doc-src/IsarRef/Thy/Spec.thy
changeset 27040 3d3e6e07b931
parent 26870 94bedbb34b92
child 27046 51c2635dd89c
--- a/doc-src/IsarRef/Thy/Spec.thy	Mon Jun 02 22:50:21 2008 +0200
+++ b/doc-src/IsarRef/Thy/Spec.thy	Mon Jun 02 22:50:23 2008 +0200
@@ -12,22 +12,24 @@
   \begin{matharray}{rcl}
     @{command_def "header"} & : & \isarkeep{toplevel} \\
     @{command_def "theory"} & : & \isartrans{toplevel}{theory} \\
-    @{command_def "end"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{toplevel} \\
+    @{command_def (global) "end"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{toplevel} \\
   \end{matharray}
 
-  Isabelle/Isar theories are defined via theory, which contain both
-  specifications and proofs; occasionally definitional mechanisms also
-  require some explicit proof.
+  Isabelle/Isar theories are defined via theory file, which contain
+  both specifications and proofs; occasionally definitional mechanisms
+  also require some explicit proof.  The theory body may be
+  sub-structered by means of \emph{local theory} target mechanisms,
+  notably @{command "locale"} and @{command "class"}.
 
   The first ``real'' command of any theory has to be @{command
   "theory"}, which starts a new theory based on the merge of existing
   ones.  Just preceding the @{command "theory"} keyword, there may be
   an optional @{command "header"} declaration, which is relevant to
   document preparation only; it acts very much like a special
-  pre-theory markup command (cf.\ \secref{sec:markup-thy} and
-  \secref{sec:markup-thy}).  The @{command "end"} command concludes a
-  theory development; it has to be the very last command of any theory
-  file loaded in batch-mode.
+  pre-theory markup command (cf.\ \secref{sec:markup} and).  The
+  @{command (global) "end"} command
+  concludes a theory development; it has to be the very last command
+  of any theory file loaded in batch-mode.
 
   \begin{rail}
     'header' text
@@ -44,8 +46,7 @@
   markup just preceding the formal beginning of a theory.  In actual
   document preparation the corresponding {\LaTeX} macro @{verbatim
   "\\isamarkupheader"} may be redefined to produce chapter or section
-  headings.  See also \secref{sec:markup-thy} and
-  \secref{sec:markup-prf} for further markup commands.
+  headings.  See also \secref{sec:markup} for further markup commands.
   
   \item [@{command "theory"}~@{text "A \<IMPORTS> B\<^sub>1 \<dots>
   B\<^sub>n \<BEGIN>"}] starts a new theory @{text A} based on the
@@ -65,10 +66,1269 @@
   text (typically via explicit @{command_ref "use"} in the body text,
   see \secref{sec:ML}).
   
-  \item [@{command "end"}] concludes the current theory definition or
-  context switch.
+  \item [@{command (global) "end"}] concludes the current theory
+  definition.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Local theory targets \label{sec:target} *}
+
+text {*
+  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.  Named
+  contexts refer to locales (cf.\ \secref{sec:locale}) or type classes
+  (cf.\ \secref{sec:class}); the name ``@{text "-"}'' signifies the
+  global theory context.
+
+  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
+    @{command_def "context"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def (local) "end"} & : & \isartrans{local{\dsh}theory}{theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \indexouternonterm{target}
+  \begin{rail}
+    'context' name 'begin'
+    ;
+
+    target: '(' 'in' name ')'
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+  
+  \item [@{command "context"}~@{text "c \<BEGIN>"}] recommences an
+  existing locale or class context @{text c}.  Note that locale and
+  class definitions allow to include the @{keyword_ref "begin"}
+  keyword as well, in order to continue the local theory immediately
+  after the initial specification.
+  
+  \item [@{command (local) "end"}] concludes the current local theory
+  and continues the enclosing global theory.  Note that a global
+  @{command (global) "end"} has a different meaning: it concludes the
+  theory itself (\secref{sec:begin-thy}).
+  
+  \item [@{text "(\<IN> 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{descr}
+
+  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"}.
+*}
+
+
+section {* Basic specification elements *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
+    @{command_def "axiomatization"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} & (axiomatic!)\\
+    @{command_def "definition"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{attribute_def "defn"} & : & \isaratt \\
+    @{command_def "abbreviation"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "print_abbrevs"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & \isarkeep{theory~|~proof} \\
+    @{command_def "notation"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "no_notation"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+  \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.
