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-theory Spec
-imports Base Main
-begin
-
-chapter {* Specifications *}
-
-text {*
-  The Isabelle/Isar theory format integrates specifications and
-  proofs, supporting interactive development with unlimited undo
-  operation.  There is an integrated document preparation system (see
-  \chref{ch:document-prep}), for typesetting formal developments
-  together with informal text.  The resulting hyper-linked PDF
-  documents can be used both for WWW presentation and printed copies.
-
-  The Isar proof language (see \chref{ch:proofs}) is embedded into the
-  theory language as a proper sub-language.  Proof mode is entered by
-  stating some @{command theorem} or @{command lemma} at the theory
-  level, and left again with the final conclusion (e.g.\ via @{command
-  qed}).  Some theory specification mechanisms also require a proof,
-  such as @{command typedef} in HOL, which demands non-emptiness of
-  the representing sets.
-*}
-
-
-section {* Defining theories \label{sec:begin-thy} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "theory"} & : & @{text "toplevel \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-    @{command_def (global) "end"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> toplevel"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  Isabelle/Isar theories are defined via theory files, which may
-  contain both specifications and proofs; occasionally definitional
-  mechanisms also require some explicit proof.  The theory body may be
-  sub-structured by means of \emph{local theory targets}, such as
-  @{command "locale"} and @{command "class"}.
-
-  The first proper command of a theory is @{command "theory"}, which
-  indicates imports of previous theories and optional dependencies on
-  other source files (usually in ML).  Just preceding the initial
-  @{command "theory"} command there may be an optional @{command
-  "header"} declaration, which is only relevant to document
-  preparation: see also the other section markup commands in
-  \secref{sec:markup}.
-
-  A theory is concluded by a final @{command (global) "end"} command,
-  one that does not belong to a local theory target.  No further
-  commands may follow such a global @{command (global) "end"},
-  although some user-interfaces might pretend that trailing input is
-  admissible.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command theory} @{syntax name} imports \\ keywords? uses? @'begin'
-    ;
-    imports: @'imports' (@{syntax name} +)
-    ;
-    keywords: @'keywords' ((@{syntax string} +) ('::' @{syntax name} @{syntax tags})? + @'and')
-    ;
-    uses: @'uses' ((@{syntax name} | @{syntax parname}) +)
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "theory"}~@{text "A \<IMPORTS> B\<^sub>1 \<dots> B\<^sub>n \<BEGIN>"}
-  starts a new theory @{text A} based on the merge of existing
-  theories @{text "B\<^sub>1 \<dots> B\<^sub>n"}.  Due to the possibility to import more
-  than one ancestor, the resulting theory structure of an Isabelle
-  session forms a directed acyclic graph (DAG).  Isabelle takes care
-  that sources contributing to the development graph are always
-  up-to-date: changed files are automatically rechecked whenever a
-  theory header specification is processed.
-
-  The optional @{keyword_def "keywords"} specification declares outer
-  syntax (\chref{ch:outer-syntax}) that is introduced in this theory
-  later on (rare in end-user applications).  Both minor keywords and
-  major keywords of the Isar command language need to be specified, in
-  order to make parsing of proof documents work properly.  Command
-  keywords need to be classified according to their structural role in
-  the formal text.  Examples may be seen in Isabelle/HOL sources
-  itself, such as @{keyword "keywords"}~@{verbatim "\"typedef\""}
-  @{text ":: thy_goal"} or @{keyword "keywords"}~@{verbatim
-  "\"datatype\""} @{text ":: thy_decl"} for theory-level declarations
-  with and without proof, respectively.  Additional @{syntax tags}
-  provide defaults for document preparation (\secref{sec:tags}).
-  
-  The optional @{keyword_def "uses"} specification declares additional
-  dependencies on external files (notably ML sources).  Files will be
-  loaded immediately (as ML), unless the name is parenthesized.  The
-  latter case records a dependency that needs to be resolved later in
-  the text, usually via explicit @{command_ref "use"} for ML files;
-  other file formats require specific load commands defined by the
-  corresponding tools or packages.
-  
-  \item @{command (global) "end"} concludes the current theory
-  definition.  Note that some other commands, e.g.\ local theory
-  targets @{command locale} or @{command class} may involve a
-  @{keyword "begin"} that needs to be matched by @{command (local)
-  "end"}, according to the usual rules for nested blocks.
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-section {* Local theory targets \label{sec:target} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
-    @{command_def "context"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def (local) "end"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  A local theory target is a context managed separately within the
-  enclosing theory.  Contexts may introduce parameters (fixed
-  variables) and assumptions (hypotheses).  Definitions and theorems
-  depending on the context may be added incrementally later on.
-
-  \emph{Named contexts} refer to locales (cf.\ \secref{sec:locale}) or
-  type classes (cf.\ \secref{sec:class}); the name ``@{text "-"}''
-  signifies the global theory context.
-
-  \emph{Unnamed contexts} may introduce additional parameters and
-  assumptions, and results produced in the context are generalized
-  accordingly.  Such auxiliary contexts may be nested within other
-  targets, like @{command "locale"}, @{command "class"}, @{command
-  "instantiation"}, @{command "overloading"}.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command context} @{syntax nameref} @'begin'
-    ;
-    @@{command context} @{syntax_ref \"includes\"}? (@{syntax context_elem} * ) @'begin'
-    ;
-    @{syntax_def target}: '(' @'in' @{syntax nameref} ')'
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-  
-  \item @{command "context"}~@{text "c \<BEGIN>"} opens a named
-  context, by recommencing an existing locale or class @{text c}.
-  Note that locale and class definitions allow to include the
-  @{keyword "begin"} keyword as well, in order to continue the local
-  theory immediately after the initial specification.
-
-  \item @{command "context"}~@{text "bundles elements \<BEGIN>"} opens
-  an unnamed context, by extending the enclosing global or local
-  theory target by the given declaration bundles (\secref{sec:bundle})
-  and context elements (@{text "\<FIXES>"}, @{text "\<ASSUMES>"}
-  etc.).  This means any results stemming from definitions and proofs
-  in the extended context will be exported into the enclosing target
-  by lifting over extra parameters and premises.
-  
-  \item @{command (local) "end"} concludes the current local theory,
-  according to the nesting of contexts.  Note that a global @{command
-  (global) "end"} has a different meaning: it concludes the theory
-  itself (\secref{sec:begin-thy}).
-  
-  \item @{text "("}@{keyword_def "in"}~@{text "c)"} given after any
-  local theory command specifies an immediate target, e.g.\
-  ``@{command "definition"}~@{text "(\<IN> c) \<dots>"}'' or ``@{command
-  "theorem"}~@{text "(\<IN> c) \<dots>"}''.  This works both in a local or
-  global theory context; the current target context will be suspended
-  for this command only.  Note that ``@{text "(\<IN> -)"}'' will
-  always produce a global result independently of the current target
-  context.
