NEWS
author blanchet
Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:31:54 +0100
changeset 55995 141cb34744de
parent 55961 42b9baf50f8f
child 56004 da88a625cce1
permissions -rw-r--r--
repaired inconsistency introduced in transiting to 'Local_Theory.define'
     1 Isabelle NEWS -- history user-relevant changes
     2 ==============================================
     3 
     4 New in this Isabelle version
     5 ----------------------------
     6 
     7 *** Prover IDE -- Isabelle/Scala/jEdit ***
     8 
     9 * Auxiliary files ('ML_file' etc.) are managed by the Prover IDE.
    10 Open text buffers take precedence over copies within the file-system.
    11 
    12 
    13 *** HOL ***
    14 
    15 * Qualified constant names Wellfounded.acc, Wellfounded.accp.
    16 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    17 
    18 * Fact generalization and consolidation:
    19     neq_one_mod_two, mod_2_not_eq_zero_eq_one_int ~> not_mod_2_eq_0_eq_1
    20 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    21 
    22 * Purely algebraic definition of even.  Fact generalization and consolidation:
    23     nat_even_iff_2_dvd, int_even_iff_2_dvd ~> even_iff_2_dvd
    24     even_zero_(nat|int) ~> even_zero
    25 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    26 
    27 * Abolished neg_numeral.
    28   * Canonical representation for minus one is "- 1".
    29   * Canonical representation for other negative numbers is "- (numeral _)".
    30   * When devising rule sets for number calculation, consider the
    31     following canonical cases: 0, 1, numeral _, - 1, - numeral _.
    32   * HOLogic.dest_number also recognizes numerals in non-canonical forms
    33     like "numeral One", "- numeral One", "- 0" and even "- … - _".
    34   * Syntax for negative numerals is mere input syntax.
    35 INCOMPATBILITY.
    36 
    37 * Elimination of fact duplicates:
    38     equals_zero_I ~> minus_unique
    39     diff_eq_0_iff_eq ~> right_minus_eq
    40     nat_infinite ~> infinite_UNIV_nat
    41     int_infinite ~> infinite_UNIV_int
    42 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    43 
    44 * Fact name consolidation:
    45     diff_def, diff_minus, ab_diff_minus ~> diff_conv_add_uminus
    46     minus_le_self_iff ~> neg_less_eq_nonneg
    47     le_minus_self_iff ~> less_eq_neg_nonpos
    48     neg_less_nonneg ~> neg_less_pos
    49     less_minus_self_iff ~> less_neg_neg [simp]
    50 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    51 
    52 * More simplification rules on unary and binary minus:
    53 add_diff_cancel, add_diff_cancel_left, add_le_same_cancel1,
    54 add_le_same_cancel2, add_less_same_cancel1, add_less_same_cancel2,
    55 add_minus_cancel, diff_add_cancel, le_add_same_cancel1,
    56 le_add_same_cancel2, less_add_same_cancel1, less_add_same_cancel2,
    57 minus_add_cancel, uminus_add_conv_diff.  These correspondingly
    58 have been taken away from fact collections algebra_simps and
    59 field_simps.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
    60 
    61 To restore proofs, the following patterns are helpful:
    62 
    63 a) Arbitrary failing proof not involving "diff_def":
    64 Consider simplification with algebra_simps or field_simps.
    65 
    66 b) Lifting rules from addition to subtraction:
    67 Try with "using <rule for addition> of [… "- _" …]" by simp".
    68 
    69 c) Simplification with "diff_def": just drop "diff_def".
    70 Consider simplification with algebra_simps or field_simps;
    71 or the brute way with
    72 "simp add: diff_conv_add_uminus del: add_uminus_conv_diff".
    73 
    74 * SUP and INF generalized to conditionally_complete_lattice
    75 
    76 * Theory Lubs moved HOL image to HOL-Library. It is replaced by
    77 Conditionally_Complete_Lattices.   INCOMPATIBILITY.
    78 
    79 * Introduce bdd_above and bdd_below in Conditionally_Complete_Lattices, use them
    80 instead of explicitly stating boundedness of sets.
    81 
    82 
    83 *** ML ***
    84 
    85 * Toplevel function "use" refers to raw ML bootstrap environment,
    86 without Isar context nor antiquotations.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
    87 Note that 'ML_file' is the canonical command to load ML files into the
    88 formal context.
    89 
    90 
    91 
    92 New in Isabelle2013-1 (November 2013)
    93 -------------------------------------
    94 
    95 *** General ***
    96 
    97 * Discontinued obsolete 'uses' within theory header.  Note that
    98 commands like 'ML_file' work without separate declaration of file
    99 dependencies.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
   100 
   101 * Discontinued redundant 'use' command, which was superseded by
   102 'ML_file' in Isabelle2013.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
   103 
   104 * Simplified subscripts within identifiers, using plain \<^sub>
   105 instead of the second copy \<^isub> and \<^isup>.  Superscripts are
   106 only for literal tokens within notation; explicit mixfix annotations
   107 for consts or fixed variables may be used as fall-back for unusual
   108 names.  Obsolete \<twosuperior> has been expanded to \<^sup>2 in
   109 Isabelle/HOL.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use "isabelle update_sub_sup" to
   110 standardize symbols as a starting point for further manual cleanup.
   111 The ML reference variable "legacy_isub_isup" may be set as temporary
   112 workaround, to make the prover accept a subset of the old identifier
   113 syntax.
   114 
   115 * Document antiquotations: term style "isub" has been renamed to
   116 "sub".  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
   117 
   118 * Uniform management of "quick_and_dirty" as system option (see also
   119 "isabelle options"), configuration option within the context (see also
   120 Config.get in Isabelle/ML), and attribute in Isabelle/Isar.  Minor
   121 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to use more official Isabelle means to access
   122 quick_and_dirty, instead of historical poking into mutable reference.
   123 
   124 * Renamed command 'print_configs' to 'print_options'.  Minor
   125 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   126 
   127 * Proper diagnostic command 'print_state'.  Old 'pr' (with its
   128 implicit change of some global references) is retained for now as
   129 control command, e.g. for ProofGeneral 3.7.x.
   130 
   131 * Discontinued 'print_drafts' command with its old-fashioned PS output
   132 and Unix command-line print spooling.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY: use
   133 'display_drafts' instead and print via the regular document viewer.
   134 
   135 * Updated and extended "isar-ref" and "implementation" manual,
   136 eliminated old "ref" manual.
   137 
   138 
   139 *** Prover IDE -- Isabelle/Scala/jEdit ***
   140 
   141 * New manual "jedit" for Isabelle/jEdit, see isabelle doc or
   142 Documentation panel.
   143 
   144 * Dockable window "Documentation" provides access to Isabelle
   145 documentation.
   146 
   147 * Dockable window "Find" provides query operations for formal entities
   148 (GUI front-end to 'find_theorems' command).
   149 
   150 * Dockable window "Sledgehammer" manages asynchronous / parallel
   151 sledgehammer runs over existing document sources, independently of
   152 normal editing and checking process.
   153 
   154 * Dockable window "Timing" provides an overview of relevant command
   155 timing information, depending on option jedit_timing_threshold.  The
   156 same timing information is shown in the extended tooltip of the
   157 command keyword, when hovering the mouse over it while the CONTROL or
   158 COMMAND modifier is pressed.
   159 
   160 * Improved dockable window "Theories": Continuous checking of proof
   161 document (visible and required parts) may be controlled explicitly,
   162 using check box or shortcut "C+e ENTER".  Individual theory nodes may
   163 be marked explicitly as required and checked in full, using check box
   164 or shortcut "C+e SPACE".
   165 
   166 * Improved completion mechanism, which is now managed by the
   167 Isabelle/jEdit plugin instead of SideKick.  Refined table of Isabelle
   168 symbol abbreviations (see $ISABELLE_HOME/etc/symbols).
   169 
   170 * Standard jEdit keyboard shortcut C+b complete-word is remapped to
   171 isabelle.complete for explicit completion in Isabelle sources.
   172 INCOMPATIBILITY wrt. jEdit defaults, may have to invent new shortcuts
   173 to resolve conflict.
   174 
   175 * Improved support of various "minor modes" for Isabelle NEWS,
   176 options, session ROOT etc., with completion and SideKick tree view.
   177 
   178 * Strictly monotonic document update, without premature cancellation of
   179 running transactions that are still needed: avoid reset/restart of
   180 such command executions while editing.
   181 
   182 * Support for asynchronous print functions, as overlay to existing
   183 document content.
   184 
   185 * Support for automatic tools in HOL, which try to prove or disprove
   186 toplevel theorem statements.
   187 
   188 * Action isabelle.reset-font-size resets main text area font size
   189 according to Isabelle/Scala plugin option "jedit_font_reset_size" (see
   190 also "Plugin Options / Isabelle / General").  It can be bound to some
   191 keyboard shortcut by the user (e.g. C+0 and/or C+NUMPAD0).
   192 
   193 * File specifications in jEdit (e.g. file browser) may refer to
   194 $ISABELLE_HOME and $ISABELLE_HOME_USER on all platforms.  Discontinued
   195 obsolete $ISABELLE_HOME_WINDOWS variable.
   196 
   197 * Improved support for Linux look-and-feel "GTK+", see also "Utilities
   198 / Global Options / Appearance".
   199 
   200 * Improved support of native Mac OS X functionality via "MacOSX"
   201 plugin, which is now enabled by default.
   202 
   203 
   204 *** Pure ***
   205 
   206 * Commands 'interpretation' and 'sublocale' are now target-sensitive.
   207 In particular, 'interpretation' allows for non-persistent
   208 interpretation within "context ... begin ... end" blocks offering a
   209 light-weight alternative to 'sublocale'.  See "isar-ref" manual for
   210 details.
   211 
   212 * Improved locales diagnostic command 'print_dependencies'.
   213 
   214 * Discontinued obsolete 'axioms' command, which has been marked as
   215 legacy since Isabelle2009-2.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use 'axiomatization'
   216 instead, while observing its uniform scope for polymorphism.
   217 
   218 * Discontinued empty name bindings in 'axiomatization'.
   219 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   220 
   221 * System option "proofs" has been discontinued.  Instead the global
   222 state of Proofterm.proofs is persistently compiled into logic images
   223 as required, notably HOL-Proofs.  Users no longer need to change
   224 Proofterm.proofs dynamically.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
   225 
   226 * Syntax translation functions (print_translation etc.) always depend
   227 on Proof.context.  Discontinued former "(advanced)" option -- this is
   228 now the default.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
   229 
   230 * Former global reference trace_unify_fail is now available as
   231 configuration option "unify_trace_failure" (global context only).
   232 
   233 * SELECT_GOAL now retains the syntactic context of the overall goal
   234 state (schematic variables etc.).  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY in rare
   235 situations.
   236 
   237 
   238 *** HOL ***
   239 
   240 * Stronger precedence of syntax for big intersection and union on
   241 sets, in accordance with corresponding lattice operations.
   242 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   243 
   244 * Notation "{p:A. P}" now allows tuple patterns as well.
   245 
   246 * Nested case expressions are now translated in a separate check phase
   247 rather than during parsing. The data for case combinators is separated
   248 from the datatype package. The declaration attribute
   249 "case_translation" can be used to register new case combinators:
   250 
   251   declare [[case_translation case_combinator constructor1 ... constructorN]]
   252 
   253 * Code generator:
   254   - 'code_printing' unifies 'code_const' / 'code_type' / 'code_class' /
   255     'code_instance'.
   256   - 'code_identifier' declares name hints for arbitrary identifiers in
   257     generated code, subsuming 'code_modulename'.
   258 
   259 See the isar-ref manual for syntax diagrams, and the HOL theories for
   260 examples.
   261 
   262 * Attibute 'code': 'code' now declares concrete and abstract code
   263 equations uniformly.  Use explicit 'code equation' and 'code abstract'
   264 to distinguish both when desired.
   265 
   266 * Discontinued theories Code_Integer and Efficient_Nat by a more
   267 fine-grain stack of theories Code_Target_Int, Code_Binary_Nat,
   268 Code_Target_Nat and Code_Target_Numeral.  See the tutorial on code
   269 generation for details.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   270 
   271 * Numeric types are mapped by default to target language numerals:
   272 natural (replaces former code_numeral) and integer (replaces former
   273 code_int).  Conversions are available as integer_of_natural /
   274 natural_of_integer / integer_of_nat / nat_of_integer (in HOL) and
   275 Code_Numeral.integer_of_natural / Code_Numeral.natural_of_integer (in
   276 ML).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   277 
   278 * Function package: For mutually recursive functions f and g, separate
   279 cases rules f.cases and g.cases are generated instead of unusable
   280 f_g.cases which exposed internal sum types. Potential INCOMPATIBILITY,
   281 in the case that the unusable rule was used nevertheless.
   282 
   283 * Function package: For each function f, new rules f.elims are
   284 generated, which eliminate equalities of the form "f x = t".
   285 
   286 * New command 'fun_cases' derives ad-hoc elimination rules for
   287 function equations as simplified instances of f.elims, analogous to
   288 inductive_cases.  See ~~/src/HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy for some examples.
   289 
   290 * Lifting:
   291   - parametrized correspondence relations are now supported:
   292     + parametricity theorems for the raw term can be specified in
   293       the command lift_definition, which allow us to generate stronger
   294       transfer rules
   295     + setup_lifting generates stronger transfer rules if parametric
   296       correspondence relation can be generated
   297     + various new properties of the relator must be specified to support
   298       parametricity
   299     + parametricity theorem for the Quotient relation can be specified
   300   - setup_lifting generates domain rules for the Transfer package
   301   - stronger reflexivity prover of respectfulness theorems for type
   302     copies
   303   - ===> and --> are now local. The symbols can be introduced
   304     by interpreting the locale lifting_syntax (typically in an
   305     anonymous context)
   306   - Lifting/Transfer relevant parts of Library/Quotient_* are now in
   307     Main. Potential INCOMPATIBILITY
   308   - new commands for restoring and deleting Lifting/Transfer context:
   309     lifting_forget, lifting_update
   310   - the command print_quotmaps was renamed to print_quot_maps.
   311     INCOMPATIBILITY
   312 
   313 * Transfer:
   314   - better support for domains in Transfer: replace Domainp T
   315     by the actual invariant in a transferred goal
   316   - transfer rules can have as assumptions other transfer rules
   317   - Experimental support for transferring from the raw level to the
   318     abstract level: Transfer.transferred attribute
   319   - Attribute version of the transfer method: untransferred attribute
   320 
   321 * Reification and reflection:
   322   - Reification is now directly available in HOL-Main in structure
   323     "Reification".
   324   - Reflection now handles multiple lists with variables also.
   325   - The whole reflection stack has been decomposed into conversions.
   326 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   327 
   328 * Revised devices for recursive definitions over finite sets:
   329   - Only one fundamental fold combinator on finite set remains:
   330     Finite_Set.fold :: ('a => 'b => 'b) => 'b => 'a set => 'b
   331     This is now identity on infinite sets.
   332   - Locales ("mini packages") for fundamental definitions with
   333     Finite_Set.fold: folding, folding_idem.
   334   - Locales comm_monoid_set, semilattice_order_set and
   335     semilattice_neutr_order_set for big operators on sets.
   336     See theory Big_Operators for canonical examples.
   337     Note that foundational constants comm_monoid_set.F and
   338     semilattice_set.F correspond to former combinators fold_image
   339     and fold1 respectively.  These are now gone.  You may use
   340     those foundational constants as substitutes, but it is
   341     preferable to interpret the above locales accordingly.
   342   - Dropped class ab_semigroup_idem_mult (special case of lattice,
   343     no longer needed in connection with Finite_Set.fold etc.)
   344   - Fact renames:
   345       card.union_inter ~> card_Un_Int [symmetric]
   346       card.union_disjoint ~> card_Un_disjoint
   347 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   348 
   349 * Locale hierarchy for abstract orderings and (semi)lattices.
   350 
   351 * Complete_Partial_Order.admissible is defined outside the type class
   352 ccpo, but with mandatory prefix ccpo. Admissibility theorems lose the
   353 class predicate assumption or sort constraint when possible.
   354 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   355 
   356 * Introduce type class "conditionally_complete_lattice": Like a
   357 complete lattice but does not assume the existence of the top and
   358 bottom elements.  Allows to generalize some lemmas about reals and
   359 extended reals.  Removed SupInf and replaced it by the instantiation
   360 of conditionally_complete_lattice for real. Renamed lemmas about
   361 conditionally-complete lattice from Sup_... to cSup_... and from
   362 Inf_...  to cInf_... to avoid hidding of similar complete lattice
   363 lemmas.
   364 
   365 * Introduce type class linear_continuum as combination of
   366 conditionally-complete lattices and inner dense linorders which have
   367 more than one element.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   368 
   369 * Introduced type classes order_top and order_bot. The old classes top
   370 and bot only contain the syntax without assumptions.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
   371 Rename bot -> order_bot, top -> order_top
   372 
   373 * Introduce type classes "no_top" and "no_bot" for orderings without
   374 top and bottom elements.
   375 
   376 * Split dense_linorder into inner_dense_order and no_top, no_bot.
   377 
   378 * Complex_Main: Unify and move various concepts from
   379 HOL-Multivariate_Analysis to HOL-Complex_Main.
   380 
   381  - Introduce type class (lin)order_topology and
   382    linear_continuum_topology.  Allows to generalize theorems about
   383    limits and order.  Instances are reals and extended reals.
   384 
   385  - continuous and continuos_on from Multivariate_Analysis:
   386    "continuous" is the continuity of a function at a filter.  "isCont"
   387    is now an abbrevitation: "isCont x f == continuous (at _) f".
   388 
   389    Generalized continuity lemmas from isCont to continuous on an
   390    arbitrary filter.
   391 
   392  - compact from Multivariate_Analysis. Use Bolzano's lemma to prove
   393    compactness of closed intervals on reals. Continuous functions
   394    attain infimum and supremum on compact sets. The inverse of a
   395    continuous function is continuous, when the function is continuous
   396    on a compact set.
   397 
   398  - connected from Multivariate_Analysis. Use it to prove the
   399    intermediate value theorem. Show connectedness of intervals on
   400    linear_continuum_topology).
   401 
   402  - first_countable_topology from Multivariate_Analysis. Is used to
   403    show equivalence of properties on the neighbourhood filter of x and
   404    on all sequences converging to x.
   405 
   406  - FDERIV: Definition of has_derivative moved to Deriv.thy. Moved
   407    theorems from Library/FDERIV.thy to Deriv.thy and base the
   408    definition of DERIV on FDERIV. Add variants of DERIV and FDERIV
   409    which are restricted to sets, i.e. to represent derivatives from
   410    left or right.
   411 
   412  - Removed the within-filter. It is replaced by the principal filter:
   413 
   414      F within X = inf F (principal X)
   415 
   416  - Introduce "at x within U" as a single constant, "at x" is now an
   417    abbreviation for "at x within UNIV"
   418 
   419  - Introduce named theorem collections tendsto_intros,
   420    continuous_intros, continuous_on_intros and FDERIV_intros. Theorems
   421    in tendsto_intros (or FDERIV_intros) are also available as
   422    tendsto_eq_intros (or FDERIV_eq_intros) where the right-hand side
   423    is replaced by a congruence rule. This allows to apply them as
   424    intro rules and then proving equivalence by the simplifier.
   425 
   426  - Restructured theories in HOL-Complex_Main:
   427 
   428    + Moved RealDef and RComplete into Real
   429 
   430    + Introduced Topological_Spaces and moved theorems about
   431      topological spaces, filters, limits and continuity to it
   432 
   433    + Renamed RealVector to Real_Vector_Spaces
   434 
   435    + Split Lim, SEQ, Series into Topological_Spaces,
   436      Real_Vector_Spaces, and Limits
   437 
   438    + Moved Ln and Log to Transcendental
   439 
   440    + Moved theorems about continuity from Deriv to Topological_Spaces
   441 
   442  - Remove various auxiliary lemmas.
   443 
   444 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   445 
   446 * Nitpick:
   447   - Added option "spy"
   448   - Reduce incidence of "too high arity" errors
   449 
   450 * Sledgehammer:
   451   - Renamed option:
   452       isar_shrink ~> isar_compress
   453     INCOMPATIBILITY.
   454   - Added options "isar_try0", "spy"
   455   - Better support for "isar_proofs"
   456   - MaSh has been fined-tuned and now runs as a local server
   457 
   458 * Improved support for ad hoc overloading of constants (see also
   459 isar-ref manual and ~~/src/HOL/ex/Adhoc_Overloading_Examples.thy).
   460 
   461 * Library/Polynomial.thy:
   462   - Use lifting for primitive definitions.
   463   - Explicit conversions from and to lists of coefficients, used for
   464     generated code.
   465   - Replaced recursion operator poly_rec by fold_coeffs.
   466   - Prefer pre-existing gcd operation for gcd.
   467   - Fact renames:
   468     poly_eq_iff ~> poly_eq_poly_eq_iff
   469     poly_ext ~> poly_eqI
   470     expand_poly_eq ~> poly_eq_iff
   471 IMCOMPATIBILITY.
   472 
   473 * New Library/Simps_Case_Conv.thy: Provides commands simps_of_case and
   474 case_of_simps to convert function definitions between a list of
   475 equations with patterns on the lhs and a single equation with case
   476 expressions on the rhs. See also Ex/Simps_Case_Conv_Examples.thy.
   477 
   478 * New Library/FSet.thy: type of finite sets defined as a subtype of
   479 sets defined by Lifting/Transfer.
   480 
   481 * Discontinued theory src/HOL/Library/Eval_Witness.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   482 
   483 * Consolidation of library theories on product orders:
   484 
   485     Product_Lattice ~> Product_Order -- pointwise order on products
   486     Product_ord ~> Product_Lexorder -- lexicographic order on products
   487 
   488 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   489 
   490 * Imperative-HOL: The MREC combinator is considered legacy and no
   491 longer included by default. INCOMPATIBILITY, use partial_function
   492 instead, or import theory Legacy_Mrec as a fallback.
   493 
   494 * HOL-Algebra: Discontinued theories ~~/src/HOL/Algebra/abstract and
   495 ~~/src/HOL/Algebra/poly.  Existing theories should be based on
   496 ~~/src/HOL/Library/Polynomial instead.  The latter provides
   497 integration with HOL's type classes for rings.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   498 
   499 * HOL-BNF:
   500   - Various improvements to BNF-based (co)datatype package, including
   501     new commands "primrec_new", "primcorec", and
   502     "datatype_new_compat", as well as documentation. See
   503     "datatypes.pdf" for details.
   504   - New "coinduction" method to avoid some boilerplate (compared to
   505     coinduct).
   506   - Renamed keywords:
   507     data ~> datatype_new
   508     codata ~> codatatype
   509     bnf_def ~> bnf
   510   - Renamed many generated theorems, including
   511     discs ~> disc
   512     map_comp' ~> map_comp
   513     map_id' ~> map_id
   514     sels ~> sel
   515     set_map' ~> set_map
   516     sets ~> set
   517 IMCOMPATIBILITY.
   518 
   519 
   520 *** ML ***
   521 
   522 * Spec_Check is a Quickcheck tool for Isabelle/ML.  The ML function
   523 "check_property" allows to check specifications of the form "ALL x y
   524 z. prop x y z".  See also ~~/src/Tools/Spec_Check/ with its
   525 Examples.thy in particular.
   526 
   527 * Improved printing of exception trace in Poly/ML 5.5.1, with regular
   528 tracing output in the command transaction context instead of physical
   529 stdout.  See also Toplevel.debug, Toplevel.debugging and
   530 ML_Compiler.exn_trace.
   531 
   532 * ML type "theory" is now immutable, without any special treatment of
   533 drafts or linear updates (which could lead to "stale theory" errors in
   534 the past).  Discontinued obsolete operations like Theory.copy,
   535 Theory.checkpoint, and the auxiliary type theory_ref.  Minor
   536 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   537 
   538 * More uniform naming of goal functions for skipped proofs:
   539 
   540     Skip_Proof.prove  ~>  Goal.prove_sorry
   541     Skip_Proof.prove_global  ~>  Goal.prove_sorry_global
   542 
   543 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
   544 
   545 * Simplifier tactics and tools use proper Proof.context instead of
   546 historic type simpset.  Old-style declarations like addsimps,
   547 addsimprocs etc. operate directly on Proof.context.  Raw type simpset
   548 retains its use as snapshot of the main Simplifier context, using
   549 simpset_of and put_simpset on Proof.context.  INCOMPATIBILITY -- port
   550 old tools by making them depend on (ctxt : Proof.context) instead of
   551 (ss : simpset), then turn (simpset_of ctxt) into ctxt.
   552 
   553 * Modifiers for classical wrappers (e.g. addWrapper, delWrapper)
   554 operate on Proof.context instead of claset, for uniformity with addIs,
   555 addEs, addDs etc. Note that claset_of and put_claset allow to manage
   556 clasets separately from the context.
   557 
   558 * Discontinued obsolete ML antiquotations @{claset} and @{simpset}.
   559 INCOMPATIBILITY, use @{context} instead.
   560 
   561 * Antiquotation @{theory_context A} is similar to @{theory A}, but
   562 presents the result as initial Proof.context.
   563 
   564 
   565 *** System ***
   566 
   567 * Discontinued obsolete isabelle usedir, mkdir, make -- superseded by
   568 "isabelle build" in Isabelle2013.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   569 
   570 * Discontinued obsolete isabelle-process options -f and -u (former
   571 administrative aliases of option -e).  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
   572 
   573 * Discontinued obsolete isabelle print tool, and PRINT_COMMAND
   574 settings variable.
   575 
   576 * Discontinued ISABELLE_DOC_FORMAT settings variable and historic
   577 document formats: dvi.gz, ps, ps.gz -- the default document format is
   578 always pdf.
   579 
   580 * Isabelle settings variable ISABELLE_BUILD_JAVA_OPTIONS allows to
   581 specify global resources of the JVM process run by isabelle build.
   582 
   583 * Toplevel executable $ISABELLE_HOME/bin/isabelle_scala_script allows
   584 to run Isabelle/Scala source files as standalone programs.
   585 
   586 * Improved "isabelle keywords" tool (for old-style ProofGeneral
   587 keyword tables): use Isabelle/Scala operations, which inspect outer
   588 syntax without requiring to build sessions first.
   589 
   590 * Sessions may be organized via 'chapter' specifications in the ROOT
   591 file, which determines a two-level hierarchy of browser info.  The old
   592 tree-like organization via implicit sub-session relation (with its
   593 tendency towards erratic fluctuation of URLs) has been discontinued.
   594 The default chapter is called "Unsorted".  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY
   595 for HTML presentation of theories.
   596 
   597 
   598 
   599 New in Isabelle2013 (February 2013)
   600 -----------------------------------
   601 
   602 *** General ***
   603 
   604 * Theorem status about oracles and unfinished/failed future proofs is
   605 no longer printed by default, since it is incompatible with
   606 incremental / parallel checking of the persistent document model.  ML
   607 function Thm.peek_status may be used to inspect a snapshot of the
   608 ongoing evaluation process.  Note that in batch mode --- notably
   609 isabelle build --- the system ensures that future proofs of all
   610 accessible theorems in the theory context are finished (as before).
   611 
   612 * Configuration option show_markup controls direct inlining of markup
   613 into the printed representation of formal entities --- notably type
   614 and sort constraints.  This enables Prover IDE users to retrieve that
   615 information via tooltips in the output window, for example.
   616 
   617 * Command 'ML_file' evaluates ML text from a file directly within the
   618 theory, without any predeclaration via 'uses' in the theory header.
   619 
   620 * Old command 'use' command and corresponding keyword 'uses' in the
   621 theory header are legacy features and will be discontinued soon.
   622 Tools that load their additional source files may imitate the
   623 'ML_file' implementation, such that the system can take care of
   624 dependencies properly.
   625 
   626 * Discontinued obsolete method fastsimp / tactic fast_simp_tac, which
   627 is called fastforce / fast_force_tac already since Isabelle2011-1.
   628 
   629 * Updated and extended "isar-ref" and "implementation" manual, reduced
   630 remaining material in old "ref" manual.
   631 
   632 * Improved support for auxiliary contexts that indicate block structure
   633 for specifications.  Nesting of "context fixes ... context assumes ..."
   634 and "class ... context ...".
   635 
   636 * Attribute "consumes" allows a negative value as well, which is
   637 interpreted relatively to the total number of premises of the rule in
   638 the target context.  This form of declaration is stable when exported
   639 from a nested 'context' with additional assumptions.  It is the
   640 preferred form for definitional packages, notably cases/rules produced
   641 in HOL/inductive and HOL/function.
   642 
   643 * More informative error messages for Isar proof commands involving
   644 lazy enumerations (method applications etc.).
   645 
   646 * Refined 'help' command to retrieve outer syntax commands according
   647 to name patterns (with clickable results).
   648 
   649 
   650 *** Prover IDE -- Isabelle/Scala/jEdit ***
   651 
   652 * Parallel terminal proofs ('by') are enabled by default, likewise
   653 proofs that are built into packages like 'datatype', 'function'.  This
   654 allows to "run ahead" checking the theory specifications on the
   655 surface, while the prover is still crunching on internal
   656 justifications.  Unfinished / cancelled proofs are restarted as
   657 required to complete full proof checking eventually.
   658 
   659 * Improved output panel with tooltips, hyperlinks etc. based on the
   660 same Rich_Text_Area as regular Isabelle/jEdit buffers.  Activation of
   661 tooltips leads to some window that supports the same recursively,
   662 which can lead to stacks of tooltips as the semantic document content
   663 is explored.  ESCAPE closes the whole stack, individual windows may be
   664 closed separately, or detached to become independent jEdit dockables.
   665 
   666 * Improved support for commands that produce graph output: the text
   667 message contains a clickable area to open a new instance of the graph
   668 browser on demand.
   669 
   670 * More robust incremental parsing of outer syntax (partial comments,
   671 malformed symbols).  Changing the balance of open/close quotes and
   672 comment delimiters works more conveniently with unfinished situations
   673 that frequently occur in user interaction.
   674 
   675 * More efficient painting and improved reactivity when editing large
   676 files.  More scalable management of formal document content.
   677 
   678 * Smarter handling of tracing messages: prover process pauses after
   679 certain number of messages per command transaction, with some user
   680 dialog to stop or continue.  This avoids swamping the front-end with
   681 potentially infinite message streams.
   682 
   683 * More plugin options and preferences, based on Isabelle/Scala.  The
   684 jEdit plugin option panel provides access to some Isabelle/Scala
   685 options, including tuning parameters for editor reactivity and color
   686 schemes.
   687 
   688 * Dockable window "Symbols" provides some editing support for Isabelle
   689 symbols.
   690 
   691 * Dockable window "Monitor" shows ML runtime statistics.  Note that
   692 continuous display of the chart slows down the system.
   693 
   694 * Improved editing support for control styles: subscript, superscript,
   695 bold, reset of style -- operating on single symbols or text
   696 selections.  Cf. keyboard shortcuts C+e DOWN/UP/RIGHT/LEFT.
   697 
   698 * Actions isabelle.increase-font-size and isabelle.decrease-font-size
   699 adjust the main text area font size, and its derivatives for output,
   700 tooltips etc.  Cf. keyboard shortcuts C-PLUS and C-MINUS, which often
   701 need to be adapted to local keyboard layouts.
   702 
   703 * More reactive completion popup by default: use \t (TAB) instead of
   704 \n (NEWLINE) to minimize intrusion into regular flow of editing.  See
   705 also "Plugin Options / SideKick / General / Code Completion Options".
   706 
   707 * Implicit check and build dialog of the specified logic session
   708 image.  For example, HOL, HOLCF, HOL-Nominal can be produced on
   709 demand, without bundling big platform-dependent heap images in the
   710 Isabelle distribution.
   711 
   712 * Uniform Java 7 platform on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows: recent updates
   713 from Oracle provide better multi-platform experience.  This version is
   714 now bundled exclusively with Isabelle.
   715 
   716 
   717 *** Pure ***
   718 
   719 * Code generation for Haskell: restrict unqualified imports from
   720 Haskell Prelude to a small set of fundamental operations.
   721 
   722 * Command 'export_code': relative file names are interpreted
   723 relatively to master directory of current theory rather than the
   724 rather arbitrary current working directory.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   725 
   726 * Discontinued obsolete attribute "COMP".  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY,
   727 use regular rule composition via "OF" / "THEN", or explicit proof
   728 structure instead.  Note that Isabelle/ML provides a variety of
   729 operators like COMP, INCR_COMP, COMP_INCR, which need to be applied
   730 with some care where this is really required.
   731 
   732 * Command 'typ' supports an additional variant with explicit sort
   733 constraint, to infer and check the most general type conforming to a
   734 given sort.  Example (in HOL):
   735 
   736   typ "_ * _ * bool * unit" :: finite
   737 
   738 * Command 'locale_deps' visualizes all locales and their relations as
   739 a Hasse diagram.
   740 
   741 
   742 *** HOL ***
   743 
   744 * Sledgehammer:
   745 
   746   - Added MaSh relevance filter based on machine-learning; see the
   747     Sledgehammer manual for details.
   748   - Polished Isar proofs generated with "isar_proofs" option.
   749   - Rationalized type encodings ("type_enc" option).
   750   - Renamed "kill_provers" subcommand to "kill_all".
   751   - Renamed options:
   752       isar_proof ~> isar_proofs
   753       isar_shrink_factor ~> isar_shrink
   754       max_relevant ~> max_facts
   755       relevance_thresholds ~> fact_thresholds
   756 
   757 * Quickcheck: added an optimisation for equality premises.  It is
   758 switched on by default, and can be switched off by setting the
   759 configuration quickcheck_optimise_equality to false.
   760 
   761 * Quotient: only one quotient can be defined by quotient_type
   762 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   763 
   764 * Lifting:
   765   - generation of an abstraction function equation in lift_definition
   766   - quot_del attribute
   767   - renamed no_abs_code -> no_code (INCOMPATIBILITY.)
   768 
   769 * Simproc "finite_Collect" rewrites set comprehensions into pointfree
   770 expressions.
   771 
   772 * Preprocessing of the code generator rewrites set comprehensions into
   773 pointfree expressions.
   774 
   775 * The SMT solver Z3 has now by default a restricted set of directly
   776 supported features. For the full set of features (div/mod, nonlinear
   777 arithmetic, datatypes/records) with potential proof reconstruction
   778 failures, enable the configuration option "z3_with_extensions".  Minor
   779 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   780 
   781 * Simplified 'typedef' specifications: historical options for implicit
   782 set definition and alternative name have been discontinued.  The
   783 former behavior of "typedef (open) t = A" is now the default, but
   784 written just "typedef t = A".  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt theories
   785 accordingly.
   786 
   787 * Removed constant "chars"; prefer "Enum.enum" on type "char"
   788 directly.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   789 
   790 * Moved operation product, sublists and n_lists from theory Enum to
   791 List.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   792 
   793 * Theorem UN_o generalized to SUP_comp.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   794 
   795 * Class "comm_monoid_diff" formalises properties of bounded
   796 subtraction, with natural numbers and multisets as typical instances.
   797 
   798 * Added combinator "Option.these" with type "'a option set => 'a set".
   799 
   800 * Theory "Transitive_Closure": renamed lemmas
   801 
   802   reflcl_tranclp -> reflclp_tranclp
   803   rtranclp_reflcl -> rtranclp_reflclp
   804 
   805 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   806 
   807 * Theory "Rings": renamed lemmas (in class semiring)
   808 
   809   left_distrib ~> distrib_right
   810   right_distrib ~> distrib_left
   811 
   812 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   813 
   814 * Generalized the definition of limits:
   815 
   816   - Introduced the predicate filterlim (LIM x F. f x :> G) which
   817     expresses that when the input values x converge to F then the
   818     output f x converges to G.
   819 
   820   - Added filters for convergence to positive (at_top) and negative
   821     infinity (at_bot).
   822 
   823   - Moved infinity in the norm (at_infinity) from
   824     Multivariate_Analysis to Complex_Main.
   825 
   826   - Removed real_tendsto_inf, it is superseded by "LIM x F. f x :>
   827     at_top".
   828 
   829 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   830 
   831 * Theory "Library/Option_ord" provides instantiation of option type to
   832 lattice type classes.
   833 
   834 * Theory "Library/Multiset": renamed
   835 
   836     constant fold_mset ~> Multiset.fold
   837     fact fold_mset_commute ~> fold_mset_comm
   838 
   839 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   840 
   841 * Renamed theory Library/List_Prefix to Library/Sublist, with related
   842 changes as follows.
   843 
   844   - Renamed constants (and related lemmas)
   845 
   846       prefix ~> prefixeq
   847       strict_prefix ~> prefix
   848 
   849   - Replaced constant "postfix" by "suffixeq" with swapped argument
   850     order (i.e., "postfix xs ys" is now "suffixeq ys xs") and dropped
   851     old infix syntax "xs >>= ys"; use "suffixeq ys xs" instead.
   852     Renamed lemmas accordingly.
   853 
   854   - Added constant "list_hembeq" for homeomorphic embedding on
   855     lists. Added abbreviation "sublisteq" for special case
   856     "list_hembeq (op =)".
   857 
   858   - Theory Library/Sublist no longer provides "order" and "bot" type
   859     class instances for the prefix order (merely corresponding locale
   860     interpretations). The type class instances are now in theory
   861     Library/Prefix_Order.
   862 
   863   - The sublist relation of theory Library/Sublist_Order is now based
   864     on "Sublist.sublisteq".  Renamed lemmas accordingly:
   865 
   866       le_list_append_le_same_iff ~> Sublist.sublisteq_append_le_same_iff
   867       le_list_append_mono ~> Sublist.list_hembeq_append_mono
   868       le_list_below_empty ~> Sublist.list_hembeq_Nil, Sublist.list_hembeq_Nil2
   869       le_list_Cons_EX ~> Sublist.list_hembeq_ConsD
   870       le_list_drop_Cons2 ~> Sublist.sublisteq_Cons2'
   871       le_list_drop_Cons_neq ~> Sublist.sublisteq_Cons2_neq
   872       le_list_drop_Cons ~> Sublist.sublisteq_Cons'
   873       le_list_drop_many ~> Sublist.sublisteq_drop_many
   874       le_list_filter_left ~> Sublist.sublisteq_filter_left
   875       le_list_rev_drop_many ~> Sublist.sublisteq_rev_drop_many
   876       le_list_rev_take_iff ~> Sublist.sublisteq_append
   877       le_list_same_length ~> Sublist.sublisteq_same_length
   878       le_list_take_many_iff ~> Sublist.sublisteq_append'
   879       less_eq_list.drop ~> less_eq_list_drop
   880       less_eq_list.induct ~> less_eq_list_induct
   881       not_le_list_length ~> Sublist.not_sublisteq_length
   882 
   883 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   884 
   885 * New theory Library/Countable_Set.
   886 
   887 * Theory Library/Debug and Library/Parallel provide debugging and
   888 parallel execution for code generated towards Isabelle/ML.
   889 
   890 * Theory Library/FuncSet: Extended support for Pi and extensional and
   891 introduce the extensional dependent function space "PiE". Replaced
   892 extensional_funcset by an abbreviation, and renamed lemmas from
   893 extensional_funcset to PiE as follows:
   894 
   895   extensional_empty  ~>  PiE_empty
   896   extensional_funcset_empty_domain  ~>  PiE_empty_domain
   897   extensional_funcset_empty_range  ~>  PiE_empty_range
   898   extensional_funcset_arb  ~>  PiE_arb
   899   extensional_funcset_mem  ~>  PiE_mem
   900   extensional_funcset_extend_domainI  ~>  PiE_fun_upd
   901   extensional_funcset_restrict_domain  ~>  fun_upd_in_PiE
   902   extensional_funcset_extend_domain_eq  ~>  PiE_insert_eq
   903   card_extensional_funcset  ~>  card_PiE
   904   finite_extensional_funcset  ~>  finite_PiE
   905 
   906 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   907 
   908 * Theory Library/FinFun: theory of almost everywhere constant
   909 functions (supersedes the AFP entry "Code Generation for Functions as
   910 Data").
   911 
   912 * Theory Library/Phantom: generic phantom type to make a type
   913 parameter appear in a constant's type.  This alternative to adding
   914 TYPE('a) as another parameter avoids unnecessary closures in generated
   915 code.
   916 
   917 * Theory Library/RBT_Impl: efficient construction of red-black trees
   918 from sorted associative lists. Merging two trees with rbt_union may
   919 return a structurally different tree than before.  Potential
   920 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   921 
   922 * Theory Library/IArray: immutable arrays with code generation.
   923 
   924 * Theory Library/Finite_Lattice: theory of finite lattices.
   925 
   926 * HOL/Multivariate_Analysis: replaced
   927 
   928   "basis :: 'a::euclidean_space => nat => real"
   929   "\<Chi>\<Chi> :: (nat => real) => 'a::euclidean_space"
   930 
   931 on euclidean spaces by using the inner product "_ \<bullet> _" with
   932 vectors from the Basis set: "\<Chi>\<Chi> i. f i" is superseded by
   933 "SUM i : Basis. f i * r i".
   934 
   935   With this change the following constants are also changed or removed:
   936 
   937     DIM('a) :: nat  ~>  card (Basis :: 'a set)   (is an abbreviation)
   938     a $$ i  ~>  inner a i  (where i : Basis)
   939     cart_base i  removed
   940     \<pi>, \<pi>'  removed
   941 
   942   Theorems about these constants where removed.
   943 
   944   Renamed lemmas:
   945 
   946     component_le_norm  ~>  Basis_le_norm
   947     euclidean_eq  ~>  euclidean_eq_iff
   948     differential_zero_maxmin_component  ~>  differential_zero_maxmin_cart
   949     euclidean_simps  ~>  inner_simps
   950     independent_basis  ~>  independent_Basis
   951     span_basis  ~>  span_Basis
   952     in_span_basis  ~>  in_span_Basis
   953     norm_bound_component_le  ~>  norm_boound_Basis_le
   954     norm_bound_component_lt  ~>  norm_boound_Basis_lt
   955     component_le_infnorm  ~>  Basis_le_infnorm
   956 
   957 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   958 
   959 * HOL/Probability:
   960 
   961   - Added simproc "measurable" to automatically prove measurability.
   962 
   963   - Added induction rules for sigma sets with disjoint union
   964     (sigma_sets_induct_disjoint) and for Borel-measurable functions
   965     (borel_measurable_induct).
   966 
   967   - Added the Daniell-Kolmogorov theorem (the existence the limit of a
   968     projective family).
   969 
   970 * HOL/Cardinals: Theories of ordinals and cardinals (supersedes the
   971 AFP entry "Ordinals_and_Cardinals").
   972 
   973 * HOL/BNF: New (co)datatype package based on bounded natural functors
   974 with support for mixed, nested recursion and interesting non-free
   975 datatypes.
   976 
   977 * HOL/Finite_Set and Relation: added new set and relation operations
   978 expressed by Finite_Set.fold.
   979 
   980 * New theory HOL/Library/RBT_Set: implementation of sets by red-black
   981 trees for the code generator.
   982 
   983 * HOL/Library/RBT and HOL/Library/Mapping have been converted to
   984 Lifting/Transfer.
   985 possible INCOMPATIBILITY.
   986 
   987 * HOL/Set: renamed Set.project -> Set.filter
   988 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   989 
   990 
   991 *** Document preparation ***
   992 
   993 * Dropped legacy antiquotations "term_style" and "thm_style", since
   994 styles may be given as arguments to "term" and "thm" already.
   995 Discontinued legacy styles "prem1" .. "prem19".
   996 
   997 * Default LaTeX rendering for \<euro> is now based on eurosym package,
   998 instead of slightly exotic babel/greek.
   999 
  1000 * Document variant NAME may use different LaTeX entry point
  1001 document/root_NAME.tex if that file exists, instead of the common
  1002 document/root.tex.
  1003 
  1004 * Simplified custom document/build script, instead of old-style
  1005 document/IsaMakefile.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1006 
  1007 
  1008 *** ML ***
  1009 
  1010 * The default limit for maximum number of worker threads is now 8,
  1011 instead of 4, in correspondence to capabilities of contemporary
  1012 hardware and Poly/ML runtime system.
  1013 
  1014 * Type Seq.results and related operations support embedded error
  1015 messages within lazy enumerations, and thus allow to provide
  1016 informative errors in the absence of any usable results.
  1017 
  1018 * Renamed Position.str_of to Position.here to emphasize that this is a
  1019 formal device to inline positions into message text, but not
  1020 necessarily printing visible text.
  1021 
  1022 
  1023 *** System ***
  1024 
  1025 * Advanced support for Isabelle sessions and build management, see
  1026 "system" manual for the chapter of that name, especially the "isabelle
  1027 build" tool and its examples.  The "isabelle mkroot" tool prepares
  1028 session root directories for use with "isabelle build", similar to
  1029 former "isabelle mkdir" for "isabelle usedir".  Note that this affects
  1030 document preparation as well.  INCOMPATIBILITY, isabelle usedir /
  1031 mkdir / make are rendered obsolete.
  1032 
  1033 * Discontinued obsolete Isabelle/build script, it is superseded by the
  1034 regular isabelle build tool.  For example:
  1035 
  1036   isabelle build -s -b HOL
  1037 
  1038 * Discontinued obsolete "isabelle makeall".
  1039 
  1040 * Discontinued obsolete IsaMakefile and ROOT.ML files from the
  1041 Isabelle distribution, except for rudimentary src/HOL/IsaMakefile that
  1042 provides some traditional targets that invoke "isabelle build".  Note
  1043 that this is inefficient!  Applications of Isabelle/HOL involving
  1044 "isabelle make" should be upgraded to use "isabelle build" directly.
  1045 
  1046 * The "isabelle options" tool prints Isabelle system options, as
  1047 required for "isabelle build", for example.
  1048 
  1049 * The "isabelle logo" tool produces EPS and PDF format simultaneously.
  1050 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY in command-line options.
  1051 
  1052 * The "isabelle install" tool has now a simpler command-line.  Minor
  1053 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1054 
  1055 * The "isabelle components" tool helps to resolve add-on components
  1056 that are not bundled, or referenced from a bare-bones repository
  1057 version of Isabelle.
  1058 
  1059 * Settings variable ISABELLE_PLATFORM_FAMILY refers to the general
  1060 platform family: "linux", "macos", "windows".
  1061 
  1062 * The ML system is configured as regular component, and no longer
  1063 picked up from some surrounding directory.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  1064 for home-made settings.
  1065 
  1066 * Improved ML runtime statistics (heap, threads, future tasks etc.).
  1067 
  1068 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.2.1, which was the last version
  1069 without exception positions and advanced ML compiler/toplevel
  1070 configuration.
  1071 
  1072 * Discontinued special treatment of Proof General -- no longer guess
  1073 PROOFGENERAL_HOME based on accidental file-system layout.  Minor
  1074 INCOMPATIBILITY: provide PROOFGENERAL_HOME and PROOFGENERAL_OPTIONS
  1075 settings manually, or use a Proof General version that has been
  1076 bundled as Isabelle component.
  1077 
  1078 
  1079 
  1080 New in Isabelle2012 (May 2012)
  1081 ------------------------------
  1082 
  1083 *** General ***
  1084 
  1085 * Prover IDE (PIDE) improvements:
  1086 
  1087   - more robust Sledgehammer integration (as before the sledgehammer
  1088     command-line needs to be typed into the source buffer)
  1089   - markup for bound variables
  1090   - markup for types of term variables (displayed as tooltips)
  1091   - support for user-defined Isar commands within the running session
  1092   - improved support for Unicode outside original 16bit range
  1093     e.g. glyph for \<A> (thanks to jEdit 4.5.1)
  1094 
  1095 * Forward declaration of outer syntax keywords within the theory
  1096 header -- minor INCOMPATIBILITY for user-defined commands.  Allow new
  1097 commands to be used in the same theory where defined.
  1098 
  1099 * Auxiliary contexts indicate block structure for specifications with
  1100 additional parameters and assumptions.  Such unnamed contexts may be
  1101 nested within other targets, like 'theory', 'locale', 'class',
  1102 'instantiation' etc.  Results from the local context are generalized
  1103 accordingly and applied to the enclosing target context.  Example:
  1104 
  1105   context
  1106     fixes x y z :: 'a
  1107     assumes xy: "x = y" and yz: "y = z"
  1108   begin
  1109 
  1110   lemma my_trans: "x = z" using xy yz by simp
  1111 
  1112   end
  1113 
  1114   thm my_trans
  1115 
  1116 The most basic application is to factor-out context elements of
  1117 several fixes/assumes/shows theorem statements, e.g. see
  1118 ~~/src/HOL/Isar_Examples/Group_Context.thy
  1119 
  1120 Any other local theory specification element works within the "context
  1121 ... begin ... end" block as well.
  1122 
  1123 * Bundled declarations associate attributed fact expressions with a
  1124 given name in the context.  These may be later included in other
  1125 contexts.  This allows to manage context extensions casually, without
  1126 the logical dependencies of locales and locale interpretation.  See
  1127 commands 'bundle', 'include', 'including' etc. in the isar-ref manual.
  1128 
  1129 * Commands 'lemmas' and 'theorems' allow local variables using 'for'
  1130 declaration, and results are standardized before being stored.  Thus
  1131 old-style "standard" after instantiation or composition of facts
  1132 becomes obsolete.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, due to potential change of
  1133 indices of schematic variables.
  1134 
  1135 * Rule attributes in local theory declarations (e.g. locale or class)
  1136 are now statically evaluated: the resulting theorem is stored instead
  1137 of the original expression.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
  1138 the historic accident of dynamic re-evaluation in interpretations
  1139 etc. was exploited.
  1140 
  1141 * New tutorial "Programming and Proving in Isabelle/HOL"
  1142 ("prog-prove").  It completely supersedes "A Tutorial Introduction to
  1143 Structured Isar Proofs" ("isar-overview"), which has been removed.  It
  1144 also supersedes "Isabelle/HOL, A Proof Assistant for Higher-Order
  1145 Logic" as the recommended beginners tutorial, but does not cover all
  1146 of the material of that old tutorial.
  1147 
  1148 * Updated and extended reference manuals: "isar-ref",
  1149 "implementation", "system"; reduced remaining material in old "ref"
  1150 manual.
  1151 
  1152 
  1153 *** Pure ***
  1154 
  1155 * Command 'definition' no longer exports the foundational "raw_def"
  1156 into the user context.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, may use the regular
  1157 "def" result with attribute "abs_def" to imitate the old version.
  1158 
  1159 * Attribute "abs_def" turns an equation of the form "f x y == t" into
  1160 "f == %x y. t", which ensures that "simp" or "unfold" steps always
  1161 expand it.  This also works for object-logic equality.  (Formerly
  1162 undocumented feature.)
  1163 
  1164 * Sort constraints are now propagated in simultaneous statements, just
  1165 like type constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
  1166 distinct sorts used to be assigned accidentally.  For example:
  1167 
  1168   lemma "P (x::'a::foo)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"  -- "now illegal"
  1169 
  1170   lemma "P (x::'a)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"
  1171     -- "now uniform 'a::bar instead of default sort for first occurrence (!)"
  1172 
  1173 * Rule composition via attribute "OF" (or ML functions OF/MRS) is more
  1174 tolerant against multiple unifiers, as long as the final result is
  1175 unique.  (As before, rules are composed in canonical right-to-left
  1176 order to accommodate newly introduced premises.)
  1177 
  1178 * Renamed some inner syntax categories:
  1179 
  1180     num ~> num_token
  1181     xnum ~> xnum_token
  1182     xstr ~> str_token
  1183 
  1184 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that in practice "num_const" or
  1185 "num_position" etc. are mainly used instead (which also include
  1186 position information via constraints).
  1187 
  1188 * Simplified configuration options for syntax ambiguity: see
  1189 "syntax_ambiguity_warning" and "syntax_ambiguity_limit" in isar-ref
  1190 manual.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1191 
  1192 * Discontinued configuration option "syntax_positions": atomic terms
  1193 in parse trees are always annotated by position constraints.
  1194 
  1195 * Old code generator for SML and its commands 'code_module',
  1196 'code_library', 'consts_code', 'types_code' have been discontinued.
  1197 Use commands of the generic code generator instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1198 
  1199 * Redundant attribute "code_inline" has been discontinued. Use
  1200 "code_unfold" instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1201 
  1202 * Dropped attribute "code_unfold_post" in favor of the its dual
  1203 "code_abbrev", which yields a common pattern in definitions like
  1204 
  1205   definition [code_abbrev]: "f = t"
  1206 
  1207 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1208 
  1209 * Obsolete 'types' command has been discontinued.  Use 'type_synonym'
  1210 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1211 
  1212 * Discontinued old "prems" fact, which used to refer to the accidental
  1213 collection of foundational premises in the context (already marked as
  1214 legacy since Isabelle2011).
  1215 
  1216 
  1217 *** HOL ***
  1218 
  1219 * Type 'a set is now a proper type constructor (just as before
  1220 Isabelle2008).  Definitions mem_def and Collect_def have disappeared.
  1221 Non-trivial INCOMPATIBILITY.  For developments keeping predicates and
  1222 sets separate, it is often sufficient to rephrase some set S that has
  1223 been accidentally used as predicates by "%x. x : S", and some
  1224 predicate P that has been accidentally used as set by "{x. P x}".
  1225 Corresponding proofs in a first step should be pruned from any
  1226 tinkering with former theorems mem_def and Collect_def as far as
  1227 possible.
  1228 
  1229 For developments which deliberately mix predicates and sets, a
  1230 planning step is necessary to determine what should become a predicate
  1231 and what a set.  It can be helpful to carry out that step in
  1232 Isabelle2011-1 before jumping right into the current release.
  1233 
  1234 * Code generation by default implements sets as container type rather
  1235 than predicates.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1236 
  1237 * New type synonym 'a rel = ('a * 'a) set
  1238 
  1239 * The representation of numerals has changed.  Datatype "num"
  1240 represents strictly positive binary numerals, along with functions
  1241 "numeral :: num => 'a" and "neg_numeral :: num => 'a" to represent
  1242 positive and negated numeric literals, respectively.  See also
  1243 definitions in ~~/src/HOL/Num.thy.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, some
  1244 user theories may require adaptations as follows:
  1245 
  1246   - Theorems with number_ring or number_semiring constraints: These
  1247     classes are gone; use comm_ring_1 or comm_semiring_1 instead.
  1248 
  1249   - Theories defining numeric types: Remove number, number_semiring,
  1250     and number_ring instances. Defer all theorems about numerals until
  1251     after classes one and semigroup_add have been instantiated.
  1252 
  1253   - Numeral-only simp rules: Replace each rule having a "number_of v"
  1254     pattern with two copies, one for numeral and one for neg_numeral.
  1255 
  1256   - Theorems about subclasses of semiring_1 or ring_1: These classes
  1257     automatically support numerals now, so more simp rules and
  1258     simprocs may now apply within the proof.
  1259 
  1260   - Definitions and theorems using old constructors Pls/Min/Bit0/Bit1:
  1261     Redefine using other integer operations.
  1262 
  1263 * Transfer: New package intended to generalize the existing
  1264 "descending" method and related theorem attributes from the Quotient
  1265 package.  (Not all functionality is implemented yet, but future
  1266 development will focus on Transfer as an eventual replacement for the
  1267 corresponding parts of the Quotient package.)
  1268 
  1269   - transfer_rule attribute: Maintains a collection of transfer rules,
  1270     which relate constants at two different types. Transfer rules may
  1271     relate different type instances of the same polymorphic constant,
  1272     or they may relate an operation on a raw type to a corresponding
  1273     operation on an abstract type (quotient or subtype). For example:
  1274 
  1275     ((A ===> B) ===> list_all2 A ===> list_all2 B) map map
  1276     (cr_int ===> cr_int ===> cr_int) (%(x,y) (u,v). (x+u, y+v)) plus_int
  1277 
  1278   - transfer method: Replaces a subgoal on abstract types with an
  1279     equivalent subgoal on the corresponding raw types. Constants are
  1280     replaced with corresponding ones according to the transfer rules.
  1281     Goals are generalized over all free variables by default; this is
  1282     necessary for variables whose types change, but can be overridden
  1283     for specific variables with e.g. "transfer fixing: x y z".  The
  1284     variant transfer' method allows replacing a subgoal with one that
  1285     is logically stronger (rather than equivalent).
  1286 
  1287   - relator_eq attribute: Collects identity laws for relators of
  1288     various type constructors, e.g. "list_all2 (op =) = (op =)".  The
  1289     transfer method uses these lemmas to infer transfer rules for
  1290     non-polymorphic constants on the fly.
  1291 
  1292   - transfer_prover method: Assists with proving a transfer rule for a
  1293     new constant, provided the constant is defined in terms of other
  1294     constants that already have transfer rules. It should be applied
  1295     after unfolding the constant definitions.
  1296 
  1297   - HOL/ex/Transfer_Int_Nat.thy: Example theory demonstrating transfer
  1298     from type nat to type int.
  1299 
  1300 * Lifting: New package intended to generalize the quotient_definition
  1301 facility of the Quotient package; designed to work with Transfer.
  1302 
  1303   - lift_definition command: Defines operations on an abstract type in
  1304     terms of a corresponding operation on a representation
  1305     type.  Example syntax:
  1306 
  1307     lift_definition dlist_insert :: "'a => 'a dlist => 'a dlist"
  1308       is List.insert
  1309 
  1310     Users must discharge a respectfulness proof obligation when each
  1311     constant is defined. (For a type copy, i.e. a typedef with UNIV,
  1312     the proof is discharged automatically.) The obligation is
  1313     presented in a user-friendly, readable form; a respectfulness
  1314     theorem in the standard format and a transfer rule are generated
  1315     by the package.
  1316 
  1317   - Integration with code_abstype: For typedefs (e.g. subtypes
  1318     corresponding to a datatype invariant, such as dlist),
  1319     lift_definition generates a code certificate theorem and sets up
  1320     code generation for each constant.
  1321 
  1322   - setup_lifting command: Sets up the Lifting package to work with a
  1323     user-defined type. The user must provide either a quotient theorem
  1324     or a type_definition theorem.  The package configures transfer
  1325     rules for equality and quantifiers on the type, and sets up the
  1326     lift_definition command to work with the type.
  1327 
  1328   - Usage examples: See Quotient_Examples/Lift_DList.thy,
  1329     Quotient_Examples/Lift_RBT.thy, Quotient_Examples/Lift_FSet.thy,
  1330     Word/Word.thy and Library/Float.thy.
  1331 
  1332 * Quotient package:
  1333 
  1334   - The 'quotient_type' command now supports a 'morphisms' option with
  1335     rep and abs functions, similar to typedef.
  1336 
  1337   - 'quotient_type' sets up new types to work with the Lifting and
  1338     Transfer packages, as with 'setup_lifting'.
  1339 
  1340   - The 'quotient_definition' command now requires the user to prove a
  1341     respectfulness property at the point where the constant is
  1342     defined, similar to lift_definition; INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1343 
  1344   - Renamed predicate 'Quotient' to 'Quotient3', and renamed theorems
  1345     accordingly, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1346 
  1347 * New diagnostic command 'find_unused_assms' to find potentially
  1348 superfluous assumptions in theorems using Quickcheck.
  1349 
  1350 * Quickcheck:
  1351 
  1352   - Quickcheck returns variable assignments as counterexamples, which
  1353     allows to reveal the underspecification of functions under test.
  1354     For example, refuting "hd xs = x", it presents the variable
  1355     assignment xs = [] and x = a1 as a counterexample, assuming that
  1356     any property is false whenever "hd []" occurs in it.
  1357 
  1358     These counterexample are marked as potentially spurious, as
  1359     Quickcheck also returns "xs = []" as a counterexample to the
  1360     obvious theorem "hd xs = hd xs".
  1361 
  1362     After finding a potentially spurious counterexample, Quickcheck
  1363     continues searching for genuine ones.
  1364 
  1365     By default, Quickcheck shows potentially spurious and genuine
  1366     counterexamples. The option "genuine_only" sets quickcheck to only
  1367     show genuine counterexamples.