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'axiomatization' target? fixes? ('where' specs)?
+    ;
+    'definition' target? (decl 'where')? thmdecl? prop
+    ;
+    'abbreviation' target? mode? (decl 'where')? prop
+    ;
+    ('notation' | 'no\_notation') target? mode? (nameref structmixfix + 'and')
+    ;
+
+    fixes: ((name ('::' type)? mixfix? | vars) + 'and')
+    ;
+    specs: (thmdecl? props + 'and')
+    ;
+    decl: name ('::' type)? mixfix?
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+  
+  \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.  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.
+  
+  \item [@{command "notation"}~@{text "c (mx)"}] associates mixfix
+  syntax with an existing constant or fixed variable.  This is a
+  robust interface to the underlying @{command "syntax"} primitive
+  (\secref{sec:syn-trans}).  Type declaration and internal syntactic
+  representation of the given entity is retrieved from the context.
+  
+  \item [@{command "no_notation"}] is similar to @{command
+  "notation"}, but removes the specified syntax annotation from the
+  present context.
+
+  \end{descr}
+
+  All of these specifications support local theory targets (cf.\
+  \secref{sec:target}).
+*}
+
+
+section {* Generic declarations *}
+
+text {*
+  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.
+
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "declaration"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "declare"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'declaration' target? text
+    ;
+    'declare' target? (thmrefs + 'and')
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \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.
+
+  \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{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Locales \label{sec:locale} *}
+
+text {*
+  Locales are 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 specifications *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "locale"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "print_locale"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & \isarkeep{theory~|~proof} \\
+    @{command_def "print_locales"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & \isarkeep{theory~|~proof} \\
+    @{method_def intro_locales} & : & \isarmeth \\
+    @{method_def unfold_locales} & : & \isarmeth \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \indexouternonterm{contextexpr}\indexouternonterm{contextelem}
+  \indexisarelem{fixes}\indexisarelem{constrains}\indexisarelem{assumes}
+  \indexisarelem{defines}\indexisarelem{notes}\indexisarelem{includes}
+  \begin{rail}
+    'locale' ('(open)')? name ('=' localeexpr)? 'begin'?
+    ;
+    'print\_locale' '!'? localeexpr
+    ;
+    localeexpr: ((contextexpr '+' (contextelem+)) | contextexpr | (contextelem+))
+    ;
+
+    contextexpr: nameref | '(' contextexpr ')' |
+    (contextexpr (name mixfix? +)) | (contextexpr + '+')
+    ;
+    contextelem: fixes | constrains | assumes | defines | notes
+    ;
+    fixes: 'fixes' ((name ('::' type)? structmixfix? | vars) + 'and')
+    ;
+    constrains: 'constrains' (name '::' type + 'and')
+    ;
+    assumes: 'assumes' (thmdecl? props + 'and')
+    ;
+    defines: 'defines' (thmdecl? prop proppat? + 'and')
+    ;
+    notes: 'notes' (thmdef? thmrefs + 'and')
+    ;
+    includes: 'includes' contextexpr
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+  
+  \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 context expression,
+  consisting of references to existing locales, renamed contexts, or
+  merged contexts.  Renaming uses positional notation: @{text "c
+  x\<^sub>1 \<dots> x\<^sub>n"} means that (a prefix of) the fixed
+  parameters of context @{text c} are named @{text "x\<^sub>1, \<dots>,
+  x\<^sub>n"}; a ``@{text _}'' (underscore) means to skip that
+  position.  Renaming by default deletes concrete syntax, but new
+  syntax may by specified with a mixfix annotation.  An exeption of
+  this rule is the special syntax declared with ``@{text
+  "(\<STRUCTURE>)"}'' (see below), which is neither deleted nor can it
+  be changed.  Merging proceeds from left-to-right, suppressing any
+  duplicates stemming from different paths through the import
+  hierarchy.
+
+  The @{text body} consists of basic context elements, further context
+  expressions may be included as well.
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \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}.
+
+  \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.
+
+  \item [@{element "includes"}~@{text c}] copies the specified context
+  in a statically scoped manner.  Only available in the long goal
+  format of \secref{sec:goals}.