-
-  \end{description}
-
-  The exact meaning of results produced within a local theory context
-  depends on the underlying target infrastructure (locale, type class
-  etc.).  The general idea is as follows, considering a context named
-  @{text c} with parameter @{text x} and assumption @{text "A[x]"}.
-  
-  Definitions are exported by introducing a global version with
-  additional arguments; a syntactic abbreviation links the long form
-  with the abstract version of the target context.  For example,
-  @{text "a \<equiv> t[x]"} becomes @{text "c.a ?x \<equiv> t[?x]"} at the theory
-  level (for arbitrary @{text "?x"}), together with a local
-  abbreviation @{text "c \<equiv> c.a x"} in the target context (for the
-  fixed parameter @{text x}).
-
-  Theorems are exported by discharging the assumptions and
-  generalizing the parameters of the context.  For example, @{text "a:
-  B[x]"} becomes @{text "c.a: A[?x] \<Longrightarrow> B[?x]"}, again for arbitrary
-  @{text "?x"}.
-
-  \medskip The Isabelle/HOL library contains numerous applications of
-  locales and classes, e.g.\ see @{file "~~/src/HOL/Algebra"}.  An
-  example for an unnamed auxiliary contexts is given in @{file
-  "~~/src/HOL/Isar_Examples/Group_Context.thy"}.  *}
-
-
-section {* Bundled declarations \label{sec:bundle} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "bundle"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "print_bundles"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow> "} \\
-    @{command_def "include"} & : & @{text "proof(state) \<rightarrow> proof(state)"} \\
-    @{command_def "including"} & : & @{text "proof(prove) \<rightarrow> proof(prove)"} \\
-    @{keyword_def "includes"} & : & syntax \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  The outer syntax of fact expressions (\secref{sec:syn-att}) involves
-  theorems and attributes, which are evaluated in the context and
-  applied to it.  Attributes may declare theorems to the context, as
-  in @{text "this_rule [intro] that_rule [elim]"} for example.
-  Configuration options (\secref{sec:config}) are special declaration
-  attributes that operate on the context without a theorem, as in
-  @{text "[[show_types = false]]"} for example.
-
-  Expressions of this form may be defined as \emph{bundled
-  declarations} in the context, and included in other situations later
-  on.  Including declaration bundles augments a local context casually
-  without logical dependencies, which is in contrast to locales and
-  locale interpretation (\secref{sec:locale}).
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command bundle} @{syntax target}? \\
-    @{syntax name} '=' @{syntax thmrefs} (@'for' (@{syntax vars} + @'and'))?
-    ;
-    (@@{command include} | @@{command including}) (@{syntax nameref}+)
-    ;
-    @{syntax_def \"includes\"}: @'includes' (@{syntax nameref}+)
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command bundle}~@{text "b = decls"} defines a bundle of
-  declarations in the current context.  The RHS is similar to the one
-  of the @{command declare} command.  Bundles defined in local theory
-  targets are subject to transformations via morphisms, when moved
-  into different application contexts; this works analogously to any
-  other local theory specification.
-
-  \item @{command print_bundles} prints the named bundles that are
-  available in the current context.
-
-  \item @{command include}~@{text "b\<^sub>1 \<dots> b\<^sub>n"} includes the declarations
-  from the given bundles into the current proof body context.  This is
-  analogous to @{command "note"} (\secref{sec:proof-facts}) with the
-  expanded bundles.
-
-  \item @{command including} is similar to @{command include}, but
-  works in proof refinement (backward mode).  This is analogous to
-  @{command "using"} (\secref{sec:proof-facts}) with the expanded
-  bundles.
-
-  \item @{keyword "includes"}~@{text "b\<^sub>1 \<dots> b\<^sub>n"} is similar to
-  @{command include}, but works in situations where a specification
-  context is constructed, notably for @{command context} and long
-  statements of @{command theorem} etc.
-
-  \end{description}
-
-  Here is an artificial example of bundling various configuration
-  options: *}
-
-bundle trace = [[simp_trace, blast_trace, linarith_trace, metis_trace, smt_trace]]
-
-lemma "x = x"
-  including trace by metis
-
-
-section {* Basic specification elements *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
-    @{command_def "axiomatization"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} & (axiomatic!) \\
-    @{command_def "definition"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{attribute_def "defn"} & : & @{text attribute} \\
-    @{command_def "abbreviation"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "print_abbrevs"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow> "} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  These specification mechanisms provide a slightly more abstract view
-  than the underlying primitives of @{command "consts"}, @{command
-  "defs"} (see \secref{sec:consts}), and @{command "axioms"} (see
-  \secref{sec:axms-thms}).  In particular, type-inference is commonly
-  available, and result names need not be given.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command axiomatization} @{syntax \"fixes\"}? (@'where' specs)?
-    ;
-    @@{command definition} @{syntax target}? \\
-      (decl @'where')? @{syntax thmdecl}? @{syntax prop}
-    ;
-    @@{command abbreviation} @{syntax target}? @{syntax mode}? \\
-      (decl @'where')? @{syntax prop}
-    ;
-
-    @{syntax_def \"fixes\"}: ((@{syntax name} ('::' @{syntax type})?
-      @{syntax mixfix}? | @{syntax vars}) + @'and')
-    ;
-    specs: (@{syntax thmdecl}? @{syntax props} + @'and')
-    ;
-    decl: @{syntax name} ('::' @{syntax type})? @{syntax mixfix}?
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-  
-  \item @{command "axiomatization"}~@{text "c\<^sub>1 \<dots> c\<^sub>m \<WHERE> \<phi>\<^sub>1 \<dots> \<phi>\<^sub>n"}
-  introduces several constants simultaneously and states axiomatic
-  properties for these.  The constants are marked as being specified
-  once and for all, which prevents additional specifications being
-  issued later on.
-  
-  Note that axiomatic specifications are only appropriate when
-  declaring a new logical system; axiomatic specifications are
-  restricted to global theory contexts.  Normal applications should
-  only use definitional mechanisms!
-
-  \item @{command "definition"}~@{text "c \<WHERE> eq"} produces an
-  internal definition @{text "c \<equiv> t"} according to the specification
-  given as @{text eq}, which is then turned into a proven fact.  The
-  given proposition may deviate from internal meta-level equality
-  according to the rewrite rules declared as @{attribute defn} by the
-  object-logic.  This usually covers object-level equality @{text "x =
-  y"} and equivalence @{text "A \<leftrightarrow> B"}.  End-users normally need not
-  change the @{attribute defn} setup.
-  
-  Definitions may be presented with explicit arguments on the LHS, as
-  well as additional conditions, e.g.\ @{text "f x y = t"} instead of
-  @{text "f \<equiv> \<lambda>x y. t"} and @{text "y \<noteq> 0 \<Longrightarrow> g x y = u"} instead of an
-  unrestricted @{text "g \<equiv> \<lambda>x y. u"}.
