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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 loose syntax on
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output. Do not use ``exotic'' symbols for syntax (such as
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<tt>\<oplus></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>==></tt> should
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be preferred over <tt>\<Longrightarrow></tt>. Use <tt>isatool
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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>\<forall></tt>),
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<tt>EX</tt> (or <tt>\<exists></tt>), <tt>EX!</tt> (or
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<tt>\<exists>!</tt>), <tt>\<lambda></tt>, respectively.
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Note that bracket notation <tt>[| |]</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>\<Inter></tt>,
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<tt>\<Union></tt>,
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<tt>\<and></tt>,
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<tt>\<in></tt>,
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<tt>\<inter></tt>,
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<tt>\<le></tt>,
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<tt>\<not></tt>,
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<tt>\<noteq></tt>,
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<tt>\<notin></tt>,
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<tt>\<or></tt>,
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<tt>\<subset></tt>,
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<tt>\<subseteq></tt>,
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<tt>\<times></tt>,
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<tt>\<union></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. Incidently, output looks very good 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>[| |]</tt>); do not attempt to simulate table markup with
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spaces, avoid ``hanging'' indentations.
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