+
+  In contrast, 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{descr}
+  
+  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 By default, 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.
+  
+  The @{text "(open)"} option of a locale specification prevents both
+  the current @{text loc_axioms} and cumulative @{text loc} predicate
+  constructions.  Predicates are also omitted for empty specification
+  texts.
+
+  \item [@{command "print_locale"}~@{text "import + body"}] prints the
+  specified locale expression in a flattened form.  The notable
+  special case @{command "print_locale"}~@{text loc} just prints the
+  contents of the named locale, but keep in mind that type-inference
+  will normalize type variables according to the usual alphabetical
+  order.  The command omits @{element "notes"} elements by default.
+  Use @{command "print_locale"}@{text "!"} to get 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 and
+  @{element "includes"} statements, and from interpretations (see
+  below).  New goals that are entailed by the current context are
+  discharged automatically.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+subsection {* Interpretation of locales *}
+
+text {*
+  Locale expressions (more precisely, \emph{context 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 theories and locales (command @{command
+  "interpretation"}) and also within a proof body (command @{command
+  "interpret"}).
+
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "interpretation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{proof(prove)} \\
+    @{command_def "interpret"} & : & \isartrans{proof(state) ~|~ proof(chain)}{proof(prove)} \\
+    @{command_def "print_interps"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : &  \isarkeep{theory~|~proof} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \indexouternonterm{interp}
+  \begin{rail}
+    'interpretation' (interp | name ('<' | subseteq) contextexpr)
+    ;
+    'interpret' interp
+    ;
+    'print\_interps' '!'? name
+    ;
+    instantiation: ('[' (inst+) ']')?
+    ;
+    interp: thmdecl? \\ (contextexpr instantiation |
+      name instantiation 'where' (thmdecl? prop + 'and'))
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \item [@{command "interpretation"}~@{text "expr insts \<WHERE> eqns"}]
+
+  The first form of @{command "interpretation"} interprets @{text
+  expr} in the theory.  The instantiation is given as a list of terms
+  @{text insts} and is positional.  All parameters must receive an
+  instantiation term --- with the exception of defined parameters.
+  These are, if omitted, derived from the defining equation and other
+  instantiations.  Use ``@{text _}'' to omit an instantiation term.
+
+  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.
+
+  Additional equations, which are unfolded in facts during
+  post-processing, may be given after the keyword @{keyword "where"}.
+  This is useful for interpreting concepts introduced through
+  definition specification elements.  The equations must be proved.
+  Note that if equations are present, the context expression is
+  restricted to a locale name.
+
+  The command is aware of interpretations already active in the
+  theory.  No proof obligations are generated for those, neither is
+  post-processing applied to their facts.  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 generate proof obligations and
+  process facts for new parts.
+
+  The context expression may be preceded by a name and/or attributes.
+  These take effect in the post-processing of facts.  The name is used
+  to prefix fact names, for example to avoid accidental hiding of
+  other facts.  Attributes are applied after attributes of the
+  interpreted facts.
+
+  Adding facts to locales has the effect of adding interpreted facts
+  to the theory for all active interpretations also.  That is,
+  interpretations dynamically participate in any facts added to
+  locales.
+
+  \item [@{command "interpretation"}~@{text "name \<subseteq> expr"}]
+
+  This form of the command interprets @{text expr} in the locale
+  @{text name}.  It requires a proof that the specification of @{text
+  name} implies the specification of @{text expr}.  As in the
+  localized version of the theorem command, the proof is in the
+  context of @{text name}.  After the proof obligation has been
+  dischared, 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}.
+  Like facts of renamed context elements, facts obtained by
+  interpretation may be accessed by prefixing with the parameter
+  renaming (where the parameters are separated by ``@{text _}'').
+
+  Unlike interpretation in theories, instantiation is confined to the
+  renaming of parameters, which may be specified as part of the
+  context expression @{text expr}.  Using defined parameters in @{text
+  name} one may achieve an effect similar to instantiation, though.
+
+  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 by interpretation.  This enables
+  circular interpretations.
+
+  If interpretations of @{text name} exist in the current theory, the
+  command adds interpretations for @{text expr} as well, with the same
+  prefix and attributes, although only for fragments of @{text expr}
+  that are not interpreted in the theory already.
