--- a/NEWS Wed Apr 28 10:45:35 2004 +0200
+++ b/NEWS Thu Apr 29 06:01:20 2004 +0200
@@ -12,13 +12,21 @@
records), see also isar-ref manual. Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need
to observe strictly sequential dependencies of definitions within a
single 'constdefs' section -- some existing specifications may have to
-be reordered.
+be reordered; moreover, the declared name needs to be an identifier.
+In the worst case may have to fall back on plain 'consts' + 'defs'.
* Pure: 'advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) may
depend on the signature of the theory context being presently used for
parsing/printing, see also isar-ref manual.
+*** HOLCF ***
+
+* HOLCF: discontinued special version of 'constdefs' (which used to
+support continuous functions) in favor of the general Pure one with
+full type-inference.
+
+
New in Isabelle2004 (April 2004)
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