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<h1>HOL-Library: supplemental theories for main Isabelle/HOL</h1>
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This is a collection of generic theories that may be used together
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with main Isabelle/HOL.  Note that theory loader path already includes
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this directory by default.
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Addition of new theories should be done with some care, as the
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``module system'' of Isabelle is rather simplistic.  The following
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guidelines may be helpful to achieve maximum re-usability and minimum
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clashes with existing developments.
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<dt><strong>Files</strong>
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<dd>Avoid unnecessary scattering of theories over several files.  Use
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new-style theories only, as old ones tend to clutter the file space
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with separate <tt>.thy</tt> and <tt>.ML</tt> files.
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<dt><strong>Examples</strong>
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<dd>Theories should be as ``generic'' as is sensible.  Unused (or
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rather unusable?) theories should be avoided; common applications
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should actually refer to the present theory.  Small example uses may
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be included in the library as well, but should be put in a separate
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theory, such as <tt>Foobar</tt> accompanied by
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<tt>Foobar_Examples</tt>.
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<dt><strong>Theory names</strong>
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<dd>The theory loader name space is <em>flat</em>, so use sufficiently
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long and descriptive names to reduce the danger of clashes with the
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user's own theories.  The convention for theory names is as follows:
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<tt>Foobar_Doobar</tt> (this looks best in LaTeX output).
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<dt><strong>Names of logical items</strong>
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<dd>There are separate hierarchically structured name spaces for
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types, constants, theorems etc.  Nevertheless, some care should be
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taken, as the name spaces are always ``open''.  Use adequate names;
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avoid unreadable abbreviations.  The general naming convention is to
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separate word constituents by underscores, as in <tt>foo_bar</tt> or
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<tt>Foo_Bar</tt> (this looks best in LaTeX output).
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Note that syntax is <em>global</em>; qualified names lose syntax on
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output.  Do not use ``exotic'' symbols for syntax (such as
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<tt>\&lt;oplus&gt;</tt>), but leave these for user applications.
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<dt><strong>Global context declarations</strong>
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<dd>Only items introduced in the present theory should be declared
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globally (e.g. as Simplifier rules).  Note that adding and deleting
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rules from parent theories may result in strange behavior later,
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depending on the user's arrangement of import lists.
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<dt><strong>Mathematical symbols</strong>
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<dd>Non-ASCII symbols should be used as appropriate, with some
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care. In particular, avoid unreadable arrows: <tt>==&gt;</tt> should
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be preferred over <tt>\&lt;Longrightarrow&gt;</tt>. Use <tt>isabelle
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unsymbolize</tt> to clean up the sources.
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The following ASCII symbols of HOL should be generally avoided:
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<tt>@</tt>, <tt>!</tt>, <tt>?</tt>, <tt>?!</tt>, <tt>%</tt>, better
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use <tt>SOME</tt>, <tt>ALL</tt> (or <tt>\&lt;forall&gt;</tt>),
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<tt>EX</tt> (or <tt>\&lt;exists&gt;</tt>), <tt>EX!</tt> (or
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<tt>\&lt;exists&gt;!</tt>), <tt>\&lt;lambda&gt;</tt>, respectively.
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Note that bracket notation <tt>[|&nbsp;|]</tt> looks bad in LaTeX
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output.
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Some additional mathematical symbols are quite suitable for both
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readable sources and the output document:
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<tt>\&lt;Inter&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;Union&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;and&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;in&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;not&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;noteq&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;notin&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;or&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;subseteq&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;times&gt;</tt>,
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<tt>\&lt;union&gt;</tt>.
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<dt><strong>Spacing</strong>
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<dd>Isabelle is able to produce a high-quality LaTeX document from the
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theory sources, provided some minor issues are taken care of.  In
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particular, spacing and line breaks are directly taken from source
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text.  Incidentally, output looks very good if common type-setting
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conventions are observed: put a single space <em>after</em> each
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punctuation character ("<tt>,</tt>", "<tt>.</tt>", etc.), but none
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before it; do not extra spaces inside of parentheses, unless the
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delimiters are composed of multiple symbols (as in
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<tt>[|&nbsp;|]</tt>); do not attempt to simulate table markup with
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spaces, avoid ``hanging'' indentations.
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