--- a/NEWS Thu Jan 05 22:30:00 2006 +0100
+++ b/NEWS Fri Jan 06 15:18:19 2006 +0100
@@ -285,9 +285,10 @@
obsolete, it is ill-behaved in a local proof context (e.g. with local
fixes/assumes or in a locale context).
-* Pure/Isar: Toplevel.theory_theory_to_proof admits transactions that
-modify the theory before entering a proof state (essentially an atomic
-composition of Toplevel.theory and Toplevel.theory_to_proof).
+* Pure/Isar: Toplevel.theory_to_proof admits transactions that modify
+the theory before entering a proof state. Transactions now always see
+a quasi-functional intermediate checkpoint, both in interactive and
+batch mode.
* Simplifier: the simpset of a running simplification process now
contains a proof context (cf. Simplifier.the_context), which is the
--- a/doc-src/IsarImplementation/Thy/integration.thy Thu Jan 05 22:30:00 2006 +0100
+++ b/doc-src/IsarImplementation/Thy/integration.thy Fri Jan 06 15:18:19 2006 +0100
@@ -136,8 +136,6 @@
Toplevel.transition -> Toplevel.transition"} \\
@{index_ML Toplevel.theory_to_proof: "(theory -> Proof.state) ->
Toplevel.transition -> Toplevel.transition"} \\
- @{index_ML Toplevel.theory_theory_to_proof: "(theory -> Proof.state) ->
- Toplevel.transition -> Toplevel.transition"} \\
@{index_ML Toplevel.proof: "(Proof.state -> Proof.state) ->
Toplevel.transition -> Toplevel.transition"} \\
@{index_ML Toplevel.proofs: "(Proof.state -> Proof.state Seq.seq) ->
@@ -160,14 +158,10 @@
\item @{ML Toplevel.theory} adjoins a theory transformer.
\item @{ML Toplevel.theory_to_proof} adjoins a global goal function,
- which turns a theory into a proof state. The theory must not be
- changed here! The generic Isar goal setup includes an argument that
- specifies how to apply the proven result to the theory, when the
- proof is finished.
-
- \item @{ML Toplevel.theory_theory_to_proof} is like @{ML
- Toplevel.theory_to_proof}, but allows the initial theory to be
- changed before entering proof state.
+ which turns a theory into a proof state. The theory may be changed
+ before entering the proof; the generic Isar goal setup includes an
+ argument that specifies how to apply the proven result to the
+ theory, when the proof is finished.
\item @{ML Toplevel.proof} adjoins a deterministic proof command,
with a singleton result state.