-  
-  \item @{command "abbreviation"}~@{text "c \<WHERE> eq"} introduces a
-  syntactic constant which is associated with a certain term according
-  to the meta-level equality @{text eq}.
-  
-  Abbreviations participate in the usual type-inference process, but
-  are expanded before the logic ever sees them.  Pretty printing of
-  terms involves higher-order rewriting with rules stemming from
-  reverted abbreviations.  This needs some care to avoid overlapping
-  or looping syntactic replacements!
-  
-  The optional @{text mode} specification restricts output to a
-  particular print mode; using ``@{text input}'' here achieves the
-  effect of one-way abbreviations.  The mode may also include an
-  ``@{keyword "output"}'' qualifier that affects the concrete syntax
-  declared for abbreviations, cf.\ @{command "syntax"} in
-  \secref{sec:syn-trans}.
-  
-  \item @{command "print_abbrevs"} prints all constant abbreviations
-  of the current context.
-  
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-section {* Generic declarations *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "declaration"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "syntax_declaration"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "declare"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  Arbitrary operations on the background context may be wrapped-up as
-  generic declaration elements.  Since the underlying concept of local
-  theories may be subject to later re-interpretation, there is an
-  additional dependency on a morphism that tells the difference of the
-  original declaration context wrt.\ the application context
-  encountered later on.  A fact declaration is an important special
-  case: it consists of a theorem which is applied to the context by
-  means of an attribute.
-
-  @{rail "
-    (@@{command declaration} | @@{command syntax_declaration})
-      ('(' @'pervasive' ')')? \\ @{syntax target}? @{syntax text}
-    ;
-    @@{command declare} @{syntax target}? (@{syntax thmrefs} + @'and')
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "declaration"}~@{text d} adds the declaration
-  function @{text d} of ML type @{ML_type declaration}, to the current
-  local theory under construction.  In later application contexts, the
-  function is transformed according to the morphisms being involved in
-  the interpretation hierarchy.
-
-  If the @{text "(pervasive)"} option is given, the corresponding
-  declaration is applied to all possible contexts involved, including
-  the global background theory.
-
-  \item @{command "syntax_declaration"} is similar to @{command
-  "declaration"}, but is meant to affect only ``syntactic'' tools by
-  convention (such as notation and type-checking information).
-
-  \item @{command "declare"}~@{text thms} declares theorems to the
-  current local theory context.  No theorem binding is involved here,
-  unlike @{command "theorems"} or @{command "lemmas"} (cf.\
-  \secref{sec:axms-thms}), so @{command "declare"} only has the effect
-  of applying attributes as included in the theorem specification.
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-section {* Locales \label{sec:locale} *}
-
-text {*
-  Locales are parametric named local contexts, consisting of a list of
-  declaration elements that are modeled after the Isar proof context
-  commands (cf.\ \secref{sec:proof-context}).
-*}
-
-
-subsection {* Locale expressions \label{sec:locale-expr} *}
-
-text {*
-  A \emph{locale expression} denotes a structured context composed of
-  instances of existing locales.  The context consists of a list of
-  instances of declaration elements from the locales.  Two locale
-  instances are equal if they are of the same locale and the
-  parameters are instantiated with equivalent terms.  Declaration
-  elements from equal instances are never repeated, thus avoiding
-  duplicate declarations.  More precisely, declarations from instances
-  that are subsumed by earlier instances are omitted.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @{syntax_def locale_expr}: (instance + '+') (@'for' (@{syntax \"fixes\"} + @'and'))?
-    ;
-    instance: (qualifier ':')? @{syntax nameref} (pos_insts | named_insts)
-    ;
-    qualifier: @{syntax name} ('?' | '!')?
-    ;
-    pos_insts: ('_' | @{syntax term})*
-    ;
-    named_insts: @'where' (@{syntax name} '=' @{syntax term} + @'and')
-  "}
-
-  A locale instance consists of a reference to a locale and either
-  positional or named parameter instantiations.  Identical
-  instantiations (that is, those that instante a parameter by itself)
-  may be omitted.  The notation `@{text "_"}' enables to omit the
-  instantiation for a parameter inside a positional instantiation.
-
-  Terms in instantiations are from the context the locale expressions
-  is declared in.  Local names may be added to this context with the
-  optional @{keyword "for"} clause.  This is useful for shadowing names
-  bound in outer contexts, and for declaring syntax.  In addition,
-  syntax declarations from one instance are effective when parsing
-  subsequent instances of the same expression.
-
-  Instances have an optional qualifier which applies to names in
-  declarations.  Names include local definitions and theorem names.
-  If present, the qualifier itself is either optional
-  (``\texttt{?}''), which means that it may be omitted on input of the
-  qualified name, or mandatory (``\texttt{!}'').  If neither
-  ``\texttt{?}'' nor ``\texttt{!}'' are present, the command's default
-  is used.  For @{command "interpretation"} and @{command "interpret"}
-  the default is ``mandatory'', for @{command "locale"} and @{command
-  "sublocale"} the default is ``optional''.
-*}
-
-
-subsection {* Locale declarations *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "locale"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "print_locale"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow>"} \\
-    @{command_def "print_locales"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow>"} \\
-    @{method_def intro_locales} & : & @{text method} \\
-    @{method_def unfold_locales} & : & @{text method} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  \indexisarelem{fixes}\indexisarelem{constrains}\indexisarelem{assumes}
-  \indexisarelem{defines}\indexisarelem{notes}
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command locale} @{syntax name} ('=' @{syntax locale})? @'begin'?
-    ;
-    @@{command print_locale} '!'? @{syntax nameref}
-    ;
-    @{syntax_def locale}: @{syntax context_elem}+ |
-      @{syntax locale_expr} ('+' (@{syntax context_elem}+))?
-    ;
-    @{syntax_def context_elem}:
-      @'fixes' (@{syntax \"fixes\"} + @'and') |
-      @'constrains' (@{syntax name} '::' @{syntax type} + @'and') |
-      @'assumes' (@{syntax props} + @'and') |
-      @'defines' (@{syntax thmdecl}? @{syntax prop} @{syntax prop_pat}? + @'and') |
-      @'notes' (@{syntax thmdef}? @{syntax thmrefs} + @'and')
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-  
-  \item @{command "locale"}~@{text "loc = import + body"} defines a
-  new locale @{text loc} as a context consisting of a certain view of
-  existing locales (@{text import}) plus some additional elements
-  (@{text body}).  Both @{text import} and @{text body} are optional;
-  the degenerate form @{command "locale"}~@{text loc} defines an empty
-  locale, which may still be useful to collect declarations of facts
-  later on.  Type-inference on locale expressions automatically takes
-  care of the most general typing that the combined context elements
-  may acquire.
