Now Datatype.occs_in_prems prints the necessary warning ITSELF.
It is also easier to invoke and even works if the induction variable
is a parameter (rather than a free variable).
(*  Title:      HOL/NatDef.thy
    ID:         $Id$
    Author:     Tobias Nipkow, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
    Copyright   1991  University of Cambridge
Definition of types ind and nat.
Type nat is defined as a set Nat over type ind.
*)
NatDef = WF +
(** type ind **)
types
  ind
arities
  ind :: term
consts
  Zero_Rep      :: ind
  Suc_Rep       :: ind => ind
rules
  (*the axiom of infinity in 2 parts*)
  inj_Suc_Rep           "inj(Suc_Rep)"
  Suc_Rep_not_Zero_Rep  "Suc_Rep(x) ~= Zero_Rep"
(** type nat **)
(* type definition *)
typedef (Nat)
  nat = "lfp(%X. {Zero_Rep} Un (Suc_Rep``X))"   (lfp_def)
instance
  nat :: ord
(* abstract constants and syntax *)
consts
  "0"       :: nat                ("0")
  Suc       :: nat => nat
  nat_case  :: ['a, nat => 'a, nat] => 'a
  pred_nat  :: "(nat * nat) set"
  nat_rec   :: ['a, [nat, 'a] => 'a, nat] => 'a
syntax
  "1"       :: nat                ("1")
  "2"       :: nat                ("2")
translations
   "1"  == "Suc 0"
   "2"  == "Suc 1"
  "case p of 0 => a | Suc y => b" == "nat_case a (%y.b) p"
defs
  Zero_def      "0 == Abs_Nat(Zero_Rep)"
  Suc_def       "Suc == (%n. Abs_Nat(Suc_Rep(Rep_Nat(n))))"
  (*nat operations and recursion*)
  nat_case_def  "nat_case a f n == @z.  (n=0 --> z=a)  
                                        & (!x. n=Suc x --> z=f(x))"
  pred_nat_def  "pred_nat == {(m,n). n = Suc m}"
  less_def      "m<n == (m,n):trancl(pred_nat)"
  le_def        "m<=(n::nat) == ~(n<m)"
  nat_rec_def   "nat_rec c d ==
                 wfrec pred_nat (%f. nat_case c (%m. d m (f m)))"
end