+
+  \item [@{command "interpret"}~@{text "expr insts \<WHERE> eqns"}]
+  interprets @{text expr} in the proof context and is otherwise
+  similar to interpretation in theories.
+
+  \item [@{command "print_interps"}~@{text loc}] prints the
+  interpretations of a particular locale @{text loc} that are active
+  in the current context, either theory or proof context.  The
+  exclamation point argument triggers printing of \emph{witness}
+  theorems justifying interpretations.  These are normally omitted
+  from the output.
+  
+  \end{descr}
+
+  \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.  Since the behavior of such
+    automated reasoning tools is \emph{not} stable under
+    interpretation morphisms, manual declarations might have to be
+    issued.
+  \end{warn}
+
+  \begin{warn}
+    An interpretation in a theory 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.  A warning is issued, since it is likely that these could
+    have been generalized in the first place.  The locale package does
+    not attempt to remove subsumed interpretations.
+  \end{warn}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Classes \label{sec:class} *}
+
+text {*
+  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.
+
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "class"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "instantiation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "instance"} & : & \isartrans{local{\dsh}theory}{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "subclass"} & : & \isartrans{local{\dsh}theory}{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "print_classes"}@{text "\<^sup>*"} & : & \isarkeep{theory~|~proof} \\
+    @{method_def intro_classes} & : & \isarmeth \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'class' name '=' ((superclassexpr '+' (contextelem+)) | superclassexpr | (contextelem+)) \\
+      'begin'?
+    ;
+    'instantiation' (nameref + 'and') '::' arity 'begin'
+    ;
+    'instance'
+    ;
+    'subclass' target? nameref
+    ;
+    'print\_classes'
+    ;
+
+    superclassexpr: nameref | (nameref '+' superclassexpr)
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \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 mutual 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.
+
+  \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.
+
+  \item [@{command "print_classes"}] prints all classes in the current
+  theory.
+
+  \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{descr}
 *}
 
+
+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}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Axiomatic type classes \label{sec:axclass} *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{warn}
+  This describes the old interface to axiomatic type-classes in
+  Isabelle.  See \secref{sec:class} for a more recent higher-level
+  view on the same ideas.
+  \end{warn}
+
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "axclass"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "instance"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{proof(prove)} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  Axiomatic type classes are Isabelle/Pure's primitive
+  \emph{definitional} interface to type classes.  For practical
+  applications, you should consider using classes
+  (cf.~\secref{sec:classes}) which provide high level interface.
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'axclass' classdecl (axmdecl prop +)
+    ;
+    'instance' (nameref ('<' | subseteq) nameref | nameref '::' arity)
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+  
+  \item [@{command "axclass"}~@{text "c \<subseteq> c\<^sub>1, \<dots>, c\<^sub>n
+  axms"}] defines an axiomatic type class as the intersection of
+  existing classes, with additional axioms holding.  Class axioms may
+  not contain more than one type variable.  The class axioms (with
+  implicit sort constraints added) are bound to the given names.
+  Furthermore a class introduction rule is generated (being bound as
+  @{text c_class.intro}); this rule is employed by method @{method
+  intro_classes} to support instantiation proofs of this class.
+  
+  The ``class axioms'' are stored as theorems according to the given
+  name specifications, adding @{text "c_class"} as name space prefix;
+  the same facts are also stored collectively as @{text
+  c_class.axioms}.
+  
+  \item [@{command "instance"}~@{text "c\<^sub>1 \<subseteq> c\<^sub>2"} and
+  @{command "instance"}~@{text "t :: (s\<^sub>1, \<dots>, s\<^sub>n) s"}]
+  setup a goal stating a class relation or type arity.  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 theory will be augmented by a type
+  signature declaration corresponding to the resulting theorem.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Unrestricted overloading *}
+
+text {*
+  Isabelle/Pure's definitional schemes support certain forms of
+  overloading (see \secref{sec:consts}).  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.
+
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "overloading"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'overloading' \\
+    ( string ( '==' | equiv ) term ( '(' 'unchecked' ')' )? + ) 'begin'
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \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.  It is at the discretion of the user to avoid
+  malformed theory specifications!
