
  6247 already output material that will eventually be presented to the user
  6248 a second time.  For the default print mode, both Output.output and
  6249 Output.raw have no effect.
  6250 
  6251 * Pure/General: Output.time_accumulator NAME creates an operator ('a
  6252 -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b to measure runtime and count invocations; the
  6253 cumulative results are displayed at the end of a batch session.
  6254 
  6255 * Pure/General: File.sysify_path and File.quote_sysify path have been
  6256 replaced by File.platform_path and File.shell_path (with appropriate
  6257 hooks).  This provides a clean interface for unusual systems where the
  6258 internal and external process view of file names are different.
  6259 
  6260 * Pure: more efficient orders for basic syntactic entities: added
  6261 fast_string_ord, fast_indexname_ord, fast_term_ord; changed sort_ord
  6262 and typ_ord to use fast_string_ord and fast_indexname_ord (term_ord is
  6263 NOT affected); structures Symtab, Vartab, Typtab, Termtab use the fast
  6264 orders now -- potential INCOMPATIBILITY for code that depends on a
  6265 particular order for Symtab.keys, Symtab.dest, etc. (consider using
  6266 Library.sort_strings on result).
  6267 
  6268 * Pure/term.ML: combinators fold_atyps, fold_aterms, fold_term_types,
  6269 fold_types traverse types/terms from left to right, observing natural
  6270 argument order.  Supercedes previous foldl_XXX versions, add_frees,
  6271 add_vars etc. have been adapted as well: INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6272 
  6273 * Pure: name spaces have been refined, with significant changes of the
  6274 internal interfaces -- INCOMPATIBILITY.  Renamed cond_extern(_table)
  6275 to extern(_table).  The plain name entry path is superceded by a
  6276 general 'naming' context, which also includes the 'policy' to produce
  6277 a fully qualified name and external accesses of a fully qualified
  6278 name; NameSpace.extend is superceded by context dependent
  6279 Sign.declare_name.  Several theory and proof context operations modify
  6280 the naming context.  Especially note Theory.restore_naming and
  6281 ProofContext.restore_naming to get back to a sane state; note that
  6282 Theory.add_path is no longer sufficient to recover from
  6283 Theory.absolute_path in particular.
  6284 
  6285 * Pure: new flags short_names (default false) and unique_names
  6286 (default true) for controlling output of qualified names.  If
  6287 short_names is set, names are printed unqualified.  If unique_names is
  6288 reset, the name prefix is reduced to the minimum required to achieve
  6289 the original result when interning again, even if there is an overlap
  6290 with earlier declarations.
  6291 
  6292 * Pure/TheoryDataFun: change of the argument structure; 'prep_ext' is
  6293 now 'extend', and 'merge' gets an additional Pretty.pp argument
  6294 (useful for printing error messages).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6295 
  6296 * Pure: major reorganization of the theory context.  Type Sign.sg and
  6297 Theory.theory are now identified, referring to the universal
  6298 Context.theory (see Pure/context.ML).  Actual signature and theory
  6299 content is managed as theory data.  The old code and interfaces were
  6300 spread over many files and structures; the new arrangement introduces
  6301 considerable INCOMPATIBILITY to gain more clarity:
  6302 
  6303   Context -- theory management operations (name, identity, inclusion,
  6304     parents, ancestors, merge, etc.), plus generic theory data;
  6305 
  6306   Sign -- logical signature and syntax operations (declaring consts,
  6307     types, etc.), plus certify/read for common entities;
  6308 
  6309   Theory -- logical theory operations (stating axioms, definitions,
  6310     oracles), plus a copy of logical signature operations (consts,
  6311     types, etc.); also a few basic management operations (Theory.copy,
  6312     Theory.merge, etc.)
  6313 
  6314 The most basic sign_of operations (Theory.sign_of, Thm.sign_of_thm
  6315 etc.) as well as the sign field in Thm.rep_thm etc. have been retained
  6316 for convenience -- they merely return the theory.
  6317 
  6318 * Pure: type Type.tsig is superceded by theory in most interfaces.
  6319 
  6320 * Pure: the Isar proof context type is already defined early in Pure
  6321 as Context.proof (note that ProofContext.context and Proof.context are
  6322 aliases, where the latter is the preferred name).  This enables other
  6323 Isabelle components to refer to that type even before Isar is present.
  6324 
  6325 * Pure/sign/theory: discontinued named name spaces (i.e. classK,
  6326 typeK, constK, axiomK, oracleK), but provide explicit operations for
  6327 any of these kinds.  For example, Sign.intern typeK is now
  6328 Sign.intern_type, Theory.hide_space Sign.typeK is now
  6329 Theory.hide_types.  Also note that former
  6330 Theory.hide_classes/types/consts are now
  6331 Theory.hide_classes_i/types_i/consts_i, while the non '_i' versions
  6332 internalize their arguments!  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6333 
  6334 * Pure: get_thm interface (of PureThy and ProofContext) expects
  6335 datatype thmref (with constructors Name and NameSelection) instead of
  6336 plain string -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  6337 
  6338 * Pure: cases produced by proof methods specify options, where NONE
  6339 means to remove case bindings -- INCOMPATIBILITY in
  6340 (RAW_)METHOD_CASES.
  6341 
  6342 * Pure: the following operations retrieve axioms or theorems from a
  6343 theory node or theory hierarchy, respectively:
  6344 
  6345   Theory.axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  6346   Theory.all_axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  6347   PureThy.thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  6348   PureThy.all_thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  6349 
  6350 * Pure: print_tac now outputs the goal through the trace channel.
  6351 
  6352 * Isar toplevel: improved diagnostics, mostly for Poly/ML only.
  6353 Reference Toplevel.debug (default false) controls detailed printing
  6354 and tracing of low-level exceptions; Toplevel.profiling (default 0)
  6355 controls execution profiling -- set to 1 for time and 2 for space
  6356 (both increase the runtime).
  6357 
  6358 * Isar session: The initial use of ROOT.ML is now always timed,
  6359 i.e. the log will show the actual process times, in contrast to the
  6360 elapsed wall-clock time that the outer shell wrapper produces.
  6361 
  6362 * Simplifier: improved handling of bound variables (nameless
  6363 representation, avoid allocating new strings).  Simprocs that invoke
  6364 the Simplifier recursively should use Simplifier.inherit_bounds to
  6365 avoid local name clashes.  Failure to do so produces warnings
  6366 "Simplifier: renamed bound variable ..."; set Simplifier.debug_bounds
  6367 for further details.
  6368 
  6369 * ML functions legacy_bindings and use_legacy_bindings produce ML fact
  6370 bindings for all theorems stored within a given theory; this may help
  6371 in porting non-Isar theories to Isar ones, while keeping ML proof
  6372 scripts for the time being.
  6373 
  6374 * ML operator HTML.with_charset specifies the charset begin used for
  6375 generated HTML files.  For example:
  6376 
  6377   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Hebrew";
  6378   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Chinese";
  6379 
  6380 
  6381 *** System ***
  6382 
  6383 * Allow symlinks to all proper Isabelle executables (Isabelle,
  6384 isabelle, isatool etc.).
  6385 
  6386 * ISABELLE_DOC_FORMAT setting specifies preferred document format (for
  6387 isatool doc, isatool mkdir, display_drafts etc.).
  6388 
  6389 * isatool usedir: option -f allows specification of the ML file to be
  6390 used by Isabelle; default is ROOT.ML.
  6391 
  6392 * New isatool version outputs the version identifier of the Isabelle
  6393 distribution being used.
  6394 
  6395 * HOL: new isatool dimacs2hol converts files in DIMACS CNF format
  6396 (containing Boolean satisfiability problems) into Isabelle/HOL
  6397 theories.
  6398 
  6399 
  6400 
  6401 New in Isabelle2004 (April 2004)
  6402 --------------------------------
  6403 
  6404 *** General ***
  6405 
  6406 * Provers/order.ML:  new efficient reasoner for partial and linear orders.
  6407   Replaces linorder.ML.
  6408 
  6409 * Pure: Greek letters (except small lambda, \<lambda>), as well as Gothic
  6410   (\<aa>...\<zz>\<AA>...\<ZZ>), calligraphic (\<A>...\<Z>), and Euler
  6411   (\<a>...\<z>), are now considered normal letters, and can therefore
  6412   be used anywhere where an ASCII letter (a...zA...Z) has until
  6413   now. COMPATIBILITY: This obviously changes the parsing of some
  6414   terms, especially where a symbol has been used as a binder, say
  6415   '\<Pi>x. ...', which is now a type error since \<Pi>x will be parsed
  6416   as an identifier.  Fix it by inserting a space around former
  6417   symbols.  Call 'isatool fixgreek' to try to fix parsing errors in
  6418   existing theory and ML files.
  6419 
  6420 * Pure: Macintosh and Windows line-breaks are now allowed in theory files.
  6421 
  6422 * Pure: single letter sub/superscripts (\<^isub> and \<^isup>) are now
  6423   allowed in identifiers. Similar to Greek letters \<^isub> is now considered
  6424   a normal (but invisible) letter. For multiple letter subscripts repeat
  6425   \<^isub> like this: x\<^isub>1\<^isub>2.
  6426 
  6427 * Pure: There are now sub-/superscripts that can span more than one
  6428   character. Text between \<^bsub> and \<^esub> is set in subscript in
  6429   ProofGeneral and LaTeX, text between \<^bsup> and \<^esup> in
  6430   superscript. The new control characters are not identifier parts.
  6431 
  6432 * Pure: Control-symbols of the form \<^raw:...> will literally print the
  6433   content of "..." to the latex file instead of \isacntrl... . The "..."
  6434   may consist of any printable characters excluding the end bracket >.
  6435 
  6436 * Pure: Using new Isar command "finalconsts" (or the ML functions
  6437   Theory.add_finals or Theory.add_finals_i) it is now possible to
  6438   declare constants "final", which prevents their being given a definition
  6439   later.  It is useful for constants whose behaviour is fixed axiomatically
  6440   rather than definitionally, such as the meta-logic connectives.
  6441 
  6442 * Pure: 'instance' now handles general arities with general sorts
  6443   (i.e. intersections of classes),
  6444 
  6445 * Presentation: generated HTML now uses a CSS style sheet to make layout
  6446   (somewhat) independent of content. It is copied from lib/html/isabelle.css.
  6447   It can be changed to alter the colors/layout of generated pages.
  6448 
  6449 
  6450 *** Isar ***
  6451 
  6452 * Tactic emulation methods rule_tac, erule_tac, drule_tac, frule_tac,
  6453   cut_tac, subgoal_tac and thin_tac:
  6454   - Now understand static (Isar) contexts.  As a consequence, users of Isar
  6455     locales are no longer forced to write Isar proof scripts.
  6456     For details see Isar Reference Manual, paragraph 4.3.2: Further tactic
  6457     emulations.
  6458   - INCOMPATIBILITY: names of variables to be instantiated may no
  6459     longer be enclosed in quotes.  Instead, precede variable name with `?'.
  6460     This is consistent with the instantiation attribute "where".
  6461 
  6462 * Attributes "where" and "of":
  6463   - Now take type variables of instantiated theorem into account when reading
  6464     the instantiation string.  This fixes a bug that caused instantiated
  6465     theorems to have too special types in some circumstances.
  6466   - "where" permits explicit instantiations of type variables.
  6467 
  6468 * Calculation commands "moreover" and "also" no longer interfere with
  6469   current facts ("this"), admitting arbitrary combinations with "then"
  6470   and derived forms.
  6471 
  6472 * Locales:
  6473   - Goal statements involving the context element "includes" no longer
  6474     generate theorems with internal delta predicates (those ending on
  6475     "_axioms") in the premise.
  6476     Resolve particular premise with <locale>.intro to obtain old form.
  6477   - Fixed bug in type inference ("unify_frozen") that prevented mix of target
  6478     specification and "includes" elements in goal statement.
  6479   - Rule sets <locale>.intro and <locale>.axioms no longer declared as
  6480     [intro?] and [elim?] (respectively) by default.
  6481   - Experimental command for instantiation of locales in proof contexts:
  6482         instantiate <label>[<attrs>]: <loc>
  6483     Instantiates locale <loc> and adds all its theorems to the current context
  6484     taking into account their attributes.  Label and attrs are optional
  6485     modifiers, like in theorem declarations.  If present, names of
  6486     instantiated theorems are qualified with <label>, and the attributes
  6487     <attrs> are applied after any attributes these theorems might have already.
  6488       If the locale has assumptions, a chained fact of the form
  6489     "<loc> t1 ... tn" is expected from which instantiations of the parameters
  6490     are derived.  The command does not support old-style locales declared
  6491     with "locale (open)".
  6492       A few (very simple) examples can be found in FOL/ex/LocaleInst.thy.
  6493 
  6494 * HOL: Tactic emulation methods induct_tac and case_tac understand static
  6495   (Isar) contexts.
  6496 
  6497 
  6498 *** HOL ***
  6499 
  6500 * Proof import: new image HOL4 contains the imported library from
  6501   the HOL4 system with about 2500 theorems. It is imported by
  6502   replaying proof terms produced by HOL4 in Isabelle. The HOL4 image
  6503   can be used like any other Isabelle image.  See
  6504   HOL/Import/HOL/README for more information.
  6505 
  6506 * Simplifier:
  6507   - Much improved handling of linear and partial orders.
  6508     Reasoners for linear and partial orders are set up for type classes
  6509     "linorder" and "order" respectively, and are added to the default simpset
  6510     as solvers.  This means that the simplifier can build transitivity chains
  6511     to solve goals from the assumptions.
  6512   - INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break occasionally.  Typically, applications
  6513     of blast or auto after simplification become unnecessary because the goal
  6514     is solved by simplification already.
  6515 
  6516 * Numerics: new theory Ring_and_Field contains over 250 basic numerical laws,
  6517     all proved in axiomatic type classes for semirings, rings and fields.
  6518 
  6519 * Numerics:
  6520   - Numeric types (nat, int, and in HOL-Complex rat, real, complex, etc.) are
  6521     now formalized using the Ring_and_Field theory mentioned above.
  6522   - INCOMPATIBILITY: simplification and arithmetic behaves somewhat differently
  6523     than before, because now they are set up once in a generic manner.
  6524   - INCOMPATIBILITY: many type-specific arithmetic laws have gone.
  6525     Look for the general versions in Ring_and_Field (and Power if they concern
  6526     exponentiation).
  6527 
  6528 * Type "rat" of the rational numbers is now available in HOL-Complex.
  6529 
  6530 * Records:
  6531   - Record types are now by default printed with their type abbreviation
  6532     instead of the list of all field types. This can be configured via
  6533     the reference "print_record_type_abbr".
  6534   - Simproc "record_upd_simproc" for simplification of multiple updates added
  6535     (not enabled by default).
  6536   - Simproc "record_ex_sel_eq_simproc" to simplify EX x. sel r = x resp.
  6537     EX x. x = sel r to True (not enabled by default).
  6538   - Tactic "record_split_simp_tac" to split and simplify records added.
  6539 
  6540 * 'specification' command added, allowing for definition by
  6541   specification.  There is also an 'ax_specification' command that
  6542   introduces the new constants axiomatically.
  6543 
  6544 * arith(_tac) is now able to generate counterexamples for reals as well.
  6545 
  6546 * HOL-Algebra: new locale "ring" for non-commutative rings.
  6547 
  6548 * HOL-ex: InductiveInvariant_examples illustrates advanced recursive function
  6549   definitions, thanks to Sava Krsti\'{c} and John Matthews.
