src/Pure/section_utils.ML

removed lookup_const (use Sign.const_type instead);

(*  Title: 	Pure/section-utils
    ID:         $Id$
    Author: 	Lawrence C Paulson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
    Copyright   1994  University of Cambridge

Utilities for writing new theory sections
*)

fun ap t u = t$u;
fun app t (u1,u2) = t $ u1 $ u2;

(*Make distinct individual variables a1, a2, a3, ..., an. *)
fun mk_frees a [] = []
  | mk_frees a (T::Ts) = Free(a,T) :: mk_frees (bump_string a) Ts;

(*Make a definition lhs==rhs*)
fun mk_defpair (lhs, rhs) = 
  let val Const(name, _) = head_of lhs
  in (name ^ "_def", Logic.mk_equals (lhs, rhs)) end;

fun get_def thy s = get_axiom thy (s^"_def");


(*Read an assumption in the given theory*)
fun assume_read thy a = assume (read_cterm (sign_of thy) (a,propT));

fun readtm sign T a = 
    read_cterm sign (a,T) |> term_of
    handle ERROR => error ("The error above occurred for " ^ a);

(*From HOL/ex/meson.ML: raises exception if no rules apply -- unlike RL*)
fun tryres (th, rl::rls) = (th RS rl handle THM _ => tryres(th,rls))
  | tryres (th, []) = raise THM("tryres", 0, [th]);

fun gen_make_elim elim_rls rl = 
      standard (tryres (rl, elim_rls @ [revcut_rl]));

(** String manipulation **)

(*Skipping initial blanks, find the first identifier*)
fun scan_to_id s = 
    s |> explode |> take_prefix is_blank |> #2 |> Scanner.scan_id |> #1
    handle LEXICAL_ERROR => error ("Expected to find an identifier in " ^ s);

fun is_backslash c = c = "\\";

(*Apply string escapes to a quoted string; see Def of Standard ML, page 3
  Does not handle the \ddd form;  no error checking*)
fun escape [] = []
  | escape cs = (case take_prefix (not o is_backslash) cs of
	 (front, []) => front
       | (front, _::"n"::rest) => front @ ("\n" :: escape rest)
       | (front, _::"t"::rest) => front @ ("\t" :: escape rest)
       | (front, _::"^"::c::rest) => front @ (chr(ord(c)-64) :: escape rest)
       | (front, _::"\""::rest) => front @ ("\"" :: escape rest)
       | (front, _::"\\"::rest) => front @ ("\\" :: escape rest)
       | (front, b::c::rest) => 
	   if is_blank c   (*remove any further blanks and the following \ *)
	   then front @ escape (tl (snd (take_prefix is_blank rest)))
	   else error ("Unrecognized string escape: " ^ implode(b::c::rest)));

(*Remove the first and last charaters -- presumed to be quotes*)
val trim = implode o escape o rev o tl o rev o tl o explode;