-
-  The @{text import} consists of a structured locale expression; see
-  \secref{sec:proof-context} above.  Its for clause defines the local
-  parameters of the @{text import}.  In addition, locale parameters
-  whose instantance is omitted automatically extend the (possibly
-  empty) for clause: they are inserted at its beginning.  This means
-  that these parameters may be referred to from within the expression
-  and also in the subsequent context elements and provides a
-  notational convenience for the inheritance of parameters in locale
-  declarations.
-
-  The @{text body} consists of context elements.
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{element "fixes"}~@{text "x :: \<tau> (mx)"} declares a local
-  parameter of type @{text \<tau>} and mixfix annotation @{text mx} (both
-  are optional).  The special syntax declaration ``@{text
-  "(\<STRUCTURE>)"}'' means that @{text x} may be referenced
-  implicitly in this context.
-
-  \item @{element "constrains"}~@{text "x :: \<tau>"} introduces a type
-  constraint @{text \<tau>} on the local parameter @{text x}.  This
-  element is deprecated.  The type constraint should be introduced in
-  the for clause or the relevant @{element "fixes"} element.
-
-  \item @{element "assumes"}~@{text "a: \<phi>\<^sub>1 \<dots> \<phi>\<^sub>n"}
-  introduces local premises, similar to @{command "assume"} within a
-  proof (cf.\ \secref{sec:proof-context}).
-
-  \item @{element "defines"}~@{text "a: x \<equiv> t"} defines a previously
-  declared parameter.  This is similar to @{command "def"} within a
-  proof (cf.\ \secref{sec:proof-context}), but @{element "defines"}
-  takes an equational proposition instead of variable-term pair.  The
-  left-hand side of the equation may have additional arguments, e.g.\
-  ``@{element "defines"}~@{text "f x\<^sub>1 \<dots> x\<^sub>n \<equiv> t"}''.
-
-  \item @{element "notes"}~@{text "a = b\<^sub>1 \<dots> b\<^sub>n"}
-  reconsiders facts within a local context.  Most notably, this may
-  include arbitrary declarations in any attribute specifications
-  included here, e.g.\ a local @{attribute simp} rule.
-
-  The initial @{text import} specification of a locale expression
-  maintains a dynamic relation to the locales being referenced
-  (benefiting from any later fact declarations in the obvious manner).
-
-  \end{description}
-  
-  Note that ``@{text "(\<IS> p\<^sub>1 \<dots> p\<^sub>n)"}'' patterns given
-  in the syntax of @{element "assumes"} and @{element "defines"} above
-  are illegal in locale definitions.  In the long goal format of
-  \secref{sec:goals}, term bindings may be included as expected,
-  though.
-  
-  \medskip Locale specifications are ``closed up'' by
-  turning the given text into a predicate definition @{text
-  loc_axioms} and deriving the original assumptions as local lemmas
-  (modulo local definitions).  The predicate statement covers only the
-  newly specified assumptions, omitting the content of included locale
-  expressions.  The full cumulative view is only provided on export,
-  involving another predicate @{text loc} that refers to the complete
-  specification text.
-  
-  In any case, the predicate arguments are those locale parameters
-  that actually occur in the respective piece of text.  Also note that
-  these predicates operate at the meta-level in theory, but the locale
-  packages attempts to internalize statements according to the
-  object-logic setup (e.g.\ replacing @{text \<And>} by @{text \<forall>}, and
-  @{text "\<Longrightarrow>"} by @{text "\<longrightarrow>"} in HOL; see also
-  \secref{sec:object-logic}).  Separate introduction rules @{text
-  loc_axioms.intro} and @{text loc.intro} are provided as well.
-  
-  \item @{command "print_locale"}~@{text "locale"} prints the
-  contents of the named locale.  The command omits @{element "notes"}
-  elements by default.  Use @{command "print_locale"}@{text "!"} to
-  have them included.
-
-  \item @{command "print_locales"} prints the names of all locales
-  of the current theory.
-
-  \item @{method intro_locales} and @{method unfold_locales}
-  repeatedly expand all introduction rules of locale predicates of the
-  theory.  While @{method intro_locales} only applies the @{text
-  loc.intro} introduction rules and therefore does not decend to
-  assumptions, @{method unfold_locales} is more aggressive and applies
-  @{text loc_axioms.intro} as well.  Both methods are aware of locale
-  specifications entailed by the context, both from target statements,
-  and from interpretations (see below).  New goals that are entailed
-  by the current context are discharged automatically.
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-subsection {* Locale interpretation *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "interpretation"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> proof(prove)"} \\
-    @{command_def "interpret"} & : & @{text "proof(state) | proof(chain) \<rightarrow> proof(prove)"} \\
-    @{command_def "sublocale"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> proof(prove)"} \\
-    @{command_def "print_dependencies"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow>"} \\
-    @{command_def "print_interps"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow>"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  Locale expressions may be instantiated, and the instantiated facts
-  added to the current context.  This requires a proof of the
-  instantiated specification and is called \emph{locale
-  interpretation}.  Interpretation is possible in locales (command
-  @{command "sublocale"}), theories (command @{command
-  "interpretation"}) and also within proof bodies (command @{command
-  "interpret"}).
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command interpretation} @{syntax locale_expr} equations?
-    ;
-    @@{command interpret} @{syntax locale_expr} equations?
-    ;
-    @@{command sublocale} @{syntax nameref} ('<' | '\<subseteq>') @{syntax locale_expr} \\
-      equations?
-    ;
-    @@{command print_dependencies} '!'? @{syntax locale_expr}
-    ;
-    @@{command print_interps} @{syntax nameref}
-    ;
-
-    equations: @'where' (@{syntax thmdecl}? @{syntax prop} + @'and')
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "interpretation"}~@{text "expr \<WHERE> eqns"}
-  interprets @{text expr} in the theory.  The command generates proof
-  obligations for the instantiated specifications (assumes and defines
-  elements).  Once these are discharged by the user, instantiated
-  facts are added to the theory in a post-processing phase.
-
-  Free variables in the interpreted expression are allowed.  They are
-  turned into schematic variables in the generated declarations.  In
-  order to use a free variable whose name is already bound in the
-  context --- for example, because a constant of that name exists ---
-  it may be added to the @{keyword "for"} clause.
-
-  Additional equations, which are unfolded during
-  post-processing, may be given after the keyword @{keyword "where"}.
-  This is useful for interpreting concepts introduced through
-  definitions.  The equations must be proved.
-
-  The command is aware of interpretations already active in the
-  theory, but does not simplify the goal automatically.  In order to
-  simplify the proof obligations use methods @{method intro_locales}
-  or @{method unfold_locales}.  Post-processing is not applied to
-  facts of interpretations that are already active.  This avoids
-  duplication of interpreted facts, in particular.  Note that, in the
-  case of a locale with import, parts of the interpretation may
-  already be active.  The command will only process facts for new
-  parts.