  6550 
  6551 * HOL-Matrix: a first theory for matrices in HOL with an application of
  6552   matrix theory to linear programming.
  6553 
  6554 * Unions and Intersections:
  6555   The latex output syntax of UN and INT has been changed
  6556   from "\Union x \in A. B" to "\Union_{x \in A} B"
  6557   i.e. the index formulae has become a subscript.
  6558   Similarly for "\Union x. B", and for \Inter instead of \Union.
  6559 
  6560 * Unions and Intersections over Intervals:
  6561   There is new short syntax "UN i<=n. A" for "UN i:{0..n}. A". There is
  6562   also an x-symbol version with subscripts "\<Union>\<^bsub>i <= n\<^esub>. A"
  6563   like in normal math, and corresponding versions for < and for intersection.
  6564 
  6565 * HOL/List: Ordering "lexico" is renamed "lenlex" and the standard
  6566   lexicographic dictonary ordering has been added as "lexord".
  6567 
  6568 * ML: the legacy theory structures Int and List have been removed. They had
  6569   conflicted with ML Basis Library structures having the same names.
  6570 
  6571 * 'refute' command added to search for (finite) countermodels.  Only works
  6572   for a fragment of HOL.  The installation of an external SAT solver is
  6573   highly recommended.  See "HOL/Refute.thy" for details.
  6574 
  6575 * 'quickcheck' command: Allows to find counterexamples by evaluating
  6576   formulae under an assignment of free variables to random values.
  6577   In contrast to 'refute', it can deal with inductive datatypes,
  6578   but cannot handle quantifiers. See "HOL/ex/Quickcheck_Examples.thy"
  6579   for examples.
  6580 
  6581 
  6582 *** HOLCF ***
  6583 
  6584 * Streams now come with concatenation and are part of the HOLCF image
  6585 
  6586 
  6587 
  6588 New in Isabelle2003 (May 2003)
  6589 ------------------------------
  6590 
  6591 *** General ***
  6592 
  6593 * Provers/simplifier:
  6594 
  6595   - Completely reimplemented method simp (ML: Asm_full_simp_tac):
  6596     Assumptions are now subject to complete mutual simplification,
  6597     not just from left to right. The simplifier now preserves
  6598     the order of assumptions.
  6599 
  6600     Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  6601 
  6602     -- simp sometimes diverges where the old version did
  6603        not, e.g. invoking simp on the goal
  6604 
  6605         [| P (f x); y = x; f x = f y |] ==> Q
  6606 
  6607        now gives rise to the infinite reduction sequence
  6608 
  6609         P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> P(f y) --(y = x)--> P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> ...
  6610 
  6611        Using "simp (asm_lr)" (ML: Asm_lr_simp_tac) instead often solves this
  6612        kind of problem.
  6613 
  6614     -- Tactics combining classical reasoner and simplification (such as auto)
  6615        are also affected by this change, because many of them rely on
  6616        simp. They may sometimes diverge as well or yield a different numbers
  6617        of subgoals. Try to use e.g. force, fastsimp, or safe instead of auto
  6618        in case of problems. Sometimes subsequent calls to the classical
  6619        reasoner will fail because a preceeding call to the simplifier too
  6620        eagerly simplified the goal, e.g. deleted redundant premises.
  6621 
  6622   - The simplifier trace now shows the names of the applied rewrite rules
  6623 
  6624   - You can limit the number of recursive invocations of the simplifier
  6625     during conditional rewriting (where the simplifie tries to solve the
  6626     conditions before applying the rewrite rule):
  6627     ML "simp_depth_limit := n"
  6628     where n is an integer. Thus you can force termination where previously
  6629     the simplifier would diverge.
  6630 
  6631   - Accepts free variables as head terms in congruence rules.  Useful in Isar.
  6632 
  6633   - No longer aborts on failed congruence proof.  Instead, the
  6634     congruence is ignored.
  6635 
  6636 * Pure: New generic framework for extracting programs from constructive
  6637   proofs. See HOL/Extraction.thy for an example instantiation, as well
  6638   as HOL/Extraction for some case studies.
  6639 
  6640 * Pure: The main goal of the proof state is no longer shown by default, only
  6641 the subgoals. This behaviour is controlled by a new flag.
  6642    PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Settings -> Show Main Goal
  6643 (ML: Proof.show_main_goal).
  6644 
  6645 * Pure: You can find all matching introduction rules for subgoal 1, i.e. all
  6646 rules whose conclusion matches subgoal 1:
  6647       PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Show me -> matching rules
  6648 The rules are ordered by how closely they match the subgoal.
  6649 In particular, rules that solve a subgoal outright are displayed first
  6650 (or rather last, the way they are printed).
  6651 (ML: ProofGeneral.print_intros())
  6652 
  6653 * Pure: New flag trace_unify_fail causes unification to print
  6654 diagnostic information (PG: in trace buffer) when it fails. This is
  6655 useful for figuring out why single step proofs like rule, erule or
  6656 assumption failed.
  6657 
  6658 * Pure: Locale specifications now produce predicate definitions
  6659 according to the body of text (covering assumptions modulo local
  6660 definitions); predicate "loc_axioms" covers newly introduced text,
  6661 while "loc" is cumulative wrt. all included locale expressions; the
  6662 latter view is presented only on export into the global theory
  6663 context; potential INCOMPATIBILITY, use "(open)" option to fall back
  6664 on the old view without predicates;
  6665 
  6666 * Pure: predefined locales "var" and "struct" are useful for sharing
  6667 parameters (as in CASL, for example); just specify something like
  6668 ``var x + var y + struct M'' as import;
  6669 
  6670 * Pure: improved thms_containing: proper indexing of facts instead of
  6671 raw theorems; check validity of results wrt. current name space;
  6672 include local facts of proof configuration (also covers active
  6673 locales), cover fixed variables in index; may use "_" in term
  6674 specification; an optional limit for the number of printed facts may
  6675 be given (the default is 40);
  6676 
  6677 * Pure: disallow duplicate fact bindings within new-style theory files
  6678 (batch-mode only);
  6679 
  6680 * Provers: improved induct method: assumptions introduced by case
  6681 "foo" are split into "foo.hyps" (from the rule) and "foo.prems" (from
  6682 the goal statement); "foo" still refers to all facts collectively;
  6683 
  6684 * Provers: the function blast.overloaded has been removed: all constants
  6685 are regarded as potentially overloaded, which improves robustness in exchange
  6686 for slight decrease in efficiency;
  6687 
  6688 * Provers/linorder: New generic prover for transitivity reasoning over
  6689 linear orders.  Note: this prover is not efficient!
  6690 
  6691 * Isar: preview of problems to finish 'show' now produce an error
  6692 rather than just a warning (in interactive mode);
  6693 
  6694 
  6695 *** HOL ***
  6696 
  6697 * arith(_tac)
  6698 
  6699  - Produces a counter example if it cannot prove a goal.
  6700    Note that the counter example may be spurious if the goal is not a formula
  6701    of quantifier-free linear arithmetic.
  6702    In ProofGeneral the counter example appears in the trace buffer.
  6703 
  6704  - Knows about div k and mod k where k is a numeral of type nat or int.
  6705 
  6706  - Calls full Presburger arithmetic (by Amine Chaieb) if quantifier-free
  6707    linear arithmetic fails. This takes account of quantifiers and divisibility.
  6708    Presburger arithmetic can also be called explicitly via presburger(_tac).
  6709 
  6710 * simp's arithmetic capabilities have been enhanced a bit: it now
  6711 takes ~= in premises into account (by performing a case split);
  6712 
  6713 * simp reduces "m*(n div m) + n mod m" to n, even if the two summands
  6714 are distributed over a sum of terms;
  6715 
  6716 * New tactic "trans_tac" and method "trans" instantiate
  6717 Provers/linorder.ML for axclasses "order" and "linorder" (predicates
  6718 "<=", "<" and "=").
  6719 
  6720 * function INCOMPATIBILITIES: Pi-sets have been redefined and moved from main
  6721 HOL to Library/FuncSet; constant "Fun.op o" is now called "Fun.comp";
  6722 
  6723 * 'typedef' command has new option "open" to suppress the set
  6724 definition;
  6725 
  6726 * functions Min and Max on finite sets have been introduced (theory
  6727 Finite_Set);
  6728 
  6729 * attribute [symmetric] now works for relations as well; it turns
  6730 (x,y) : R^-1 into (y,x) : R, and vice versa;
  6731 
  6732 * induct over a !!-quantified statement (say !!x1..xn):
  6733   each "case" automatically performs "fix x1 .. xn" with exactly those names.
  6734 
  6735 * Map: `empty' is no longer a constant but a syntactic abbreviation for
  6736 %x. None. Warning: empty_def now refers to the previously hidden definition
  6737 of the empty set.
  6738 
  6739 * Algebra: formalization of classical algebra.  Intended as base for
  6740 any algebraic development in Isabelle.  Currently covers group theory
  6741 (up to Sylow's theorem) and ring theory (Universal Property of
  6742 Univariate Polynomials).  Contributions welcome;
  6743 
  6744 * GroupTheory: deleted, since its material has been moved to Algebra;
  6745 
  6746 * Complex: new directory of the complex numbers with numeric constants,
  6747 nonstandard complex numbers, and some complex analysis, standard and
  6748 nonstandard (Jacques Fleuriot);
  6749 
  6750 * HOL-Complex: new image for analysis, replacing HOL-Real and HOL-Hyperreal;
  6751 
  6752 * Hyperreal: introduced Gauge integration and hyperreal logarithms (Jacques
  6753 Fleuriot);
  6754 
  6755 * Real/HahnBanach: updated and adapted to locales;
  6756 
  6757 * NumberTheory: added Gauss's law of quadratic reciprocity (by Avigad,
  6758 Gray and Kramer);
  6759 
  6760 * UNITY: added the Meier-Sanders theory of progress sets;
  6761 
  6762 * MicroJava: bytecode verifier and lightweight bytecode verifier
  6763 as abstract algorithms, instantiated to the JVM;
  6764 
  6765 * Bali: Java source language formalization. Type system, operational
  6766 semantics, axiomatic semantics. Supported language features:
  6767 classes, interfaces, objects,virtual methods, static methods,
  6768 static/instance fields, arrays, access modifiers, definite
  6769 assignment, exceptions.
  6770 
  6771 
  6772 *** ZF ***
  6773 
  6774 * ZF/Constructible: consistency proof for AC (Gdel's constructible
  6775 universe, etc.);
  6776 
  6777 * Main ZF: virtually all theories converted to new-style format;
  6778 
  6779 
  6780 *** ML ***
  6781 
  6782 * Pure: Tactic.prove provides sane interface for internal proofs;
  6783 omits the infamous "standard" operation, so this is more appropriate
  6784 than prove_goalw_cterm in many situations (e.g. in simprocs);
  6785 
  6786 * Pure: improved error reporting of simprocs;
  6787 
  6788 * Provers: Simplifier.simproc(_i) provides sane interface for setting
  6789 up simprocs;
  6790 
  6791 
  6792 *** Document preparation ***
  6793 
  6794 * uses \par instead of \\ for line breaks in theory text. This may
  6795 shift some page breaks in large documents. To get the old behaviour
  6796 use \renewcommand{\isanewline}{\mbox{}\\\mbox{}} in root.tex.
  6797 
  6798 * minimized dependencies of isabelle.sty and isabellesym.sty on
  6799 other packages
  6800 
  6801 * \<euro> now needs package babel/greek instead of marvosym (which
  6802 broke \Rightarrow)
  6803 
  6804 * normal size for \<zero>...\<nine> (uses \mathbf instead of
  6805 textcomp package)
  6806 
  6807 
  6808 
  6809 New in Isabelle2002 (March 2002)
  6810 --------------------------------
  6811 
  6812 *** Document preparation ***
  6813 
  6814 * greatly simplified document preparation setup, including more
  6815 graceful interpretation of isatool usedir -i/-d/-D options, and more
  6816 instructive isatool mkdir; users should basically be able to get
  6817 started with "isatool mkdir HOL Test && isatool make"; alternatively,
  6818 users may run a separate document processing stage manually like this:
  6819 "isatool usedir -D output HOL Test && isatool document Test/output";
  6820 
  6821 * theory dependency graph may now be incorporated into documents;
  6822 isatool usedir -g true will produce session_graph.eps/.pdf for use
  6823 with \includegraphics of LaTeX;
  6824 
  6825 * proper spacing of consecutive markup elements, especially text
  6826 blocks after section headings;
  6827 
  6828 * support bold style (for single symbols only), input syntax is like
  6829 this: "\<^bold>\<alpha>" or "\<^bold>A";
  6830 
  6831 * \<bullet> is now output as bold \cdot by default, which looks much
  6832 better in printed text;
  6833 
  6834 * added default LaTeX bindings for \<tturnstile> and \<TTurnstile>;
  6835 note that these symbols are currently unavailable in Proof General /
  6836 X-Symbol; new symbols \<zero>, \<one>, ..., \<nine>, and \<euro>;
  6837 
  6838 * isatool latex no longer depends on changed TEXINPUTS, instead
  6839 isatool document copies the Isabelle style files to the target
  6840 location;
  6841 
  6842 
  6843 *** Isar ***
  6844 
  6845 * Pure/Provers: improved proof by cases and induction;
  6846   - 'case' command admits impromptu naming of parameters (such as
  6847     "case (Suc n)");
  6848   - 'induct' method divinates rule instantiation from the inductive
  6849     claim; no longer requires excessive ?P bindings for proper
  6850     instantiation of cases;
  6851   - 'induct' method properly enumerates all possibilities of set/type
  6852     rules; as a consequence facts may be also passed through *type*
  6853     rules without further ado;
  6854   - 'induct' method now derives symbolic cases from the *rulified*
  6855     rule (before it used to rulify cases stemming from the internal
  6856     atomized version); this means that the context of a non-atomic
  6857     statement becomes is included in the hypothesis, avoiding the
  6858     slightly cumbersome show "PROP ?case" form;
  6859   - 'induct' may now use elim-style induction rules without chaining
  6860     facts, using ``missing'' premises from the goal state; this allows
  6861     rules stemming from inductive sets to be applied in unstructured
  6862     scripts, while still benefitting from proper handling of non-atomic
  6863     statements; NB: major inductive premises need to be put first, all
  6864     the rest of the goal is passed through the induction;
  6865   - 'induct' proper support for mutual induction involving non-atomic
  6866     rule statements (uses the new concept of simultaneous goals, see
  6867     below);
  6868   - append all possible rule selections, but only use the first
  6869     success (no backtracking);
  6870   - removed obsolete "(simplified)" and "(stripped)" options of methods;
  6871   - undeclared rule case names default to numbers 1, 2, 3, ...;
  6872   - added 'print_induct_rules' (covered by help item in recent Proof
  6873     General versions);
  6874   - moved induct/cases attributes to Pure, methods to Provers;
  6875   - generic method setup instantiated for FOL and HOL;
  6876 
  6877 * Pure: support multiple simultaneous goal statements, for example
  6878 "have a: A and b: B" (same for 'theorem' etc.); being a pure
  6879 meta-level mechanism, this acts as if several individual goals had
  6880 been stated separately; in particular common proof methods need to be
  6881 repeated in order to cover all claims; note that a single elimination
  6882 step is *not* sufficient to establish the two conjunctions, so this
  6883 fails:
  6884 
  6885   assume "A & B" then have A and B ..   (*".." fails*)
  6886 
  6887 better use "obtain" in situations as above; alternative refer to
  6888 multi-step methods like 'auto', 'simp_all', 'blast+' etc.;
  6889 
  6890 * Pure: proper integration with ``locales''; unlike the original
  6891 version by Florian Kammller, Isar locales package high-level proof
  6892 contexts rather than raw logical ones (e.g. we admit to include
  6893 attributes everywhere); operations on locales include merge and
  6894 rename; support for implicit arguments (``structures''); simultaneous
  6895 type-inference over imports and text; see also HOL/ex/Locales.thy for
  6896 some examples;
  6897 
  6898 * Pure: the following commands have been ``localized'', supporting a
  6899 target locale specification "(in name)": 'lemma', 'theorem',
  6900 'corollary', 'lemmas', 'theorems', 'declare'; the results will be
  6901 stored both within the locale and at the theory level (exported and
  6902 qualified by the locale name);
  6903 
  6904 * Pure: theory goals may now be specified in ``long'' form, with
  6905 ad-hoc contexts consisting of arbitrary locale elements. for example
  6906 ``lemma foo: fixes x assumes "A x" shows "B x"'' (local syntax and
  6907 definitions may be given, too); the result is a meta-level rule with
  6908 the context elements being discharged in the obvious way;
  6909 
  6910 * Pure: new proof command 'using' allows to augment currently used
  6911 facts after a goal statement ('using' is syntactically analogous to
  6912 'apply', but acts on the goal's facts only); this allows chained facts
  6913 to be separated into parts given before and after a claim, as in
  6914 ``from a and b have C using d and e <proof>'';
  6915 
  6916 * Pure: renamed "antecedent" case to "rule_context";
  6917 
  6918 * Pure: new 'judgment' command records explicit information about the
  6919 object-logic embedding (used by several tools internally); no longer
  6920 use hard-wired "Trueprop";
  6921 
  6922 * Pure: added 'corollary' command;
  6923 
  6924 * Pure: fixed 'token_translation' command;
  6925 
  6926 * Pure: removed obsolete 'exported' attribute;
  6927 
  6928 * Pure: dummy pattern "_" in is/let is now automatically lifted over
  6929 bound variables: "ALL x. P x --> Q x" (is "ALL x. _ --> ?C x")
  6930 supersedes more cumbersome ... (is "ALL x. _ x --> ?C x");
  6931 
  6932 * Pure: method 'atomize' presents local goal premises as object-level
  6933 statements (atomic meta-level propositions); setup controlled via
  6934 rewrite rules declarations of 'atomize' attribute; example
  6935 application: 'induct' method with proper rule statements in improper
  6936 proof *scripts*;
  6937 
  6938 * Pure: emulation of instantiation tactics (rule_tac, cut_tac, etc.)
