author paulson Fri, 26 Sep 2003 11:04:21 +0200 changeset 14209 180cd69a5dbb parent 14208 144f45277d5a child 14210 69e48401da98
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--- a/doc-src/Logics/syntax.tex	Fri Sep 26 10:34:57 2003 +0200
+++ b/doc-src/Logics/syntax.tex	Fri Sep 26 11:04:21 2003 +0200
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
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
+The Hilbert description operator $\varepsilon x.P\,x$ has type $(\alpha\To +bool)\To\alpha$ and normally binds only one variable.
+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
$\forall (x{::}\alpha) \; (y{::}\beta) \; z{::}\gamma. Q(x,y,z)$