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Incorporating ML code \label{sec:ML} *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "use"} & : & \isarkeep{theory~|~local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "ML"} & : & \isarkeep{theory~|~local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "ML_val"} & : & \isartrans{\cdot}{\cdot} \\
+    @{command_def "ML_command"} & : & \isartrans{\cdot}{\cdot} \\
+    @{command_def "setup"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "method_setup"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'use' name
+    ;
+    ('ML' | 'ML\_val' | 'ML\_command' | 'setup') text
+    ;
+    'method\_setup' name '=' text text
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \item [@{command "use"}~@{text "file"}] reads and executes ML
+  commands from @{text "file"}.  The current theory context is passed
+  down to the ML toplevel and may be modified, using @{ML
+  "Context.>>"} or derived ML commands.  The file name is checked with
+  the @{keyword_ref "uses"} dependency declaration given in the theory
+  header (see also \secref{sec:begin-thy}).
+  
+  \item [@{command "ML"}~@{text "text"}] is similar to @{command
+  "use"}, but executes ML commands directly from the given @{text
+  "text"}.
+
+  \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 "method_setup"}~@{text "name = text description"}]
+  defines a proof method in the current theory.  The given @{text
+  "text"} has to be an ML expression of type @{ML_type "Args.src ->
+  Proof.context -> Proof.method"}.  Parsing concrete method syntax
+  from @{ML_type Args.src} input can be quite tedious in general.  The
+  following simple examples are for methods without any explicit
+  arguments, or a list of theorems, respectively.
+
+%FIXME proper antiquotations
+{\footnotesize
+\begin{verbatim}
+ Method.no_args (Method.METHOD (fn facts => foobar_tac))
+ Method.thms_args (fn thms => Method.METHOD (fn facts => foobar_tac))
+ Method.ctxt_args (fn ctxt => Method.METHOD (fn facts => foobar_tac))
+ Method.thms_ctxt_args (fn thms => fn ctxt =>
+    Method.METHOD (fn facts => foobar_tac))
+\end{verbatim}
+}
+
+  Note that mere tactic emulations may ignore the @{text facts}
+  parameter above.  Proper proof methods would do something
+  appropriate with the list of current facts, though.  Single-rule
+  methods usually do strict forward-chaining (e.g.\ by using @{ML
+  Drule.multi_resolves}), while automatic ones just insert the facts
+  using @{ML Method.insert_tac} before applying the main tactic.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Primitive specification elements *}
+
+subsection {* Type classes and sorts \label{sec:classes} *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
+    @{command_def "classes"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "classrel"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} & (axiomatic!) \\
+    @{command_def "defaultsort"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "class_deps"} & : & \isarkeep{theory~|~proof} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'classes' (classdecl +)
+    ;
+    'classrel' (nameref ('<' | subseteq) nameref + 'and')
+    ;
+    'defaultsort' sort
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \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"}.  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
+  "instance"} command (see \secref{sec:axclass}) provides a way to
+  introduce proven class relations.
+
+  \item [@{command "defaultsort"}~@{text s}] makes sort @{text s} the
+  new default sort for any type variables given without sort
+  constraints.  Usually, the default sort would be only changed when
+  defining a new object-logic.
+
+  \item [@{command "class_deps"}] visualizes the subclass relation,
+  using Isabelle's graph browser tool (see also \cite{isabelle-sys}).
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+subsection {* Types and type abbreviations \label{sec:types-pure} *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
+    @{command_def "types"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "typedecl"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "nonterminals"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "arities"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} & (axiomatic!) \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'types' (typespec '=' type infix? +)
+    ;
+    'typedecl' typespec infix?
+    ;
+    'nonterminals' (name +)
+    ;
+    'arities' (nameref '::' arity +)
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \item [@{command "types"}~@{text "(\<alpha>\<^sub>1, \<dots>, \<alpha>\<^sub>n) t = \<tau>"}]
+  introduces \emph{type synonym} @{text "(\<alpha>\<^sub>1, \<dots>, \<alpha>\<^sub>n) t"}
+  for existing type @{text "\<tau>"}.  Unlike actual type definitions, as
+  are available in Isabelle/HOL for example, type synonyms are just
+  purely 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}, intended as an actual
+  logical type (of the object-logic, if available).
+
+  \item [@{command "nonterminals"}~@{text c}] declares type
+  constructors @{text c} (without arguments) to act as purely
+  syntactic types, i.e.\ nonterminal symbols of Isabelle's inner
+  syntax of terms or types.
