Isabelle NEWS -- history of user-visible changes================================================New in Isabelle??? (FIXME)--------------------------*** General Changes **** Changed wrapper mechanism for the classical reasoner now allows forselected deletion of wrappers, by introduction of names for wrapperfunctionals. This implies that addbefore, addSbefore, addaltern, andaddSaltern now take a pair (name, tactic) as argument, and that addingtwo tactics with the same name overwrites the first one (emitting awarning). type wrapper = (int -> tactic) -> (int -> tactic) setWrapper, setSWrapper, compWrapper and compSWrapper are replaced by addWrapper, addSWrapper: claset * (string * wrapper) -> claset delWrapper, delSWrapper: claset * string -> claset getWrapper is renamed to appWrappers, getSWrapper to appSWrappers;* inductive definitions now handle disjunctive premises correctly (HOLand ZF);* new toplevel commands 'thm' and 'thms' for retrieving theorems fromthe current theory context;*** HOL **** new force_tac (and its derivations Force_tac, force): combinesrewriting and classical reasoning (and whatever other tools) similarlyto auto_tac, but is aimed to solve the given subgoal totally;* added option_map_eq_Some to simpset() and claset()* New directory HOL/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY formalism* split_all_tac is now much faster and fails if there is nothing tosplit. Existing (fragile) proofs may require adaption because theorder and the names of the automatically generated variables havechanged. split_all_tac has moved within claset() from usafe wrappersto safe wrappers, which means that !!-bound variables are splittedmuch more aggressively, and safe_tac and clarify_tac now split suchvariables. If this splitting is not appropriate, use delSWrapper"split_all_tac".* added disj_not1 = "(~P | Q) = (P --> Q)" to the default simpset;* HOL/Arithmetic: - removed 'pred' (predecessor) function - generalized some theorems about n-1 - Many new laws about "div" and "mod" - New laws about greatest common divisors (see theory ex/Primes)* HOL/Relation: renamed the relational operatotr r^-1 "converse"instead of "inverse";* recdef can now declare non-recursive functions, with {} supplied asthe well-founded relation;* Simplifier: -Rewrite rules for case distinctions can now be added permanently to the default simpset using Addsplits just like Addsimps. They can be removed via Delsplits just like Delsimps. Lower-case versions are also available. -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 completely from the default simpset by `Delsplits [expand_if]' or remove it in a specific call of the simplifier using `... delsplits [expand_if]'. You can also add/delete other case splitting rules to/from the default simpset: every datatype generates a suitable rule `split_t_case' (where t is the name of the datatype). -Asm_full_simp_tac is now more aggressive: 1. It will sometimes reorient premises if that increases their power to simplify. 2. It does no longer proceed strictly from left to right but may also rotate premises to achieve further simplification. For compatibility reasons there is now Asm_lr_simp_tac which is like the old Asm_full_simp_tac in that it does not rotate premises.* expand_if, expand_split, expand_sum_case and expand_nat_case are now called split_if, split_split, split_sum_case and split_nat_case (to go with add/delsplits).* new theory Vimage (inverse image of a function, syntax f-``B);* many new identities for unions, intersections, set difference, etc.;New in Isabelle98 (January 1998)--------------------------------*** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) **** changed lexical syntax of terms / types: dots made part of longidentifiers, e.g. "%x.x" no longer possible, should be "%x. x";* simpset (and claset) reference variable replaced by functionssimpset / simpset_ref;* no longer supports theory aliases (via merge) and non-trivialimplicit merge of thms' signatures;* most internal names of constants changed due to qualified names;* changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML);*** General Changes **** hierachically structured name spaces (for consts, types, axms, thmsetc.); new lexical class 'longid' (e.g. Foo.bar.x) may render much ofold input syntactically incorrect (e.g. "%x.x"); COMPATIBILITY:isatool fixdots ensures space after dots (e.g. "%x. x"); setlong_names for fully qualified output names; NOTE: ML programs(special tactics, packages etc.) referring to internal names may haveto be adapted to cope with fully qualified names; in case of severebackward campatibility problems try setting 'global_names' at compiletime to have enrything declared within a flat name space; one may alsofine tune name declarations in theories via the 'global' and 'local'section;* reimplemented the implicit simpset and claset using the new anytypedata filed in signatures; references simpset:simpset ref etc. arereplaced by functions simpset:unit->simpset andsimpset_ref:unit->simpset ref; COMPATIBILITY: use isatool fixclasimpto patch your ML files accordingly;* HTML output now includes theory graph data for display with Javaapplet or isatool