  6939 now consider the syntactic context of assumptions, giving a better
  6940 chance to get type-inference of the arguments right (this is
  6941 especially important for locales);
  6942 
  6943 * Pure: "sorry" no longer requires quick_and_dirty in interactive
  6944 mode;
  6945 
  6946 * Pure/obtain: the formal conclusion "thesis", being marked as
  6947 ``internal'', may no longer be reference directly in the text;
  6948 potential INCOMPATIBILITY, may need to use "?thesis" in rare
  6949 situations;
  6950 
  6951 * Pure: generic 'sym' attribute which declares a rule both as pure
  6952 'elim?' and for the 'symmetric' operation;
  6953 
  6954 * Pure: marginal comments ``--'' may now occur just anywhere in the
  6955 text; the fixed correlation with particular command syntax has been
  6956 discontinued;
  6957 
  6958 * Pure: new method 'rules' is particularly well-suited for proof
  6959 search in intuitionistic logic; a bit slower than 'blast' or 'fast',
  6960 but often produces more compact proof terms with less detours;
  6961 
  6962 * Pure/Provers/classical: simplified integration with pure rule
  6963 attributes and methods; the classical "intro?/elim?/dest?"
  6964 declarations coincide with the pure ones; the "rule" method no longer
  6965 includes classically swapped intros; "intro" and "elim" methods no
  6966 longer pick rules from the context; also got rid of ML declarations
  6967 AddXIs/AddXEs/AddXDs; all of this has some potential for
  6968 INCOMPATIBILITY;
  6969 
  6970 * Provers/classical: attribute 'swapped' produces classical inversions
  6971 of introduction rules;
  6972 
  6973 * Provers/simplifier: 'simplified' attribute may refer to explicit
  6974 rules instead of full simplifier context; 'iff' attribute handles
  6975 conditional rules;
  6976 
  6977 * HOL: 'typedef' now allows alternative names for Rep/Abs morphisms;
  6978 
  6979 * HOL: 'recdef' now fails on unfinished automated proofs, use
  6980 "(permissive)" option to recover old behavior;
  6981 
  6982 * HOL: 'inductive' no longer features separate (collective) attributes
  6983 for 'intros' (was found too confusing);
  6984 
  6985 * HOL: properly declared induction rules less_induct and
  6986 wf_induct_rule;
  6987 
  6988 
  6989 *** HOL ***
  6990 
  6991 * HOL: moved over to sane numeral syntax; the new policy is as
  6992 follows:
  6993 
  6994   - 0 and 1 are polymorphic constants, which are defined on any
  6995   numeric type (nat, int, real etc.);
  6996 
  6997   - 2, 3, 4, ... and -1, -2, -3, ... are polymorphic numerals, based
  6998   binary representation internally;
  6999 
  7000   - type nat has special constructor Suc, and generally prefers Suc 0
  7001   over 1::nat and Suc (Suc 0) over 2::nat;
  7002 
  7003 This change may cause significant problems of INCOMPATIBILITY; here
  7004 are some hints on converting existing sources:
  7005 
  7006   - due to the new "num" token, "-0" and "-1" etc. are now atomic
  7007   entities, so expressions involving "-" (unary or binary minus) need
  7008   to be spaced properly;
  7009 
  7010   - existing occurrences of "1" may need to be constraint "1::nat" or
  7011   even replaced by Suc 0; similar for old "2";
  7012 
  7013   - replace "#nnn" by "nnn", and "#-nnn" by "-nnn";
  7014 
  7015   - remove all special provisions on numerals in proofs;
  7016 
  7017 * HOL: simp rules nat_number expand numerals on nat to Suc/0
  7018 representation (depends on bin_arith_simps in the default context);
  7019 
  7020 * HOL: symbolic syntax for x^2 (numeral 2);
  7021 
  7022 * HOL: the class of all HOL types is now called "type" rather than
  7023 "term"; INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt references to this type class
  7024 in axclass/classes, instance/arities, and (usually rare) occurrences
  7025 in typings (of consts etc.); internally the class is called
  7026 "HOL.type", ML programs should refer to HOLogic.typeS;
  7027 
  7028 * HOL/record package improvements:
  7029   - new derived operations "fields" to build a partial record section,
  7030     "extend" to promote a fixed record to a record scheme, and
  7031     "truncate" for the reverse; cf. theorems "xxx.defs", which are *not*
  7032     declared as simp by default;
  7033   - shared operations ("more", "fields", etc.) now need to be always
  7034     qualified) --- potential INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7035   - removed "make_scheme" operations (use "make" with "extend") --
  7036     INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7037   - removed "more" class (simply use "term") -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7038   - provides cases/induct rules for use with corresponding Isar
  7039     methods (for concrete records, record schemes, concrete more
  7040     parts, and schematic more parts -- in that order);
  7041   - internal definitions directly based on a light-weight abstract
  7042     theory of product types over typedef rather than datatype;
  7043 
  7044 * HOL: generic code generator for generating executable ML code from
  7045 specifications; specific support for HOL constructs such as inductive
  7046 datatypes and sets, as well as recursive functions; can be invoked
  7047 via 'generate_code' theory section;
  7048 
  7049 * HOL: canonical cases/induct rules for n-tuples (n = 3..7);
  7050 
  7051 * HOL: consolidated and renamed several theories.  In particular:
  7052         Ord.thy has been absorbed into HOL.thy
  7053         String.thy has been absorbed into List.thy
  7054 
  7055 * HOL: concrete setsum syntax "\<Sum>i:A. b" == "setsum (%i. b) A"
  7056 (beware of argument permutation!);
  7057 
  7058 * HOL: linorder_less_split superseded by linorder_cases;
  7059 
  7060 * HOL/List: "nodups" renamed to "distinct";
  7061 
  7062 * HOL: added "The" definite description operator; move Hilbert's "Eps"
  7063 to peripheral theory "Hilbert_Choice"; some INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  7064   - Ex_def has changed, now need to use some_eq_ex
  7065 
  7066 * HOL: made split_all_tac safe; EXISTING PROOFS MAY FAIL OR LOOP, so
  7067 in this (rare) case use:
  7068 
  7069   delSWrapper "split_all_tac"
  7070   addSbefore ("unsafe_split_all_tac", unsafe_split_all_tac)
  7071 
  7072 * HOL: added safe wrapper "split_conv_tac" to claset; EXISTING PROOFS
  7073 MAY FAIL;
  7074 
  7075 * HOL: introduced f^n = f o ... o f; warning: due to the limits of
  7076 Isabelle's type classes, ^ on functions and relations has too general
  7077 a domain, namely ('a * 'b) set and 'a => 'b; this means that it may be
  7078 necessary to attach explicit type constraints;
  7079 
  7080 * HOL/Relation: the prefix name of the infix "O" has been changed from
  7081 "comp" to "rel_comp"; INCOMPATIBILITY: a few theorems have been
  7082 renamed accordingly (eg "compI" -> "rel_compI").
  7083 
  7084 * HOL: syntax translations now work properly with numerals and records
  7085 expressions;
  7086 
  7087 * HOL: bounded abstraction now uses syntax "%" / "\<lambda>" instead
  7088 of "lam" -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7089 
  7090 * HOL: got rid of some global declarations (potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  7091 for ML tools): const "()" renamed "Product_Type.Unity", type "unit"
  7092 renamed "Product_Type.unit";
  7093 
  7094 * HOL: renamed rtrancl_into_rtrancl2 to converse_rtrancl_into_rtrancl
  7095 
  7096 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem "optionE" (use "option.exhaust", or
  7097 the "cases" method);
  7098 
  7099 * HOL/GroupTheory: group theory examples including Sylow's theorem (by
  7100 Florian Kammller);
  7101 
  7102 * HOL/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory format; several
  7103 parts turned into readable document, with proper Isar proof texts and
  7104 some explanations (by Gerwin Klein);
  7105 
  7106 * HOL-Real: added Complex_Numbers (by Gertrud Bauer);
  7107 
  7108 * HOL-Hyperreal is now a logic image;
  7109 
  7110 
  7111 *** HOLCF ***
  7112 
  7113 * Isar: consts/constdefs supports mixfix syntax for continuous
  7114 operations;
  7115 
  7116 * Isar: domain package adapted to new-style theory format, e.g. see
  7117 HOLCF/ex/Dnat.thy;
  7118 
  7119 * theory Lift: proper use of rep_datatype lift instead of ML hacks --
  7120 potential INCOMPATIBILITY; now use plain induct_tac instead of former
  7121 lift.induct_tac, always use UU instead of Undef;
  7122 
  7123 * HOLCF/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory;
  7124 
  7125 
  7126 *** ZF ***
  7127 
  7128 * Isar: proper integration of logic-specific tools and packages,
  7129 including theory commands '(co)inductive', '(co)datatype',
  7130 'rep_datatype', 'inductive_cases', as well as methods 'ind_cases',
  7131 'induct_tac', 'case_tac', and 'typecheck' (with attribute 'TC');
  7132 
  7133 * theory Main no longer includes AC; for the Axiom of Choice, base
  7134 your theory on Main_ZFC;
  7135 
  7136 * the integer library now covers quotients and remainders, with many
  7137 laws relating division to addition, multiplication, etc.;
  7138 
  7139 * ZF/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY is now available in ZF, giving a
  7140 typeless version of the formalism;
  7141 
  7142 * ZF/AC, Coind, IMP, Resid: updated and converted to new-style theory
  7143 format;
  7144 
  7145 * ZF/Induct: new directory for examples of inductive definitions,
  7146 including theory Multiset for multiset orderings; converted to
  7147 new-style theory format;
  7148 
  7149 * ZF: many new theorems about lists, ordinals, etc.;
  7150 
  7151 
  7152 *** General ***
  7153 
  7154 * Pure/kernel: meta-level proof terms (by Stefan Berghofer); reference
  7155 variable proof controls level of detail: 0 = no proofs (only oracle
  7156 dependencies), 1 = lemma dependencies, 2 = compact proof terms; see
  7157 also ref manual for further ML interfaces;
  7158 
  7159 * Pure/axclass: removed obsolete ML interface
  7160 goal_subclass/goal_arity;
  7161 
  7162 * Pure/syntax: new token syntax "num" for plain numerals (without "#"
  7163 of "xnum"); potential INCOMPATIBILITY, since -0, -1 etc. are now
  7164 separate tokens, so expressions involving minus need to be spaced
  7165 properly;
  7166 
  7167 * Pure/syntax: support non-oriented infixes, using keyword "infix"
  7168 rather than "infixl" or "infixr";
  7169 
  7170 * Pure/syntax: concrete syntax for dummy type variables admits genuine
  7171 sort constraint specifications in type inference; e.g. "x::_::foo"
  7172 ensures that the type of "x" is of sort "foo" (but not necessarily a
  7173 type variable);
  7174 
  7175 * Pure/syntax: print modes "type_brackets" and "no_type_brackets"
  7176 control output of nested => (types); the default behavior is
  7177 "type_brackets";
  7178 
  7179 * Pure/syntax: builtin parse translation for "_constify" turns valued
  7180 tokens into AST constants;
  7181 
  7182 * Pure/syntax: prefer later declarations of translations and print
  7183 translation functions; potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to reverse
  7184 multiple declarations for same syntax element constant;
  7185 
  7186 * Pure/show_hyps reset by default (in accordance to existing Isar
  7187 practice);
  7188 
  7189 * Provers/classical: renamed addaltern to addafter, addSaltern to
  7190 addSafter;
  7191 
  7192 * Provers/clasimp: ``iff'' declarations now handle conditional rules
  7193 as well;
  7194 
  7195 * system: tested support for MacOS X; should be able to get Isabelle +
  7196 Proof General to work in a plain Terminal after installing Poly/ML
  7197 (e.g. from the Isabelle distribution area) and GNU bash alone
  7198 (e.g. from http://www.apple.com); full X11, XEmacs and X-Symbol
  7199 support requires further installations, e.g. from
  7200 http://fink.sourceforge.net/);
  7201 
  7202 * system: support Poly/ML 4.1.1 (able to manage larger heaps);
  7203 
  7204 * system: reduced base memory usage by Poly/ML (approx. 20 MB instead
  7205 of 40 MB), cf. ML_OPTIONS;
  7206 
  7207 * system: Proof General keywords specification is now part of the
  7208 Isabelle distribution (see etc/isar-keywords.el);
  7209 
  7210 * system: support for persistent Proof General sessions (refrain from
  7211 outdating all loaded theories on startup); user may create writable
  7212 logic images like this: ``isabelle -q HOL Test'';
  7213 
  7214 * system: smart selection of Isabelle process versus Isabelle
  7215 interface, accommodates case-insensitive file systems (e.g. HFS+); may
  7216 run both "isabelle" and "Isabelle" even if file names are badly
  7217 damaged (executable inspects the case of the first letter of its own
  7218 name); added separate "isabelle-process" and "isabelle-interface";
  7219 
  7220 * system: refrain from any attempt at filtering input streams; no
  7221 longer support ``8bit'' encoding of old isabelle font, instead proper
  7222 iso-latin characters may now be used; the related isatools
  7223 "symbolinput" and "nonascii" have disappeared as well;
  7224 
  7225 * system: removed old "xterm" interface (the print modes "xterm" and
  7226 "xterm_color" are still available for direct use in a suitable
  7227 terminal);
  7228 
  7229 
  7230 
  7231 New in Isabelle99-2 (February 2001)
  7232 -----------------------------------
  7233 
  7234 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  7235 
  7236 * HOL: please note that theories in the Library and elsewhere often use the
  7237 new-style (Isar) format; to refer to their theorems in an ML script you must
  7238 bind them to ML identifers by e.g.      val thm_name = thm "thm_name";
  7239 
  7240 * HOL: inductive package no longer splits induction rule aggressively,
  7241 but only as far as specified by the introductions given; the old
  7242 format may be recovered via ML function complete_split_rule or attribute
  7243 'split_rule (complete)';
  7244 
  7245 * HOL: induct renamed to lfp_induct, lfp_Tarski to lfp_unfold,
  7246 gfp_Tarski to gfp_unfold;
  7247 
  7248 * HOL: contrapos, contrapos2 renamed to contrapos_nn, contrapos_pp;
  7249 
  7250 * HOL: infix "dvd" now has priority 50 rather than 70 (because it is a
  7251 relation); infix "^^" has been renamed "``"; infix "``" has been
  7252 renamed "`"; "univalent" has been renamed "single_valued";
  7253 
  7254 * HOL/Real: "rinv" and "hrinv" replaced by overloaded "inverse"
  7255 operation;
  7256 
  7257 * HOLCF: infix "`" has been renamed "$"; the symbol syntax is \<cdot>;
  7258 
  7259 * Isar: 'obtain' no longer declares "that" fact as simp/intro;
  7260 
  7261 * Isar/HOL: method 'induct' now handles non-atomic goals; as a
  7262 consequence, it is no longer monotonic wrt. the local goal context
  7263 (which is now passed through the inductive cases);
  7264 
  7265 * Document preparation: renamed standard symbols \<ll> to \<lless> and
  7266 \<gg> to \<ggreater>;
  7267 
  7268 
  7269 *** Document preparation ***
  7270 
  7271 * \isabellestyle{NAME} selects version of Isabelle output (currently
  7272 available: are "it" for near math-mode best-style output, "sl" for
  7273 slanted text style, and "tt" for plain type-writer; if no
  7274 \isabellestyle command is given, output is according to slanted
  7275 type-writer);
  7276 
  7277 * support sub/super scripts (for single symbols only), input syntax is
  7278 like this: "A\<^sup>*" or "A\<^sup>\<star>";
  7279 
  7280 * some more standard symbols; see Appendix A of the system manual for
  7281 the complete list of symbols defined in isabellesym.sty;
  7282 
  7283 * improved isabelle style files; more abstract symbol implementation
  7284 (should now use \isamath{...} and \isatext{...} in custom symbol
  7285 definitions);
  7286 
  7287 * antiquotation @{goals} and @{subgoals} for output of *dynamic* goals
  7288 state; Note that presentation of goal states does not conform to
  7289 actual human-readable proof documents.  Please do not include goal
  7290 states into document output unless you really know what you are doing!