-
-  Adding facts to locales has the effect of adding interpreted facts
-  to the theory for all interpretations as well.  That is,
-  interpretations dynamically participate in any facts added to
-  locales.  Note that if a theory inherits additional facts for a
-  locale through one parent and an interpretation of that locale
-  through another parent, the additional facts will not be
-  interpreted.
-
-  \item @{command "interpret"}~@{text "expr \<WHERE> eqns"} interprets
-  @{text expr} in the proof context and is otherwise similar to
-  interpretation in theories.  Note that rewrite rules given to
-  @{command "interpret"} after the @{keyword "where"} keyword should be
-  explicitly universally quantified.
-
-  \item @{command "sublocale"}~@{text "name \<subseteq> expr \<WHERE>
-  eqns"}
-  interprets @{text expr} in the locale @{text name}.  A proof that
-  the specification of @{text name} implies the specification of
-  @{text expr} is required.  As in the localized version of the
-  theorem command, the proof is in the context of @{text name}.  After
-  the proof obligation has been discharged, the facts of @{text expr}
-  become part of locale @{text name} as \emph{derived} context
-  elements and are available when the context @{text name} is
-  subsequently entered.  Note that, like import, this is dynamic:
-  facts added to a locale part of @{text expr} after interpretation
-  become also available in @{text name}.
-
-  Only specification fragments of @{text expr} that are not already
-  part of @{text name} (be it imported, derived or a derived fragment
-  of the import) are considered in this process.  This enables
-  circular interpretations provided that no infinite chains are
-  generated in the locale hierarchy.
-
-  If interpretations of @{text name} exist in the current theory, the
-  command adds interpretations for @{text expr} as well, with the same
-  qualifier, although only for fragments of @{text expr} that are not
-  interpreted in the theory already.
-
-  Equations given after @{keyword "where"} amend the morphism through
-  which @{text expr} is interpreted.  This enables to map definitions
-  from the interpreted locales to entities of @{text name}.  This
-  feature is experimental.
-
-  \item @{command "print_dependencies"}~@{text "expr"} is useful for
-  understanding the effect of an interpretation of @{text "expr"}.  It
-  lists all locale instances for which interpretations would be added
-  to the current context.  Variant @{command
-  "print_dependencies"}@{text "!"} prints all locale instances that
-  would be considered for interpretation, and would be interpreted in
-  an empty context (that is, without interpretations).
-
-  \item @{command "print_interps"}~@{text "locale"} lists all
-  interpretations of @{text "locale"} in the current theory or proof
-  context, including those due to a combination of a @{command
-  "interpretation"} or @{command "interpret"} and one or several
-  @{command "sublocale"} declarations.
-
-  \end{description}
-
-  \begin{warn}
-    Since attributes are applied to interpreted theorems,
-    interpretation may modify the context of common proof tools, e.g.\
-    the Simplifier or Classical Reasoner.  As the behavior of such
-    tools is \emph{not} stable under interpretation morphisms, manual
-    declarations might have to be added to the target context of the
-    interpretation to revert such declarations.
-  \end{warn}
-
-  \begin{warn}
-    An interpretation in a theory or proof context may subsume previous
-    interpretations.  This happens if the same specification fragment
-    is interpreted twice and the instantiation of the second
-    interpretation is more general than the interpretation of the
-    first.  The locale package does not attempt to remove subsumed
-    interpretations.
-  \end{warn}
-*}
-
-
-section {* Classes \label{sec:class} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "class"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "instantiation"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "instance"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command "instance"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> proof(prove)"} \\
-    @{command_def "subclass"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "print_classes"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow>"} \\
-    @{command_def "class_deps"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & @{text "context \<rightarrow>"} \\
-    @{method_def intro_classes} & : & @{text method} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  A class is a particular locale with \emph{exactly one} type variable
-  @{text \<alpha>}.  Beyond the underlying locale, a corresponding type class
-  is established which is interpreted logically as axiomatic type
-  class \cite{Wenzel:1997:TPHOL} whose logical content are the
-  assumptions of the locale.  Thus, classes provide the full
-  generality of locales combined with the commodity of type classes
-  (notably type-inference).  See \cite{isabelle-classes} for a short
-  tutorial.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command class} class_spec @'begin'?
-    ;
-    class_spec: @{syntax name} '='
-      ((@{syntax nameref} '+' (@{syntax context_elem}+)) |
-        @{syntax nameref} | (@{syntax context_elem}+))      
-    ;
-    @@{command instantiation} (@{syntax nameref} + @'and') '::' @{syntax arity} @'begin'
-    ;
-    @@{command instance} (() | (@{syntax nameref} + @'and') '::' @{syntax arity} |
-      @{syntax nameref} ('<' | '\<subseteq>') @{syntax nameref} )
-    ;
-    @@{command subclass} @{syntax target}? @{syntax nameref}
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "class"}~@{text "c = superclasses + body"} defines
-  a new class @{text c}, inheriting from @{text superclasses}.  This
-  introduces a locale @{text c} with import of all locales @{text
-  superclasses}.
-
-  Any @{element "fixes"} in @{text body} are lifted to the global
-  theory level (\emph{class operations} @{text "f\<^sub>1, \<dots>,
-  f\<^sub>n"} of class @{text c}), mapping the local type parameter
-  @{text \<alpha>} to a schematic type variable @{text "?\<alpha> :: c"}.
-
-  Likewise, @{element "assumes"} in @{text body} are also lifted,
-  mapping each local parameter @{text "f :: \<tau>[\<alpha>]"} to its
-  corresponding global constant @{text "f :: \<tau>[?\<alpha> :: c]"}.  The
-  corresponding introduction rule is provided as @{text
-  c_class_axioms.intro}.  This rule should be rarely needed directly
-  --- the @{method intro_classes} method takes care of the details of
-  class membership proofs.
-
-  \item @{command "instantiation"}~@{text "t :: (s\<^sub>1, \<dots>, s\<^sub>n)s
-  \<BEGIN>"} opens a theory target (cf.\ \secref{sec:target}) which
-  allows to specify class operations @{text "f\<^sub>1, \<dots>, f\<^sub>n"} corresponding
-  to sort @{text s} at the particular type instance @{text "(\<alpha>\<^sub>1 :: s\<^sub>1,
-  \<dots>, \<alpha>\<^sub>n :: s\<^sub>n) t"}.  A plain @{command "instance"} command in the
-  target body poses a goal stating these type arities.  The target is
-  concluded by an @{command_ref (local) "end"} command.
-
-  Note that a list of simultaneous type constructors may be given;
-  this corresponds nicely to mutually recursive type definitions, e.g.\
-  in Isabelle/HOL.