  1368 
  1369   - The command 'quickcheck_generator' creates random and exhaustive
  1370     value generators for a given type and operations.
  1371 
  1372     It generates values by using the operations as if they were
  1373     constructors of that type.
  1374 
  1375   - Support for multisets.
  1376 
  1377   - Added "use_subtype" options.
  1378 
  1379   - Added "quickcheck_locale" configuration to specify how to process
  1380     conjectures in a locale context.
  1381 
  1382 * Nitpick: Fixed infinite loop caused by the 'peephole_optim' option
  1383 and affecting 'rat' and 'real'.
  1384 
  1385 * Sledgehammer:
  1386   - Integrated more tightly with SPASS, as described in the ITP 2012
  1387     paper "More SPASS with Isabelle".
  1388   - Made it try "smt" as a fallback if "metis" fails or times out.
  1389   - Added support for the following provers: Alt-Ergo (via Why3 and
  1390     TFF1), iProver, iProver-Eq.
  1391   - Sped up the minimizer.
  1392   - Added "lam_trans", "uncurry_aliases", and "minimize" options.
  1393   - Renamed "slicing" ("no_slicing") option to "slice" ("dont_slice").
  1394   - Renamed "sound" option to "strict".
  1395 
  1396 * Metis: Added possibility to specify lambda translations scheme as a
  1397 parenthesized argument (e.g., "by (metis (lifting) ...)").
  1398 
  1399 * SMT: Renamed "smt_fixed" option to "smt_read_only_certificates".
  1400 
  1401 * Command 'try0': Renamed from 'try_methods'. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1402 
  1403 * New "case_product" attribute to generate a case rule doing multiple
  1404 case distinctions at the same time.  E.g.
  1405 
  1406   list.exhaust [case_product nat.exhaust]
  1407 
  1408 produces a rule which can be used to perform case distinction on both
  1409 a list and a nat.
  1410 
  1411 * New "eventually_elim" method as a generalized variant of the
  1412 eventually_elim* rules.  Supports structured proofs.
  1413 
  1414 * Typedef with implicit set definition is considered legacy.  Use
  1415 "typedef (open)" form instead, which will eventually become the
  1416 default.
  1417 
  1418 * Record: code generation can be switched off manually with
  1419 
  1420   declare [[record_coden = false]]  -- "default true"
  1421 
  1422 * Datatype: type parameters allow explicit sort constraints.
  1423 
  1424 * Concrete syntax for case expressions includes constraints for source
  1425 positions, and thus produces Prover IDE markup for its bindings.
  1426 INCOMPATIBILITY for old-style syntax translations that augment the
  1427 pattern notation; e.g. see src/HOL/HOLCF/One.thy for translations of
  1428 one_case.
  1429 
  1430 * Clarified attribute "mono_set": pure declaration without modifying
  1431 the result of the fact expression.
  1432 
  1433 * More default pred/set conversions on a couple of relation operations
  1434 and predicates.  Added powers of predicate relations.  Consolidation
  1435 of some relation theorems:
  1436 
  1437   converse_def ~> converse_unfold
  1438   rel_comp_def ~> relcomp_unfold
  1439   symp_def ~> (modified, use symp_def and sym_def instead)
  1440   transp_def ~> transp_trans
  1441   Domain_def ~> Domain_unfold
  1442   Range_def ~> Domain_converse [symmetric]
  1443 
  1444 Generalized theorems INF_INT_eq, INF_INT_eq2, SUP_UN_eq, SUP_UN_eq2.
  1445 
  1446 See theory "Relation" for examples for making use of pred/set
  1447 conversions by means of attributes "to_set" and "to_pred".
  1448 
  1449 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1450 
  1451 * Renamed facts about the power operation on relations, i.e., relpow
  1452 to match the constant's name:
  1453 
  1454   rel_pow_1 ~> relpow_1
  1455   rel_pow_0_I ~> relpow_0_I
  1456   rel_pow_Suc_I ~> relpow_Suc_I
  1457   rel_pow_Suc_I2 ~> relpow_Suc_I2
  1458   rel_pow_0_E ~> relpow_0_E
  1459   rel_pow_Suc_E ~> relpow_Suc_E
  1460   rel_pow_E ~> relpow_E
  1461   rel_pow_Suc_D2 ~> relpow_Suc_D2
  1462   rel_pow_Suc_E2 ~> relpow_Suc_E2
  1463   rel_pow_Suc_D2' ~> relpow_Suc_D2'
  1464   rel_pow_E2 ~> relpow_E2
  1465   rel_pow_add ~> relpow_add
  1466   rel_pow_commute ~> relpow
  1467   rel_pow_empty ~> relpow_empty:
  1468   rtrancl_imp_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_UN_relpow
  1469   rel_pow_imp_rtrancl ~> relpow_imp_rtrancl
  1470   rtrancl_is_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_is_UN_relpow
  1471   rtrancl_imp_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_relpow
  1472   rel_pow_fun_conv ~> relpow_fun_conv
  1473   rel_pow_finite_bounded1 ~> relpow_finite_bounded1
  1474   rel_pow_finite_bounded ~> relpow_finite_bounded
  1475   rtrancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_finite_eq_relpow
  1476   trancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> trancl_finite_eq_relpow
  1477   single_valued_rel_pow ~> single_valued_relpow
  1478 
  1479 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1480 
  1481 * Theory Relation: Consolidated constant name for relation composition
  1482 and corresponding theorem names:
  1483 
  1484   - Renamed constant rel_comp to relcomp.
  1485 
  1486   - Dropped abbreviation pred_comp. Use relcompp instead.
  1487 
  1488   - Renamed theorems:
  1489 
  1490     rel_compI ~> relcompI
  1491     rel_compEpair ~> relcompEpair
  1492     rel_compE ~> relcompE
  1493     pred_comp_rel_comp_eq ~> relcompp_relcomp_eq
  1494     rel_comp_empty1 ~> relcomp_empty1
  1495     rel_comp_mono ~> relcomp_mono
  1496     rel_comp_subset_Sigma ~> relcomp_subset_Sigma
  1497     rel_comp_distrib ~> relcomp_distrib
  1498     rel_comp_distrib2 ~> relcomp_distrib2
  1499     rel_comp_UNION_distrib ~> relcomp_UNION_distrib
  1500     rel_comp_UNION_distrib2 ~> relcomp_UNION_distrib2
  1501     single_valued_rel_comp ~> single_valued_relcomp
  1502     rel_comp_def ~> relcomp_unfold
  1503     converse_rel_comp ~> converse_relcomp
  1504     pred_compI ~> relcomppI
  1505     pred_compE ~> relcomppE
  1506     pred_comp_bot1 ~> relcompp_bot1
  1507     pred_comp_bot2 ~> relcompp_bot2
  1508     transp_pred_comp_less_eq ~> transp_relcompp_less_eq
  1509     pred_comp_mono ~> relcompp_mono
  1510     pred_comp_distrib ~> relcompp_distrib
  1511     pred_comp_distrib2 ~> relcompp_distrib2
  1512     converse_pred_comp ~> converse_relcompp
  1513 
  1514     finite_rel_comp ~> finite_relcomp
  1515 
  1516     set_rel_comp ~> set_relcomp
  1517 
  1518 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1519 
  1520 * Theory Divides: Discontinued redundant theorems about div and mod.
  1521 INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems instead.
  1522 
  1523   DIVISION_BY_ZERO ~> div_by_0, mod_by_0
  1524   zdiv_self ~> div_self
  1525   zmod_self ~> mod_self
  1526   zdiv_zero ~> div_0
  1527   zmod_zero ~> mod_0
  1528   zdiv_zmod_equality ~> div_mod_equality2
  1529   zdiv_zmod_equality2 ~> div_mod_equality
  1530   zmod_zdiv_trivial ~> mod_div_trivial
  1531   zdiv_zminus_zminus ~> div_minus_minus
  1532   zmod_zminus_zminus ~> mod_minus_minus
  1533   zdiv_zminus2 ~> div_minus_right
  1534   zmod_zminus2 ~> mod_minus_right
  1535   zdiv_minus1_right ~> div_minus1_right
  1536   zmod_minus1_right ~> mod_minus1_right
  1537   zdvd_mult_div_cancel ~> dvd_mult_div_cancel
  1538   zmod_zmult1_eq ~> mod_mult_right_eq
  1539   zpower_zmod ~> power_mod
  1540   zdvd_zmod ~> dvd_mod
  1541   zdvd_zmod_imp_zdvd ~> dvd_mod_imp_dvd
  1542   mod_mult_distrib ~> mult_mod_left
  1543   mod_mult_distrib2 ~> mult_mod_right
  1544 
  1545 * Removed redundant theorems nat_mult_2 and nat_mult_2_right; use
  1546 generic mult_2 and mult_2_right instead. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1547 
  1548 * Finite_Set.fold now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1549 
  1550 * Consolidated theorem names concerning fold combinators:
  1551 
  1552   inf_INFI_fold_inf ~> inf_INF_fold_inf
  1553   sup_SUPR_fold_sup ~> sup_SUP_fold_sup
  1554   INFI_fold_inf ~> INF_fold_inf
  1555   SUPR_fold_sup ~> SUP_fold_sup
  1556   union_set ~> union_set_fold
  1557   minus_set ~> minus_set_fold
  1558   INFI_set_fold ~> INF_set_fold
  1559   SUPR_set_fold ~> SUP_set_fold
  1560   INF_code ~> INF_set_foldr
  1561   SUP_code ~> SUP_set_foldr
  1562   foldr.simps ~> foldr.simps (in point-free formulation)
  1563   foldr_fold_rev ~> foldr_conv_fold
  1564   foldl_fold ~> foldl_conv_fold
  1565   foldr_foldr ~> foldr_conv_foldl
  1566   foldl_foldr ~> foldl_conv_foldr
  1567   fold_set_remdups ~> fold_set_fold_remdups
  1568   fold_set ~> fold_set_fold
  1569   fold1_set ~> fold1_set_fold
  1570 
  1571 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1572 
  1573 * Dropped rarely useful theorems concerning fold combinators:
  1574 foldl_apply, foldl_fun_comm, foldl_rev, fold_weak_invariant,
  1575 rev_foldl_cons, fold_set_remdups, fold_set, fold_set1,
  1576 concat_conv_foldl, foldl_weak_invariant, foldl_invariant,
  1577 foldr_invariant, foldl_absorb0, foldl_foldr1_lemma, foldl_foldr1,
  1578 listsum_conv_fold, listsum_foldl, sort_foldl_insort, foldl_assoc,
  1579 foldr_conv_foldl, start_le_sum, elem_le_sum, sum_eq_0_conv.
  1580 INCOMPATIBILITY.  For the common phrases "%xs. List.foldr plus xs 0"
  1581 and "List.foldl plus 0", prefer "List.listsum".  Otherwise it can be
  1582 useful to boil down "List.foldr" and "List.foldl" to "List.fold" by
  1583 unfolding "foldr_conv_fold" and "foldl_conv_fold".
  1584 
  1585 * Dropped lemmas minus_set_foldr, union_set_foldr, union_coset_foldr,
  1586 inter_coset_foldr, Inf_fin_set_foldr, Sup_fin_set_foldr,
  1587 Min_fin_set_foldr, Max_fin_set_foldr, Inf_set_foldr, Sup_set_foldr,
  1588 INF_set_foldr, SUP_set_foldr.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Prefer corresponding
  1589 lemmas over fold rather than foldr, or make use of lemmas
  1590 fold_conv_foldr and fold_rev.
  1591 
  1592 * Congruence rules Option.map_cong and Option.bind_cong for recursion
  1593 through option types.
  1594 
  1595 * "Transitive_Closure.ntrancl": bounded transitive closure on
  1596 relations.
  1597 
  1598 * Constant "Set.not_member" now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1599 
  1600 * Theory Int: Discontinued many legacy theorems specific to type int.
  1601 INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems instead.
  1602 
  1603   zminus_zminus ~> minus_minus
  1604   zminus_0 ~> minus_zero
  1605   zminus_zadd_distrib ~> minus_add_distrib
  1606   zadd_commute ~> add_commute
  1607   zadd_assoc ~> add_assoc
  1608   zadd_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
  1609   zadd_ac ~> add_ac
  1610   zmult_ac ~> mult_ac
  1611   zadd_0 ~> add_0_left
  1612   zadd_0_right ~> add_0_right
  1613   zadd_zminus_inverse2 ~> left_minus
  1614   zmult_zminus ~> mult_minus_left
  1615   zmult_commute ~> mult_commute
  1616   zmult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
  1617   zadd_zmult_distrib ~> left_distrib
  1618   zadd_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_distrib
  1619   zdiff_zmult_distrib ~> left_diff_distrib
  1620   zdiff_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_diff_distrib
  1621   zmult_1 ~> mult_1_left
  1622   zmult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
  1623   zle_refl ~> order_refl
  1624   zle_trans ~> order_trans
  1625   zle_antisym ~> order_antisym
  1626   zle_linear ~> linorder_linear
  1627   zless_linear ~> linorder_less_linear
  1628   zadd_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
  1629   zadd_strict_right_mono ~> add_strict_right_mono
  1630   zadd_zless_mono ~> add_less_le_mono
  1631   int_0_less_1 ~> zero_less_one
  1632   int_0_neq_1 ~> zero_neq_one
  1633   zless_le ~> less_le
  1634   zpower_zadd_distrib ~> power_add
  1635   zero_less_zpower_abs_iff ~> zero_less_power_abs_iff
  1636   zero_le_zpower_abs ~> zero_le_power_abs
  1637 
  1638 * Theory Deriv: Renamed
  1639 
  1640   DERIV_nonneg_imp_nonincreasing ~> DERIV_nonneg_imp_nondecreasing
  1641 
  1642 * Theory Library/Multiset: Improved code generation of multisets.
  1643 
  1644 * Theory HOL/Library/Set_Algebras: Addition and multiplication on sets
  1645 are expressed via type classes again. The special syntax
  1646 \<oplus>/\<otimes> has been replaced by plain +/*. Removed constant
  1647 setsum_set, which is now subsumed by Big_Operators.setsum.
  1648 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1649 
  1650 * Theory HOL/Library/Diagonalize has been removed. INCOMPATIBILITY,
  1651 use theory HOL/Library/Nat_Bijection instead.
  1652 
  1653 * Theory HOL/Library/RBT_Impl: Backing implementation of red-black
  1654 trees is now inside a type class context.  Names of affected
  1655 operations and lemmas have been prefixed by rbt_.  INCOMPATIBILITY for
  1656 theories working directly with raw red-black trees, adapt the names as
  1657 follows:
  1658 
  1659   Operations:
  1660   bulkload -> rbt_bulkload
  1661   del_from_left -> rbt_del_from_left
  1662   del_from_right -> rbt_del_from_right
  1663   del -> rbt_del
  1664   delete -> rbt_delete
  1665   ins -> rbt_ins
  1666   insert -> rbt_insert
  1667   insertw -> rbt_insert_with
  1668   insert_with_key -> rbt_insert_with_key
  1669   map_entry -> rbt_map_entry
  1670   lookup -> rbt_lookup
  1671   sorted -> rbt_sorted
  1672   tree_greater -> rbt_greater
  1673   tree_less -> rbt_less
  1674   tree_less_symbol -> rbt_less_symbol
  1675   union -> rbt_union
  1676   union_with -> rbt_union_with
  1677   union_with_key -> rbt_union_with_key
  1678 
  1679   Lemmas:
  1680   balance_left_sorted -> balance_left_rbt_sorted
  1681   balance_left_tree_greater -> balance_left_rbt_greater
  1682   balance_left_tree_less -> balance_left_rbt_less
  1683   balance_right_sorted -> balance_right_rbt_sorted
  1684   balance_right_tree_greater -> balance_right_rbt_greater
  1685   balance_right_tree_less -> balance_right_rbt_less
  1686   balance_sorted -> balance_rbt_sorted
  1687   balance_tree_greater -> balance_rbt_greater
  1688   balance_tree_less -> balance_rbt_less
  1689   bulkload_is_rbt -> rbt_bulkload_is_rbt
  1690   combine_sorted -> combine_rbt_sorted
  1691   combine_tree_greater -> combine_rbt_greater
  1692   combine_tree_less -> combine_rbt_less
  1693   delete_in_tree -> rbt_delete_in_tree
  1694   delete_is_rbt -> rbt_delete_is_rbt
  1695   del_from_left_tree_greater -> rbt_del_from_left_rbt_greater
  1696   del_from_left_tree_less -> rbt_del_from_left_rbt_less
  1697   del_from_right_tree_greater -> rbt_del_from_right_rbt_greater
  1698   del_from_right_tree_less -> rbt_del_from_right_rbt_less
  1699   del_in_tree -> rbt_del_in_tree
  1700   del_inv1_inv2 -> rbt_del_inv1_inv2
  1701   del_sorted -> rbt_del_rbt_sorted
  1702   del_tree_greater -> rbt_del_rbt_greater
  1703   del_tree_less -> rbt_del_rbt_less
  1704   dom_lookup_Branch -> dom_rbt_lookup_Branch
  1705   entries_lookup -> entries_rbt_lookup
  1706   finite_dom_lookup -> finite_dom_rbt_lookup
  1707   insert_sorted -> rbt_insert_rbt_sorted
  1708   insertw_is_rbt -> rbt_insertw_is_rbt
  1709   insertwk_is_rbt -> rbt_insertwk_is_rbt
  1710   insertwk_sorted -> rbt_insertwk_rbt_sorted
  1711   insertw_sorted -> rbt_insertw_rbt_sorted
  1712   ins_sorted -> ins_rbt_sorted
  1713   ins_tree_greater -> ins_rbt_greater
  1714   ins_tree_less -> ins_rbt_less
  1715   is_rbt_sorted -> is_rbt_rbt_sorted
  1716   lookup_balance -> rbt_lookup_balance
  1717   lookup_bulkload -> rbt_lookup_rbt_bulkload
  1718   lookup_delete -> rbt_lookup_rbt_delete
  1719   lookup_Empty -> rbt_lookup_Empty
  1720   lookup_from_in_tree -> rbt_lookup_from_in_tree
  1721   lookup_in_tree -> rbt_lookup_in_tree
  1722   lookup_ins -> rbt_lookup_ins
  1723   lookup_insert -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insert
  1724   lookup_insertw -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insertw
  1725   lookup_insertwk -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insertwk
  1726   lookup_keys -> rbt_lookup_keys
  1727   lookup_map -> rbt_lookup_map
  1728   lookup_map_entry -> rbt_lookup_rbt_map_entry
  1729   lookup_tree_greater -> rbt_lookup_rbt_greater
  1730   lookup_tree_less -> rbt_lookup_rbt_less
  1731   lookup_union -> rbt_lookup_rbt_union
  1732   map_entry_color_of -> rbt_map_entry_color_of
  1733   map_entry_inv1 -> rbt_map_entry_inv1
  1734   map_entry_inv2 -> rbt_map_entry_inv2
  1735   map_entry_is_rbt -> rbt_map_entry_is_rbt
  1736   map_entry_sorted -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_sorted
  1737   map_entry_tree_greater -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_greater
  1738   map_entry_tree_less -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_less
  1739   map_tree_greater -> map_rbt_greater
  1740   map_tree_less -> map_rbt_less
  1741   map_sorted -> map_rbt_sorted
  1742   paint_sorted -> paint_rbt_sorted
  1743   paint_lookup -> paint_rbt_lookup
  1744   paint_tree_greater -> paint_rbt_greater
  1745   paint_tree_less -> paint_rbt_less
  1746   sorted_entries -> rbt_sorted_entries
  1747   tree_greater_eq_trans -> rbt_greater_eq_trans
  1748   tree_greater_nit -> rbt_greater_nit
  1749   tree_greater_prop -> rbt_greater_prop
  1750   tree_greater_simps -> rbt_greater_simps
  1751   tree_greater_trans -> rbt_greater_trans
  1752   tree_less_eq_trans -> rbt_less_eq_trans
  1753   tree_less_nit -> rbt_less_nit
  1754   tree_less_prop -> rbt_less_prop
  1755   tree_less_simps -> rbt_less_simps
  1756   tree_less_trans -> rbt_less_trans
  1757   tree_ord_props -> rbt_ord_props
  1758   union_Branch -> rbt_union_Branch
  1759   union_is_rbt -> rbt_union_is_rbt
  1760   unionw_is_rbt -> rbt_unionw_is_rbt
  1761   unionwk_is_rbt -> rbt_unionwk_is_rbt
  1762   unionwk_sorted -> rbt_unionwk_rbt_sorted
  1763 
  1764 * Theory HOL/Library/Float: Floating point numbers are now defined as
  1765 a subset of the real numbers.  All operations are defined using the
  1766 lifing-framework and proofs use the transfer method.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1767 
  1768   Changed Operations:
  1769   float_abs -> abs
  1770   float_nprt -> nprt
  1771   float_pprt -> pprt
  1772   pow2 -> use powr
  1773   round_down -> float_round_down
  1774   round_up -> float_round_up
  1775   scale -> exponent
  1776 
  1777   Removed Operations:
  1778   ceiling_fl, lb_mult, lb_mod, ub_mult, ub_mod
  1779 
  1780   Renamed Lemmas:
  1781   abs_float_def -> Float.compute_float_abs
  1782   bitlen_ge0 -> bitlen_nonneg
  1783   bitlen.simps -> Float.compute_bitlen
  1784   float_components -> Float_mantissa_exponent
  1785   float_divl.simps -> Float.compute_float_divl
  1786   float_divr.simps -> Float.compute_float_divr
  1787   float_eq_odd -> mult_powr_eq_mult_powr_iff
  1788   float_power -> real_of_float_power
  1789   lapprox_posrat_def -> Float.compute_lapprox_posrat
  1790   lapprox_rat.simps -> Float.compute_lapprox_rat
  1791   le_float_def' -> Float.compute_float_le
  1792   le_float_def -> less_eq_float.rep_eq
  1793   less_float_def' -> Float.compute_float_less
  1794   less_float_def -> less_float.rep_eq
  1795   normfloat_def -> Float.compute_normfloat
  1796   normfloat_imp_odd_or_zero -> mantissa_not_dvd and mantissa_noteq_0
  1797   normfloat -> normfloat_def
  1798   normfloat_unique -> use normfloat_def
  1799   number_of_float_Float -> Float.compute_float_numeral, Float.compute_float_neg_numeral
  1800   one_float_def -> Float.compute_float_one
  1801   plus_float_def -> Float.compute_float_plus
  1802   rapprox_posrat_def -> Float.compute_rapprox_posrat
  1803   rapprox_rat.simps -> Float.compute_rapprox_rat
  1804   real_of_float_0 -> zero_float.rep_eq
  1805   real_of_float_1 -> one_float.rep_eq
  1806   real_of_float_abs -> abs_float.rep_eq
  1807   real_of_float_add -> plus_float.rep_eq
  1808   real_of_float_minus -> uminus_float.rep_eq
  1809   real_of_float_mult -> times_float.rep_eq
  1810   real_of_float_simp -> Float.rep_eq
  1811   real_of_float_sub -> minus_float.rep_eq
  1812   round_down.simps -> Float.compute_float_round_down
  1813   round_up.simps -> Float.compute_float_round_up
  1814   times_float_def -> Float.compute_float_times
  1815   uminus_float_def -> Float.compute_float_uminus
  1816   zero_float_def -> Float.compute_float_zero
  1817 
  1818   Lemmas not necessary anymore, use the transfer method:
  1819   bitlen_B0, bitlen_B1, bitlen_ge1, bitlen_Min, bitlen_Pls, float_divl,
  1820   float_divr, float_le_simp, float_less1_mantissa_bound,
  1821   float_less_simp, float_less_zero, float_le_zero,
  1822   float_pos_less1_e_neg, float_pos_m_pos, float_split, float_split2,
  1823   floor_pos_exp, lapprox_posrat, lapprox_posrat_bottom, lapprox_rat,
  1824   lapprox_rat_bottom, normalized_float, rapprox_posrat,
  1825   rapprox_posrat_le1, rapprox_rat, real_of_float_ge0_exp,
  1826   real_of_float_neg_exp, real_of_float_nge0_exp, round_down floor_fl,
  1827   round_up, zero_le_float, zero_less_float
  1828 
  1829 * New theory HOL/Library/DAList provides an abstract type for
  1830 association lists with distinct keys.
  1831 
  1832 * Session HOL/IMP: Added new theory of abstract interpretation of
  1833 annotated commands.
  1834 
  1835 * Session HOL-Import: Re-implementation from scratch is faster,
  1836 simpler, and more scalable.  Requires a proof bundle, which is
  1837 available as an external component.  Discontinued old (and mostly
  1838 dead) Importer for HOL4 and HOL Light.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1839 
  1840 * Session HOL-Word: Discontinued many redundant theorems specific to
  1841 type 'a word. INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems
  1842 instead.
  1843 
  1844   word_sub_alt ~> word_sub_wi
  1845   word_add_alt ~> word_add_def
  1846   word_mult_alt ~> word_mult_def
  1847   word_minus_alt ~> word_minus_def
  1848   word_0_alt ~> word_0_wi
  1849   word_1_alt ~> word_1_wi
  1850   word_add_0 ~> add_0_left
  1851   word_add_0_right ~> add_0_right
  1852   word_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
  1853   word_mult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
  1854   word_add_commute ~> add_commute
  1855   word_add_assoc ~> add_assoc
  1856   word_add_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
  1857   word_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
  1858   word_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
  1859   word_mult_left_commute ~> mult_left_commute
  1860   word_left_distrib ~> left_distrib
  1861   word_right_distrib ~> right_distrib
  1862   word_left_minus ~> left_minus
  1863   word_diff_0_right ~> diff_0_right
  1864   word_diff_self ~> diff_self
  1865   word_sub_def ~> diff_minus
  1866   word_diff_minus ~> diff_minus
  1867   word_add_ac ~> add_ac
  1868   word_mult_ac ~> mult_ac
  1869   word_plus_ac0 ~> add_0_left add_0_right add_ac
  1870   word_times_ac1 ~> mult_1_left mult_1_right mult_ac
  1871   word_order_trans ~> order_trans
  1872   word_order_refl ~> order_refl
  1873   word_order_antisym ~> order_antisym
  1874   word_order_linear ~> linorder_linear
  1875   lenw1_zero_neq_one ~> zero_neq_one
  1876   word_number_of_eq ~> number_of_eq
  1877   word_of_int_add_hom ~> wi_hom_add
  1878   word_of_int_sub_hom ~> wi_hom_sub
  1879   word_of_int_mult_hom ~> wi_hom_mult
  1880   word_of_int_minus_hom ~> wi_hom_neg
  1881   word_of_int_succ_hom ~> wi_hom_succ
  1882   word_of_int_pred_hom ~> wi_hom_pred
  1883   word_of_int_0_hom ~> word_0_wi
  1884   word_of_int_1_hom ~> word_1_wi
  1885 
  1886 * Session HOL-Word: New proof method "word_bitwise" for splitting
  1887 machine word equalities and inequalities into logical circuits,
  1888 defined in HOL/Word/WordBitwise.thy.  Supports addition, subtraction,
  1889 multiplication, shifting by constants, bitwise operators and numeric
  1890 constants.  Requires fixed-length word types, not 'a word.  Solves
  1891 many standard word identities outright and converts more into first
  1892 order problems amenable to blast or similar.  See also examples in
  1893 HOL/Word/Examples/WordExamples.thy.
  1894 
  1895 * Session HOL-Probability: Introduced the type "'a measure" to
  1896 represent measures, this replaces the records 'a algebra and 'a
  1897 measure_space.  The locales based on subset_class now have two
  1898 locale-parameters the space \<Omega> and the set of measurable sets M.
  1899 The product of probability spaces uses now the same constant as the
  1900 finite product of sigma-finite measure spaces "PiM :: ('i => 'a)
  1901 measure".  Most constants are defined now outside of locales and gain
  1902 an additional parameter, like null_sets, almost_eventually or \<mu>'.
  1903 Measure space constructions for distributions and densities now got
  1904 their own constants distr and density.  Instead of using locales to
  1905 describe measure spaces with a finite space, the measure count_space
  1906 and point_measure is introduced.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1907 
  1908   Renamed constants:
  1909   measure -> emeasure
  1910   finite_measure.\<mu>' -> measure
  1911   product_algebra_generator -> prod_algebra
  1912   product_prob_space.emb -> prod_emb
  1913   product_prob_space.infprod_algebra -> PiM
  1914 
  1915   Removed locales:
  1916   completeable_measure_space
  1917   finite_measure_space
  1918   finite_prob_space
  1919   finite_product_finite_prob_space
  1920   finite_product_sigma_algebra
  1921   finite_sigma_algebra
  1922   measure_space
  1923   pair_finite_prob_space
  1924   pair_finite_sigma_algebra
  1925   pair_finite_space
  1926   pair_sigma_algebra
  1927   product_sigma_algebra
  1928 
  1929   Removed constants:
  1930   conditional_space
  1931   distribution -> use distr measure, or distributed predicate
  1932   image_space
  1933   joint_distribution -> use distr measure, or distributed predicate
  1934   pair_measure_generator
  1935   product_prob_space.infprod_algebra -> use PiM
  1936   subvimage
  1937 
  1938   Replacement theorems:
  1939   finite_additivity_sufficient -> ring_of_sets.countably_additiveI_finite
  1940   finite_measure.empty_measure -> measure_empty
  1941   finite_measure.finite_continuity_from_above -> finite_measure.finite_Lim_measure_decseq
  1942   finite_measure.finite_continuity_from_below -> finite_measure.finite_Lim_measure_incseq
  1943   finite_measure.finite_measure_countably_subadditive -> finite_measure.finite_measure_subadditive_countably
  1944   finite_measure.finite_measure_eq -> finite_measure.emeasure_eq_measure
  1945   finite_measure.finite_measure -> finite_measure.emeasure_finite
  1946   finite_measure.finite_measure_finite_singleton -> finite_measure.finite_measure_eq_setsum_singleton
  1947   finite_measure.positive_measure' -> measure_nonneg
  1948   finite_measure.real_measure -> finite_measure.emeasure_real
  1949   finite_product_prob_space.finite_measure_times -> finite_product_prob_space.finite_measure_PiM_emb
  1950   finite_product_sigma_algebra.in_P -> sets_PiM_I_finite
  1951   finite_product_sigma_algebra.P_empty -> space_PiM_empty, sets_PiM_empty
  1952   information_space.conditional_entropy_eq -> information_space.conditional_entropy_simple_distributed
  1953   information_space.conditional_entropy_positive -> information_space.conditional_entropy_nonneg_simple
  1954   information_space.conditional_mutual_information_eq_mutual_information -> information_space.conditional_mutual_information_eq_mutual_information_simple
  1955   information_space.conditional_mutual_information_generic_positive -> information_space.conditional_mutual_information_nonneg_simple
  1956   information_space.conditional_mutual_information_positive -> information_space.conditional_mutual_information_nonneg_simple
  1957   information_space.entropy_commute -> information_space.entropy_commute_simple
  1958   information_space.entropy_eq -> information_space.entropy_simple_distributed
  1959   information_space.entropy_generic_eq -> information_space.entropy_simple_distributed
  1960   information_space.entropy_positive -> information_space.entropy_nonneg_simple
  1961   information_space.entropy_uniform_max -> information_space.entropy_uniform
  1962   information_space.KL_eq_0_imp -> information_space.KL_eq_0_iff_eq
  1963   information_space.KL_eq_0 -> information_space.KL_same_eq_0
  1964   information_space.KL_ge_0 -> information_space.KL_nonneg
  1965   information_space.mutual_information_eq -> information_space.mutual_information_simple_distributed
  1966   information_space.mutual_information_positive -> information_space.mutual_information_nonneg_simple
  1967   Int_stable_cuboids -> Int_stable_atLeastAtMost
  1968   Int_stable_product_algebra_generator -> positive_integral
  1969   measure_preserving -> equality "distr M N f = N" "f : measurable M N"
  1970   measure_space.additive -> emeasure_additive
  1971   measure_space.AE_iff_null_set -> AE_iff_null
  1972   measure_space.almost_everywhere_def -> eventually_ae_filter
  1973   measure_space.almost_everywhere_vimage -> AE_distrD
  1974   measure_space.continuity_from_above -> INF_emeasure_decseq
  1975   measure_space.continuity_from_above_Lim -> Lim_emeasure_decseq
  1976   measure_space.continuity_from_below_Lim -> Lim_emeasure_incseq
  1977   measure_space.continuity_from_below -> SUP_emeasure_incseq
  1978   measure_space_density -> emeasure_density
  1979   measure_space.density_is_absolutely_continuous -> absolutely_continuousI_density
  1980   measure_space.integrable_vimage -> integrable_distr
  1981   measure_space.integral_translated_density -> integral_density
  1982   measure_space.integral_vimage -> integral_distr
  1983   measure_space.measure_additive -> plus_emeasure
  1984   measure_space.measure_compl -> emeasure_compl
  1985   measure_space.measure_countable_increasing -> emeasure_countable_increasing
  1986   measure_space.measure_countably_subadditive -> emeasure_subadditive_countably
  1987   measure_space.measure_decseq -> decseq_emeasure
  1988   measure_space.measure_Diff -> emeasure_Diff
  1989   measure_space.measure_Diff_null_set -> emeasure_Diff_null_set
  1990   measure_space.measure_eq_0 -> emeasure_eq_0
  1991   measure_space.measure_finitely_subadditive -> emeasure_subadditive_finite
  1992   measure_space.measure_finite_singleton -> emeasure_eq_setsum_singleton
  1993   measure_space.measure_incseq -> incseq_emeasure
  1994   measure_space.measure_insert -> emeasure_insert
  1995   measure_space.measure_mono -> emeasure_mono
  1996   measure_space.measure_not_negative -> emeasure_not_MInf
  1997   measure_space.measure_preserving_Int_stable -> measure_eqI_generator_eq
  1998   measure_space.measure_setsum -> setsum_emeasure
  1999   measure_space.measure_setsum_split -> setsum_emeasure_cover
  2000   measure_space.measure_space_vimage -> emeasure_distr
  2001   measure_space.measure_subadditive_finite -> emeasure_subadditive_finite
  2002   measure_space.measure_subadditive -> subadditive
  2003   measure_space.measure_top -> emeasure_space
  2004   measure_space.measure_UN_eq_0 -> emeasure_UN_eq_0
  2005   measure_space.measure_Un_null_set -> emeasure_Un_null_set
  2006   measure_space.positive_integral_translated_density -> positive_integral_density
  2007   measure_space.positive_integral_vimage -> positive_integral_distr
  2008   measure_space.real_continuity_from_above -> Lim_measure_decseq
  2009   measure_space.real_continuity_from_below -> Lim_measure_incseq
  2010   measure_space.real_measure_countably_subadditive -> measure_subadditive_countably
  2011   measure_space.real_measure_Diff -> measure_Diff
  2012   measure_space.real_measure_finite_Union -> measure_finite_Union
  2013   measure_space.real_measure_setsum_singleton -> measure_eq_setsum_singleton
  2014   measure_space.real_measure_subadditive -> measure_subadditive
  2015   measure_space.real_measure_Union -> measure_Union
  2016   measure_space.real_measure_UNION -> measure_UNION
  2017   measure_space.simple_function_vimage -> simple_function_comp
  2018   measure_space.simple_integral_vimage -> simple_integral_distr
  2019   measure_space.simple_integral_vimage -> simple_integral_distr
  2020   measure_unique_Int_stable -> measure_eqI_generator_eq
  2021   measure_unique_Int_stable_vimage -> measure_eqI_generator_eq
  2022   pair_sigma_algebra.measurable_cut_fst -> sets_Pair1
  2023   pair_sigma_algebra.measurable_cut_snd -> sets_Pair2
  2024   pair_sigma_algebra.measurable_pair_image_fst -> measurable_Pair1
  2025   pair_sigma_algebra.measurable_pair_image_snd -> measurable_Pair2
  2026   pair_sigma_algebra.measurable_product_swap -> measurable_pair_swap_iff
  2027   pair_sigma_algebra.pair_sigma_algebra_measurable -> measurable_pair_swap
  2028   pair_sigma_algebra.pair_sigma_algebra_swap_measurable -> measurable_pair_swap'
  2029   pair_sigma_algebra.sets_swap -> sets_pair_swap
  2030   pair_sigma_finite.measure_cut_measurable_fst -> pair_sigma_finite.measurable_emeasure_Pair1
  2031   pair_sigma_finite.measure_cut_measurable_snd -> pair_sigma_finite.measurable_emeasure_Pair2
  2032   pair_sigma_finite.measure_preserving_swap -> pair_sigma_finite.distr_pair_swap
  2033   pair_sigma_finite.pair_measure_alt2 -> pair_sigma_finite.emeasure_pair_measure_alt2
  2034   pair_sigma_finite.pair_measure_alt -> pair_sigma_finite.emeasure_pair_measure_alt
  2035   pair_sigma_finite.pair_measure_times -> pair_sigma_finite.emeasure_pair_measure_Times
  2036   prob_space.indep_distribution_eq_measure -> prob_space.indep_vars_iff_distr_eq_PiM
  2037   prob_space.indep_var_distributionD -> prob_space.indep_var_distribution_eq
  2038   prob_space.measure_space_1 -> prob_space.emeasure_space_1
  2039   prob_space.prob_space_vimage -> prob_space_distr
  2040   prob_space.random_variable_restrict -> measurable_restrict
  2041   prob_space_unique_Int_stable -> measure_eqI_prob_space
  2042   product_algebraE -> prod_algebraE_all
  2043   product_algebra_generator_der -> prod_algebra_eq_finite
  2044   product_algebra_generator_into_space -> prod_algebra_sets_into_space
  2045   product_algebraI -> sets_PiM_I_finite
  2046   product_measure_exists -> product_sigma_finite.sigma_finite
  2047   product_prob_space.finite_index_eq_finite_product -> product_prob_space.sets_PiM_generator
  2048   product_prob_space.finite_measure_infprod_emb_Pi -> product_prob_space.measure_PiM_emb
  2049   product_prob_space.infprod_spec -> product_prob_space.emeasure_PiM_emb_not_empty
  2050   product_prob_space.measurable_component -> measurable_component_singleton
  2051   product_prob_space.measurable_emb -> measurable_prod_emb
  2052   product_prob_space.measurable_into_infprod_algebra -> measurable_PiM_single
  2053   product_prob_space.measurable_singleton_infprod -> measurable_component_singleton
  2054   product_prob_space.measure_emb -> emeasure_prod_emb
  2055   product_prob_space.measure_preserving_restrict -> product_prob_space.distr_restrict
  2056   product_sigma_algebra.product_algebra_into_space -> space_closed
  2057   product_sigma_finite.measure_fold -> product_sigma_finite.distr_merge
  2058   product_sigma_finite.measure_preserving_component_singelton -> product_sigma_finite.distr_singleton
  2059   product_sigma_finite.measure_preserving_merge -> product_sigma_finite.distr_merge
  2060   sequence_space.measure_infprod -> sequence_space.measure_PiM_countable
  2061   sets_product_algebra -> sets_PiM
  2062   sigma_algebra.measurable_sigma -> measurable_measure_of
  2063   sigma_finite_measure.disjoint_sigma_finite -> sigma_finite_disjoint
  2064   sigma_finite_measure.RN_deriv_vimage -> sigma_finite_measure.RN_deriv_distr
  2065   sigma_product_algebra_sigma_eq -> sigma_prod_algebra_sigma_eq
  2066   space_product_algebra -> space_PiM
  2067 
  2068 * Session HOL-TPTP: support to parse and import TPTP problems (all
  2069 languages) into Isabelle/HOL.
  2070 
  2071 
  2072 *** FOL ***
  2073 
  2074 * New "case_product" attribute (see HOL).
  2075 
  2076 
  2077 *** ZF ***
  2078 
  2079 * Greater support for structured proofs involving induction or case
  2080 analysis.
  2081 
  2082 * Much greater use of mathematical symbols.
  2083 
  2084 * Removal of many ML theorem bindings.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2085 
  2086 
  2087 *** ML ***
  2088 
  2089 * Antiquotation @{keyword "name"} produces a parser for outer syntax
  2090 from a minor keyword introduced via theory header declaration.
  2091 
  2092 * Antiquotation @{command_spec "name"} produces the
  2093 Outer_Syntax.command_spec from a major keyword introduced via theory
  2094 header declaration; it can be passed to Outer_Syntax.command etc.
  2095 
  2096 * Local_Theory.define no longer hard-wires default theorem name
  2097 "foo_def", but retains the binding as given.  If that is Binding.empty
  2098 / Attrib.empty_binding, the result is not registered as user-level
  2099 fact.  The Local_Theory.define_internal variant allows to specify a
  2100 non-empty name (used for the foundation in the background theory),
  2101 while omitting the fact binding in the user-context.  Potential
  2102 INCOMPATIBILITY for derived definitional packages: need to specify
  2103 naming policy for primitive definitions more explicitly.
  2104 
  2105 * Renamed Thm.capply to Thm.apply, and Thm.cabs to Thm.lambda in
  2106 conformance with similar operations in structure Term and Logic.
  2107 
  2108 * Antiquotation @{attributes [...]} embeds attribute source
  2109 representation into the ML text, which is particularly useful with
  2110 declarations like Local_Theory.note.
  2111 
  2112 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
  2113 ProofContext has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2114 
  2115 * Refined Local_Theory.declaration {syntax, pervasive}, with subtle
  2116 change of semantics: update is applied to auxiliary local theory
  2117 context as well.
  2118 
  2119 * Modernized some old-style infix operations:
  2120 
  2121   addeqcongs    ~> Simplifier.add_eqcong
  2122   deleqcongs    ~> Simplifier.del_eqcong
  2123   addcongs      ~> Simplifier.add_cong
  2124   delcongs      ~> Simplifier.del_cong
  2125   setmksimps    ~> Simplifier.set_mksimps
  2126   setmkcong     ~> Simplifier.set_mkcong
  2127   setmksym      ~> Simplifier.set_mksym
  2128   setmkeqTrue   ~> Simplifier.set_mkeqTrue
  2129   settermless   ~> Simplifier.set_termless
  2130   setsubgoaler  ~> Simplifier.set_subgoaler
  2131   addsplits     ~> Splitter.add_split
  2132   delsplits     ~> Splitter.del_split
  2133 
  2134 
  2135 *** System ***
  2136 
  2137 * USER_HOME settings variable points to cross-platform user home
  2138 directory, which coincides with HOME on POSIX systems only.  Likewise,
  2139 the Isabelle path specification "~" now expands to $USER_HOME, instead
  2140 of former $HOME.  A different default for USER_HOME may be set
  2141 explicitly in shell environment, before Isabelle settings are
  2142 evaluated.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY: need to adapt Isabelle path where
  2143 the generic user home was intended.
  2144 
  2145 * ISABELLE_HOME_WINDOWS refers to ISABELLE_HOME in windows file name
  2146 notation, which is useful for the jEdit file browser, for example.
  2147 
  2148 * ISABELLE_JDK_HOME settings variable points to JDK with javac and jar
  2149 (not just JRE).
  2150 
  2151 
  2152 
  2153 New in Isabelle2011-1 (October 2011)
  2154 ------------------------------------
  2155 
  2156 *** General ***
  2157 
  2158 * Improved Isabelle/jEdit Prover IDE (PIDE), which can be invoked as
  2159 "isabelle jedit" or "ISABELLE_HOME/Isabelle" on the command line.
  2160 
  2161   - Management of multiple theory files directly from the editor
  2162     buffer store -- bypassing the file-system (no requirement to save
  2163     files for checking).
  2164 
  2165   - Markup of formal entities within the text buffer, with semantic
  2166     highlighting, tooltips and hyperlinks to jump to defining source
  2167     positions.
  2168 
  2169   - Improved text rendering, with sub/superscripts in the source
  2170     buffer (including support for copy/paste wrt. output panel, HTML
  2171     theory output and other non-Isabelle text boxes).
  2172 
  2173   - Refined scheduling of proof checking and printing of results,
  2174     based on interactive editor view.  (Note: jEdit folding and
  2175     narrowing allows to restrict buffer perspectives explicitly.)
  2176 
  2177   - Reduced CPU performance requirements, usable on machines with few
  2178     cores.
  2179 
  2180   - Reduced memory requirements due to pruning of unused document
  2181     versions (garbage collection).
  2182 
  2183 See also ~~/src/Tools/jEdit/README.html for further information,
  2184 including some remaining limitations.
  2185 
  2186 * Theory loader: source files are exclusively located via the master
  2187 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
  2188 The global load path (such as src/HOL/Library) has been discontinued.
  2189 Note that the path element ~~ may be used to reference theories in the
  2190 Isabelle home folder -- for instance, "~~/src/HOL/Library/FuncSet".
  2191 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2192 
  2193 * Theory loader: source files are identified by content via SHA1
  2194 digests.  Discontinued former path/modtime identification and optional
  2195 ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT plugin scripts.
  2196 
  2197 * Parallelization of nested Isar proofs is subject to
  2198 Goal.parallel_proofs_threshold (default 100).  See also isabelle
  2199 usedir option -Q.
  2200 
  2201 * Name space: former unsynchronized references are now proper
  2202 configuration options, with more conventional names:
  2203 
  2204   long_names   ~> names_long
  2205   short_names  ~> names_short
  2206   unique_names ~> names_unique
  2207 
  2208 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, need to declare options in context like this:
  2209 
  2210   declare [[names_unique = false]]
  2211 
  2212 * Literal facts `prop` may contain dummy patterns, e.g. `_ = _`.  Note
  2213 that the result needs to be unique, which means fact specifications
  2214 may have to be refined after enriching a proof context.
  2215 
  2216 * Attribute "case_names" has been refined: the assumptions in each case
  2217 can be named now by following the case name with [name1 name2 ...].
  2218 
  2219 * Isabelle/Isar reference manual has been updated and extended:
  2220   - "Synopsis" provides a catalog of main Isar language concepts.
  2221   - Formal references in syntax diagrams, via @{rail} antiquotation.
  2222   - Updated material from classic "ref" manual, notably about
  2223     "Classical Reasoner".
  2224 
  2225 
  2226 *** HOL ***
  2227 
  2228 * Class bot and top require underlying partial order rather than
  2229 preorder: uniqueness of bot and top is guaranteed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2230 
  2231 * Class complete_lattice: generalized a couple of lemmas from sets;
  2232 generalized theorems INF_cong and SUP_cong.  New type classes for
  2233 complete boolean algebras and complete linear orders.  Lemmas
  2234 Inf_less_iff, less_Sup_iff, INF_less_iff, less_SUP_iff now reside in
  2235 class complete_linorder.
  2236 
  2237 Changed proposition of lemmas Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, Inf_fun_def,
  2238 Sup_fun_def, Inf_apply, Sup_apply.
  2239 
  2240 Removed redundant lemmas (the right hand side gives hints how to
  2241 replace them for (metis ...), or (simp only: ...) proofs):
  2242 
  2243   Inf_singleton ~> Inf_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Inf_empty inf_top_right]
  2244   Sup_singleton ~> Sup_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Sup_empty sup_bot_right]
  2245   Inf_binary ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
  2246   Sup_binary ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
  2247   Int_eq_Inter ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
  2248   Un_eq_Union ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
  2249   Inter_def ~> INF_def, image_def
  2250   Union_def ~> SUP_def, image_def
  2251   INT_eq ~> INF_def, and image_def
  2252   UN_eq ~> SUP_def, and image_def
  2253   INF_subset ~> INF_superset_mono [OF _ order_refl]
  2254 
  2255 More consistent and comprehensive names:
  2256 
  2257   INTER_eq_Inter_image ~> INF_def
  2258   UNION_eq_Union_image ~> SUP_def
  2259   INFI_def ~> INF_def
  2260   SUPR_def ~> SUP_def
  2261   INF_leI ~> INF_lower
  2262   INF_leI2 ~> INF_lower2
  2263   le_INFI ~> INF_greatest
  2264   le_SUPI ~> SUP_upper
  2265   le_SUPI2 ~> SUP_upper2
  2266   SUP_leI ~> SUP_least
  2267   INFI_bool_eq ~> INF_bool_eq
  2268   SUPR_bool_eq ~> SUP_bool_eq
  2269   INFI_apply ~> INF_apply
  2270   SUPR_apply ~> SUP_apply
  2271   INTER_def ~> INTER_eq
  2272   UNION_def ~> UNION_eq
  2273 
  2274 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2275 
  2276 * Renamed theory Complete_Lattice to Complete_Lattices.
  2277 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2278 
  2279 * Theory Complete_Lattices: lemmas Inf_eq_top_iff, INF_eq_top_iff,
  2280 INF_image, Inf_insert, INF_top, Inf_top_conv, INF_top_conv, SUP_bot,
  2281 Sup_bot_conv, SUP_bot_conv, Sup_eq_top_iff, SUP_eq_top_iff, SUP_image,
  2282 Sup_insert are now declared as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2283 
  2284 * Theory Lattice: lemmas compl_inf_bot, compl_le_comp_iff,
  2285 compl_sup_top, inf_idem, inf_left_idem, inf_sup_absorb, sup_idem,
  2286 sup_inf_absob, sup_left_idem are now declared as [simp].  Minor
  2287 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2288 
  2289 * Added syntactic classes "inf" and "sup" for the respective
  2290 constants.  INCOMPATIBILITY: Changes in the argument order of the
  2291 (mostly internal) locale predicates for some derived classes.
  2292 
  2293 * Theorem collections ball_simps and bex_simps do not contain theorems
  2294 referring to UNION any longer; these have been moved to collection
  2295 UN_ball_bex_simps.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2296 
  2297 * Theory Archimedean_Field: floor now is defined as parameter of a
  2298 separate type class floor_ceiling.
  2299 
  2300 * Theory Finite_Set: more coherent development of fold_set locales:
  2301 
  2302     locale fun_left_comm ~> locale comp_fun_commute
  2303     locale fun_left_comm_idem ~> locale comp_fun_idem
  2304 
  2305 Both use point-free characterization; interpretation proofs may need
  2306 adjustment.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2307 
  2308 * Theory Limits: Type "'a net" has been renamed to "'a filter", in
  2309 accordance with standard mathematical terminology. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2310 
  2311 * Theory Complex_Main: The locale interpretations for the
  2312 bounded_linear and bounded_bilinear locales have been removed, in
  2313 order to reduce the number of duplicate lemmas. Users must use the
  2314 original names for distributivity theorems, potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2315 
  2316   divide.add ~> add_divide_distrib
  2317   divide.diff ~> diff_divide_distrib
  2318   divide.setsum ~> setsum_divide_distrib
  2319   mult.add_right ~> right_distrib
  2320   mult.diff_right ~> right_diff_distrib
  2321   mult_right.setsum ~> setsum_right_distrib
  2322   mult_left.diff ~> left_diff_distrib
  2323 
  2324 * Theory Complex_Main: Several redundant theorems have been removed or
  2325 replaced by more general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2326 
  2327   real_diff_def ~> minus_real_def
  2328   real_divide_def ~> divide_real_def
  2329   real_less_def ~> less_le
  2330   real_abs_def ~> abs_real_def
  2331   real_sgn_def ~> sgn_real_def
  2332   real_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
  2333   real_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
  2334   real_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
  2335   real_add_mult_distrib ~> left_distrib
  2336   real_zero_not_eq_one ~> zero_neq_one
  2337   real_mult_inverse_left ~> left_inverse
  2338   INVERSE_ZERO ~> inverse_zero
  2339   real_le_refl ~> order_refl
  2340   real_le_antisym ~> order_antisym
  2341   real_le_trans ~> order_trans
  2342   real_le_linear ~> linear
  2343   real_le_eq_diff ~> le_iff_diff_le_0
  2344   real_add_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
  2345   real_mult_order ~> mult_pos_pos
  2346   real_mult_less_mono2 ~> mult_strict_left_mono
  2347   real_of_int_real_of_nat ~> real_of_int_of_nat_eq
  2348   real_0_le_divide_iff ~> zero_le_divide_iff
  2349   realpow_two_disj ~> power2_eq_iff
  2350   real_squared_diff_one_factored ~> square_diff_one_factored
  2351   realpow_two_diff ~> square_diff_square_factored
  2352   reals_complete2 ~> complete_real
  2353   real_sum_squared_expand ~> power2_sum
  2354   exp_ln_eq ~> ln_unique
  2355   expi_add ~> exp_add
  2356   expi_zero ~> exp_zero
  2357   lemma_DERIV_subst ~> DERIV_cong
  2358   LIMSEQ_Zfun_iff ~> tendsto_Zfun_iff
  2359   LIMSEQ_const ~> tendsto_const
  2360   LIMSEQ_norm ~> tendsto_norm
  2361   LIMSEQ_add ~> tendsto_add
  2362   LIMSEQ_minus ~> tendsto_minus
  2363   LIMSEQ_minus_cancel ~> tendsto_minus_cancel
  2364   LIMSEQ_diff ~> tendsto_diff
  2365   bounded_linear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
  2366   bounded_bilinear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
  2367   LIMSEQ_mult ~> tendsto_mult
  2368   LIMSEQ_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
  2369   LIMSEQ_divide ~> tendsto_divide
  2370   LIMSEQ_pow ~> tendsto_power
  2371   LIMSEQ_setsum ~> tendsto_setsum
  2372   LIMSEQ_setprod ~> tendsto_setprod
  2373   LIMSEQ_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
  2374   LIMSEQ_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
  2375   LIMSEQ_imp_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
  2376   LIMSEQ_add_minus ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_minus]
  2377   LIMSEQ_add_const ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_const]
  2378   LIMSEQ_diff_const ~> tendsto_diff [OF _ tendsto_const]
  2379   LIMSEQ_Complex ~> tendsto_Complex
  2380   LIM_ident ~> tendsto_ident_at
  2381   LIM_const ~> tendsto_const
  2382   LIM_add ~> tendsto_add
  2383   LIM_add_zero ~> tendsto_add_zero
  2384   LIM_minus ~> tendsto_minus
  2385   LIM_diff ~> tendsto_diff
  2386   LIM_norm ~> tendsto_norm
  2387   LIM_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero
  2388   LIM_norm_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_norm_zero_cancel
  2389   LIM_norm_zero_iff ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
  2390   LIM_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
  2391   LIM_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero
  2392   LIM_rabs_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_cancel
  2393   LIM_rabs_zero_iff ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
  2394   LIM_compose ~> tendsto_compose
  2395   LIM_mult ~> tendsto_mult
  2396   LIM_scaleR ~> tendsto_scaleR
  2397   LIM_of_real ~> tendsto_of_real
  2398   LIM_power ~> tendsto_power
  2399   LIM_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
  2400   LIM_sgn ~> tendsto_sgn
  2401   isCont_LIM_compose ~> isCont_tendsto_compose
  2402   bounded_linear.LIM ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
  2403   bounded_linear.LIM_zero ~> bounded_linear.tendsto_zero
  2404   bounded_bilinear.LIM ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
  2405   bounded_bilinear.LIM_prod_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_zero
  2406   bounded_bilinear.LIM_left_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_left_zero
  2407   bounded_bilinear.LIM_right_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_right_zero
  2408   LIM_inverse_fun ~> tendsto_inverse [OF tendsto_ident_at]
  2409 
  2410 * Theory Complex_Main: The definition of infinite series was
  2411 generalized.  Now it is defined on the type class {topological_space,
  2412 comm_monoid_add}.  Hence it is useable also for extended real numbers.
  2413 
  2414 * Theory Complex_Main: The complex exponential function "expi" is now
  2415 a type-constrained abbreviation for "exp :: complex => complex"; thus
  2416 several polymorphic lemmas about "exp" are now applicable to "expi".
  2417 
  2418 * Code generation:
  2419 
  2420   - Theory Library/Code_Char_ord provides native ordering of
  2421     characters in the target language.
  2422 
  2423   - Commands code_module and code_library are legacy, use export_code
  2424     instead.
  2425 
  2426   - Method "evaluation" is legacy, use method "eval" instead.
  2427 
  2428   - Legacy evaluator "SML" is deactivated by default.  May be
  2429     reactivated by the following theory command:
  2430 
  2431       setup {* Value.add_evaluator ("SML", Codegen.eval_term) *}
  2432 
  2433 * Declare ext [intro] by default.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2434 
  2435 * New proof method "induction" that gives induction hypotheses the
  2436 name "IH", thus distinguishing them from further hypotheses that come
  2437 from rule induction.  The latter are still called "hyps".  Method
  2438 "induction" is a thin wrapper around "induct" and follows the same
  2439 syntax.
  2440 
  2441 * Method "fastsimp" has been renamed to "fastforce", but "fastsimp" is
  2442 still available as a legacy feature for some time.
  2443 
  2444 * Nitpick:
  2445   - Added "need" and "total_consts" options.
  2446   - Reintroduced "show_skolems" option by popular demand.
  2447   - Renamed attribute: nitpick_def ~> nitpick_unfold.
  2448     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2449 
  2450 * Sledgehammer:
  2451   - Use quasi-sound (and efficient) translations by default.
  2452   - Added support for the following provers: E-ToFoF, LEO-II,
  2453     Satallax, SNARK, Waldmeister, and Z3 with TPTP syntax.
  2454   - Automatically preplay and minimize proofs before showing them if
  2455     this can be done within reasonable time.
  2456   - sledgehammer available_provers ~> sledgehammer supported_provers.
  2457     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2458   - Added "preplay_timeout", "slicing", "type_enc", "sound",
  2459     "max_mono_iters", and "max_new_mono_instances" options.
  2460   - Removed "explicit_apply" and "full_types" options as well as "Full
  2461     Types" Proof General menu item. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2462 
  2463 * Metis:
  2464   - Removed "metisF" -- use "metis" instead. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2465   - Obsoleted "metisFT" -- use "metis (full_types)" instead.
  2466     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2467 
  2468 * Command 'try':
  2469   - Renamed 'try_methods' and added "simp:", "intro:", "dest:", and
  2470     "elim:" options. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2471   - Introduced 'try' that not only runs 'try_methods' but also
  2472     'solve_direct', 'sledgehammer', 'quickcheck', and 'nitpick'.
  2473 
  2474 * Quickcheck:
  2475   - Added "eval" option to evaluate terms for the found counterexample
  2476     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
  2477   - Added post-processing of terms to obtain readable counterexamples
  2478     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
  2479   - New counterexample generator quickcheck[narrowing] enables
  2480     narrowing-based testing.  Requires the Glasgow Haskell compiler
  2481     with its installation location defined in the Isabelle settings
  2482     environment as ISABELLE_GHC.
  2483   - Removed quickcheck tester "SML" based on the SML code generator
  2484     (formly in HOL/Library).
  2485 
  2486 * Function package: discontinued option "tailrec".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  2487 use 'partial_function' instead.
  2488 
  2489 * Theory Library/Extended_Reals replaces now the positive extended
  2490 reals found in probability theory. This file is extended by
  2491 Multivariate_Analysis/Extended_Real_Limits.
  2492 
  2493 * Theory Library/Old_Recdef: old 'recdef' package has been moved here,
  2494 from where it must be imported explicitly if it is really required.
  2495 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2496 
  2497 * Theory Library/Wfrec: well-founded recursion combinator "wfrec" has
  2498 been moved here.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2499 
  2500 * Theory Library/Saturated provides type of numbers with saturated
  2501 arithmetic.
  2502 
  2503 * Theory Library/Product_Lattice defines a pointwise ordering for the
  2504 product type 'a * 'b, and provides instance proofs for various order
  2505 and lattice type classes.
  2506 
  2507 * Theory Library/Countable now provides the "countable_datatype" proof
  2508 method for proving "countable" class instances for datatypes.
  2509 
  2510 * Theory Library/Cset_Monad allows do notation for computable sets
  2511 (cset) via the generic monad ad-hoc overloading facility.
  2512 
  2513 * Library: Theories of common data structures are split into theories
  2514 for implementation, an invariant-ensuring type, and connection to an
  2515 abstract type. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2516 
  2517   - RBT is split into RBT and RBT_Mapping.
