doc-src/IsarRef/pure.tex
changeset 9238 ad37b21c0dc6
parent 9233 8c8399b9ecaa
child 9273 798673f65f02
--- a/doc-src/IsarRef/pure.tex	Tue Jul 04 01:10:53 2000 +0200
+++ b/doc-src/IsarRef/pure.tex	Tue Jul 04 01:11:42 2000 +0200
@@ -662,6 +662,10 @@
 bound in Isabelle/Pure as ``\texttt{_}''
 (underscore).\indexisarthm{_@\texttt{_}}
 
+Forward chaining with an empty list of theorems is the same as not chaining.
+Thus $\FROM{nothing}$ has no effect apart from entering $prove(chain)$ mode,
+since $nothing$\indexisarthm{nothing} is bound to the empty list of facts.
+
 
 \subsection{Goal statements}