-
-  \item @{command "instance"} in an instantiation target body sets
-  up a goal stating the type arities claimed at the opening @{command
-  "instantiation"}.  The proof would usually proceed by @{method
-  intro_classes}, and then establish the characteristic theorems of
-  the type classes involved.  After finishing the proof, the
-  background theory will be augmented by the proven type arities.
-
-  On the theory level, @{command "instance"}~@{text "t :: (s\<^sub>1, \<dots>,
-  s\<^sub>n)s"} provides a convenient way to instantiate a type class with no
-  need to specify operations: one can continue with the
-  instantiation proof immediately.
-
-  \item @{command "subclass"}~@{text c} in a class context for class
-  @{text d} sets up a goal stating that class @{text c} is logically
-  contained in class @{text d}.  After finishing the proof, class
-  @{text d} is proven to be subclass @{text c} and the locale @{text
-  c} is interpreted into @{text d} simultaneously.
-
-  A weakend form of this is available through a further variant of
-  @{command instance}:  @{command instance}~@{text "c\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> c\<^sub>2"} opens
-  a proof that class @{text "c\<^isub>2"} implies @{text "c\<^isub>1"} without reference
-  to the underlying locales;  this is useful if the properties to prove
-  the logical connection are not sufficent on the locale level but on
-  the theory level.
-
-  \item @{command "print_classes"} prints all classes in the current
-  theory.
-
-  \item @{command "class_deps"} visualizes all classes and their
-  subclass relations as a Hasse diagram.
-
-  \item @{method intro_classes} repeatedly expands all class
-  introduction rules of this theory.  Note that this method usually
-  needs not be named explicitly, as it is already included in the
-  default proof step (e.g.\ of @{command "proof"}).  In particular,
-  instantiation of trivial (syntactic) classes may be performed by a
-  single ``@{command ".."}'' proof step.
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-subsection {* The class target *}
-
-text {*
-  %FIXME check
-
-  A named context may refer to a locale (cf.\ \secref{sec:target}).
-  If this locale is also a class @{text c}, apart from the common
-  locale target behaviour the following happens.
-
-  \begin{itemize}
-
-  \item Local constant declarations @{text "g[\<alpha>]"} referring to the
-  local type parameter @{text \<alpha>} and local parameters @{text "f[\<alpha>]"}
-  are accompanied by theory-level constants @{text "g[?\<alpha> :: c]"}
-  referring to theory-level class operations @{text "f[?\<alpha> :: c]"}.
-
-  \item Local theorem bindings are lifted as are assumptions.
-
-  \item Local syntax refers to local operations @{text "g[\<alpha>]"} and
-  global operations @{text "g[?\<alpha> :: c]"} uniformly.  Type inference
-  resolves ambiguities.  In rare cases, manual type annotations are
-  needed.
-  
-  \end{itemize}
-*}
-
-
-subsection {* Co-regularity of type classes and arities *}
-
-text {* The class relation together with the collection of
-  type-constructor arities must obey the principle of
-  \emph{co-regularity} as defined below.
-
-  \medskip For the subsequent formulation of co-regularity we assume
-  that the class relation is closed by transitivity and reflexivity.
-  Moreover the collection of arities @{text "t :: (\<^vec>s)c"} is
-  completed such that @{text "t :: (\<^vec>s)c"} and @{text "c \<subseteq> c'"}
-  implies @{text "t :: (\<^vec>s)c'"} for all such declarations.
-
-  Treating sorts as finite sets of classes (meaning the intersection),
-  the class relation @{text "c\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> c\<^sub>2"} is extended to sorts as
-  follows:
-  \[
-    @{text "s\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> s\<^sub>2 \<equiv> \<forall>c\<^sub>2 \<in> s\<^sub>2. \<exists>c\<^sub>1 \<in> s\<^sub>1. c\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> c\<^sub>2"}
-  \]
-
-  This relation on sorts is further extended to tuples of sorts (of
-  the same length) in the component-wise way.
-
-  \smallskip Co-regularity of the class relation together with the
-  arities relation means:
-  \[
-    @{text "t :: (\<^vec>s\<^sub>1)c\<^sub>1 \<Longrightarrow> t :: (\<^vec>s\<^sub>2)c\<^sub>2 \<Longrightarrow> c\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> c\<^sub>2 \<Longrightarrow> \<^vec>s\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> \<^vec>s\<^sub>2"}
-  \]
-  \noindent for all such arities.  In other words, whenever the result
-  classes of some type-constructor arities are related, then the
-  argument sorts need to be related in the same way.
-
-  \medskip Co-regularity is a very fundamental property of the
-  order-sorted algebra of types.  For example, it entails principle
-  types and most general unifiers, e.g.\ see \cite{nipkow-prehofer}.
-*}
-
-
-section {* Unrestricted overloading *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "overloading"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  Isabelle/Pure's definitional schemes support certain forms of
-  overloading (see \secref{sec:consts}).  Overloading means that a
-  constant being declared as @{text "c :: \<alpha> decl"} may be
-  defined separately on type instances
-  @{text "c :: (\<beta>\<^sub>1, \<dots>, \<beta>\<^sub>n) t decl"}
-  for each type constructor @{text t}.  At most occassions
-  overloading will be used in a Haskell-like fashion together with
-  type classes by means of @{command "instantiation"} (see
-  \secref{sec:class}).  Sometimes low-level overloading is desirable.
-  The @{command "overloading"} target provides a convenient view for
-  end-users.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command overloading} ( spec + ) @'begin'
-    ;
-    spec: @{syntax name} ( '==' | '\<equiv>' ) @{syntax term} ( '(' @'unchecked' ')' )?
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "overloading"}~@{text "x\<^sub>1 \<equiv> c\<^sub>1 :: \<tau>\<^sub>1 \<AND> \<dots> x\<^sub>n \<equiv> c\<^sub>n :: \<tau>\<^sub>n \<BEGIN>"}
-  opens a theory target (cf.\ \secref{sec:target}) which allows to
-  specify constants with overloaded definitions.  These are identified
-  by an explicitly given mapping from variable names @{text "x\<^sub>i"} to
-  constants @{text "c\<^sub>i"} at particular type instances.  The
-  definitions themselves are established using common specification
-  tools, using the names @{text "x\<^sub>i"} as reference to the
-  corresponding constants.  The target is concluded by @{command
-  (local) "end"}.
-
-  A @{text "(unchecked)"} option disables global dependency checks for
-  the corresponding definition, which is occasionally useful for
-  exotic overloading (see \secref{sec:consts} for a precise description).
-  It is at the discretion of the user to avoid
-  malformed theory specifications!
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-section {* Incorporating ML code \label{sec:ML} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "ML_file"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "ML"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "ML_prf"} & : & @{text "proof \<rightarrow> proof"} \\
-    @{command_def "ML_val"} & : & @{text "any \<rightarrow>"} \\
-    @{command_def "ML_command"} & : & @{text "any \<rightarrow>"} \\
-    @{command_def "setup"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "local_setup"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "attribute_setup"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command ML_file} @{syntax name}
-    ;
-    (@@{command ML} | @@{command ML_prf} | @@{command ML_val} |
-      @@{command ML_command} | @@{command setup} | @@{command local_setup}) @{syntax text}
-    ;
-    @@{command attribute_setup} @{syntax name} '=' @{syntax text} @{syntax text}?