  2518   - AssocList is split and renamed into AList and AList_Mapping.
  2519   - DList is split into DList_Impl, DList, and DList_Cset.
  2520   - Cset is split into Cset and List_Cset.
  2521 
  2522 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity has been renamed to
  2523 Library/Extended_Nat, with name changes of the following types and
  2524 constants:
  2525 
  2526   type inat   ~> type enat
  2527   Fin         ~> enat
  2528   Infty       ~> infinity (overloaded)
  2529   iSuc        ~> eSuc
  2530   the_Fin     ~> the_enat
  2531 
  2532 Every theorem name containing "inat", "Fin", "Infty", or "iSuc" has
  2533 been renamed accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2534 
  2535 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: The euclidean_space type class now
  2536 fixes a constant "Basis :: 'a set" consisting of the standard
  2537 orthonormal basis for the type. Users now have the option of
  2538 quantifying over this set instead of using the "basis" function, e.g.
  2539 "ALL x:Basis. P x" vs "ALL i<DIM('a). P (basis i)".
  2540 
  2541 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Type "('a, 'b) cart" has been renamed
  2542 to "('a, 'b) vec" (the syntax "'a ^ 'b" remains unaffected). Constants
  2543 "Cart_nth" and "Cart_lambda" have been respectively renamed to
  2544 "vec_nth" and "vec_lambda"; theorems mentioning those names have
  2545 changed to match. Definition theorems for overloaded constants now use
  2546 the standard "foo_vec_def" naming scheme. A few other theorems have
  2547 been renamed as follows (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  2548 
  2549   Cart_eq          ~> vec_eq_iff
  2550   dist_nth_le_cart ~> dist_vec_nth_le
  2551   tendsto_vector   ~> vec_tendstoI
  2552   Cauchy_vector    ~> vec_CauchyI
  2553 
  2554 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Several duplicate theorems have been
  2555 removed, and other theorems have been renamed or replaced with more
  2556 general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2557 
  2558   finite_choice ~> finite_set_choice
  2559   eventually_conjI ~> eventually_conj
  2560   eventually_and ~> eventually_conj_iff
  2561   eventually_false ~> eventually_False
  2562   setsum_norm ~> norm_setsum
  2563   Lim_sequentially ~> LIMSEQ_def
  2564   Lim_ident_at ~> LIM_ident
  2565   Lim_const ~> tendsto_const
  2566   Lim_cmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF tendsto_const]
  2567   Lim_neg ~> tendsto_minus
  2568   Lim_add ~> tendsto_add
  2569   Lim_sub ~> tendsto_diff
  2570   Lim_mul ~> tendsto_scaleR
  2571   Lim_vmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF _ tendsto_const]
  2572   Lim_null_norm ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff [symmetric]
  2573   Lim_linear ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
  2574   Lim_component ~> tendsto_euclidean_component
  2575   Lim_component_cart ~> tendsto_vec_nth
  2576   Lim_inner ~> tendsto_inner [OF tendsto_const]
  2577   dot_lsum ~> inner_setsum_left
  2578   dot_rsum ~> inner_setsum_right
  2579   continuous_cmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF continuous_const]
  2580   continuous_neg ~> continuous_minus
  2581   continuous_sub ~> continuous_diff
  2582   continuous_vmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF _ continuous_const]
  2583   continuous_mul ~> continuous_scaleR
  2584   continuous_inv ~> continuous_inverse
  2585   continuous_at_within_inv ~> continuous_at_within_inverse
  2586   continuous_at_inv ~> continuous_at_inverse
  2587   continuous_at_norm ~> continuous_norm [OF continuous_at_id]
  2588   continuous_at_infnorm ~> continuous_infnorm [OF continuous_at_id]
  2589   continuous_at_component ~> continuous_component [OF continuous_at_id]
  2590   continuous_on_neg ~> continuous_on_minus
  2591   continuous_on_sub ~> continuous_on_diff
  2592   continuous_on_cmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF continuous_on_const]
  2593   continuous_on_vmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF _ continuous_on_const]
  2594   continuous_on_mul ~> continuous_on_scaleR
  2595   continuous_on_mul_real ~> continuous_on_mult
  2596   continuous_on_inner ~> continuous_on_inner [OF continuous_on_const]
  2597   continuous_on_norm ~> continuous_on_norm [OF continuous_on_id]
  2598   continuous_on_inverse ~> continuous_on_inv
  2599   uniformly_continuous_on_neg ~> uniformly_continuous_on_minus
  2600   uniformly_continuous_on_sub ~> uniformly_continuous_on_diff
  2601   subset_interior ~> interior_mono
  2602   subset_closure ~> closure_mono
  2603   closure_univ ~> closure_UNIV
  2604   real_arch_lt ~> reals_Archimedean2
  2605   real_arch ~> reals_Archimedean3
  2606   real_abs_norm ~> abs_norm_cancel
  2607   real_abs_sub_norm ~> norm_triangle_ineq3
  2608   norm_cauchy_schwarz_abs ~> Cauchy_Schwarz_ineq2
  2609 
  2610 * Session HOL-Probability:
  2611   - Caratheodory's extension lemma is now proved for ring_of_sets.
  2612   - Infinite products of probability measures are now available.
  2613   - Sigma closure is independent, if the generator is independent
  2614   - Use extended reals instead of positive extended
  2615     reals. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2616 
  2617 * Session HOLCF: Discontinued legacy theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2618 
  2619   expand_fun_below ~> fun_below_iff
  2620   below_fun_ext ~> fun_belowI
  2621   expand_cfun_eq ~> cfun_eq_iff
  2622   ext_cfun ~> cfun_eqI
  2623   expand_cfun_below ~> cfun_below_iff
  2624   below_cfun_ext ~> cfun_belowI
  2625   monofun_fun_fun ~> fun_belowD
  2626   monofun_fun_arg ~> monofunE
  2627   monofun_lub_fun ~> adm_monofun [THEN admD]
  2628   cont_lub_fun ~> adm_cont [THEN admD]
  2629   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
  2630   cont_Rep_CFun_app ~> cont_APP_app
  2631   cont_Rep_CFun_app_app ~> cont_APP_app_app
  2632   cont_cfun_fun ~> cont_Rep_cfun1 [THEN contE]
  2633   cont_cfun_arg ~> cont_Rep_cfun2 [THEN contE]
  2634   contlub_cfun ~> lub_APP [symmetric]
  2635   contlub_LAM ~> lub_LAM [symmetric]
  2636   thelubI ~> lub_eqI
  2637   UU_I ~> bottomI
  2638   lift_distinct1 ~> lift.distinct(1)
  2639   lift_distinct2 ~> lift.distinct(2)
  2640   Def_not_UU ~> lift.distinct(2)
  2641   Def_inject ~> lift.inject
  2642   below_UU_iff ~> below_bottom_iff
  2643   eq_UU_iff ~> eq_bottom_iff
  2644 
  2645 
  2646 *** Document preparation ***
  2647 
  2648 * Antiquotation @{rail} layouts railroad syntax diagrams, see also
  2649 isar-ref manual, both for description and actual application of the
  2650 same.
  2651 
  2652 * Antiquotation @{value} evaluates the given term and presents its
  2653 result.
  2654 
  2655 * Antiquotations: term style "isub" provides ad-hoc conversion of
  2656 variables x1, y23 into subscripted form x\<^isub>1,
  2657 y\<^isub>2\<^isub>3.
  2658 
  2659 * Predefined LaTeX macros for Isabelle symbols \<bind> and \<then>
  2660 (e.g. see ~~/src/HOL/Library/Monad_Syntax.thy).
  2661 
  2662 * Localized \isabellestyle switch can be used within blocks or groups
  2663 like this:
  2664 
  2665   \isabellestyle{it}  %preferred default
  2666   {\isabellestylett @{text "typewriter stuff"}}
  2667 
  2668 * Discontinued special treatment of hard tabulators.  Implicit
  2669 tab-width is now defined as 1.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY for visual
  2670 layouts.
  2671 
  2672 
  2673 *** ML ***
  2674 
  2675 * The inner syntax of sort/type/term/prop supports inlined YXML
  2676 representations within quoted string tokens.  By encoding logical
  2677 entities via Term_XML (in ML or Scala) concrete syntax can be
  2678 bypassed, which is particularly useful for producing bits of text
  2679 under external program control.
  2680 
  2681 * Antiquotations for ML and document preparation are managed as theory
  2682 data, which requires explicit setup.
  2683 
  2684 * Isabelle_Process.is_active allows tools to check if the official
  2685 process wrapper is running (Isabelle/Scala/jEdit) or the old TTY loop
  2686 (better known as Proof General).
  2687 
  2688 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
  2689 ProofContext is still available for some time as legacy alias.
  2690 
  2691 * Structure Timing provides various operations for timing; supersedes
  2692 former start_timing/end_timing etc.
  2693 
  2694 * Path.print is the official way to show file-system paths to users
  2695 (including quotes etc.).
  2696 
  2697 * Inner syntax: identifiers in parse trees of generic categories
  2698 "logic", "aprop", "idt" etc. carry position information (disguised as
  2699 type constraints).  Occasional INCOMPATIBILITY with non-compliant
  2700 translations that choke on unexpected type constraints.  Positions can
  2701 be stripped in ML translations via Syntax.strip_positions /
  2702 Syntax.strip_positions_ast, or via the syntax constant
  2703 "_strip_positions" within parse trees.  As last resort, positions can
  2704 be disabled via the configuration option Syntax.positions, which is
  2705 called "syntax_positions" in Isar attribute syntax.
  2706 
  2707 * Discontinued special status of various ML structures that contribute
  2708 to structure Syntax (Ast, Lexicon, Mixfix, Parser, Printer etc.): less
  2709 pervasive content, no inclusion in structure Syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  2710 refer directly to Ast.Constant, Lexicon.is_identifier,
  2711 Syntax_Trans.mk_binder_tr etc.
  2712 
  2713 * Typed print translation: discontinued show_sorts argument, which is
  2714 already available via context of "advanced" translation.
  2715 
  2716 * Refined PARALLEL_GOALS tactical: degrades gracefully for schematic
  2717 goal states; body tactic needs to address all subgoals uniformly.
  2718 
  2719 * Slightly more special eq_list/eq_set, with shortcut involving
  2720 pointer equality (assumes that eq relation is reflexive).
  2721 
  2722 * Classical tactics use proper Proof.context instead of historic types
  2723 claset/clasimpset.  Old-style declarations like addIs, addEs, addDs
  2724 operate directly on Proof.context.  Raw type claset retains its use as
  2725 snapshot of the classical context, which can be recovered via
  2726 (put_claset HOL_cs) etc.  Type clasimpset has been discontinued.
  2727 INCOMPATIBILITY, classical tactics and derived proof methods require
  2728 proper Proof.context.
  2729 
  2730 
  2731 *** System ***
  2732 
  2733 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.2, which was the last version
  2734 without proper multithreading and TimeLimit implementation.
  2735 
  2736 * Discontinued old lib/scripts/polyml-platform, which has been
  2737 obsolete since Isabelle2009-2.
  2738 
  2739 * Various optional external tools are referenced more robustly and
  2740 uniformly by explicit Isabelle settings as follows:
  2741 
  2742   ISABELLE_CSDP   (formerly CSDP_EXE)
  2743   ISABELLE_GHC    (formerly EXEC_GHC or GHC_PATH)
  2744   ISABELLE_OCAML  (formerly EXEC_OCAML)
  2745   ISABELLE_SWIPL  (formerly EXEC_SWIPL)
  2746   ISABELLE_YAP    (formerly EXEC_YAP)
  2747 
  2748 Note that automated detection from the file-system or search path has
  2749 been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2750 
  2751 * Scala layer provides JVM method invocation service for static
  2752 methods of type (String)String, see Invoke_Scala.method in ML.  For
  2753 example:
  2754 
  2755   Invoke_Scala.method "java.lang.System.getProperty" "java.home"
  2756 
  2757 Together with YXML.string_of_body/parse_body and XML.Encode/Decode
  2758 this allows to pass structured values between ML and Scala.
  2759 
  2760 * The IsabelleText fonts includes some further glyphs to support the
  2761 Prover IDE.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: users who happen to have
  2762 installed a local copy (which is normally *not* required) need to
  2763 delete or update it from ~~/lib/fonts/.
  2764 
  2765 
  2766 
  2767 New in Isabelle2011 (January 2011)
  2768 ----------------------------------
  2769 
  2770 *** General ***
  2771 
  2772 * Experimental Prover IDE based on Isabelle/Scala and jEdit (see
  2773 src/Tools/jEdit).  This also serves as IDE for Isabelle/ML, with
  2774 useful tooltips and hyperlinks produced from its static analysis.  The
  2775 bundled component provides an executable Isabelle tool that can be run
  2776 like this:
  2777 
  2778   Isabelle2011/bin/isabelle jedit
  2779 
  2780 * Significantly improved Isabelle/Isar implementation manual.
  2781 
  2782 * System settings: ISABELLE_HOME_USER now includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER
  2783 (and thus refers to something like $HOME/.isabelle/Isabelle2011),
  2784 while the default heap location within that directory lacks that extra
  2785 suffix.  This isolates multiple Isabelle installations from each
  2786 other, avoiding problems with old settings in new versions.
  2787 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to copy/upgrade old user settings manually.
  2788 
  2789 * Source files are always encoded as UTF-8, instead of old-fashioned
  2790 ISO-Latin-1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Isabelle LaTeX documents might require
  2791 the following package declarations:
  2792 
  2793   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  2794   \usepackage{textcomp}
  2795 
  2796 * Explicit treatment of UTF-8 sequences as Isabelle symbols, such that
  2797 a Unicode character is treated as a single symbol, not a sequence of
  2798 non-ASCII bytes as before.  Since Isabelle/ML string literals may
  2799 contain symbols without further backslash escapes, Unicode can now be
  2800 used here as well.  Recall that Symbol.explode in ML provides a
  2801 consistent view on symbols, while raw explode (or String.explode)
  2802 merely give a byte-oriented representation.
  2803 
  2804 * Theory loader: source files are primarily located via the master
  2805 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
  2806 The global load path is still partially available as legacy feature.
  2807 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY due to subtle change in file lookup: use
  2808 explicit paths, relatively to the theory.
  2809 
  2810 * Special treatment of ML file names has been discontinued.
  2811 Historically, optional extensions .ML or .sml were added on demand --
  2812 at the cost of clarity of file dependencies.  Recall that Isabelle/ML
  2813 files exclusively use the .ML extension.  Minor INCOMPATIBILTY.
  2814 
  2815 * Various options that affect pretty printing etc. are now properly
  2816 handled within the context via configuration options, instead of
  2817 unsynchronized references or print modes.  There are both ML Config.T
  2818 entities and Isar declaration attributes to access these.
  2819 
  2820   ML (Config.T)                 Isar (attribute)
  2821 
  2822   eta_contract                  eta_contract
  2823   show_brackets                 show_brackets
  2824   show_sorts                    show_sorts
  2825   show_types                    show_types
  2826   show_question_marks           show_question_marks
  2827   show_consts                   show_consts
  2828   show_abbrevs                  show_abbrevs
  2829 
  2830   Syntax.ast_trace              syntax_ast_trace
  2831   Syntax.ast_stat               syntax_ast_stat
  2832   Syntax.ambiguity_level        syntax_ambiguity_level
  2833 
  2834   Goal_Display.goals_limit      goals_limit
  2835   Goal_Display.show_main_goal   show_main_goal
  2836 
  2837   Method.rule_trace             rule_trace
  2838 
  2839   Thy_Output.display            thy_output_display
  2840   Thy_Output.quotes             thy_output_quotes
  2841   Thy_Output.indent             thy_output_indent
  2842   Thy_Output.source             thy_output_source
  2843   Thy_Output.break              thy_output_break
  2844 
  2845 Note that corresponding "..._default" references in ML may only be
  2846 changed globally at the ROOT session setup, but *not* within a theory.
  2847 The option "show_abbrevs" supersedes the former print mode
  2848 "no_abbrevs" with inverted meaning.
  2849 
  2850 * More systematic naming of some configuration options.
  2851 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2852 
  2853   trace_simp  ~>  simp_trace
  2854   debug_simp  ~>  simp_debug
  2855 
  2856 * Support for real valued configuration options, using simplistic
  2857 floating-point notation that coincides with the inner syntax for
  2858 float_token.
  2859 
  2860 * Support for real valued preferences (with approximative PGIP type):
  2861 front-ends need to accept "pgint" values in float notation.
  2862 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2863 
  2864 * The IsabelleText font now includes Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic from
  2865 DejaVu Sans.
  2866 
  2867 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.0 and 5.1 versions.
  2868 
  2869 
  2870 *** Pure ***
  2871 
  2872 * Command 'type_synonym' (with single argument) replaces somewhat
  2873 outdated 'types', which is still available as legacy feature for some
  2874 time.
  2875 
  2876 * Command 'nonterminal' (with 'and' separated list of arguments)
  2877 replaces somewhat outdated 'nonterminals'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2878 
  2879 * Command 'notepad' replaces former 'example_proof' for
  2880 experimentation in Isar without any result.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2881 
  2882 * Locale interpretation commands 'interpret' and 'sublocale' accept
  2883 lists of equations to map definitions in a locale to appropriate
  2884 entities in the context of the interpretation.  The 'interpretation'
  2885 command already provided this functionality.
  2886 
  2887 * Diagnostic command 'print_dependencies' prints the locale instances
  2888 that would be activated if the specified expression was interpreted in
  2889 the current context.  Variant "print_dependencies!" assumes a context
  2890 without interpretations.
  2891 
  2892 * Diagnostic command 'print_interps' prints interpretations in proofs
  2893 in addition to interpretations in theories.
  2894 
  2895 * Discontinued obsolete 'global' and 'local' commands to manipulate
  2896 the theory name space.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.  The ML functions
  2897 Sign.root_path and Sign.local_path may be applied directly where this
  2898 feature is still required for historical reasons.
  2899 
  2900 * Discontinued obsolete 'constdefs' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  2901 'definition' instead.
  2902 
  2903 * The "prems" fact, which refers to the accidental collection of
  2904 foundational premises in the context, is now explicitly marked as
  2905 legacy feature and will be discontinued soon.  Consider using "assms"
  2906 of the head statement or reference facts by explicit names.
  2907 
  2908 * Document antiquotations @{class} and @{type} print classes and type
  2909 constructors.
  2910 
  2911 * Document antiquotation @{file} checks file/directory entries within
  2912 the local file system.
  2913 
  2914 
  2915 *** HOL ***
  2916 
  2917 * Coercive subtyping: functions can be declared as coercions and type
  2918 inference will add them as necessary upon input of a term.  Theory
  2919 Complex_Main declares real :: nat => real and real :: int => real as
  2920 coercions. A coercion function f is declared like this:
  2921 
  2922   declare [[coercion f]]
  2923 
  2924 To lift coercions through type constructors (e.g. from nat => real to
  2925 nat list => real list), map functions can be declared, e.g.
  2926 
  2927   declare [[coercion_map map]]
  2928 
  2929 Currently coercion inference is activated only in theories including
  2930 real numbers, i.e. descendants of Complex_Main.  This is controlled by
  2931 the configuration option "coercion_enabled", e.g. it can be enabled in
  2932 other theories like this:
  2933 
  2934   declare [[coercion_enabled]]
  2935 
  2936 * Command 'partial_function' provides basic support for recursive
  2937 function definitions over complete partial orders.  Concrete instances
  2938 are provided for i) the option type, ii) tail recursion on arbitrary
  2939 types, and iii) the heap monad of Imperative_HOL.  See
  2940 src/HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy and src/HOL/Imperative_HOL/ex/Linked_Lists.thy
  2941 for examples.
  2942 
  2943 * Function package: f.psimps rules are no longer implicitly declared
  2944 as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2945 
  2946 * Datatype package: theorems generated for executable equality (class
  2947 "eq") carry proper names and are treated as default code equations.
  2948 
  2949 * Inductive package: now offers command 'inductive_simps' to
  2950 automatically derive instantiated and simplified equations for
  2951 inductive predicates, similar to 'inductive_cases'.
  2952 
  2953 * Command 'enriched_type' allows to register properties of the
  2954 functorial structure of types.
  2955 
  2956 * Improved infrastructure for term evaluation using code generator
  2957 techniques, in particular static evaluation conversions.
  2958 
  2959 * Code generator: Scala (2.8 or higher) has been added to the target
  2960 languages.
  2961 
  2962 * Code generator: globbing constant expressions "*" and "Theory.*"
  2963 have been replaced by the more idiomatic "_" and "Theory._".
  2964 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2965 
  2966 * Code generator: export_code without explicit file declaration prints
  2967 to standard output.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2968 
  2969 * Code generator: do not print function definitions for case
  2970 combinators any longer.
  2971 
  2972 * Code generator: simplification with rules determined with
  2973 src/Tools/Code/code_simp.ML and method "code_simp".
  2974 
  2975 * Code generator for records: more idiomatic representation of record
  2976 types.  Warning: records are not covered by ancient SML code
  2977 generation any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  In cases of need, a suitable
  2978 rep_datatype declaration helps to succeed then:
  2979 
  2980   record 'a foo = ...
  2981   ...
  2982   rep_datatype foo_ext ...
  2983 
  2984 * Records: logical foundation type for records does not carry a
  2985 '_type' suffix any longer (obsolete due to authentic syntax).
  2986 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2987 
  2988 * Quickcheck now by default uses exhaustive testing instead of random
  2989 testing.  Random testing can be invoked by "quickcheck [random]",
  2990 exhaustive testing by "quickcheck [exhaustive]".
  2991 
  2992 * Quickcheck instantiates polymorphic types with small finite
  2993 datatypes by default. This enables a simple execution mechanism to
  2994 handle quantifiers and function equality over the finite datatypes.
  2995 
  2996 * Quickcheck random generator has been renamed from "code" to
  2997 "random".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2998 
  2999 * Quickcheck now has a configurable time limit which is set to 30
  3000 seconds by default. This can be changed by adding [timeout = n] to the
  3001 quickcheck command. The time limit for Auto Quickcheck is still set
  3002 independently.
  3003 
  3004 * Quickcheck in locales considers interpretations of that locale for
  3005 counter example search.
  3006 
  3007 * Sledgehammer:
  3008   - Added "smt" and "remote_smt" provers based on the "smt" proof
  3009     method. See the Sledgehammer manual for details ("isabelle doc
  3010     sledgehammer").
  3011   - Renamed commands:
  3012     sledgehammer atp_info ~> sledgehammer running_provers
  3013     sledgehammer atp_kill ~> sledgehammer kill_provers
  3014     sledgehammer available_atps ~> sledgehammer available_provers
  3015     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3016   - Renamed options:
  3017     sledgehammer [atps = ...] ~> sledgehammer [provers = ...]
  3018     sledgehammer [atp = ...] ~> sledgehammer [prover = ...]
  3019     sledgehammer [timeout = 77 s] ~> sledgehammer [timeout = 77]
  3020     (and "ms" and "min" are no longer supported)
  3021     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3022 
  3023 * Nitpick:
  3024   - Renamed options:
  3025     nitpick [timeout = 77 s] ~> nitpick [timeout = 77]
  3026     nitpick [tac_timeout = 777 ms] ~> nitpick [tac_timeout = 0.777]
  3027     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3028   - Added support for partial quotient types.
  3029   - Added local versions of the "Nitpick.register_xxx" functions.
  3030   - Added "whack" option.
  3031   - Allow registration of quotient types as codatatypes.
  3032   - Improved "merge_type_vars" option to merge more types.
  3033   - Removed unsound "fast_descrs" option.
  3034   - Added custom symmetry breaking for datatypes, making it possible to reach
  3035     higher cardinalities.
  3036   - Prevent the expansion of too large definitions.
  3037 
  3038 * Proof methods "metis" and "meson" now have configuration options
  3039 "meson_trace", "metis_trace", and "metis_verbose" that can be enabled
  3040 to diagnose these tools. E.g.
  3041 
  3042     using [[metis_trace = true]]
  3043 
  3044 * Auto Solve: Renamed "Auto Solve Direct".  The tool is now available
  3045 manually as command 'solve_direct'.
  3046 
  3047 * The default SMT solver Z3 must be enabled explicitly (due to
  3048 licensing issues) by setting the environment variable
  3049 Z3_NON_COMMERCIAL in etc/settings of the component, for example.  For
  3050 commercial applications, the SMT solver CVC3 is provided as fall-back;
  3051 changing the SMT solver is done via the configuration option
  3052 "smt_solver".
  3053 
  3054 * Remote SMT solvers need to be referred to by the "remote_" prefix,
  3055 i.e. "remote_cvc3" and "remote_z3".
  3056 
  3057 * Added basic SMT support for datatypes, records, and typedefs using
  3058 the oracle mode (no proofs).  Direct support of pairs has been dropped
  3059 in exchange (pass theorems fst_conv snd_conv pair_collapse to the SMT
  3060 support for a similar behavior).  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3061 
  3062 * Changed SMT configuration options:
  3063   - Renamed:
  3064     z3_proofs ~> smt_oracle (with inverted meaning)
  3065     z3_trace_assms ~> smt_trace_used_facts
  3066     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3067   - Added:
  3068     smt_verbose
  3069     smt_random_seed
  3070     smt_datatypes
  3071     smt_infer_triggers
  3072     smt_monomorph_limit
  3073     cvc3_options
  3074     remote_cvc3_options
  3075     remote_z3_options
  3076     yices_options
  3077 
  3078 * Boogie output files (.b2i files) need to be declared in the theory
  3079 header.
  3080 
  3081 * Simplification procedure "list_to_set_comprehension" rewrites list
  3082 comprehensions applied to List.set to set comprehensions.  Occasional
  3083 INCOMPATIBILITY, may be deactivated like this:
  3084 
  3085   declare [[simproc del: list_to_set_comprehension]]
  3086 
  3087 * Removed old version of primrec package.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3088 
  3089 * Removed simplifier congruence rule of "prod_case", as has for long
  3090 been the case with "split".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3091 
  3092 * String.literal is a type, but not a datatype.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3093 
  3094 * Removed [split_format ... and ... and ...] version of
  3095 [split_format].  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3096 
  3097 * Predicate "sorted" now defined inductively, with nice induction
  3098 rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY: former sorted.simps now named sorted_simps.
  3099 
  3100 * Constant "contents" renamed to "the_elem", to free the generic name
  3101 contents for other uses.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3102 
  3103 * Renamed class eq and constant eq (for code generation) to class
  3104 equal and constant equal, plus renaming of related facts and various
  3105 tuning.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3106 
  3107 * Dropped type classes mult_mono and mult_mono1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3108 
  3109 * Removed output syntax "'a ~=> 'b" for "'a => 'b option".
  3110 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3111 
  3112 * Renamed theory Fset to Cset, type Fset.fset to Cset.set, in order to
  3113 avoid confusion with finite sets.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3114 
  3115 * Abandoned locales equiv, congruent and congruent2 for equivalence
  3116 relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use equivI rather than equiv_intro (same
  3117 for congruent(2)).
  3118 
  3119 * Some previously unqualified names have been qualified:
  3120 
  3121   types
  3122     bool ~> HOL.bool
  3123     nat ~> Nat.nat
  3124 
  3125   constants
  3126     Trueprop ~> HOL.Trueprop
  3127     True ~> HOL.True
  3128     False ~> HOL.False
  3129     op & ~> HOL.conj
  3130     op | ~> HOL.disj
  3131     op --> ~> HOL.implies
  3132     op = ~> HOL.eq
  3133     Not ~> HOL.Not
  3134     The ~> HOL.The
  3135     All ~> HOL.All
  3136     Ex ~> HOL.Ex
  3137     Ex1 ~> HOL.Ex1
  3138     Let ~> HOL.Let
  3139     If ~> HOL.If
  3140     Ball ~> Set.Ball
  3141     Bex ~> Set.Bex
  3142     Suc ~> Nat.Suc
  3143     Pair ~> Product_Type.Pair
  3144     fst ~> Product_Type.fst
  3145     snd ~> Product_Type.snd
  3146     curry ~> Product_Type.curry
  3147     op : ~> Set.member
  3148     Collect ~> Set.Collect
  3149 
  3150 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3151 
  3152 * More canonical naming convention for some fundamental definitions:
  3153 
  3154     bot_bool_eq ~> bot_bool_def
  3155     top_bool_eq ~> top_bool_def
  3156     inf_bool_eq ~> inf_bool_def
  3157     sup_bool_eq ~> sup_bool_def
  3158     bot_fun_eq  ~> bot_fun_def
  3159     top_fun_eq  ~> top_fun_def
  3160     inf_fun_eq  ~> inf_fun_def
  3161     sup_fun_eq  ~> sup_fun_def
  3162 
  3163 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3164 
  3165 * More stylized fact names:
  3166 
  3167   expand_fun_eq ~> fun_eq_iff
  3168   expand_set_eq ~> set_eq_iff
  3169   set_ext       ~> set_eqI
  3170   nat_number    ~> eval_nat_numeral
  3171 
  3172 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3173 
  3174 * Refactoring of code-generation specific operations in theory List:
  3175 
  3176   constants
  3177     null ~> List.null
  3178 
  3179   facts
  3180     mem_iff ~> member_def
  3181     null_empty ~> null_def
  3182 
  3183 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that these were not supposed to be used
  3184 regularly unless for striking reasons; their main purpose was code
  3185 generation.
  3186 
  3187 Various operations from the Haskell prelude are used for generating
  3188 Haskell code.
  3189 
  3190 * Term "bij f" is now an abbreviation of "bij_betw f UNIV UNIV".  Term
  3191 "surj f" is now an abbreviation of "range f = UNIV".  The theorems
  3192 bij_def and surj_def are unchanged.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3193 
  3194 * Abolished some non-alphabetic type names: "prod" and "sum" replace
  3195 "*" and "+" respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3196 
  3197 * Name "Plus" of disjoint sum operator "<+>" is now hidden.  Write
  3198 "Sum_Type.Plus" instead.
  3199 
  3200 * Constant "split" has been merged with constant "prod_case"; names of
  3201 ML functions, facts etc. involving split have been retained so far,
  3202 though.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3203 
  3204 * Dropped old infix syntax "_ mem _" for List.member; use "_ : set _"
  3205 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3206 
  3207 * Removed lemma "Option.is_none_none" which duplicates "is_none_def".
  3208 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3209 
  3210 * Former theory Library/Enum is now part of the HOL-Main image.
  3211 INCOMPATIBILITY: all constants of the Enum theory now have to be
  3212 referred to by its qualified name.
  3213 
  3214   enum    ~>  Enum.enum
  3215   nlists  ~>  Enum.nlists
  3216   product ~>  Enum.product
  3217 
  3218 * Theory Library/Monad_Syntax provides do-syntax for monad types.
  3219 Syntax in Library/State_Monad has been changed to avoid ambiguities.
  3220 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3221 
  3222 * Theory Library/SetsAndFunctions has been split into
  3223 Library/Function_Algebras and Library/Set_Algebras; canonical names
  3224 for instance definitions for functions; various improvements.
  3225 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3226 
  3227 * Theory Library/Multiset provides stable quicksort implementation of
  3228 sort_key.
  3229 
  3230 * Theory Library/Multiset: renamed empty_idemp ~> empty_neutral.
  3231 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3232 
  3233 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: introduced a type class for euclidean
  3234 space.  Most theorems are now stated in terms of euclidean spaces
  3235 instead of finite cartesian products.
  3236 
  3237   types
  3238     real ^ 'n ~>  'a::real_vector
  3239               ~>  'a::euclidean_space
  3240               ~>  'a::ordered_euclidean_space
  3241         (depends on your needs)
  3242 
  3243   constants
  3244      _ $ _        ~> _ $$ _
  3245      \<chi> x. _  ~> \<chi>\<chi> x. _
  3246      CARD('n)     ~> DIM('a)
  3247 
  3248 Also note that the indices are now natural numbers and not from some
  3249 finite type. Finite cartesian products of euclidean spaces, products
  3250 of euclidean spaces the real and complex numbers are instantiated to
  3251 be euclidean_spaces.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3252 
  3253 * Session Probability: introduced pextreal as positive extended real
  3254 numbers.  Use pextreal as value for measures.  Introduce the
  3255 Radon-Nikodym derivative, product spaces and Fubini's theorem for
  3256 arbitrary sigma finite measures.  Introduces Lebesgue measure based on
  3257 the integral in Multivariate Analysis.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3258 
  3259 * Session Imperative_HOL: revamped, corrected dozens of inadequacies.
  3260 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3261 
  3262 * Session SPARK (with image HOL-SPARK) provides commands to load and
  3263 prove verification conditions generated by the SPARK Ada program
  3264 verifier.  See also src/HOL/SPARK and src/HOL/SPARK/Examples.
  3265 
  3266 
  3267 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  3268 
  3269 * Theorems for additive ring operations (locale abelian_monoid and
  3270 descendants) are generated by interpretation from their multiplicative
  3271 counterparts.  Names (in particular theorem names) have the mandatory
  3272 qualifier 'add'.  Previous theorem names are redeclared for
  3273 compatibility.
  3274 
  3275 * Structure "int_ring" is now an abbreviation (previously a
  3276 definition).  This fits more natural with advanced interpretations.
  3277 
  3278 
  3279 *** HOLCF ***
  3280 
  3281 * The domain package now runs in definitional mode by default: The
  3282 former command 'new_domain' is now called 'domain'.  To use the domain
  3283 package in its original axiomatic mode, use 'domain (unsafe)'.
  3284 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3285 
  3286 * The new class "domain" is now the default sort.  Class "predomain"
  3287 is an unpointed version of "domain". Theories can be updated by
  3288 replacing sort annotations as shown below.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3289 
  3290   'a::type ~> 'a::countable
  3291   'a::cpo  ~> 'a::predomain
  3292   'a::pcpo ~> 'a::domain
  3293 
  3294 * The old type class "rep" has been superseded by class "domain".
  3295 Accordingly, users of the definitional package must remove any
  3296 "default_sort rep" declarations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3297 
  3298 * The domain package (definitional mode) now supports unpointed
  3299 predomain argument types, as long as they are marked 'lazy'. (Strict
  3300 arguments must be in class "domain".) For example, the following
  3301 domain definition now works:
  3302 
  3303   domain natlist = nil | cons (lazy "nat discr") (lazy "natlist")
  3304 
  3305 * Theory HOLCF/Library/HOL_Cpo provides cpo and predomain class
  3306 instances for types from main HOL: bool, nat, int, char, 'a + 'b,
  3307 'a option, and 'a list.  Additionally, it configures fixrec and the
  3308 domain package to work with these types.  For example:
  3309 
  3310   fixrec isInl :: "('a + 'b) u -> tr"
  3311     where "isInl$(up$(Inl x)) = TT" | "isInl$(up$(Inr y)) = FF"
  3312 
  3313   domain V = VFun (lazy "V -> V") | VCon (lazy "nat") (lazy "V list")
  3314 
  3315 * The "(permissive)" option of fixrec has been replaced with a
  3316 per-equation "(unchecked)" option. See
  3317 src/HOL/HOLCF/Tutorial/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3318 
  3319 * The "bifinite" class no longer fixes a constant "approx"; the class
  3320 now just asserts that such a function exists.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3321 
  3322 * Former type "alg_defl" has been renamed to "defl".  HOLCF no longer
  3323 defines an embedding of type 'a defl into udom by default; instances
  3324 of "bifinite" and "domain" classes are available in
  3325 src/HOL/HOLCF/Library/Defl_Bifinite.thy.
  3326 
  3327 * The syntax "REP('a)" has been replaced with "DEFL('a)".
  3328 
  3329 * The predicate "directed" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3330 
  3331 * The type class "finite_po" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3332 
  3333 * The function "cprod_map" has been renamed to "prod_map".
  3334 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3335 
  3336 * The monadic bind operator on each powerdomain has new binder syntax
  3337 similar to sets, e.g. "\<Union>\<sharp>x\<in>xs. t" represents
  3338 "upper_bind\<cdot>xs\<cdot>(\<Lambda> x. t)".
  3339 
  3340 * The infix syntax for binary union on each powerdomain has changed
  3341 from e.g. "+\<sharp>" to "\<union>\<sharp>", for consistency with set
  3342 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3343 
  3344 * The constant "UU" has been renamed to "bottom".  The syntax "UU" is
  3345 still supported as an input translation.
  3346 
  3347 * Renamed some theorems (the original names are also still available).
  3348 
  3349   expand_fun_below   ~> fun_below_iff
  3350   below_fun_ext      ~> fun_belowI
  3351   expand_cfun_eq     ~> cfun_eq_iff
  3352   ext_cfun           ~> cfun_eqI
  3353   expand_cfun_below  ~> cfun_below_iff
  3354   below_cfun_ext     ~> cfun_belowI
  3355   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
  3356 
  3357 * The Abs and Rep functions for various types have changed names.
  3358 Related theorem names have also changed to match. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3359 
  3360   Rep_CFun  ~> Rep_cfun
  3361   Abs_CFun  ~> Abs_cfun
  3362   Rep_Sprod ~> Rep_sprod
  3363   Abs_Sprod ~> Abs_sprod
  3364   Rep_Ssum  ~> Rep_ssum
  3365   Abs_Ssum  ~> Abs_ssum
  3366 
  3367 * Lemmas with names of the form *_defined_iff or *_strict_iff have
  3368 been renamed to *_bottom_iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3369 
  3370 * Various changes to bisimulation/coinduction with domain package:
  3371 
  3372   - Definitions of "bisim" constants no longer mention definedness.
  3373   - With mutual recursion, "bisim" predicate is now curried.
  3374   - With mutual recursion, each type gets a separate coind theorem.
  3375   - Variable names in bisim_def and coinduct rules have changed.
  3376 
  3377 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3378 
  3379 * Case combinators generated by the domain package for type "foo" are
  3380 now named "foo_case" instead of "foo_when".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3381 
  3382 * Several theorems have been renamed to more accurately reflect the
  3383 names of constants and types involved.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3384 
  3385   thelub_const    ~> lub_const
  3386   lub_const       ~> is_lub_const
  3387   thelubI         ~> lub_eqI
  3388   is_lub_lub      ~> is_lubD2
  3389   lubI            ~> is_lub_lub
  3390   unique_lub      ~> is_lub_unique
  3391   is_ub_lub       ~> is_lub_rangeD1
  3392   lub_bin_chain   ~> is_lub_bin_chain
  3393   lub_fun         ~> is_lub_fun
  3394   thelub_fun      ~> lub_fun
  3395   thelub_cfun     ~> lub_cfun
  3396   thelub_Pair     ~> lub_Pair
  3397   lub_cprod       ~> is_lub_prod
  3398   thelub_cprod    ~> lub_prod
  3399   minimal_cprod   ~> minimal_prod
  3400   inst_cprod_pcpo ~> inst_prod_pcpo
  3401   UU_I            ~> bottomI
  3402   compact_UU      ~> compact_bottom
  3403   deflation_UU    ~> deflation_bottom
  3404   finite_deflation_UU ~> finite_deflation_bottom
  3405 
  3406 * Many legacy theorem names have been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3407 
  3408   sq_ord_less_eq_trans ~> below_eq_trans
  3409   sq_ord_eq_less_trans ~> eq_below_trans
  3410   refl_less            ~> below_refl
  3411   trans_less           ~> below_trans
  3412   antisym_less         ~> below_antisym
  3413   antisym_less_inverse ~> po_eq_conv [THEN iffD1]
  3414   box_less             ~> box_below
  3415   rev_trans_less       ~> rev_below_trans
  3416   not_less2not_eq      ~> not_below2not_eq
  3417   less_UU_iff          ~> below_UU_iff
  3418   flat_less_iff        ~> flat_below_iff
  3419   adm_less             ~> adm_below
  3420   adm_not_less         ~> adm_not_below
  3421   adm_compact_not_less ~> adm_compact_not_below
  3422   less_fun_def         ~> below_fun_def
  3423   expand_fun_less      ~> fun_below_iff
  3424   less_fun_ext         ~> fun_belowI
  3425   less_discr_def       ~> below_discr_def
  3426   discr_less_eq        ~> discr_below_eq
  3427   less_unit_def        ~> below_unit_def
  3428   less_cprod_def       ~> below_prod_def
  3429   prod_lessI           ~> prod_belowI
  3430   Pair_less_iff        ~> Pair_below_iff
  3431   fst_less_iff         ~> fst_below_iff
  3432   snd_less_iff         ~> snd_below_iff
  3433   expand_cfun_less     ~> cfun_below_iff
  3434   less_cfun_ext        ~> cfun_belowI
  3435   injection_less       ~> injection_below
  3436   less_up_def          ~> below_up_def
  3437   not_Iup_less         ~> not_Iup_below
  3438   Iup_less             ~> Iup_below
  3439   up_less              ~> up_below
  3440   Def_inject_less_eq   ~> Def_below_Def
  3441   Def_less_is_eq       ~> Def_below_iff
  3442   spair_less_iff       ~> spair_below_iff
  3443   less_sprod           ~> below_sprod
  3444   spair_less           ~> spair_below
  3445   sfst_less_iff        ~> sfst_below_iff
  3446   ssnd_less_iff        ~> ssnd_below_iff
  3447   fix_least_less       ~> fix_least_below
  3448   dist_less_one        ~> dist_below_one
  3449   less_ONE             ~> below_ONE
  3450   ONE_less_iff         ~> ONE_below_iff
  3451   less_sinlD           ~> below_sinlD
  3452   less_sinrD           ~> below_sinrD
  3453 
  3454 
  3455 *** FOL and ZF ***
  3456 
  3457 * All constant names are now qualified internally and use proper
  3458 identifiers, e.g. "IFOL.eq" instead of "op =".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3459 
  3460 
  3461 *** ML ***
  3462 
  3463 * Antiquotation @{assert} inlines a function bool -> unit that raises
  3464 Fail if the argument is false.  Due to inlining the source position of
  3465 failed assertions is included in the error output.
  3466 
  3467 * Discontinued antiquotation @{theory_ref}, which is obsolete since ML
  3468 text is in practice always evaluated with a stable theory checkpoint.
  3469 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use (Theory.check_thy @{theory}) instead.
  3470 
  3471 * Antiquotation @{theory A} refers to theory A from the ancestry of
  3472 the current context, not any accidental theory loader state as before.
  3473 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, subtle change in semantics.
  3474 
  3475 * Syntax.pretty_priority (default 0) configures the required priority
  3476 of pretty-printed output and thus affects insertion of parentheses.
  3477 
  3478 * Syntax.default_root (default "any") configures the inner syntax
  3479 category (nonterminal symbol) for parsing of terms.
  3480 
  3481 * Former exception Library.UnequalLengths now coincides with
  3482 ListPair.UnequalLengths.
  3483 
  3484 * Renamed structure MetaSimplifier to Raw_Simplifier.  Note that the
  3485 main functionality is provided by structure Simplifier.
  3486 
  3487 * Renamed raw "explode" function to "raw_explode" to emphasize its
  3488 meaning.  Note that internally to Isabelle, Symbol.explode is used in
  3489 almost all situations.
  3490 
  3491 * Discontinued obsolete function sys_error and exception SYS_ERROR.
  3492 See implementation manual for further details on exceptions in
  3493 Isabelle/ML.
  3494 
  3495 * Renamed setmp_noncritical to Unsynchronized.setmp to emphasize its
  3496 meaning.
  3497 
  3498 * Renamed structure PureThy to Pure_Thy and moved most of its
  3499 operations to structure Global_Theory, to emphasize that this is
  3500 rarely-used global-only stuff.
  3501 
  3502 * Discontinued Output.debug.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use plain writeln
  3503 instead (or tracing for high-volume output).
  3504 
  3505 * Configuration option show_question_marks only affects regular pretty
  3506 printing of types and terms, not raw Term.string_of_vname.
  3507 
  3508 * ML_Context.thm and ML_Context.thms are no longer pervasive.  Rare
  3509 INCOMPATIBILITY, superseded by static antiquotations @{thm} and
  3510 @{thms} for most purposes.
  3511 
  3512 * ML structure Unsynchronized is never opened, not even in Isar
  3513 interaction mode as before.  Old Unsynchronized.set etc. have been
  3514 discontinued -- use plain := instead.  This should be *rare* anyway,
  3515 since modern tools always work via official context data, notably
  3516 configuration options.
  3517 
  3518 * Parallel and asynchronous execution requires special care concerning
  3519 interrupts.  Structure Exn provides some convenience functions that
  3520 avoid working directly with raw Interrupt.  User code must not absorb
  3521 interrupts -- intermediate handling (for cleanup etc.) needs to be
  3522 followed by re-raising of the original exception.  Another common
  3523 source of mistakes are "handle _" patterns, which make the meaning of
  3524 the program subject to physical effects of the environment.
  3525 
  3526 
  3527 
  3528 New in Isabelle2009-2 (June 2010)
  3529 ---------------------------------
  3530 
  3531 *** General ***
  3532 
  3533 * Authentic syntax for *all* logical entities (type classes, type
  3534 constructors, term constants): provides simple and robust
  3535 correspondence between formal entities and concrete syntax.  Within
  3536 the parse tree / AST representations, "constants" are decorated by
  3537 their category (class, type, const) and spelled out explicitly with
  3538 their full internal name.
  3539 
  3540 Substantial INCOMPATIBILITY concerning low-level syntax declarations
  3541 and translations (translation rules and translation functions in ML).
  3542 Some hints on upgrading:
  3543 
  3544   - Many existing uses of 'syntax' and 'translations' can be replaced
  3545     by more modern 'type_notation', 'notation' and 'abbreviation',
  3546     which are independent of this issue.
  3547 
  3548   - 'translations' require markup within the AST; the term syntax
  3549     provides the following special forms:
  3550 
  3551       CONST c   -- produces syntax version of constant c from context
  3552       XCONST c  -- literally c, checked as constant from context
  3553       c         -- literally c, if declared by 'syntax'
  3554 
  3555     Plain identifiers are treated as AST variables -- occasionally the
  3556     system indicates accidental variables via the error "rhs contains
  3557     extra variables".
  3558 
  3559     Type classes and type constructors are marked according to their
  3560     concrete syntax.  Some old translations rules need to be written
  3561     for the "type" category, using type constructor application
  3562     instead of pseudo-term application of the default category
  3563     "logic".
  3564 
  3565   - 'parse_translation' etc. in ML may use the following
  3566     antiquotations:
  3567 
  3568       @{class_syntax c}   -- type class c within parse tree / AST
  3569       @{term_syntax c}    -- type constructor c within parse tree / AST
  3570       @{const_syntax c}   -- ML version of "CONST c" above
  3571       @{syntax_const c}   -- literally c (checked wrt. 'syntax' declarations)
  3572 
  3573   - Literal types within 'typed_print_translations', i.e. those *not*
  3574     represented as pseudo-terms are represented verbatim.  Use @{class
  3575     c} or @{type_name c} here instead of the above syntax
  3576     antiquotations.
  3577 
  3578 Note that old non-authentic syntax was based on unqualified base
  3579 names, so all of the above "constant" names would coincide.  Recall
  3580 that 'print_syntax' and ML_command "set Syntax.trace_ast" help to
  3581 diagnose syntax problems.
  3582 
  3583 * Type constructors admit general mixfix syntax, not just infix.
  3584 
  3585 * Concrete syntax may be attached to local entities without a proof
  3586 body, too.  This works via regular mixfix annotations for 'fix',
  3587 'def', 'obtain' etc. or via the explicit 'write' command, which is
  3588 similar to the 'notation' command in theory specifications.
  3589 
  3590 * Discontinued unnamed infix syntax (legacy feature for many years) --
  3591 need to specify constant name and syntax separately.  Internal ML
  3592 datatype constructors have been renamed from InfixName to Infix etc.
  3593 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3594 
  3595 * Schematic theorem statements need to be explicitly markup as such,
  3596 via commands 'schematic_lemma', 'schematic_theorem',
  3597 'schematic_corollary'.  Thus the relevance of the proof is made
  3598 syntactically clear, which impacts performance in a parallel or
  3599 asynchronous interactive environment.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3600 
  3601 * Use of cumulative prems via "!" in some proof methods has been
  3602 discontinued (old legacy feature).
  3603 
  3604 * References 'trace_simp' and 'debug_simp' have been replaced by
  3605 configuration options stored in the context. Enabling tracing (the
  3606 case of debugging is similar) in proofs works via
  3607 
  3608   using [[trace_simp = true]]
  3609 
  3610 Tracing is then active for all invocations of the simplifier in
  3611 subsequent goal refinement steps. Tracing may also still be enabled or
  3612 disabled via the ProofGeneral settings menu.
  3613 
  3614 * Separate commands 'hide_class', 'hide_type', 'hide_const',
  3615 'hide_fact' replace the former 'hide' KIND command.  Minor
  3616 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3617 
  3618 * Improved parallelism of proof term normalization: usedir -p2 -q0 is
  3619 more efficient than combinations with -q1 or -q2.
  3620 
  3621 
  3622 *** Pure ***
  3623 
  3624 * Proofterms record type-class reasoning explicitly, using the
  3625 "unconstrain" operation internally.  This eliminates all sort
  3626 constraints from a theorem and proof, introducing explicit
  3627 OFCLASS-premises.  On the proof term level, this operation is
  3628 automatically applied at theorem boundaries, such that closed proofs
  3629 are always free of sort constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools that
  3630 inspect proof terms.
  3631 
  3632 * Local theory specifications may depend on extra type variables that
  3633 are not present in the result type -- arguments TYPE('a) :: 'a itself
  3634 are added internally.  For example:
  3635 
  3636   definition unitary :: bool where "unitary = (ALL (x::'a) y. x = y)"
  3637 
  3638 * Predicates of locales introduced by classes carry a mandatory
  3639 "class" prefix.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3640 
  3641 * Vacuous class specifications observe default sort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3642 
  3643 * Old 'axclass' command has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  3644 'class' instead.
  3645 
  3646 * Command 'code_reflect' allows to incorporate generated ML code into
  3647 runtime environment; replaces immature code_datatype antiquotation.
  3648 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3649 
  3650 * Code generator: simple concept for abstract datatypes obeying
  3651 invariants.
  3652 
  3653 * Code generator: details of internal data cache have no impact on the
  3654 user space functionality any longer.
  3655 
  3656 * Methods "unfold_locales" and "intro_locales" ignore non-locale
  3657 subgoals.  This is more appropriate for interpretations with 'where'.
  3658 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3659 
  3660 * Command 'example_proof' opens an empty proof body.  This allows to
  3661 experiment with Isar, without producing any persistent result.
  3662 
  3663 * Commands 'type_notation' and 'no_type_notation' declare type syntax
  3664 within a local theory context, with explicit checking of the
  3665 constructors involved (in contrast to the raw 'syntax' versions).
  3666 
  3667 * Commands 'types' and 'typedecl' now work within a local theory
  3668 context -- without introducing dependencies on parameters or
  3669 assumptions, which is not possible in Isabelle/Pure.
  3670 
  3671 * Command 'defaultsort' has been renamed to 'default_sort', it works
  3672 within a local theory context.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3673 
  3674 
  3675 *** HOL ***
  3676 
  3677 * Command 'typedef' now works within a local theory context -- without
  3678 introducing dependencies on parameters or assumptions, which is not
  3679 possible in Isabelle/Pure/HOL.  Note that the logical environment may
  3680 contain multiple interpretations of local typedefs (with different
  3681 non-emptiness proofs), even in a global theory context.
  3682 
  3683 * New package for quotient types.  Commands 'quotient_type' and
  3684 'quotient_definition' may be used for defining types and constants by
  3685 quotient constructions.  An example is the type of integers created by
  3686 quotienting pairs of natural numbers:
  3687 
  3688   fun
  3689     intrel :: "(nat * nat) => (nat * nat) => bool"
  3690   where
  3691     "intrel (x, y) (u, v) = (x + v = u + y)"
  3692 
  3693   quotient_type int = "nat * nat" / intrel
  3694     by (auto simp add: equivp_def expand_fun_eq)
  3695 
  3696   quotient_definition
  3697     "0::int" is "(0::nat, 0::nat)"
  3698 
  3699 The method "lifting" can be used to lift of theorems from the
  3700 underlying "raw" type to the quotient type.  The example
  3701 src/HOL/Quotient_Examples/FSet.thy includes such a quotient
  3702 construction and provides a reasoning infrastructure for finite sets.
  3703 
  3704 * Renamed Library/Quotient.thy to Library/Quotient_Type.thy to avoid
  3705 clash with new theory Quotient in Main HOL.
  3706 
  3707 * Moved the SMT binding into the main HOL session, eliminating
  3708 separate HOL-SMT session.
  3709 
  3710 * List membership infix mem operation is only an input abbreviation.
  3711 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3712 
  3713 * Theory Library/Word.thy has been removed.  Use library Word/Word.thy
  3714 for future developements; former Library/Word.thy is still present in
  3715 the AFP entry RSAPPS.
  3716 
  3717 * Theorem Int.int_induct renamed to Int.int_of_nat_induct and is no
  3718 longer shadowed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3719 
  3720 * Dropped theorem duplicate comp_arith; use semiring_norm instead.
  3721 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3722 
  3723 * Dropped theorem RealPow.real_sq_order; use power2_le_imp_le instead.
  3724 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3725 
  3726 * Dropped normalizing_semiring etc; use the facts in semiring classes
  3727 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3728 
  3729 * Dropped several real-specific versions of lemmas about floor and
  3730 ceiling; use the generic lemmas from theory "Archimedean_Field"
  3731 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3732 
  3733   floor_number_of_eq         ~> floor_number_of
  3734   le_floor_eq_number_of      ~> number_of_le_floor
  3735   le_floor_eq_zero           ~> zero_le_floor
  3736   le_floor_eq_one            ~> one_le_floor
  3737   floor_less_eq_number_of    ~> floor_less_number_of
  3738   floor_less_eq_zero         ~> floor_less_zero
  3739   floor_less_eq_one          ~> floor_less_one
  3740   less_floor_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_less_floor
  3741   less_floor_eq_zero         ~> zero_less_floor
  3742   less_floor_eq_one          ~> one_less_floor
  3743   floor_le_eq_number_of      ~> floor_le_number_of
  3744   floor_le_eq_zero           ~> floor_le_zero
  3745   floor_le_eq_one            ~> floor_le_one
  3746   floor_subtract_number_of   ~> floor_diff_number_of
  3747   floor_subtract_one         ~> floor_diff_one
  3748   ceiling_number_of_eq       ~> ceiling_number_of
  3749   ceiling_le_eq_number_of    ~> ceiling_le_number_of
  3750   ceiling_le_zero_eq         ~> ceiling_le_zero
  3751   ceiling_le_eq_one          ~> ceiling_le_one
  3752   less_ceiling_eq_number_of  ~> number_of_less_ceiling
  3753   less_ceiling_eq_zero       ~> zero_less_ceiling
  3754   less_ceiling_eq_one        ~> one_less_ceiling
  3755   ceiling_less_eq_number_of  ~> ceiling_less_number_of
  3756   ceiling_less_eq_zero       ~> ceiling_less_zero
  3757   ceiling_less_eq_one        ~> ceiling_less_one
  3758   le_ceiling_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_le_ceiling
  3759   le_ceiling_eq_zero         ~> zero_le_ceiling
  3760   le_ceiling_eq_one          ~> one_le_ceiling
  3761   ceiling_subtract_number_of ~> ceiling_diff_number_of
  3762   ceiling_subtract_one       ~> ceiling_diff_one
  3763 
  3764 * Theory "Finite_Set": various folding_XXX locales facilitate the
  3765 application of the various fold combinators on finite sets.
  3766 
  3767 * Library theory "RBT" renamed to "RBT_Impl"; new library theory "RBT"
  3768 provides abstract red-black tree type which is backed by "RBT_Impl" as
  3769 implementation.  INCOMPATIBILTY.
  3770 
  3771 * Theory Library/Coinductive_List has been removed -- superseded by
  3772 AFP/thys/Coinductive.
  3773 
  3774 * Theory PReal, including the type "preal" and related operations, has
  3775 been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3776 
  3777 * Real: new development using Cauchy Sequences.
  3778 
  3779 * Split off theory "Big_Operators" containing setsum, setprod,
  3780 Inf_fin, Sup_fin, Min, Max from theory Finite_Set.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3781 
  3782 * Theory "Rational" renamed to "Rat", for consistency with "Nat",
  3783 "Int" etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3784 
  3785 * Constant Rat.normalize needs to be qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3786 
  3787 * New set of rules "ac_simps" provides combined assoc / commute
  3788 rewrites for all interpretations of the appropriate generic locales.
  3789 
  3790 * Renamed theory "OrderedGroup" to "Groups" and split theory
  3791 "Ring_and_Field" into theories "Rings" and "Fields"; for more
  3792 appropriate and more consistent names suitable for name prefixes
  3793 within the HOL theories.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3794 
  3795 * Some generic constants have been put to appropriate theories:
  3796   - less_eq, less: Orderings
  3797   - zero, one, plus, minus, uminus, times, abs, sgn: Groups
  3798   - inverse, divide: Rings
  3799 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3800 
  3801 * More consistent naming of type classes involving orderings (and
  3802 lattices):
  3803 
  3804     lower_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_inf
  3805     upper_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_sup
  3806 
  3807     dense_linear_order                  ~> dense_linorder
  3808 
  3809     pordered_ab_group_add               ~> ordered_ab_group_add
  3810     pordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> ordered_ab_group_add_abs
  3811     pordered_ab_semigroup_add           ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add
  3812     pordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le    ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le
  3813     pordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add    ~> ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  3814     pordered_cancel_comm_semiring       ~> ordered_cancel_comm_semiring
  3815     pordered_cancel_semiring            ~> ordered_cancel_semiring
  3816     pordered_comm_monoid_add            ~> ordered_comm_monoid_add
  3817     pordered_comm_ring                  ~> ordered_comm_ring
  3818     pordered_comm_semiring              ~> ordered_comm_semiring
  3819     pordered_ring                       ~> ordered_ring
  3820     pordered_ring_abs                   ~> ordered_ring_abs
  3821     pordered_semiring                   ~> ordered_semiring
  3822 
  3823     ordered_ab_group_add                ~> linordered_ab_group_add
  3824     ordered_ab_semigroup_add            ~> linordered_ab_semigroup_add
  3825     ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add     ~> linordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  3826     ordered_comm_semiring_strict        ~> linordered_comm_semiring_strict
  3827     ordered_field                       ~> linordered_field
  3828     ordered_field_no_lb                 ~> linordered_field_no_lb
  3829     ordered_field_no_ub                 ~> linordered_field_no_ub
  3830     ordered_field_dense_linear_order    ~> dense_linordered_field
  3831     ordered_idom                        ~> linordered_idom
  3832     ordered_ring                        ~> linordered_ring
  3833     ordered_ring_le_cancel_factor       ~> linordered_ring_le_cancel_factor
  3834     ordered_ring_less_cancel_factor     ~> linordered_ring_less_cancel_factor
  3835     ordered_ring_strict                 ~> linordered_ring_strict
  3836     ordered_semidom                     ~> linordered_semidom
  3837     ordered_semiring                    ~> linordered_semiring
  3838     ordered_semiring_1                  ~> linordered_semiring_1
  3839     ordered_semiring_1_strict           ~> linordered_semiring_1_strict
  3840     ordered_semiring_strict             ~> linordered_semiring_strict
  3841 
  3842   The following slightly odd type classes have been moved to a
  3843   separate theory Library/Lattice_Algebras:
  3844 
  3845     lordered_ab_group_add               ~> lattice_ab_group_add
  3846     lordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> lattice_ab_group_add_abs
  3847     lordered_ab_group_add_meet          ~> semilattice_inf_ab_group_add
  3848     lordered_ab_group_add_join          ~> semilattice_sup_ab_group_add
  3849     lordered_ring                       ~> lattice_ring
  3850 
  3851 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3852 
  3853 * Refined field classes:
  3854   - classes division_ring_inverse_zero, field_inverse_zero,
  3855     linordered_field_inverse_zero include rule inverse 0 = 0 --
  3856     subsumes former division_by_zero class;
  3857   - numerous lemmas have been ported from field to division_ring.
