doc-src/IsarImplementation/Thy/document/Integration.tex
changeset 37982 111ce9651564
parent 37864 814b1bca7f35
child 39885 6a3f7941c3a0
--- a/doc-src/IsarImplementation/Thy/document/Integration.tex	Tue Jul 27 23:01:42 2010 +0200
+++ b/doc-src/IsarImplementation/Thy/document/Integration.tex	Tue Jul 27 23:02:45 2010 +0200
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
   within the theory context.  The system keeps track of incoming {\ML}
   sources and associates them with the current theory.
 
-  The basic internal actions of the theory database are \isa{update}, \isa{outdate}, and \isa{remove}:
+  The basic internal actions of the theory database are \isa{update} and \isa{remove}:
 
   \begin{itemize}
 
@@ -398,9 +398,6 @@
   \isa{theory} value of the same name; it asserts that the theory
   sources are now consistent with that value;
 
-  \item \isa{outdate\ A} invalidates the link of a theory database
-  entry to its sources, but retains the present theory value;
-
   \item \isa{remove\ A} deletes entry \isa{A} from the theory
   database.
   
@@ -410,8 +407,8 @@
   entry as expected, in order to preserve global consistency of the
   state of all loaded theories with the sources of the external store.
   This implies certain causalities between actions: \isa{update}
-  or \isa{outdate} of an entry will \isa{outdate} all
-  descendants; \isa{remove} will \isa{remove} all descendants.
+  or \isa{remove} of an entry will \isa{remove} all
+  descendants.
 
   \medskip There are separate user-level interfaces to operate on the
   theory database directly or indirectly.  The primitive actions then
@@ -420,7 +417,7 @@
   sub-graph of the collective imports \isa{B\isactrlsub {\isadigit{1}}\ {\isasymdots}\ B\isactrlsub n}
   is up-to-date, too.  Earlier theories are reloaded as required, with
   \isa{update} actions proceeding in topological order according to
-  theory dependencies.  There may be also a wave of implied \isa{outdate} actions for derived theory nodes until a stable situation
+  theory dependencies.  There may be also a wave of implied \isa{remove} actions for derived theory nodes until a stable situation
   is achieved eventually.%
 \end{isamarkuptext}%
 \isamarkuptrue%
@@ -436,12 +433,9 @@
   \indexdef{}{ML}{use\_thy}\verb|use_thy: string -> unit| \\
   \indexdef{}{ML}{use\_thys}\verb|use_thys: string list -> unit| \\
   \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.get\_theory}\verb|Thy_Info.get_theory: string -> theory| \\
-  \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.touch\_thy}\verb|Thy_Info.touch_thy: string -> unit| \\
   \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.remove\_thy}\verb|Thy_Info.remove_thy: string -> unit| \\[1ex]
-  \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.begin\_theory}\verb|Thy_Info.begin_theory|\verb|: ... -> bool -> theory| \\
-  \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.end\_theory}\verb|Thy_Info.end_theory: theory -> unit| \\
-  \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.register\_theory}\verb|Thy_Info.register_theory: theory -> unit| \\[1ex]
-  \verb|datatype action = Update |\verb,|,\verb| Outdate |\verb,|,\verb| Remove| \\
+  \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.register\_thy}\verb|Thy_Info.register_thy: theory -> unit| \\[1ex]
+  \verb|datatype action = Update |\verb,|,\verb| Remove| \\
   \indexdef{}{ML}{Thy\_Info.add\_hook}\verb|Thy_Info.add_hook: (Thy_Info.action -> string -> unit) -> unit| \\
   \end{mldecls}
 
@@ -462,22 +456,13 @@
   presently associated with name \isa{A}.  Note that the result
   might be outdated.
 
-  \item \verb|Thy_Info.touch_thy|~\isa{A} performs and \isa{outdate} action
-  on theory \isa{A} and all descendants.
-
   \item \verb|Thy_Info.remove_thy|~\isa{A} deletes theory \isa{A} and all
   descendants from the theory database.
 
-  \item \verb|Thy_Info.begin_theory| is the basic operation behind a
-  \isa{{\isasymTHEORY}} header declaration.  This {\ML} function is
-  normally not invoked directly.
-
-  \item \verb|Thy_Info.end_theory| concludes the loading of a theory
-  proper and stores the result in the theory database.
-
-  \item \verb|Thy_Info.register_theory|~\isa{text\ thy} registers an
-  existing theory value with the theory loader database.  There is no
-  management of associated sources.
+  \item \verb|Thy_Info.register_thy|~\isa{text\ thy} registers an
+  existing theory value with the theory loader database and updates
+  source version information according to the current file-system
+  state.
 
   \item \verb|Thy_Info.add_hook|~\isa{f} registers function \isa{f} as a hook for theory database actions.  The function will be
   invoked with the action and theory name being involved; thus derived