browser; data generated automatically via isatoolusedir (see -i option, ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS);* defs may now be conditional; improved rewrite_goals_tac to handleconditional equations;* defs now admits additional type arguments, using TYPE('a) syntax;* theory aliases via merge (e.g. M=A+B+C) no longer supported, alwayscreates a new theory node; implicit merge of thms' signatures isrestricted to 'trivial' ones; COMPATIBILITY: one may have to usetransfer:theory->thm->thm in (rare) cases;* improved handling of draft signatures / theories; draft thms (andctyps, cterms) are automatically promoted to real ones;* slightly changed interfaces for oracles: admit many per theory, named(e.g. oracle foo = mlfun), additional name argument for invoke_oracle;* print_goals: optional output of const types (set show_consts andshow_types);* improved output of warnings (###) and errors (***);* subgoal_tac displays a warning if the new subgoal has type variables;* removed old README and Makefiles;* replaced print_goals_ref hook by print_current_goals_fn and result_error_fn;* removed obsolete init_pps and init_database;* deleted the obsolete tactical STATE, which was declared by fun STATE tacfun st = tacfun st st;* cd and use now support path variables, e.g. $ISABELLE_HOME, or ~(which abbreviates $HOME);* changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML); COMPATIBILITY:use isatool fixseq to adapt your ML programs (this works for fullyqualified references to the Sequence structure only!);* use_thy no longer requires writable current directory; it alwaysreloads .ML *and* .thy file, if either one is out of date;*** Classical Reasoner **** Clarify_tac, clarify_tac, clarify_step_tac, Clarify_step_tac: newtactics that use classical reasoning to simplify a subgoal withoutsplitting it into several subgoals;* Safe_tac: like safe_tac but uses the default claset;*** Simplifier **** added simplification meta rules: (asm_)(full_)simplify: simpset -> thm -> thm;* simplifier.ML no longer part of Pure -- has to be loaded by objectlogics (again);* added prems argument to simplification procedures;* HOL, FOL, ZF: added infix function `addsplits': instead of `<simpset> setloop (split_tac <thms>)' you can simply write `<simpset> addsplits <thms>'*** Syntax **** TYPE('a) syntax for type reflection terms;* no longer handles consts with name "" -- declare as 'syntax' instead;* pretty printer: changed order of mixfix annotation preference (again!);* Pure: fixed idt/idts vs. pttrn/pttrns syntactic categories;*** HOL **** HOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g. with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.* HOL/TLA: Stephan Merz's formalization of Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions;* HOL/Auth: new protocol proofs including some for the Internet protocol TLS;* HOL/Map: new theory of `maps' a la VDM;* HOL/simplifier: simplification procedures nat_cancel_sums forcancelling out common nat summands from =, <, <= (in)equalities, ordifferences; simplification procedures nat_cancel_factor forcancelling common factor from =, <, <= (in)equalities over naturalsums; nat_cancel contains both kinds of procedures, it is installed bydefault in Arith.thy -- this COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL;* HOL/simplifier: terms of the form `? x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x)' (or t=x) are rewritten to `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t)', and those of the form `! x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x) --> R(x)' (or t=x) are rewritten to `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t) --> R(t)',* HOL/datatype Each datatype `t' now comes with a theorem `split_t_case' of the form P(t_case f1 ... fn x) = ( (!y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 --> P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) & ... (!y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn --> P(f1 y1 ... ymn)) ) which can be added to a simpset via `addsplits'. The existing theorems expand_list_case and expand_option_case have been renamed to split_list_case and split_option_case. Additionally, there is a theorem `split_t_case_asm' of the form P(t_case f1 ... fn x) = ~( (? y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 & ~P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) | ... (? y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn & ~P(f1 y1 ... ymn)) ) it be used with the new `split_asm_tac'.* HOL/Arithmetic: - `pred n' is automatically converted to `n-1'. Users are strongly encouraged not to use `pred' any longer, because it will disappear altogether at some point. - Users are strongly encouraged to write "0 < n" rather than "n ~= 0". Theorems and proof tools have been modified towards this `standard'.* HOL/Lists: the function "set_of_list" has been renamed "set" (and its theorems too); the function "nth" now takes its arguments in the reverse order and has acquired the infix notation "!" as in "xs!n".