  3858 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3859 
  3860 * Refined algebra theorem collections:
  3861   - dropped theorem group group_simps, use algebra_simps instead;
  3862   - dropped theorem group ring_simps, use field_simps instead;
  3863   - proper theorem collection field_simps subsumes former theorem
  3864     groups field_eq_simps and field_simps;
  3865   - dropped lemma eq_minus_self_iff which is a duplicate for
  3866     equal_neg_zero.
  3867 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3868 
  3869 * Theory Finite_Set and List: some lemmas have been generalized from
  3870 sets to lattices:
  3871 
  3872   fun_left_comm_idem_inter      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_inf
  3873   fun_left_comm_idem_union      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_sup
  3874   inter_Inter_fold_inter        ~> inf_Inf_fold_inf
  3875   union_Union_fold_union        ~> sup_Sup_fold_sup
  3876   Inter_fold_inter              ~> Inf_fold_inf
  3877   Union_fold_union              ~> Sup_fold_sup
  3878   inter_INTER_fold_inter        ~> inf_INFI_fold_inf
  3879   union_UNION_fold_union        ~> sup_SUPR_fold_sup
  3880   INTER_fold_inter              ~> INFI_fold_inf
  3881   UNION_fold_union              ~> SUPR_fold_sup
  3882 
  3883 * Theory "Complete_Lattice": lemmas top_def and bot_def have been
  3884 replaced by the more convenient lemmas Inf_empty and Sup_empty.
  3885 Dropped lemmas Inf_insert_simp and Sup_insert_simp, which are subsumed
  3886 by Inf_insert and Sup_insert.  Lemmas Inf_UNIV and Sup_UNIV replace
  3887 former Inf_Univ and Sup_Univ.  Lemmas inf_top_right and sup_bot_right
  3888 subsume inf_top and sup_bot respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3889 
  3890 * Reorganized theory Multiset: swapped notation of pointwise and
  3891 multiset order:
  3892 
  3893   - pointwise ordering is instance of class order with standard syntax
  3894     <= and <;
  3895   - multiset ordering has syntax <=# and <#; partial order properties
  3896     are provided by means of interpretation with prefix
  3897     multiset_order;
  3898   - less duplication, less historical organization of sections,
  3899     conversion from associations lists to multisets, rudimentary code
  3900     generation;
  3901   - use insert_DiffM2 [symmetric] instead of elem_imp_eq_diff_union,
  3902     if needed.
  3903 
  3904 Renamed:
  3905 
  3906   multiset_eq_conv_count_eq  ~>  multiset_ext_iff
  3907   multi_count_ext  ~>  multiset_ext
  3908   diff_union_inverse2  ~>  diff_union_cancelR
  3909 
  3910 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3911 
  3912 * Theory Permutation: replaced local "remove" by List.remove1.
  3913 
  3914 * Code generation: ML and OCaml code is decorated with signatures.
  3915 
  3916 * Theory List: added transpose.
  3917 
  3918 * Library/Nat_Bijection.thy is a collection of bijective functions
  3919 between nat and other types, which supersedes the older libraries
  3920 Library/Nat_Int_Bij.thy and HOLCF/NatIso.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3921 
  3922   Constants:
  3923   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat         ~> prod_encode
  3924   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2         ~> prod_decode
  3925   Nat_Int_Bij.int_to_nat_bij      ~> int_encode
  3926   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_int_bij      ~> int_decode
  3927   Countable.pair_encode           ~> prod_encode
  3928   NatIso.prod2nat                 ~> prod_encode
  3929   NatIso.nat2prod                 ~> prod_decode
  3930   NatIso.sum2nat                  ~> sum_encode
  3931   NatIso.nat2sum                  ~> sum_decode
  3932   NatIso.list2nat                 ~> list_encode
  3933   NatIso.nat2list                 ~> list_decode
  3934   NatIso.set2nat                  ~> set_encode
  3935   NatIso.nat2set                  ~> set_decode
  3936 
  3937   Lemmas:
  3938   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  3939   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_inj     ~> inj_prod_encode
  3940   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_surj    ~> surj_prod_encode
  3941   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_inj     ~> inj_prod_decode
  3942   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_surj    ~> surj_prod_decode
  3943   Nat_Int_Bij.i2n_n2i_id          ~> int_encode_inverse
  3944   Nat_Int_Bij.n2i_i2n_id          ~> int_decode_inverse
  3945   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_nat_to_int_bij ~> surj_int_encode
  3946   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_int_to_nat_bij ~> surj_int_decode
  3947   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_nat_to_int_bij  ~> inj_int_encode
  3948   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_int_to_nat_bij  ~> inj_int_decode
  3949   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_encode
  3950   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_int_to_nat_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  3951 
  3952 * Sledgehammer:
  3953   - Renamed ATP commands:
  3954     atp_info     ~> sledgehammer running_atps
  3955     atp_kill     ~> sledgehammer kill_atps
  3956     atp_messages ~> sledgehammer messages
  3957     atp_minimize ~> sledgehammer minimize
  3958     print_atps   ~> sledgehammer available_atps
  3959     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3960   - Added user's manual ("isabelle doc sledgehammer").
  3961   - Added option syntax and "sledgehammer_params" to customize
  3962     Sledgehammer's behavior.  See the manual for details.
  3963   - Modified the Isar proof reconstruction code so that it produces
  3964     direct proofs rather than proofs by contradiction.  (This feature
  3965     is still experimental.)
  3966   - Made Isar proof reconstruction work for SPASS, remote ATPs, and in
  3967     full-typed mode.
  3968   - Added support for TPTP syntax for SPASS via the "spass_tptp" ATP.
  3969 
  3970 * Nitpick:
  3971   - Added and implemented "binary_ints" and "bits" options.
  3972   - Added "std" option and implemented support for nonstandard models.
  3973   - Added and implemented "finitize" option to improve the precision
  3974     of infinite datatypes based on a monotonicity analysis.
  3975   - Added support for quotient types.
  3976   - Added support for "specification" and "ax_specification"
  3977     constructs.
  3978   - Added support for local definitions (for "function" and
  3979     "termination" proofs).
  3980   - Added support for term postprocessors.
  3981   - Optimized "Multiset.multiset" and "FinFun.finfun".
  3982   - Improved efficiency of "destroy_constrs" optimization.
  3983   - Fixed soundness bugs related to "destroy_constrs" optimization and
  3984     record getters.
  3985   - Fixed soundness bug related to higher-order constructors.
  3986   - Fixed soundness bug when "full_descrs" is enabled.
  3987   - Improved precision of set constructs.
  3988   - Added "atoms" option.
  3989   - Added cache to speed up repeated Kodkod invocations on the same
  3990     problems.
  3991   - Renamed "MiniSatJNI", "zChaffJNI", "BerkMinAlloy", and
  3992     "SAT4JLight" to "MiniSat_JNI", "zChaff_JNI", "BerkMin_Alloy", and
  3993     "SAT4J_Light".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3994   - Removed "skolemize", "uncurry", "sym_break", "flatten_prop",
  3995     "sharing_depth", and "show_skolems" options.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3996   - Removed "nitpick_intro" attribute.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3997 
  3998 * Method "induct" now takes instantiations of the form t, where t is not
  3999   a variable, as a shorthand for "x == t", where x is a fresh variable.
  4000   If this is not intended, t has to be enclosed in parentheses.
  4001   By default, the equalities generated by definitional instantiations
  4002   are pre-simplified, which may cause parameters of inductive cases
  4003   to disappear, or may even delete some of the inductive cases.
  4004   Use "induct (no_simp)" instead of "induct" to restore the old
  4005   behaviour. The (no_simp) option is also understood by the "cases"
  4006   and "nominal_induct" methods, which now perform pre-simplification, too.
  4007   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4008 
  4009 
  4010 *** HOLCF ***
  4011 
  4012 * Variable names in lemmas generated by the domain package have
  4013 changed; the naming scheme is now consistent with the HOL datatype
  4014 package.  Some proof scripts may be affected, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4015 
  4016 * The domain package no longer defines the function "foo_copy" for
  4017 recursive domain "foo".  The reach lemma is now stated directly in
  4018 terms of "foo_take".  Lemmas and proofs that mention "foo_copy" must
  4019 be reformulated in terms of "foo_take", INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4020 
  4021 * Most definedness lemmas generated by the domain package (previously
  4022 of the form "x ~= UU ==> foo$x ~= UU") now have an if-and-only-if form
  4023 like "foo$x = UU <-> x = UU", which works better as a simp rule.
  4024 Proofs that used definedness lemmas as intro rules may break,
  4025 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4026 
  4027 * Induction and casedist rules generated by the domain package now
  4028 declare proper case_names (one called "bottom", and one named for each
  4029 constructor).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4030 
  4031 * For mutually-recursive domains, separate "reach" and "take_lemma"
  4032 rules are generated for each domain, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4033 
  4034   foo_bar.reach       ~> foo.reach  bar.reach
  4035   foo_bar.take_lemmas ~> foo.take_lemma  bar.take_lemma
  4036 
  4037 * Some lemmas generated by the domain package have been renamed for
  4038 consistency with the datatype package, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4039 
  4040   foo.ind        ~> foo.induct
  4041   foo.finite_ind ~> foo.finite_induct
  4042   foo.coind      ~> foo.coinduct
  4043   foo.casedist   ~> foo.exhaust
  4044   foo.exhaust    ~> foo.nchotomy
  4045 
  4046 * For consistency with other definition packages, the fixrec package
  4047 now generates qualified theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4048 
  4049   foo_simps  ~> foo.simps
  4050   foo_unfold ~> foo.unfold
  4051   foo_induct ~> foo.induct
  4052 
  4053 * The "fixrec_simp" attribute has been removed.  The "fixrec_simp"
  4054 method and internal fixrec proofs now use the default simpset instead.
  4055 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4056 
  4057 * The "contlub" predicate has been removed.  Proof scripts should use
  4058 lemma contI2 in place of monocontlub2cont, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4059 
  4060 * The "admw" predicate has been removed, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4061 
  4062 * The constants cpair, cfst, and csnd have been removed in favor of
  4063 Pair, fst, and snd from Isabelle/HOL, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4064 
  4065 
  4066 *** ML ***
  4067 
  4068 * Antiquotations for basic formal entities:
  4069 
  4070     @{class NAME}         -- type class
  4071     @{class_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of the above
  4072 
  4073     @{type_name NAME}     -- logical type
  4074     @{type_abbrev NAME}   -- type abbreviation
  4075     @{nonterminal NAME}   -- type of concrete syntactic category
  4076     @{type_syntax NAME}   -- syntax representation of any of the above
  4077 
  4078     @{const_name NAME}    -- logical constant (INCOMPATIBILITY)
  4079     @{const_abbrev NAME}  -- abbreviated constant
  4080     @{const_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of any of the above
  4081 
  4082 * Antiquotation @{syntax_const NAME} ensures that NAME refers to a raw
  4083 syntax constant (cf. 'syntax' command).
  4084 
  4085 * Antiquotation @{make_string} inlines a function to print arbitrary
  4086 values similar to the ML toplevel.  The result is compiler dependent
  4087 and may fall back on "?" in certain situations.
  4088 
  4089 * Diagnostic commands 'ML_val' and 'ML_command' may refer to
  4090 antiquotations @{Isar.state} and @{Isar.goal}.  This replaces impure
  4091 Isar.state() and Isar.goal(), which belong to the old TTY loop and do
  4092 not work with the asynchronous Isar document model.
  4093 
  4094 * Configuration options now admit dynamic default values, depending on
  4095 the context or even global references.
  4096 
  4097 * SHA1.digest digests strings according to SHA-1 (see RFC 3174).  It
  4098 uses an efficient external library if available (for Poly/ML).
  4099 
  4100 * Renamed some important ML structures, while keeping the old names
  4101 for some time as aliases within the structure Legacy:
  4102 
  4103   OuterKeyword  ~>  Keyword
  4104   OuterLex      ~>  Token
  4105   OuterParse    ~>  Parse
  4106   OuterSyntax   ~>  Outer_Syntax
  4107   PrintMode     ~>  Print_Mode
  4108   SpecParse     ~>  Parse_Spec
  4109   ThyInfo       ~>  Thy_Info
  4110   ThyLoad       ~>  Thy_Load
  4111   ThyOutput     ~>  Thy_Output
  4112   TypeInfer     ~>  Type_Infer
  4113 
  4114 Note that "open Legacy" simplifies porting of sources, but forgetting
  4115 to remove it again will complicate porting again in the future.
  4116 
  4117 * Most operations that refer to a global context are named
  4118 accordingly, e.g. Simplifier.global_context or
  4119 ProofContext.init_global.  There are some situations where a global
  4120 context actually works, but under normal circumstances one needs to
  4121 pass the proper local context through the code!
  4122 
  4123 * Discontinued old TheoryDataFun with its copy/init operation -- data
  4124 needs to be pure.  Functor Theory_Data_PP retains the traditional
  4125 Pretty.pp argument to merge, which is absent in the standard
  4126 Theory_Data version.
  4127 
  4128 * Sorts.certify_sort and derived "cert" operations for types and terms
  4129 no longer minimize sorts.  Thus certification at the boundary of the
  4130 inference kernel becomes invariant under addition of class relations,
  4131 which is an important monotonicity principle.  Sorts are now minimized
  4132 in the syntax layer only, at the boundary between the end-user and the
  4133 system.  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY, may have to use Sign.minimize_sort
  4134 explicitly in rare situations.
  4135 
  4136 * Renamed old-style Drule.standard to Drule.export_without_context, to
  4137 emphasize that this is in no way a standard operation.
  4138 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4139 
  4140 * Subgoal.FOCUS (and variants): resulting goal state is normalized as
  4141 usual for resolution.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4142 
  4143 * Renamed varify/unvarify operations to varify_global/unvarify_global
  4144 to emphasize that these only work in a global situation (which is
  4145 quite rare).
  4146 
  4147 * Curried take and drop in library.ML; negative length is interpreted
  4148 as infinity (as in chop).  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4149 
  4150 * Proof terms: type substitutions on proof constants now use canonical
  4151 order of type variables.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools working with proof
  4152 terms.
  4153 
  4154 * Raw axioms/defs may no longer carry sort constraints, and raw defs
  4155 may no longer carry premises.  User-level specifications are
  4156 transformed accordingly by Thm.add_axiom/add_def.
  4157 
  4158 
  4159 *** System ***
  4160 
  4161 * Discontinued special HOL_USEDIR_OPTIONS for the main HOL image;
  4162 ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS applies uniformly to all sessions.  Note that
  4163 proof terms are enabled unconditionally in the new HOL-Proofs image.
  4164 
  4165 * Discontinued old ISABELLE and ISATOOL environment settings (legacy
  4166 feature since Isabelle2009).  Use ISABELLE_PROCESS and ISABELLE_TOOL,
  4167 respectively.
  4168 
  4169 * Old lib/scripts/polyml-platform is superseded by the
  4170 ISABELLE_PLATFORM setting variable, which defaults to the 32 bit
  4171 variant, even on a 64 bit machine.  The following example setting
  4172 prefers 64 bit if available:
  4173 
  4174   ML_PLATFORM="${ISABELLE_PLATFORM64:-$ISABELLE_PLATFORM}"
  4175 
  4176 * The preliminary Isabelle/jEdit application demonstrates the emerging
  4177 Isabelle/Scala layer for advanced prover interaction and integration.
  4178 See src/Tools/jEdit or "isabelle jedit" provided by the properly built
  4179 component.
  4180 
  4181 * "IsabelleText" is a Unicode font derived from Bitstream Vera Mono
  4182 and Bluesky TeX fonts.  It provides the usual Isabelle symbols,
  4183 similar to the default assignment of the document preparation system
  4184 (cf. isabellesym.sty).  The Isabelle/Scala class Isabelle_System
  4185 provides some operations for direct access to the font without asking
  4186 the user for manual installation.
  4187 
  4188 
  4189 
  4190 New in Isabelle2009-1 (December 2009)
  4191 -------------------------------------
  4192 
  4193 *** General ***
  4194 
  4195 * Discontinued old form of "escaped symbols" such as \\<forall>.  Only
  4196 one backslash should be used, even in ML sources.
  4197 
  4198 
  4199 *** Pure ***
  4200 
  4201 * Locale interpretation propagates mixins along the locale hierarchy.
  4202 The currently only available mixins are the equations used to map
  4203 local definitions to terms of the target domain of an interpretation.
  4204 
  4205 * Reactivated diagnostic command 'print_interps'.  Use "print_interps
  4206 loc" to print all interpretations of locale "loc" in the theory.
  4207 Interpretations in proofs are not shown.
  4208 
  4209 * Thoroughly revised locales tutorial.  New section on conditional
  4210 interpretation.
  4211 
  4212 * On instantiation of classes, remaining undefined class parameters
  4213 are formally declared.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4214 
  4215 
  4216 *** Document preparation ***
  4217 
  4218 * New generalized style concept for printing terms: @{foo (style) ...}
  4219 instead of @{foo_style style ...}  (old form is still retained for
  4220 backward compatibility).  Styles can be also applied for
  4221 antiquotations prop, term_type and typeof.
  4222 
  4223 
  4224 *** HOL ***
  4225 
  4226 * New proof method "smt" for a combination of first-order logic with
  4227 equality, linear and nonlinear (natural/integer/real) arithmetic, and
  4228 fixed-size bitvectors; there is also basic support for higher-order
  4229 features (esp. lambda abstractions).  It is an incomplete decision
  4230 procedure based on external SMT solvers using the oracle mechanism;
  4231 for the SMT solver Z3, this method is proof-producing.  Certificates
  4232 are provided to avoid calling the external solvers solely for
  4233 re-checking proofs.  Due to a remote SMT service there is no need for
  4234 installing SMT solvers locally.  See src/HOL/SMT.
  4235 
  4236 * New commands to load and prove verification conditions generated by
  4237 the Boogie program verifier or derived systems (e.g. the Verifying C
  4238 Compiler (VCC) or Spec#).  See src/HOL/Boogie.
  4239 
  4240 * New counterexample generator tool 'nitpick' based on the Kodkod
  4241 relational model finder.  See src/HOL/Tools/Nitpick and
  4242 src/HOL/Nitpick_Examples.
  4243 
  4244 * New commands 'code_pred' and 'values' to invoke the predicate
  4245 compiler and to enumerate values of inductive predicates.
  4246 
  4247 * A tabled implementation of the reflexive transitive closure.
  4248 
  4249 * New implementation of quickcheck uses generic code generator;
  4250 default generators are provided for all suitable HOL types, records
  4251 and datatypes.  Old quickcheck can be re-activated importing theory
  4252 Library/SML_Quickcheck.
  4253 
  4254 * New testing tool Mirabelle for automated proof tools.  Applies
  4255 several tools and tactics like sledgehammer, metis, or quickcheck, to
  4256 every proof step in a theory.  To be used in batch mode via the
  4257 "mirabelle" utility.
  4258 
  4259 * New proof method "sos" (sum of squares) for nonlinear real
  4260 arithmetic (originally due to John Harison). It requires theory
  4261 Library/Sum_Of_Squares.  It is not a complete decision procedure but
  4262 works well in practice on quantifier-free real arithmetic with +, -,
  4263 *, ^, =, <= and <, i.e. boolean combinations of equalities and
  4264 inequalities between polynomials.  It makes use of external
  4265 semidefinite programming solvers.  Method "sos" generates a
  4266 certificate that can be pasted into the proof thus avoiding the need
  4267 to call an external tool every time the proof is checked.  See
  4268 src/HOL/Library/Sum_Of_Squares.
  4269 
  4270 * New method "linarith" invokes existing linear arithmetic decision
  4271 procedure only.
  4272 
  4273 * New command 'atp_minimal' reduces result produced by Sledgehammer.
  4274 
  4275 * New Sledgehammer option "Full Types" in Proof General settings menu.
  4276 Causes full type information to be output to the ATPs.  This slows
  4277 ATPs down considerably but eliminates a source of unsound "proofs"
  4278 that fail later.
  4279 
  4280 * New method "metisFT": A version of metis that uses full type
  4281 information in order to avoid failures of proof reconstruction.
  4282 
  4283 * New evaluator "approximate" approximates an real valued term using
  4284 the same method as the approximation method.
  4285 
  4286 * Method "approximate" now supports arithmetic expressions as
  4287 boundaries of intervals and implements interval splitting and Taylor
  4288 series expansion.
  4289 
  4290 * ML antiquotation @{code_datatype} inserts definition of a datatype
  4291 generated by the code generator; e.g. see src/HOL/Predicate.thy.
  4292 
  4293 * New theory SupInf of the supremum and infimum operators for sets of
  4294 reals.
  4295 
  4296 * New theory Probability, which contains a development of measure
  4297 theory, eventually leading to Lebesgue integration and probability.
  4298 
  4299 * Extended Multivariate Analysis to include derivation and Brouwer's
  4300 fixpoint theorem.
  4301 
  4302 * Reorganization of number theory, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  4303   - new number theory development for nat and int, in theories Divides
  4304     and GCD as well as in new session Number_Theory
  4305   - some constants and facts now suffixed with _nat and _int
  4306     accordingly
  4307   - former session NumberTheory now named Old_Number_Theory, including
  4308     theories Legacy_GCD and Primes (prefer Number_Theory if possible)
  4309   - moved theory Pocklington from src/HOL/Library to
  4310     src/HOL/Old_Number_Theory
  4311 
  4312 * Theory GCD includes functions Gcd/GCD and Lcm/LCM for the gcd and
  4313 lcm of finite and infinite sets. It is shown that they form a complete
  4314 lattice.
  4315 
  4316 * Class semiring_div requires superclass no_zero_divisors and proof of
  4317 div_mult_mult1; theorems div_mult_mult1, div_mult_mult2,
  4318 div_mult_mult1_if, div_mult_mult1 and div_mult_mult2 have been
  4319 generalized to class semiring_div, subsuming former theorems
  4320 zdiv_zmult_zmult1, zdiv_zmult_zmult1_if, zdiv_zmult_zmult1 and
  4321 zdiv_zmult_zmult2.  div_mult_mult1 is now [simp] by default.
  4322 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4323 
  4324 * Refinements to lattice classes and sets:
  4325   - less default intro/elim rules in locale variant, more default
  4326     intro/elim rules in class variant: more uniformity
  4327   - lemma ge_sup_conv renamed to le_sup_iff, in accordance with
  4328     le_inf_iff
  4329   - dropped lemma alias inf_ACI for inf_aci (same for sup_ACI and
  4330     sup_aci)
  4331   - renamed ACI to inf_sup_aci
  4332   - new class "boolean_algebra"
  4333   - class "complete_lattice" moved to separate theory
  4334     "Complete_Lattice"; corresponding constants (and abbreviations)
  4335     renamed and with authentic syntax:
  4336     Set.Inf ~>    Complete_Lattice.Inf
  4337     Set.Sup ~>    Complete_Lattice.Sup
  4338     Set.INFI ~>   Complete_Lattice.INFI
  4339     Set.SUPR ~>   Complete_Lattice.SUPR
  4340     Set.Inter ~>  Complete_Lattice.Inter
  4341     Set.Union ~>  Complete_Lattice.Union
  4342     Set.INTER ~>  Complete_Lattice.INTER
  4343     Set.UNION ~>  Complete_Lattice.UNION
  4344   - authentic syntax for
  4345     Set.Pow
  4346     Set.image
  4347   - mere abbreviations:
  4348     Set.empty               (for bot)
  4349     Set.UNIV                (for top)
  4350     Set.inter               (for inf, formerly Set.Int)
  4351     Set.union               (for sup, formerly Set.Un)
  4352     Complete_Lattice.Inter  (for Inf)
  4353     Complete_Lattice.Union  (for Sup)
  4354     Complete_Lattice.INTER  (for INFI)
  4355     Complete_Lattice.UNION  (for SUPR)
  4356   - object-logic definitions as far as appropriate
  4357 
  4358 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Care is required when theorems Int_subset_iff or
  4359 Un_subset_iff are explicitly deleted as default simp rules; then also
  4360 their lattice counterparts le_inf_iff and le_sup_iff have to be
  4361 deleted to achieve the desired effect.
  4362 
  4363 * Rules inf_absorb1, inf_absorb2, sup_absorb1, sup_absorb2 are no simp
  4364 rules by default any longer; the same applies to min_max.inf_absorb1
  4365 etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4366 
  4367 * Rules sup_Int_eq and sup_Un_eq are no longer declared as
  4368 pred_set_conv by default.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4369 
  4370 * Power operations on relations and functions are now one dedicated
  4371 constant "compow" with infix syntax "^^".  Power operation on
  4372 multiplicative monoids retains syntax "^" and is now defined generic
  4373 in class power.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4374 
  4375 * Relation composition "R O S" now has a more standard argument order:
  4376 "R O S = {(x, z). EX y. (x, y) : R & (y, z) : S}".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  4377 rewrite propositions with "S O R" --> "R O S". Proofs may occasionally
  4378 break, since the O_assoc rule was not rewritten like this.  Fix using
  4379 O_assoc[symmetric].  The same applies to the curried version "R OO S".
  4380 
  4381 * Function "Inv" is renamed to "inv_into" and function "inv" is now an
  4382 abbreviation for "inv_into UNIV".  Lemmas are renamed accordingly.
  4383 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4384 
  4385 * Most rules produced by inductive and datatype package have mandatory
  4386 prefixes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4387 
  4388 * Changed "DERIV_intros" to a dynamic fact, which can be augmented by
  4389 the attribute of the same name.  Each of the theorems in the list
  4390 DERIV_intros assumes composition with an additional function and
  4391 matches a variable to the derivative, which has to be solved by the
  4392 Simplifier.  Hence (auto intro!: DERIV_intros) computes the derivative
  4393 of most elementary terms.  Former Maclauren.DERIV_tac and
  4394 Maclauren.deriv_tac should be replaced by (auto intro!: DERIV_intros).
  4395 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4396 
  4397 * Code generator attributes follow the usual underscore convention:
  4398     code_unfold     replaces    code unfold
  4399     code_post       replaces    code post
  4400     etc.
  4401   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4402 
  4403 * Renamed methods:
  4404     sizechange -> size_change
  4405     induct_scheme -> induction_schema
  4406   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4407 
  4408 * Discontinued abbreviation "arbitrary" of constant "undefined".
  4409 INCOMPATIBILITY, use "undefined" directly.
  4410 
  4411 * Renamed theorems:
  4412     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  4413     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1_left -> Suc_eq_plus1_left
  4414     Suc_plus1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  4415     *anti_sym -> *antisym*
  4416     vector_less_eq_def -> vector_le_def
  4417   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4418 
  4419 * Added theorem List.map_map as [simp].  Removed List.map_compose.
  4420 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4421 
  4422 * Removed predicate "M hassize n" (<--> card M = n & finite M).
  4423 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4424 
  4425 
  4426 *** HOLCF ***
  4427 
  4428 * Theory Representable defines a class "rep" of domains that are
  4429 representable (via an ep-pair) in the universal domain type "udom".
  4430 Instances are provided for all type constructors defined in HOLCF.
  4431 
  4432 * The 'new_domain' command is a purely definitional version of the
  4433 domain package, for representable domains.  Syntax is identical to the
  4434 old domain package.  The 'new_domain' package also supports indirect
  4435 recursion using previously-defined type constructors.  See
  4436 src/HOLCF/ex/New_Domain.thy for examples.
  4437 
  4438 * Method "fixrec_simp" unfolds one step of a fixrec-defined constant
  4439 on the left-hand side of an equation, and then performs
  4440 simplification.  Rewriting is done using rules declared with the
  4441 "fixrec_simp" attribute.  The "fixrec_simp" method is intended as a
  4442 replacement for "fixpat"; see src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples.
  4443 
  4444 * The pattern-match compiler in 'fixrec' can now handle constructors
  4445 with HOL function types.  Pattern-match combinators for the Pair
  4446 constructor are pre-configured.
  4447 
  4448 * The 'fixrec' package now produces better fixed-point induction rules
  4449 for mutually-recursive definitions:  Induction rules have conclusions
  4450 of the form "P foo bar" instead of "P <foo, bar>".
  4451 
  4452 * The constant "sq_le" (with infix syntax "<<" or "\<sqsubseteq>") has
  4453 been renamed to "below".  The name "below" now replaces "less" in many
  4454 theorem names.  (Legacy theorem names using "less" are still supported
  4455 as well.)
  4456 
  4457 * The 'fixrec' package now supports "bottom patterns".  Bottom
  4458 patterns can be used to generate strictness rules, or to make
  4459 functions more strict (much like the bang-patterns supported by the
  4460 Glasgow Haskell Compiler).  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  4461 examples.
  4462 
  4463 
  4464 *** ML ***
  4465 
  4466 * Support for Poly/ML 5.3.0, with improved reporting of compiler
  4467 errors and run-time exceptions, including detailed source positions.
  4468 
  4469 * Structure Name_Space (formerly NameSpace) now manages uniquely
  4470 identified entries, with some additional information such as source
  4471 position, logical grouping etc.
  4472 
  4473 * Theory and context data is now introduced by the simplified and
  4474 modernized functors Theory_Data, Proof_Data, Generic_Data.  Data needs
  4475 to be pure, but the old TheoryDataFun for mutable data (with explicit
  4476 copy operation) is still available for some time.
  4477 
  4478 * Structure Synchronized (cf. src/Pure/Concurrent/synchronized.ML)
  4479 provides a high-level programming interface to synchronized state
  4480 variables with atomic update.  This works via pure function
  4481 application within a critical section -- its runtime should be as
  4482 short as possible; beware of deadlocks if critical code is nested,
  4483 either directly or indirectly via other synchronized variables!
  4484 
  4485 * Structure Unsynchronized (cf. src/Pure/ML-Systems/unsynchronized.ML)
  4486 wraps raw ML references, explicitly indicating their non-thread-safe
  4487 behaviour.  The Isar toplevel keeps this structure open, to
  4488 accommodate Proof General as well as quick and dirty interactive
  4489 experiments with references.
  4490 
  4491 * PARALLEL_CHOICE and PARALLEL_GOALS provide basic support for
  4492 parallel tactical reasoning.
  4493 
  4494 * Tacticals Subgoal.FOCUS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PREMS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PARAMS
  4495 are similar to SUBPROOF, but are slightly more flexible: only the
  4496 specified parts of the subgoal are imported into the context, and the
  4497 body tactic may introduce new subgoals and schematic variables.
  4498 
  4499 * Old tactical METAHYPS, which does not observe the proof context, has
  4500 been renamed to Old_Goals.METAHYPS and awaits deletion.  Use SUBPROOF
  4501 or Subgoal.FOCUS etc.
  4502 
  4503 * Renamed functor TableFun to Table, and GraphFun to Graph.  (Since
  4504 functors have their own ML name space there is no point to mark them
  4505 separately.)  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4506 
  4507 * Renamed NamedThmsFun to Named_Thms.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4508 
  4509 * Renamed several structures FooBar to Foo_Bar.  Occasional,
  4510 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4511 
  4512 * Operations of structure Skip_Proof no longer require quick_and_dirty
  4513 mode, which avoids critical setmp.
  4514 
  4515 * Eliminated old Attrib.add_attributes, Method.add_methods and related
  4516 combinators for "args".  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to use simplified
  4517 Attrib/Method.setup introduced in Isabelle2009.
  4518 
  4519 * Proper context for simpset_of, claset_of, clasimpset_of.  May fall
  4520 back on global_simpset_of, global_claset_of, global_clasimpset_of as
  4521 last resort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4522 
  4523 * Display.pretty_thm now requires a proper context (cf. former
  4524 ProofContext.pretty_thm).  May fall back on Display.pretty_thm_global
  4525 or even Display.pretty_thm_without_context as last resort.
  4526 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4527 
  4528 * Discontinued Display.pretty_ctyp/cterm etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  4529 Syntax.pretty_typ/term directly, preferably with proper context
  4530 instead of global theory.
  4531 
  4532 
  4533 *** System ***
  4534 
  4535 * Further fine tuning of parallel proof checking, scales up to 8 cores
  4536 (max. speedup factor 5.0).  See also Goal.parallel_proofs in ML and
  4537 usedir option -q.
  4538 
  4539 * Support for additional "Isabelle components" via etc/components, see
  4540 also the system manual.
  4541 
  4542 * The isabelle makeall tool now operates on all components with
  4543 IsaMakefile, not just hardwired "logics".
  4544 
  4545 * Removed "compress" option from isabelle-process and isabelle usedir;
  4546 this is always enabled.
  4547 
  4548 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 4.x versions.
  4549 
  4550 * Isabelle tool "wwwfind" provides web interface for 'find_theorems'
  4551 on a given logic image.  This requires the lighttpd webserver and is
  4552 currently supported on Linux only.
  4553 
  4554 
  4555 
  4556 New in Isabelle2009 (April 2009)
  4557 --------------------------------
  4558 
  4559 *** General ***
  4560 
  4561 * Simplified main Isabelle executables, with less surprises on
  4562 case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  4563 
  4564   - The main Isabelle tool wrapper is now called "isabelle" instead of
  4565     "isatool."
  4566 
  4567   - The former "isabelle" alias for "isabelle-process" has been
  4568     removed (should rarely occur to regular users).
  4569 
  4570   - The former "isabelle-interface" and its alias "Isabelle" have been
  4571     removed (interfaces are now regular Isabelle tools).
  4572 
  4573 Within scripts and make files, the Isabelle environment variables
  4574 ISABELLE_TOOL and ISABELLE_PROCESS replace old ISATOOL and ISABELLE,
  4575 respectively.  (The latter are still available as legacy feature.)
  4576 
  4577 The old isabelle-interface wrapper could react in confusing ways if
  4578 the interface was uninstalled or changed otherwise.  Individual
  4579 interface tool configuration is now more explicit, see also the
  4580 Isabelle system manual.  In particular, Proof General is now available
  4581 via "isabelle emacs".
  4582 
  4583 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt derivative scripts.  Users may need to
  4584 purge installed copies of Isabelle executables and re-run "isabelle
  4585 install -p ...", or use symlinks.
  4586 
  4587 * The default for ISABELLE_HOME_USER is now ~/.isabelle instead of the
  4588 old ~/isabelle, which was slightly non-standard and apt to cause
  4589 surprises on case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  4590 
  4591 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to move existing ~/isabelle/etc,
  4592 ~/isabelle/heaps, ~/isabelle/browser_info to the new place.  Special
  4593 care is required when using older releases of Isabelle.  Note that
  4594 ISABELLE_HOME_USER can be changed in Isabelle/etc/settings of any
  4595 Isabelle distribution, in order to use the new ~/.isabelle uniformly.
  4596 
  4597 * Proofs of fully specified statements are run in parallel on
  4598 multi-core systems.  A speedup factor of 2.5 to 3.2 can be expected on
  4599 a regular 4-core machine, if the initial heap space is made reasonably
  4600 large (cf. Poly/ML option -H).  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  4601 
  4602 * The main reference manuals ("isar-ref", "implementation", and
  4603 "system") have been updated and extended.  Formally checked references
  4604 as hyperlinks are now available uniformly.
  4605 
  4606 
  4607 *** Pure ***
  4608 
  4609 * Complete re-implementation of locales.  INCOMPATIBILITY in several
  4610 respects.  The most important changes are listed below.  See the
  4611 Tutorial on Locales ("locales" manual) for details.
  4612 
  4613 - In locale expressions, instantiation replaces renaming.  Parameters
  4614 must be declared in a for clause.  To aid compatibility with previous
  4615 parameter inheritance, in locale declarations, parameters that are not
  4616 'touched' (instantiation position "_" or omitted) are implicitly added
  4617 with their syntax at the beginning of the for clause.
  4618 
  4619 - Syntax from abbreviations and definitions in locales is available in
  4620 locale expressions and context elements.  The latter is particularly
  4621 useful in locale declarations.
  4622 
  4623 - More flexible mechanisms to qualify names generated by locale
  4624 expressions.  Qualifiers (prefixes) may be specified in locale
  4625 expressions, and can be marked as mandatory (syntax: "name!:") or
  4626 optional (syntax "name?:").  The default depends for plain "name:"
  4627 depends on the situation where a locale expression is used: in
  4628 commands 'locale' and 'sublocale' prefixes are optional, in
  4629 'interpretation' and 'interpret' prefixes are mandatory.  The old
  4630 implicit qualifiers derived from the parameter names of a locale are
  4631 no longer generated.
  4632 
  4633 - Command "sublocale l < e" replaces "interpretation l < e".  The
  4634 instantiation clause in "interpretation" and "interpret" (square
  4635 brackets) is no longer available.  Use locale expressions.
  4636 
  4637 - When converting proof scripts, mandatory qualifiers in
  4638 'interpretation' and 'interpret' should be retained by default, even
  4639 if this is an INCOMPATIBILITY compared to former behavior.  In the
  4640 worst case, use the "name?:" form for non-mandatory ones.  Qualifiers
  4641 in locale expressions range over a single locale instance only.
  4642 
  4643 - Dropped locale element "includes".  This is a major INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4644 In existing theorem specifications replace the includes element by the
  4645 respective context elements of the included locale, omitting those
  4646 that are already present in the theorem specification.  Multiple
  4647 assume elements of a locale should be replaced by a single one
  4648 involving the locale predicate.  In the proof body, declarations (most
  4649 notably theorems) may be regained by interpreting the respective
  4650 locales in the proof context as required (command "interpret").
  4651 
  4652 If using "includes" in replacement of a target solely because the
  4653 parameter types in the theorem are not as general as in the target,
  4654 consider declaring a new locale with additional type constraints on
  4655 the parameters (context element "constrains").
  4656 
  4657 - Discontinued "locale (open)".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4658 
  4659 - Locale interpretation commands no longer attempt to simplify goal.
  4660 INCOMPATIBILITY: in rare situations the generated goal differs.  Use
  4661 methods intro_locales and unfold_locales to clarify.
  4662 
  4663 - Locale interpretation commands no longer accept interpretation
  4664 attributes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4665 
  4666 * Class declaration: so-called "base sort" must not be given in import
  4667 list any longer, but is inferred from the specification.  Particularly
  4668 in HOL, write
  4669 
  4670     class foo = ...
  4671 
  4672 instead of
  4673 
  4674     class foo = type + ...
  4675 
  4676 * Class target: global versions of theorems stemming do not carry a
  4677 parameter prefix any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4678 
  4679 * Class 'instance' command no longer accepts attached definitions.
  4680 INCOMPATIBILITY, use proper 'instantiation' target instead.
  4681 
  4682 * Recovered hiding of consts, which was accidentally broken in
  4683 Isabelle2007.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, ``hide const c'' really
  4684 makes c inaccessible; consider using ``hide (open) const c'' instead.
  4685 
  4686 * Slightly more coherent Pure syntax, with updated documentation in
  4687 isar-ref manual.  Removed locales meta_term_syntax and
  4688 meta_conjunction_syntax: TERM and &&& (formerly &&) are now permanent,
  4689 INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations.  Note that &&& should not be used
  4690 directly in regular applications.
  4691 
  4692 * There is a new syntactic category "float_const" for signed decimal
  4693 fractions (e.g. 123.45 or -123.45).
  4694 
  4695 * Removed exotic 'token_translation' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML
  4696 interface with 'setup' command instead.
  4697 
  4698 * Command 'local_setup' is similar to 'setup', but operates on a local
  4699 theory context.
  4700 
  4701 * The 'axiomatization' command now only works within a global theory
  4702 context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4703 
  4704 * Goal-directed proof now enforces strict proof irrelevance wrt. sort
  4705 hypotheses.  Sorts required in the course of reasoning need to be
  4706 covered by the constraints in the initial statement, completed by the
  4707 type instance information of the background theory.  Non-trivial sort
  4708 hypotheses, which rarely occur in practice, may be specified via
  4709 vacuous propositions of the form SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::c).  For example:
  4710 
  4711   lemma assumes "SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::empty)" shows False ...
  4712 
  4713 The result contains an implicit sort hypotheses as before --
  4714 SORT_CONSTRAINT premises are eliminated as part of the canonical rule
  4715 normalization.
  4716 
  4717 * Generalized Isar history, with support for linear undo, direct state
  4718 addressing etc.
  4719 
  4720 * Changed defaults for unify configuration options:
  4721 
  4722   unify_trace_bound = 50 (formerly 25)
  4723   unify_search_bound = 60 (formerly 30)
  4724 
  4725 * Different bookkeeping for code equations (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  4726 
  4727   a) On theory merge, the last set of code equations for a particular
  4728      constant is taken (in accordance with the policy applied by other
  4729      parts of the code generator framework).
  4730 
  4731   b) Code equations stemming from explicit declarations (e.g. code
  4732      attribute) gain priority over default code equations stemming
  4733      from definition, primrec, fun etc.
  4734 
  4735 * Keyword 'code_exception' now named 'code_abort'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4736 
  4737 * Unified theorem tables for both code generators.  Thus [code
  4738 func] has disappeared and only [code] remains.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4739 
  4740 * Command 'find_consts' searches for constants based on type and name
  4741 patterns, e.g.
  4742 
  4743     find_consts "_ => bool"
  4744 
  4745 By default, matching is against subtypes, but it may be restricted to
  4746 the whole type.  Searching by name is possible.  Multiple queries are
  4747 conjunctive and queries may be negated by prefixing them with a
  4748 hyphen:
  4749 
  4750     find_consts strict: "_ => bool" name: "Int" -"int => int"
  4751 
  4752 * New 'find_theorems' criterion "solves" matches theorems that
  4753 directly solve the current goal (modulo higher-order unification).
  4754 
  4755 * Auto solve feature for main theorem statements: whenever a new goal
  4756 is stated, "find_theorems solves" is called; any theorems that could
  4757 solve the lemma directly are listed as part of the goal state.
  4758 Cf. associated options in Proof General Isabelle settings menu,
  4759 enabled by default, with reasonable timeout for pathological cases of
  4760 higher-order unification.
  4761 
  4762 
  4763 *** Document preparation ***
  4764 
  4765 * Antiquotation @{lemma} now imitates a regular terminal proof,
  4766 demanding keyword 'by' and supporting the full method expression
  4767 syntax just like the Isar command 'by'.
  4768 
  4769 
  4770 *** HOL ***
  4771 
  4772 * Integrated main parts of former image HOL-Complex with HOL.  Entry
  4773 points Main and Complex_Main remain as before.
  4774 
  4775 * Logic image HOL-Plain provides a minimal HOL with the most important
  4776 tools available (inductive, datatype, primrec, ...).  This facilitates
  4777 experimentation and tool development.  Note that user applications
  4778 (and library theories) should never refer to anything below theory
  4779 Main, as before.
  4780 
  4781 * Logic image HOL-Main stops at theory Main, and thus facilitates
  4782 experimentation due to shorter build times.
  4783 
  4784 * Logic image HOL-NSA contains theories of nonstandard analysis which
  4785 were previously part of former HOL-Complex.  Entry point Hyperreal
  4786 remains valid, but theories formerly using Complex_Main should now use
  4787 new entry point Hypercomplex.
  4788 
  4789 * Generic ATP manager for Sledgehammer, based on ML threads instead of
  4790 Posix processes.  Avoids potentially expensive forking of the ML
  4791 process.  New thread-based implementation also works on non-Unix
  4792 platforms (Cygwin).  Provers are no longer hardwired, but defined
  4793 within the theory via plain ML wrapper functions.  Basic Sledgehammer
  4794 commands are covered in the isar-ref manual.
  4795 
  4796 * Wrapper scripts for remote SystemOnTPTP service allows to use
  4797 sledgehammer without local ATP installation (Vampire etc.). Other
  4798 provers may be included via suitable ML wrappers, see also
  4799 src/HOL/ATP_Linkup.thy.
  4800 
  4801 * ATP selection (E/Vampire/Spass) is now via Proof General's settings
  4802 menu.
  4803 
  4804 * The metis method no longer fails because the theorem is too trivial
  4805 (contains the empty clause).
  4806 
  4807 * The metis method now fails in the usual manner, rather than raising
  4808 an exception, if it determines that it cannot prove the theorem.
  4809 
  4810 * Method "coherent" implements a prover for coherent logic (see also
  4811 src/Tools/coherent.ML).
  4812 
  4813 * Constants "undefined" and "default" replace "arbitrary".  Usually
  4814 "undefined" is the right choice to replace "arbitrary", though
  4815 logically there is no difference.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4816 
  4817 * Command "value" now integrates different evaluation mechanisms.  The
  4818 result of the first successful evaluation mechanism is printed.  In
  4819 square brackets a particular named evaluation mechanisms may be
  4820 specified (currently, [SML], [code] or [nbe]).  See further
  4821 src/HOL/ex/Eval_Examples.thy.
  4822 
  4823 * Normalization by evaluation now allows non-leftlinear equations.
  4824 Declare with attribute [code nbe].
  4825 
  4826 * Methods "case_tac" and "induct_tac" now refer to the very same rules
  4827 as the structured Isar versions "cases" and "induct", cf. the
  4828 corresponding "cases" and "induct" attributes.  Mutual induction rules
  4829 are now presented as a list of individual projections
  4830 (e.g. foo_bar.inducts for types foo and bar); the old format with
  4831 explicit HOL conjunction is no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  4832 rare situations a different rule is selected --- notably nested tuple
  4833 elimination instead of former prod.exhaust: use explicit (case_tac t
  4834 rule: prod.exhaust) here.
  4835 
  4836 * Attributes "cases", "induct", "coinduct" support "del" option.
  4837 
  4838 * Removed fact "case_split_thm", which duplicates "case_split".
  4839 
  4840 * The option datatype has been moved to a new theory Option.  Renamed
  4841 option_map to Option.map, and o2s to Option.set, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4842 
  4843 * New predicate "strict_mono" classifies strict functions on partial
  4844 orders.  With strict functions on linear orders, reasoning about
  4845 (in)equalities is facilitated by theorems "strict_mono_eq",
  4846 "strict_mono_less_eq" and "strict_mono_less".
  4847 
  4848 * Some set operations are now proper qualified constants with
  4849 authentic syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  4850 
  4851     op Int ~>   Set.Int
  4852     op Un ~>    Set.Un
  4853     INTER ~>    Set.INTER
  4854     UNION ~>    Set.UNION
  4855     Inter ~>    Set.Inter
  4856     Union ~>    Set.Union
  4857     {} ~>       Set.empty
  4858     UNIV ~>     Set.UNIV
  4859 
  4860 * Class complete_lattice with operations Inf, Sup, INFI, SUPR now in
  4861 theory Set.
  4862 
  4863 * Auxiliary class "itself" has disappeared -- classes without any
  4864 parameter are treated as expected by the 'class' command.
  4865 
  4866 * Leibnitz's Series for Pi and the arcus tangens and logarithm series.
  4867 
  4868 * Common decision procedures (Cooper, MIR, Ferrack, Approximation,
  4869 Dense_Linear_Order) are now in directory HOL/Decision_Procs.
  4870 
  4871 * Theory src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Approximation provides the new proof
  4872 method "approximation".  It proves formulas on real values by using
  4873 interval arithmetic.  In the formulas are also the transcendental
  4874 functions sin, cos, tan, atan, ln, exp and the constant pi are
  4875 allowed. For examples see
  4876 src/HOL/Descision_Procs/ex/Approximation_Ex.thy.
  4877 
  4878 * Theory "Reflection" now resides in HOL/Library.
  4879 
  4880 * Entry point to Word library now simply named "Word".
  4881 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4882 
  4883 * Made source layout more coherent with logical distribution
  4884 structure:
  4885 
  4886     src/HOL/Library/RType.thy ~> src/HOL/Typerep.thy
  4887     src/HOL/Library/Code_Message.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4888     src/HOL/Library/GCD.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4889     src/HOL/Library/Order_Relation.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4890     src/HOL/Library/Parity.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4891     src/HOL/Library/Univ_Poly.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4892     src/HOL/Real/ContNotDenum.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  4893     src/HOL/Real/Lubs.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4894     src/HOL/Real/PReal.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4895     src/HOL/Real/Rational.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4896     src/HOL/Real/RComplete.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4897     src/HOL/Real/RealDef.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4898     src/HOL/Real/RealPow.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4899     src/HOL/Real/Real.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4900     src/HOL/Complex/Complex_Main.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4901     src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4902     src/HOL/Complex/FrechetDeriv.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  4903     src/HOL/Complex/Fundamental_Theorem_Algebra.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  4904     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Deriv.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4905     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Fact.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4906     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Integration.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4907     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Lim.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4908     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Ln.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4909     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Log.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4910     src/HOL/Hyperreal/MacLaurin.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4911     src/HOL/Hyperreal/NthRoot.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4912     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Series.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4913     src/HOL/Hyperreal/SEQ.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4914     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Taylor.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4915     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Transcendental.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4916     src/HOL/Real/Float ~> src/HOL/Library/
  4917     src/HOL/Real/HahnBanach ~> src/HOL/HahnBanach
  4918     src/HOL/Real/RealVector.thy ~> src/HOL/
  4919 
  4920     src/HOL/arith_data.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4921     src/HOL/hologic.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4922     src/HOL/simpdata.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4923     src/HOL/int_arith1.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools/int_arith.ML
  4924     src/HOL/int_factor_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4925     src/HOL/nat_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4926     src/HOL/Real/float_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4927     src/HOL/Real/float_syntax.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4928     src/HOL/Real/rat_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4929     src/HOL/Real/real_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  4930 
  4931     src/HOL/Library/Array.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  4932     src/HOL/Library/Heap_Monad.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  4933     src/HOL/Library/Heap.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  4934     src/HOL/Library/Imperative_HOL.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  4935     src/HOL/Library/Ref.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  4936     src/HOL/Library/Relational.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  4937 
  4938 * If methods "eval" and "evaluation" encounter a structured proof
  4939 state with !!/==>, only the conclusion is evaluated to True (if
  4940 possible), avoiding strange error messages.
  4941 
  4942 * Method "sizechange" automates termination proofs using (a
  4943 modification of) the size-change principle.  Requires SAT solver.  See
  4944 src/HOL/ex/Termination.thy for examples.
  4945 
  4946 * Simplifier: simproc for let expressions now unfolds if bound
  4947 variable occurs at most once in let expression body.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4948 
  4949 * Method "arith": Linear arithmetic now ignores all inequalities when
  4950 fast_arith_neq_limit is exceeded, instead of giving up entirely.
  4951 
  4952 * New attribute "arith" for facts that should always be used
  4953 automatically by arithmetic. It is intended to be used locally in
  4954 proofs, e.g.
  4955 
  4956   assumes [arith]: "x > 0"
  4957 
  4958 Global usage is discouraged because of possible performance impact.
  4959 
  4960 * New classes "top" and "bot" with corresponding operations "top" and
  4961 "bot" in theory Orderings; instantiation of class "complete_lattice"
  4962 requires instantiation of classes "top" and "bot".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4963 
  4964 * Changed definition lemma "less_fun_def" in order to provide an
  4965 instance for preorders on functions; use lemma "less_le" instead.
  4966 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4967 
  4968 * Theory Orderings: class "wellorder" moved here, with explicit
  4969 induction rule "less_induct" as assumption.  For instantiation of
  4970 "wellorder" by means of predicate "wf", use rule wf_wellorderI.
  4971 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4972 
  4973 * Theory Orderings: added class "preorder" as superclass of "order".
  4974 INCOMPATIBILITY: Instantiation proofs for order, linorder
  4975 etc. slightly changed.  Some theorems named order_class.* now named
  4976 preorder_class.*.
  4977 
  4978 * Theory Relation: renamed "refl" to "refl_on", "reflexive" to "refl,
  4979 "diag" to "Id_on".
  4980 
  4981 * Theory Finite_Set: added a new fold combinator of type
  4982 
  4983   ('a => 'b => 'b) => 'b => 'a set => 'b
  4984 
  4985 Occasionally this is more convenient than the old fold combinator
  4986 which is now defined in terms of the new one and renamed to
  4987 fold_image.
  4988 
  4989 * Theories Ring_and_Field and OrderedGroup: The lemmas "group_simps"
  4990 and "ring_simps" have been replaced by "algebra_simps" (which can be
  4991 extended with further lemmas!).  At the moment both still exist but
  4992 the former will disappear at some point.
  4993 
  4994 * Theory Power: Lemma power_Suc is now declared as a simp rule in
  4995 class recpower.  Type-specific simp rules for various recpower types
  4996 have been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, rename old lemmas as follows:
  4997 
  4998 rat_power_0    -> power_0
  4999 rat_power_Suc  -> power_Suc
  5000 realpow_0      -> power_0
  5001 realpow_Suc    -> power_Suc
  5002 complexpow_0   -> power_0
  5003 complexpow_Suc -> power_Suc
  5004 power_poly_0   -> power_0
  5005 power_poly_Suc -> power_Suc
  5006 
  5007 * Theories Ring_and_Field and Divides: Definition of "op dvd" has been
  5008 moved to separate class dvd in Ring_and_Field; a couple of lemmas on
  5009 dvd has been generalized to class comm_semiring_1.  Likewise a bunch
  5010 of lemmas from Divides has been generalized from nat to class
  5011 semiring_div.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  This involves the following theorem
  5012 renames resulting from duplicate elimination:
  5013 
  5014     dvd_def_mod ~>          dvd_eq_mod_eq_0
  5015     zero_dvd_iff ~>         dvd_0_left_iff
  5016     dvd_0 ~>                dvd_0_right
  5017     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_DIV ~> div_by_0
  5018     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_MOD ~> mod_by_0
  5019     mult_div ~>             div_mult_self2_is_id
  5020     mult_mod ~>             mod_mult_self2_is_0
  5021 
  5022 * Theory IntDiv: removed many lemmas that are instances of class-based
  5023 generalizations (from Divides and Ring_and_Field).  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  5024 rename old lemmas as follows:
  5025 
  5026 dvd_diff               -> nat_dvd_diff
  5027 dvd_zminus_iff         -> dvd_minus_iff
  5028 mod_add1_eq            -> mod_add_eq
  5029 mod_mult1_eq           -> mod_mult_right_eq
  5030 mod_mult1_eq'          -> mod_mult_left_eq
  5031 mod_mult_distrib_mod   -> mod_mult_eq
  5032 nat_mod_add_left_eq    -> mod_add_left_eq
  5033 nat_mod_add_right_eq   -> mod_add_right_eq
  5034 nat_mod_div_trivial    -> mod_div_trivial
  5035 nat_mod_mod_trivial    -> mod_mod_trivial
  5036 zdiv_zadd_self1        -> div_add_self1
  5037 zdiv_zadd_self2        -> div_add_self2
  5038 zdiv_zmult_self1       -> div_mult_self2_is_id
  5039 zdiv_zmult_self2       -> div_mult_self1_is_id
  5040 zdvd_triv_left         -> dvd_triv_left
  5041 zdvd_triv_right        -> dvd_triv_right
  5042 zdvd_zmult_cancel_disj -> dvd_mult_cancel_left
  5043 zmod_eq0_zdvd_iff      -> dvd_eq_mod_eq_0[symmetric]
  5044 zmod_zadd_left_eq      -> mod_add_left_eq
  5045 zmod_zadd_right_eq     -> mod_add_right_eq
  5046 zmod_zadd_self1        -> mod_add_self1
  5047 zmod_zadd_self2        -> mod_add_self2
  5048 zmod_zadd1_eq          -> mod_add_eq
  5049 zmod_zdiff1_eq         -> mod_diff_eq
  5050 zmod_zdvd_zmod         -> mod_mod_cancel
  5051 zmod_zmod_cancel       -> mod_mod_cancel
  5052 zmod_zmult_self1       -> mod_mult_self2_is_0
  5053 zmod_zmult_self2       -> mod_mult_self1_is_0
  5054 zmod_1                 -> mod_by_1
  5055 zdiv_1                 -> div_by_1
  5056 zdvd_abs1              -> abs_dvd_iff
  5057 zdvd_abs2              -> dvd_abs_iff
  5058 zdvd_refl              -> dvd_refl
  5059 zdvd_trans             -> dvd_trans
  5060 zdvd_zadd              -> dvd_add
  5061 zdvd_zdiff             -> dvd_diff
  5062 zdvd_zminus_iff        -> dvd_minus_iff
  5063 zdvd_zminus2_iff       -> minus_dvd_iff
  5064 zdvd_zmultD            -> dvd_mult_right
  5065 zdvd_zmultD2           -> dvd_mult_left
  5066 zdvd_zmult_mono        -> mult_dvd_mono
  5067 zdvd_0_right           -> dvd_0_right
  5068 zdvd_0_left            -> dvd_0_left_iff
  5069 zdvd_1_left            -> one_dvd
  5070 zminus_dvd_iff         -> minus_dvd_iff
  5071 
  5072 * Theory Rational: 'Fract k 0' now equals '0'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5073 
  5074 * The real numbers offer decimal input syntax: 12.34 is translated
  5075 into 1234/10^2. This translation is not reversed upon output.
  5076 
  5077 * Theory Library/Polynomial defines an abstract type 'a poly of
  5078 univariate polynomials with coefficients of type 'a.  In addition to
  5079 the standard ring operations, it also supports div and mod.  Code
  5080 generation is also supported, using list-style constructors.
  5081 
  5082 * Theory Library/Inner_Product defines a class of real_inner for real
  5083 inner product spaces, with an overloaded operation inner :: 'a => 'a
  5084 => real.  Class real_inner is a subclass of real_normed_vector from
  5085 theory RealVector.
  5086 
  5087 * Theory Library/Product_Vector provides instances for the product
  5088 type 'a * 'b of several classes from RealVector and Inner_Product.
  5089 Definitions of addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, norms,
  5090 and inner products are included.
  5091 
  5092 * Theory Library/Bit defines the field "bit" of integers modulo 2.  In
  5093 addition to the field operations, numerals and case syntax are also
  5094 supported.
  5095 
  5096 * Theory Library/Diagonalize provides constructive version of Cantor's
  5097 first diagonalization argument.
  5098 
  5099 * Theory Library/GCD: Curried operations gcd, lcm (for nat) and zgcd,
  5100 zlcm (for int); carried together from various gcd/lcm developements in
  5101 the HOL Distribution.  Constants zgcd and zlcm replace former igcd and
  5102 ilcm; corresponding theorems renamed accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  5103 may recover tupled syntax as follows:
  5104 
  5105     hide (open) const gcd
  5106     abbreviation gcd where
  5107       "gcd == (%(a, b). GCD.gcd a b)"
  5108     notation (output)
  5109       GCD.gcd ("gcd '(_, _')")
  5110 
  5111 The same works for lcm, zgcd, zlcm.
  5112 
  5113 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity: added addition, numeral syntax and more
  5114 instantiations for algebraic structures.  Removed some duplicate
  5115 theorems.  Changes in simp rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5116 
  5117 * ML antiquotation @{code} takes a constant as argument and generates
  5118 corresponding code in background and inserts name of the corresponding
  5119 resulting ML value/function/datatype constructor binding in place.
  5120 All occurrences of @{code} with a single ML block are generated
  5121 simultaneously.  Provides a generic and safe interface for
  5122 instrumentalizing code generation.  See
  5123 src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Ferrack.thy for a more ambitious application.
  5124 In future you ought to refrain from ad-hoc compiling generated SML
  5125 code on the ML toplevel.  Note that (for technical reasons) @{code}
  5126 cannot refer to constants for which user-defined serializations are
  5127 set.  Refer to the corresponding ML counterpart directly in that
  5128 cases.
  5129 
  5130 * Command 'rep_datatype': instead of theorem names the command now
  5131 takes a list of terms denoting the constructors of the type to be
  5132 represented as datatype.  The characteristic theorems have to be
  5133 proven.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Also observe that the following theorems
  5134 have disappeared in favour of existing ones:
  5135 
  5136     unit_induct                 ~> unit.induct
  5137     prod_induct                 ~> prod.induct
  5138     sum_induct                  ~> sum.induct
  5139     Suc_Suc_eq                  ~> nat.inject
  5140     Suc_not_Zero Zero_not_Suc   ~> nat.distinct
  5141 
  5142 
  5143 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  5144 
  5145 * New locales for orders and lattices where the equivalence relation
  5146 is not restricted to equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY: all order and lattice
  5147 locales use a record structure with field eq for the equivalence.
