--- a/NEWS Mon Mar 09 16:17:28 1998 +0100
+++ b/NEWS Mon Mar 09 16:30:55 1998 +0100
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
default simpset using Addsplits just like Addsimps. They can be removed via
Delsplits just like Delsimps. For applications see HOL below.
-* changed wrapper mechanism for the classical reasoner now allows for selected
+* Changed wrapper mechanism for the classical reasoner now allows for selected
deletion of wrappers, by introduction of names for wrapper functionals.
This implies that addbefore, addSbefore, addaltern, and addSaltern now take
a pair (name, tactic) as argument, and that adding two tactics with the same
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@
delWrapper, delSWrapper: claset * string -> claset
getWrapper is renamed to appWrappers, getSWrapper to appSWrappers;
+
*** HOL ***
+* HOL/Arithmetic: removed 'pred' (predecessor) function;
+
* The rule expand_if is now part of the default simpset. This means that
the simplifier will eliminate all ocurrences of if-then-else in the
conclusion of a goal. To prevent this, you can either remove expand_if
@@ -31,9 +34,10 @@
simpset: every datatype generates a suitable rule `split_t_case' (where t
is the name of the datatype).
-* New theory Vimage (inverse image of a function, syntax f-``B)
+* new theory Vimage (inverse image of a function, syntax f-``B);
-* Many new identities for unions, intersections, etc.
+* many new identities for unions, intersections, etc.;
+
New in Isabelle98 (January 1998)