* HOL/Set: UNIV is now a constant and is no longer translated to Compl{};* HOL/Set: The operator (UN x.B x) now abbreviates (UN x:UNIV. B x) and its specialist theorems (like UN1_I) are gone. Similarly for (INT x.B x);* HOL/record: extensible records with schematic structural subtyping(single inheritance); EXPERIMENTAL version demonstrating the encoding,still lacks various theorems and concrete record syntax;*** HOLCF **** removed "axioms" and "generated by" sections;* replaced "ops" section by extended "consts" section, which is capable of handling the continuous function space "->" directly;* domain package: . proves theorems immediately and stores them in the theory, . creates hierachical name space, . now uses normal mixfix annotations (instead of cinfix...), . minor changes to some names and values (for consistency), . e.g. cases -> casedist, dists_eq -> dist_eqs, [take_lemma] -> take_lemmas, . separator between mutual domain defs: changed "," to "and", . improved handling of sort constraints; now they have to appear on the left-hand side of the equations only;* fixed LAM <x,y,zs>.b syntax;* added extended adm_tac to simplifier in HOLCF -- can now dischargeadm (%x. P (t x)), where P is chainfinite and t continuous;*** FOL and ZF **** FOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g. with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.* qed_spec_mp, qed_goal_spec_mp, qed_goalw_spec_mp are available, asin HOL, they strip ALL and --> from proved theorems;New in Isabelle94-8 (May 1997)------------------------------*** General Changes **** new utilities to build / run / maintain Isabelle etc. (in partsstill somewhat experimental); old Makefiles etc. still functional;* new 'Isabelle System Manual';* INSTALL text, together with ./configure and ./build scripts;* reimplemented type inference for greater efficiency, better errormessages and clean internal interface;* prlim command for dealing with lots of subgoals (an easier way ofsetting goals_limit);*** Syntax **** supports alternative (named) syntax tables (parser and prettyprinter); internal interface is provided by add_modesyntax(_i);* Pure, FOL, ZF, HOL, HOLCF now support symbolic input and output; tobe used in conjunction with the Isabelle symbol font; uses the"symbols" syntax table;* added token_translation interface (may translate name tokens inarbitrary ways, dependent on their type (free, bound, tfree, ...) andthe current print_mode); IMPORTANT: user print translation functionsare responsible for marking newly introduced bounds(Syntax.mark_boundT);* token translations for modes "xterm" and "xterm_color" that displaynames in bold, underline etc. or colors (which requires a colorversion of xterm);* infixes may now be declared with names independent of their syntax;* added typed_print_translation (like print_translation, but mayaccess type of constant);*** Classical Reasoner ***Blast_tac: a new tactic! It is often more powerful than fast_tac, but hassome limitations. Blast_tac... + ignores addss, addbefore, addafter; this restriction is intrinsic + ignores elimination rules that don't have the correct format (the conclusion MUST be a formula variable) + ignores types, which can make HOL proofs fail + rules must not require higher-order unification, e.g. apply_type in ZF [message "Function Var's argument not a bound variable" relates to this] + its proof strategy is more general but can actually be slower* substitution with equality assumptions no longer permutes otherassumptions;* minor changes in semantics of addafter (now called addaltern); renamedsetwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to compWrapper; added safe wrapper(and access functions for it);* improved combination of classical reasoner and simplifier: + functions for handling clasimpsets + improvement of addss: now the simplifier is called _after_ the safe steps. + safe variant of addss called addSss: uses safe simplifications _during_ the safe steps. It is more complete as it allows multiple instantiations of unknowns (e.g. with slow_tac).*** Simplifier **** added interface for simplification procedures (functions thatproduce *proven* rewrite rules on the fly, depending on currentredex);* ordering on terms as parameter (used for ordered rewriting);* new functions delcongs, deleqcongs, and Delcongs. richer rep_ss;* the solver is now split into a safe and an unsafe part.This should be invisible for the normal user, except that thefunctions setsolver and addsolver have been renamed to setSolver andaddSolver; added safe_asm_full_simp_tac;*** HOL **** a generic induction tactic `induct_tac' which works for all datatypes andalso for type `nat';* a generic case distinction tactic `exhaust_tac' which works for alldatatypes and also for type `nat';* each datatype comes with a function `size';* patterns in case expressions allow tuple patterns as arguments toconstructors, for example `case x of [] => ... | (x,y,z)#ps => ...';* primrec now also works with type nat;* recdef: a new declaration form, allows general recursive functions to bedefined in theory files. See HOL/ex/Fib, HOL/ex/Primes, HOL/Subst/Unify.