  7291 
  7292 * proper indentation of antiquoted output with proportional LaTeX
  7293 fonts;
  7294 
  7295 * no_document ML operator temporarily disables LaTeX document
  7296 generation;
  7297 
  7298 * isatool unsymbolize tunes sources for plain ASCII communication;
  7299 
  7300 
  7301 *** Isar ***
  7302 
  7303 * Pure: Isar now suffers initial goal statements to contain unbound
  7304 schematic variables (this does not conform to actual readable proof
  7305 documents, due to unpredictable outcome and non-compositional proof
  7306 checking); users who know what they are doing may use schematic goals
  7307 for Prolog-style synthesis of proven results;
  7308 
  7309 * Pure: assumption method (an implicit finishing) now handles actual
  7310 rules as well;
  7311 
  7312 * Pure: improved 'obtain' --- moved to Pure, insert "that" into
  7313 initial goal, declare "that" only as Pure intro (only for single
  7314 steps); the "that" rule assumption may now be involved in implicit
  7315 finishing, thus ".." becomes a feasible for trivial obtains;
  7316 
  7317 * Pure: default proof step now includes 'intro_classes'; thus trivial
  7318 instance proofs may be performed by "..";
  7319 
  7320 * Pure: ?thesis / ?this / "..." now work for pure meta-level
  7321 statements as well;
  7322 
  7323 * Pure: more robust selection of calculational rules;
  7324 
  7325 * Pure: the builtin notion of 'finished' goal now includes the ==-refl
  7326 rule (as well as the assumption rule);
  7327 
  7328 * Pure: 'thm_deps' command visualizes dependencies of theorems and
  7329 lemmas, using the graph browser tool;
  7330 
  7331 * Pure: predict failure of "show" in interactive mode;
  7332 
  7333 * Pure: 'thms_containing' now takes actual terms as arguments;
  7334 
  7335 * HOL: improved method 'induct' --- now handles non-atomic goals
  7336 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY); tuned error handling;
  7337 
  7338 * HOL: cases and induct rules now provide explicit hints about the
  7339 number of facts to be consumed (0 for "type" and 1 for "set" rules);
  7340 any remaining facts are inserted into the goal verbatim;
  7341 
  7342 * HOL: local contexts (aka cases) may now contain term bindings as
  7343 well; the 'cases' and 'induct' methods new provide a ?case binding for
  7344 the result to be shown in each case;
  7345 
  7346 * HOL: added 'recdef_tc' command;
  7347 
  7348 * isatool convert assists in eliminating legacy ML scripts;
  7349 
  7350 
  7351 *** HOL ***
  7352 
  7353 * HOL/Library: a collection of generic theories to be used together
  7354 with main HOL; the theory loader path already includes this directory
  7355 by default; the following existing theories have been moved here:
  7356 HOL/Induct/Multiset, HOL/Induct/Acc (as Accessible_Part), HOL/While
  7357 (as While_Combinator), HOL/Lex/Prefix (as List_Prefix);
  7358 
  7359 * HOL/Unix: "Some aspects of Unix file-system security", a typical
  7360 modelling and verification task performed in Isabelle/HOL +
  7361 Isabelle/Isar + Isabelle document preparation (by Markus Wenzel).
  7362 
  7363 * HOL/Algebra: special summation operator SUM no longer exists, it has
  7364 been replaced by setsum; infix 'assoc' now has priority 50 (like
  7365 'dvd'); axiom 'one_not_zero' has been moved from axclass 'ring' to
  7366 'domain', this makes the theory consistent with mathematical
  7367 literature;
  7368 
  7369 * HOL basics: added overloaded operations "inverse" and "divide"
  7370 (infix "/"), syntax for generic "abs" operation, generic summation
  7371 operator \<Sum>;
  7372 
  7373 * HOL/typedef: simplified package, provide more useful rules (see also
  7374 HOL/subset.thy);
  7375 
  7376 * HOL/datatype: induction rule for arbitrarily branching datatypes is
  7377 now expressed as a proper nested rule (old-style tactic scripts may
  7378 require atomize_strip_tac to cope with non-atomic premises);
  7379 
  7380 * HOL: renamed theory "Prod" to "Product_Type", renamed "split" rule
  7381 to "split_conv" (old name still available for compatibility);
  7382 
  7383 * HOL: improved concrete syntax for strings (e.g. allows translation
  7384 rules with string literals);
  7385 
  7386 * HOL-Real-Hyperreal: this extends HOL-Real with the hyperreals
  7387  and Fleuriot's mechanization of analysis, including the transcendental
  7388  functions for the reals;
  7389 
  7390 * HOL/Real, HOL/Hyperreal: improved arithmetic simplification;
  7391 
  7392 
  7393 *** CTT ***
  7394 
  7395 * CTT: x-symbol support for Pi, Sigma, -->, : (membership); note that
  7396 "lam" is displayed as TWO lambda-symbols
  7397 
  7398 * CTT: theory Main now available, containing everything (that is, Bool
  7399 and Arith);
  7400 
  7401 
  7402 *** General ***
  7403 
  7404 * Pure: the Simplifier has been implemented properly as a derived rule
  7405 outside of the actual kernel (at last!); the overall performance
  7406 penalty in practical applications is about 50%, while reliability of
  7407 the Isabelle inference kernel has been greatly improved;
  7408 
  7409 * print modes "brackets" and "no_brackets" control output of nested =>
  7410 (types) and ==> (props); the default behaviour is "brackets";
  7411 
  7412 * Provers: fast_tac (and friends) now handle actual object-logic rules
  7413 as assumptions as well;
  7414 
  7415 * system: support Poly/ML 4.0;
  7416 
  7417 * system: isatool install handles KDE version 1 or 2;
  7418 
  7419 
  7420 
  7421 New in Isabelle99-1 (October 2000)
  7422 ----------------------------------
  7423 
  7424 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  7425 
  7426 * HOL: simplification of natural numbers is much changed; to partly
  7427 recover the old behaviour (e.g. to prevent n+n rewriting to #2*n)
  7428 issue the following ML commands:
  7429 
  7430   Delsimprocs Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.cancel_numerals;
  7431   Delsimprocs [Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.combine_numerals];
  7432 
  7433 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions; this is
  7434 controlled by "t.weak_case_cong" for each datatype t;
  7435 
  7436 * HOL: nat_less_induct renamed to less_induct;
  7437 
  7438 * HOL: systematic renaming of the SOME (Eps) rules, may use isatool
  7439 fixsome to patch .thy and .ML sources automatically;
  7440 
  7441   select_equality  -> some_equality
  7442   select_eq_Ex     -> some_eq_ex
  7443   selectI2EX       -> someI2_ex
  7444   selectI2         -> someI2
  7445   selectI          -> someI
  7446   select1_equality -> some1_equality
  7447   Eps_sym_eq       -> some_sym_eq_trivial
  7448   Eps_eq           -> some_eq_trivial
  7449 
  7450 * HOL: exhaust_tac on datatypes superceded by new generic case_tac;
  7451 
  7452 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem binding expand_if (refer to split_if
  7453 instead);
  7454 
  7455 * HOL: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' are now called
  7456 f.simps instead of f.rules;
  7457 
  7458 * HOL: qed_spec_mp now also handles bounded ALL as well;
  7459 
  7460 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded, so the type constraint ":: nat" may
  7461 sometimes be needed;
  7462 
  7463 * HOL: the constant for "f``x" is now "image" rather than "op ``";
  7464 
  7465 * HOL: the constant for "f-``x" is now "vimage" rather than "op -``";
  7466 
  7467 * HOL: the disjoint sum is now "<+>" instead of "Plus"; the cartesian
  7468 product is now "<*>" instead of "Times"; the lexicographic product is
  7469 now "<*lex*>" instead of "**";
  7470 
  7471 * HOL: theory Sexp is now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part
  7472 of main HOL, but was unused); better use HOL's datatype package;
  7473 
  7474 * HOL: removed "symbols" syntax for constant "override" of theory Map;
  7475 the old syntax may be recovered as follows:
  7476 
  7477   syntax (symbols)
  7478     override  :: "('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b)"
  7479       (infixl "\\<oplus>" 100)
  7480 
  7481 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  7482 
  7483 * HOL/ML: even fewer consts are declared as global (see theories Ord,
  7484 Lfp, Gfp, WF); this only affects ML packages that refer to const names
  7485 internally;
  7486 
  7487 * HOL and ZF: syntax for quotienting wrt an equivalence relation
  7488 changed from A/r to A//r;
  7489 
  7490 * ZF: new treatment of arithmetic (nat & int) may break some old
  7491 proofs;
  7492 
  7493 * Isar: renamed some attributes (RS -> THEN, simplify -> simplified,
  7494 rulify -> rule_format, elimify -> elim_format, ...);
  7495 
  7496 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  7497 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (in most cases, one
  7498 should have to change intro!! to intro? only); replaced "delrule" by
  7499 "rule del";
  7500 
  7501 * Isar/HOL: renamed "intrs" to "intros" in inductive definitions;
  7502 
  7503 * Provers: strengthened force_tac by using new first_best_tac;
  7504 
  7505 * LaTeX document preparation: several changes of isabelle.sty (see
  7506 lib/texinputs);
  7507 
  7508 
  7509 *** Document preparation ***
  7510 
  7511 * formal comments (text blocks etc.) in new-style theories may now
  7512 contain antiquotations of thm/prop/term/typ/text to be presented
  7513 according to latex print mode; concrete syntax is like this:
  7514 @{term[show_types] "f(x) = a + x"};
  7515 
  7516 * isatool mkdir provides easy setup of Isabelle session directories,
  7517 including proper document sources;
  7518 
  7519 * generated LaTeX sources are now deleted after successful run
  7520 (isatool document -c); may retain a copy somewhere else via -D option
  7521 of isatool usedir;
  7522 
  7523 * isatool usedir -D now lets isatool latex -o sty update the Isabelle
  7524 style files, achieving self-contained LaTeX sources and simplifying
  7525 LaTeX debugging;
  7526 
  7527 * old-style theories now produce (crude) LaTeX output as well;
  7528 
  7529 * browser info session directories are now self-contained (may be put
  7530 on WWW server seperately); improved graphs of nested sessions; removed
  7531 graph for 'all sessions';
  7532 
  7533 * several improvements in isabelle style files; \isabellestyle{it}
  7534 produces fake math mode output; \isamarkupheader is now \section by
  7535 default; see lib/texinputs/isabelle.sty etc.;
  7536 
  7537 
  7538 *** Isar ***
  7539 
  7540 * Isar/Pure: local results and corresponding term bindings are now
  7541 subject to Hindley-Milner polymorphism (similar to ML); this
  7542 accommodates incremental type-inference very nicely;
  7543 
  7544 * Isar/Pure: new derived language element 'obtain' supports
  7545 generalized existence reasoning;
  7546 
  7547 * Isar/Pure: new calculational elements 'moreover' and 'ultimately'
  7548 support accumulation of results, without applying any rules yet;
  7549 useful to collect intermediate results without explicit name
  7550 references, and for use with transitivity rules with more than 2
  7551 premises;
  7552 
  7553 * Isar/Pure: scalable support for case-analysis type proofs: new
  7554 'case' language element refers to local contexts symbolically, as
  7555 produced by certain proof methods; internally, case names are attached
  7556 to theorems as "tags";
  7557 
  7558 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'hide' removes declarations from
  7559 class/type/const name spaces;
  7560 
  7561 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'defs' supports option "(overloaded)" to
  7562 indicate potential overloading;
  7563 
  7564 * Isar/Pure: changed syntax of local blocks from {{ }} to { };
  7565 
  7566 * Isar/Pure: syntax of sorts made 'inner', i.e. have to write
  7567 "{a,b,c}" instead of {a,b,c};
  7568 
  7569 * Isar/Pure now provides its own version of intro/elim/dest
  7570 attributes; useful for building new logics, but beware of confusion
  7571 with the version in Provers/classical;
  7572 
  7573 * Isar/Pure: the local context of (non-atomic) goals is provided via
  7574 case name 'antecedent';
  7575 
  7576 * Isar/Pure: removed obsolete 'transfer' attribute (transfer of thms
  7577 to the current context is now done automatically);
  7578 
  7579 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'method_setup' provides a simple interface
  7580 for definining proof methods in ML;
  7581 
  7582 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  7583 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  7584 most cases, one should have to change intro!! to intro? only);
  7585 replaced "delrule" by "rule del";
  7586 
  7587 * Isar/Provers: new 'hypsubst' method, plain 'subst' method and
  7588 'symmetric' attribute (the latter supercedes [RS sym]);
  7589 
  7590 * Isar/Provers: splitter support (via 'split' attribute and 'simp'
  7591 method modifier); 'simp' method: 'only:' modifier removes loopers as
  7592 well (including splits);
  7593 
  7594 * Isar/Provers: Simplifier and Classical methods now support all kind
  7595 of modifiers used in the past, including 'cong', 'iff', etc.
