diff -r 13f3aaf12be2 -r ec7d7f877712 doc-src/Logics/syntax.tex --- a/doc-src/Logics/syntax.tex Mon Aug 28 13:50:24 2000 +0200 +++ b/doc-src/Logics/syntax.tex Mon Aug 28 13:52:38 2000 +0200 @@ -31,16 +31,15 @@ becomes syntactically invalid if the brackets are removed. A {\bf binder} is a symbol associated with a constant of type -$(\sigma\To\tau)\To\tau'$. For instance, we may declare~$\forall$ as -a binder for the constant~$All$, which has type $(\alpha\To o)\To o$. -This defines the syntax $\forall x.t$ to mean $All(\lambda x.t)$. We -can also write $\forall x@1\ldots x@m.t$ to abbreviate $\forall x@1. -\ldots \forall x@m.t$; this is possible for any constant provided that -$\tau$ and $\tau'$ are the same type. \HOL's description operator -$\varepsilon x.P\,x$ has type $(\alpha\To bool)\To\alpha$ and can bind -only one variable, except when $\alpha$ is $bool$. \ZF's bounded -quantifier $\forall x\in A.P(x)$ cannot be declared as a binder -because it has type $[i, i\To o]\To o$. The syntax for binders allows +$(\sigma\To\tau)\To\tau'$. For instance, we may declare~$\forall$ as a binder +for the constant~$All$, which has type $(\alpha\To o)\To o$. This defines the +syntax $\forall x.t$ to mean $All(\lambda x.t)$. We can also write $\forall +x@1\ldots x@m.t$ to abbreviate $\forall x@1. \ldots \forall x@m.t$; this is +possible for any constant provided that $\tau$ and $\tau'$ are the same type. +HOL's description operator $\varepsilon x.P\,x$ has type $(\alpha\To +bool)\To\alpha$ and can bind only one variable, except when $\alpha$ is +$bool$. ZF's bounded quantifier $\forall x\in A.P(x)$ cannot be declared as a +binder because it has type $[i, i\To o]\To o$. The syntax for binders allows type constraints on bound variables, as in \[ \forall (x{::}\alpha) \; (y{::}\beta) \; z{::}\gamma. Q(x,y,z) \]