# HG changeset patch
# User wenzelm
# Date 1350070798 -7200
# Node ID c13b3954297248173493578b1e63efea0560c8c0
# Parent  31f32ec4d766e2f3500ff5bb1cb20cdc8bd4a38e
simplified 'typedef' specifications: discontinued implicit set definition and alternative name;

diff -r 31f32ec4d766 -r c13b39542972 NEWS
--- a/NEWS	Fri Oct 12 21:22:35 2012 +0200
+++ b/NEWS	Fri Oct 12 21:39:58 2012 +0200
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
 
 *** HOL ***
 
+* Simplified 'typedef' specifications: historical options for implicit
+set definition and alternative name have been discontinued.  The
+former behavior of "typedef (open) t = A" is now the default, but
+written just "typedef t = A".  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt theories
+accordingly.
+
+
 * Theory "Library/Multiset":
 
   - Renamed constants
diff -r 31f32ec4d766 -r c13b39542972 src/Doc/IsarRef/HOL_Specific.thy
--- a/src/Doc/IsarRef/HOL_Specific.thy	Fri Oct 12 21:22:35 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/Doc/IsarRef/HOL_Specific.thy	Fri Oct 12 21:39:58 2012 +0200
@@ -1089,11 +1089,9 @@
   abbreviations, without any logical significance.
 
   @{rail "
-    @@{command (HOL) typedef} alt_name? abs_type '=' rep_set
+    @@{command (HOL) typedef} abs_type '=' rep_set
     ;
 
-    alt_name: '(' (@{syntax name} | @'open' | @'open' @{syntax name}) ')'
-    ;
     abs_type: @{syntax typespec_sorts} @{syntax mixfix}?
     ;
     rep_set: @{syntax term} (@'morphisms' @{syntax name} @{syntax name})?
@@ -1117,13 +1115,12 @@
   and the new type @{text t} may then change in different application
   contexts.
 
-  By default, @{command (HOL) "typedef"} defines both a type
-  constructor @{text t} for the new type, and a term constant @{text
-  t} for the representing set within the old type.  Use the ``@{text
-  "(open)"}'' option to suppress a separate constant definition
-  altogether.  The injection from type to set is called @{text Rep_t},
-  its inverse @{text Abs_t}, unless explicit @{keyword (HOL)
-  "morphisms"} specification provides alternative names.
+  For @{command (HOL) "typedef"}~@{text "t = A"} the newly introduced
+  type @{text t} is accompanied by a pair of morphisms to relate it to
+  the representing set over the old type.  By default, the injection
+  from type to set is called @{text Rep_t} and its inverse @{text
+  Abs_t}: An explicit @{keyword (HOL) "morphisms"} specification
+  allows to provide alternative names.
 
   The core axiomatization uses the locale predicate @{const
   type_definition} as defined in Isabelle/HOL.  Various basic
@@ -1147,10 +1144,6 @@
   for the generic @{method cases} and @{method induct} methods,
   respectively.
 
-  An alternative name for the set definition (and other derived
-  entities) may be specified in parentheses; the default is to use
-  @{text t} directly.
-
   \end{description}
 
   \begin{warn}
@@ -1160,8 +1153,7 @@
   HOL logic.  Moreover, one needs to demonstrate that the
   interpretation of such free-form axiomatizations can coexist with
   that of the regular @{command_def typedef} scheme, and any extension
-  that other people might have introduced elsewhere (e.g.\ in HOLCF
-  \cite{MuellerNvOS99}).
+  that other people might have introduced elsewhere.
   \end{warn}
 *}