  5148 
  5149 * New theory of factorial domains.
  5150 
  5151 * Units_l_inv and Units_r_inv are now simp rules by default.
  5152 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Simplifier proof that require deletion of l_inv
  5153 and/or r_inv will now also require deletion of these lemmas.
  5154 
  5155 * Renamed the following theorems, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  5156 
  5157 UpperD ~> Upper_memD
  5158 LowerD ~> Lower_memD
  5159 least_carrier ~> least_closed
  5160 greatest_carrier ~> greatest_closed
  5161 greatest_Lower_above ~> greatest_Lower_below
  5162 one_zero ~> carrier_one_zero
  5163 one_not_zero ~> carrier_one_not_zero  (collision with assumption)
  5164 
  5165 
  5166 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  5167 
  5168 * Nominal datatypes can now contain type-variables.
  5169 
  5170 * Commands 'nominal_inductive' and 'equivariance' work with local
  5171 theory targets.
  5172 
  5173 * Nominal primrec can now works with local theory targets and its
  5174 specification syntax now conforms to the general format as seen in
  5175 'inductive' etc.
  5176 
  5177 * Method "perm_simp" honours the standard simplifier attributes
  5178 (no_asm), (no_asm_use) etc.
  5179 
  5180 * The new predicate #* is defined like freshness, except that on the
  5181 left hand side can be a set or list of atoms.
  5182 
  5183 * Experimental command 'nominal_inductive2' derives strong induction
  5184 principles for inductive definitions.  In contrast to
  5185 'nominal_inductive', which can only deal with a fixed number of
  5186 binders, it can deal with arbitrary expressions standing for sets of
  5187 atoms to be avoided.  The only inductive definition we have at the
  5188 moment that needs this generalisation is the typing rule for Lets in
  5189 the algorithm W:
  5190 
  5191  Gamma |- t1 : T1   (x,close Gamma T1)::Gamma |- t2 : T2   x#Gamma
  5192  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  5193          Gamma |- Let x be t1 in t2 : T2
  5194 
  5195 In this rule one wants to avoid all the binders that are introduced by
  5196 "close Gamma T1".  We are looking for other examples where this
  5197 feature might be useful.  Please let us know.
  5198 
  5199 
  5200 *** HOLCF ***
  5201 
  5202 * Reimplemented the simplification procedure for proving continuity
  5203 subgoals.  The new simproc is extensible; users can declare additional
  5204 continuity introduction rules with the attribute [cont2cont].
  5205 
  5206 * The continuity simproc now uses a different introduction rule for
  5207 solving continuity subgoals on terms with lambda abstractions.  In
  5208 some rare cases the new simproc may fail to solve subgoals that the
  5209 old one could solve, and "simp add: cont2cont_LAM" may be necessary.
  5210 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5211 
  5212 * Command 'fixrec': specification syntax now conforms to the general
  5213 format as seen in 'inductive' etc.  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  5214 examples.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5215 
  5216 
  5217 *** ZF ***
  5218 
  5219 * Proof of Zorn's Lemma for partial orders.
  5220 
  5221 
  5222 *** ML ***
  5223 
  5224 * Multithreading for Poly/ML 5.1/5.2 is no longer supported, only for
  5225 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.  Important note: the TimeLimit facility
  5226 depends on multithreading, so timouts will not work before Poly/ML
  5227 5.2.1!
  5228 
  5229 * High-level support for concurrent ML programming, see
  5230 src/Pure/Cuncurrent.  The data-oriented model of "future values" is
  5231 particularly convenient to organize independent functional
  5232 computations.  The concept of "synchronized variables" provides a
  5233 higher-order interface for components with shared state, avoiding the
  5234 delicate details of mutexes and condition variables.  (Requires
  5235 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  5236 
  5237 * ML bindings produced via Isar commands are stored within the Isar
  5238 context (theory or proof).  Consequently, commands like 'use' and 'ML'
  5239 become thread-safe and work with undo as expected (concerning
  5240 top-level bindings, not side-effects on global references).
  5241 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to provide proper Isar context when invoking the
  5242 compiler at runtime; really global bindings need to be given outside a
  5243 theory.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  5244 
  5245 * Command 'ML_prf' is analogous to 'ML' but works within a proof
  5246 context.  Top-level ML bindings are stored within the proof context in
  5247 a purely sequential fashion, disregarding the nested proof structure.
  5248 ML bindings introduced by 'ML_prf' are discarded at the end of the
  5249 proof.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  5250 
  5251 * Simplified ML attribute and method setup, cf. functions Attrib.setup
  5252 and Method.setup, as well as Isar commands 'attribute_setup' and
  5253 'method_setup'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for 'method_setup', need to simplify
  5254 existing code accordingly, or use plain 'setup' together with old
  5255 Method.add_method.
  5256 
  5257 * Simplified ML oracle interface Thm.add_oracle promotes 'a -> cterm
  5258 to 'a -> thm, while results are always tagged with an authentic oracle
  5259 name.  The Isar command 'oracle' is now polymorphic, no argument type
  5260 is specified.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify existing oracle code
  5261 accordingly.  Note that extra performance may be gained by producing
  5262 the cterm carefully, avoiding slow Thm.cterm_of.
  5263 
  5264 * Simplified interface for defining document antiquotations via
  5265 ThyOutput.antiquotation, ThyOutput.output, and optionally
  5266 ThyOutput.maybe_pretty_source.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify user
  5267 antiquotations accordingly, see src/Pure/Thy/thy_output.ML for common
  5268 examples.
  5269 
  5270 * More systematic treatment of long names, abstract name bindings, and
  5271 name space operations.  Basic operations on qualified names have been
  5272 move from structure NameSpace to Long_Name, e.g. Long_Name.base_name,
  5273 Long_Name.append.  Old type bstring has been mostly replaced by
  5274 abstract type binding (see structure Binding), which supports precise
  5275 qualification by packages and local theory targets, as well as proper
  5276 tracking of source positions.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to wrap old
  5277 bstring values into Binding.name, or better pass through abstract
  5278 bindings everywhere.  See further src/Pure/General/long_name.ML,
  5279 src/Pure/General/binding.ML and src/Pure/General/name_space.ML
  5280 
  5281 * Result facts (from PureThy.note_thms, ProofContext.note_thms,
  5282 LocalTheory.note etc.) now refer to the *full* internal name, not the
  5283 bstring as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY, not detected by ML type-checking!
  5284 
  5285 * Disposed old type and term read functions (Sign.read_def_typ,
  5286 Sign.read_typ, Sign.read_def_terms, Sign.read_term,
  5287 Thm.read_def_cterms, Thm.read_cterm etc.).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should
  5288 use regular Syntax.read_typ, Syntax.read_term, Syntax.read_typ_global,
  5289 Syntax.read_term_global etc.; see also OldGoals.read_term as last
  5290 resort for legacy applications.
  5291 
  5292 * Disposed old declarations, tactics, tactic combinators that refer to
  5293 the simpset or claset of an implicit theory (such as Addsimps,
  5294 Simp_tac, SIMPSET).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should use @{simpset} etc. in
  5295 embedded ML text, or local_simpset_of with a proper context passed as
  5296 explicit runtime argument.
  5297 
  5298 * Rules and tactics that read instantiations (read_instantiate,
  5299 res_inst_tac, thin_tac, subgoal_tac etc.) now demand a proper proof
  5300 context, which is required for parsing and type-checking.  Moreover,
  5301 the variables are specified as plain indexnames, not string encodings
  5302 thereof.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5303 
  5304 * Generic Toplevel.add_hook interface allows to analyze the result of
  5305 transactions.  E.g. see src/Pure/ProofGeneral/proof_general_pgip.ML
  5306 for theorem dependency output of transactions resulting in a new
  5307 theory state.
  5308 
  5309 * ML antiquotations: block-structured compilation context indicated by
  5310 \<lbrace> ... \<rbrace>; additional antiquotation forms:
  5311 
  5312   @{binding name}                         - basic name binding
  5313   @{let ?pat = term}                      - term abbreviation (HO matching)
  5314   @{note name = fact}                     - fact abbreviation
  5315   @{thm fact}                             - singleton fact (with attributes)
  5316   @{thms fact}                            - general fact (with attributes)
  5317   @{lemma prop by method}                 - singleton goal
  5318   @{lemma prop by meth1 meth2}            - singleton goal
  5319   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by method}      - general goal
  5320   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by meth1 meth2} - general goal
  5321   @{lemma (open) ...}                     - open derivation
  5322 
  5323 
  5324 *** System ***
  5325 
  5326 * The Isabelle "emacs" tool provides a specific interface to invoke
  5327 Proof General / Emacs, with more explicit failure if that is not
  5328 installed (the old isabelle-interface script silently falls back on
  5329 isabelle-process).  The PROOFGENERAL_HOME setting determines the
  5330 installation location of the Proof General distribution.
  5331 
  5332 * Isabelle/lib/classes/Pure.jar provides basic support to integrate
  5333 the Isabelle process into a JVM/Scala application.  See
  5334 Isabelle/lib/jedit/plugin for a minimal example.  (The obsolete Java
  5335 process wrapper has been discontinued.)
  5336 
  5337 * Added homegrown Isabelle font with unicode layout, see lib/fonts.
  5338 
  5339 * Various status messages (with exact source position information) are
  5340 emitted, if proper markup print mode is enabled.  This allows
  5341 user-interface components to provide detailed feedback on internal
  5342 prover operations.
  5343 
  5344 
  5345 
  5346 New in Isabelle2008 (June 2008)
  5347 -------------------------------
  5348 
  5349 *** General ***
  5350 
  5351 * The Isabelle/Isar Reference Manual (isar-ref) has been reorganized
  5352 and updated, with formally checked references as hyperlinks.
  5353 
  5354 * Theory loader: use_thy (and similar operations) no longer set the
  5355 implicit ML context, which was occasionally hard to predict and in
  5356 conflict with concurrency.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML within Isar which
  5357 provides a proper context already.
  5358 
  5359 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  5360 file are no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, regular 'uses' and
  5361 'use' within a theory file will do the job.
  5362 
  5363 * Name space merge now observes canonical order, i.e. the second space
  5364 is inserted into the first one, while existing entries in the first
  5365 space take precedence.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, may try to
  5366 swap theory imports.
  5367 
  5368 * Syntax: symbol \<chi> is now considered a letter.  Potential
  5369 INCOMPATIBILITY in identifier syntax etc.
  5370 
  5371 * Outer syntax: string tokens no longer admit escaped white space,
  5372 which was an accidental (undocumented) feature.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  5373 white space without escapes.
  5374 
  5375 * Outer syntax: string tokens may contain arbitrary character codes
  5376 specified via 3 decimal digits (as in SML).  E.g. "foo\095bar" for
  5377 "foo_bar".
  5378 
  5379 
  5380 *** Pure ***
  5381 
  5382 * Context-dependent token translations.  Default setup reverts locally
  5383 fixed variables, and adds hilite markup for undeclared frees.
  5384 
  5385 * Unused theorems can be found using the new command 'unused_thms'.
  5386 There are three ways of invoking it:
  5387 
  5388 (1) unused_thms
  5389      Only finds unused theorems in the current theory.
  5390 
  5391 (2) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n -
  5392      Finds unused theorems in the current theory and all of its ancestors,
  5393      excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of their ancestors.
  5394 
  5395 (3) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n - thy'_1 ... thy'_m
  5396      Finds unused theorems in the theories thy'_1 ... thy'_m and all of
  5397      their ancestors, excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of
  5398      their ancestors.
  5399 
  5400 In order to increase the readability of the list produced by
  5401 unused_thms, theorems that have been created by a particular instance
  5402 of a theory command such as 'inductive' or 'function' are considered
  5403 to belong to the same "group", meaning that if at least one theorem in
  5404 this group is used, the other theorems in the same group are no longer
  5405 reported as unused.  Moreover, if all theorems in the group are
  5406 unused, only one theorem in the group is displayed.
  5407 
  5408 Note that proof objects have to be switched on in order for
  5409 unused_thms to work properly (i.e. !proofs must be >= 1, which is
  5410 usually the case when using Proof General with the default settings).
  5411 
  5412 * Authentic naming of facts disallows ad-hoc overwriting of previous
  5413 theorems within the same name space.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to remove
  5414 duplicate fact bindings, or even accidental fact duplications.  Note
  5415 that tools may maintain dynamically scoped facts systematically, using
  5416 PureThy.add_thms_dynamic.
  5417 
  5418 * Command 'hide' now allows to hide from "fact" name space as well.
  5419 
  5420 * Eliminated destructive theorem database, simpset, claset, and
  5421 clasimpset.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, really need to observe linear
  5422 update of theories within ML code.
  5423 
  5424 * Eliminated theory ProtoPure and CPure, leaving just one Pure theory.
  5425 INCOMPATIBILITY, object-logics depending on former Pure require
  5426 additional setup PureThy.old_appl_syntax_setup; object-logics
  5427 depending on former CPure need to refer to Pure.
  5428 
  5429 * Commands 'use' and 'ML' are now purely functional, operating on
  5430 theory/local_theory.  Removed former 'ML_setup' (on theory), use 'ML'
  5431 instead.  Added 'ML_val' as mere diagnostic replacement for 'ML'.
  5432 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5433 
  5434 * Command 'setup': discontinued implicit version with ML reference.
  5435 
  5436 * Instantiation target allows for simultaneous specification of class
  5437 instance operations together with an instantiation proof.
  5438 Type-checking phase allows to refer to class operations uniformly.
  5439 See src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy for an Isar example and
  5440 src/HOL/Library/Eval.thy for an ML example.
  5441 
  5442 * Indexing of literal facts: be more serious about including only
  5443 facts from the visible specification/proof context, but not the
  5444 background context (locale etc.).  Affects `prop` notation and method
  5445 "fact".  INCOMPATIBILITY: need to name facts explicitly in rare
  5446 situations.
  5447 
  5448 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": removed obsolete/undocumented
  5449 "(open)" option, which used to expose internal bound variables to the
  5450 proof text.
  5451 
  5452 * Isar statements: removed obsolete case "rule_context".
  5453 INCOMPATIBILITY, better use explicit fixes/assumes.
  5454 
  5455 * Locale proofs: default proof step now includes 'unfold_locales';
  5456 hence 'proof' without argument may be used to unfold locale
  5457 predicates.
  5458 
  5459 
  5460 *** Document preparation ***
  5461 
  5462 * Simplified pdfsetup.sty: color/hyperref is used unconditionally for
  5463 both pdf and dvi (hyperlinks usually work in xdvi as well); removed
  5464 obsolete thumbpdf setup (contemporary PDF viewers do this on the
  5465 spot); renamed link color from "darkblue" to "linkcolor" (default
  5466 value unchanged, can be redefined via \definecolor); no longer sets
  5467 "a4paper" option (unnecessary or even intrusive).
  5468 
  5469 * Antiquotation @{lemma A method} proves proposition A by the given
  5470 method (either a method name or a method name plus (optional) method
  5471 arguments in parentheses) and prints A just like @{prop A}.
  5472 
  5473 
  5474 *** HOL ***
  5475 
  5476 * New primrec package.  Specification syntax conforms in style to
  5477 definition/function/....  No separate induction rule is provided.  The
  5478 "primrec" command distinguishes old-style and new-style specifications
  5479 by syntax.  The former primrec package is now named OldPrimrecPackage.
  5480 When adjusting theories, beware: constants stemming from new-style
  5481 primrec specifications have authentic syntax.
  5482 
  5483 * Metis prover is now an order of magnitude faster, and also works
  5484 with multithreading.
  5485 
  5486 * Metis: the maximum number of clauses that can be produced from a
  5487 theorem is now given by the attribute max_clauses.  Theorems that
  5488 exceed this number are ignored, with a warning printed.
  5489 
  5490 * Sledgehammer no longer produces structured proofs by default. To
  5491 enable, declare [[sledgehammer_full = true]].  Attributes
  5492 reconstruction_modulus, reconstruction_sorts renamed
  5493 sledgehammer_modulus, sledgehammer_sorts.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5494 
  5495 * Method "induct_scheme" derives user-specified induction rules
  5496 from well-founded induction and completeness of patterns. This factors
  5497 out some operations that are done internally by the function package
  5498 and makes them available separately.  See
  5499 src/HOL/ex/Induction_Scheme.thy for examples.
  5500 
  5501 * More flexible generation of measure functions for termination
  5502 proofs: Measure functions can be declared by proving a rule of the
  5503 form "is_measure f" and giving it the [measure_function] attribute.
  5504 The "is_measure" predicate is logically meaningless (always true), and
  5505 just guides the heuristic.  To find suitable measure functions, the
  5506 termination prover sets up the goal "is_measure ?f" of the appropriate
  5507 type and generates all solutions by prolog-style backwards proof using
  5508 the declared rules.
  5509 
  5510 This setup also deals with rules like 
  5511 
  5512   "is_measure f ==> is_measure (list_size f)"
  5513 
  5514 which accommodates nested datatypes that recurse through lists.
  5515 Similar rules are predeclared for products and option types.
  5516 
  5517 * Turned the type of sets "'a set" into an abbreviation for "'a => bool"
  5518 
  5519   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  5520 
  5521   - Definitions of overloaded constants on sets have to be replaced by
  5522     definitions on => and bool.
  5523 
  5524   - Some definitions of overloaded operators on sets can now be proved
  5525     using the definitions of the operators on => and bool.  Therefore,
  5526     the following theorems have been renamed:
  5527 
  5528       subset_def   -> subset_eq
  5529       psubset_def  -> psubset_eq
  5530       set_diff_def -> set_diff_eq
  5531       Compl_def    -> Compl_eq
  5532       Sup_set_def  -> Sup_set_eq
  5533       Inf_set_def  -> Inf_set_eq
  5534       sup_set_def  -> sup_set_eq
  5535       inf_set_def  -> inf_set_eq
  5536 
  5537   - Due to the incompleteness of the HO unification algorithm, some
  5538     rules such as subst may require manual instantiation, if some of
  5539     the unknowns in the rule is a set.
  5540 
  5541   - Higher order unification and forward proofs:
  5542     The proof pattern
  5543 
  5544       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  5545       then have "EX S. P S" ..
  5546 
  5547     no longer works (due to the incompleteness of the HO unification
  5548     algorithm) and must be replaced by the pattern
  5549 
  5550       have "EX S. P S"
  5551       proof
  5552         show "P S" <...>
  5553       qed
  5554 
  5555   - Calculational reasoning with subst (or similar rules):
  5556     The proof pattern
  5557 
  5558       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  5559       also have "S = T" <...>
  5560       finally have "P T" .
  5561 
  5562     no longer works (for similar reasons as the previous example) and
  5563     must be replaced by something like
  5564 
  5565       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  5566       moreover have "S = T" <...>
  5567       ultimately have "P T" by simp
  5568 
  5569   - Tactics or packages written in ML code:
  5570     Code performing pattern matching on types via
  5571 
  5572       Type ("set", [T]) => ...
  5573 
  5574     must be rewritten. Moreover, functions like strip_type or
  5575     binder_types no longer return the right value when applied to a
  5576     type of the form
  5577 
  5578       T1 => ... => Tn => U => bool
  5579 
  5580     rather than
  5581 
  5582       T1 => ... => Tn => U set
  5583 
  5584 * Merged theories Wellfounded_Recursion, Accessible_Part and
  5585 Wellfounded_Relations to theory Wellfounded.
  5586 
  5587 * Explicit class "eq" for executable equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5588 
  5589 * Class finite no longer treats UNIV as class parameter.  Use class
  5590 enum from theory Library/Enum instead to achieve a similar effect.
  5591 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5592 
  5593 * Theory List: rule list_induct2 now has explicitly named cases "Nil"
  5594 and "Cons".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5595 
  5596 * HOL (and FOL): renamed variables in rules imp_elim and swap.
  5597 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5598 
  5599 * Theory Product_Type: duplicated lemmas split_Pair_apply and
  5600 injective_fst_snd removed, use split_eta and prod_eqI instead.
  5601 Renamed upd_fst to apfst and upd_snd to apsnd.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5602 
  5603 * Theory Nat: removed redundant lemmas that merely duplicate lemmas of
  5604 the same name in theory Orderings:
  5605 
  5606   less_trans
  5607   less_linear
  5608   le_imp_less_or_eq
  5609   le_less_trans
  5610   less_le_trans
  5611   less_not_sym
  5612   less_asym
  5613 
  5614 Renamed less_imp_le to less_imp_le_nat, and less_irrefl to
  5615 less_irrefl_nat.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to more general types
  5616 and different variable names.
  5617 
  5618 * Library/Option_ord.thy: Canonical order on option type.
  5619 
  5620 * Library/RBT.thy: Red-black trees, an efficient implementation of
  5621 finite maps.
  5622 
  5623 * Library/Countable.thy: Type class for countable types.
  5624 
  5625 * Theory Int: The representation of numerals has changed.  The infix
  5626 operator BIT and the bit datatype with constructors B0 and B1 have
  5627 disappeared.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use "Int.Bit0 x" and "Int.Bit1 y" in
  5628 place of "x BIT bit.B0" and "y BIT bit.B1", respectively.  Theorems
  5629 involving BIT, B0, or B1 have been renamed with "Bit0" or "Bit1"
  5630 accordingly.
  5631 
  5632 * Theory Nat: definition of <= and < on natural numbers no longer
  5633 depend on well-founded relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Definitions
  5634 le_def and less_def have disappeared.  Consider lemmas not_less
  5635 [symmetric, where ?'a = nat] and less_eq [symmetric] instead.
  5636 
  5637 * Theory Finite_Set: locales ACf, ACe, ACIf, ACIfSL and ACIfSLlin
  5638 (whose purpose mainly is for various fold_set functionals) have been
  5639 abandoned in favor of the existing algebraic classes
  5640 ab_semigroup_mult, comm_monoid_mult, ab_semigroup_idem_mult,
  5641 lower_semilattice (resp. upper_semilattice) and linorder.
  5642 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5643 
  5644 * Theory Transitive_Closure: induct and cases rules now declare proper
  5645 case_names ("base" and "step").  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5646 
  5647 * Theorem Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct generalized to complete
  5648 lattices.  The form set-specific version is available as
  5649 Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct_set.
  5650 
  5651 * Renamed theorems "power.simps" to "power_int.simps".
  5652 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5653 
  5654 * Class semiring_div provides basic abstract properties of semirings
  5655 with division and modulo operations.  Subsumes former class dvd_mod.
  5656 
  5657 * Merged theories IntDef, Numeral and IntArith into unified theory
  5658 Int.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5659 
  5660 * Theory Library/Code_Index: type "index" now represents natural
  5661 numbers rather than integers.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5662 
  5663 * New class "uminus" with operation "uminus" (split of from class
  5664 "minus" which now only has operation "minus", binary).
  5665 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5666 
  5667 * Constants "card", "internal_split", "option_map" now with authentic
  5668 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5669 
  5670 * Definitions subset_def, psubset_def, set_diff_def, Compl_def,
  5671 le_bool_def, less_bool_def, le_fun_def, less_fun_def, inf_bool_def,
  5672 sup_bool_def, Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, inf_fun_def, sup_fun_def,
  5673 Inf_fun_def, Sup_fun_def, inf_set_def, sup_set_def, Inf_set_def,
  5674 Sup_set_def, le_def, less_def, option_map_def now with object
  5675 equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5676 
  5677 * Records. Removed K_record, and replaced it by pure lambda term
  5678 %x. c. The simplifier setup is now more robust against eta expansion.
  5679 INCOMPATIBILITY: in cases explicitly referring to K_record.
  5680 
  5681 * Library/Multiset: {#a, b, c#} abbreviates {#a#} + {#b#} + {#c#}.
  5682 
  5683 * Library/ListVector: new theory of arithmetic vector operations.
  5684 
  5685 * Library/Order_Relation: new theory of various orderings as sets of
  5686 pairs.  Defines preorders, partial orders, linear orders and
  5687 well-orders on sets and on types.
  5688 
  5689 
  5690 *** ZF ***
  5691 
  5692 * Renamed some theories to allow to loading both ZF and HOL in the
  5693 same session:
  5694 
  5695   Datatype  -> Datatype_ZF
  5696   Inductive -> Inductive_ZF
  5697   Int       -> Int_ZF
  5698   IntDiv    -> IntDiv_ZF
  5699   Nat       -> Nat_ZF
  5700   List      -> List_ZF
  5701   Main      -> Main_ZF
  5702 
  5703 INCOMPATIBILITY: ZF theories that import individual theories below
  5704 Main might need to be adapted.  Regular theory Main is still
  5705 available, as trivial extension of Main_ZF.
  5706 
  5707 
  5708 *** ML ***
  5709 
  5710 * ML within Isar: antiquotation @{const name} or @{const
  5711 name(typargs)} produces statically-checked Const term.
  5712 
  5713 * Functor NamedThmsFun: data is available to the user as dynamic fact
  5714 (of the same name).  Removed obsolete print command.
  5715 
  5716 * Removed obsolete "use_legacy_bindings" function.
  5717 
  5718 * The ``print mode'' is now a thread-local value derived from a global
  5719 template (the former print_mode reference), thus access becomes
  5720 non-critical.  The global print_mode reference is for session
  5721 management only; user-code should use print_mode_value,
  5722 print_mode_active, PrintMode.setmp etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5723 
  5724 * Functions system/system_out provide a robust way to invoke external
  5725 shell commands, with propagation of interrupts (requires Poly/ML
  5726 5.2.1).  Do not use OS.Process.system etc. from the basis library!
  5727 
  5728 
  5729 *** System ***
  5730 
  5731 * Default settings: PROOFGENERAL_OPTIONS no longer impose xemacs ---
  5732 in accordance with Proof General 3.7, which prefers GNU emacs.
  5733 
  5734 * isatool tty runs Isabelle process with plain tty interaction;
  5735 optional line editor may be specified via ISABELLE_LINE_EDITOR
  5736 setting, the default settings attempt to locate "ledit" and "rlwrap".
  5737 
  5738 * isatool browser now works with Cygwin as well, using general
  5739 "javapath" function defined in Isabelle process environment.
  5740 
  5741 * YXML notation provides a simple and efficient alternative to
  5742 standard XML transfer syntax.  See src/Pure/General/yxml.ML and
  5743 isatool yxml as described in the Isabelle system manual.
  5744 
  5745 * JVM class isabelle.IsabelleProcess (located in Isabelle/lib/classes)
  5746 provides general wrapper for managing an Isabelle process in a robust
  5747 fashion, with ``cooked'' output from stdin/stderr.
  5748 
  5749 * Rudimentary Isabelle plugin for jEdit (see Isabelle/lib/jedit),
  5750 based on Isabelle/JVM process wrapper (see Isabelle/lib/classes).
  5751 
  5752 * Removed obsolete THIS_IS_ISABELLE_BUILD feature.  NB: the documented
  5753 way of changing the user's settings is via
  5754 ISABELLE_HOME_USER/etc/settings, which is a fully featured bash
  5755 script.
  5756 
  5757 * Multithreading.max_threads := 0 refers to the number of actual CPU
  5758 cores of the underlying machine, which is a good starting point for
  5759 optimal performance tuning.  The corresponding usedir option -M allows
  5760 "max" as an alias for "0".  WARNING: does not work on certain versions
  5761 of Mac OS (with Poly/ML 5.1).
  5762 
  5763 * isabelle-process: non-ML sessions are run with "nice", to reduce the
  5764 adverse effect of Isabelle flooding interactive front-ends (notably
  5765 ProofGeneral / XEmacs).
  5766 
  5767 
  5768 
  5769 New in Isabelle2007 (November 2007)
  5770 -----------------------------------
  5771 
  5772 *** General ***
  5773 
  5774 * More uniform information about legacy features, notably a
  5775 warning/error of "Legacy feature: ...", depending on the state of the
  5776 tolerate_legacy_features flag (default true). FUTURE INCOMPATIBILITY:
  5777 legacy features will disappear eventually.
  5778 
  5779 * Theory syntax: the header format ``theory A = B + C:'' has been
  5780 discontinued in favour of ``theory A imports B C begin''.  Use isatool
  5781 fixheaders to convert existing theory files.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5782 
  5783 * Theory syntax: the old non-Isar theory file format has been
  5784 discontinued altogether.  Note that ML proof scripts may still be used
  5785 with Isar theories; migration is usually quite simple with the ML
  5786 function use_legacy_bindings.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5787 
  5788 * Theory syntax: some popular names (e.g. 'class', 'declaration',
  5789 'fun', 'help', 'if') are now keywords.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use double
  5790 quotes.
  5791 
  5792 * Theory loader: be more serious about observing the static theory
  5793 header specifications (including optional directories), but not the
  5794 accidental file locations of previously successful loads.  The strict
  5795 update policy of former update_thy is now already performed by
  5796 use_thy, so the former has been removed; use_thys updates several
  5797 theories simultaneously, just as 'imports' within a theory header
  5798 specification, but without merging the results.  Potential
  5799 INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to refine theory headers and commands
  5800 ROOT.ML which depend on load order.
  5801 
  5802 * Theory loader: optional support for content-based file
  5803 identification, instead of the traditional scheme of full physical
  5804 path plus date stamp; configured by the ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT setting
  5805 (cf. the system manual).  The new scheme allows to work with
  5806 non-finished theories in persistent session images, such that source
  5807 files may be moved later on without requiring reloads.
  5808 
  5809 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  5810 file (with the same base name as the theory) are considered a legacy
  5811 feature, which will disappear eventually. Even now, the theory loader
  5812 no longer maintains dependencies on such files.
  5813 
  5814 * Syntax: the scope for resolving ambiguities via type-inference is
  5815 now limited to individual terms, instead of whole simultaneous
  5816 specifications as before. This greatly reduces the complexity of the
  5817 syntax module and improves flexibility by separating parsing and
  5818 type-checking. INCOMPATIBILITY: additional type-constraints (explicit
  5819 'fixes' etc.) are required in rare situations.
  5820 
  5821 * Syntax: constants introduced by new-style packages ('definition',
  5822 'abbreviation' etc.) are passed through the syntax module in
  5823 ``authentic mode''. This means that associated mixfix annotations
  5824 really stick to such constants, independently of potential name space
  5825 ambiguities introduced later on. INCOMPATIBILITY: constants in parse
  5826 trees are represented slightly differently, may need to adapt syntax
  5827 translations accordingly. Use CONST marker in 'translations' and
  5828 @{const_syntax} antiquotation in 'parse_translation' etc.
  5829 
  5830 * Legacy goal package: reduced interface to the bare minimum required
  5831 to keep existing proof scripts running.  Most other user-level
  5832 functions are now part of the OldGoals structure, which is *not* open
  5833 by default (consider isatool expandshort before open OldGoals).
  5834 Removed top_sg, prin, printyp, pprint_term/typ altogether, because
  5835 these tend to cause confusion about the actual goal (!) context being
  5836 used here, which is not necessarily the same as the_context().
  5837 
  5838 * Command 'find_theorems': supports "*" wild-card in "name:"
  5839 criterion; "with_dups" option.  Certain ProofGeneral versions might
  5840 support a specific search form (see ProofGeneral/CHANGES).
  5841 
  5842 * The ``prems limit'' option (cf. ProofContext.prems_limit) is now -1
  5843 by default, which means that "prems" (and also "fixed variables") are
  5844 suppressed from proof state output.  Note that the ProofGeneral
  5845 settings mechanism allows to change and save options persistently, but
  5846 older versions of Isabelle will fail to start up if a negative prems
  5847 limit is imposed.
  5848 
  5849 * Local theory targets may be specified by non-nested blocks of
  5850 ``context/locale/class ... begin'' followed by ``end''.  The body may
  5851 contain definitions, theorems etc., including any derived mechanism
  5852 that has been implemented on top of these primitives.  This concept
  5853 generalizes the existing ``theorem (in ...)'' towards more versatility
  5854 and scalability.
  5855 
  5856 * Proof General interface: proper undo of final 'end' command;
  5857 discontinued Isabelle/classic mode (ML proof scripts).
  5858 
  5859 
  5860 *** Document preparation ***
  5861 
  5862 * Added antiquotation @{theory name} which prints the given name,
  5863 after checking that it refers to a valid ancestor theory in the
  5864 current context.
  5865 
  5866 * Added antiquotations @{ML_type text} and @{ML_struct text} which
  5867 check the given source text as ML type/structure, printing verbatim.
  5868 
  5869 * Added antiquotation @{abbrev "c args"} which prints the abbreviation
  5870 "c args == rhs" given in the current context.  (Any number of
  5871 arguments may be given on the LHS.)
  5872 
  5873 
  5874 *** Pure ***
  5875 
  5876 * The 'class' package offers a combination of axclass and locale to
  5877 achieve Haskell-like type classes in Isabelle.  Definitions and
  5878 theorems within a class context produce both relative results (with
  5879 implicit parameters according to the locale context), and polymorphic
  5880 constants with qualified polymorphism (according to the class
  5881 context).  Within the body context of a 'class' target, a separate
  5882 syntax layer ("user space type system") takes care of converting
  5883 between global polymorphic consts and internal locale representation.
  5884 See src/HOL/ex/Classpackage.thy for examples (as well as main HOL).
  5885 "isatool doc classes" provides a tutorial.
  5886 
  5887 * Generic code generator framework allows to generate executable
  5888 code for ML and Haskell (including Isabelle classes).  A short usage
  5889 sketch:
  5890 
  5891     internal compilation:
  5892         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML
  5893     writing SML code to a file:
  5894         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML <filename>
  5895     writing OCaml code to a file:
  5896         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in OCaml <filename>
  5897     writing Haskell code to a bunch of files:
  5898         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in Haskell <filename>
  5899 
  5900     evaluating closed propositions to True/False using code generation:
  5901         method ``eval''
  5902 
  5903 Reasonable default setup of framework in HOL.
  5904 
  5905 Theorem attributs for selecting and transforming function equations theorems:
  5906 
  5907     [code fun]:        select a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  5908     [code fun del]:    deselect a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  5909     [code inline]:     select an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  5910     [code inline del]: deselect an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  5911 
  5912 User-defined serializations (target in {SML, OCaml, Haskell}):
  5913 
  5914     code_const <and-list of constants (term syntax)>
  5915       {(target) <and-list of const target syntax>}+
  5916 
  5917     code_type <and-list of type constructors>
  5918       {(target) <and-list of type target syntax>}+
  5919 
  5920     code_instance <and-list of instances>
  5921       {(target)}+
  5922         where instance ::= <type constructor> :: <class>
  5923 
  5924     code_class <and_list of classes>
  5925       {(target) <and-list of class target syntax>}+
  5926         where class target syntax ::= <class name> {where {<classop> == <target syntax>}+}?
  5927 
  5928 code_instance and code_class only are effective to target Haskell.
  5929 
  5930 For example usage see src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator.thy and
  5931 src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator_Pretty.thy.  A separate tutorial on code
  5932 generation from Isabelle/HOL theories is available via "isatool doc
  5933 codegen".
  5934 
  5935 * Code generator: consts in 'consts_code' Isar commands are now
  5936 referred to by usual term syntax (including optional type
  5937 annotations).
  5938 
  5939 * Command 'no_translations' removes translation rules from theory
  5940 syntax.
  5941 
  5942 * Overloaded definitions are now actually checked for acyclic
  5943 dependencies.  The overloading scheme is slightly more general than
  5944 that of Haskell98, although Isabelle does not demand an exact
  5945 correspondence to type class and instance declarations.
  5946 INCOMPATIBILITY, use ``defs (unchecked overloaded)'' to admit more
  5947 exotic versions of overloading -- at the discretion of the user!
  5948 
  5949 Polymorphic constants are represented via type arguments, i.e. the
  5950 instantiation that matches an instance against the most general
  5951 declaration given in the signature.  For example, with the declaration
  5952 c :: 'a => 'a => 'a, an instance c :: nat => nat => nat is represented
  5953 as c(nat).  Overloading is essentially simultaneous structural
  5954 recursion over such type arguments.  Incomplete specification patterns
  5955 impose global constraints on all occurrences, e.g. c('a * 'a) on the
  5956 LHS means that more general c('a * 'b) will be disallowed on any RHS.
  5957 Command 'print_theory' outputs the normalized system of recursive
  5958 equations, see section "definitions".
  5959 
  5960 * Configuration options are maintained within the theory or proof
  5961 context (with name and type bool/int/string), providing a very simple
  5962 interface to a poor-man's version of general context data.  Tools may
  5963 declare options in ML (e.g. using Attrib.config_int) and then refer to
  5964 these values using Config.get etc.  Users may change options via an
  5965 associated attribute of the same name.  This form of context
  5966 declaration works particularly well with commands 'declare' or
  5967 'using', for example ``declare [[foo = 42]]''.  Thus it has become
  5968 very easy to avoid global references, which would not observe Isar
  5969 toplevel undo/redo and fail to work with multithreading.
  5970 
  5971 Various global ML references of Pure and HOL have been turned into
  5972 configuration options:
  5973 
  5974   Unify.search_bound		unify_search_bound
  5975   Unify.trace_bound		unify_trace_bound
  5976   Unify.trace_simp		unify_trace_simp
  5977   Unify.trace_types		unify_trace_types
  5978   Simplifier.simp_depth_limit	simp_depth_limit
  5979   Blast.depth_limit		blast_depth_limit
  5980   DatatypeProp.dtK		datatype_distinctness_limit
  5981   fast_arith_neq_limit  	fast_arith_neq_limit
  5982   fast_arith_split_limit	fast_arith_split_limit
  5983 
  5984 * Named collections of theorems may be easily installed as context
  5985 data using the functor NamedThmsFun (see also
  5986 src/Pure/Tools/named_thms.ML).  The user may add or delete facts via
  5987 attributes; there is also a toplevel print command.  This facility is
  5988 just a common case of general context data, which is the preferred way
  5989 for anything more complex than just a list of facts in canonical
  5990 order.
  5991 
  5992 * Isar: command 'declaration' augments a local theory by generic
  5993 declaration functions written in ML.  This enables arbitrary content
  5994 being added to the context, depending on a morphism that tells the
  5995 difference of the original declaration context wrt. the application
  5996 context encountered later on.
  5997 
  5998 * Isar: proper interfaces for simplification procedures.  Command
  5999 'simproc_setup' declares named simprocs (with match patterns, and body
  6000 text in ML).  Attribute "simproc" adds/deletes simprocs in the current
  6001 context.  ML antiquotation @{simproc name} retrieves named simprocs.
  6002 
  6003 * Isar: an extra pair of brackets around attribute declarations
  6004 abbreviates a theorem reference involving an internal dummy fact,
  6005 which will be ignored later --- only the effect of the attribute on
  6006 the background context will persist.  This form of in-place
  6007 declarations is particularly useful with commands like 'declare' and
  6008 'using', for example ``have A using [[simproc a]] by simp''.
  6009 
  6010 * Isar: method "assumption" (and implicit closing of subproofs) now
  6011 takes simple non-atomic goal assumptions into account: after applying
  6012 an assumption as a rule the resulting subgoals are solved by atomic
  6013 assumption steps.  This is particularly useful to finish 'obtain'
  6014 goals, such as "!!x. (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> P x ==> thesis",
  6015 without referring to the original premise "!!x. P x ==> thesis" in the
  6016 Isar proof context.  POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY: method "assumption" is
  6017 more permissive.
  6018 
  6019 * Isar: implicit use of prems from the Isar proof context is
  6020 considered a legacy feature.  Common applications like ``have A .''
  6021 may be replaced by ``have A by fact'' or ``note `A`''.  In general,
  6022 referencing facts explicitly here improves readability and
  6023 maintainability of proof texts.
  6024 
  6025 * Isar: improper proof element 'guess' is like 'obtain', but derives
  6026 the obtained context from the course of reasoning!  For example:
  6027 
  6028   assume "EX x y. A x & B y"   -- "any previous fact"
  6029   then guess x and y by clarify
  6030 
  6031 This technique is potentially adventurous, depending on the facts and
  6032 proof tools being involved here.
  6033 
  6034 * Isar: known facts from the proof context may be specified as literal
  6035 propositions, using ASCII back-quote syntax.  This works wherever
  6036 named facts used to be allowed so far, in proof commands, proof
  6037 methods, attributes etc.  Literal facts are retrieved from the context
  6038 according to unification of type and term parameters.  For example,
  6039 provided that "A" and "A ==> B" and "!!x. P x ==> Q x" are known
  6040 theorems in the current context, then these are valid literal facts:
  6041 `A` and `A ==> B` and `!!x. P x ==> Q x" as well as `P a ==> Q a` etc.
  6042 
  6043 There is also a proof method "fact" which does the same composition
  6044 for explicit goal states, e.g. the following proof texts coincide with
  6045 certain special cases of literal facts:
  6046 
  6047   have "A" by fact                 ==  note `A`
  6048   have "A ==> B" by fact           ==  note `A ==> B`
  6049   have "!!x. P x ==> Q x" by fact  ==  note `!!x. P x ==> Q x`
  6050   have "P a ==> Q a" by fact       ==  note `P a ==> Q a`
  6051 
  6052 * Isar: ":" (colon) is no longer a symbolic identifier character in
  6053 outer syntax.  Thus symbolic identifiers may be used without
  6054 additional white space in declarations like this: ``assume *: A''.
  6055 
  6056 * Isar: 'print_facts' prints all local facts of the current context,
  6057 both named and unnamed ones.
  6058 
  6059 * Isar: 'def' now admits simultaneous definitions, e.g.:
  6060 
  6061   def x == "t" and y == "u"
  6062 
  6063 * Isar: added command 'unfolding', which is structurally similar to
  6064 'using', but affects both the goal state and facts by unfolding given
  6065 rewrite rules.  Thus many occurrences of the 'unfold' method or
  6066 'unfolded' attribute may be replaced by first-class proof text.
  6067 
  6068 * Isar: methods 'unfold' / 'fold', attributes 'unfolded' / 'folded',
  6069 and command 'unfolding' now all support object-level equalities
  6070 (potentially conditional).  The underlying notion of rewrite rule is
  6071 analogous to the 'rule_format' attribute, but *not* that of the
  6072 Simplifier (which is usually more generous).
  6073 
  6074 * Isar: the new attribute [rotated n] (default n = 1) rotates the
  6075 premises of a theorem by n. Useful in conjunction with drule.
  6076 
  6077 * Isar: the goal restriction operator [N] (default N = 1) evaluates a
  6078 method expression within a sandbox consisting of the first N
  6079 sub-goals, which need to exist.  For example, ``simp_all [3]''
  6080 simplifies the first three sub-goals, while (rule foo, simp_all)[]
  6081 simplifies all new goals that emerge from applying rule foo to the
  6082 originally first one.
  6083 
  6084 * Isar: schematic goals are no longer restricted to higher-order
  6085 patterns; e.g. ``lemma "?P(?x)" by (rule TrueI)'' now works as
  6086 expected.
  6087 
  6088 * Isar: the conclusion of a long theorem statement is now either
  6089 'shows' (a simultaneous conjunction, as before), or 'obtains'
  6090 (essentially a disjunction of cases with local parameters and
  6091 assumptions).  The latter allows to express general elimination rules
  6092 adequately; in this notation common elimination rules look like this:
  6093 
  6094   lemma exE:    -- "EX x. P x ==> (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  6095     assumes "EX x. P x"
  6096     obtains x where "P x"
  6097 
  6098   lemma conjE:  -- "A & B ==> (A ==> B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  6099     assumes "A & B"
  6100     obtains A and B
  6101 
  6102   lemma disjE:  -- "A | B ==> (A ==> thesis) ==> (B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  6103     assumes "A | B"
  6104     obtains
  6105       A
  6106     | B
  6107 
  6108 The subsequent classical rules even refer to the formal "thesis"
  6109 explicitly:
  6110 
  6111   lemma classical:     -- "(~ thesis ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  6112     obtains "~ thesis"
  6113 
  6114   lemma Peirce's_Law:  -- "((thesis ==> something) ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  6115     obtains "thesis ==> something"
  6116 
  6117 The actual proof of an 'obtains' statement is analogous to that of the
  6118 Isar proof element 'obtain', only that there may be several cases.
  6119 Optional case names may be specified in parentheses; these will be
  6120 available both in the present proof and as annotations in the
  6121 resulting rule, for later use with the 'cases' method (cf. attribute
  6122 case_names).
  6123 
  6124 * Isar: the assumptions of a long theorem statement are available as
  6125 "assms" fact in the proof context.  This is more appropriate than the
  6126 (historical) "prems", which refers to all assumptions of the current
  6127 context, including those from the target locale, proof body etc.
  6128 
  6129 * Isar: 'print_statement' prints theorems from the current theory or
  6130 proof context in long statement form, according to the syntax of a
  6131 top-level lemma.
  6132 
  6133 * Isar: 'obtain' takes an optional case name for the local context
  6134 introduction rule (default "that").
  6135 
  6136 * Isar: removed obsolete 'concl is' patterns.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  6137 explicit (is "_ ==> ?foo") in the rare cases where this still happens
  6138 to occur.
  6139 
  6140 * Pure: syntax "CONST name" produces a fully internalized constant
  6141 according to the current context.  This is particularly useful for
  6142 syntax translations that should refer to internal constant
  6143 representations independently of name spaces.
  6144 
  6145 * Pure: syntax constant for foo (binder "FOO ") is called "foo_binder"
  6146 instead of "FOO ". This allows multiple binder declarations to coexist
  6147 in the same context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6148 
  6149 * Isar/locales: 'notation' provides a robust interface to the 'syntax'
  6150 primitive that also works in a locale context (both for constants and
  6151 fixed variables). Type declaration and internal syntactic representation
  6152 of given constants retrieved from the context. Likewise, the
  6153 'no_notation' command allows to remove given syntax annotations from the
  6154 current context.
  6155 
  6156 * Isar/locales: new derived specification elements 'axiomatization',
  6157 'definition', 'abbreviation', which support type-inference, admit
  6158 object-level specifications (equality, equivalence).  See also the
  6159 isar-ref manual.  Examples:
  6160 
  6161   axiomatization
  6162     eq  (infix "===" 50) where
  6163     eq_refl: "x === x" and eq_subst: "x === y ==> P x ==> P y"
  6164 
  6165   definition "f x y = x + y + 1"
  6166   definition g where "g x = f x x"
  6167 
  6168   abbreviation
  6169     neq  (infix "=!=" 50) where
  6170     "x =!= y == ~ (x === y)"
  6171 
  6172 These specifications may be also used in a locale context.  Then the
  6173 constants being introduced depend on certain fixed parameters, and the
  6174 constant name is qualified by the locale base name.  An internal
  6175 abbreviation takes care for convenient input and output, making the
  6176 parameters implicit and using the original short name.  See also
  6177 src/HOL/ex/Abstract_NAT.thy for an example of deriving polymorphic
  6178 entities from a monomorphic theory.
  6179 
  6180 Presently, abbreviations are only available 'in' a target locale, but
  6181 not inherited by general import expressions.  Also note that
  6182 'abbreviation' may be used as a type-safe replacement for 'syntax' +
  6183 'translations' in common applications.  The "no_abbrevs" print mode
  6184 prevents folding of abbreviations in term output.
  6185 
  6186 Concrete syntax is attached to specified constants in internal form,
  6187 independently of name spaces.  The parse tree representation is
  6188 slightly different -- use 'notation' instead of raw 'syntax', and
  6189 'translations' with explicit "CONST" markup to accommodate this.
  6190 
  6191 * Pure/Isar: unified syntax for new-style specification mechanisms
  6192 (e.g.  'definition', 'abbreviation', or 'inductive' in HOL) admits
  6193 full type inference and dummy patterns ("_").  For example:
  6194 
  6195   definition "K x _ = x"
  6196 
  6197   inductive conj for A B
  6198   where "A ==> B ==> conj A B"
  6199 
  6200 * Pure: command 'print_abbrevs' prints all constant abbreviations of
  6201 the current context.  Print mode "no_abbrevs" prevents inversion of
  6202 abbreviations on output.
  6203 
  6204 * Isar/locales: improved parameter handling: use of locales "var" and
  6205 "struct" no longer necessary; - parameter renamings are no longer
  6206 required to be injective.  For example, this allows to define
  6207 endomorphisms as locale endom = homom mult mult h.
  6208 
  6209 * Isar/locales: changed the way locales with predicates are defined.
  6210 Instead of accumulating the specification, the imported expression is
  6211 now an interpretation.  INCOMPATIBILITY: different normal form of
  6212 locale expressions.  In particular, in interpretations of locales with
  6213 predicates, goals repesenting already interpreted fragments are not
  6214 removed automatically.  Use methods `intro_locales' and
  6215 `unfold_locales'; see below.
  6216 
  6217 * Isar/locales: new methods `intro_locales' and `unfold_locales'
  6218 provide backward reasoning on locales predicates.  The methods are
  6219 aware of interpretations and discharge corresponding goals.
  6220 `intro_locales' is less aggressive then `unfold_locales' and does not
  6221 unfold predicates to assumptions.
  6222 
  6223 * Isar/locales: the order in which locale fragments are accumulated
  6224 has changed.  This enables to override declarations from fragments due
  6225 to interpretations -- for example, unwanted simp rules.
  6226 
  6227 * Isar/locales: interpretation in theories and proof contexts has been
  6228 extended.  One may now specify (and prove) equations, which are
  6229 unfolded in interpreted theorems.  This is useful for replacing
  6230 defined concepts (constants depending on locale parameters) by
  6231 concepts already existing in the target context.  Example:
  6232 
  6233   interpretation partial_order ["op <= :: [int, int] => bool"]
  6234     where "partial_order.less (op <=) (x::int) y = (x < y)"
  6235 
  6236 Typically, the constant `partial_order.less' is created by a
  6237 definition specification element in the context of locale
  6238 partial_order.
  6239 
  6240 * Method "induct": improved internal context management to support
  6241 local fixes and defines on-the-fly. Thus explicit meta-level
  6242 connectives !!  and ==> are rarely required anymore in inductive goals
  6243 (using object-logic connectives for this purpose has been long
  6244 obsolete anyway). Common proof patterns are explained in
  6245 src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, see also
  6246 src/HOL/Isar_examples/Puzzle.thy and src/HOL/Lambda for realistic
  6247 examples.
  6248 
  6249 * Method "induct": improved handling of simultaneous goals. Instead of
  6250 introducing object-level conjunction, the statement is now split into
  6251 several conclusions, while the corresponding symbolic cases are nested
  6252 accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY, proofs need to be structured explicitly,
  6253 see src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, for example.
  6254 
  6255 * Method "induct": mutual induction rules are now specified as a list
  6256 of rule sharing the same induction cases. HOL packages usually provide
  6257 foo_bar.inducts for mutually defined items foo and bar (e.g. inductive
  6258 predicates/sets or datatypes). INCOMPATIBILITY, users need to specify
  6259 mutual induction rules differently, i.e. like this:
  6260 
  6261   (induct rule: foo_bar.inducts)
  6262   (induct set: foo bar)
  6263   (induct pred: foo bar)
  6264   (induct type: foo bar)
  6265 
  6266 The ML function ProjectRule.projections turns old-style rules into the
  6267 new format.
  6268 
  6269 * Method "coinduct": dual of induction, see
  6270 src/HOL/Library/Coinductive_List.thy for various examples.
  6271 
  6272 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": the ``(open)'' option is
  6273 considered a legacy feature.
  6274 
  6275 * Attribute "symmetric" produces result with standardized schematic
  6276 variables (index 0).  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6277 
  6278 * Simplifier: by default the simplifier trace only shows top level
  6279 rewrites now. That is, trace_simp_depth_limit is set to 1 by
  6280 default. Thus there is less danger of being flooded by the trace. The
  6281 trace indicates where parts have been suppressed.
  6282   
  6283 * Provers/classical: removed obsolete classical version of elim_format
  6284 attribute; classical elim/dest rules are now treated uniformly when
  6285 manipulating the claset.
  6286 
  6287 * Provers/classical: stricter checks to ensure that supplied intro,
  6288 dest and elim rules are well-formed; dest and elim rules must have at
  6289 least one premise.
  6290 
  6291 * Provers/classical: attributes dest/elim/intro take an optional
  6292 weight argument for the rule (just as the Pure versions).  Weights are
  6293 ignored by automated tools, but determine the search order of single
  6294 rule steps.
  6295 
  6296 * Syntax: input syntax now supports dummy variable binding "%_. b",
  6297 where the body does not mention the bound variable.  Note that dummy
  6298 patterns implicitly depend on their context of bounds, which makes
  6299 "{_. _}" match any set comprehension as expected.  Potential
  6300 INCOMPATIBILITY -- parse translations need to cope with syntactic
  6301 constant "_idtdummy" in the binding position.
  6302 
  6303 * Syntax: removed obsolete syntactic constant "_K" and its associated
  6304 parse translation.  INCOMPATIBILITY -- use dummy abstraction instead,
  6305 for example "A -> B" => "Pi A (%_. B)".
  6306 
  6307 * Pure: 'class_deps' command visualizes the subclass relation, using
  6308 the graph browser tool.
  6309 
  6310 * Pure: 'print_theory' now suppresses certain internal declarations by
  6311 default; use '!' option for full details.
  6312 
  6313 
  6314 *** HOL ***
  6315 
  6316 * Method "metis" proves goals by applying the Metis general-purpose
  6317 resolution prover (see also http://gilith.com/software/metis/).
  6318 Examples are in the directory MetisExamples.  WARNING: the
  6319 Isabelle/HOL-Metis integration does not yet work properly with
  6320 multi-threading.
  6321   
  6322 * Command 'sledgehammer' invokes external automatic theorem provers as
  6323 background processes.  It generates calls to the "metis" method if
  6324 successful. These can be pasted into the proof.  Users do not have to
  6325 wait for the automatic provers to return.  WARNING: does not really
  6326 work with multi-threading.
  6327 
  6328 * New "auto_quickcheck" feature tests outermost goal statements for
  6329 potential counter-examples.  Controlled by ML references
  6330 auto_quickcheck (default true) and auto_quickcheck_time_limit (default
  6331 5000 milliseconds).  Fails silently if statements is outside of
  6332 executable fragment, or any other codgenerator problem occurs.
  6333 
  6334 * New constant "undefined" with axiom "undefined x = undefined".
  6335 
  6336 * Added class "HOL.eq", allowing for code generation with polymorphic
  6337 equality.
  6338 
  6339 * Some renaming of class constants due to canonical name prefixing in
  6340 the new 'class' package:
  6341 
  6342     HOL.abs ~> HOL.abs_class.abs
  6343     HOL.divide ~> HOL.divide_class.divide
  6344     0 ~> HOL.zero_class.zero
  6345     1 ~> HOL.one_class.one
  6346     op + ~> HOL.plus_class.plus
  6347     op - ~> HOL.minus_class.minus
  6348     uminus ~> HOL.minus_class.uminus
  6349     op * ~> HOL.times_class.times
  6350     op < ~> HOL.ord_class.less
  6351     op <= > HOL.ord_class.less_eq
  6352     Nat.power ~> Power.power_class.power
  6353     Nat.size ~> Nat.size_class.size
  6354     Numeral.number_of ~> Numeral.number_class.number_of
  6355     FixedPoint.Inf ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Inf
  6356     FixedPoint.Sup ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Sup
  6357     Orderings.min ~> Orderings.ord_class.min
  6358     Orderings.max ~> Orderings.ord_class.max
  6359     Divides.op div ~> Divides.div_class.div
  6360     Divides.op mod ~> Divides.div_class.mod
  6361     Divides.op dvd ~> Divides.div_class.dvd
  6362 
  6363 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Adaptions may be required in the following cases:
  6364 
  6365 a) User-defined constants using any of the names "plus", "minus",
  6366 "times", "less" or "less_eq". The standard syntax translations for
  6367 "+", "-" and "*" may go wrong.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific
  6368 names.
  6369 
  6370 b) Variables named "plus", "minus", "times", "less", "less_eq"
  6371 INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific names.
  6372 
  6373 c) Permutative equations (e.g. "a + b = b + a")
  6374 Since the change of names also changes the order of terms, permutative
  6375 rewrite rules may get applied in a different order. Experience shows
  6376 that this is rarely the case (only two adaptions in the whole Isabelle
  6377 distribution).  INCOMPATIBILITY: rewrite proofs
  6378 
  6379 d) ML code directly refering to constant names
  6380 This in general only affects hand-written proof tactics, simprocs and
  6381 so on.  INCOMPATIBILITY: grep your sourcecode and replace names.
  6382 Consider using @{const_name} antiquotation.
  6383 
  6384 * New class "default" with associated constant "default".
  6385 
  6386 * Function "sgn" is now overloaded and available on int, real, complex
  6387 (and other numeric types), using class "sgn".  Two possible defs of
  6388 sgn are given as equational assumptions in the classes sgn_if and
  6389 sgn_div_norm; ordered_idom now also inherits from sgn_if.
  6390 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6391 
  6392 * Locale "partial_order" now unified with class "order" (cf. theory
  6393 Orderings), added parameter "less".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6394 
  6395 * Renamings in classes "order" and "linorder": facts "refl", "trans" and
  6396 "cases" to "order_refl", "order_trans" and "linorder_cases", to avoid
  6397 clashes with HOL "refl" and "trans".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6398 
  6399 * Classes "order" and "linorder": potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to
  6400 changed order of proof goals in instance proofs.
  6401 
  6402 * The transitivity reasoner for partial and linear orders is set up
  6403 for classes "order" and "linorder".  Instances of the reasoner are available
  6404 in all contexts importing or interpreting the corresponding locales.
  6405 Method "order" invokes the reasoner separately; the reasoner
  6406 is also integrated with the Simplifier as a solver.  Diagnostic
  6407 command 'print_orders' shows the available instances of the reasoner
  6408 in the current context.
  6409 
  6410 * Localized monotonicity predicate in theory "Orderings"; integrated
  6411 lemmas max_of_mono and min_of_mono with this predicate.
  6412 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6413 
  6414 * Formulation of theorem "dense" changed slightly due to integration
  6415 with new class dense_linear_order.
  6416 
  6417 * Uniform lattice theory development in HOL.
  6418 
  6419     constants "meet" and "join" now named "inf" and "sup"
  6420     constant "Meet" now named "Inf"
  6421 
  6422     classes "meet_semilorder" and "join_semilorder" now named
  6423       "lower_semilattice" and "upper_semilattice"
  6424     class "lorder" now named "lattice"
  6425     class "comp_lat" now named "complete_lattice"
  6426 
  6427     Instantiation of lattice classes allows explicit definitions
  6428     for "inf" and "sup" operations (or "Inf" and "Sup" for complete lattices).