+
+  \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
+  "instance"} command (see \S\ref{sec:axclass}) provides a way to
+  introduce proven type arities.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+subsection {* Constants and definitions \label{sec:consts} *}
+
+text {*
+  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}
+
+  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}.  The right-hand side 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.
+
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "consts"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "defs"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "constdefs"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'consts' ((name '::' type mixfix?) +)
+    ;
+    'defs' ('(' 'unchecked'? 'overloaded'? ')')? \\ (axmdecl prop +)
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'constdefs' structs? (constdecl? constdef +)
+    ;
+
+    structs: '(' 'structure' (vars + 'and') ')'
+    ;
+    constdecl:  ((name '::' type mixfix | name '::' type | name mixfix) 'where'?) | name 'where'
+    ;
+    constdef: thmdecl? prop
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \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.
+  
+  \item [@{command "constdefs"}] provides a streamlined combination of
+  constants declarations and definitions: type-inference takes care of
+  the most general typing of the given specification (the optional
+  type constraint may refer to type-inference dummies ``@{text
+  _}'' as usual).  The resulting type declaration needs to agree with
+  that of the specification; overloading is \emph{not} supported here!
+  
+  The constant name may be omitted altogether, if neither type nor
+  syntax declarations are given.  The canonical name of the
+  definitional axiom for constant @{text c} will be @{text c_def},
+  unless specified otherwise.  Also note that the given list of
+  specifications is processed in a strictly sequential manner, with
+  type-checking being performed independently.
+  
+  An optional initial context of @{text "(structure)"} declarations
+  admits use of indexed syntax, using the special symbol @{verbatim
+  "\<index>"} (printed as ``@{text "\<index>"}'').  The latter concept is
+  particularly useful with locales (see also \S\ref{sec:locale}).
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Axioms and theorems \label{sec:axms-thms} *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcll}
+    @{command_def "axioms"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} & (axiomatic!) \\
+    @{command_def "lemmas"} & : & \isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+    @{command_def "theorems"} & : & isarkeep{local{\dsh}theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'axioms' (axmdecl prop +)
+    ;
+    ('lemmas' | 'theorems') target? (thmdef? thmrefs + 'and')
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+  
+  \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"}]
+  retrieves and stores existing facts in the theory context, or the
+  specified target context (see also \secref{sec:target}).  Typical
+  applications would also involve attributes, to declare Simplifier
+  rules, for example.
+  
+  \item [@{command "theorems"}] is essentially the same as @{command
+  "lemmas"}, but marks the result as a different kind of facts.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Oracles *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "oracle"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  The oracle interface promotes a given ML function @{ML_text
+  "theory -> T -> term"} to @{ML_text "theory -> T -> thm"}, for some
+  type @{ML_text T} given by the user.  This acts like an infinitary
+  specification of axioms -- there is no internal check of the
+  correctness of the results!  The inference kernel records oracle
+  invocations within the internal derivation object of theorems, and
+  the pretty printer attaches ``@{text "[!]"}'' to indicate results
+  that are not fully checked by Isabelle inferences.
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'oracle' name '(' type ')' '=' text
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+
+  \item [@{command "oracle"}~@{text "name (type) = text"}] turns the
+  given ML expression @{text "text"} of type
+  @{ML_text "theory ->"}~@{text "type"}~@{ML_text "-> term"} into an
+  ML function of type
+  @{ML_text "theory ->"}~@{text "type"}~@{ML_text "-> thm"}, which is
+  bound to the global identifier @{ML_text name}.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Name spaces *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "global"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "local"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "hide"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    'hide' ('(open)')? name (nameref + )
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  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{descr}
+
+  \item [@{command "global"} and @{command "local"}] change the
+  current name declaration mode.  Initially, theories start in
+  @{command "local"} mode, causing all names to be automatically
+  qualified by the theory name.  Changing this to @{command "global"}
+  causes all names to be declared without the theory prefix, until
+  @{command "local"} is declared again.
+  
+  Note that global names are prone to get hidden accidently later,
+  when qualified names of the same base name are introduced.