* the constant for negation has been renamed from "not" to "Not" toharmonize with FOL, ZF, LK, etc.;* HOL/ex/LFilter theory of a corecursive "filter" functional forinfinite lists;* HOL/Modelcheck demonstrates invocation of model checker oracle;* HOL/ex/Ring.thy declares cring_simp, which solves equationalproblems in commutative rings, using axiomatic type classes for + and *;* more examples in HOL/MiniML and HOL/Auth;* more default rewrite rules for quantifiers, union/intersection;* a new constant `arbitrary == @x.False';* HOLCF/IOA replaces old HOL/IOA;* HOLCF changes: derived all rules and arities + axiomatic type classes instead of classes + typedef instead of faking type definitions + eliminated the internal constants less_fun, less_cfun, UU_fun, UU_cfun etc. + new axclasses cpo, chfin, flat with flat < chfin < pcpo < cpo < po + eliminated the types void, one, tr + use unit lift and bool lift (with translations) instead of one and tr + eliminated blift from Lift3.thy (use Def instead of blift) all eliminated rules are derived as theorems --> no visible changes ;*** ZF **** ZF now has Fast_tac, Simp_tac and Auto_tac. Union_iff is a now a defaultrewrite rule; this may affect some proofs. eq_cs is gone but can be put backas ZF_cs addSIs [equalityI];New in Isabelle94-7 (November 96)---------------------------------* allowing negative levels (as offsets) in prlev and choplev;* super-linear speedup for large simplifications;* FOL, ZF and HOL now use miniscoping: rewriting pushesquantifications in as far as possible (COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFSFAIL); can suppress it using the command Delsimps (ex_simps @all_simps); De Morgan laws are also now included, by default;* improved printing of ==> : ~:* new object-logic "Sequents" adds linear logic, while replacing LKand Modal (thanks to Sara Kalvala);* HOL/Auth: correctness proofs for authentication protocols;* HOL: new auto_tac combines rewriting and classical reasoning (manyexamples on HOL/Auth);* HOL: new command AddIffs for declaring theorems of the form P=Q tothe rewriter and classical reasoner simultaneously;* function uresult no longer returns theorems in "standard" format;regain previous version by: val uresult = standard o uresult;New in Isabelle94-6-------------------* oracles -- these establish an interface between Isabelle and trustedexternal reasoners, which may deliver results as theorems;* proof objects (in particular record all uses of oracles);* Simp_tac, Fast_tac, etc. that refer to implicit simpset / claset;* "constdefs" section in theory files;* "primrec" section (HOL) no longer requires names;* internal type "tactic" now simply "thm -> thm Sequence.seq";New in Isabelle94-5-------------------* reduced space requirements;* automatic HTML generation from theories;* theory files no longer require "..." (quotes) around most types;* new examples, including two proofs of the Church-Rosser theorem;* non-curried (1994) version of HOL is no longer distributed;New in Isabelle94-4-------------------* greatly reduced space requirements;* theory files (.thy) no longer require \...\ escapes at line breaks;* searchable theorem database (see the section "Retrieving theorems" on page 8 of the Reference Manual);* new examples, including Grabczewski's monumental case study of theAxiom of Choice;* The previous version of HOL renamed to Old_HOL;* The new version of HOL (previously called CHOL) uses a curried syntax for functions. Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b);* Mutually recursive inductive definitions finally work in HOL;* In ZF, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions andtranslates to the operator "split";New in Isabelle94-3-------------------* new infix operator, addss, allowing the classical reasoner to perform simplification at each step of its search. Example: fast_tac (cs addss ss)* a new logic, CHOL, the same as HOL, but with a curried syntax for functions. Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b). Also pairs look like (a,b) instead of <a,b>;* PLEASE NOTE: CHOL will eventually replace HOL!* In CHOL, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions.It translates to the operator "split". A new theory of integers is available;* In ZF, integer numerals now denote two's-complement binary integers.Arithmetic operations can be performed by rewriting. See ZF/ex/Bin.ML;* Many new examples: I/O automata, Church-Rosser theorem, equivalents of the Axiom of Choice;New in Isabelle94-2-------------------* Significantly faster resolution; * the different sections in a .thy file can now be mixed and repeatedfreely;* Database of theorems for FOL, HOL and ZF. Newcommands including qed, qed_goal and bind_thm store theorems in the database.* Simple database queries: return a named theorem (get_thm) or all theorems ofa given theory (thms_of), or find out what theory a theorem was proved in(theory_of_thm);* Bugs fixed in the inductive definition and datatype packages;* The classical reasoner provides deepen_tac and depth_tac, making FOL_dup_csand HOL_dup_cs obsolete;* Syntactic ambiguities caused by the new treatment of syntax in Isabelle94-1have been removed;* Simpler definition of function space in ZF;* new results about cardinal and ordinal arithmetic in ZF;* 'subtype' facility in HOL for introducing new types as subsets of existingtypes;$Id$