  6429 
  6430   INCOMPATIBILITY.  Theorem renames:
  6431 
  6432     meet_left_le            ~> inf_le1
  6433     meet_right_le           ~> inf_le2
  6434     join_left_le            ~> sup_ge1
  6435     join_right_le           ~> sup_ge2
  6436     meet_join_le            ~> inf_sup_ord
  6437     le_meetI                ~> le_infI
  6438     join_leI                ~> le_supI
  6439     le_meet                 ~> le_inf_iff
  6440     le_join                 ~> ge_sup_conv
  6441     meet_idempotent         ~> inf_idem
  6442     join_idempotent         ~> sup_idem
  6443     meet_comm               ~> inf_commute
  6444     join_comm               ~> sup_commute
  6445     meet_leI1               ~> le_infI1
  6446     meet_leI2               ~> le_infI2
  6447     le_joinI1               ~> le_supI1
  6448     le_joinI2               ~> le_supI2
  6449     meet_assoc              ~> inf_assoc
  6450     join_assoc              ~> sup_assoc
  6451     meet_left_comm          ~> inf_left_commute
  6452     meet_left_idempotent    ~> inf_left_idem
  6453     join_left_comm          ~> sup_left_commute
  6454     join_left_idempotent    ~> sup_left_idem
  6455     meet_aci                ~> inf_aci
  6456     join_aci                ~> sup_aci
  6457     le_def_meet             ~> le_iff_inf
  6458     le_def_join             ~> le_iff_sup
  6459     join_absorp2            ~> sup_absorb2
  6460     join_absorp1            ~> sup_absorb1
  6461     meet_absorp1            ~> inf_absorb1
  6462     meet_absorp2            ~> inf_absorb2
  6463     meet_join_absorp        ~> inf_sup_absorb
  6464     join_meet_absorp        ~> sup_inf_absorb
  6465     distrib_join_le         ~> distrib_sup_le
  6466     distrib_meet_le         ~> distrib_inf_le
  6467 
  6468     add_meet_distrib_left   ~> add_inf_distrib_left
  6469     add_join_distrib_left   ~> add_sup_distrib_left
  6470     is_join_neg_meet        ~> is_join_neg_inf
  6471     is_meet_neg_join        ~> is_meet_neg_sup
  6472     add_meet_distrib_right  ~> add_inf_distrib_right
  6473     add_join_distrib_right  ~> add_sup_distrib_right
  6474     add_meet_join_distribs  ~> add_sup_inf_distribs
  6475     join_eq_neg_meet        ~> sup_eq_neg_inf
  6476     meet_eq_neg_join        ~> inf_eq_neg_sup
  6477     add_eq_meet_join        ~> add_eq_inf_sup
  6478     meet_0_imp_0            ~> inf_0_imp_0
  6479     join_0_imp_0            ~> sup_0_imp_0
  6480     meet_0_eq_0             ~> inf_0_eq_0
  6481     join_0_eq_0             ~> sup_0_eq_0
  6482     neg_meet_eq_join        ~> neg_inf_eq_sup
  6483     neg_join_eq_meet        ~> neg_sup_eq_inf
  6484     join_eq_if              ~> sup_eq_if
  6485 
  6486     mono_meet               ~> mono_inf
  6487     mono_join               ~> mono_sup
  6488     meet_bool_eq            ~> inf_bool_eq
  6489     join_bool_eq            ~> sup_bool_eq
  6490     meet_fun_eq             ~> inf_fun_eq
  6491     join_fun_eq             ~> sup_fun_eq
  6492     meet_set_eq             ~> inf_set_eq
  6493     join_set_eq             ~> sup_set_eq
  6494     meet1_iff               ~> inf1_iff
  6495     meet2_iff               ~> inf2_iff
  6496     meet1I                  ~> inf1I
  6497     meet2I                  ~> inf2I
  6498     meet1D1                 ~> inf1D1
  6499     meet2D1                 ~> inf2D1
  6500     meet1D2                 ~> inf1D2
  6501     meet2D2                 ~> inf2D2
  6502     meet1E                  ~> inf1E
  6503     meet2E                  ~> inf2E
  6504     join1_iff               ~> sup1_iff
  6505     join2_iff               ~> sup2_iff
  6506     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  6507     join2I1                 ~> sup2I1
  6508     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  6509     join2I2                 ~> sup1I2
  6510     join1CI                 ~> sup1CI
  6511     join2CI                 ~> sup2CI
  6512     join1E                  ~> sup1E
  6513     join2E                  ~> sup2E
  6514 
  6515     is_meet_Meet            ~> is_meet_Inf
  6516     Meet_bool_def           ~> Inf_bool_def
  6517     Meet_fun_def            ~> Inf_fun_def
  6518     Meet_greatest           ~> Inf_greatest
  6519     Meet_lower              ~> Inf_lower
  6520     Meet_set_def            ~> Inf_set_def
  6521 
  6522     Sup_def                 ~> Sup_Inf
  6523     Sup_bool_eq             ~> Sup_bool_def
  6524     Sup_fun_eq              ~> Sup_fun_def
  6525     Sup_set_eq              ~> Sup_set_def
  6526 
  6527     listsp_meetI            ~> listsp_infI
  6528     listsp_meet_eq          ~> listsp_inf_eq
  6529 
  6530     meet_min                ~> inf_min
  6531     join_max                ~> sup_max
  6532 
  6533 * Added syntactic class "size"; overloaded constant "size" now has
  6534 type "'a::size ==> bool"
  6535 
  6536 * Internal reorganisation of `size' of datatypes: size theorems
  6537 "foo.size" are no longer subsumed by "foo.simps" (but are still
  6538 simplification rules by default!); theorems "prod.size" now named
  6539 "*.size".
  6540 
  6541 * Class "div" now inherits from class "times" rather than "type".
  6542 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6543 
  6544 * HOL/Finite_Set: "name-space" locales Lattice, Distrib_lattice,
  6545 Linorder etc.  have disappeared; operations defined in terms of
  6546 fold_set now are named Inf_fin, Sup_fin.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6547 
  6548 * HOL/Nat: neq0_conv no longer declared as iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6549 
  6550 * HOL-Word: New extensive library and type for generic, fixed size
  6551 machine words, with arithmetic, bit-wise, shifting and rotating
  6552 operations, reflection into int, nat, and bool lists, automation for
  6553 linear arithmetic (by automatic reflection into nat or int), including
  6554 lemmas on overflow and monotonicity.  Instantiated to all appropriate
  6555 arithmetic type classes, supporting automatic simplification of
  6556 numerals on all operations.
  6557 
  6558 * Library/Boolean_Algebra: locales for abstract boolean algebras.
  6559 
  6560 * Library/Numeral_Type: numbers as types, e.g. TYPE(32).
  6561 
  6562 * Code generator library theories:
  6563   - Code_Integer represents HOL integers by big integer literals in target
  6564     languages.
  6565   - Code_Char represents HOL characters by character literals in target
  6566     languages.
  6567   - Code_Char_chr like Code_Char, but also offers treatment of character
  6568     codes; includes Code_Integer.
  6569   - Executable_Set allows to generate code for finite sets using lists.
  6570   - Executable_Rat implements rational numbers as triples (sign, enumerator,
  6571     denominator).
  6572   - Executable_Real implements a subset of real numbers, namly those
  6573     representable by rational numbers.
  6574   - Efficient_Nat implements natural numbers by integers, which in general will
  6575     result in higher efficency; pattern matching with 0/Suc is eliminated;
  6576     includes Code_Integer.
  6577   - Code_Index provides an additional datatype index which is mapped to
  6578     target-language built-in integers.
  6579   - Code_Message provides an additional datatype message_string which is isomorphic to
  6580     strings; messages are mapped to target-language strings.
  6581 
  6582 * New package for inductive predicates
  6583 
  6584   An n-ary predicate p with m parameters z_1, ..., z_m can now be defined via
  6585 
  6586     inductive
  6587       p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  6588       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  6589     where
  6590       rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  6591     | ...
  6592 
  6593   with full support for type-inference, rather than
  6594 
  6595     consts s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  6596 
  6597     abbreviation p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  6598     where "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  6599 
  6600     inductive "s z_1 ... z_m"
  6601     intros
  6602       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  6603       ...
  6604 
  6605   For backward compatibility, there is a wrapper allowing inductive
  6606   sets to be defined with the new package via
  6607 
  6608     inductive_set
  6609       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  6610       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  6611     where
  6612       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  6613     | ...
  6614 
  6615   or
  6616 
  6617     inductive_set
  6618       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  6619       and p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  6620       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  6621     where
  6622       "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  6623     | rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  6624     | ...
  6625 
  6626   if the additional syntax "p ..." is required.
  6627 
  6628   Numerous examples can be found in the subdirectories src/HOL/Auth,
  6629   src/HOL/Bali, src/HOL/Induct, and src/HOL/MicroJava.
  6630 
  6631   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  6632 
  6633   - Since declaration and definition of inductive sets or predicates
  6634     is no longer separated, abbreviations involving the newly
  6635     introduced sets or predicates must be specified together with the
  6636     introduction rules after the 'where' keyword (see above), rather
  6637     than before the actual inductive definition.
  6638 
  6639   - The variables in induction and elimination rules are now
  6640     quantified in the order of their occurrence in the introduction
  6641     rules, rather than in alphabetical order. Since this may break
  6642     some proofs, these proofs either have to be repaired, e.g. by
  6643     reordering the variables a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i} in Isar 'case'
  6644     statements of the form
  6645 
  6646       case (rule_i a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i})
  6647 
  6648     or the old order of quantification has to be restored by explicitly adding
  6649     meta-level quantifiers in the introduction rules, i.e.
  6650 
  6651       | rule_i: "!!a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i}. ... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_i_1 ... t_i_n"
  6652 
  6653   - The format of the elimination rules is now
  6654 
  6655       p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n ==>
  6656         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  6657         ==> ... ==> P
  6658 
  6659     for predicates and
  6660 
  6661       (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  6662         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  6663         ==> ... ==> P
  6664 
  6665     for sets rather than
  6666 
  6667       x : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  6668         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x = (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) ==> ... ==> P)
  6669         ==> ... ==> P
  6670 
  6671     This may require terms in goals to be expanded to n-tuples
  6672     (e.g. using case_tac or simplification with the split_paired_all
  6673     rule) before the above elimination rule is applicable.
  6674 
  6675   - The elimination or case analysis rules for (mutually) inductive
  6676     sets or predicates are now called "p_1.cases" ... "p_k.cases". The
  6677     list of rules "p_1_..._p_k.elims" is no longer available.
  6678 
  6679 * New package "function"/"fun" for general recursive functions,
  6680 supporting mutual and nested recursion, definitions in local contexts,
  6681 more general pattern matching and partiality. See HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy
  6682 for small examples, and the separate tutorial on the function
  6683 package. The old recdef "package" is still available as before, but
  6684 users are encouraged to use the new package.
  6685 
  6686 * Method "lexicographic_order" automatically synthesizes termination
  6687 relations as lexicographic combinations of size measures. 
  6688 
  6689 * Case-expressions allow arbitrary constructor-patterns (including
  6690 "_") and take their order into account, like in functional
  6691 programming.  Internally, this is translated into nested
  6692 case-expressions; missing cases are added and mapped to the predefined
  6693 constant "undefined". In complicated cases printing may no longer show
  6694 the original input but the internal form. Lambda-abstractions allow
  6695 the same form of pattern matching: "% pat1 => e1 | ..." is an
  6696 abbreviation for "%x. case x of pat1 => e1 | ..." where x is a new
  6697 variable.
  6698 
  6699 * IntDef: The constant "int :: nat => int" has been removed; now "int"
  6700 is an abbreviation for "of_nat :: nat => int". The simplification
  6701 rules for "of_nat" have been changed to work like "int" did
  6702 previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  6703   - "of_nat (Suc m)" simplifies to "1 + of_nat m" instead of "of_nat m + 1"
  6704   - of_nat_diff and of_nat_mult are no longer default simp rules
  6705 
  6706 * Method "algebra" solves polynomial equations over (semi)rings using
  6707 Groebner bases. The (semi)ring structure is defined by locales and the
  6708 tool setup depends on that generic context. Installing the method for
  6709 a specific type involves instantiating the locale and possibly adding
  6710 declarations for computation on the coefficients.  The method is
  6711 already instantiated for natural numbers and for the axiomatic class
  6712 of idoms with numerals.  See also the paper by Chaieb and Wenzel at
  6713 CALCULEMUS 2007 for the general principles underlying this
  6714 architecture of context-aware proof-tools.
  6715 
  6716 * Method "ferrack" implements quantifier elimination over
  6717 special-purpose dense linear orders using locales (analogous to
  6718 "algebra"). The method is already installed for class
  6719 {ordered_field,recpower,number_ring} which subsumes real, hyperreal,
  6720 rat, etc.
  6721 
  6722 * Former constant "List.op @" now named "List.append".  Use ML
  6723 antiquotations @{const_name List.append} or @{term " ... @ ... "} to
  6724 circumvent possible incompatibilities when working on ML level.
  6725 
  6726 * primrec: missing cases mapped to "undefined" instead of "arbitrary".
  6727 
  6728 * New function listsum :: 'a list => 'a for arbitrary monoids.
  6729 Special syntax: "SUM x <- xs. f x" (and latex variants)
  6730 
  6731 * New syntax for Haskell-like list comprehension (input only), eg.
  6732 [(x,y). x <- xs, y <- ys, x ~= y], see also src/HOL/List.thy.
  6733 
  6734 * The special syntax for function "filter" has changed from [x :
  6735 xs. P] to [x <- xs. P] to avoid an ambiguity caused by list
  6736 comprehension syntax, and for uniformity.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6737 
  6738 * [a..b] is now defined for arbitrary linear orders.  It used to be
  6739 defined on nat only, as an abbreviation for [a..<Suc b]
  6740 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6741 
  6742 * Renamed lemma "set_take_whileD"  to "set_takeWhileD".
  6743 
  6744 * New functions "sorted" and "sort" in src/HOL/List.thy.
  6745 
  6746 * New lemma collection field_simps (an extension of ring_simps) for
  6747 manipulating (in)equations involving division. Multiplies with all
  6748 denominators that can be proved to be non-zero (in equations) or
  6749 positive/negative (in inequations).
  6750 
  6751 * Lemma collections ring_eq_simps, group_eq_simps and ring_distrib
  6752 have been improved and renamed to ring_simps, group_simps and
  6753 ring_distribs.  Removed lemmas field_xyz in theory Ring_and_Field
  6754 because they were subsumed by lemmas xyz.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6755 
  6756 * Theory Library/Commutative_Ring: switched from recdef to function
  6757 package; constants add, mul, pow now curried.  Infix syntax for
  6758 algebraic operations.
  6759 
  6760 * Dropped redundant lemma def_imp_eq in favor of meta_eq_to_obj_eq.
  6761 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6762 
  6763 * Dropped redundant lemma if_def2 in favor of if_bool_eq_conj.
  6764 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6765 
  6766 * HOL/records: generalised field-update to take a function on the
  6767 field rather than the new value: r(|A := x|) is translated to A_update
  6768 (K x) r The K-combinator that is internally used is called K_record.
  6769 INCOMPATIBILITY: Usage of the plain update functions has to be
  6770 adapted.
  6771  
  6772 * Class "semiring_0" now contains annihilation axioms x * 0 = 0 and 0
  6773 * x = 0, which are required for a semiring.  Richer structures do not
  6774 inherit from semiring_0 anymore, because this property is a theorem
  6775 there, not an axiom.  INCOMPATIBILITY: In instances of semiring_0,
  6776 there is more to prove, but this is mostly trivial.
  6777 
  6778 * Class "recpower" is generalized to arbitrary monoids, not just
  6779 commutative semirings.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to incorporate
  6780 commutativity or semiring properties additionally.
  6781 
  6782 * Constant "List.list_all2" in List.thy now uses authentic syntax.
  6783 INCOMPATIBILITY: translations containing list_all2 may go wrong,
  6784 better use 'abbreviation'.
  6785 
  6786 * Renamed constant "List.op mem" to "List.member".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6787 
  6788 * Numeral syntax: type 'bin' which was a mere type copy of 'int' has
  6789 been abandoned in favour of plain 'int'.  INCOMPATIBILITY --
  6790 significant changes for setting up numeral syntax for types:
  6791   - New constants Numeral.pred and Numeral.succ instead
  6792       of former Numeral.bin_pred and Numeral.bin_succ.
  6793   - Use integer operations instead of bin_add, bin_mult and so on.
  6794   - Numeral simplification theorems named Numeral.numeral_simps instead of Bin_simps.
  6795   - ML structure Bin_Simprocs now named Int_Numeral_Base_Simprocs.
  6796 
  6797 See src/HOL/Integ/IntArith.thy for an example setup.
  6798 
  6799 * Command 'normal_form' computes the normal form of a term that may
  6800 contain free variables.  For example ``normal_form "rev [a, b, c]"''
  6801 produces ``[b, c, a]'' (without proof).  This command is suitable for
  6802 heavy-duty computations because the functions are compiled to ML
  6803 first.  Correspondingly, a method "normalization" is provided.  See
  6804 further src/HOL/ex/NormalForm.thy and src/Tools/nbe.ML.
  6805 
  6806 * Alternative iff syntax "A <-> B" for equality on bool (with priority
  6807 25 like -->); output depends on the "iff" print_mode, the default is
  6808 "A = B" (with priority 50).
  6809 
  6810 * Relations less (<) and less_eq (<=) are also available on type bool.
  6811 Modified syntax to disallow nesting without explicit parentheses,
  6812 e.g. "(x < y) < z" or "x < (y < z)", but NOT "x < y < z".  Potential
  6813 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6814 
  6815 * "LEAST x:A. P" expands to "LEAST x. x:A & P" (input only).
  6816 
  6817 * Relation composition operator "op O" now has precedence 75 and binds
  6818 stronger than union and intersection. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6819 
  6820 * The old set interval syntax "{m..n(}" (and relatives) has been
  6821 removed.  Use "{m..<n}" (and relatives) instead.
  6822 
  6823 * In the context of the assumption "~(s = t)" the Simplifier rewrites
  6824 "t = s" to False (by simproc "neq").  INCOMPATIBILITY, consider using
  6825 ``declare [[simproc del: neq]]''.
  6826 
  6827 * Simplifier: "m dvd n" where m and n are numbers is evaluated to
  6828 True/False.
  6829 
  6830 * Theorem Cons_eq_map_conv no longer declared as "simp".
  6831 
  6832 * Theorem setsum_mult renamed to setsum_right_distrib.
  6833 
  6834 * Prefer ex1I over ex_ex1I in single-step reasoning, e.g. by the
  6835 ``rule'' method.
  6836 
  6837 * Reimplemented methods "sat" and "satx", with several improvements:
  6838 goals no longer need to be stated as "<prems> ==> False", equivalences
  6839 (i.e. "=" on type bool) are handled, variable names of the form
  6840 "lit_<n>" are no longer reserved, significant speedup.
  6841 
  6842 * Methods "sat" and "satx" can now replay MiniSat proof traces.
  6843 zChaff is still supported as well.
  6844 
  6845 * 'inductive' and 'datatype': provide projections of mutual rules,
  6846 bundled as foo_bar.inducts;
  6847 
  6848 * Library: moved theories Parity, GCD, Binomial, Infinite_Set to
  6849 Library.
  6850 
  6851 * Library: moved theory Accessible_Part to main HOL.
  6852 
  6853 * Library: added theory Coinductive_List of potentially infinite lists
  6854 as greatest fixed-point.
  6855 
  6856 * Library: added theory AssocList which implements (finite) maps as
  6857 association lists.
  6858 
  6859 * Method "evaluation" solves goals (i.e. a boolean expression)
  6860 efficiently by compiling it to ML.  The goal is "proved" (via an
  6861 oracle) if it evaluates to True.
  6862 
  6863 * Linear arithmetic now splits certain operators (e.g. min, max, abs)
  6864 also when invoked by the simplifier.  This results in the Simplifier
  6865 being more powerful on arithmetic goals.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6866 Configuration option fast_arith_split_limit=0 recovers the old
  6867 behavior.
  6868 
  6869 * Support for hex (0x20) and binary (0b1001) numerals.
  6870 
  6871 * New method: reify eqs (t), where eqs are equations for an
  6872 interpretation I :: 'a list => 'b => 'c and t::'c is an optional
  6873 parameter, computes a term s::'b and a list xs::'a list and proves the
  6874 theorem I xs s = t. This is also known as reification or quoting. The
  6875 resulting theorem is applied to the subgoal to substitute t with I xs
  6876 s.  If t is omitted, the subgoal itself is reified.
  6877 
  6878 * New method: reflection corr_thm eqs (t). The parameters eqs and (t)
  6879 are as explained above. corr_thm is a theorem for I vs (f t) = I vs t,
  6880 where f is supposed to be a computable function (in the sense of code
  6881 generattion). The method uses reify to compute s and xs as above then
  6882 applies corr_thm and uses normalization by evaluation to "prove" f s =
  6883 r and finally gets the theorem t = r, which is again applied to the
  6884 subgoal. An Example is available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy.
  6885 
  6886 * Reflection: Automatic reification now handels binding, an example is
  6887 available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy
  6888 
  6889 * HOL-Statespace: ``State Spaces: The Locale Way'' introduces a
  6890 command 'statespace' that is similar to 'record', but introduces an
  6891 abstract specification based on the locale infrastructure instead of
  6892 HOL types.  This leads to extra flexibility in composing state spaces,
  6893 in particular multiple inheritance and renaming of components.
  6894 
  6895 
  6896 *** HOL-Complex ***
  6897 
  6898 * Hyperreal: Functions root and sqrt are now defined on negative real
  6899 inputs so that root n (- x) = - root n x and sqrt (- x) = - sqrt x.
  6900 Nonnegativity side conditions have been removed from many lemmas, so
  6901 that more subgoals may now be solved by simplification; potential
  6902 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6903 
  6904 * Real: new type classes formalize real normed vector spaces and
  6905 algebras, using new overloaded constants scaleR :: real => 'a => 'a
  6906 and norm :: 'a => real.
  6907 
  6908 * Real: constant of_real :: real => 'a::real_algebra_1 injects from
  6909 reals into other types. The overloaded constant Reals :: 'a set is now
  6910 defined as range of_real; potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6911 
  6912 * Real: proper support for ML code generation, including 'quickcheck'.
  6913 Reals are implemented as arbitrary precision rationals.
  6914 
  6915 * Hyperreal: Several constants that previously worked only for the
  6916 reals have been generalized, so they now work over arbitrary vector
  6917 spaces. Type annotations may need to be added in some cases; potential
  6918 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6919 
  6920   Infinitesimal  :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  6921   HFinite        :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  6922   HInfinite      :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  6923   approx         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star => bool
  6924   monad          :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  6925   galaxy         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  6926   (NS)LIMSEQ     :: [nat => 'a::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  6927   (NS)convergent :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  6928   (NS)Bseq       :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  6929   (NS)Cauchy     :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  6930   (NS)LIM        :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a, 'b] => bool
  6931   is(NS)Cont     :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  6932   deriv          :: ['a::real_normed_field => 'a, 'a, 'a] => bool
  6933   sgn            :: 'a::real_normed_vector => 'a
  6934   exp            :: 'a::{recpower,real_normed_field,banach} => 'a
  6935 
  6936 * Complex: Some complex-specific constants are now abbreviations for
  6937 overloaded ones: complex_of_real = of_real, cmod = norm, hcmod =
  6938 hnorm.  Other constants have been entirely removed in favor of the
  6939 polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6940 
  6941   approx        <-- capprox
  6942   HFinite       <-- CFinite
  6943   HInfinite     <-- CInfinite
  6944   Infinitesimal <-- CInfinitesimal
  6945   monad         <-- cmonad
  6946   galaxy        <-- cgalaxy
  6947   (NS)LIM       <-- (NS)CLIM, (NS)CRLIM
  6948   is(NS)Cont    <-- is(NS)Contc, is(NS)contCR
  6949   (ns)deriv     <-- (ns)cderiv
  6950 
  6951 
  6952 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  6953 
  6954 * Formalisation of ideals and the quotient construction over rings.
  6955 
  6956 * Order and lattice theory no longer based on records.
  6957 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6958 
  6959 * Renamed lemmas least_carrier -> least_closed and greatest_carrier ->
  6960 greatest_closed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6961 
  6962 * Method algebra is now set up via an attribute.  For examples see
  6963 Ring.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY: the method is now weaker on combinations
  6964 of algebraic structures.
  6965 
  6966 * Renamed theory CRing to Ring.
  6967 
  6968 
  6969 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  6970 
  6971 * Substantial, yet incomplete support for nominal datatypes (binding
  6972 structures) based on HOL-Nominal logic.  See src/HOL/Nominal and
  6973 src/HOL/Nominal/Examples.  Prospective users should consult
  6974 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/nominal/
  6975 
  6976 
  6977 *** ML ***
  6978 
  6979 * ML basics: just one true type int, which coincides with IntInf.int
  6980 (even on SML/NJ).
  6981 
  6982 * ML within Isar: antiquotations allow to embed statically-checked
  6983 formal entities in the source, referring to the context available at
  6984 compile-time.  For example:
  6985 
  6986 ML {* @{sort "{zero,one}"} *}
  6987 ML {* @{typ "'a => 'b"} *}
  6988 ML {* @{term "%x. x"} *}
  6989 ML {* @{prop "x == y"} *}
  6990 ML {* @{ctyp "'a => 'b"} *}
  6991 ML {* @{cterm "%x. x"} *}
  6992 ML {* @{cprop "x == y"} *}
  6993 ML {* @{thm asm_rl} *}
  6994 ML {* @{thms asm_rl} *}
  6995 ML {* @{type_name c} *}
  6996 ML {* @{type_syntax c} *}
  6997 ML {* @{const_name c} *}
  6998 ML {* @{const_syntax c} *}
  6999 ML {* @{context} *}
  7000 ML {* @{theory} *}
  7001 ML {* @{theory Pure} *}
  7002 ML {* @{theory_ref} *}
  7003 ML {* @{theory_ref Pure} *}
  7004 ML {* @{simpset} *}
  7005 ML {* @{claset} *}
  7006 ML {* @{clasimpset} *}
  7007 
  7008 The same works for sources being ``used'' within an Isar context.
  7009 
  7010 * ML in Isar: improved error reporting; extra verbosity with
  7011 ML_Context.trace enabled.
  7012 
  7013 * Pure/General/table.ML: the join operations now works via exceptions
  7014 DUP/SAME instead of type option. This is simpler in simple cases, and
  7015 admits slightly more efficient complex applications.
  7016 
  7017 * Pure: 'advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) now
  7018 use Context.generic instead of just theory.
  7019 
  7020 * Pure: datatype Context.generic joins theory/Proof.context and
  7021 provides some facilities for code that works in either kind of
  7022 context, notably GenericDataFun for uniform theory and proof data.
  7023 
  7024 * Pure: simplified internal attribute type, which is now always
  7025 Context.generic * thm -> Context.generic * thm. Global (theory) vs.
  7026 local (Proof.context) attributes have been discontinued, while
  7027 minimizing code duplication. Thm.rule_attribute and
  7028 Thm.declaration_attribute build canonical attributes; see also structure
  7029 Context for further operations on Context.generic, notably
  7030 GenericDataFun. INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt attribute type
  7031 declarations and definitions.
  7032 
  7033 * Context data interfaces (Theory/Proof/GenericDataFun): removed
  7034 name/print, uninitialized data defaults to ad-hoc copy of empty value,
  7035 init only required for impure data. INCOMPATIBILITY: empty really need
  7036 to be empty (no dependencies on theory content!)
  7037 
  7038 * Pure/kernel: consts certification ignores sort constraints given in
  7039 signature declarations. (This information is not relevant to the
  7040 logic, but only for type inference.) SIGNIFICANT INTERNAL CHANGE,
  7041 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  7042 
  7043 * Pure: axiomatic type classes are now purely definitional, with
  7044 explicit proofs of class axioms and super class relations performed
  7045 internally. See Pure/axclass.ML for the main internal interfaces --
  7046 notably AxClass.define_class supercedes AxClass.add_axclass, and
  7047 AxClass.axiomatize_class/classrel/arity supersede
  7048 Sign.add_classes/classrel/arities.
  7049 
  7050 * Pure/Isar: Args/Attrib parsers operate on Context.generic --
  7051 global/local versions on theory vs. Proof.context have been
  7052 discontinued; Attrib.syntax and Method.syntax have been adapted
  7053 accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt parser expressions for
  7054 attributes, methods, etc.
  7055 
  7056 * Pure: several functions of signature "... -> theory -> theory * ..."
  7057 have been reoriented to "... -> theory -> ... * theory" in order to
  7058 allow natural usage in combination with the ||>, ||>>, |-> and
  7059 fold_map combinators.
  7060 
  7061 * Pure: official theorem names (closed derivations) and additional
  7062 comments (tags) are now strictly separate.  Name hints -- which are
  7063 maintained as tags -- may be attached any time without affecting the
  7064 derivation.
  7065 
  7066 * Pure: primitive rule lift_rule now takes goal cterm instead of an
  7067 actual goal state (thm).  Use Thm.lift_rule (Thm.cprem_of st i) to
  7068 achieve the old behaviour.
  7069 
  7070 * Pure: the "Goal" constant is now called "prop", supporting a
  7071 slightly more general idea of ``protecting'' meta-level rule
  7072 statements.
  7073 
  7074 * Pure: Logic.(un)varify only works in a global context, which is now
  7075 enforced instead of silently assumed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use
  7076 Logic.legacy_(un)varify as temporary workaround.
  7077 
  7078 * Pure: structure Name provides scalable operations for generating
  7079 internal variable names, notably Name.variants etc.  This replaces
  7080 some popular functions from term.ML:
  7081 
  7082   Term.variant		->  Name.variant
  7083   Term.variantlist	->  Name.variant_list
  7084   Term.invent_names	->  Name.invent_list
  7085 
  7086 Note that low-level renaming rarely occurs in new code -- operations
  7087 from structure Variable are used instead (see below).
  7088 
  7089 * Pure: structure Variable provides fundamental operations for proper
  7090 treatment of fixed/schematic variables in a context.  For example,
  7091 Variable.import introduces fixes for schematics of given facts and
  7092 Variable.export reverses the effect (up to renaming) -- this replaces
  7093 various freeze_thaw operations.
  7094 
  7095 * Pure: structure Goal provides simple interfaces for
  7096 init/conclude/finish and tactical prove operations (replacing former
  7097 Tactic.prove).  Goal.prove is the canonical way to prove results
  7098 within a given context; Goal.prove_global is a degraded version for
  7099 theory level goals, including a global Drule.standard.  Note that
  7100 OldGoals.prove_goalw_cterm has long been obsolete, since it is
  7101 ill-behaved in a local proof context (e.g. with local fixes/assumes or
  7102 in a locale context).
  7103 
  7104 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for parsing (Syntax.parse_term etc.)
  7105 and type checking (Syntax.check_term etc.), with common combinations
  7106 (Syntax.read_term etc.). These supersede former Sign.read_term etc.
  7107 which are considered legacy and await removal.
  7108 
  7109 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for type unchecking
  7110 (Syntax.uncheck_terms etc.) and unparsing (Syntax.unparse_term etc.),
  7111 with common combinations (Syntax.pretty_term, Syntax.string_of_term
  7112 etc.).  Former Sign.pretty_term, Sign.string_of_term etc. are still
  7113 available for convenience, but refer to the very same operations using
  7114 a mere theory instead of a full context.
  7115 
  7116 * Isar: simplified treatment of user-level errors, using exception
  7117 ERROR of string uniformly.  Function error now merely raises ERROR,
  7118 without any side effect on output channels.  The Isar toplevel takes
  7119 care of proper display of ERROR exceptions.  ML code may use plain
  7120 handle/can/try; cat_error may be used to concatenate errors like this:
  7121 
  7122   ... handle ERROR msg => cat_error msg "..."
  7123 
  7124 Toplevel ML code (run directly or through the Isar toplevel) may be
  7125 embedded into the Isar toplevel with exception display/debug like
  7126 this:
  7127 
  7128   Isar.toplevel (fn () => ...)
  7129 
  7130 INCOMPATIBILITY, removed special transform_error facilities, removed
  7131 obsolete variants of user-level exceptions (ERROR_MESSAGE,
  7132 Context.PROOF, ProofContext.CONTEXT, Proof.STATE, ProofHistory.FAIL)
  7133 -- use plain ERROR instead.
  7134 
  7135 * Isar: theory setup now has type (theory -> theory), instead of a
  7136 list.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use #> to compose setup functions.
  7137 
  7138 * Isar: ML toplevel pretty printer for type Proof.context, subject to
  7139 ProofContext.debug/verbose flags.
  7140 
  7141 * Isar: Toplevel.theory_to_proof admits transactions that modify the
  7142 theory before entering a proof state.  Transactions now always see a
  7143 quasi-functional intermediate checkpoint, both in interactive and
  7144 batch mode.
  7145 
  7146 * Isar: simplified interfaces for outer syntax.  Renamed
  7147 OuterSyntax.add_keywords to OuterSyntax.keywords.  Removed
  7148 OuterSyntax.add_parsers -- this functionality is now included in
  7149 OuterSyntax.command etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  7150 
  7151 * Simplifier: the simpset of a running simplification process now
  7152 contains a proof context (cf. Simplifier.the_context), which is the
  7153 very context that the initial simpset has been retrieved from (by
  7154 simpset_of/local_simpset_of).  Consequently, all plug-in components
  7155 (solver, looper etc.) may depend on arbitrary proof data.
  7156 
  7157 * Simplifier.inherit_context inherits the proof context (plus the
  7158 local bounds) of the current simplification process; any simproc
  7159 etc. that calls the Simplifier recursively should do this!  Removed
  7160 former Simplifier.inherit_bounds, which is already included here --
  7161 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Tools based on low-level rewriting may even have to
  7162 specify an explicit context using Simplifier.context/theory_context.
  7163 
  7164 * Simplifier/Classical Reasoner: more abstract interfaces
  7165 change_simpset/claset for modifying the simpset/claset reference of a
  7166 theory; raw versions simpset/claset_ref etc. have been discontinued --
  7167 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  7168 
  7169 * Provers: more generic wrt. syntax of object-logics, avoid hardwired
  7170 "Trueprop" etc.
  7171 
  7172 
  7173 *** System ***
  7174 
  7175 * settings: the default heap location within ISABELLE_HOME_USER now
  7176 includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER.  This simplifies use of multiple
  7177 Isabelle installations.
  7178 
  7179 * isabelle-process: option -S (secure mode) disables some critical
  7180 operations, notably runtime compilation and evaluation of ML source
  7181 code.
  7182 
  7183 * Basic Isabelle mode for jEdit, see Isabelle/lib/jedit/.
  7184 
  7185 * Support for parallel execution, using native multicore support of
  7186 Poly/ML 5.1.  The theory loader exploits parallelism when processing
  7187 independent theories, according to the given theory header
  7188 specifications. The maximum number of worker threads is specified via
  7189 usedir option -M or the "max-threads" setting in Proof General. A
  7190 speedup factor of 1.5--3.5 can be expected on a 4-core machine, and up
  7191 to 6 on a 8-core machine.  User-code needs to observe certain
  7192 guidelines for thread-safe programming, see appendix A in the Isar
  7193 Implementation manual.
  7194 
  7195 
  7196 
  7197 New in Isabelle2005 (October 2005)
  7198 ----------------------------------
  7199 
  7200 *** General ***
  7201 
  7202 * Theory headers: the new header syntax for Isar theories is
  7203 
  7204   theory <name>
  7205   imports <theory1> ... <theoryN>
  7206   uses <file1> ... <fileM>
  7207   begin
  7208 
  7209 where the 'uses' part is optional.  The previous syntax
  7210 
  7211   theory <name> = <theory1> + ... + <theoryN>:
  7212 
  7213 will disappear in the next release.  Use isatool fixheaders to convert
  7214 existing theory files.  Note that there is no change in ancient
  7215 non-Isar theories now, but these will disappear soon.
  7216 
  7217 * Theory loader: parent theories can now also be referred to via
  7218 relative and absolute paths.
  7219 
  7220 * Command 'find_theorems' searches for a list of criteria instead of a
  7221 list of constants. Known criteria are: intro, elim, dest, name:string,
  7222 simp:term, and any term. Criteria can be preceded by '-' to select
  7223 theorems that do not match. Intro, elim, dest select theorems that
  7224 match the current goal, name:s selects theorems whose fully qualified
  7225 name contain s, and simp:term selects all simplification rules whose
  7226 lhs match term.  Any other term is interpreted as pattern and selects
  7227 all theorems matching the pattern. Available in ProofGeneral under
  7228 'ProofGeneral -> Find Theorems' or C-c C-f.  Example:
  7229 
  7230   C-c C-f (100) "(_::nat) + _ + _" intro -name: "HOL."
  7231 
  7232 prints the last 100 theorems matching the pattern "(_::nat) + _ + _",
  7233 matching the current goal as introduction rule and not having "HOL."
  7234 in their name (i.e. not being defined in theory HOL).
  7235 
  7236 * Command 'thms_containing' has been discontinued in favour of
  7237 'find_theorems'; INCOMPATIBILITY.
  7238 
  7239 * Communication with Proof General is now 8bit clean, which means that
  7240 Unicode text in UTF-8 encoding may be used within theory texts (both
  7241 formal and informal parts).  Cf. option -U of the Isabelle Proof
  7242 General interface.  Here are some simple examples (cf. src/HOL/ex):
  7243 
  7244   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Hebrew.html
  7245   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Chinese.html
  7246 
  7247 * Improved efficiency of the Simplifier and, to a lesser degree, the
  7248 Classical Reasoner.  Typical big applications run around 2 times
  7249 faster.
  7250 
  7251 
  7252 *** Document preparation ***
  7253 
  7254 * Commands 'display_drafts' and 'print_drafts' perform simple output
  7255 of raw sources.  Only those symbols that do not require additional
  7256 LaTeX packages (depending on comments in isabellesym.sty) are
  7257 displayed properly, everything else is left verbatim.  isatool display
  7258 and isatool print are used as front ends (these are subject to the
  7259 DVI/PDF_VIEWER and PRINT_COMMAND settings, respectively).
  7260 
  7261 * Command tags control specific markup of certain regions of text,
  7262 notably folding and hiding.  Predefined tags include "theory" (for
  7263 theory begin and end), "proof" for proof commands, and "ML" for
  7264 commands involving ML code; the additional tags "visible" and
  7265 "invisible" are unused by default.  Users may give explicit tag
  7266 specifications in the text, e.g. ''by %invisible (auto)''.  The
  7267 interpretation of tags is determined by the LaTeX job during document
  7268 preparation: see option -V of isatool usedir, or options -n and -t of
  7269 isatool document, or even the LaTeX macros \isakeeptag, \isafoldtag,
  7270 \isadroptag.
  7271 
  7272 Several document versions may be produced at the same time via isatool
  7273 usedir (the generated index.html will link all of them).  Typical
  7274 specifications include ''-V document=theory,proof,ML'' to present
  7275 theory/proof/ML parts faithfully, ''-V outline=/proof,/ML'' to fold
  7276 proof and ML commands, and ''-V mutilated=-theory,-proof,-ML'' to omit
  7277 these parts without any formal replacement text.  The Isabelle site
  7278 default settings produce ''document'' and ''outline'' versions as
  7279 specified above.
  7280 
  7281 * Several new antiquotations:
  7282 
  7283   @{term_type term} prints a term with its type annotated;
  7284 
  7285   @{typeof term} prints the type of a term;
  7286 
  7287   @{const const} is the same as @{term const}, but checks that the
  7288   argument is a known logical constant;
  7289 
  7290   @{term_style style term} and @{thm_style style thm} print a term or
  7291   theorem applying a "style" to it
  7292 
  7293   @{ML text}
  7294 
  7295 Predefined styles are 'lhs' and 'rhs' printing the lhs/rhs of
  7296 definitions, equations, inequations etc., 'concl' printing only the
  7297 conclusion of a meta-logical statement theorem, and 'prem1' .. 'prem19'
  7298 to print the specified premise.  TermStyle.add_style provides an ML
  7299 interface for introducing further styles.  See also the "LaTeX Sugar"
  7300 document practical applications.  The ML antiquotation prints
  7301 type-checked ML expressions verbatim.
  7302 
  7303 * Markup commands 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', 'subsubsection',
  7304 and 'text' support optional locale specification '(in loc)', which
  7305 specifies the default context for interpreting antiquotations.  For
  7306 example: 'text (in lattice) {* @{thm inf_assoc}*}'.
  7307 
  7308 * Option 'locale=NAME' of antiquotations specifies an alternative
  7309 context interpreting the subsequent argument.  For example: @{thm
  7310 [locale=lattice] inf_assoc}.
  7311 
  7312 * Proper output of proof terms (@{prf ...} and @{full_prf ...}) within
  7313 a proof context.
  7314 
  7315 * Proper output of antiquotations for theory commands involving a
  7316 proof context (such as 'locale' or 'theorem (in loc) ...').
  7317 
  7318 * Delimiters of outer tokens (string etc.) now produce separate LaTeX
  7319 macros (\isachardoublequoteopen, isachardoublequoteclose etc.).
  7320 
  7321 * isatool usedir: new option -C (default true) controls whether option
  7322 -D should include a copy of the original document directory; -C false
  7323 prevents unwanted effects such as copying of administrative CVS data.
  7324 
  7325 
  7326 *** Pure ***
  7327 
  7328 * Considerably improved version of 'constdefs' command.  Now performs
  7329 automatic type-inference of declared constants; additional support for
  7330 local structure declarations (cf. locales and HOL records), see also
  7331 isar-ref manual.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to observe strictly
  7332 sequential dependencies of definitions within a single 'constdefs'
  7333 section; moreover, the declared name needs to be an identifier.  If
  7334 all fails, consider to fall back on 'consts' and 'defs' separately.
  7335 
  7336 * Improved indexed syntax and implicit structures.  First of all,
  7337 indexed syntax provides a notational device for subscripted
  7338 application, using the new syntax \<^bsub>term\<^esub> for arbitrary
  7339 expressions.  Secondly, in a local context with structure
  7340 declarations, number indexes \<^sub>n or the empty index (default
  7341 number 1) refer to a certain fixed variable implicitly; option
  7342 show_structs controls printing of implicit structures.  Typical
  7343 applications of these concepts involve record types and locales.
  7344 
  7345 * New command 'no_syntax' removes grammar declarations (and
  7346 translations) resulting from the given syntax specification, which is
  7347 interpreted in the same manner as for the 'syntax' command.
  7348 
  7349 * 'Advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) may depend
  7350 on the signature of the theory context being presently used for
  7351 parsing/printing, see also isar-ref manual.
  7352 
  7353 * Improved 'oracle' command provides a type-safe interface to turn an
  7354 ML expression of type theory -> T -> term into a primitive rule of
  7355 type theory -> T -> thm (i.e. the functionality of Thm.invoke_oracle
  7356 is already included here); see also FOL/ex/IffExample.thy;
  7357 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  7358 
  7359 * axclass: name space prefix for class "c" is now "c_class" (was "c"
  7360 before); "cI" is no longer bound, use "c.intro" instead.
  7361 INCOMPATIBILITY.  This change avoids clashes of fact bindings for
  7362 axclasses vs. locales.
  7363 
  7364 * Improved internal renaming of symbolic identifiers -- attach primes
  7365 instead of base 26 numbers.
  7366 
  7367 * New flag show_question_marks controls printing of leading question
  7368 marks in schematic variable names.
  7369 
  7370 * In schematic variable names, *any* symbol following \<^isub> or
  7371 \<^isup> is now treated as part of the base name.  For example, the
  7372 following works without printing of awkward ".0" indexes:
  7373 
  7374   lemma "x\<^isub>1 = x\<^isub>2 ==> x\<^isub>2 = x\<^isub>1"
  7375     by simp
  7376 
  7377 * Inner syntax includes (*(*nested*) comments*).
  7378 
  7379 * Pretty printer now supports unbreakable blocks, specified in mixfix
  7380 annotations as "(00...)".
  7381 
  7382 * Clear separation of logical types and nonterminals, where the latter
  7383 may only occur in 'syntax' specifications or type abbreviations.
  7384 Before that distinction was only partially implemented via type class
  7385 "logic" vs. "{}".  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY in rare cases of improper
  7386 use of 'types'/'consts' instead of 'nonterminals'/'syntax'.  Some very
  7387 exotic syntax specifications may require further adaption
  7388 (e.g. Cube/Cube.thy).
  7389 
  7390 * Removed obsolete type class "logic", use the top sort {} instead.
  7391 Note that non-logical types should be declared as 'nonterminals'
  7392 rather than 'types'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for new object-logic
  7393 specifications.
  7394 
  7395 * Attributes 'induct' and 'cases': type or set names may now be
  7396 locally fixed variables as well.
  7397 
  7398 * Simplifier: can now control the depth to which conditional rewriting
  7399 is traced via the PG menu Isabelle -> Settings -> Trace Simp Depth
  7400 Limit.
  7401 
  7402 * Simplifier: simplification procedures may now take the current
  7403 simpset into account (cf. Simplifier.simproc(_i) / mk_simproc
  7404 interface), which is very useful for calling the Simplifier
  7405 recursively.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY: the 'prems' argument of simprocs
  7406 is gone -- use prems_of_ss on the simpset instead.  Moreover, the
  7407 low-level mk_simproc no longer applies Logic.varify internally, to
  7408 allow for use in a context of fixed variables.
  7409 
  7410 * thin_tac now works even if the assumption being deleted contains !!
  7411 or ==>.  More generally, erule now works even if the major premise of
  7412 the elimination rule contains !! or ==>.
  7413 
  7414 * Method 'rules' has been renamed to 'iprover'. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  7415 
  7416 * Reorganized bootstrapping of the Pure theories; CPure is now derived
  7417 from Pure, which contains all common declarations already.  Both
  7418 theories are defined via plain Isabelle/Isar .thy files.
  7419 INCOMPATIBILITY: elements of CPure (such as the CPure.intro /
  7420 CPure.elim / CPure.dest attributes) now appear in the Pure name space;
  7421 use isatool fixcpure to adapt your theory and ML sources.
  7422 
  7423 * New syntax 'name(i-j, i-, i, ...)' for referring to specific
  7424 selections of theorems in named facts via index ranges.
  7425 
  7426 * 'print_theorems': in theory mode, really print the difference
  7427 wrt. the last state (works for interactive theory development only),
  7428 in proof mode print all local facts (cf. 'print_facts');
  7429 
  7430 * 'hide': option '(open)' hides only base names.
  7431 
  7432 * More efficient treatment of intermediate checkpoints in interactive
  7433 theory development.
  7434 
  7435 * Code generator is now invoked via code_module (incremental code
  7436 generation) and code_library (modular code generation, ML structures
  7437 for each theory).  INCOMPATIBILITY: new keywords 'file' and 'contains'
  7438 must be quoted when used as identifiers.
  7439 
  7440 * New 'value' command for reading, evaluating and printing terms using
  7441 the code generator.  INCOMPATIBILITY: command keyword 'value' must be
  7442 quoted when used as identifier.
  7443 
  7444 
  7445 *** Locales ***
  7446 
  7447 * New commands for the interpretation of locale expressions in
  7448 theories (1), locales (2) and proof contexts (3).  These generate
  7449 proof obligations from the expression specification.  After the
  7450 obligations have been discharged, theorems of the expression are added
  7451 to the theory, target locale or proof context.  The synopsis of the
  7452 commands is a follows:
  7453 
  7454   (1) interpretation expr inst
  7455   (2) interpretation target < expr
  7456   (3) interpret expr inst
  7457 
  7458 Interpretation in theories and proof contexts require a parameter
  7459 instantiation of terms from the current context.  This is applied to
  7460 specifications and theorems of the interpreted expression.
  7461 Interpretation in locales only permits parameter renaming through the
  7462 locale expression.  Interpretation is smart in that interpretations
  7463 that are active already do not occur in proof obligations, neither are
  7464 instantiated theorems stored in duplicate.  Use 'print_interps' to
  7465 inspect active interpretations of a particular locale.  For details,
  7466 see the Isar Reference manual.  Examples can be found in
  7467 HOL/Finite_Set.thy and HOL/Algebra/UnivPoly.thy.
  7468 
  7469 INCOMPATIBILITY: former 'instantiate' has been withdrawn, use
  7470 'interpret' instead.
  7471 
  7472 * New context element 'constrains' for adding type constraints to
  7473 parameters.
  7474 
  7475 * Context expressions: renaming of parameters with syntax
  7476 redeclaration.
  7477 
  7478 * Locale declaration: 'includes' disallowed.
  7479 
  7480 * Proper static binding of attribute syntax -- i.e. types / terms /
  7481 facts mentioned as arguments are always those of the locale definition
  7482 context, independently of the context of later invocations.  Moreover,
  7483 locale operations (renaming and type / term instantiation) are applied
  7484 to attribute arguments as expected.
  7485 
  7486 INCOMPATIBILITY of the ML interface: always pass Attrib.src instead of
  7487 actual attributes; rare situations may require Attrib.attribute to
  7488 embed those attributes into Attrib.src that lack concrete syntax.
  7489 Attribute implementations need to cooperate properly with the static
  7490 binding mechanism.  Basic parsers Args.XXX_typ/term/prop and
  7491 Attrib.XXX_thm etc. already do the right thing without further
  7492 intervention.  Only unusual applications -- such as "where" or "of"
  7493 (cf. src/Pure/Isar/attrib.ML), which process arguments depending both
  7494 on the context and the facts involved -- may have to assign parsed
  7495 values to argument tokens explicitly.
  7496 
  7497 * Changed parameter management in theorem generation for long goal
  7498 statements with 'includes'.  INCOMPATIBILITY: produces a different
  7499 theorem statement in rare situations.
  7500 
  7501 * Locale inspection command 'print_locale' omits notes elements.  Use
  7502 'print_locale!' to have them included in the output.
  7503 
  7504 
  7505 *** Provers ***
  7506 
  7507 * Provers/hypsubst.ML: improved version of the subst method, for
  7508 single-step rewriting: it now works in bound variable contexts. New is
  7509 'subst (asm)', for rewriting an assumption.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may
  7510 rewrite a different subterm than the original subst method, which is
  7511 still available as 'simplesubst'.
  7512 
  7513 * Provers/quasi.ML: new transitivity reasoners for transitivity only
  7514 and quasi orders.
  7515 
  7516 * Provers/trancl.ML: new transitivity reasoner for transitive and
  7517 reflexive-transitive closure of relations.
  7518 
  7519 * Provers/blast.ML: new reference depth_limit to make blast's depth
  7520 limit (previously hard-coded with a value of 20) user-definable.
  7521 
  7522 * Provers/simplifier.ML has been moved to Pure, where Simplifier.setup
  7523 is peformed already.  Object-logics merely need to finish their
  7524 initial simpset configuration as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  7525 
  7526 
  7527 *** HOL ***
  7528 
  7529 * Symbolic syntax of Hilbert Choice Operator is now as follows:
  7530 
  7531   syntax (epsilon)
  7532     "_Eps" :: "[pttrn, bool] => 'a"    ("(3\<some>_./ _)" [0, 10] 10)
  7533 
  7534 The symbol \<some> is displayed as the alternative epsilon of LaTeX
  7535 and x-symbol; use option '-m epsilon' to get it actually printed.
  7536 Moreover, the mathematically important symbolic identifier \<epsilon>
  7537 becomes available as variable, constant etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  7538 
  7539 * "x > y" abbreviates "y < x" and "x >= y" abbreviates "y <= x".
  7540 Similarly for all quantifiers: "ALL x > y" etc.  The x-symbol for >=
  7541 is \<ge>. New transitivity rules have been added to HOL/Orderings.thy to
  7542 support corresponding Isar calculations.
  7543 
  7544 * "{x:A. P}" abbreviates "{x. x:A & P}", and similarly for "\<in>"
  7545 instead of ":".
  7546 
  7547 * theory SetInterval: changed the syntax for open intervals:
  7548 
  7549   Old       New
  7550   {..n(}    {..<n}
  7551   {)n..}    {n<..}
  7552   {m..n(}   {m..<n}
  7553   {)m..n}   {m<..n}
  7554   {)m..n(}  {m<..<n}
  7555 
  7556 The old syntax is still supported but will disappear in the next
  7557 release.  For conversion use the following Emacs search and replace
  7558 patterns (these are not perfect but work quite well):
  7559 
  7560   {)\([^\.]*\)\.\.  ->  {\1<\.\.}
  7561   \.\.\([^(}]*\)(}  ->  \.\.<\1}
  7562 
  7563 * Theory Commutative_Ring (in Library): method comm_ring for proving
  7564 equalities in commutative rings; method 'algebra' provides a generic
  7565 interface.
  7566 
  7567 * Theory Finite_Set: changed the syntax for 'setsum', summation over
  7568 finite sets: "setsum (%x. e) A", which used to be "\<Sum>x:A. e", is
  7569 now either "SUM x:A. e" or "\<Sum>x \<in> A. e". The bound variable can
  7570 be a tuple pattern.
  7571 
  7572 Some new syntax forms are available:
  7573 
  7574   "\<Sum>x | P. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {x. P}"
  7575   "\<Sum>x = a..b. e"   for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..b}"
  7576   "\<Sum>x = a..<b. e"  for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..<b}"
  7577   "\<Sum>x < k. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {..<k}"
  7578 
  7579 The latter form "\<Sum>x < k. e" used to be based on a separate
  7580 function "Summation", which has been discontinued.
  7581 
  7582 * theory Finite_Set: in structured induction proofs, the insert case
  7583 is now 'case (insert x F)' instead of the old counterintuitive 'case
  7584 (insert F x)'.
  7585 
  7586 * The 'refute' command has been extended to support a much larger
  7587 fragment of HOL, including axiomatic type classes, constdefs and
  7588 typedefs, inductive datatypes and recursion.
  7589 
  7590 * New tactics 'sat' and 'satx' to prove propositional tautologies.
  7591 Requires zChaff with proof generation to be installed.  See
  7592 HOL/ex/SAT_Examples.thy for examples.
  7593 
  7594 * Datatype induction via method 'induct' now preserves the name of the
  7595 induction variable. For example, when proving P(xs::'a list) by
  7596 induction on xs, the induction step is now P(xs) ==> P(a#xs) rather
  7597 than P(list) ==> P(a#list) as previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  7598 in unstructured proof scripts.
  7599 
  7600 * Reworked implementation of records.  Improved scalability for
  7601 records with many fields, avoiding performance problems for type
  7602 inference. Records are no longer composed of nested field types, but
  7603 of nested extension types. Therefore the record type only grows linear
  7604 in the number of extensions and not in the number of fields.  The
  7605 top-level (users) view on records is preserved.  Potential
  7606 INCOMPATIBILITY only in strange cases, where the theory depends on the
  7607 old record representation. The type generated for a record is called
  7608 <record_name>_ext_type.
  7609 
  7610 Flag record_quick_and_dirty_sensitive can be enabled to skip the
  7611 proofs triggered by a record definition or a simproc (if
  7612 quick_and_dirty is enabled).  Definitions of large records can take
  7613 quite long.
  7614 
  7615 New simproc record_upd_simproc for simplification of multiple record
  7616 updates enabled by default.  Moreover, trivial updates are also
  7617 removed: r(|x := x r|) = r.  INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break
  7618 occasionally, since simplification is more powerful by default.
  7619 
  7620 * typedef: proper support for polymorphic sets, which contain extra
  7621 type-variables in the term.
  7622 
  7623 * Simplifier: automatically reasons about transitivity chains
  7624 involving "trancl" (r^+) and "rtrancl" (r^*) by setting up tactics
  7625 provided by Provers/trancl.ML as additional solvers.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  7626 old proofs break occasionally as simplification may now solve more
  7627 goals than previously.
  7628 
  7629 * Simplifier: converts x <= y into x = y if assumption y <= x is
  7630 present.  Works for all partial orders (class "order"), in particular
  7631 numbers and sets.  For linear orders (e.g. numbers) it treats ~ x < y
  7632 just like y <= x.
  7633 
  7634 * Simplifier: new simproc for "let x = a in f x".  If a is a free or
  7635 bound variable or a constant then the let is unfolded.  Otherwise
  7636 first a is simplified to b, and then f b is simplified to g. If
  7637 possible we abstract b from g arriving at "let x = b in h x",
  7638 otherwise we unfold the let and arrive at g.  The simproc can be
  7639 enabled/disabled by the reference use_let_simproc.  Potential
  7640 INCOMPATIBILITY since simplification is more powerful by default.
  7641 
  7642 * Classical reasoning: the meson method now accepts theorems as arguments.
  7643 
  7644 * Prover support: pre-release of the Isabelle-ATP linkup, which runs background
  7645 jobs to provide advice on the provability of subgoals.
  7646 
  7647 * Theory OrderedGroup and Ring_and_Field: various additions and
  7648 improvements to faciliate calculations involving equalities and
  7649 inequalities.
  7650 
  7651 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  7652 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  7653 
  7654   abs_eq             now named abs_of_nonneg
  7655   abs_of_ge_0        now named abs_of_nonneg
  7656   abs_minus_eq       now named abs_of_nonpos
  7657   imp_abs_id         now named abs_of_nonneg
  7658   imp_abs_neg_id     now named abs_of_nonpos
  7659   mult_pos           now named mult_pos_pos
  7660   mult_pos_le        now named mult_nonneg_nonneg
  7661   mult_pos_neg_le    now named mult_nonneg_nonpos
  7662   mult_pos_neg2_le   now named mult_nonneg_nonpos2
  7663   mult_neg           now named mult_neg_neg
  7664   mult_neg_le        now named mult_nonpos_nonpos
  7665 
  7666 * The following lemmas in Ring_and_Field have been added to the simplifier:
  7667      
  7668      zero_le_square
  7669      not_square_less_zero 
  7670 
  7671   The following lemmas have been deleted from Real/RealPow:
  7672   
  7673      realpow_zero_zero
  7674      realpow_two
  7675      realpow_less
  7676      zero_le_power
  7677      realpow_two_le
  7678      abs_realpow_two
  7679      realpow_two_abs     
  7680 
  7681 * Theory Parity: added rules for simplifying exponents.
  7682 
  7683 * Theory List:
  7684 
  7685 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  7686 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  7687 
  7688   list_all_Nil       now named list_all.simps(1)
  7689   list_all_Cons      now named list_all.simps(2)
  7690   list_all_conv      now named list_all_iff
  7691   set_mem_eq         now named mem_iff
  7692 
  7693 * Theories SetsAndFunctions and BigO (see HOL/Library) support
  7694 asymptotic "big O" calculations.  See the notes in BigO.thy.
  7695 
  7696 
  7697 *** HOL-Complex ***
  7698 
  7699 * Theory RealDef: better support for embedding natural numbers and
  7700 integers in the reals.
  7701 
  7702 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  7703 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  7704 
  7705   exp_ge_add_one_self  now requires no hypotheses
  7706   real_of_int_add      reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  7707   real_of_int_minus    reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  7708   real_of_int_diff     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  7709   real_of_int_mult     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  7710 
  7711 * Theory RComplete: expanded support for floor and ceiling functions.