+  
+  \item [@{command "hide"}~@{text "space names"}] fully removes
+  declarations from a given name space (which may be @{text "class"},
+  @{text "type"}, @{text "const"}, or @{text "fact"}); with the @{text
+  "(open)"} option, only the base name is hidden.  Global
+  (unqualified) names may never be 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.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Syntax and translations \label{sec:syn-trans} *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "syntax"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "no_syntax"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "translations"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "no_translations"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+    ('syntax' | 'no\_syntax') mode? (constdecl +)
+    ;
+    ('translations' | 'no\_translations') (transpat ('==' | '=>' | '<=' | rightleftharpoons | rightharpoonup | leftharpoondown) transpat +)
+    ;
+
+    mode: ('(' ( name | 'output' | name 'output' ) ')')
+    ;
+    transpat: ('(' nameref ')')? string
+    ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  \begin{descr}
+  
+  \item [@{command "syntax"}~@{text "(mode) decls"}] is similar to
+  @{command "consts"}~@{text decls}, except that the actual logical
+  signature extension is omitted.  Thus the context free grammar of
+  Isabelle's inner syntax may be augmented in arbitrary ways,
+  independently of the logic.  The @{text mode} argument refers to the
+  print mode that the grammar rules belong; unless the @{keyword_ref
+  "output"} indicator is given, all productions are added both to the
+  input and output grammar.
+  
+  \item [@{command "no_syntax"}~@{text "(mode) decls"}] removes
+  grammar declarations (and translations) resulting from @{text
+  decls}, which are interpreted in the same manner as for @{command
+  "syntax"} above.
+  
+  \item [@{command "translations"}~@{text rules}] specifies syntactic
+  translation rules (i.e.\ macros): parse~/ print rules (@{text "\<rightleftharpoons>"}),
+  parse rules (@{text "\<rightharpoonup>"}), or print rules (@{text "\<leftharpoondown>"}).
+  Translation patterns may be prefixed by the syntactic category to be
+  used for parsing; the default is @{text logic}.
+  
+  \item [@{command "no_translations"}~@{text rules}] removes syntactic
+  translation rules, which are interpreted in the same manner as for
+  @{command "translations"} above.
+
+  \end{descr}
+*}
+
+
+section {* Syntax translation functions *}
+
+text {*
+  \begin{matharray}{rcl}
+    @{command_def "parse_ast_translation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "parse_translation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "print_translation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "typed_print_translation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "print_ast_translation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+    @{command_def "token_translation"} & : & \isartrans{theory}{theory} \\
+  \end{matharray}
+
+  \begin{rail}
+  ( 'parse\_ast\_translation' | 'parse\_translation' | 'print\_translation' |
+    'typed\_print\_translation' | 'print\_ast\_translation' ) ('(advanced)')? text
+  ;
+
+  'token\_translation' text
+  ;
+  \end{rail}
+
+  Syntax translation functions written in ML admit almost arbitrary
+  manipulations of Isabelle's inner syntax.  Any of the above commands
+  have a single \railqtok{text} argument that refers to an ML
+  expression of appropriate type, which are as follows by default:
+
+%FIXME proper antiquotations
+\begin{ttbox}
+val parse_ast_translation   : (string * (ast list -> ast)) list
+val parse_translation       : (string * (term list -> term)) list
+val print_translation       : (string * (term list -> term)) list
+val typed_print_translation :
+  (string * (bool -> typ -> term list -> term)) list
+val print_ast_translation   : (string * (ast list -> ast)) list
+val token_translation       :
+  (string * string * (string -> string * real)) list
+\end{ttbox}
+
+  If the @{text "(advanced)"} option is given, the corresponding
+  translation functions may depend on the current theory or proof
+  context.  This allows to implement advanced syntax mechanisms, as
+  translations functions may refer to specific theory declarations or
+  auxiliary proof data.
+
+  See also \cite[\S8]{isabelle-ref} for more information on the
+  general concept of syntax transformations in Isabelle.
+
+%FIXME proper antiquotations
+\begin{ttbox}
+val parse_ast_translation:
+  (string * (Context.generic -> ast list -> ast)) list
+val parse_translation:
+  (string * (Context.generic -> term list -> term)) list
+val print_translation:
+  (string * (Context.generic -> term list -> term)) list
+val typed_print_translation:
+  (string * (Context.generic -> bool -> typ -> term list -> term)) list
+val print_ast_translation:
+  (string * (Context.generic -> ast list -> ast)) list
+\end{ttbox}
+*}
+
 end