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "ML_file"}~@{text "name"} reads and evaluates the
-  given ML file.  The current theory context is passed down to the ML
-  toplevel and may be modified, using @{ML "Context.>>"} or derived ML
-  commands.  Top-level ML bindings are stored within the (global or
-  local) theory context.
-  
-  \item @{command "ML"}~@{text "text"} is similar to @{command
-  "ML_file"}, but evaluates directly the given @{text "text"}.
-  Top-level ML bindings are stored within the (global or local) theory
-  context.
-
-  \item @{command "ML_prf"} is analogous to @{command "ML"} but works
-  within a proof context.  Top-level ML bindings are stored within the
-  proof context in a purely sequential fashion, disregarding the
-  nested proof structure.  ML bindings introduced by @{command
-  "ML_prf"} are discarded at the end of the proof.
-
-  \item @{command "ML_val"} and @{command "ML_command"} are diagnostic
-  versions of @{command "ML"}, which means that the context may not be
-  updated.  @{command "ML_val"} echos the bindings produced at the ML
-  toplevel, but @{command "ML_command"} is silent.
-  
-  \item @{command "setup"}~@{text "text"} changes the current theory
-  context by applying @{text "text"}, which refers to an ML expression
-  of type @{ML_type "theory -> theory"}.  This enables to initialize
-  any object-logic specific tools and packages written in ML, for
-  example.
-
-  \item @{command "local_setup"} is similar to @{command "setup"} for
-  a local theory context, and an ML expression of type @{ML_type
-  "local_theory -> local_theory"}.  This allows to
-  invoke local theory specification packages without going through
-  concrete outer syntax, for example.
-
-  \item @{command "attribute_setup"}~@{text "name = text description"}
-  defines an attribute in the current theory.  The given @{text
-  "text"} has to be an ML expression of type
-  @{ML_type "attribute context_parser"}, cf.\ basic parsers defined in
-  structure @{ML_struct Args} and @{ML_struct Attrib}.
-
-  In principle, attributes can operate both on a given theorem and the
-  implicit context, although in practice only one is modified and the
-  other serves as parameter.  Here are examples for these two cases:
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-  attribute_setup my_rule = {*
-    Attrib.thms >> (fn ths =>
-      Thm.rule_attribute
-        (fn context: Context.generic => fn th: thm =>
-          let val th' = th OF ths
-          in th' end)) *}
-
-  attribute_setup my_declaration = {*
-    Attrib.thms >> (fn ths =>
-      Thm.declaration_attribute
-        (fn th: thm => fn context: Context.generic =>
-          let val context' = context
-          in context' end)) *}
-
-
-section {* Primitive specification elements *}
-
-subsection {* Type classes and sorts \label{sec:classes} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
-    @{command_def "classes"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "classrel"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} & (axiomatic!) \\
-    @{command_def "default_sort"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"}
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command classes} (@{syntax classdecl} +)
-    ;
-    @@{command classrel} (@{syntax nameref} ('<' | '\<subseteq>') @{syntax nameref} + @'and')
-    ;
-    @@{command default_sort} @{syntax sort}
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "classes"}~@{text "c \<subseteq> c\<^sub>1, \<dots>, c\<^sub>n"} declares class
-  @{text c} to be a subclass of existing classes @{text "c\<^sub>1, \<dots>, c\<^sub>n"}.
-  Isabelle implicitly maintains the transitive closure of the class
-  hierarchy.  Cyclic class structures are not permitted.
-
-  \item @{command "classrel"}~@{text "c\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> c\<^sub>2"} states subclass
-  relations between existing classes @{text "c\<^sub>1"} and @{text "c\<^sub>2"}.
-  This is done axiomatically!  The @{command_ref "subclass"} and
-  @{command_ref "instance"} commands (see \secref{sec:class}) provide
-  a way to introduce proven class relations.
-
-  \item @{command "default_sort"}~@{text s} makes sort @{text s} the
-  new default sort for any type variable that is given explicitly in
-  the text, but lacks a sort constraint (wrt.\ the current context).
-  Type variables generated by type inference are not affected.
-
-  Usually the default sort is only changed when defining a new
-  object-logic.  For example, the default sort in Isabelle/HOL is
-  @{class type}, the class of all HOL types.
-
-  When merging theories, the default sorts of the parents are
-  logically intersected, i.e.\ the representations as lists of classes
-  are joined.
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-subsection {* Types and type abbreviations \label{sec:types-pure} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
-    @{command_def "type_synonym"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "typedecl"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "arities"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} & (axiomatic!) \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command type_synonym} (@{syntax typespec} '=' @{syntax type} @{syntax mixfix}?)
-    ;
-    @@{command typedecl} @{syntax typespec} @{syntax mixfix}?
-    ;
-    @@{command arities} (@{syntax nameref} '::' @{syntax arity} +)
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "type_synonym"}~@{text "(\<alpha>\<^sub>1, \<dots>, \<alpha>\<^sub>n) t = \<tau>"}
-  introduces a \emph{type synonym} @{text "(\<alpha>\<^sub>1, \<dots>, \<alpha>\<^sub>n) t"} for the
-  existing type @{text "\<tau>"}.  Unlike actual type definitions, as are
-  available in Isabelle/HOL for example, type synonyms are merely
-  syntactic abbreviations without any logical significance.
-  Internally, type synonyms are fully expanded.
-  
-  \item @{command "typedecl"}~@{text "(\<alpha>\<^sub>1, \<dots>, \<alpha>\<^sub>n) t"} declares a new
-  type constructor @{text t}.  If the object-logic defines a base sort
-  @{text s}, then the constructor is declared to operate on that, via
-  the axiomatic specification @{command arities}~@{text "t :: (s, \<dots>,
-  s)s"}.
-
-  \item @{command "arities"}~@{text "t :: (s\<^sub>1, \<dots>, s\<^sub>n)s"} augments
-  Isabelle's order-sorted signature of types by new type constructor
-  arities.  This is done axiomatically!  The @{command_ref "instantiation"}
-  target (see \secref{sec:class}) provides a way to introduce
-  proven type arities.
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-subsection {* Constants and definitions \label{sec:consts} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "consts"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "defs"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  Definitions essentially express abbreviations within the logic.  The
-  simplest form of a definition is @{text "c :: \<sigma> \<equiv> t"}, where @{text
-  c} is a newly declared constant.  Isabelle also allows derived forms
-  where the arguments of @{text c} appear on the left, abbreviating a
-  prefix of @{text \<lambda>}-abstractions, e.g.\ @{text "c \<equiv> \<lambda>x y. t"} may be
-  written more conveniently as @{text "c x y \<equiv> t"}.  Moreover,
-  definitions may be weakened by adding arbitrary pre-conditions:
-  @{text "A \<Longrightarrow> c x y \<equiv> t"}.
