NEWS
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New in Isabelle94-8 (???????????)
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* the NEWS file;
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* new utilities to build / run / maintain Isabelle etc. (in parts
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still somewhat experimental);
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* simplifier: termless order as parameter; added interface for
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simplification procedures (functions that produce *proven* rewrite
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rules on the fly, depending on current redex);
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* now supports alternative (named) syntax tables (parser and pretty
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printer); internal interface is provided by add_modesyntax(_i);
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* Pure, FOL, ZF, HOL, HOLCF now support symbolic input and output; to
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be used in conjunction with the isabelle symbol font; uses the
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"symbols" syntax table;
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* infixes may now be declared with names independent of their syntax;
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* added typed_print_translation (like print_translation, but also gets
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the type of the constant);
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* prlim command for dealing with lots of subgoals (an easier way of
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setting goals_limit);
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* HOL/ex/Ring.thy declares cring_simp, which solves equational
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problems in commutative rings, using axiomatic type classes for + and *;
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* ZF now has Fast_tac, Simp_tac and Auto_tac.  WARNING: don't use
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ZF.thy anymore!  Contains fewer defs and could make a bogus simpset.
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Beware of Union_iff.  eq_cs is gone, can be put back as ZF_cs addSIs
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[equalityI];
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* more examples in HOL/MiniML and HOL/Auth;
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* more default rewrite rules in HOL for quantifiers, union/intersection;
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New in Isabelle94-7 (November 96)
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* allowing negative levels (as offsets) in prlev and choplev;
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* many more things we do not remember :-)
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