NEWS
changeset 35765 09e238561460
parent 35763 765f8adf10f9
child 35810 a50237ec0ecd
--- a/NEWS	Sat Mar 13 19:35:53 2010 +0100
+++ b/NEWS	Sat Mar 13 20:33:14 2010 +0100
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
 
 *** Pure ***
 
+* Local theory specifications may depend on extra type variables that
+are not present in the result type -- arguments TYPE('a) :: 'a itself
+are added internally.  For example:
+
+  definition unitary :: bool where "unitary = (ALL (x::'a) y. x = y)"
+
 * Code generator: details of internal data cache have no impact on
 the user space functionality any longer.