  7712 
  7713 * Theory Ln is new, with properties of the natural logarithm
  7714 
  7715 * Hyperreal: There is a new type constructor "star" for making
  7716 nonstandard types.  The old type names are now type synonyms:
  7717 
  7718   hypreal = real star
  7719   hypnat = nat star
  7720   hcomplex = complex star
  7721 
  7722 * Hyperreal: Many groups of similarly-defined constants have been
  7723 replaced by polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  7724 
  7725   star_of <-- hypreal_of_real, hypnat_of_nat, hcomplex_of_complex
  7726 
  7727   starset      <-- starsetNat, starsetC
  7728   *s*          <-- *sNat*, *sc*
  7729   starset_n    <-- starsetNat_n, starsetC_n
  7730   *sn*         <-- *sNatn*, *scn*
  7731   InternalSets <-- InternalNatSets, InternalCSets
  7732 
  7733   starfun      <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  7734   *f*          <-- *fNat*, *fNat2*, *fc*, *fRc*, *fcR*
  7735   starfun_n    <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n
  7736   *fn*         <-- *fNatn*, *fNat2n*, *fcn*, *fRcn*, *fcRn*
  7737   InternalFuns <-- InternalNatFuns, InternalNatFuns2, Internal{C,RC,CR}Funs
  7738 
  7739 * Hyperreal: Many type-specific theorems have been removed in favor of
  7740 theorems specific to various axiomatic type classes (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  7741 
  7742   add_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_commute
  7743   add_assoc   <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_assocs
  7744   OrderedGroup.add_0 <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_zero_left
  7745   OrderedGroup.add_0_right <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_zero_right
  7746   right_minus <-- hypreal_add_minus
  7747   left_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_minus_left
  7748   mult_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_commute
  7749   mult_assoc <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_assoc
  7750   mult_1_left <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_1, hcomplex_mult_one_left
  7751   mult_1_right <-- hcomplex_mult_one_right
  7752   mult_zero_left <-- hcomplex_mult_zero_left
  7753   left_distrib <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_mult_distrib
  7754   right_distrib <-- hypnat_add_mult_distrib2
  7755   zero_neq_one <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_not_eq_one
  7756   right_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse
  7757   left_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse_left, hcomplex_mult_inv_left
  7758   order_refl <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_refl
  7759   order_trans <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_trans
  7760   order_antisym <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_anti_sym
  7761   order_less_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less_le
  7762   linorder_linear <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_linear
  7763   add_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_add_left_mono
  7764   mult_strict_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_less_mono2
  7765   add_nonneg_nonneg <-- hypreal_le_add_order
  7766 
  7767 * Hyperreal: Separate theorems having to do with type-specific
  7768 versions of constants have been merged into theorems that apply to the
  7769 new polymorphic constants (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  7770 
  7771   STAR_UNIV_set <-- {STAR_real,NatStar_real,STARC_complex}_set
  7772   STAR_empty_set <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_empty_set
  7773   STAR_Un <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Un
  7774   STAR_Int <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Int
  7775   STAR_Compl <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Compl
  7776   STAR_subset <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_subset
  7777   STAR_mem <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_mem
  7778   STAR_mem_Compl <-- {STAR,STARC}_mem_Compl
  7779   STAR_diff <-- {STAR,STARC}_diff
  7780   STAR_star_of_image_subset <-- {STAR_hypreal_of_real, NatStar_hypreal_of_real,
  7781     STARC_hcomplex_of_complex}_image_subset
  7782   starset_n_Un <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Un
  7783   starset_n_Int <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Int
  7784   starset_n_Compl <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Compl
  7785   starset_n_diff <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_diff
  7786   InternalSets_Un <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Un
  7787   InternalSets_Int <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Int
  7788   InternalSets_Compl <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Compl
  7789   InternalSets_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_diff
  7790   InternalSets_UNIV_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_UNIV_diff
  7791   InternalSets_starset_n <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_starset{Nat,C}_n
  7792   starset_starset_n_eq <-- starset{Nat,C}_starset{Nat,C}_n_eq
  7793   starset_n_starset <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_starset{Nat,C}
  7794   starfun_n_starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n_starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  7795   starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  7796   starfun_mult <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_mult
  7797   starfun_add <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_add
  7798   starfun_minus <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_minus
  7799   starfun_diff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_diff
  7800   starfun_o <-- starfun{NatNat2,Nat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o
  7801   starfun_o2 <-- starfun{NatNat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o2
  7802   starfun_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_const_fun
  7803   starfun_inverse <-- starfun{Nat,C,RC,CR}_inverse
  7804   starfun_eq <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_eq
  7805   starfun_eq_iff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_eq_iff
  7806   starfun_Id <-- starfunC_Id
  7807   starfun_approx <-- starfun{Nat,CR}_approx
  7808   starfun_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_capprox
  7809   starfun_abs <-- starfunNat_rabs
  7810   starfun_lambda_cancel <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel
  7811   starfun_lambda_cancel2 <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel2
  7812   starfun_mult_HFinite_approx <-- starfunCR_mult_HFinite_capprox
  7813   starfun_mult_CFinite_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_mult_CFinite_capprox
  7814   starfun_add_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_add_capprox
  7815   starfun_add_approx <-- starfunCR_add_approx
  7816   starfun_inverse_inverse <-- starfunC_inverse_inverse
  7817   starfun_divide <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_divide
  7818   starfun_n <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n
  7819   starfun_n_mult <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_mult
  7820   starfun_n_add <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_add
  7821   starfun_n_add_minus <-- starfunNat_n_add_minus
  7822   starfun_n_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_const_fun
  7823   starfun_n_minus <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_minus
  7824   starfun_n_eq <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_eq
  7825 
  7826   star_n_add <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add
  7827   star_n_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_minus
  7828   star_n_diff <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_diff
  7829   star_n_mult <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_mult
  7830   star_n_inverse <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_inverse
  7831   star_n_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le
  7832   star_n_less <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less
  7833   star_n_zero_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_num
  7834   star_n_one_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_one_num
  7835   star_n_abs <-- hypreal_hrabs
  7836   star_n_divide <-- hcomplex_divide
  7837 
  7838   star_of_add <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_add
  7839   star_of_minus <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_minus
  7840   star_of_diff <-- hypreal_of_real_diff
  7841   star_of_mult <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_mult
  7842   star_of_one <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_one
  7843   star_of_zero <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_zero
  7844   star_of_le <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_le_iff
  7845   star_of_less <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_less_iff
  7846   star_of_eq <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_eq_iff
  7847   star_of_inverse <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_inverse
  7848   star_of_divide <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_divide
  7849   star_of_of_nat <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_nat
  7850   star_of_of_int <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_int
  7851   star_of_number_of <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_number_of
  7852   star_of_number_less <-- number_of_less_hypreal_of_real_iff
  7853   star_of_number_le <-- number_of_le_hypreal_of_real_iff
  7854   star_of_eq_number <-- hypreal_of_real_eq_number_of_iff
  7855   star_of_less_number <-- hypreal_of_real_less_number_of_iff
  7856   star_of_le_number <-- hypreal_of_real_le_number_of_iff
  7857   star_of_power <-- hypreal_of_real_power
  7858   star_of_eq_0 <-- hcomplex_of_complex_zero_iff
  7859 
  7860 * Hyperreal: new method "transfer" that implements the transfer
  7861 principle of nonstandard analysis. With a subgoal that mentions
  7862 nonstandard types like "'a star", the command "apply transfer"
  7863 replaces it with an equivalent one that mentions only standard types.
  7864 To be successful, all free variables must have standard types; non-
  7865 standard variables must have explicit universal quantifiers.
  7866 
  7867 * Hyperreal: A theory of Taylor series.
  7868 
  7869 
  7870 *** HOLCF ***
  7871 
  7872 * Discontinued special version of 'constdefs' (which used to support
  7873 continuous functions) in favor of the general Pure one with full
  7874 type-inference.
  7875 
  7876 * New simplification procedure for solving continuity conditions; it
  7877 is much faster on terms with many nested lambda abstractions (cubic
  7878 instead of exponential time).
  7879 
  7880 * New syntax for domain package: selector names are now optional.
  7881 Parentheses should be omitted unless argument is lazy, for example:
  7882 
  7883   domain 'a stream = cons "'a" (lazy "'a stream")
  7884 
  7885 * New command 'fixrec' for defining recursive functions with pattern
  7886 matching; defining multiple functions with mutual recursion is also
  7887 supported.  Patterns may include the constants cpair, spair, up, sinl,
  7888 sinr, or any data constructor defined by the domain package. The given
  7889 equations are proven as rewrite rules. See HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  7890 syntax and examples.
  7891 
  7892 * New commands 'cpodef' and 'pcpodef' for defining predicate subtypes
  7893 of cpo and pcpo types. Syntax is exactly like the 'typedef' command,
  7894 but the proof obligation additionally includes an admissibility
  7895 requirement. The packages generate instances of class cpo or pcpo,
  7896 with continuity and strictness theorems for Rep and Abs.
  7897 
  7898 * HOLCF: Many theorems have been renamed according to a more standard naming
  7899 scheme (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  7900 
  7901   foo_inject:  "foo$x = foo$y ==> x = y"
  7902   foo_eq:      "(foo$x = foo$y) = (x = y)"
  7903   foo_less:    "(foo$x << foo$y) = (x << y)"
  7904   foo_strict:  "foo$UU = UU"
  7905   foo_defined: "... ==> foo$x ~= UU"
  7906   foo_defined_iff: "(foo$x = UU) = (x = UU)"
  7907 
  7908 
  7909 *** ZF ***
  7910 
  7911 * ZF/ex: theories Group and Ring provide examples in abstract algebra,
  7912 including the First Isomorphism Theorem (on quotienting by the kernel
  7913 of a homomorphism).
  7914 
  7915 * ZF/Simplifier: install second copy of type solver that actually
  7916 makes use of TC rules declared to Isar proof contexts (or locales);
  7917 the old version is still required for ML proof scripts.
  7918 
  7919 
  7920 *** Cube ***
  7921 
  7922 * Converted to Isar theory format; use locales instead of axiomatic
  7923 theories.
  7924 
  7925 
  7926 *** ML ***
  7927 
  7928 * Pure/library.ML: added ##>, ##>>, #>> -- higher-order counterparts
  7929 for ||>, ||>>, |>>,
  7930 
  7931 * Pure/library.ML no longer defines its own option datatype, but uses
  7932 that of the SML basis, which has constructors NONE and SOME instead of
  7933 None and Some, as well as exception Option.Option instead of OPTION.
  7934 The functions the, if_none, is_some, is_none have been adapted
  7935 accordingly, while Option.map replaces apsome.
  7936 
  7937 * Pure/library.ML: the exception LIST has been given up in favour of
  7938 the standard exceptions Empty and Subscript, as well as
  7939 Library.UnequalLengths.  Function like Library.hd and Library.tl are
  7940 superceded by the standard hd and tl functions etc.
  7941 
  7942 A number of basic list functions are no longer exported to the ML
  7943 toplevel, as they are variants of predefined functions.  The following
  7944 suggests how one can translate existing code:
  7945 
  7946     rev_append xs ys = List.revAppend (xs, ys)
  7947     nth_elem (i, xs) = List.nth (xs, i)
  7948     last_elem xs = List.last xs
  7949     flat xss = List.concat xss
  7950     seq fs = List.app fs
  7951     partition P xs = List.partition P xs
  7952     mapfilter f xs = List.mapPartial f xs
  7953 
  7954 * Pure/library.ML: several combinators for linear functional
  7955 transformations, notably reverse application and composition:
  7956 
  7957   x |> f                f #> g
  7958   (x, y) |-> f          f #-> g
  7959 
  7960 * Pure/library.ML: introduced/changed precedence of infix operators:
  7961 
  7962   infix 1 |> |-> ||> ||>> |>> |>>> #> #->;
  7963   infix 2 ?;
  7964   infix 3 o oo ooo oooo;
  7965   infix 4 ~~ upto downto;
  7966 
  7967 Maybe INCOMPATIBILITY when any of those is used in conjunction with other
  7968 infix operators.
  7969 
  7970 * Pure/library.ML: natural list combinators fold, fold_rev, and
  7971 fold_map support linear functional transformations and nesting.  For
  7972 example:
  7973 
  7974   fold f [x1, ..., xN] y =
  7975     y |> f x1 |> ... |> f xN
  7976 
  7977   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] y =
  7978     y |> fold f xs1 |> ... |> fold f xsN
  7979 
  7980   fold f [x1, ..., xN] =
  7981     f x1 #> ... #> f xN
  7982 
  7983   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] =
  7984     fold f xs1 #> ... #> fold f xsN
  7985 
  7986 * Pure/library.ML: the following selectors on type 'a option are
  7987 available:
  7988 
  7989   the:               'a option -> 'a  (*partial*)
  7990   these:             'a option -> 'a  where 'a = 'b list
  7991   the_default: 'a -> 'a option -> 'a
  7992   the_list:          'a option -> 'a list
  7993 
  7994 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  7995 basic operations for association lists, following natural argument
  7996 order; moreover the explicit equality predicate passed here avoids
  7997 potentially expensive polymorphic runtime equality checks.
  7998 The old functions may be expressed as follows:
  7999 
  8000   assoc = uncurry (AList.lookup (op =))
  8001   assocs = these oo AList.lookup (op =)
  8002   overwrite = uncurry (AList.update (op =)) o swap
  8003 
  8004 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  8005 
  8006   val make: ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> ('a * 'b) list
  8007   val find: ('a * 'b -> bool) -> ('c * 'b) list -> 'a -> 'c list
  8008 
  8009 replacing make_keylist and keyfilter (occassionally used)
  8010 Naive rewrites:
  8011 
  8012   make_keylist = AList.make
  8013   keyfilter = AList.find (op =)
  8014 
  8015 * eq_fst and eq_snd now take explicit equality parameter, thus
  8016   avoiding eqtypes. Naive rewrites:
  8017 
  8018     eq_fst = eq_fst (op =)
  8019     eq_snd = eq_snd (op =)
  8020 
  8021 * Removed deprecated apl and apr (rarely used).
  8022   Naive rewrites:
  8023 
  8024     apl (n, op) =>>= curry op n
  8025     apr (op, m) =>>= fn n => op (n, m)
  8026 
  8027 * Pure/General: structure OrdList (cf. Pure/General/ord_list.ML)
  8028 provides a reasonably efficient light-weight implementation of sets as
  8029 lists.
  8030 
  8031 * Pure/General: generic tables (cf. Pure/General/table.ML) provide a
  8032 few new operations; existing lookup and update are now curried to
  8033 follow natural argument order (for use with fold etc.);
  8034 INCOMPATIBILITY, use (uncurry Symtab.lookup) etc. as last resort.
  8035 
  8036 * Pure/General: output via the Isabelle channels of
  8037 writeln/warning/error etc. is now passed through Output.output, with a
  8038 hook for arbitrary transformations depending on the print_mode
  8039 (cf. Output.add_mode -- the first active mode that provides a output
  8040 function wins).  Already formatted output may be embedded into further
  8041 text via Output.raw; the result of Pretty.string_of/str_of and derived
  8042 functions (string_of_term/cterm/thm etc.) is already marked raw to
  8043 accommodate easy composition of diagnostic messages etc.  Programmers
  8044 rarely need to care about Output.output or Output.raw at all, with
  8045 some notable exceptions: Output.output is required when bypassing the
  8046 standard channels (writeln etc.), or in token translations to produce
  8047 properly formatted results; Output.raw is required when capturing
  8048 already output material that will eventually be presented to the user
  8049 a second time.  For the default print mode, both Output.output and
  8050 Output.raw have no effect.
  8051 
  8052 * Pure/General: Output.time_accumulator NAME creates an operator ('a
  8053 -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b to measure runtime and count invocations; the
  8054 cumulative results are displayed at the end of a batch session.
  8055 
  8056 * Pure/General: File.sysify_path and File.quote_sysify path have been
  8057 replaced by File.platform_path and File.shell_path (with appropriate
  8058 hooks).  This provides a clean interface for unusual systems where the
  8059 internal and external process view of file names are different.
  8060 
  8061 * Pure: more efficient orders for basic syntactic entities: added
  8062 fast_string_ord, fast_indexname_ord, fast_term_ord; changed sort_ord
  8063 and typ_ord to use fast_string_ord and fast_indexname_ord (term_ord is
  8064 NOT affected); structures Symtab, Vartab, Typtab, Termtab use the fast
  8065 orders now -- potential INCOMPATIBILITY for code that depends on a
  8066 particular order for Symtab.keys, Symtab.dest, etc. (consider using
  8067 Library.sort_strings on result).
  8068 
  8069 * Pure/term.ML: combinators fold_atyps, fold_aterms, fold_term_types,
  8070 fold_types traverse types/terms from left to right, observing natural
  8071 argument order.  Supercedes previous foldl_XXX versions, add_frees,
  8072 add_vars etc. have been adapted as well: INCOMPATIBILITY.
  8073 
  8074 * Pure: name spaces have been refined, with significant changes of the
  8075 internal interfaces -- INCOMPATIBILITY.  Renamed cond_extern(_table)
  8076 to extern(_table).  The plain name entry path is superceded by a
  8077 general 'naming' context, which also includes the 'policy' to produce
  8078 a fully qualified name and external accesses of a fully qualified
  8079 name; NameSpace.extend is superceded by context dependent
  8080 Sign.declare_name.  Several theory and proof context operations modify
  8081 the naming context.  Especially note Theory.restore_naming and
  8082 ProofContext.restore_naming to get back to a sane state; note that
  8083 Theory.add_path is no longer sufficient to recover from
  8084 Theory.absolute_path in particular.
  8085 
  8086 * Pure: new flags short_names (default false) and unique_names
  8087 (default true) for controlling output of qualified names.  If
  8088 short_names is set, names are printed unqualified.  If unique_names is
  8089 reset, the name prefix is reduced to the minimum required to achieve
  8090 the original result when interning again, even if there is an overlap
  8091 with earlier declarations.
  8092 
  8093 * Pure/TheoryDataFun: change of the argument structure; 'prep_ext' is
  8094 now 'extend', and 'merge' gets an additional Pretty.pp argument
  8095 (useful for printing error messages).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  8096 
  8097 * Pure: major reorganization of the theory context.  Type Sign.sg and
  8098 Theory.theory are now identified, referring to the universal
  8099 Context.theory (see Pure/context.ML).  Actual signature and theory
  8100 content is managed as theory data.  The old code and interfaces were
  8101 spread over many files and structures; the new arrangement introduces
  8102 considerable INCOMPATIBILITY to gain more clarity:
  8103 
  8104   Context -- theory management operations (name, identity, inclusion,
  8105     parents, ancestors, merge, etc.), plus generic theory data;
  8106 
  8107   Sign -- logical signature and syntax operations (declaring consts,
  8108     types, etc.), plus certify/read for common entities;
  8109 
  8110   Theory -- logical theory operations (stating axioms, definitions,
  8111     oracles), plus a copy of logical signature operations (consts,
  8112     types, etc.); also a few basic management operations (Theory.copy,
  8113     Theory.merge, etc.)
  8114 
  8115 The most basic sign_of operations (Theory.sign_of, Thm.sign_of_thm
  8116 etc.) as well as the sign field in Thm.rep_thm etc. have been retained
  8117 for convenience -- they merely return the theory.
  8118 
  8119 * Pure: type Type.tsig is superceded by theory in most interfaces.
  8120 
  8121 * Pure: the Isar proof context type is already defined early in Pure
  8122 as Context.proof (note that ProofContext.context and Proof.context are
  8123 aliases, where the latter is the preferred name).  This enables other
  8124 Isabelle components to refer to that type even before Isar is present.
  8125 
  8126 * Pure/sign/theory: discontinued named name spaces (i.e. classK,
  8127 typeK, constK, axiomK, oracleK), but provide explicit operations for
  8128 any of these kinds.  For example, Sign.intern typeK is now
  8129 Sign.intern_type, Theory.hide_space Sign.typeK is now
  8130 Theory.hide_types.  Also note that former
  8131 Theory.hide_classes/types/consts are now
  8132 Theory.hide_classes_i/types_i/consts_i, while the non '_i' versions
  8133 internalize their arguments!  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  8134 
  8135 * Pure: get_thm interface (of PureThy and ProofContext) expects
  8136 datatype thmref (with constructors Name and NameSelection) instead of
  8137 plain string -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  8138 
  8139 * Pure: cases produced by proof methods specify options, where NONE
  8140 means to remove case bindings -- INCOMPATIBILITY in
  8141 (RAW_)METHOD_CASES.
  8142 
  8143 * Pure: the following operations retrieve axioms or theorems from a
  8144 theory node or theory hierarchy, respectively:
  8145 
  8146   Theory.axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  8147   Theory.all_axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  8148   PureThy.thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  8149   PureThy.all_thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  8150 
  8151 * Pure: print_tac now outputs the goal through the trace channel.
  8152 
  8153 * Isar toplevel: improved diagnostics, mostly for Poly/ML only.
  8154 Reference Toplevel.debug (default false) controls detailed printing
  8155 and tracing of low-level exceptions; Toplevel.profiling (default 0)
  8156 controls execution profiling -- set to 1 for time and 2 for space
  8157 (both increase the runtime).
  8158 
  8159 * Isar session: The initial use of ROOT.ML is now always timed,
  8160 i.e. the log will show the actual process times, in contrast to the
  8161 elapsed wall-clock time that the outer shell wrapper produces.
  8162 
  8163 * Simplifier: improved handling of bound variables (nameless
  8164 representation, avoid allocating new strings).  Simprocs that invoke
  8165 the Simplifier recursively should use Simplifier.inherit_bounds to
  8166 avoid local name clashes.  Failure to do so produces warnings
  8167 "Simplifier: renamed bound variable ..."; set Simplifier.debug_bounds
  8168 for further details.
  8169 
  8170 * ML functions legacy_bindings and use_legacy_bindings produce ML fact
  8171 bindings for all theorems stored within a given theory; this may help
  8172 in porting non-Isar theories to Isar ones, while keeping ML proof
  8173 scripts for the time being.
  8174 
  8175 * ML operator HTML.with_charset specifies the charset begin used for
  8176 generated HTML files.  For example:
  8177 
  8178   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Hebrew";
  8179   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Chinese";
  8180 
  8181 
  8182 *** System ***
  8183 
  8184 * Allow symlinks to all proper Isabelle executables (Isabelle,
  8185 isabelle, isatool etc.).
  8186 
  8187 * ISABELLE_DOC_FORMAT setting specifies preferred document format (for
  8188 isatool doc, isatool mkdir, display_drafts etc.).
  8189 
  8190 * isatool usedir: option -f allows specification of the ML file to be
  8191 used by Isabelle; default is ROOT.ML.
  8192 
  8193 * New isatool version outputs the version identifier of the Isabelle
  8194 distribution being used.
  8195 
  8196 * HOL: new isatool dimacs2hol converts files in DIMACS CNF format
  8197 (containing Boolean satisfiability problems) into Isabelle/HOL
  8198 theories.
  8199 
  8200 
  8201 
  8202 New in Isabelle2004 (April 2004)
  8203 --------------------------------
  8204 
  8205 *** General ***
  8206 
  8207 * Provers/order.ML:  new efficient reasoner for partial and linear orders.
  8208   Replaces linorder.ML.
  8209 
  8210 * Pure: Greek letters (except small lambda, \<lambda>), as well as Gothic
  8211   (\<aa>...\<zz>\<AA>...\<ZZ>), calligraphic (\<A>...\<Z>), and Euler
  8212   (\<a>...\<z>), are now considered normal letters, and can therefore
  8213   be used anywhere where an ASCII letter (a...zA...Z) has until
  8214   now. COMPATIBILITY: This obviously changes the parsing of some
  8215   terms, especially where a symbol has been used as a binder, say
  8216   '\<Pi>x. ...', which is now a type error since \<Pi>x will be parsed
  8217   as an identifier.  Fix it by inserting a space around former
  8218   symbols.  Call 'isatool fixgreek' to try to fix parsing errors in
  8219   existing theory and ML files.
  8220 
  8221 * Pure: Macintosh and Windows line-breaks are now allowed in theory files.
  8222 
  8223 * Pure: single letter sub/superscripts (\<^isub> and \<^isup>) are now
  8224   allowed in identifiers. Similar to Greek letters \<^isub> is now considered
  8225   a normal (but invisible) letter. For multiple letter subscripts repeat
  8226   \<^isub> like this: x\<^isub>1\<^isub>2.
  8227 
  8228 * Pure: There are now sub-/superscripts that can span more than one
  8229   character. Text between \<^bsub> and \<^esub> is set in subscript in
  8230   ProofGeneral and LaTeX, text between \<^bsup> and \<^esup> in
  8231   superscript. The new control characters are not identifier parts.
  8232 
  8233 * Pure: Control-symbols of the form \<^raw:...> will literally print the
  8234   content of "..." to the latex file instead of \isacntrl... . The "..."
  8235   may consist of any printable characters excluding the end bracket >.
  8236 
  8237 * Pure: Using new Isar command "finalconsts" (or the ML functions
  8238   Theory.add_finals or Theory.add_finals_i) it is now possible to
  8239   declare constants "final", which prevents their being given a definition
  8240   later.  It is useful for constants whose behaviour is fixed axiomatically
  8241   rather than definitionally, such as the meta-logic connectives.
  8242 
  8243 * Pure: 'instance' now handles general arities with general sorts
  8244   (i.e. intersections of classes),
  8245 
  8246 * Presentation: generated HTML now uses a CSS style sheet to make layout
  8247   (somewhat) independent of content. It is copied from lib/html/isabelle.css.
  8248   It can be changed to alter the colors/layout of generated pages.
  8249 
  8250 
  8251 *** Isar ***
  8252 
  8253 * Tactic emulation methods rule_tac, erule_tac, drule_tac, frule_tac,
  8254   cut_tac, subgoal_tac and thin_tac:
  8255   - Now understand static (Isar) contexts.  As a consequence, users of Isar
  8256     locales are no longer forced to write Isar proof scripts.
  8257     For details see Isar Reference Manual, paragraph 4.3.2: Further tactic
  8258     emulations.
  8259   - INCOMPATIBILITY: names of variables to be instantiated may no
  8260     longer be enclosed in quotes.  Instead, precede variable name with `?'.
  8261     This is consistent with the instantiation attribute "where".
  8262 
  8263 * Attributes "where" and "of":
  8264   - Now take type variables of instantiated theorem into account when reading
  8265     the instantiation string.  This fixes a bug that caused instantiated
  8266     theorems to have too special types in some circumstances.
  8267   - "where" permits explicit instantiations of type variables.
  8268 
  8269 * Calculation commands "moreover" and "also" no longer interfere with
  8270   current facts ("this"), admitting arbitrary combinations with "then"
  8271   and derived forms.
  8272 
  8273 * Locales:
  8274   - Goal statements involving the context element "includes" no longer
  8275     generate theorems with internal delta predicates (those ending on
  8276     "_axioms") in the premise.
  8277     Resolve particular premise with <locale>.intro to obtain old form.
  8278   - Fixed bug in type inference ("unify_frozen") that prevented mix of target
  8279     specification and "includes" elements in goal statement.
  8280   - Rule sets <locale>.intro and <locale>.axioms no longer declared as
  8281     [intro?] and [elim?] (respectively) by default.
  8282   - Experimental command for instantiation of locales in proof contexts:
  8283         instantiate <label>[<attrs>]: <loc>
  8284     Instantiates locale <loc> and adds all its theorems to the current context
  8285     taking into account their attributes.  Label and attrs are optional
  8286     modifiers, like in theorem declarations.  If present, names of
  8287     instantiated theorems are qualified with <label>, and the attributes
  8288     <attrs> are applied after any attributes these theorems might have already.
  8289       If the locale has assumptions, a chained fact of the form
  8290     "<loc> t1 ... tn" is expected from which instantiations of the parameters
  8291     are derived.  The command does not support old-style locales declared
  8292     with "locale (open)".
  8293       A few (very simple) examples can be found in FOL/ex/LocaleInst.thy.
  8294 
  8295 * HOL: Tactic emulation methods induct_tac and case_tac understand static
  8296   (Isar) contexts.
  8297 
  8298 
  8299 *** HOL ***
  8300 
  8301 * Proof import: new image HOL4 contains the imported library from
  8302   the HOL4 system with about 2500 theorems. It is imported by
  8303   replaying proof terms produced by HOL4 in Isabelle. The HOL4 image
  8304   can be used like any other Isabelle image.  See
  8305   HOL/Import/HOL/README for more information.
  8306 
  8307 * Simplifier:
  8308   - Much improved handling of linear and partial orders.
  8309     Reasoners for linear and partial orders are set up for type classes
  8310     "linorder" and "order" respectively, and are added to the default simpset
  8311     as solvers.  This means that the simplifier can build transitivity chains
  8312     to solve goals from the assumptions.
  8313   - INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break occasionally.  Typically, applications
  8314     of blast or auto after simplification become unnecessary because the goal
  8315     is solved by simplification already.
  8316 
  8317 * Numerics: new theory Ring_and_Field contains over 250 basic numerical laws,
  8318     all proved in axiomatic type classes for semirings, rings and fields.
  8319 
  8320 * Numerics:
  8321   - Numeric types (nat, int, and in HOL-Complex rat, real, complex, etc.) are
  8322     now formalized using the Ring_and_Field theory mentioned above.
  8323   - INCOMPATIBILITY: simplification and arithmetic behaves somewhat differently
  8324     than before, because now they are set up once in a generic manner.
  8325   - INCOMPATIBILITY: many type-specific arithmetic laws have gone.
  8326     Look for the general versions in Ring_and_Field (and Power if they concern
  8327     exponentiation).
  8328 
  8329 * Type "rat" of the rational numbers is now available in HOL-Complex.
  8330 
  8331 * Records:
  8332   - Record types are now by default printed with their type abbreviation
  8333     instead of the list of all field types. This can be configured via
  8334     the reference "print_record_type_abbr".
  8335   - Simproc "record_upd_simproc" for simplification of multiple updates added
  8336     (not enabled by default).
  8337   - Simproc "record_ex_sel_eq_simproc" to simplify EX x. sel r = x resp.
  8338     EX x. x = sel r to True (not enabled by default).
  8339   - Tactic "record_split_simp_tac" to split and simplify records added.
  8340 
  8341 * 'specification' command added, allowing for definition by
  8342   specification.  There is also an 'ax_specification' command that
  8343   introduces the new constants axiomatically.
  8344 
  8345 * arith(_tac) is now able to generate counterexamples for reals as well.
  8346 
  8347 * HOL-Algebra: new locale "ring" for non-commutative rings.
  8348 
  8349 * HOL-ex: InductiveInvariant_examples illustrates advanced recursive function
  8350   definitions, thanks to Sava Krsti\'{c} and John Matthews.
  8351 
  8352 * HOL-Matrix: a first theory for matrices in HOL with an application of
  8353   matrix theory to linear programming.
  8354 
  8355 * Unions and Intersections:
  8356   The latex output syntax of UN and INT has been changed
  8357   from "\Union x \in A. B" to "\Union_{x \in A} B"
  8358   i.e. the index formulae has become a subscript.
  8359   Similarly for "\Union x. B", and for \Inter instead of \Union.
  8360 
  8361 * Unions and Intersections over Intervals:
  8362   There is new short syntax "UN i<=n. A" for "UN i:{0..n}. A". There is
  8363   also an x-symbol version with subscripts "\<Union>\<^bsub>i <= n\<^esub>. A"
  8364   like in normal math, and corresponding versions for < and for intersection.
  8365 
  8366 * HOL/List: Ordering "lexico" is renamed "lenlex" and the standard
  8367   lexicographic dictonary ordering has been added as "lexord".
  8368 
  8369 * ML: the legacy theory structures Int and List have been removed. They had
  8370   conflicted with ML Basis Library structures having the same names.
  8371 
  8372 * 'refute' command added to search for (finite) countermodels.  Only works
  8373   for a fragment of HOL.  The installation of an external SAT solver is
  8374   highly recommended.  See "HOL/Refute.thy" for details.
  8375 
  8376 * 'quickcheck' command: Allows to find counterexamples by evaluating
  8377   formulae under an assignment of free variables to random values.
  8378   In contrast to 'refute', it can deal with inductive datatypes,
  8379   but cannot handle quantifiers. See "HOL/ex/Quickcheck_Examples.thy"
  8380   for examples.
  8381 
  8382 
  8383 *** HOLCF ***
  8384 
  8385 * Streams now come with concatenation and are part of the HOLCF image
  8386 
  8387 
  8388 
  8389 New in Isabelle2003 (May 2003)
  8390 ------------------------------
  8391 
  8392 *** General ***
  8393 
  8394 * Provers/simplifier:
  8395 
  8396   - Completely reimplemented method simp (ML: Asm_full_simp_tac):
  8397     Assumptions are now subject to complete mutual simplification,
  8398     not just from left to right. The simplifier now preserves
  8399     the order of assumptions.
  8400 
  8401     Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  8402 
  8403     -- simp sometimes diverges where the old version did
  8404        not, e.g. invoking simp on the goal
  8405 
  8406         [| P (f x); y = x; f x = f y |] ==> Q
  8407 
  8408        now gives rise to the infinite reduction sequence
  8409 
  8410         P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> P(f y) --(y = x)--> P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> ...
  8411 
  8412        Using "simp (asm_lr)" (ML: Asm_lr_simp_tac) instead often solves this
  8413        kind of problem.
  8414 
  8415     -- Tactics combining classical reasoner and simplification (such as auto)
  8416        are also affected by this change, because many of them rely on
  8417        simp. They may sometimes diverge as well or yield a different numbers
  8418        of subgoals. Try to use e.g. force, fastsimp, or safe instead of auto
  8419        in case of problems. Sometimes subsequent calls to the classical
  8420        reasoner will fail because a preceeding call to the simplifier too
  8421        eagerly simplified the goal, e.g. deleted redundant premises.
  8422 
  8423   - The simplifier trace now shows the names of the applied rewrite rules
  8424 
  8425   - You can limit the number of recursive invocations of the simplifier
  8426     during conditional rewriting (where the simplifie tries to solve the
  8427     conditions before applying the rewrite rule):
  8428     ML "simp_depth_limit := n"
  8429     where n is an integer. Thus you can force termination where previously
  8430     the simplifier would diverge.
  8431 
  8432   - Accepts free variables as head terms in congruence rules.  Useful in Isar.
  8433 
  8434   - No longer aborts on failed congruence proof.  Instead, the
  8435     congruence is ignored.
  8436 
  8437 * Pure: New generic framework for extracting programs from constructive
  8438   proofs. See HOL/Extraction.thy for an example instantiation, as well
  8439   as HOL/Extraction for some case studies.
  8440 
  8441 * Pure: The main goal of the proof state is no longer shown by default, only
  8442 the subgoals. This behaviour is controlled by a new flag.
  8443    PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Settings -> Show Main Goal
  8444 (ML: Proof.show_main_goal).
  8445 
  8446 * Pure: You can find all matching introduction rules for subgoal 1, i.e. all
  8447 rules whose conclusion matches subgoal 1:
  8448       PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Show me -> matching rules
  8449 The rules are ordered by how closely they match the subgoal.
  8450 In particular, rules that solve a subgoal outright are displayed first
  8451 (or rather last, the way they are printed).
  8452 (ML: ProofGeneral.print_intros())
  8453 
  8454 * Pure: New flag trace_unify_fail causes unification to print
  8455 diagnostic information (PG: in trace buffer) when it fails. This is
  8456 useful for figuring out why single step proofs like rule, erule or
  8457 assumption failed.
  8458 
  8459 * Pure: Locale specifications now produce predicate definitions
  8460 according to the body of text (covering assumptions modulo local
  8461 definitions); predicate "loc_axioms" covers newly introduced text,
  8462 while "loc" is cumulative wrt. all included locale expressions; the
  8463 latter view is presented only on export into the global theory
  8464 context; potential INCOMPATIBILITY, use "(open)" option to fall back
  8465 on the old view without predicates;
  8466 
  8467 * Pure: predefined locales "var" and "struct" are useful for sharing
  8468 parameters (as in CASL, for example); just specify something like
  8469 ``var x + var y + struct M'' as import;
  8470 
  8471 * Pure: improved thms_containing: proper indexing of facts instead of
  8472 raw theorems; check validity of results wrt. current name space;
  8473 include local facts of proof configuration (also covers active
  8474 locales), cover fixed variables in index; may use "_" in term
  8475 specification; an optional limit for the number of printed facts may
  8476 be given (the default is 40);
  8477 
  8478 * Pure: disallow duplicate fact bindings within new-style theory files
  8479 (batch-mode only);
  8480 
  8481 * Provers: improved induct method: assumptions introduced by case
  8482 "foo" are split into "foo.hyps" (from the rule) and "foo.prems" (from
  8483 the goal statement); "foo" still refers to all facts collectively;
  8484 
  8485 * Provers: the function blast.overloaded has been removed: all constants
  8486 are regarded as potentially overloaded, which improves robustness in exchange
  8487 for slight decrease in efficiency;
  8488 
  8489 * Provers/linorder: New generic prover for transitivity reasoning over
  8490 linear orders.  Note: this prover is not efficient!
  8491 
  8492 * Isar: preview of problems to finish 'show' now produce an error
  8493 rather than just a warning (in interactive mode);
  8494 
  8495 
  8496 *** HOL ***
  8497 
  8498 * arith(_tac)
  8499 
  8500  - Produces a counter example if it cannot prove a goal.
  8501    Note that the counter example may be spurious if the goal is not a formula
  8502    of quantifier-free linear arithmetic.
  8503    In ProofGeneral the counter example appears in the trace buffer.
  8504 
  8505  - Knows about div k and mod k where k is a numeral of type nat or int.
  8506 
  8507  - Calls full Presburger arithmetic (by Amine Chaieb) if quantifier-free
  8508    linear arithmetic fails. This takes account of quantifiers and divisibility.
  8509    Presburger arithmetic can also be called explicitly via presburger(_tac).
  8510 
  8511 * simp's arithmetic capabilities have been enhanced a bit: it now
  8512 takes ~= in premises into account (by performing a case split);
  8513 
  8514 * simp reduces "m*(n div m) + n mod m" to n, even if the two summands
  8515 are distributed over a sum of terms;
  8516 
  8517 * New tactic "trans_tac" and method "trans" instantiate
  8518 Provers/linorder.ML for axclasses "order" and "linorder" (predicates
  8519 "<=", "<" and "=").
  8520 
  8521 * function INCOMPATIBILITIES: Pi-sets have been redefined and moved from main
  8522 HOL to Library/FuncSet; constant "Fun.op o" is now called "Fun.comp";
  8523 
  8524 * 'typedef' command has new option "open" to suppress the set
  8525 definition;
  8526 
  8527 * functions Min and Max on finite sets have been introduced (theory
  8528 Finite_Set);
  8529 
  8530 * attribute [symmetric] now works for relations as well; it turns
  8531 (x,y) : R^-1 into (y,x) : R, and vice versa;
  8532 
  8533 * induct over a !!-quantified statement (say !!x1..xn):
  8534   each "case" automatically performs "fix x1 .. xn" with exactly those names.
  8535 
  8536 * Map: `empty' is no longer a constant but a syntactic abbreviation for
  8537 %x. None. Warning: empty_def now refers to the previously hidden definition
  8538 of the empty set.
  8539 
  8540 * Algebra: formalization of classical algebra.  Intended as base for
  8541 any algebraic development in Isabelle.  Currently covers group theory
  8542 (up to Sylow's theorem) and ring theory (Universal Property of
  8543 Univariate Polynomials).  Contributions welcome;
  8544 
  8545 * GroupTheory: deleted, since its material has been moved to Algebra;
  8546 
  8547 * Complex: new directory of the complex numbers with numeric constants,
  8548 nonstandard complex numbers, and some complex analysis, standard and
  8549 nonstandard (Jacques Fleuriot);
  8550 
  8551 * HOL-Complex: new image for analysis, replacing HOL-Real and HOL-Hyperreal;
  8552 
  8553 * Hyperreal: introduced Gauge integration and hyperreal logarithms (Jacques
  8554 Fleuriot);
  8555 
  8556 * Real/HahnBanach: updated and adapted to locales;
  8557 
  8558 * NumberTheory: added Gauss's law of quadratic reciprocity (by Avigad,
  8559 Gray and Kramer);
  8560 
  8561 * UNITY: added the Meier-Sanders theory of progress sets;
  8562 
  8563 * MicroJava: bytecode verifier and lightweight bytecode verifier
  8564 as abstract algorithms, instantiated to the JVM;
  8565 
  8566 * Bali: Java source language formalization. Type system, operational
  8567 semantics, axiomatic semantics. Supported language features:
  8568 classes, interfaces, objects,virtual methods, static methods,
  8569 static/instance fields, arrays, access modifiers, definite
  8570 assignment, exceptions.
  8571 
  8572 
  8573 *** ZF ***
  8574 
  8575 * ZF/Constructible: consistency proof for AC (Gdel's constructible
  8576 universe, etc.);
  8577 
  8578 * Main ZF: virtually all theories converted to new-style format;
  8579 
  8580 
  8581 *** ML ***
  8582 
  8583 * Pure: Tactic.prove provides sane interface for internal proofs;
  8584 omits the infamous "standard" operation, so this is more appropriate
  8585 than prove_goalw_cterm in many situations (e.g. in simprocs);
  8586 
  8587 * Pure: improved error reporting of simprocs;
  8588 
  8589 * Provers: Simplifier.simproc(_i) provides sane interface for setting
  8590 up simprocs;
  8591 
  8592 
  8593 *** Document preparation ***
  8594 
  8595 * uses \par instead of \\ for line breaks in theory text. This may
  8596 shift some page breaks in large documents. To get the old behaviour
  8597 use \renewcommand{\isanewline}{\mbox{}\\\mbox{}} in root.tex.
  8598 
  8599 * minimized dependencies of isabelle.sty and isabellesym.sty on
  8600 other packages
  8601 
  8602 * \<euro> now needs package babel/greek instead of marvosym (which
  8603 broke \Rightarrow)
  8604 
  8605 * normal size for \<zero>...\<nine> (uses \mathbf instead of
  8606 textcomp package)
  8607 
  8608 
  8609 
  8610 New in Isabelle2002 (March 2002)
  8611 --------------------------------
  8612 
  8613 *** Document preparation ***
  8614 
  8615 * greatly simplified document preparation setup, including more
  8616 graceful interpretation of isatool usedir -i/-d/-D options, and more
  8617 instructive isatool mkdir; users should basically be able to get
  8618 started with "isatool mkdir HOL Test && isatool make"; alternatively,
  8619 users may run a separate document processing stage manually like this:
  8620 "isatool usedir -D output HOL Test && isatool document Test/output";
  8621 
  8622 * theory dependency graph may now be incorporated into documents;
  8623 isatool usedir -g true will produce session_graph.eps/.pdf for use
  8624 with \includegraphics of LaTeX;
  8625 
  8626 * proper spacing of consecutive markup elements, especially text
  8627 blocks after section headings;
  8628 
  8629 * support bold style (for single symbols only), input syntax is like
  8630 this: "\<^bold>\<alpha>" or "\<^bold>A";
  8631 
  8632 * \<bullet> is now output as bold \cdot by default, which looks much
  8633 better in printed text;
  8634 
  8635 * added default LaTeX bindings for \<tturnstile> and \<TTurnstile>;
  8636 note that these symbols are currently unavailable in Proof General /
  8637 X-Symbol; new symbols \<zero>, \<one>, ..., \<nine>, and \<euro>;
  8638 
  8639 * isatool latex no longer depends on changed TEXINPUTS, instead
  8640 isatool document copies the Isabelle style files to the target
  8641 location;
  8642 
  8643 
  8644 *** Isar ***
  8645 
  8646 * Pure/Provers: improved proof by cases and induction;
  8647   - 'case' command admits impromptu naming of parameters (such as
  8648     "case (Suc n)");
  8649   - 'induct' method divinates rule instantiation from the inductive
  8650     claim; no longer requires excessive ?P bindings for proper
  8651     instantiation of cases;
  8652   - 'induct' method properly enumerates all possibilities of set/type
  8653     rules; as a consequence facts may be also passed through *type*
  8654     rules without further ado;
  8655   - 'induct' method now derives symbolic cases from the *rulified*
  8656     rule (before it used to rulify cases stemming from the internal
  8657     atomized version); this means that the context of a non-atomic
  8658     statement becomes is included in the hypothesis, avoiding the
  8659     slightly cumbersome show "PROP ?case" form;
  8660   - 'induct' may now use elim-style induction rules without chaining
  8661     facts, using ``missing'' premises from the goal state; this allows
  8662     rules stemming from inductive sets to be applied in unstructured
  8663     scripts, while still benefitting from proper handling of non-atomic
  8664     statements; NB: major inductive premises need to be put first, all
  8665     the rest of the goal is passed through the induction;
  8666   - 'induct' proper support for mutual induction involving non-atomic
  8667     rule statements (uses the new concept of simultaneous goals, see
  8668     below);
  8669   - append all possible rule selections, but only use the first
  8670     success (no backtracking);
  8671   - removed obsolete "(simplified)" and "(stripped)" options of methods;
  8672   - undeclared rule case names default to numbers 1, 2, 3, ...;
  8673   - added 'print_induct_rules' (covered by help item in recent Proof
  8674     General versions);
  8675   - moved induct/cases attributes to Pure, methods to Provers;
  8676   - generic method setup instantiated for FOL and HOL;
  8677 
  8678 * Pure: support multiple simultaneous goal statements, for example
  8679 "have a: A and b: B" (same for 'theorem' etc.); being a pure
  8680 meta-level mechanism, this acts as if several individual goals had
  8681 been stated separately; in particular common proof methods need to be
  8682 repeated in order to cover all claims; note that a single elimination
  8683 step is *not* sufficient to establish the two conjunctions, so this
  8684 fails:
  8685 
  8686   assume "A & B" then have A and B ..   (*".." fails*)
  8687 
  8688 better use "obtain" in situations as above; alternative refer to
  8689 multi-step methods like 'auto', 'simp_all', 'blast+' etc.;
  8690 
  8691 * Pure: proper integration with ``locales''; unlike the original
  8692 version by Florian Kammller, Isar locales package high-level proof
  8693 contexts rather than raw logical ones (e.g. we admit to include
  8694 attributes everywhere); operations on locales include merge and
  8695 rename; support for implicit arguments (``structures''); simultaneous
  8696 type-inference over imports and text; see also HOL/ex/Locales.thy for
  8697 some examples;
  8698 
  8699 * Pure: the following commands have been ``localized'', supporting a
  8700 target locale specification "(in name)": 'lemma', 'theorem',
  8701 'corollary', 'lemmas', 'theorems', 'declare'; the results will be
  8702 stored both within the locale and at the theory level (exported and
  8703 qualified by the locale name);
  8704 
  8705 * Pure: theory goals may now be specified in ``long'' form, with
  8706 ad-hoc contexts consisting of arbitrary locale elements. for example
  8707 ``lemma foo: fixes x assumes "A x" shows "B x"'' (local syntax and
  8708 definitions may be given, too); the result is a meta-level rule with
  8709 the context elements being discharged in the obvious way;
  8710 
  8711 * Pure: new proof command 'using' allows to augment currently used
  8712 facts after a goal statement ('using' is syntactically analogous to
  8713 'apply', but acts on the goal's facts only); this allows chained facts
  8714 to be separated into parts given before and after a claim, as in
  8715 ``from a and b have C using d and e <proof>'';
  8716 
  8717 * Pure: renamed "antecedent" case to "rule_context";
  8718 
  8719 * Pure: new 'judgment' command records explicit information about the
  8720 object-logic embedding (used by several tools internally); no longer
  8721 use hard-wired "Trueprop";
  8722 
  8723 * Pure: added 'corollary' command;
  8724 
  8725 * Pure: fixed 'token_translation' command;
  8726 
  8727 * Pure: removed obsolete 'exported' attribute;
  8728 
  8729 * Pure: dummy pattern "_" in is/let is now automatically lifted over
  8730 bound variables: "ALL x. P x --> Q x" (is "ALL x. _ --> ?C x")
  8731 supersedes more cumbersome ... (is "ALL x. _ x --> ?C x");
  8732 
  8733 * Pure: method 'atomize' presents local goal premises as object-level
  8734 statements (atomic meta-level propositions); setup controlled via
  8735 rewrite rules declarations of 'atomize' attribute; example
  8736 application: 'induct' method with proper rule statements in improper
  8737 proof *scripts*;
  8738 
  8739 * Pure: emulation of instantiation tactics (rule_tac, cut_tac, etc.)
  8740 now consider the syntactic context of assumptions, giving a better
  8741 chance to get type-inference of the arguments right (this is
  8742 especially important for locales);
  8743 
  8744 * Pure: "sorry" no longer requires quick_and_dirty in interactive
  8745 mode;
  8746 
  8747 * Pure/obtain: the formal conclusion "thesis", being marked as
  8748 ``internal'', may no longer be reference directly in the text;
  8749 potential INCOMPATIBILITY, may need to use "?thesis" in rare
  8750 situations;
  8751 
  8752 * Pure: generic 'sym' attribute which declares a rule both as pure
  8753 'elim?' and for the 'symmetric' operation;
  8754 
  8755 * Pure: marginal comments ``--'' may now occur just anywhere in the
  8756 text; the fixed correlation with particular command syntax has been
  8757 discontinued;
  8758 
  8759 * Pure: new method 'rules' is particularly well-suited for proof
  8760 search in intuitionistic logic; a bit slower than 'blast' or 'fast',
  8761 but often produces more compact proof terms with less detours;
  8762 
  8763 * Pure/Provers/classical: simplified integration with pure rule
  8764 attributes and methods; the classical "intro?/elim?/dest?"
  8765 declarations coincide with the pure ones; the "rule" method no longer
  8766 includes classically swapped intros; "intro" and "elim" methods no
  8767 longer pick rules from the context; also got rid of ML declarations
  8768 AddXIs/AddXEs/AddXDs; all of this has some potential for
  8769 INCOMPATIBILITY;
  8770 
  8771 * Provers/classical: attribute 'swapped' produces classical inversions
  8772 of introduction rules;
  8773 
  8774 * Provers/simplifier: 'simplified' attribute may refer to explicit
  8775 rules instead of full simplifier context; 'iff' attribute handles
  8776 conditional rules;
  8777 
  8778 * HOL: 'typedef' now allows alternative names for Rep/Abs morphisms;
  8779 
  8780 * HOL: 'recdef' now fails on unfinished automated proofs, use
  8781 "(permissive)" option to recover old behavior;
  8782 
  8783 * HOL: 'inductive' no longer features separate (collective) attributes
  8784 for 'intros' (was found too confusing);
  8785 
  8786 * HOL: properly declared induction rules less_induct and
  8787 wf_induct_rule;
  8788 
  8789 
  8790 *** HOL ***
  8791 
  8792 * HOL: moved over to sane numeral syntax; the new policy is as
  8793 follows:
  8794 
  8795   - 0 and 1 are polymorphic constants, which are defined on any
  8796   numeric type (nat, int, real etc.);
  8797 
  8798   - 2, 3, 4, ... and -1, -2, -3, ... are polymorphic numerals, based
  8799   binary representation internally;
  8800 
  8801   - type nat has special constructor Suc, and generally prefers Suc 0
  8802   over 1::nat and Suc (Suc 0) over 2::nat;
  8803 
  8804 This change may cause significant problems of INCOMPATIBILITY; here
  8805 are some hints on converting existing sources:
  8806 
  8807   - due to the new "num" token, "-0" and "-1" etc. are now atomic
  8808   entities, so expressions involving "-" (unary or binary minus) need
  8809   to be spaced properly;
  8810 
  8811   - existing occurrences of "1" may need to be constraint "1::nat" or
  8812   even replaced by Suc 0; similar for old "2";
  8813 
  8814   - replace "#nnn" by "nnn", and "#-nnn" by "-nnn";
  8815 
  8816   - remove all special provisions on numerals in proofs;
  8817 
  8818 * HOL: simp rules nat_number expand numerals on nat to Suc/0
  8819 representation (depends on bin_arith_simps in the default context);
  8820 
  8821 * HOL: symbolic syntax for x^2 (numeral 2);
  8822 
  8823 * HOL: the class of all HOL types is now called "type" rather than
  8824 "term"; INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt references to this type class
  8825 in axclass/classes, instance/arities, and (usually rare) occurrences
  8826 in typings (of consts etc.); internally the class is called
  8827 "HOL.type", ML programs should refer to HOLogic.typeS;
  8828 
  8829 * HOL/record package improvements:
  8830   - new derived operations "fields" to build a partial record section,
  8831     "extend" to promote a fixed record to a record scheme, and
  8832     "truncate" for the reverse; cf. theorems "xxx.defs", which are *not*
  8833     declared as simp by default;
  8834   - shared operations ("more", "fields", etc.) now need to be always
  8835     qualified) --- potential INCOMPATIBILITY;
  8836   - removed "make_scheme" operations (use "make" with "extend") --
  8837     INCOMPATIBILITY;
  8838   - removed "more" class (simply use "term") -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  8839   - provides cases/induct rules for use with corresponding Isar
  8840     methods (for concrete records, record schemes, concrete more
  8841     parts, and schematic more parts -- in that order);
  8842   - internal definitions directly based on a light-weight abstract
  8843     theory of product types over typedef rather than datatype;
  8844 
  8845 * HOL: generic code generator for generating executable ML code from
  8846 specifications; specific support for HOL constructs such as inductive
  8847 datatypes and sets, as well as recursive functions; can be invoked
  8848 via 'generate_code' theory section;
  8849 
  8850 * HOL: canonical cases/induct rules for n-tuples (n = 3..7);
  8851 
  8852 * HOL: consolidated and renamed several theories.  In particular:
  8853         Ord.thy has been absorbed into HOL.thy
  8854         String.thy has been absorbed into List.thy
  8855 
  8856 * HOL: concrete setsum syntax "\<Sum>i:A. b" == "setsum (%i. b) A"
  8857 (beware of argument permutation!);
  8858 
  8859 * HOL: linorder_less_split superseded by linorder_cases;
  8860 
  8861 * HOL/List: "nodups" renamed to "distinct";
  8862 
  8863 * HOL: added "The" definite description operator; move Hilbert's "Eps"
  8864 to peripheral theory "Hilbert_Choice"; some INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  8865   - Ex_def has changed, now need to use some_eq_ex
  8866 
  8867 * HOL: made split_all_tac safe; EXISTING PROOFS MAY FAIL OR LOOP, so
  8868 in this (rare) case use:
  8869 
  8870   delSWrapper "split_all_tac"
  8871   addSbefore ("unsafe_split_all_tac", unsafe_split_all_tac)
  8872 
  8873 * HOL: added safe wrapper "split_conv_tac" to claset; EXISTING PROOFS
  8874 MAY FAIL;
  8875 
  8876 * HOL: introduced f^n = f o ... o f; warning: due to the limits of
  8877 Isabelle's type classes, ^ on functions and relations has too general
  8878 a domain, namely ('a * 'b) set and 'a => 'b; this means that it may be
  8879 necessary to attach explicit type constraints;
  8880 
  8881 * HOL/Relation: the prefix name of the infix "O" has been changed from
  8882 "comp" to "rel_comp"; INCOMPATIBILITY: a few theorems have been
  8883 renamed accordingly (eg "compI" -> "rel_compI").
  8884 
  8885 * HOL: syntax translations now work properly with numerals and records
  8886 expressions;
  8887 
  8888 * HOL: bounded abstraction now uses syntax "%" / "\<lambda>" instead
  8889 of "lam" -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  8890 
  8891 * HOL: got rid of some global declarations (potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  8892 for ML tools): const "()" renamed "Product_Type.Unity", type "unit"
  8893 renamed "Product_Type.unit";
  8894 
  8895 * HOL: renamed rtrancl_into_rtrancl2 to converse_rtrancl_into_rtrancl
  8896 
  8897 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem "optionE" (use "option.exhaust", or
  8898 the "cases" method);
  8899 
  8900 * HOL/GroupTheory: group theory examples including Sylow's theorem (by
  8901 Florian Kammller);
  8902 
  8903 * HOL/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory format; several
  8904 parts turned into readable document, with proper Isar proof texts and
  8905 some explanations (by Gerwin Klein);
  8906 
  8907 * HOL-Real: added Complex_Numbers (by Gertrud Bauer);
  8908 
  8909 * HOL-Hyperreal is now a logic image;
  8910 
  8911 
  8912 *** HOLCF ***
  8913 
  8914 * Isar: consts/constdefs supports mixfix syntax for continuous
  8915 operations;
  8916 
  8917 * Isar: domain package adapted to new-style theory format, e.g. see
  8918 HOLCF/ex/Dnat.thy;
  8919 
  8920 * theory Lift: proper use of rep_datatype lift instead of ML hacks --
  8921 potential INCOMPATIBILITY; now use plain induct_tac instead of former
  8922 lift.induct_tac, always use UU instead of Undef;
  8923 
  8924 * HOLCF/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory;
  8925 
  8926 
  8927 *** ZF ***
  8928 
  8929 * Isar: proper integration of logic-specific tools and packages,
  8930 including theory commands '(co)inductive', '(co)datatype',
  8931 'rep_datatype', 'inductive_cases', as well as methods 'ind_cases',
  8932 'induct_tac', 'case_tac', and 'typecheck' (with attribute 'TC');
  8933 
  8934 * theory Main no longer includes AC; for the Axiom of Choice, base
  8935 your theory on Main_ZFC;
  8936 
  8937 * the integer library now covers quotients and remainders, with many
  8938 laws relating division to addition, multiplication, etc.;
  8939 
  8940 * ZF/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY is now available in ZF, giving a
  8941 typeless version of the formalism;
  8942 
  8943 * ZF/AC, Coind, IMP, Resid: updated and converted to new-style theory
  8944 format;
  8945 
  8946 * ZF/Induct: new directory for examples of inductive definitions,
  8947 including theory Multiset for multiset orderings; converted to
  8948 new-style theory format;
  8949 
  8950 * ZF: many new theorems about lists, ordinals, etc.;
  8951 
  8952 
  8953 *** General ***
  8954 
  8955 * Pure/kernel: meta-level proof terms (by Stefan Berghofer); reference
  8956 variable proof controls level of detail: 0 = no proofs (only oracle
  8957 dependencies), 1 = lemma dependencies, 2 = compact proof terms; see
  8958 also ref manual for further ML interfaces;
  8959 
  8960 * Pure/axclass: removed obsolete ML interface
  8961 goal_subclass/goal_arity;
  8962 
  8963 * Pure/syntax: new token syntax "num" for plain numerals (without "#"
  8964 of "xnum"); potential INCOMPATIBILITY, since -0, -1 etc. are now
  8965 separate tokens, so expressions involving minus need to be spaced
  8966 properly;
  8967 
  8968 * Pure/syntax: support non-oriented infixes, using keyword "infix"
  8969 rather than "infixl" or "infixr";
  8970 
  8971 * Pure/syntax: concrete syntax for dummy type variables admits genuine
  8972 sort constraint specifications in type inference; e.g. "x::_::foo"
  8973 ensures that the type of "x" is of sort "foo" (but not necessarily a
  8974 type variable);
  8975 
  8976 * Pure/syntax: print modes "type_brackets" and "no_type_brackets"
  8977 control output of nested => (types); the default behavior is
  8978 "type_brackets";
  8979 
  8980 * Pure/syntax: builtin parse translation for "_constify" turns valued
  8981 tokens into AST constants;
  8982 
  8983 * Pure/syntax: prefer later declarations of translations and print
  8984 translation functions; potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to reverse
  8985 multiple declarations for same syntax element constant;
  8986 
  8987 * Pure/show_hyps reset by default (in accordance to existing Isar
  8988 practice);
  8989 
  8990 * Provers/classical: renamed addaltern to addafter, addSaltern to
  8991 addSafter;
  8992 
  8993 * Provers/clasimp: ``iff'' declarations now handle conditional rules
  8994 as well;
  8995 
  8996 * system: tested support for MacOS X; should be able to get Isabelle +
  8997 Proof General to work in a plain Terminal after installing Poly/ML
  8998 (e.g. from the Isabelle distribution area) and GNU bash alone
  8999 (e.g. from http://www.apple.com); full X11, XEmacs and X-Symbol
  9000 support requires further installations, e.g. from
  9001 http://fink.sourceforge.net/);
  9002 
  9003 * system: support Poly/ML 4.1.1 (able to manage larger heaps);
  9004 
  9005 * system: reduced base memory usage by Poly/ML (approx. 20 MB instead
  9006 of 40 MB), cf. ML_OPTIONS;
  9007 
  9008 * system: Proof General keywords specification is now part of the
  9009 Isabelle distribution (see etc/isar-keywords.el);
  9010 
  9011 * system: support for persistent Proof General sessions (refrain from
  9012 outdating all loaded theories on startup); user may create writable
  9013 logic images like this: ``isabelle -q HOL Test'';
  9014 
  9015 * system: smart selection of Isabelle process versus Isabelle
  9016 interface, accommodates case-insensitive file systems (e.g. HFS+); may
  9017 run both "isabelle" and "Isabelle" even if file names are badly
  9018 damaged (executable inspects the case of the first letter of its own
  9019 name); added separate "isabelle-process" and "isabelle-interface";
  9020 
  9021 * system: refrain from any attempt at filtering input streams; no
  9022 longer support ``8bit'' encoding of old isabelle font, instead proper
  9023 iso-latin characters may now be used; the related isatools
  9024 "symbolinput" and "nonascii" have disappeared as well;
  9025 
  9026 * system: removed old "xterm" interface (the print modes "xterm" and
  9027 "xterm_color" are still available for direct use in a suitable
  9028 terminal);
  9029 
  9030 
  9031 
  9032 New in Isabelle99-2 (February 2001)
  9033 -----------------------------------
  9034 
  9035 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  9036 
  9037 * HOL: please note that theories in the Library and elsewhere often use the
  9038 new-style (Isar) format; to refer to their theorems in an ML script you must
  9039 bind them to ML identifers by e.g.      val thm_name = thm "thm_name";
  9040 
  9041 * HOL: inductive package no longer splits induction rule aggressively,
  9042 but only as far as specified by the introductions given; the old
  9043 format may be recovered via ML function complete_split_rule or attribute
  9044 'split_rule (complete)';
  9045 
  9046 * HOL: induct renamed to lfp_induct, lfp_Tarski to lfp_unfold,
  9047 gfp_Tarski to gfp_unfold;
  9048 
  9049 * HOL: contrapos, contrapos2 renamed to contrapos_nn, contrapos_pp;
  9050 
  9051 * HOL: infix "dvd" now has priority 50 rather than 70 (because it is a
  9052 relation); infix "^^" has been renamed "``"; infix "``" has been
  9053 renamed "`"; "univalent" has been renamed "single_valued";
  9054 
  9055 * HOL/Real: "rinv" and "hrinv" replaced by overloaded "inverse"
  9056 operation;
  9057 
  9058 * HOLCF: infix "`" has been renamed "$"; the symbol syntax is \<cdot>;
  9059 
  9060 * Isar: 'obtain' no longer declares "that" fact as simp/intro;
  9061 
  9062 * Isar/HOL: method 'induct' now handles non-atomic goals; as a
  9063 consequence, it is no longer monotonic wrt. the local goal context
  9064 (which is now passed through the inductive cases);
  9065 
  9066 * Document preparation: renamed standard symbols \<ll> to \<lless> and
  9067 \<gg> to \<ggreater>;
  9068 
  9069 
  9070 *** Document preparation ***
  9071 
  9072 * \isabellestyle{NAME} selects version of Isabelle output (currently
  9073 available: are "it" for near math-mode best-style output, "sl" for
  9074 slanted text style, and "tt" for plain type-writer; if no
  9075 \isabellestyle command is given, output is according to slanted
  9076 type-writer);
  9077 
  9078 * support sub/super scripts (for single symbols only), input syntax is
  9079 like this: "A\<^sup>*" or "A\<^sup>\<star>";
  9080 
  9081 * some more standard symbols; see Appendix A of the system manual for
  9082 the complete list of symbols defined in isabellesym.sty;
  9083 
  9084 * improved isabelle style files; more abstract symbol implementation
  9085 (should now use \isamath{...} and \isatext{...} in custom symbol
  9086 definitions);
  9087 
  9088 * antiquotation @{goals} and @{subgoals} for output of *dynamic* goals
  9089 state; Note that presentation of goal states does not conform to
  9090 actual human-readable proof documents.  Please do not include goal
  9091 states into document output unless you really know what you are doing!