  7596 
  7597 * Isar/Provers: added 'fastsimp' and 'clarsimp' methods (combination
  7598 of Simplifier and Classical reasoner);
  7599 
  7600 * Isar/HOL: new proof method 'cases' and improved version of 'induct'
  7601 now support named cases; major packages (inductive, datatype, primrec,
  7602 recdef) support case names and properly name parameters;
  7603 
  7604 * Isar/HOL: new transitivity rules for substitution in inequalities --
  7605 monotonicity conditions are extracted to be proven at end of
  7606 calculations;
  7607 
  7608 * Isar/HOL: removed 'case_split' thm binding, should use 'cases' proof
  7609 method anyway;
  7610 
  7611 * Isar/HOL: removed old expand_if = split_if; theorems if_splits =
  7612 split_if split_if_asm; datatype package provides theorems foo.splits =
  7613 foo.split foo.split_asm for each datatype;
  7614 
  7615 * Isar/HOL: tuned inductive package, rename "intrs" to "intros"
  7616 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY), emulation of mk_cases feature for proof
  7617 scripts: new 'inductive_cases' command and 'ind_cases' method; (Note:
  7618 use "(cases (simplified))" method in proper proof texts);
  7619 
  7620 * Isar/HOL: added global 'arith_split' attribute for 'arith' method;
  7621 
  7622 * Isar: names of theorems etc. may be natural numbers as well;
  7623 
  7624 * Isar: 'pr' command: optional arguments for goals_limit and
  7625 ProofContext.prems_limit; no longer prints theory contexts, but only
  7626 proof states;
  7627 
  7628 * Isar: diagnostic commands 'pr', 'thm', 'prop', 'term', 'typ' admit
  7629 additional print modes to be specified; e.g. "pr(latex)" will print
  7630 proof state according to the Isabelle LaTeX style;
  7631 
  7632 * Isar: improved support for emulating tactic scripts, including proof
  7633 methods 'rule_tac' etc., 'cut_tac', 'thin_tac', 'subgoal_tac',
  7634 'rename_tac', 'rotate_tac', 'tactic', and 'case_tac' / 'induct_tac'
  7635 (for HOL datatypes);
  7636 
  7637 * Isar: simplified (more robust) goal selection of proof methods: 1st
  7638 goal, all goals, or explicit goal specifier (tactic emulation); thus
  7639 'proof method scripts' have to be in depth-first order;
  7640 
  7641 * Isar: tuned 'let' syntax: replaced 'as' keyword by 'and';
  7642 
  7643 * Isar: removed 'help' command, which hasn't been too helpful anyway;
  7644 should instead use individual commands for printing items
  7645 (print_commands, print_methods etc.);
  7646 
  7647 * Isar: added 'nothing' --- the empty list of theorems;
  7648 
  7649 
  7650 *** HOL ***
  7651 
  7652 * HOL/MicroJava: formalization of a fragment of Java, together with a
  7653 corresponding virtual machine and a specification of its bytecode
  7654 verifier and a lightweight bytecode verifier, including proofs of
  7655 type-safety; by Gerwin Klein, Tobias Nipkow, David von Oheimb, and
  7656 Cornelia Pusch (see also the homepage of project Bali at
  7657 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Bali/);
  7658 
  7659 * HOL/Algebra: new theory of rings and univariate polynomials, by
  7660 Clemens Ballarin;
  7661 
  7662 * HOL/NumberTheory: fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, Chinese
  7663 Remainder Theorem, Fermat/Euler Theorem, Wilson's Theorem, by Thomas M
  7664 Rasmussen;
  7665 
  7666 * HOL/Lattice: fundamental concepts of lattice theory and order
  7667 structures, including duals, properties of bounds versus algebraic
  7668 laws, lattice operations versus set-theoretic ones, the Knaster-Tarski
  7669 Theorem for complete lattices etc.; may also serve as a demonstration
  7670 for abstract algebraic reasoning using axiomatic type classes, and
  7671 mathematics-style proof in Isabelle/Isar; by Markus Wenzel;
  7672 
  7673 * HOL/Prolog: a (bare-bones) implementation of Lambda-Prolog, by David
  7674 von Oheimb;
  7675 
  7676 * HOL/IMPP: extension of IMP with local variables and mutually
  7677 recursive procedures, by David von Oheimb;
  7678 
  7679 * HOL/Lambda: converted into new-style theory and document;
  7680 
  7681 * HOL/ex/Multiquote: example of multiple nested quotations and
  7682 anti-quotations -- basically a generalized version of de-Bruijn
  7683 representation; very useful in avoiding lifting of operations;
  7684 
  7685 * HOL/record: added general record equality rule to simpset; fixed
  7686 select-update simplification procedure to handle extended records as
  7687 well; admit "r" as field name;
  7688 
  7689 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded over the new sort "zero", allowing its use with
  7690 other numeric types and also as the identity of groups, rings, etc.;
  7691 
  7692 * HOL: new axclass plus_ac0 for addition with the AC-laws and 0 as identity.
  7693 Types nat and int belong to this axclass;
  7694 
  7695 * HOL: greatly improved simplification involving numerals of type nat, int, real:
  7696    (i + #8 + j) = Suc k simplifies to  #7 + (i + j) = k
  7697    i*j + k + j*#3*i     simplifies to  #4*(i*j) + k
  7698   two terms #m*u and #n*u are replaced by #(m+n)*u
  7699     (where #m, #n and u can implicitly be 1; this is simproc combine_numerals)
  7700   and the term/formula #m*u+x ~~ #n*u+y simplifies simplifies to #(m-n)+x ~~ y
  7701     or x ~~ #(n-m)+y, where ~~ is one of = < <= or - (simproc cancel_numerals);
  7702 
  7703 * HOL: meson_tac is available (previously in ex/meson.ML); it is a
  7704 powerful prover for predicate logic but knows nothing of clasets; see
  7705 ex/mesontest.ML and ex/mesontest2.ML for example applications;
  7706 
  7707 * HOL: new version of "case_tac" subsumes both boolean case split and
  7708 "exhaust_tac" on datatypes; INCOMPATIBILITY: exhaust_tac no longer
  7709 exists, may define val exhaust_tac = case_tac for ad-hoc portability;
  7710 
  7711 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions: only the
  7712 selector expression is simplified, but not the remaining arms; to
  7713 enable full simplification of case-expressions for datatype t, you may
  7714 remove t.weak_case_cong from the simpset, either globally (Delcongs
  7715 [thm"t.weak_case_cong"];) or locally (delcongs [...]).
  7716 
  7717 * HOL/recdef: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' for
  7718 function 'f' are now called f.simps instead of f.rules; if all
  7719 termination conditions are proved automatically, these simplification
  7720 rules are added to the simpset, as in primrec; rules may be named
  7721 individually as well, resulting in a separate list of theorems for
  7722 each equation;
  7723 
  7724 * HOL/While is a new theory that provides a while-combinator. It
  7725 permits the definition of tail-recursive functions without the
  7726 provision of a termination measure. The latter is necessary once the
  7727 invariant proof rule for while is applied.
  7728 
  7729 * HOL: new (overloaded) notation for the set of elements below/above
  7730 some element: {..u}, {..u(}, {l..}, {)l..}. See theory SetInterval.
  7731 
  7732 * HOL: theorems impI, allI, ballI bound as "strip";
  7733 
  7734 * HOL: new tactic induct_thm_tac: thm -> string -> int -> tactic
  7735 induct_tac th "x1 ... xn" expects th to have a conclusion of the form
  7736 P v1 ... vn and abbreviates res_inst_tac [("v1","x1"),...,("vn","xn")] th;
  7737 
  7738 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  7739 
  7740 * HOL: theory Sexp now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part of
  7741 main HOL, but was unused);
  7742 
  7743 * HOL: fewer consts declared as global (e.g. have to refer to
  7744 "Lfp.lfp" instead of "lfp" internally; affects ML packages only);
  7745 
  7746 * HOL: tuned AST representation of nested pairs, avoiding bogus output
  7747 in case of overlap with user translations (e.g. judgements over
  7748 tuples); (note that the underlying logical represenation is still
  7749 bogus);
  7750 
  7751 
  7752 *** ZF ***
  7753 
  7754 * ZF: simplification automatically cancels common terms in arithmetic
  7755 expressions over nat and int;
  7756 
  7757 * ZF: new treatment of nat to minimize type-checking: all operators
  7758 coerce their operands to a natural number using the function natify,
  7759 making the algebraic laws unconditional;
  7760 
  7761 * ZF: as above, for int: operators coerce their operands to an integer
  7762 using the function intify;
  7763 
  7764 * ZF: the integer library now contains many of the usual laws for the
  7765 orderings, including $<=, and monotonicity laws for $+ and $*;
  7766 
  7767 * ZF: new example ZF/ex/NatSum to demonstrate integer arithmetic
  7768 simplification;
  7769 
  7770 * FOL and ZF: AddIffs now available, giving theorems of the form P<->Q
  7771 to the simplifier and classical reasoner simultaneously;
  7772 
  7773 
  7774 *** General ***
  7775 
  7776 * Provers: blast_tac now handles actual object-logic rules as
  7777 assumptions; note that auto_tac uses blast_tac internally as well;
  7778 
  7779 * Provers: new functions rulify/rulify_no_asm: thm -> thm for turning
  7780 outer -->/All/Ball into ==>/!!; qed_spec_mp now uses rulify_no_asm;
  7781 
  7782 * Provers: delrules now handles destruct rules as well (no longer need
  7783 explicit make_elim);
  7784 
  7785 * Provers: Blast_tac now warns of and ignores "weak elimination rules" e.g.
  7786   [| inj ?f;          ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  7787 use instead the strong form,
  7788   [| inj ?f; ~ ?W ==> ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  7789 in HOL, FOL and ZF the function cla_make_elim will create such rules
  7790 from destruct-rules;
  7791 
  7792 * Provers: Simplifier.easy_setup provides a fast path to basic
  7793 Simplifier setup for new object-logics;
  7794 
  7795 * Pure: AST translation rules no longer require constant head on LHS;
  7796 
  7797 * Pure: improved name spaces: ambiguous output is qualified; support
  7798 for hiding of names;
  7799 
  7800 * system: smart setup of canonical ML_HOME, ISABELLE_INTERFACE, and
  7801 XSYMBOL_HOME; no longer need to do manual configuration in most
  7802 situations;
  7803 
  7804 * system: compression of ML heaps images may now be controlled via -c
  7805 option of isabelle and isatool usedir (currently only observed by
  7806 Poly/ML);
  7807 
  7808 * system: isatool installfonts may handle X-Symbol fonts as well (very
  7809 useful for remote X11);
  7810 
  7811 * system: provide TAGS file for Isabelle sources;
  7812 
  7813 * ML: infix 'OF' is a version of 'MRS' with more appropriate argument
  7814 order;
  7815 
  7816 * ML: renamed flags Syntax.trace_norm_ast to Syntax.trace_ast; global
  7817 timing flag supersedes proof_timing and Toplevel.trace;
  7818 
  7819 * ML: new combinators |>> and |>>> for incremental transformations
  7820 with secondary results (e.g. certain theory extensions):
  7821 
  7822 * ML: PureThy.add_defs gets additional argument to indicate potential
  7823 overloading (usually false);
  7824 
  7825 * ML: PureThy.add_thms/add_axioms/add_defs now return theorems as
  7826 results;
  7827 
  7828 
  7829 
  7830 New in Isabelle99 (October 1999)
  7831 --------------------------------
  7832 
  7833 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  7834 
  7835 * HOL: The THEN and ELSE parts of conditional expressions (if P then x else y)
  7836 are no longer simplified.  (This allows the simplifier to unfold recursive
  7837 functional programs.)  To restore the old behaviour, declare
  7838 
  7839     Delcongs [if_weak_cong];
  7840 
  7841 * HOL: Removed the obsolete syntax "Compl A"; use -A for set
  7842 complement;
  7843 
  7844 * HOL: the predicate "inj" is now defined by translation to "inj_on";
  7845 
  7846 * HOL/datatype: mutual_induct_tac no longer exists --
  7847   use induct_tac "x_1 ... x_n" instead of mutual_induct_tac ["x_1", ..., "x_n"]
  7848 
  7849 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  7850 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  7851 
  7852 * ZF: The con_defs part of an inductive definition may no longer refer
  7853 to constants declared in the same theory;
  7854 
  7855 * HOL, ZF: the function mk_cases, generated by the inductive
  7856 definition package, has lost an argument.  To simplify its result, it
  7857 uses the default simpset instead of a supplied list of theorems.
  7858 
  7859 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  7860 
  7861 * Simplifier: the type of the infix ML functions
  7862         setSSolver addSSolver setSolver addSolver
  7863 is now  simpset * solver -> simpset  where `solver' is a new abstract type
  7864 for packaging solvers. A solver is created via
  7865         mk_solver: string -> (thm list -> int -> tactic) -> solver
  7866 where the string argument is only a comment.
  7867 
  7868 
  7869 *** Proof tools ***
  7870 
  7871 * Provers/Arith/fast_lin_arith.ML contains a functor for creating a
  7872 decision procedure for linear arithmetic. Currently it is used for
  7873 types `nat', `int', and `real' in HOL (see below); it can, should and
  7874 will be instantiated for other types and logics as well.
  7875 
  7876 * The simplifier now accepts rewrite rules with flexible heads, eg
  7877      hom ?f ==> ?f(?x+?y) = ?f ?x + ?f ?y
  7878   They are applied like any rule with a non-pattern lhs, i.e. by first-order
  7879   matching.