-
-  \medskip The built-in well-formedness conditions for definitional
-  specifications are:
-
-  \begin{itemize}
-
-  \item Arguments (on the left-hand side) must be distinct variables.
-
-  \item All variables on the right-hand side must also appear on the
-  left-hand side.
-
-  \item All type variables on the right-hand side must also appear on
-  the left-hand side; this prohibits @{text "0 :: nat \<equiv> length ([] ::
-  \<alpha> list)"} for example.
-
-  \item The definition must not be recursive.  Most object-logics
-  provide definitional principles that can be used to express
-  recursion safely.
-
-  \end{itemize}
-
-  The right-hand side of overloaded definitions may mention overloaded constants
-  recursively at type instances corresponding to the immediate
-  argument types @{text "\<beta>\<^sub>1, \<dots>, \<beta>\<^sub>n"}.  Incomplete
-  specification patterns impose global constraints on all occurrences,
-  e.g.\ @{text "d :: \<alpha> \<times> \<alpha>"} on the left-hand side means that all
-  corresponding occurrences on some right-hand side need to be an
-  instance of this, general @{text "d :: \<alpha> \<times> \<beta>"} will be disallowed.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command consts} ((@{syntax name} '::' @{syntax type} @{syntax mixfix}?) +)
-    ;
-    @@{command defs} opt? (@{syntax axmdecl} @{syntax prop} +)
-    ;
-    opt: '(' @'unchecked'? @'overloaded'? ')'
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "consts"}~@{text "c :: \<sigma>"} declares constant @{text
-  c} to have any instance of type scheme @{text \<sigma>}.  The optional
-  mixfix annotations may attach concrete syntax to the constants
-  declared.
-  
-  \item @{command "defs"}~@{text "name: eqn"} introduces @{text eqn}
-  as a definitional axiom for some existing constant.
-  
-  The @{text "(unchecked)"} option disables global dependency checks
-  for this definition, which is occasionally useful for exotic
-  overloading.  It is at the discretion of the user to avoid malformed
-  theory specifications!
-  
-  The @{text "(overloaded)"} option declares definitions to be
-  potentially overloaded.  Unless this option is given, a warning
-  message would be issued for any definitional equation with a more
-  special type than that of the corresponding constant declaration.
-  
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-section {* Axioms and theorems \label{sec:axms-thms} *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
-    @{command_def "axioms"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} & (axiomatic!) \\
-    @{command_def "lemmas"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "theorems"} & : & @{text "local_theory \<rightarrow> local_theory"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command axioms} (@{syntax axmdecl} @{syntax prop} +)
-    ;
-    (@@{command lemmas} | @@{command theorems}) @{syntax target}? \\
-      (@{syntax thmdef}? @{syntax thmrefs} + @'and')
-      (@'for' (@{syntax vars} + @'and'))?
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-  
-  \item @{command "axioms"}~@{text "a: \<phi>"} introduces arbitrary
-  statements as axioms of the meta-logic.  In fact, axioms are
-  ``axiomatic theorems'', and may be referred later just as any other
-  theorem.
-  
-  Axioms are usually only introduced when declaring new logical
-  systems.  Everyday work is typically done the hard way, with proper
-  definitions and proven theorems.
-  
-  \item @{command "lemmas"}~@{text "a = b\<^sub>1 \<dots> b\<^sub>n"}~@{keyword_def
-  "for"}~@{text "x\<^sub>1 \<dots> x\<^sub>m"} evaluates given facts (with attributes) in
-  the current context, which may be augmented by local variables.
-  Results are standardized before being stored, i.e.\ schematic
-  variables are renamed to enforce index @{text "0"} uniformly.
-
-  \item @{command "theorems"} is the same as @{command "lemmas"}, but
-  marks the result as a different kind of facts.
-
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-
-section {* Oracles *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
-    @{command_def "oracle"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} & (axiomatic!) \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  Oracles allow Isabelle to take advantage of external reasoners such
-  as arithmetic decision procedures, model checkers, fast tautology
-  checkers or computer algebra systems.  Invoked as an oracle, an
-  external reasoner can create arbitrary Isabelle theorems.
-
-  It is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the external
-  reasoner is as trustworthy as the application requires.  Another
-  typical source of errors is the linkup between Isabelle and the
-  external tool, not just its concrete implementation, but also the
-  required translation between two different logical environments.
-
-  Isabelle merely guarantees well-formedness of the propositions being
-  asserted, and records within the internal derivation object how
-  presumed theorems depend on unproven suppositions.
-
-  @{rail "
-    @@{command oracle} @{syntax name} '=' @{syntax text}
-  "}
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "oracle"}~@{text "name = text"} turns the given ML
-  expression @{text "text"} of type @{ML_text "'a -> cterm"} into an
-  ML function of type @{ML_text "'a -> thm"}, which is bound to the
-  global identifier @{ML_text name}.  This acts like an infinitary
-  specification of axioms!  Invoking the oracle only works within the
-  scope of the resulting theory.
-
-  \end{description}
-
-  See @{file "~~/src/HOL/ex/Iff_Oracle.thy"} for a worked example of
-  defining a new primitive rule as oracle, and turning it into a proof
-  method.
-*}
-
-
-section {* Name spaces *}
-
-text {*
-  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
-    @{command_def "hide_class"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "hide_type"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "hide_const"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-    @{command_def "hide_fact"} & : & @{text "theory \<rightarrow> theory"} \\
-  \end{matharray}
-
-  @{rail "
-    ( @{command hide_class} | @{command hide_type} |
-      @{command hide_const} | @{command hide_fact} ) ('(' @'open' ')')? (@{syntax nameref} + )
-  "}
-
-  Isabelle organizes any kind of name declarations (of types,
-  constants, theorems etc.) by separate hierarchically structured name
-  spaces.  Normally the user does not have to control the behavior of
-  name spaces by hand, yet the following commands provide some way to
-  do so.
-
-  \begin{description}
-
-  \item @{command "hide_class"}~@{text names} fully removes class
-  declarations from a given name space; with the @{text "(open)"}
-  option, only the base name is hidden.
-
-  Note that hiding name space accesses has no impact on logical
-  declarations --- they remain valid internally.  Entities that are no
-  longer accessible to the user are printed with the special qualifier
-  ``@{text "??"}'' prefixed to the full internal name.
-
-  \item @{command "hide_type"}, @{command "hide_const"}, and @{command
-  "hide_fact"} are similar to @{command "hide_class"}, but hide types,
-  constants, and facts, respectively.
-  
-  \end{description}
-*}
-
-end