* MW: implement ML toplevel spans in official Isabelle, e.g.

  with separator \<^medskip> and some tool support for automated

  update (in "isabelle update" and/or PIDE);

* MW?: rename *.sml to *.ML, potentially with tool support;

* MW: clarify/eliminate Isabelle/Scala add-ons (presently unused)

    diff -r /home/makarius/isabelle/repos-Isabelle2021/src/Pure/build-jars ./src/Pure/build-jars

    11a12

    >   src/Tools/isac/BridgeJEdit/isac.scala

    diff -r /home/makarius/isabelle/repos-Isabelle2021/src/Pure/Tools/scala_project.scala ./src/Pure/Tools/scala_project.scala

    76a77

    >       "src/Tools/isac/etc" -> Path.explode("isabelle.isac"),

* MW: Skip_Proof.make_thm: theory -> term -> thm        ? could now change signature to

                         : Proof.context -> term -> thm

* MW: Make $ISABELLE_ISAC_POS work without sessions (please synchronise with WN)

* MW: ? implement a template, inserted in a proof in the line of metis;

      hints are given in src/../BridgeJEdit/template.sml

      and in            test/../BridgeJEdit/template.sml

***** some items for discussion

* Clarify symmetric rule: Thm.apply_attribute Calculation.symmetric thm context (!?);

    ??

* "fun pr_ord" is not required if used with @{make_string}, @{print}, @{print tracing};

    takes only static arguments ----------------^^^^^^^^^^^^^^, not value of "hd_ord (f, g)"

    ? are there better approximations to old output of (*1*) than with (*2*)

    (*1*)val _ = tracing ("hd_ord (f, g)      = " ^ ((pr_ord o hd_ord) (f, g)) );

    (*2*)val _ = @{print tracing}{a = "hd_ord (f, g)      = ", z = hd_ord (f, g)}(**)

***** for the few items below WN asks MW for help

* postpone: ?How accomplish two user-requirements by Outer_Syntax.command \<^command_keyword>\<open>Example\<close>

   (1) start a Calculation with a CAS_Cmd

   (2) start an Example from scratch, i.e. with (Formalize.empty, References.empty)

   Proposals for a solution are in test/../Test_VSCode_Example.thy

   in subsubsection ‹Start Example with a CAS_Cmd›

***** priority of WN items is top down, most urgent/simple on top

* WN: 

* WN: clarify handling "#undef" -> type m_field  +++  bool in i_single

   ?RN?or?just for OLD? ori_2itm -> single_from_o, ori_2itm_POS -> single_from_o_POS

* WN: replace I_Model.values_POS' -> val get_values = Pre_Conds.get_values

* WN: RN o_model_values -> get_values, values_POS' -> get_values_POS, 

   TEST_to_OLD -> POS_to_OLD, TEST_to_OLD_single -> POS_to_OLD_single,

* WN: eliminate max_variant in favour of max_variants

* WN: replace I_Model.descriptor with fun descr_exists: descriptor -> feedback -> bool

* WN: review Model_Def.is_list_descr, replace by Term.is_list. Exception: make_values

    (values determine handling_lists by [[..], [..], ..])

* WN: review Specify.select_inc_lists .. should not be necessary

* WN: intro-fn into M_Match

* WN: after--^^^ replace I_Model.descriptor_POS with Model_Def.get_descr, ELIMI_Model.descriptor

* WN: thy --> ctxt in by_Add_, ? I_Model.T_POS ?

      try to do the same in as many functions as possible

* WN: rename type Rule.rule -> Rule.T

* WN: use fn in add_single and further funs in i-model.sml

* WN: reconsider design max_variants/_POS               

* WN: simplify "" in O_Model.to_string "(3, [\"1\", \"2\", \"3\"], #Find, AdditionalValues, [\"[u]\", \"[v]\"])"

* WN: review PblObj {meth, ...}

  * fill early (Model_Problem?) with Inc []  presents input-templates

  * try to minimise user's contact with Method: 

  * M_Model.by_i_models can probably be replaced by i_Model.s_make_complete and Pre_Conds.check(?_*)

* WN: undetected ERROR in autoCalculate --- due to Post_Conds.check? (_OLD .. dispels ?)

* WN: DEL get_simplifier: is only used in test/*

* WN: replace take in LibraryC with take from Library

* WN: Syntax.read_term @{context} --> Syntax.read_term\<^context> , see I_Model "UnIqE_tErM"

* WN: renaming in References

* WN: shift code from libraryC.sml to designated destination (ThyC, etc)

* WN: review ?code ERROR? in Rewrite.eval_true, see WN230329

* WN: unify get_ctxt in Solve_Step, Ctree (*DEPRECATED*)

* WN: Step_Specify.initialise: remove hdl in return-value, replace Step_Specify.initialise' xxx'

      ? which uses initialise !?

* WN: ? unify "no_met" with "empty_meth_id" from References.empty ?

* WN: proper ML antiquotations for "Tactical.Try" etc. --- be careful about unclear situations,

  e.g. "Tactical.Try" vs. "Lucas_Interpreter.Try";

* WN: ? Rational.Cancel_p; extend use of \<^theory> to \<^theory_context>

* WN: Check/clarify Context.theory_name vs. Context.theory_long_name.

    Context.theory_name seems to suffice after elimination of sessions.

* WN: more direct logical foundations wrt. Isabelle/HOL, eliminate many axiomatizations

    - quite often "axiomatization ..." can be turned into "lemma ... by auto"

      without further ado;

    - sometimes this requires to use more specific types / type classes;

    - sometimes this requires to use proper definitional mechanisms (e.g. 'primrec', 'fun');

    - a few "hard" cases will remain, to be reconsidered eventually (e.g. differentiation);

* WN: rename Pos.* -- Pos.ints, Pos.spec, Pos.empty, Pos.ints_empty

* WN: redesign transition from Specification to Solution: how relate 

    - Formalise.model with variants (e.g. VSCode_Example)

      reconsider separation of variants F_I, F_II, see MAWEN paper

    - !?! I_Model of MethodC          (fairly free sequence, dependent on Formalise.model)

    - !?! formal arguments of program (fixed sequence)

* WN: avoid too many uses of "structure Data = Theory_Data", instead use approx. 1 data slot

  per ML module, with type T = ... record or tuple (e.g. see @{apply} ML antiquotation)

* WN: rename *.sml to *.ML, potentially with tool support by MW;

* WN: rename src/Tools/isac/ to main/ (or something else);

        rename  src/Tools/isac/BridgeJEdit and test/Tools/isac/BridgeJEdit to */Tools/isac/BridgePIDE