  7880 
  7881 
  7882 *** General ***
  7883 
  7884 * New Isabelle/Isar subsystem provides an alternative to traditional
  7885 tactical theorem proving; together with the ProofGeneral/isar user
  7886 interface it offers an interactive environment for developing human
  7887 readable proof documents (Isar == Intelligible semi-automated
  7888 reasoning); for further information see isatool doc isar-ref,
  7889 src/HOL/Isar_examples and http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Isar/
  7890 
  7891 * improved and simplified presentation of theories: better HTML markup
  7892 (including colors), graph views in several sizes; isatool usedir now
  7893 provides a proper interface for user theories (via -P option); actual
  7894 document preparation based on (PDF)LaTeX is available as well (for
  7895 new-style theories only); see isatool doc system for more information;
  7896 
  7897 * native support for Proof General, both for classic Isabelle and
  7898 Isabelle/Isar;
  7899 
  7900 * ML function thm_deps visualizes dependencies of theorems and lemmas,
  7901 using the graph browser tool;
  7902 
  7903 * Isabelle manuals now also available as PDF;
  7904 
  7905 * theory loader rewritten from scratch (may not be fully
  7906 bug-compatible); old loadpath variable has been replaced by show_path,
  7907 add_path, del_path, reset_path functions; new operations such as
  7908 update_thy, touch_thy, remove_thy, use/update_thy_only (see also
  7909 isatool doc ref);
  7910 
  7911 * improved isatool install: option -k creates KDE application icon,
  7912 option -p DIR installs standalone binaries;
  7913 
  7914 * added ML_PLATFORM setting (useful for cross-platform installations);
  7915 more robust handling of platform specific ML images for SML/NJ;
  7916 
  7917 * the settings environment is now statically scoped, i.e. it is never
  7918 created again in sub-processes invoked from isabelle, isatool, or
  7919 Isabelle;
  7920 
  7921 * path element specification '~~' refers to '$ISABELLE_HOME';
  7922 
  7923 * in locales, the "assumes" and "defines" parts may be omitted if
  7924 empty;
  7925 
  7926 * new print_mode "xsymbols" for extended symbol support (e.g. genuine
  7927 long arrows);
  7928 
  7929 * new print_mode "HTML";
  7930 
  7931 * new flag show_tags controls display of tags of theorems (which are
  7932 basically just comments that may be attached by some tools);
  7933 
  7934 * Isamode 2.6 requires patch to accomodate change of Isabelle font
  7935 mode and goal output format:
  7936 
  7937 diff -r Isamode-2.6/elisp/isa-load.el Isamode/elisp/isa-load.el
  7938 244c244
  7939 <       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-msymbols" logic-name)
  7940 ---
  7941 >       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-misabelle_font" "-msymbols" logic-name)
  7942 diff -r Isabelle-2.6/elisp/isa-proofstate.el Isamode/elisp/isa-proofstate.el
  7943 181c181
  7944 < (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+$"
  7945 ---
  7946 > (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+"
  7947 
  7948 * function bind_thms stores lists of theorems (cf. bind_thm);
  7949 
  7950 * new shorthand tactics ftac, eatac, datac, fatac;
  7951 
  7952 * qed (and friends) now accept "" as result name; in that case the
  7953 theorem is not stored, but proper checks and presentation of the
  7954 result still apply;
  7955 
  7956 * theorem database now also indexes constants "Trueprop", "all",
  7957 "==>", "=="; thus thms_containing, findI etc. may retrieve more rules;
  7958 
  7959 
  7960 *** HOL ***
  7961 
  7962 ** HOL arithmetic **
  7963 
  7964 * There are now decision procedures for linear arithmetic over nat and
  7965 int:
  7966 
  7967 1. arith_tac copes with arbitrary formulae involving `=', `<', `<=',
  7968 `+', `-', `Suc', `min', `max' and numerical constants; other subterms
  7969 are treated as atomic; subformulae not involving type `nat' or `int'
  7970 are ignored; quantified subformulae are ignored unless they are
  7971 positive universal or negative existential. The tactic has to be
  7972 invoked by hand and can be a little bit slow. In particular, the
  7973 running time is exponential in the number of occurrences of `min' and
  7974 `max', and `-' on `nat'.
  7975 
  7976 2. fast_arith_tac is a cut-down version of arith_tac: it only takes
  7977 (negated) (in)equalities among the premises and the conclusion into
  7978 account (i.e. no compound formulae) and does not know about `min' and
  7979 `max', and `-' on `nat'. It is fast and is used automatically by the
  7980 simplifier.
  7981 
  7982 NB: At the moment, these decision procedures do not cope with mixed
  7983 nat/int formulae where the two parts interact, such as `m < n ==>
  7984 int(m) < int(n)'.
  7985 
  7986 * HOL/Numeral provides a generic theory of numerals (encoded
  7987 efficiently as bit strings); setup for types nat/int/real is in place;
  7988 INCOMPATIBILITY: since numeral syntax is now polymorphic, rather than
  7989 int, existing theories and proof scripts may require a few additional
  7990 type constraints;
  7991 
  7992 * integer division and remainder can now be performed on constant
  7993 arguments;
  7994 
  7995 * many properties of integer multiplication, division and remainder
  7996 are now available;
  7997 
  7998 * An interface to the Stanford Validity Checker (SVC) is available through the
  7999 tactic svc_tac.  Propositional tautologies and theorems of linear arithmetic
  8000 are proved automatically.  SVC must be installed separately, and its results
  8001 must be TAKEN ON TRUST (Isabelle does not check the proofs, but tags any
  8002 invocation of the underlying oracle).  For SVC see
  8003   http://verify.stanford.edu/SVC
  8004 
  8005 * IsaMakefile: the HOL-Real target now builds an actual image;
  8006 
  8007 
  8008 ** HOL misc **
  8009 
  8010 * HOL/Real/HahnBanach: the Hahn-Banach theorem for real vector spaces
  8011 (in Isabelle/Isar) -- by Gertrud Bauer;
  8012 
  8013 * HOL/BCV: generic model of bytecode verification, i.e. data-flow
  8014 analysis for assembly languages with subtypes;
  8015 
  8016 * HOL/TLA (Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions): major reorganization
  8017 -- avoids syntactic ambiguities and treats state, transition, and
  8018 temporal levels more uniformly; introduces INCOMPATIBILITIES due to
  8019 changed syntax and (many) tactics;
  8020 
  8021 * HOL/inductive: Now also handles more general introduction rules such
  8022   as "ALL y. (y, x) : r --> y : acc r ==> x : acc r"; monotonicity
  8023   theorems are now maintained within the theory (maintained via the
  8024   "mono" attribute);
  8025 
  8026 * HOL/datatype: Now also handles arbitrarily branching datatypes
  8027   (using function types) such as
  8028 
  8029   datatype 'a tree = Atom 'a | Branch "nat => 'a tree"
  8030 
  8031 * HOL/record: record_simproc (part of the default simpset) takes care
  8032 of selectors applied to updated records; record_split_tac is no longer
  8033 part of the default claset; update_defs may now be removed from the
  8034 simpset in many cases; COMPATIBILITY: old behavior achieved by
  8035 
  8036   claset_ref () := claset() addSWrapper record_split_wrapper;
  8037   Delsimprocs [record_simproc]
  8038 
  8039 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  8040 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  8041 
  8042 * HOL/recdef (TFL): 'congs' syntax now expects comma separated list of theorem
  8043 names rather than an ML expression;
  8044 
  8045 * HOL/defer_recdef (TFL): like recdef but the well-founded relation can be
  8046 supplied later.  Program schemes can be defined, such as
  8047     "While B C s = (if B s then While B C (C s) else s)"
  8048 where the well-founded relation can be chosen after B and C have been given.
  8049 
  8050 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  8051 INCOMPATIBILITY: while [] and infix # syntax is still there, of
  8052 course, ML tools referring to List.list.op # etc. have to be adapted;
  8053 
  8054 * HOL_quantifiers flag superseded by "HOL" print mode, which is
  8055 disabled by default; run isabelle with option -m HOL to get back to
  8056 the original Gordon/HOL-style output;
  8057 
  8058 * HOL/Ord.thy: new bounded quantifier syntax (input only): ALL x<y. P,
  8059 ALL x<=y. P, EX x<y. P, EX x<=y. P;
  8060 
  8061 * HOL basic syntax simplified (more orthogonal): all variants of
  8062 All/Ex now support plain / symbolic / HOL notation; plain syntax for
  8063 Eps operator is provided as well: "SOME x. P[x]";
  8064 
  8065 * HOL/Sum.thy: sum_case has been moved to HOL/Datatype;
  8066 
  8067 * HOL/Univ.thy: infix syntax <*>, <+>, <**>, <+> eliminated and made
  8068 thus available for user theories;
  8069 
  8070 * HOLCF/IOA/Sequents: renamed 'Cons' to 'Consq' to avoid clash with
  8071 HOL/List; hardly an INCOMPATIBILITY since '>>' syntax is used all the
  8072 time;
  8073 
  8074 * HOL: new tactic smp_tac: int -> int -> tactic, which applies spec
  8075 several times and then mp;
  8076 
  8077 
  8078 *** LK ***
  8079 
  8080 * the notation <<...>> is now available as a notation for sequences of
  8081 formulas;
  8082 
  8083 * the simplifier is now installed
  8084 
  8085 * the axiom system has been generalized (thanks to Soren Heilmann)
  8086 
  8087 * the classical reasoner now has a default rule database
  8088 
  8089 
  8090 *** ZF ***
  8091 
  8092 * new primrec section allows primitive recursive functions to be given
  8093 directly (as in HOL) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  8094 
  8095 * new tactics induct_tac and exhaust_tac for induction (or case
  8096 analysis) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  8097 
  8098 * the datatype declaration of type T now defines the recursor T_rec;
  8099 
  8100 * simplification automatically does freeness reasoning for datatype
  8101 constructors;
  8102 
  8103 * automatic type-inference, with AddTCs command to insert new
  8104 type-checking rules;
  8105 
  8106 * datatype introduction rules are now added as Safe Introduction rules
  8107 to the claset;
  8108 
  8109 * the syntax "if P then x else y" is now available in addition to
  8110 if(P,x,y);
  8111 
  8112 
  8113 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
  8114 
  8115 * tuned simplifier trace output; new flag debug_simp;
  8116 
  8117 * structures Vartab / Termtab (instances of TableFun) offer efficient
  8118 tables indexed by indexname_ord / term_ord (compatible with aconv);
  8119 
  8120 * AxClass.axclass_tac lost the theory argument;
  8121 
  8122 * tuned current_goals_markers semantics: begin / end goal avoids
  8123 printing empty lines;
  8124 
  8125 * removed prs and prs_fn hook, which was broken because it did not
  8126 include \n in its semantics, forcing writeln to add one
  8127 uncoditionally; replaced prs_fn by writeln_fn; consider std_output:
  8128 string -> unit if you really want to output text without newline;
  8129 
  8130 * Symbol.output subject to print mode; INCOMPATIBILITY: defaults to
  8131 plain output, interface builders may have to enable 'isabelle_font'
  8132 mode to get Isabelle font glyphs as before;
  8133 
  8134 * refined token_translation interface; INCOMPATIBILITY: output length
  8135 now of type real instead of int;
  8136 
  8137 * theory loader actions may be traced via new ThyInfo.add_hook
  8138 interface (see src/Pure/Thy/thy_info.ML); example application: keep
  8139 your own database of information attached to *whole* theories -- as
  8140 opposed to intra-theory data slots offered via TheoryDataFun;
  8141 
  8142 * proper handling of dangling sort hypotheses (at last!);
  8143 Thm.strip_shyps and Drule.strip_shyps_warning take care of removing
  8144 extra sort hypotheses that can be witnessed from the type signature;
  8145 the force_strip_shyps flag is gone, any remaining shyps are simply
  8146 left in the theorem (with a warning issued by strip_shyps_warning);
  8147 
  8148 
  8149 
  8150 New in Isabelle98-1 (October 1998)
  8151 ----------------------------------
  8152 
  8153 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8154 
  8155 * several changes of automated proof tools;
  8156 
  8157 * HOL: major changes to the inductive and datatype packages, including
  8158 some minor incompatibilities of theory syntax;
  8159 
  8160 * HOL: renamed r^-1 to 'converse' from 'inverse'; 'inj_onto' is now
  8161 called `inj_on';
  8162 
  8163 * HOL: removed duplicate thms in Arith:
  8164   less_imp_add_less  should be replaced by  trans_less_add1
  8165   le_imp_add_le      should be replaced by  trans_le_add1
  8166 
  8167 * HOL: unary minus is now overloaded (new type constraints may be
  8168 required);
  8169 
  8170 * HOL and ZF: unary minus for integers is now #- instead of #~.  In
  8171 ZF, expressions such as n#-1 must be changed to n#- 1, since #-1 is
  8172 now taken as an integer constant.
  8173 
  8174 * Pure: ML function 'theory_of' renamed to 'theory';
  8175 
  8176 
  8177 *** Proof tools ***
  8178 
  8179 * Simplifier:
  8180   1. Asm_full_simp_tac is now more aggressive.
  8181      1. It will sometimes reorient premises if that increases their power to
  8182         simplify.
  8183      2. It does no longer proceed strictly from left to right but may also
  8184         rotate premises to achieve further simplification.
  8185      For compatibility reasons there is now Asm_lr_simp_tac which is like the
  8186      old Asm_full_simp_tac in that it does not rotate premises.
  8187   2. The simplifier now knows a little bit about nat-arithmetic.
  8188 
  8189 * Classical reasoner: wrapper mechanism for the classical reasoner now
  8190 allows for selected deletion of wrappers, by introduction of names for
  8191 wrapper functionals.  This implies that addbefore, addSbefore,
  8192 addaltern, and addSaltern now take a pair (name, tactic) as argument,
  8193 and that adding two tactics with the same name overwrites the first
  8194 one (emitting a warning).
  8195   type wrapper = (int -> tactic) -> (int -> tactic)
  8196   setWrapper, setSWrapper, compWrapper and compSWrapper are replaced by
  8197   addWrapper, addSWrapper: claset * (string * wrapper) -> claset
  8198   delWrapper, delSWrapper: claset *  string            -> claset
  8199   getWrapper is renamed to appWrappers, getSWrapper to appSWrappers;
  8200 
  8201 * Classical reasoner: addbefore/addSbefore now have APPEND/ORELSE
  8202 semantics; addbefore now affects only the unsafe part of step_tac
  8203 etc.; this affects addss/auto_tac/force_tac, so EXISTING PROOFS MAY
  8204 FAIL, but proofs should be fixable easily, e.g. by replacing Auto_tac
  8205 by Force_tac;
  8206 
  8207 * Classical reasoner: setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to
  8208 compWrapper; added safe wrapper (and access functions for it);
  8209 
  8210 * HOL/split_all_tac is now much faster and fails if there is nothing
  8211 to split.  Some EXISTING PROOFS MAY REQUIRE ADAPTION because the order
  8212 and the names of the automatically generated variables have changed.
  8213 split_all_tac has moved within claset() from unsafe wrappers to safe
  8214 wrappers, which means that !!-bound variables are split much more
  8215 aggressively, and safe_tac and clarify_tac now split such variables.
  8216 If this splitting is not appropriate, use delSWrapper "split_all_tac".
  8217 Note: the same holds for record_split_tac, which does the job of
  8218 split_all_tac for record fields.
  8219 
  8220 * HOL/Simplifier: Rewrite rules for case distinctions can now be added
  8221 permanently to the default simpset using Addsplits just like
  8222 Addsimps. They can be removed via Delsplits just like
  8223 Delsimps. Lower-case versions are also available.
  8224 
  8225 * HOL/Simplifier: The rule split_if is now part of the default
  8226 simpset. This means that the simplifier will eliminate all occurrences
  8227 of if-then-else in the conclusion of a goal. To prevent this, you can
  8228 either remove split_if completely from the default simpset by
  8229 `Delsplits [split_if]' or remove it in a specific call of the
  8230 simplifier using `... delsplits [split_if]'.  You can also add/delete
  8231 other case splitting rules to/from the default simpset: every datatype
  8232 generates suitable rules `split_t_case' and `split_t_case_asm' (where
  8233 t is the name of the datatype).
  8234 
  8235 * Classical reasoner / Simplifier combination: new force_tac (and
  8236 derivatives Force_tac, force) combines rewriting and classical
  8237 reasoning (and whatever other tools) similarly to auto_tac, but is
  8238 aimed to solve the given subgoal completely.
