src/Provers/make_elim.ML

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+(*  Title: 	Provers/make_elim.ML
+    ID:         $Id$
+    Author: 	Lawrence C Paulson, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
+    Copyright   2000  University of Cambridge
+
+Classical version of Tactic.make_elim
+
+In classical logic, we can make stronger elimination rules using this version.
+For instance, the HOL rule injD is transformed into
+    [| inj ?f; ~ ?W ==> ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
+while Tactic.make_elim would yield the weaker rule
+    [| inj ?f; ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> PROP ?W |] ==> PROP ?W
+Such rules can cause Fast_tac to fail and Blast_tac to report "PROOF FAILED"
+*)
+
+signature MAKE_ELIM_DATA =
+sig
+  val classical	: thm		(* (~P ==> P) ==> P *)
+end;
+
+functor Make_Elim_Fun(Data: MAKE_ELIM_DATA)  =
+struct
+
+local
+    val cla_dist_concl = prove_goal (the_context ())
+       "[| ~Z_ ==> PROP X_; PROP Y_ ==> Z_;  PROP X_ ==> PROP Y_ |] ==> Z_"
+       (fn [premx,premz,premy] =>
+	    ([(rtac Data.classical 1),
+	      (etac (premx RS premy RS premz) 1)]))
+
+    fun compose_extra nsubgoal (tha,i,thb) =
+	Seq.list_of (bicompose false (false,tha,nsubgoal) i thb)
+
+in
+
+fun make_elim rl =
+    let fun making (i,rl) =
+	case compose_extra 2 (cla_dist_concl,i,rl) of
+	    [] => rl
+	  | rl'::_ => making (i+1,rl')
+    in  making (2, hd (compose_extra 1 (rl, 1, revcut_rl)))  end
+    handle THM _ => (*in default, use the previous version, which never fails*)
+             Tactic.make_elim rl;
+
+end
+ 
+end;