  8239 
  8240 
  8241 *** General ***
  8242 
  8243 * new top-level commands `Goal' and `Goalw' that improve upon `goal'
  8244 and `goalw': the theory is no longer needed as an explicit argument -
  8245 the current theory context is used; assumptions are no longer returned
  8246 at the ML-level unless one of them starts with ==> or !!; it is
  8247 recommended to convert to these new commands using isatool fixgoal
  8248 (backup your sources first!);
  8249 
  8250 * new top-level commands 'thm' and 'thms' for retrieving theorems from
  8251 the current theory context, and 'theory' to lookup stored theories;
  8252 
  8253 * new theory section 'locale' for declaring constants, assumptions and
  8254 definitions that have local scope;
  8255 
  8256 * new theory section 'nonterminals' for purely syntactic types;
  8257 
  8258 * new theory section 'setup' for generic ML setup functions
  8259 (e.g. package initialization);
  8260 
  8261 * the distribution now includes Isabelle icons: see
  8262 lib/logo/isabelle-{small,tiny}.xpm;
  8263 
  8264 * isatool install - install binaries with absolute references to
  8265 ISABELLE_HOME/bin;
  8266 
  8267 * isatool logo -- create instances of the Isabelle logo (as EPS);
  8268 
  8269 * print mode 'emacs' reserved for Isamode;
  8270 
  8271 * support multiple print (ast) translations per constant name;
  8272 
  8273 * theorems involving oracles are now printed with a suffixed [!];
  8274 
  8275 
  8276 *** HOL ***
  8277 
  8278 * there is now a tutorial on Isabelle/HOL (do 'isatool doc tutorial');
  8279 
  8280 * HOL/inductive package reorganized and improved: now supports mutual
  8281 definitions such as
  8282 
  8283   inductive EVEN ODD
  8284     intrs
  8285       null "0 : EVEN"
  8286       oddI "n : EVEN ==> Suc n : ODD"
  8287       evenI "n : ODD ==> Suc n : EVEN"
  8288 
  8289 new theorem list "elims" contains an elimination rule for each of the
  8290 recursive sets; inductive definitions now handle disjunctive premises
  8291 correctly (also ZF);
  8292 
  8293 INCOMPATIBILITIES: requires Inductive as an ancestor; component
  8294 "mutual_induct" no longer exists - the induction rule is always
  8295 contained in "induct";
  8296 
  8297 
  8298 * HOL/datatype package re-implemented and greatly improved: now
  8299 supports mutually recursive datatypes such as
  8300 
  8301   datatype
  8302     'a aexp = IF_THEN_ELSE ('a bexp) ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8303             | SUM ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8304             | DIFF ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8305             | NUM 'a
  8306   and
  8307     'a bexp = LESS ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8308             | AND ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
  8309             | OR ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
  8310 
  8311 as well as indirectly recursive datatypes such as
  8312 
  8313   datatype
  8314     ('a, 'b) term = Var 'a
  8315                   | App 'b ((('a, 'b) term) list)
  8316 
  8317 The new tactic  mutual_induct_tac [<var_1>, ..., <var_n>] i  performs
  8318 induction on mutually / indirectly recursive datatypes.
  8319 
  8320 Primrec equations are now stored in theory and can be accessed via
  8321 <function_name>.simps.
  8322 
  8323 INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  8324 
  8325   - Theories using datatypes must now have theory Datatype as an
  8326     ancestor.
  8327   - The specific <typename>.induct_tac no longer exists - use the
  8328     generic induct_tac instead.
  8329   - natE has been renamed to nat.exhaust - use exhaust_tac
  8330     instead of res_inst_tac ... natE. Note that the variable
  8331     names in nat.exhaust differ from the names in natE, this
  8332     may cause some "fragile" proofs to fail.
  8333   - The theorems split_<typename>_case and split_<typename>_case_asm
  8334     have been renamed to <typename>.split and <typename>.split_asm.
  8335   - Since default sorts of type variables are now handled correctly,
  8336     some datatype definitions may have to be annotated with explicit
  8337     sort constraints.
  8338   - Primrec definitions no longer require function name and type
  8339     of recursive argument.
  8340 
  8341 Consider using isatool fixdatatype to adapt your theories and proof
  8342 scripts to the new package (backup your sources first!).
  8343 
  8344 
  8345 * HOL/record package: considerably improved implementation; now
  8346 includes concrete syntax for record types, terms, updates; theorems
  8347 for surjective pairing and splitting !!-bound record variables; proof
  8348 support is as follows:
  8349 
  8350   1) standard conversions (selectors or updates applied to record
  8351 constructor terms) are part of the standard simpset;
  8352 
  8353   2) inject equations of the form ((x, y) = (x', y')) == x=x' & y=y' are
  8354 made part of standard simpset and claset via addIffs;
  8355 
  8356   3) a tactic for record field splitting (record_split_tac) is part of
  8357 the standard claset (addSWrapper);
  8358 
  8359 To get a better idea about these rules you may retrieve them via
  8360 something like 'thms "foo.simps"' or 'thms "foo.iffs"', where "foo" is
  8361 the name of your record type.
  8362 
  8363 The split tactic 3) conceptually simplifies by the following rule:
  8364 
  8365   "(!!x. PROP ?P x) == (!!a b. PROP ?P (a, b))"
  8366 
  8367 Thus any record variable that is bound by meta-all will automatically
  8368 blow up into some record constructor term, consequently the
  8369 simplifications of 1), 2) apply.  Thus force_tac, auto_tac etc. shall
  8370 solve record problems automatically.
  8371 
  8372 
  8373 * reorganized the main HOL image: HOL/Integ and String loaded by
  8374 default; theory Main includes everything;
  8375 
  8376 * automatic simplification of integer sums and comparisons, using cancellation;
  8377 
  8378 * added option_map_eq_Some and not_Some_eq to the default simpset and claset;
  8379 
  8380 * added disj_not1 = "(~P | Q) = (P --> Q)" to the default simpset;
  8381 
  8382 * many new identities for unions, intersections, set difference, etc.;
  8383 
  8384 * expand_if, expand_split, expand_sum_case and expand_nat_case are now
  8385 called split_if, split_split, split_sum_case and split_nat_case (to go
  8386 with add/delsplits);
  8387 
  8388 * HOL/Prod introduces simplification procedure unit_eq_proc rewriting
  8389 (?x::unit) = (); this is made part of the default simpset, which COULD
  8390 MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL under rare circumstances (consider
  8391 'Delsimprocs [unit_eq_proc];' as last resort); also note that
  8392 unit_abs_eta_conv is added in order to counter the effect of
  8393 unit_eq_proc on (%u::unit. f u), replacing it by f rather than by
  8394 %u.f();
  8395 
  8396 * HOL/Fun INCOMPATIBILITY: `inj_onto' is now called `inj_on' (which
  8397 makes more sense);
  8398 
  8399 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
  8400   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
  8401   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
  8402 
  8403 * HOL/Relation INCOMPATIBILITY: renamed the relational operator r^-1
  8404 to 'converse' from 'inverse' (for compatibility with ZF and some
  8405 literature);
  8406 
  8407 * HOL/recdef can now declare non-recursive functions, with {} supplied as
  8408 the well-founded relation;
  8409 
  8410 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: the complement of set A is now written -A instead of
  8411     Compl A.  The "Compl" syntax remains available as input syntax for this
  8412     release ONLY.
  8413 
  8414 * HOL/Update: new theory of function updates:
  8415     f(a:=b) == %x. if x=a then b else f x
  8416 may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
  8417 
  8418 * HOL/Vimage: new theory for inverse image of a function, syntax f-``B;
  8419 
  8420 * HOL/List:
  8421   - new function list_update written xs[i:=v] that updates the i-th
  8422     list position. May also be iterated as in xs[i:=a,j:=b,...].
  8423   - new function `upt' written [i..j(] which generates the list
  8424     [i,i+1,...,j-1], i.e. the upper bound is excluded. To include the upper
  8425     bound write [i..j], which is a shorthand for [i..j+1(].
  8426   - new lexicographic orderings and corresponding wellfoundedness theorems.
  8427 
  8428 * HOL/Arith:
  8429   - removed 'pred' (predecessor) function;
  8430   - generalized some theorems about n-1;
  8431   - many new laws about "div" and "mod";
  8432   - new laws about greatest common divisors (see theory ex/Primes);
  8433 
  8434 * HOL/Relation: renamed the relational operator r^-1 "converse"
  8435 instead of "inverse";
  8436 
  8437 * HOL/Induct/Multiset: a theory of multisets, including the wellfoundedness
  8438   of the multiset ordering;
  8439 
  8440 * directory HOL/Real: a construction of the reals using Dedekind cuts
  8441   (not included by default);
  8442 
  8443 * directory HOL/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY formalism;
  8444 
  8445 * directory HOL/Hoare: a new version of Hoare logic which permits many-sorted
  8446   programs, i.e. different program variables may have different types.
  8447 
  8448 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
  8449   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
  8450   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
  8451 
  8452 
  8453 *** ZF ***
  8454 
  8455 * theory Main includes everything; INCOMPATIBILITY: theory ZF.thy contains
  8456   only the theorems proved on ZF.ML;
  8457 
  8458 * ZF INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
  8459   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
  8460   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
  8461 
  8462 * ZF/Update: new theory of function updates
  8463     with default rewrite rule  f(x:=y) ` z = if(z=x, y, f`z)
  8464   may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
  8465 
  8466 * in  let x=t in u(x), neither t nor u(x) has to be an FOL term.
  8467 
  8468 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
  8469   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
  8470   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
  8471 
  8472 * case_tac provided for compatibility with HOL
  8473     (like the old excluded_middle_tac, but with subgoals swapped)
  8474 
  8475 
  8476 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
  8477 
  8478 * Pure: several new basic modules made available for general use, see
  8479 also src/Pure/README;
  8480 
  8481 * improved the theory data mechanism to support encapsulation (data
  8482 kind name replaced by private Object.kind, acting as authorization
  8483 key); new type-safe user interface via functor TheoryDataFun; generic
  8484 print_data function becomes basically useless;
  8485 
  8486 * removed global_names compatibility flag -- all theory declarations
  8487 are qualified by default;
  8488 
  8489 * module Pure/Syntax now offers quote / antiquote translation
  8490 functions (useful for Hoare logic etc. with implicit dependencies);
  8491 see HOL/ex/Antiquote for an example use;
  8492 
  8493 * Simplifier now offers conversions (asm_)(full_)rewrite: simpset ->
  8494 cterm -> thm;
  8495 
  8496 * new tactical CHANGED_GOAL for checking that a tactic modifies a
  8497 subgoal;
  8498 
  8499 * Display.print_goals function moved to Locale.print_goals;
  8500 
  8501 * standard print function for goals supports current_goals_markers
  8502 variable for marking begin of proof, end of proof, start of goal; the
  8503 default is ("", "", ""); setting current_goals_markers := ("<proof>",
  8504 "</proof>", "<goal>") causes SGML like tagged proof state printing,
  8505 for example;
  8506 
  8507 
  8508 
  8509 New in Isabelle98 (January 1998)
  8510 --------------------------------
  8511 
  8512 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8513 
  8514 * changed lexical syntax of terms / types: dots made part of long
  8515 identifiers, e.g. "%x.x" no longer possible, should be "%x. x";
  8516 
  8517 * simpset (and claset) reference variable replaced by functions
  8518 simpset / simpset_ref;
  8519 
  8520 * no longer supports theory aliases (via merge) and non-trivial
  8521 implicit merge of thms' signatures;
  8522 
  8523 * most internal names of constants changed due to qualified names;
  8524 
  8525 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML);
  8526 
  8527 
  8528 *** General Changes ***
  8529 
  8530 * hierachically structured name spaces (for consts, types, axms, thms
  8531 etc.); new lexical class 'longid' (e.g. Foo.bar.x) may render much of
  8532 old input syntactically incorrect (e.g. "%x.x"); COMPATIBILITY:
  8533 isatool fixdots ensures space after dots (e.g. "%x. x"); set
  8534 long_names for fully qualified output names; NOTE: ML programs
  8535 (special tactics, packages etc.) referring to internal names may have
  8536 to be adapted to cope with fully qualified names; in case of severe
  8537 backward campatibility problems try setting 'global_names' at compile
  8538 time to have enrything declared within a flat name space; one may also
  8539 fine tune name declarations in theories via the 'global' and 'local'
  8540 section;
  8541 
  8542 * reimplemented the implicit simpset and claset using the new anytype
  8543 data filed in signatures; references simpset:simpset ref etc. are
  8544 replaced by functions simpset:unit->simpset and
  8545 simpset_ref:unit->simpset ref; COMPATIBILITY: use isatool fixclasimp
  8546 to patch your ML files accordingly;
  8547 
  8548 * HTML output now includes theory graph data for display with Java
  8549 applet or isatool browser; data generated automatically via isatool
  8550 usedir (see -i option, ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS);
  8551 
  8552 * defs may now be conditional; improved rewrite_goals_tac to handle
  8553 conditional equations;
  8554 
  8555 * defs now admits additional type arguments, using TYPE('a) syntax;
  8556 
  8557 * theory aliases via merge (e.g. M=A+B+C) no longer supported, always
  8558 creates a new theory node; implicit merge of thms' signatures is
  8559 restricted to 'trivial' ones; COMPATIBILITY: one may have to use
  8560 transfer:theory->thm->thm in (rare) cases;
  8561 
  8562 * improved handling of draft signatures / theories; draft thms (and
  8563 ctyps, cterms) are automatically promoted to real ones;
  8564 
  8565 * slightly changed interfaces for oracles: admit many per theory, named
  8566 (e.g. oracle foo = mlfun), additional name argument for invoke_oracle;
  8567 
  8568 * print_goals: optional output of const types (set show_consts and
  8569 show_types);
  8570 
  8571 * improved output of warnings (###) and errors (***);
  8572 
  8573 * subgoal_tac displays a warning if the new subgoal has type variables;
  8574 
  8575 * removed old README and Makefiles;
  8576 
  8577 * replaced print_goals_ref hook by print_current_goals_fn and result_error_fn;
  8578 
  8579 * removed obsolete init_pps and init_database;
  8580 
  8581 * deleted the obsolete tactical STATE, which was declared by
  8582     fun STATE tacfun st = tacfun st st;
  8583 
  8584 * cd and use now support path variables, e.g. $ISABELLE_HOME, or ~
  8585 (which abbreviates $HOME);
  8586 
  8587 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML); COMPATIBILITY:
  8588 use isatool fixseq to adapt your ML programs (this works for fully
  8589 qualified references to the Sequence structure only!);
  8590 
  8591 * use_thy no longer requires writable current directory; it always
  8592 reloads .ML *and* .thy file, if either one is out of date;
  8593 
  8594 
  8595 *** Classical Reasoner ***
  8596 
  8597 * Clarify_tac, clarify_tac, clarify_step_tac, Clarify_step_tac: new
  8598 tactics that use classical reasoning to simplify a subgoal without
  8599 splitting it into several subgoals;
  8600 
  8601 * Safe_tac: like safe_tac but uses the default claset;
  8602 
  8603 
  8604 *** Simplifier ***
  8605 
  8606 * added simplification meta rules:
  8607     (asm_)(full_)simplify: simpset -> thm -> thm;
  8608 
  8609 * simplifier.ML no longer part of Pure -- has to be loaded by object
  8610 logics (again);
  8611 
  8612 * added prems argument to simplification procedures;
  8613 
  8614 * HOL, FOL, ZF: added infix function `addsplits':
  8615   instead of `<simpset> setloop (split_tac <thms>)'
  8616   you can simply write `<simpset> addsplits <thms>'
  8617 
  8618 
  8619 *** Syntax ***
  8620 
  8621 * TYPE('a) syntax for type reflection terms;
  8622 
  8623 * no longer handles consts with name "" -- declare as 'syntax' instead;
  8624 
  8625 * pretty printer: changed order of mixfix annotation preference (again!);
  8626 
  8627 * Pure: fixed idt/idts vs. pttrn/pttrns syntactic categories;
  8628 
  8629 
  8630 *** HOL ***
  8631 
  8632 * HOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
  8633   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
  8634 
  8635 * HOL/TLA: Stephan Merz's formalization of Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions;
  8636 
  8637 * HOL/Auth: new protocol proofs including some for the Internet
  8638   protocol TLS;
  8639 
  8640 * HOL/Map: new theory of `maps' a la VDM;
  8641 
  8642 * HOL/simplifier: simplification procedures nat_cancel_sums for
  8643 cancelling out common nat summands from =, <, <= (in)equalities, or
  8644 differences; simplification procedures nat_cancel_factor for
  8645 cancelling common factor from =, <, <= (in)equalities over natural
  8646 sums; nat_cancel contains both kinds of procedures, it is installed by
  8647 default in Arith.thy -- this COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL;
  8648 
  8649 * HOL/simplifier: terms of the form
  8650   `? x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x)'  (or t=x)
  8651   are rewritten to
  8652   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t)',
  8653   and those of the form
  8654   `! x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x) --> R(x)'  (or t=x)
  8655   are rewritten to
  8656   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t) --> R(t)',
  8657 
  8658 * HOL/datatype
  8659   Each datatype `t' now comes with a theorem `split_t_case' of the form
  8660 
  8661   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
  8662      ( (!y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 --> P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) &
  8663         ...
  8664        (!y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn --> P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
  8665      )
  8666 
  8667   and a theorem `split_t_case_asm' of the form
  8668 
  8669   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
  8670     ~( (? y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 & ~P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) |
  8671         ...
  8672        (? y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn & ~P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
  8673      )
  8674   which can be added to a simpset via `addsplits'. The existing theorems
  8675   expand_list_case and expand_option_case have been renamed to
  8676   split_list_case and split_option_case.
  8677 
  8678 * HOL/Arithmetic:
  8679   - `pred n' is automatically converted to `n-1'.
  8680     Users are strongly encouraged not to use `pred' any longer,
  8681     because it will disappear altogether at some point.
  8682   - Users are strongly encouraged to write "0 < n" rather than
  8683     "n ~= 0". Theorems and proof tools have been modified towards this
  8684     `standard'.
  8685 
  8686 * HOL/Lists:
  8687   the function "set_of_list" has been renamed "set" (and its theorems too);
  8688   the function "nth" now takes its arguments in the reverse order and
  8689   has acquired the infix notation "!" as in "xs!n".
  8690 
  8691 * HOL/Set: UNIV is now a constant and is no longer translated to Compl{};
  8692 
  8693 * HOL/Set: The operator (UN x.B x) now abbreviates (UN x:UNIV. B x) and its
  8694   specialist theorems (like UN1_I) are gone.  Similarly for (INT x.B x);
  8695 
  8696 * HOL/record: extensible records with schematic structural subtyping
  8697 (single inheritance); EXPERIMENTAL version demonstrating the encoding,
  8698 still lacks various theorems and concrete record syntax;
  8699 
  8700 
  8701 *** HOLCF ***
  8702 
  8703 * removed "axioms" and "generated by" sections;
  8704 
  8705 * replaced "ops" section by extended "consts" section, which is capable of
  8706   handling the continuous function space "->" directly;
  8707 
  8708 * domain package:
  8709   . proves theorems immediately and stores them in the theory,
  8710   . creates hierachical name space,
  8711   . now uses normal mixfix annotations (instead of cinfix...),
  8712   . minor changes to some names and values (for consistency),
  8713   . e.g. cases -> casedist, dists_eq -> dist_eqs, [take_lemma] -> take_lemmas,
  8714   . separator between mutual domain defs: changed "," to "and",
  8715   . improved handling of sort constraints;  now they have to
  8716     appear on the left-hand side of the equations only;
  8717 
  8718 * fixed LAM <x,y,zs>.b syntax;
  8719 
  8720 * added extended adm_tac to simplifier in HOLCF -- can now discharge
  8721 adm (%x. P (t x)), where P is chainfinite and t continuous;
  8722 
  8723 
  8724 *** FOL and ZF ***
  8725 
  8726 * FOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
  8727   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
  8728 
  8729 * qed_spec_mp, qed_goal_spec_mp, qed_goalw_spec_mp are available, as
  8730 in HOL, they strip ALL and --> from proved theorems;
  8731 
  8732 
  8733 
  8734 New in Isabelle94-8 (May 1997)
  8735 ------------------------------
  8736 
  8737 *** General Changes ***
  8738 
  8739 * new utilities to build / run / maintain Isabelle etc. (in parts
  8740 still somewhat experimental); old Makefiles etc. still functional;
  8741 
  8742 * new 'Isabelle System Manual';
  8743 
  8744 * INSTALL text, together with ./configure and ./build scripts;
  8745 
  8746 * reimplemented type inference for greater efficiency, better error
  8747 messages and clean internal interface;
  8748 
  8749 * prlim command for dealing with lots of subgoals (an easier way of
  8750 setting goals_limit);
  8751 
  8752 
  8753 *** Syntax ***
  8754 
  8755 * supports alternative (named) syntax tables (parser and pretty
  8756 printer); internal interface is provided by add_modesyntax(_i);
  8757 
  8758 * Pure, FOL, ZF, HOL, HOLCF now support symbolic input and output; to
  8759 be used in conjunction with the Isabelle symbol font; uses the
  8760 "symbols" syntax table;
  8761 
  8762 * added token_translation interface (may translate name tokens in
  8763 arbitrary ways, dependent on their type (free, bound, tfree, ...) and
  8764 the current print_mode); IMPORTANT: user print translation functions
  8765 are responsible for marking newly introduced bounds
  8766 (Syntax.mark_boundT);
  8767 
  8768 * token translations for modes "xterm" and "xterm_color" that display
  8769 names in bold, underline etc. or colors (which requires a color
  8770 version of xterm);
  8771 
  8772 * infixes may now be declared with names independent of their syntax;
  8773 
  8774 * added typed_print_translation (like print_translation, but may
  8775 access type of constant);
  8776 
  8777 
  8778 *** Classical Reasoner ***
  8779 
  8780 Blast_tac: a new tactic!  It is often more powerful than fast_tac, but has
  8781 some limitations.  Blast_tac...
  8782   + ignores addss, addbefore, addafter; this restriction is intrinsic
  8783   + ignores elimination rules that don't have the correct format
  8784         (the conclusion MUST be a formula variable)
  8785   + ignores types, which can make HOL proofs fail
  8786   + rules must not require higher-order unification, e.g. apply_type in ZF
  8787     [message "Function Var's argument not a bound variable" relates to this]
  8788   + its proof strategy is more general but can actually be slower
  8789 
  8790 * substitution with equality assumptions no longer permutes other
  8791 assumptions;
  8792 
  8793 * minor changes in semantics of addafter (now called addaltern); renamed
  8794 setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to compWrapper; added safe wrapper
  8795 (and access functions for it);
  8796 
  8797 * improved combination of classical reasoner and simplifier:
  8798   + functions for handling clasimpsets
  8799   + improvement of addss: now the simplifier is called _after_ the
  8800     safe steps.
  8801   + safe variant of addss called addSss: uses safe simplifications
  8802     _during_ the safe steps. It is more complete as it allows multiple
  8803     instantiations of unknowns (e.g. with slow_tac).
  8804 
  8805 *** Simplifier ***
  8806 
  8807 * added interface for simplification procedures (functions that
  8808 produce *proven* rewrite rules on the fly, depending on current
  8809 redex);
  8810 
  8811 * ordering on terms as parameter (used for ordered rewriting);
  8812 
  8813 * new functions delcongs, deleqcongs, and Delcongs. richer rep_ss;
  8814 
  8815 * the solver is now split into a safe and an unsafe part.
  8816 This should be invisible for the normal user, except that the
  8817 functions setsolver and addsolver have been renamed to setSolver and
  8818 addSolver; added safe_asm_full_simp_tac;
  8819 
  8820 
  8821 *** HOL ***
  8822 
  8823 * a generic induction tactic `induct_tac' which works for all datatypes and
  8824 also for type `nat';
  8825 
  8826 * a generic case distinction tactic `exhaust_tac' which works for all
  8827 datatypes and also for type `nat';
  8828 
  8829 * each datatype comes with a function `size';
  8830 
  8831 * patterns in case expressions allow tuple patterns as arguments to
  8832 constructors, for example `case x of [] => ... | (x,y,z)#ps => ...';
  8833 
  8834 * primrec now also works with type nat;
  8835 
  8836 * recdef: a new declaration form, allows general recursive functions to be
  8837 defined in theory files.  See HOL/ex/Fib, HOL/ex/Primes, HOL/Subst/Unify.
  8838 
  8839 * the constant for negation has been renamed from "not" to "Not" to
  8840 harmonize with FOL, ZF, LK, etc.;
  8841 
  8842 * HOL/ex/LFilter theory of a corecursive "filter" functional for
  8843 infinite lists;
  8844 
  8845 * HOL/Modelcheck demonstrates invocation of model checker oracle;
  8846 
  8847 * HOL/ex/Ring.thy declares cring_simp, which solves equational
  8848 problems in commutative rings, using axiomatic type classes for + and *;
  8849 
  8850 * more examples in HOL/MiniML and HOL/Auth;
  8851 
  8852 * more default rewrite rules for quantifiers, union/intersection;
  8853 
  8854 * a new constant `arbitrary == @x.False';
  8855 
  8856 * HOLCF/IOA replaces old HOL/IOA;
  8857 
  8858 * HOLCF changes: derived all rules and arities
  8859   + axiomatic type classes instead of classes
  8860   + typedef instead of faking type definitions
  8861   + eliminated the internal constants less_fun, less_cfun, UU_fun, UU_cfun etc.
  8862   + new axclasses cpo, chfin, flat with flat < chfin < pcpo < cpo < po
  8863   + eliminated the types void, one, tr
  8864   + use unit lift and bool lift (with translations) instead of one and tr
  8865   + eliminated blift from Lift3.thy (use Def instead of blift)
  8866   all eliminated rules are derived as theorems --> no visible changes ;
  8867 
  8868 
  8869 *** ZF ***
  8870 
  8871 * ZF now has Fast_tac, Simp_tac and Auto_tac.  Union_iff is a now a default
  8872 rewrite rule; this may affect some proofs.  eq_cs is gone but can be put back
  8873 as ZF_cs addSIs [equalityI];
  8874 
  8875 
  8876 
  8877 New in Isabelle94-7 (November 96)
  8878 ---------------------------------
  8879 
  8880 * allowing negative levels (as offsets) in prlev and choplev;
  8881 
  8882 * super-linear speedup for large simplifications;
  8883 
  8884 * FOL, ZF and HOL now use miniscoping: rewriting pushes
  8885 quantifications in as far as possible (COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS
  8886 FAIL); can suppress it using the command Delsimps (ex_simps @
  8887 all_simps); De Morgan laws are also now included, by default;
  8888 
  8889 * improved printing of ==>  :  ~:
  8890 
  8891 * new object-logic "Sequents" adds linear logic, while replacing LK
  8892 and Modal (thanks to Sara Kalvala);
  8893 
  8894 * HOL/Auth: correctness proofs for authentication protocols;
  8895 
  8896 * HOL: new auto_tac combines rewriting and classical reasoning (many
  8897 examples on HOL/Auth);
  8898 
  8899 * HOL: new command AddIffs for declaring theorems of the form P=Q to
  8900 the rewriter and classical reasoner simultaneously;
  8901 
  8902 * function uresult no longer returns theorems in "standard" format;
  8903 regain previous version by: val uresult = standard o uresult;
  8904 
  8905 
  8906 
  8907 New in Isabelle94-6
  8908 -------------------
  8909 
  8910 * oracles -- these establish an interface between Isabelle and trusted
  8911 external reasoners, which may deliver results as theorems;
  8912 
  8913 * proof objects (in particular record all uses of oracles);
  8914 
  8915 * Simp_tac, Fast_tac, etc. that refer to implicit simpset / claset;
  8916 
  8917 * "constdefs" section in theory files;
  8918 
  8919 * "primrec" section (HOL) no longer requires names;
  8920 
  8921 * internal type "tactic" now simply "thm -> thm Sequence.seq";
  8922 
  8923 
  8924 
  8925 New in Isabelle94-5
  8926 -------------------
  8927 
  8928 * reduced space requirements;
  8929 
  8930 * automatic HTML generation from theories;
  8931 
  8932 * theory files no longer require "..." (quotes) around most types;
  8933 
  8934 * new examples, including two proofs of the Church-Rosser theorem;
  8935 
  8936 * non-curried (1994) version of HOL is no longer distributed;
  8937 
  8938 
  8939 
  8940 New in Isabelle94-4
  8941 -------------------
  8942 
  8943 * greatly reduced space requirements;
  8944 
  8945 * theory files (.thy) no longer require \...\ escapes at line breaks;
  8946 
  8947 * searchable theorem database (see the section "Retrieving theorems" on
  8948 page 8 of the Reference Manual);
  8949 
  8950 * new examples, including Grabczewski's monumental case study of the
  8951 Axiom of Choice;
  8952 
  8953 * The previous version of HOL renamed to Old_HOL;
  8954 
  8955 * The new version of HOL (previously called CHOL) uses a curried syntax
  8956 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b);
  8957 
  8958 * Mutually recursive inductive definitions finally work in HOL;
  8959 
  8960 * In ZF, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions and
  8961 translates to the operator "split";
  8962 
  8963 
  8964 
  8965 New in Isabelle94-3
  8966 -------------------
  8967 
  8968 * new infix operator, addss, allowing the classical reasoner to
  8969 perform simplification at each step of its search.  Example:
  8970         fast_tac (cs addss ss)
  8971 
  8972 * a new logic, CHOL, the same as HOL, but with a curried syntax
  8973 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b).  Also pairs
  8974 look like (a,b) instead of <a,b>;
  8975 
  8976 * PLEASE NOTE: CHOL will eventually replace HOL!
  8977 
  8978 * In CHOL, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions.
  8979 It translates to the operator "split".  A new theory of integers is available;
  8980 
  8981 * In ZF, integer numerals now denote two's-complement binary integers.
  8982 Arithmetic operations can be performed by rewriting.  See ZF/ex/Bin.ML;
  8983 
  8984 * Many new examples: I/O automata, Church-Rosser theorem, equivalents
  8985 of the Axiom of Choice;
  8986 
  8987 
  8988 
  8989 New in Isabelle94-2
  8990 -------------------
  8991 
  8992 * Significantly faster resolution;
  8993 
  8994 * the different sections in a .thy file can now be mixed and repeated
  8995 freely;
  8996 
  8997 * Database of theorems for FOL, HOL and ZF.  New
  8998 commands including qed, qed_goal and bind_thm store theorems in the database.
  8999 
  9000 * Simple database queries: return a named theorem (get_thm) or all theorems of
  9001 a given theory (thms_of), or find out what theory a theorem was proved in
  9002 (theory_of_thm);
  9003 
  9004 * Bugs fixed in the inductive definition and datatype packages;
  9005 
  9006 * The classical reasoner provides deepen_tac and depth_tac, making FOL_dup_cs
  9007 and HOL_dup_cs obsolete;
  9008 
  9009 * Syntactic ambiguities caused by the new treatment of syntax in Isabelle94-1
  9010 have been removed;
  9011 
  9012 * Simpler definition of function space in ZF;
  9013 
  9014 * new results about cardinal and ordinal arithmetic in ZF;
  9015 
  9016 * 'subtype' facility in HOL for introducing new types as subsets of existing
  9017 types;
  9018 
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