  9092 
  9093 * proper indentation of antiquoted output with proportional LaTeX
  9094 fonts;
  9095 
  9096 * no_document ML operator temporarily disables LaTeX document
  9097 generation;
  9098 
  9099 * isatool unsymbolize tunes sources for plain ASCII communication;
  9100 
  9101 
  9102 *** Isar ***
  9103 
  9104 * Pure: Isar now suffers initial goal statements to contain unbound
  9105 schematic variables (this does not conform to actual readable proof
  9106 documents, due to unpredictable outcome and non-compositional proof
  9107 checking); users who know what they are doing may use schematic goals
  9108 for Prolog-style synthesis of proven results;
  9109 
  9110 * Pure: assumption method (an implicit finishing) now handles actual
  9111 rules as well;
  9112 
  9113 * Pure: improved 'obtain' --- moved to Pure, insert "that" into
  9114 initial goal, declare "that" only as Pure intro (only for single
  9115 steps); the "that" rule assumption may now be involved in implicit
  9116 finishing, thus ".." becomes a feasible for trivial obtains;
  9117 
  9118 * Pure: default proof step now includes 'intro_classes'; thus trivial
  9119 instance proofs may be performed by "..";
  9120 
  9121 * Pure: ?thesis / ?this / "..." now work for pure meta-level
  9122 statements as well;
  9123 
  9124 * Pure: more robust selection of calculational rules;
  9125 
  9126 * Pure: the builtin notion of 'finished' goal now includes the ==-refl
  9127 rule (as well as the assumption rule);
  9128 
  9129 * Pure: 'thm_deps' command visualizes dependencies of theorems and
  9130 lemmas, using the graph browser tool;
  9131 
  9132 * Pure: predict failure of "show" in interactive mode;
  9133 
  9134 * Pure: 'thms_containing' now takes actual terms as arguments;
  9135 
  9136 * HOL: improved method 'induct' --- now handles non-atomic goals
  9137 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY); tuned error handling;
  9138 
  9139 * HOL: cases and induct rules now provide explicit hints about the
  9140 number of facts to be consumed (0 for "type" and 1 for "set" rules);
  9141 any remaining facts are inserted into the goal verbatim;
  9142 
  9143 * HOL: local contexts (aka cases) may now contain term bindings as
  9144 well; the 'cases' and 'induct' methods new provide a ?case binding for
  9145 the result to be shown in each case;
  9146 
  9147 * HOL: added 'recdef_tc' command;
  9148 
  9149 * isatool convert assists in eliminating legacy ML scripts;
  9150 
  9151 
  9152 *** HOL ***
  9153 
  9154 * HOL/Library: a collection of generic theories to be used together
  9155 with main HOL; the theory loader path already includes this directory
  9156 by default; the following existing theories have been moved here:
  9157 HOL/Induct/Multiset, HOL/Induct/Acc (as Accessible_Part), HOL/While
  9158 (as While_Combinator), HOL/Lex/Prefix (as List_Prefix);
  9159 
  9160 * HOL/Unix: "Some aspects of Unix file-system security", a typical
  9161 modelling and verification task performed in Isabelle/HOL +
  9162 Isabelle/Isar + Isabelle document preparation (by Markus Wenzel).
  9163 
  9164 * HOL/Algebra: special summation operator SUM no longer exists, it has
  9165 been replaced by setsum; infix 'assoc' now has priority 50 (like
  9166 'dvd'); axiom 'one_not_zero' has been moved from axclass 'ring' to
  9167 'domain', this makes the theory consistent with mathematical
  9168 literature;
  9169 
  9170 * HOL basics: added overloaded operations "inverse" and "divide"
  9171 (infix "/"), syntax for generic "abs" operation, generic summation
  9172 operator \<Sum>;
  9173 
  9174 * HOL/typedef: simplified package, provide more useful rules (see also
  9175 HOL/subset.thy);
  9176 
  9177 * HOL/datatype: induction rule for arbitrarily branching datatypes is
  9178 now expressed as a proper nested rule (old-style tactic scripts may
  9179 require atomize_strip_tac to cope with non-atomic premises);
  9180 
  9181 * HOL: renamed theory "Prod" to "Product_Type", renamed "split" rule
  9182 to "split_conv" (old name still available for compatibility);
  9183 
  9184 * HOL: improved concrete syntax for strings (e.g. allows translation
  9185 rules with string literals);
  9186 
  9187 * HOL-Real-Hyperreal: this extends HOL-Real with the hyperreals
  9188  and Fleuriot's mechanization of analysis, including the transcendental
  9189  functions for the reals;
  9190 
  9191 * HOL/Real, HOL/Hyperreal: improved arithmetic simplification;
  9192 
  9193 
  9194 *** CTT ***
  9195 
  9196 * CTT: x-symbol support for Pi, Sigma, -->, : (membership); note that
  9197 "lam" is displayed as TWO lambda-symbols
  9198 
  9199 * CTT: theory Main now available, containing everything (that is, Bool
  9200 and Arith);
  9201 
  9202 
  9203 *** General ***
  9204 
  9205 * Pure: the Simplifier has been implemented properly as a derived rule
  9206 outside of the actual kernel (at last!); the overall performance
  9207 penalty in practical applications is about 50%, while reliability of
  9208 the Isabelle inference kernel has been greatly improved;
  9209 
  9210 * print modes "brackets" and "no_brackets" control output of nested =>
  9211 (types) and ==> (props); the default behaviour is "brackets";
  9212 
  9213 * Provers: fast_tac (and friends) now handle actual object-logic rules
  9214 as assumptions as well;
  9215 
  9216 * system: support Poly/ML 4.0;
  9217 
  9218 * system: isatool install handles KDE version 1 or 2;
  9219 
  9220 
  9221 
  9222 New in Isabelle99-1 (October 2000)
  9223 ----------------------------------
  9224 
  9225 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  9226 
  9227 * HOL: simplification of natural numbers is much changed; to partly
  9228 recover the old behaviour (e.g. to prevent n+n rewriting to #2*n)
  9229 issue the following ML commands:
  9230 
  9231   Delsimprocs Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.cancel_numerals;
  9232   Delsimprocs [Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.combine_numerals];
  9233 
  9234 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions; this is
  9235 controlled by "t.weak_case_cong" for each datatype t;
  9236 
  9237 * HOL: nat_less_induct renamed to less_induct;
  9238 
  9239 * HOL: systematic renaming of the SOME (Eps) rules, may use isatool
  9240 fixsome to patch .thy and .ML sources automatically;
  9241 
  9242   select_equality  -> some_equality
  9243   select_eq_Ex     -> some_eq_ex
  9244   selectI2EX       -> someI2_ex
  9245   selectI2         -> someI2
  9246   selectI          -> someI
  9247   select1_equality -> some1_equality
  9248   Eps_sym_eq       -> some_sym_eq_trivial
  9249   Eps_eq           -> some_eq_trivial
  9250 
  9251 * HOL: exhaust_tac on datatypes superceded by new generic case_tac;
  9252 
  9253 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem binding expand_if (refer to split_if
  9254 instead);
  9255 
  9256 * HOL: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' are now called
  9257 f.simps instead of f.rules;
  9258 
  9259 * HOL: qed_spec_mp now also handles bounded ALL as well;
  9260 
  9261 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded, so the type constraint ":: nat" may
  9262 sometimes be needed;
  9263 
  9264 * HOL: the constant for "f``x" is now "image" rather than "op ``";
  9265 
  9266 * HOL: the constant for "f-``x" is now "vimage" rather than "op -``";
  9267 
  9268 * HOL: the disjoint sum is now "<+>" instead of "Plus"; the cartesian
  9269 product is now "<*>" instead of "Times"; the lexicographic product is
  9270 now "<*lex*>" instead of "**";
  9271 
  9272 * HOL: theory Sexp is now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part
  9273 of main HOL, but was unused); better use HOL's datatype package;
  9274 
  9275 * HOL: removed "symbols" syntax for constant "override" of theory Map;
  9276 the old syntax may be recovered as follows:
  9277 
  9278   syntax (symbols)
  9279     override  :: "('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b)"
  9280       (infixl "\\<oplus>" 100)
  9281 
  9282 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  9283 
  9284 * HOL/ML: even fewer consts are declared as global (see theories Ord,
  9285 Lfp, Gfp, WF); this only affects ML packages that refer to const names
  9286 internally;
  9287 
  9288 * HOL and ZF: syntax for quotienting wrt an equivalence relation
  9289 changed from A/r to A//r;
  9290 
  9291 * ZF: new treatment of arithmetic (nat & int) may break some old
  9292 proofs;
  9293 
  9294 * Isar: renamed some attributes (RS -> THEN, simplify -> simplified,
  9295 rulify -> rule_format, elimify -> elim_format, ...);
  9296 
  9297 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  9298 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (in most cases, one
  9299 should have to change intro!! to intro? only); replaced "delrule" by
  9300 "rule del";
  9301 
  9302 * Isar/HOL: renamed "intrs" to "intros" in inductive definitions;
  9303 
  9304 * Provers: strengthened force_tac by using new first_best_tac;
  9305 
  9306 * LaTeX document preparation: several changes of isabelle.sty (see
  9307 lib/texinputs);
  9308 
  9309 
  9310 *** Document preparation ***
  9311 
  9312 * formal comments (text blocks etc.) in new-style theories may now
  9313 contain antiquotations of thm/prop/term/typ/text to be presented
  9314 according to latex print mode; concrete syntax is like this:
  9315 @{term[show_types] "f(x) = a + x"};
  9316 
  9317 * isatool mkdir provides easy setup of Isabelle session directories,
  9318 including proper document sources;
  9319 
  9320 * generated LaTeX sources are now deleted after successful run
  9321 (isatool document -c); may retain a copy somewhere else via -D option
  9322 of isatool usedir;
  9323 
  9324 * isatool usedir -D now lets isatool latex -o sty update the Isabelle
  9325 style files, achieving self-contained LaTeX sources and simplifying
  9326 LaTeX debugging;
  9327 
  9328 * old-style theories now produce (crude) LaTeX output as well;
  9329 
  9330 * browser info session directories are now self-contained (may be put
  9331 on WWW server seperately); improved graphs of nested sessions; removed
  9332 graph for 'all sessions';
  9333 
  9334 * several improvements in isabelle style files; \isabellestyle{it}
  9335 produces fake math mode output; \isamarkupheader is now \section by
  9336 default; see lib/texinputs/isabelle.sty etc.;
  9337 
  9338 
  9339 *** Isar ***
  9340 
  9341 * Isar/Pure: local results and corresponding term bindings are now
  9342 subject to Hindley-Milner polymorphism (similar to ML); this
  9343 accommodates incremental type-inference very nicely;
  9344 
  9345 * Isar/Pure: new derived language element 'obtain' supports
  9346 generalized existence reasoning;
  9347 
  9348 * Isar/Pure: new calculational elements 'moreover' and 'ultimately'
  9349 support accumulation of results, without applying any rules yet;
  9350 useful to collect intermediate results without explicit name
  9351 references, and for use with transitivity rules with more than 2
  9352 premises;
  9353 
  9354 * Isar/Pure: scalable support for case-analysis type proofs: new
  9355 'case' language element refers to local contexts symbolically, as
  9356 produced by certain proof methods; internally, case names are attached
  9357 to theorems as "tags";
  9358 
  9359 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'hide' removes declarations from
  9360 class/type/const name spaces;
  9361 
  9362 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'defs' supports option "(overloaded)" to
  9363 indicate potential overloading;
  9364 
  9365 * Isar/Pure: changed syntax of local blocks from {{ }} to { };
  9366 
  9367 * Isar/Pure: syntax of sorts made 'inner', i.e. have to write
  9368 "{a,b,c}" instead of {a,b,c};
  9369 
  9370 * Isar/Pure now provides its own version of intro/elim/dest
  9371 attributes; useful for building new logics, but beware of confusion
  9372 with the version in Provers/classical;
  9373 
  9374 * Isar/Pure: the local context of (non-atomic) goals is provided via
  9375 case name 'antecedent';
  9376 
  9377 * Isar/Pure: removed obsolete 'transfer' attribute (transfer of thms
  9378 to the current context is now done automatically);
  9379 
  9380 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'method_setup' provides a simple interface
  9381 for definining proof methods in ML;
  9382 
  9383 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  9384 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  9385 most cases, one should have to change intro!! to intro? only);
  9386 replaced "delrule" by "rule del";
  9387 
  9388 * Isar/Provers: new 'hypsubst' method, plain 'subst' method and
  9389 'symmetric' attribute (the latter supercedes [RS sym]);
  9390 
  9391 * Isar/Provers: splitter support (via 'split' attribute and 'simp'
  9392 method modifier); 'simp' method: 'only:' modifier removes loopers as
  9393 well (including splits);
  9394 
  9395 * Isar/Provers: Simplifier and Classical methods now support all kind
  9396 of modifiers used in the past, including 'cong', 'iff', etc.
  9397 
  9398 * Isar/Provers: added 'fastsimp' and 'clarsimp' methods (combination
  9399 of Simplifier and Classical reasoner);
  9400 
  9401 * Isar/HOL: new proof method 'cases' and improved version of 'induct'
  9402 now support named cases; major packages (inductive, datatype, primrec,
  9403 recdef) support case names and properly name parameters;
  9404 
  9405 * Isar/HOL: new transitivity rules for substitution in inequalities --
  9406 monotonicity conditions are extracted to be proven at end of
  9407 calculations;
  9408 
  9409 * Isar/HOL: removed 'case_split' thm binding, should use 'cases' proof
  9410 method anyway;
  9411 
  9412 * Isar/HOL: removed old expand_if = split_if; theorems if_splits =
  9413 split_if split_if_asm; datatype package provides theorems foo.splits =
  9414 foo.split foo.split_asm for each datatype;
  9415 
  9416 * Isar/HOL: tuned inductive package, rename "intrs" to "intros"
  9417 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY), emulation of mk_cases feature for proof
  9418 scripts: new 'inductive_cases' command and 'ind_cases' method; (Note:
  9419 use "(cases (simplified))" method in proper proof texts);
  9420 
  9421 * Isar/HOL: added global 'arith_split' attribute for 'arith' method;
  9422 
  9423 * Isar: names of theorems etc. may be natural numbers as well;
  9424 
  9425 * Isar: 'pr' command: optional arguments for goals_limit and
  9426 ProofContext.prems_limit; no longer prints theory contexts, but only
  9427 proof states;
  9428 
  9429 * Isar: diagnostic commands 'pr', 'thm', 'prop', 'term', 'typ' admit
  9430 additional print modes to be specified; e.g. "pr(latex)" will print
  9431 proof state according to the Isabelle LaTeX style;
  9432 
  9433 * Isar: improved support for emulating tactic scripts, including proof
  9434 methods 'rule_tac' etc., 'cut_tac', 'thin_tac', 'subgoal_tac',
  9435 'rename_tac', 'rotate_tac', 'tactic', and 'case_tac' / 'induct_tac'
  9436 (for HOL datatypes);
  9437 
  9438 * Isar: simplified (more robust) goal selection of proof methods: 1st
  9439 goal, all goals, or explicit goal specifier (tactic emulation); thus
  9440 'proof method scripts' have to be in depth-first order;
  9441 
  9442 * Isar: tuned 'let' syntax: replaced 'as' keyword by 'and';
  9443 
  9444 * Isar: removed 'help' command, which hasn't been too helpful anyway;
  9445 should instead use individual commands for printing items
  9446 (print_commands, print_methods etc.);
  9447 
  9448 * Isar: added 'nothing' --- the empty list of theorems;
  9449 
  9450 
  9451 *** HOL ***
  9452 
  9453 * HOL/MicroJava: formalization of a fragment of Java, together with a
  9454 corresponding virtual machine and a specification of its bytecode
  9455 verifier and a lightweight bytecode verifier, including proofs of
  9456 type-safety; by Gerwin Klein, Tobias Nipkow, David von Oheimb, and
  9457 Cornelia Pusch (see also the homepage of project Bali at
  9458 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Bali/);
  9459 
  9460 * HOL/Algebra: new theory of rings and univariate polynomials, by
  9461 Clemens Ballarin;
  9462 
  9463 * HOL/NumberTheory: fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, Chinese
  9464 Remainder Theorem, Fermat/Euler Theorem, Wilson's Theorem, by Thomas M
  9465 Rasmussen;
  9466 
  9467 * HOL/Lattice: fundamental concepts of lattice theory and order
  9468 structures, including duals, properties of bounds versus algebraic
  9469 laws, lattice operations versus set-theoretic ones, the Knaster-Tarski
  9470 Theorem for complete lattices etc.; may also serve as a demonstration
  9471 for abstract algebraic reasoning using axiomatic type classes, and
  9472 mathematics-style proof in Isabelle/Isar; by Markus Wenzel;
  9473 
  9474 * HOL/Prolog: a (bare-bones) implementation of Lambda-Prolog, by David
  9475 von Oheimb;
  9476 
  9477 * HOL/IMPP: extension of IMP with local variables and mutually
  9478 recursive procedures, by David von Oheimb;
  9479 
  9480 * HOL/Lambda: converted into new-style theory and document;
  9481 
  9482 * HOL/ex/Multiquote: example of multiple nested quotations and
  9483 anti-quotations -- basically a generalized version of de-Bruijn
  9484 representation; very useful in avoiding lifting of operations;
  9485 
  9486 * HOL/record: added general record equality rule to simpset; fixed
  9487 select-update simplification procedure to handle extended records as
  9488 well; admit "r" as field name;
  9489 
  9490 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded over the new sort "zero", allowing its use with
  9491 other numeric types and also as the identity of groups, rings, etc.;
  9492 
  9493 * HOL: new axclass plus_ac0 for addition with the AC-laws and 0 as identity.
  9494 Types nat and int belong to this axclass;
  9495 
  9496 * HOL: greatly improved simplification involving numerals of type nat, int, real:
  9497    (i + #8 + j) = Suc k simplifies to  #7 + (i + j) = k
  9498    i*j + k + j*#3*i     simplifies to  #4*(i*j) + k
  9499   two terms #m*u and #n*u are replaced by #(m+n)*u
  9500     (where #m, #n and u can implicitly be 1; this is simproc combine_numerals)
  9501   and the term/formula #m*u+x ~~ #n*u+y simplifies simplifies to #(m-n)+x ~~ y
  9502     or x ~~ #(n-m)+y, where ~~ is one of = < <= or - (simproc cancel_numerals);
  9503 
  9504 * HOL: meson_tac is available (previously in ex/meson.ML); it is a
  9505 powerful prover for predicate logic but knows nothing of clasets; see
  9506 ex/mesontest.ML and ex/mesontest2.ML for example applications;
  9507 
  9508 * HOL: new version of "case_tac" subsumes both boolean case split and
  9509 "exhaust_tac" on datatypes; INCOMPATIBILITY: exhaust_tac no longer
  9510 exists, may define val exhaust_tac = case_tac for ad-hoc portability;
  9511 
  9512 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions: only the
  9513 selector expression is simplified, but not the remaining arms; to
  9514 enable full simplification of case-expressions for datatype t, you may
  9515 remove t.weak_case_cong from the simpset, either globally (Delcongs
  9516 [thm"t.weak_case_cong"];) or locally (delcongs [...]).
  9517 
  9518 * HOL/recdef: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' for
  9519 function 'f' are now called f.simps instead of f.rules; if all
  9520 termination conditions are proved automatically, these simplification
  9521 rules are added to the simpset, as in primrec; rules may be named
  9522 individually as well, resulting in a separate list of theorems for
  9523 each equation;
  9524 
  9525 * HOL/While is a new theory that provides a while-combinator. It
  9526 permits the definition of tail-recursive functions without the
  9527 provision of a termination measure. The latter is necessary once the
  9528 invariant proof rule for while is applied.
  9529 
  9530 * HOL: new (overloaded) notation for the set of elements below/above
  9531 some element: {..u}, {..u(}, {l..}, {)l..}. See theory SetInterval.
  9532 
  9533 * HOL: theorems impI, allI, ballI bound as "strip";
  9534 
  9535 * HOL: new tactic induct_thm_tac: thm -> string -> int -> tactic
  9536 induct_tac th "x1 ... xn" expects th to have a conclusion of the form
  9537 P v1 ... vn and abbreviates res_inst_tac [("v1","x1"),...,("vn","xn")] th;
  9538 
  9539 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  9540 
  9541 * HOL: theory Sexp now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part of
  9542 main HOL, but was unused);
  9543 
  9544 * HOL: fewer consts declared as global (e.g. have to refer to
  9545 "Lfp.lfp" instead of "lfp" internally; affects ML packages only);
  9546 
  9547 * HOL: tuned AST representation of nested pairs, avoiding bogus output
  9548 in case of overlap with user translations (e.g. judgements over
  9549 tuples); (note that the underlying logical represenation is still
  9550 bogus);
  9551 
  9552 
  9553 *** ZF ***
  9554 
  9555 * ZF: simplification automatically cancels common terms in arithmetic
  9556 expressions over nat and int;
  9557 
  9558 * ZF: new treatment of nat to minimize type-checking: all operators
  9559 coerce their operands to a natural number using the function natify,
  9560 making the algebraic laws unconditional;
  9561 
  9562 * ZF: as above, for int: operators coerce their operands to an integer
  9563 using the function intify;
  9564 
  9565 * ZF: the integer library now contains many of the usual laws for the
  9566 orderings, including $<=, and monotonicity laws for $+ and $*;
  9567 
  9568 * ZF: new example ZF/ex/NatSum to demonstrate integer arithmetic
  9569 simplification;
  9570 
  9571 * FOL and ZF: AddIffs now available, giving theorems of the form P<->Q
  9572 to the simplifier and classical reasoner simultaneously;
  9573 
  9574 
  9575 *** General ***
  9576 
  9577 * Provers: blast_tac now handles actual object-logic rules as
  9578 assumptions; note that auto_tac uses blast_tac internally as well;
  9579 
  9580 * Provers: new functions rulify/rulify_no_asm: thm -> thm for turning
  9581 outer -->/All/Ball into ==>/!!; qed_spec_mp now uses rulify_no_asm;
  9582 
  9583 * Provers: delrules now handles destruct rules as well (no longer need
  9584 explicit make_elim);
  9585 
  9586 * Provers: Blast_tac now warns of and ignores "weak elimination rules" e.g.
  9587   [| inj ?f;          ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  9588 use instead the strong form,
  9589   [| inj ?f; ~ ?W ==> ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  9590 in HOL, FOL and ZF the function cla_make_elim will create such rules
  9591 from destruct-rules;
  9592 
  9593 * Provers: Simplifier.easy_setup provides a fast path to basic
  9594 Simplifier setup for new object-logics;
  9595 
  9596 * Pure: AST translation rules no longer require constant head on LHS;
  9597 
  9598 * Pure: improved name spaces: ambiguous output is qualified; support
  9599 for hiding of names;
  9600 
  9601 * system: smart setup of canonical ML_HOME, ISABELLE_INTERFACE, and
  9602 XSYMBOL_HOME; no longer need to do manual configuration in most
  9603 situations;
  9604 
  9605 * system: compression of ML heaps images may now be controlled via -c
  9606 option of isabelle and isatool usedir (currently only observed by
  9607 Poly/ML);
  9608 
  9609 * system: isatool installfonts may handle X-Symbol fonts as well (very
  9610 useful for remote X11);
  9611 
  9612 * system: provide TAGS file for Isabelle sources;
  9613 
  9614 * ML: infix 'OF' is a version of 'MRS' with more appropriate argument
  9615 order;
  9616 
  9617 * ML: renamed flags Syntax.trace_norm_ast to Syntax.trace_ast; global
  9618 timing flag supersedes proof_timing and Toplevel.trace;
  9619 
  9620 * ML: new combinators |>> and |>>> for incremental transformations
  9621 with secondary results (e.g. certain theory extensions):
  9622 
  9623 * ML: PureThy.add_defs gets additional argument to indicate potential
  9624 overloading (usually false);
  9625 
  9626 * ML: PureThy.add_thms/add_axioms/add_defs now return theorems as
  9627 results;
  9628 
  9629 
  9630 
  9631 New in Isabelle99 (October 1999)
  9632 --------------------------------
  9633 
  9634 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  9635 
  9636 * HOL: The THEN and ELSE parts of conditional expressions (if P then x else y)
  9637 are no longer simplified.  (This allows the simplifier to unfold recursive
  9638 functional programs.)  To restore the old behaviour, declare
  9639 
  9640     Delcongs [if_weak_cong];
  9641 
  9642 * HOL: Removed the obsolete syntax "Compl A"; use -A for set
  9643 complement;
  9644 
  9645 * HOL: the predicate "inj" is now defined by translation to "inj_on";
  9646 
  9647 * HOL/datatype: mutual_induct_tac no longer exists --
  9648   use induct_tac "x_1 ... x_n" instead of mutual_induct_tac ["x_1", ..., "x_n"]
  9649 
  9650 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  9651 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  9652 
  9653 * ZF: The con_defs part of an inductive definition may no longer refer
  9654 to constants declared in the same theory;
  9655 
  9656 * HOL, ZF: the function mk_cases, generated by the inductive
  9657 definition package, has lost an argument.  To simplify its result, it
  9658 uses the default simpset instead of a supplied list of theorems.
  9659 
  9660 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  9661 
  9662 * Simplifier: the type of the infix ML functions
  9663         setSSolver addSSolver setSolver addSolver
  9664 is now  simpset * solver -> simpset  where `solver' is a new abstract type
  9665 for packaging solvers. A solver is created via
  9666         mk_solver: string -> (thm list -> int -> tactic) -> solver
  9667 where the string argument is only a comment.
  9668 
  9669 
  9670 *** Proof tools ***
  9671 
  9672 * Provers/Arith/fast_lin_arith.ML contains a functor for creating a
  9673 decision procedure for linear arithmetic. Currently it is used for
  9674 types `nat', `int', and `real' in HOL (see below); it can, should and
  9675 will be instantiated for other types and logics as well.
  9676 
  9677 * The simplifier now accepts rewrite rules with flexible heads, eg
  9678      hom ?f ==> ?f(?x+?y) = ?f ?x + ?f ?y
  9679   They are applied like any rule with a non-pattern lhs, i.e. by first-order
  9680   matching.
  9681 
  9682 
  9683 *** General ***
  9684 
  9685 * New Isabelle/Isar subsystem provides an alternative to traditional
  9686 tactical theorem proving; together with the ProofGeneral/isar user
  9687 interface it offers an interactive environment for developing human
  9688 readable proof documents (Isar == Intelligible semi-automated
  9689 reasoning); for further information see isatool doc isar-ref,
  9690 src/HOL/Isar_examples and http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Isar/
  9691 
  9692 * improved and simplified presentation of theories: better HTML markup
  9693 (including colors), graph views in several sizes; isatool usedir now
  9694 provides a proper interface for user theories (via -P option); actual
  9695 document preparation based on (PDF)LaTeX is available as well (for
  9696 new-style theories only); see isatool doc system for more information;
  9697 
  9698 * native support for Proof General, both for classic Isabelle and
  9699 Isabelle/Isar;
  9700 
  9701 * ML function thm_deps visualizes dependencies of theorems and lemmas,
  9702 using the graph browser tool;
  9703 
  9704 * Isabelle manuals now also available as PDF;
  9705 
  9706 * theory loader rewritten from scratch (may not be fully
  9707 bug-compatible); old loadpath variable has been replaced by show_path,
  9708 add_path, del_path, reset_path functions; new operations such as
  9709 update_thy, touch_thy, remove_thy, use/update_thy_only (see also
  9710 isatool doc ref);
  9711 
  9712 * improved isatool install: option -k creates KDE application icon,
  9713 option -p DIR installs standalone binaries;
  9714 
  9715 * added ML_PLATFORM setting (useful for cross-platform installations);
  9716 more robust handling of platform specific ML images for SML/NJ;
  9717 
  9718 * the settings environment is now statically scoped, i.e. it is never
  9719 created again in sub-processes invoked from isabelle, isatool, or
  9720 Isabelle;
  9721 
  9722 * path element specification '~~' refers to '$ISABELLE_HOME';
  9723 
  9724 * in locales, the "assumes" and "defines" parts may be omitted if
  9725 empty;
  9726 
  9727 * new print_mode "xsymbols" for extended symbol support (e.g. genuine
  9728 long arrows);
  9729 
  9730 * new print_mode "HTML";
  9731 
  9732 * new flag show_tags controls display of tags of theorems (which are
  9733 basically just comments that may be attached by some tools);
  9734 
  9735 * Isamode 2.6 requires patch to accomodate change of Isabelle font
  9736 mode and goal output format:
  9737 
  9738 diff -r Isamode-2.6/elisp/isa-load.el Isamode/elisp/isa-load.el
  9739 244c244
  9740 <       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-msymbols" logic-name)
  9741 ---
  9742 >       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-misabelle_font" "-msymbols" logic-name)
  9743 diff -r Isabelle-2.6/elisp/isa-proofstate.el Isamode/elisp/isa-proofstate.el
  9744 181c181
  9745 < (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+$"
  9746 ---
  9747 > (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+"
  9748 
  9749 * function bind_thms stores lists of theorems (cf. bind_thm);
  9750 
  9751 * new shorthand tactics ftac, eatac, datac, fatac;
  9752 
  9753 * qed (and friends) now accept "" as result name; in that case the
  9754 theorem is not stored, but proper checks and presentation of the
  9755 result still apply;
  9756 
  9757 * theorem database now also indexes constants "Trueprop", "all",
  9758 "==>", "=="; thus thms_containing, findI etc. may retrieve more rules;
  9759 
  9760 
  9761 *** HOL ***
  9762 
  9763 ** HOL arithmetic **
  9764 
  9765 * There are now decision procedures for linear arithmetic over nat and
  9766 int:
  9767 
  9768 1. arith_tac copes with arbitrary formulae involving `=', `<', `<=',
  9769 `+', `-', `Suc', `min', `max' and numerical constants; other subterms
  9770 are treated as atomic; subformulae not involving type `nat' or `int'
  9771 are ignored; quantified subformulae are ignored unless they are
  9772 positive universal or negative existential. The tactic has to be
  9773 invoked by hand and can be a little bit slow. In particular, the
  9774 running time is exponential in the number of occurrences of `min' and
  9775 `max', and `-' on `nat'.
  9776 
  9777 2. fast_arith_tac is a cut-down version of arith_tac: it only takes
  9778 (negated) (in)equalities among the premises and the conclusion into
  9779 account (i.e. no compound formulae) and does not know about `min' and
  9780 `max', and `-' on `nat'. It is fast and is used automatically by the
  9781 simplifier.
  9782 
  9783 NB: At the moment, these decision procedures do not cope with mixed
  9784 nat/int formulae where the two parts interact, such as `m < n ==>
  9785 int(m) < int(n)'.
  9786 
  9787 * HOL/Numeral provides a generic theory of numerals (encoded
  9788 efficiently as bit strings); setup for types nat/int/real is in place;
  9789 INCOMPATIBILITY: since numeral syntax is now polymorphic, rather than
  9790 int, existing theories and proof scripts may require a few additional
  9791 type constraints;
  9792 
  9793 * integer division and remainder can now be performed on constant
  9794 arguments;
  9795 
  9796 * many properties of integer multiplication, division and remainder
  9797 are now available;
  9798 
  9799 * An interface to the Stanford Validity Checker (SVC) is available through the
  9800 tactic svc_tac.  Propositional tautologies and theorems of linear arithmetic
  9801 are proved automatically.  SVC must be installed separately, and its results
  9802 must be TAKEN ON TRUST (Isabelle does not check the proofs, but tags any
  9803 invocation of the underlying oracle).  For SVC see
  9804   http://verify.stanford.edu/SVC
  9805 
  9806 * IsaMakefile: the HOL-Real target now builds an actual image;
  9807 
  9808 
  9809 ** HOL misc **
  9810 
  9811 * HOL/Real/HahnBanach: the Hahn-Banach theorem for real vector spaces
  9812 (in Isabelle/Isar) -- by Gertrud Bauer;
  9813 
  9814 * HOL/BCV: generic model of bytecode verification, i.e. data-flow
  9815 analysis for assembly languages with subtypes;
  9816 
  9817 * HOL/TLA (Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions): major reorganization
  9818 -- avoids syntactic ambiguities and treats state, transition, and
  9819 temporal levels more uniformly; introduces INCOMPATIBILITIES due to
  9820 changed syntax and (many) tactics;
  9821 
  9822 * HOL/inductive: Now also handles more general introduction rules such
  9823   as "ALL y. (y, x) : r --> y : acc r ==> x : acc r"; monotonicity
  9824   theorems are now maintained within the theory (maintained via the
  9825   "mono" attribute);
  9826 
  9827 * HOL/datatype: Now also handles arbitrarily branching datatypes
  9828   (using function types) such as
  9829 
  9830   datatype 'a tree = Atom 'a | Branch "nat => 'a tree"
  9831 
  9832 * HOL/record: record_simproc (part of the default simpset) takes care
  9833 of selectors applied to updated records; record_split_tac is no longer
  9834 part of the default claset; update_defs may now be removed from the
  9835 simpset in many cases; COMPATIBILITY: old behavior achieved by
  9836 
  9837   claset_ref () := claset() addSWrapper record_split_wrapper;
  9838   Delsimprocs [record_simproc]
  9839 
  9840 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  9841 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  9842 
  9843 * HOL/recdef (TFL): 'congs' syntax now expects comma separated list of theorem
  9844 names rather than an ML expression;
  9845 
  9846 * HOL/defer_recdef (TFL): like recdef but the well-founded relation can be
  9847 supplied later.  Program schemes can be defined, such as
  9848     "While B C s = (if B s then While B C (C s) else s)"
  9849 where the well-founded relation can be chosen after B and C have been given.
  9850 
  9851 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  9852 INCOMPATIBILITY: while [] and infix # syntax is still there, of
  9853 course, ML tools referring to List.list.op # etc. have to be adapted;
  9854 
  9855 * HOL_quantifiers flag superseded by "HOL" print mode, which is
  9856 disabled by default; run isabelle with option -m HOL to get back to
  9857 the original Gordon/HOL-style output;
  9858 
  9859 * HOL/Ord.thy: new bounded quantifier syntax (input only): ALL x<y. P,
  9860 ALL x<=y. P, EX x<y. P, EX x<=y. P;
  9861 
  9862 * HOL basic syntax simplified (more orthogonal): all variants of
  9863 All/Ex now support plain / symbolic / HOL notation; plain syntax for
  9864 Eps operator is provided as well: "SOME x. P[x]";
  9865 
  9866 * HOL/Sum.thy: sum_case has been moved to HOL/Datatype;
  9867 
  9868 * HOL/Univ.thy: infix syntax <*>, <+>, <**>, <+> eliminated and made
  9869 thus available for user theories;
  9870 
  9871 * HOLCF/IOA/Sequents: renamed 'Cons' to 'Consq' to avoid clash with
  9872 HOL/List; hardly an INCOMPATIBILITY since '>>' syntax is used all the
  9873 time;
  9874 
  9875 * HOL: new tactic smp_tac: int -> int -> tactic, which applies spec
  9876 several times and then mp;
  9877 
  9878 
  9879 *** LK ***
  9880 
  9881 * the notation <<...>> is now available as a notation for sequences of
  9882 formulas;
  9883 
  9884 * the simplifier is now installed
  9885 
  9886 * the axiom system has been generalized (thanks to Soren Heilmann)
  9887 
  9888 * the classical reasoner now has a default rule database
  9889 
  9890 
  9891 *** ZF ***
  9892 
  9893 * new primrec section allows primitive recursive functions to be given
  9894 directly (as in HOL) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  9895 
  9896 * new tactics induct_tac and exhaust_tac for induction (or case
  9897 analysis) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  9898 
  9899 * the datatype declaration of type T now defines the recursor T_rec;
  9900 
  9901 * simplification automatically does freeness reasoning for datatype
  9902 constructors;
  9903 
  9904 * automatic type-inference, with AddTCs command to insert new
  9905 type-checking rules;
  9906 
  9907 * datatype introduction rules are now added as Safe Introduction rules
  9908 to the claset;
  9909 
  9910 * the syntax "if P then x else y" is now available in addition to
  9911 if(P,x,y);
  9912 
  9913 
  9914 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
  9915 
  9916 * tuned simplifier trace output; new flag debug_simp;
  9917 
  9918 * structures Vartab / Termtab (instances of TableFun) offer efficient
  9919 tables indexed by indexname_ord / term_ord (compatible with aconv);
  9920 
  9921 * AxClass.axclass_tac lost the theory argument;
  9922 
  9923 * tuned current_goals_markers semantics: begin / end goal avoids
  9924 printing empty lines;
  9925 
  9926 * removed prs and prs_fn hook, which was broken because it did not
  9927 include \n in its semantics, forcing writeln to add one
  9928 uncoditionally; replaced prs_fn by writeln_fn; consider std_output:
  9929 string -> unit if you really want to output text without newline;
  9930 
  9931 * Symbol.output subject to print mode; INCOMPATIBILITY: defaults to
  9932 plain output, interface builders may have to enable 'isabelle_font'
  9933 mode to get Isabelle font glyphs as before;
  9934 
  9935 * refined token_translation interface; INCOMPATIBILITY: output length
  9936 now of type real instead of int;
  9937 
  9938 * theory loader actions may be traced via new ThyInfo.add_hook
  9939 interface (see src/Pure/Thy/thy_info.ML); example application: keep
  9940 your own database of information attached to *whole* theories -- as
  9941 opposed to intra-theory data slots offered via TheoryDataFun;
  9942 
  9943 * proper handling of dangling sort hypotheses (at last!);
  9944 Thm.strip_shyps and Drule.strip_shyps_warning take care of removing
  9945 extra sort hypotheses that can be witnessed from the type signature;
  9946 the force_strip_shyps flag is gone, any remaining shyps are simply
  9947 left in the theorem (with a warning issued by strip_shyps_warning);
  9948 
  9949 
  9950 
  9951 New in Isabelle98-1 (October 1998)
  9952 ----------------------------------
  9953 
  9954 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  9955 
  9956 * several changes of automated proof tools;
  9957 
  9958 * HOL: major changes to the inductive and datatype packages, including
  9959 some minor incompatibilities of theory syntax;
  9960 
  9961 * HOL: renamed r^-1 to 'converse' from 'inverse'; 'inj_onto' is now
  9962 called `inj_on';
  9963 
  9964 * HOL: removed duplicate thms in Arith:
  9965   less_imp_add_less  should be replaced by  trans_less_add1
  9966   le_imp_add_le      should be replaced by  trans_le_add1
  9967 
  9968 * HOL: unary minus is now overloaded (new type constraints may be
  9969 required);
  9970 
  9971 * HOL and ZF: unary minus for integers is now #- instead of #~.  In
  9972 ZF, expressions such as n#-1 must be changed to n#- 1, since #-1 is
  9973 now taken as an integer constant.
  9974 
  9975 * Pure: ML function 'theory_of' renamed to 'theory';
  9976 
  9977 
  9978 *** Proof tools ***
  9979 
  9980 * Simplifier:
  9981   1. Asm_full_simp_tac is now more aggressive.
  9982      1. It will sometimes reorient premises if that increases their power to
  9983         simplify.
  9984      2. It does no longer proceed strictly from left to right but may also
  9985         rotate premises to achieve further simplification.
  9986      For compatibility reasons there is now Asm_lr_simp_tac which is like the
  9987      old Asm_full_simp_tac in that it does not rotate premises.
  9988   2. The simplifier now knows a little bit about nat-arithmetic.
  9989 
  9990 * Classical reasoner: wrapper mechanism for the classical reasoner now
  9991 allows for selected deletion of wrappers, by introduction of names for
  9992 wrapper functionals.  This implies that addbefore, addSbefore,
  9993 addaltern, and addSaltern now take a pair (name, tactic) as argument,
  9994 and that adding two tactics with the same name overwrites the first
  9995 one (emitting a warning).
  9996   type wrapper = (int -> tactic) -> (int -> tactic)
  9997   setWrapper, setSWrapper, compWrapper and compSWrapper are replaced by
  9998   addWrapper, addSWrapper: claset * (string * wrapper) -> claset
  9999   delWrapper, delSWrapper: claset *  string            -> claset
 10000   getWrapper is renamed to appWrappers, getSWrapper to appSWrappers;
 10001 
 10002 * Classical reasoner: addbefore/addSbefore now have APPEND/ORELSE
 10003 semantics; addbefore now affects only the unsafe part of step_tac
 10004 etc.; this affects addss/auto_tac/force_tac, so EXISTING PROOFS MAY
 10005 FAIL, but proofs should be fixable easily, e.g. by replacing Auto_tac
 10006 by Force_tac;
 10007 
 10008 * Classical reasoner: setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to
 10009 compWrapper; added safe wrapper (and access functions for it);
 10010 
 10011 * HOL/split_all_tac is now much faster and fails if there is nothing
 10012 to split.  Some EXISTING PROOFS MAY REQUIRE ADAPTION because the order
 10013 and the names of the automatically generated variables have changed.
 10014 split_all_tac has moved within claset() from unsafe wrappers to safe
 10015 wrappers, which means that !!-bound variables are split much more
 10016 aggressively, and safe_tac and clarify_tac now split such variables.
 10017 If this splitting is not appropriate, use delSWrapper "split_all_tac".
 10018 Note: the same holds for record_split_tac, which does the job of
 10019 split_all_tac for record fields.
 10020 
 10021 * HOL/Simplifier: Rewrite rules for case distinctions can now be added
 10022 permanently to the default simpset using Addsplits just like
 10023 Addsimps. They can be removed via Delsplits just like
 10024 Delsimps. Lower-case versions are also available.
 10025 
 10026 * HOL/Simplifier: The rule split_if is now part of the default
 10027 simpset. This means that the simplifier will eliminate all occurrences
 10028 of if-then-else in the conclusion of a goal. To prevent this, you can
 10029 either remove split_if completely from the default simpset by
 10030 `Delsplits [split_if]' or remove it in a specific call of the
 10031 simplifier using `... delsplits [split_if]'.  You can also add/delete
 10032 other case splitting rules to/from the default simpset: every datatype
 10033 generates suitable rules `split_t_case' and `split_t_case_asm' (where
 10034 t is the name of the datatype).
 10035 
 10036 * Classical reasoner / Simplifier combination: new force_tac (and
 10037 derivatives Force_tac, force) combines rewriting and classical
 10038 reasoning (and whatever other tools) similarly to auto_tac, but is
 10039 aimed to solve the given subgoal completely.
 10040 
 10041 
 10042 *** General ***
 10043 
 10044 * new top-level commands `Goal' and `Goalw' that improve upon `goal'
 10045 and `goalw': the theory is no longer needed as an explicit argument -
 10046 the current theory context is used; assumptions are no longer returned
 10047 at the ML-level unless one of them starts with ==> or !!; it is
 10048 recommended to convert to these new commands using isatool fixgoal
 10049 (backup your sources first!);
 10050 
 10051 * new top-level commands 'thm' and 'thms' for retrieving theorems from
 10052 the current theory context, and 'theory' to lookup stored theories;
 10053 
 10054 * new theory section 'locale' for declaring constants, assumptions and
 10055 definitions that have local scope;
 10056 
 10057 * new theory section 'nonterminals' for purely syntactic types;
 10058 
 10059 * new theory section 'setup' for generic ML setup functions
 10060 (e.g. package initialization);
 10061 
 10062 * the distribution now includes Isabelle icons: see
 10063 lib/logo/isabelle-{small,tiny}.xpm;
 10064 
 10065 * isatool install - install binaries with absolute references to
 10066 ISABELLE_HOME/bin;
 10067 
 10068 * isatool logo -- create instances of the Isabelle logo (as EPS);
 10069 
 10070 * print mode 'emacs' reserved for Isamode;
 10071 
 10072 * support multiple print (ast) translations per constant name;
 10073 
 10074 * theorems involving oracles are now printed with a suffixed [!];
 10075 
 10076 
 10077 *** HOL ***
 10078 
 10079 * there is now a tutorial on Isabelle/HOL (do 'isatool doc tutorial');
 10080 
 10081 * HOL/inductive package reorganized and improved: now supports mutual
 10082 definitions such as
 10083 
 10084   inductive EVEN ODD
 10085     intrs
 10086       null "0 : EVEN"
 10087       oddI "n : EVEN ==> Suc n : ODD"
 10088       evenI "n : ODD ==> Suc n : EVEN"
 10089 
 10090 new theorem list "elims" contains an elimination rule for each of the
 10091 recursive sets; inductive definitions now handle disjunctive premises
 10092 correctly (also ZF);
 10093 
 10094 INCOMPATIBILITIES: requires Inductive as an ancestor; component
 10095 "mutual_induct" no longer exists - the induction rule is always
 10096 contained in "induct";
 10097 
 10098 
 10099 * HOL/datatype package re-implemented and greatly improved: now
 10100 supports mutually recursive datatypes such as
 10101 
 10102   datatype
 10103     'a aexp = IF_THEN_ELSE ('a bexp) ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
 10104             | SUM ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
 10105             | DIFF ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
 10106             | NUM 'a
 10107   and
 10108     'a bexp = LESS ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
 10109             | AND ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
 10110             | OR ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
 10111 
 10112 as well as indirectly recursive datatypes such as
 10113 
 10114   datatype
 10115     ('a, 'b) term = Var 'a
 10116                   | App 'b ((('a, 'b) term) list)
 10117 
 10118 The new tactic  mutual_induct_tac [<var_1>, ..., <var_n>] i  performs
 10119 induction on mutually / indirectly recursive datatypes.
 10120 
 10121 Primrec equations are now stored in theory and can be accessed via
 10122 <function_name>.simps.
 10123 
 10124 INCOMPATIBILITIES:
 10125 
 10126   - Theories using datatypes must now have theory Datatype as an
 10127     ancestor.
 10128   - The specific <typename>.induct_tac no longer exists - use the
 10129     generic induct_tac instead.
 10130   - natE has been renamed to nat.exhaust - use exhaust_tac
 10131     instead of res_inst_tac ... natE. Note that the variable
 10132     names in nat.exhaust differ from the names in natE, this
 10133     may cause some "fragile" proofs to fail.
 10134   - The theorems split_<typename>_case and split_<typename>_case_asm
 10135     have been renamed to <typename>.split and <typename>.split_asm.
 10136   - Since default sorts of type variables are now handled correctly,
 10137     some datatype definitions may have to be annotated with explicit
 10138     sort constraints.
 10139   - Primrec definitions no longer require function name and type
 10140     of recursive argument.
 10141 
 10142 Consider using isatool fixdatatype to adapt your theories and proof
 10143 scripts to the new package (backup your sources first!).
 10144 
 10145 
 10146 * HOL/record package: considerably improved implementation; now
 10147 includes concrete syntax for record types, terms, updates; theorems
 10148 for surjective pairing and splitting !!-bound record variables; proof
 10149 support is as follows:
 10150 
 10151   1) standard conversions (selectors or updates applied to record
 10152 constructor terms) are part of the standard simpset;
 10153 
 10154   2) inject equations of the form ((x, y) = (x', y')) == x=x' & y=y' are
 10155 made part of standard simpset and claset via addIffs;
 10156 
 10157   3) a tactic for record field splitting (record_split_tac) is part of
 10158 the standard claset (addSWrapper);
 10159 
 10160 To get a better idea about these rules you may retrieve them via
 10161 something like 'thms "foo.simps"' or 'thms "foo.iffs"', where "foo" is
 10162 the name of your record type.
 10163 
 10164 The split tactic 3) conceptually simplifies by the following rule:
 10165 
 10166   "(!!x. PROP ?P x) == (!!a b. PROP ?P (a, b))"
 10167 
 10168 Thus any record variable that is bound by meta-all will automatically
 10169 blow up into some record constructor term, consequently the
 10170 simplifications of 1), 2) apply.  Thus force_tac, auto_tac etc. shall
 10171 solve record problems automatically.
 10172 
 10173 
 10174 * reorganized the main HOL image: HOL/Integ and String loaded by
 10175 default; theory Main includes everything;
 10176 
 10177 * automatic simplification of integer sums and comparisons, using cancellation;
 10178 
 10179 * added option_map_eq_Some and not_Some_eq to the default simpset and claset;
 10180 
 10181 * added disj_not1 = "(~P | Q) = (P --> Q)" to the default simpset;
 10182 
 10183 * many new identities for unions, intersections, set difference, etc.;
 10184 
 10185 * expand_if, expand_split, expand_sum_case and expand_nat_case are now
 10186 called split_if, split_split, split_sum_case and split_nat_case (to go
 10187 with add/delsplits);
 10188 
 10189 * HOL/Prod introduces simplification procedure unit_eq_proc rewriting
 10190 (?x::unit) = (); this is made part of the default simpset, which COULD
 10191 MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL under rare circumstances (consider
 10192 'Delsimprocs [unit_eq_proc];' as last resort); also note that
 10193 unit_abs_eta_conv is added in order to counter the effect of
 10194 unit_eq_proc on (%u::unit. f u), replacing it by f rather than by
 10195 %u.f();
 10196 
 10197 * HOL/Fun INCOMPATIBILITY: `inj_onto' is now called `inj_on' (which
 10198 makes more sense);
 10199 
 10200 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
 10201   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
 10202   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
 10203 
 10204 * HOL/Relation INCOMPATIBILITY: renamed the relational operator r^-1
 10205 to 'converse' from 'inverse' (for compatibility with ZF and some
 10206 literature);
 10207 
 10208 * HOL/recdef can now declare non-recursive functions, with {} supplied as
 10209 the well-founded relation;
 10210 
 10211 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: the complement of set A is now written -A instead of
 10212     Compl A.  The "Compl" syntax remains available as input syntax for this
 10213     release ONLY.
 10214 
 10215 * HOL/Update: new theory of function updates:
 10216     f(a:=b) == %x. if x=a then b else f x
 10217 may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
 10218 
 10219 * HOL/Vimage: new theory for inverse image of a function, syntax f-``B;
 10220 
 10221 * HOL/List:
 10222   - new function list_update written xs[i:=v] that updates the i-th
 10223     list position. May also be iterated as in xs[i:=a,j:=b,...].
 10224   - new function `upt' written [i..j(] which generates the list
 10225     [i,i+1,...,j-1], i.e. the upper bound is excluded. To include the upper
 10226     bound write [i..j], which is a shorthand for [i..j+1(].
 10227   - new lexicographic orderings and corresponding wellfoundedness theorems.
 10228 
 10229 * HOL/Arith:
 10230   - removed 'pred' (predecessor) function;
 10231   - generalized some theorems about n-1;
 10232   - many new laws about "div" and "mod";
 10233   - new laws about greatest common divisors (see theory ex/Primes);
 10234 
 10235 * HOL/Relation: renamed the relational operator r^-1 "converse"
 10236 instead of "inverse";
 10237 
 10238 * HOL/Induct/Multiset: a theory of multisets, including the wellfoundedness
 10239   of the multiset ordering;
 10240 
 10241 * directory HOL/Real: a construction of the reals using Dedekind cuts
 10242   (not included by default);
 10243 
 10244 * directory HOL/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY formalism;
 10245 
 10246 * directory HOL/Hoare: a new version of Hoare logic which permits many-sorted
 10247   programs, i.e. different program variables may have different types.
 10248 
 10249 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
 10250   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
 10251   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
 10252 
 10253 
 10254 *** ZF ***
 10255 
 10256 * theory Main includes everything; INCOMPATIBILITY: theory ZF.thy contains
 10257   only the theorems proved on ZF.ML;
 10258 
 10259 * ZF INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
 10260   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
 10261   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
 10262 
 10263 * ZF/Update: new theory of function updates
 10264     with default rewrite rule  f(x:=y) ` z = if(z=x, y, f`z)
 10265   may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
 10266 
 10267 * in  let x=t in u(x), neither t nor u(x) has to be an FOL term.
 10268 
 10269 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
 10270   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
 10271   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
 10272 
 10273 * case_tac provided for compatibility with HOL
 10274     (like the old excluded_middle_tac, but with subgoals swapped)
 10275 
 10276 
 10277 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
 10278 
 10279 * Pure: several new basic modules made available for general use, see
 10280 also src/Pure/README;
 10281 
 10282 * improved the theory data mechanism to support encapsulation (data
 10283 kind name replaced by private Object.kind, acting as authorization
 10284 key); new type-safe user interface via functor TheoryDataFun; generic
 10285 print_data function becomes basically useless;
 10286 
 10287 * removed global_names compatibility flag -- all theory declarations
 10288 are qualified by default;
 10289 
 10290 * module Pure/Syntax now offers quote / antiquote translation
 10291 functions (useful for Hoare logic etc. with implicit dependencies);
 10292 see HOL/ex/Antiquote for an example use;
 10293 
 10294 * Simplifier now offers conversions (asm_)(full_)rewrite: simpset ->
 10295 cterm -> thm;
 10296 
 10297 * new tactical CHANGED_GOAL for checking that a tactic modifies a
 10298 subgoal;
 10299 
 10300 * Display.print_goals function moved to Locale.print_goals;
 10301 
 10302 * standard print function for goals supports current_goals_markers
 10303 variable for marking begin of proof, end of proof, start of goal; the
 10304 default is ("", "", ""); setting current_goals_markers := ("<proof>",
 10305 "</proof>", "<goal>") causes SGML like tagged proof state printing,
 10306 for example;
 10307 
 10308 
 10309 
 10310 New in Isabelle98 (January 1998)
 10311 --------------------------------
 10312 
 10313 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
 10314 
 10315 * changed lexical syntax of terms / types: dots made part of long
 10316 identifiers, e.g. "%x.x" no longer possible, should be "%x. x";
 10317 
 10318 * simpset (and claset) reference variable replaced by functions
 10319 simpset / simpset_ref;
 10320 
 10321 * no longer supports theory aliases (via merge) and non-trivial
 10322 implicit merge of thms' signatures;
 10323 
 10324 * most internal names of constants changed due to qualified names;
 10325 
 10326 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML);
 10327 
 10328 
 10329 *** General Changes ***
 10330 
 10331 * hierachically structured name spaces (for consts, types, axms, thms
 10332 etc.); new lexical class 'longid' (e.g. Foo.bar.x) may render much of
 10333 old input syntactically incorrect (e.g. "%x.x"); COMPATIBILITY:
 10334 isatool fixdots ensures space after dots (e.g. "%x. x"); set
 10335 long_names for fully qualified output names; NOTE: ML programs
 10336 (special tactics, packages etc.) referring to internal names may have
 10337 to be adapted to cope with fully qualified names; in case of severe
 10338 backward campatibility problems try setting 'global_names' at compile
 10339 time to have enrything declared within a flat name space; one may also
 10340 fine tune name declarations in theories via the 'global' and 'local'
 10341 section;
 10342 
 10343 * reimplemented the implicit simpset and claset using the new anytype
 10344 data filed in signatures; references simpset:simpset ref etc. are
 10345 replaced by functions simpset:unit->simpset and
 10346 simpset_ref:unit->simpset ref; COMPATIBILITY: use isatool fixclasimp
 10347 to patch your ML files accordingly;
 10348 
 10349 * HTML output now includes theory graph data for display with Java
 10350 applet or isatool browser; data generated automatically via isatool
 10351 usedir (see -i option, ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS);
 10352 
 10353 * defs may now be conditional; improved rewrite_goals_tac to handle
 10354 conditional equations;
 10355 
 10356 * defs now admits additional type arguments, using TYPE('a) syntax;
 10357 
 10358 * theory aliases via merge (e.g. M=A+B+C) no longer supported, always
 10359 creates a new theory node; implicit merge of thms' signatures is
 10360 restricted to 'trivial' ones; COMPATIBILITY: one may have to use
 10361 transfer:theory->thm->thm in (rare) cases;
 10362 
 10363 * improved handling of draft signatures / theories; draft thms (and
 10364 ctyps, cterms) are automatically promoted to real ones;
 10365 
 10366 * slightly changed interfaces for oracles: admit many per theory, named
 10367 (e.g. oracle foo = mlfun), additional name argument for invoke_oracle;
 10368 
 10369 * print_goals: optional output of const types (set show_consts and
 10370 show_types);
 10371 
 10372 * improved output of warnings (###) and errors (***);
 10373 
 10374 * subgoal_tac displays a warning if the new subgoal has type variables;
 10375 
 10376 * removed old README and Makefiles;
 10377 
 10378 * replaced print_goals_ref hook by print_current_goals_fn and result_error_fn;
 10379 
 10380 * removed obsolete init_pps and init_database;
 10381 
 10382 * deleted the obsolete tactical STATE, which was declared by
 10383     fun STATE tacfun st = tacfun st st;
 10384 
 10385 * cd and use now support path variables, e.g. $ISABELLE_HOME, or ~
 10386 (which abbreviates $HOME);
 10387 
 10388 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML); COMPATIBILITY:
 10389 use isatool fixseq to adapt your ML programs (this works for fully
 10390 qualified references to the Sequence structure only!);
 10391 
 10392 * use_thy no longer requires writable current directory; it always
 10393 reloads .ML *and* .thy file, if either one is out of date;
 10394 
 10395 
 10396 *** Classical Reasoner ***
 10397 
 10398 * Clarify_tac, clarify_tac, clarify_step_tac, Clarify_step_tac: new
 10399 tactics that use classical reasoning to simplify a subgoal without
 10400 splitting it into several subgoals;
 10401 
 10402 * Safe_tac: like safe_tac but uses the default claset;
 10403 
 10404 
 10405 *** Simplifier ***
 10406 
 10407 * added simplification meta rules:
 10408     (asm_)(full_)simplify: simpset -> thm -> thm;
 10409 
 10410 * simplifier.ML no longer part of Pure -- has to be loaded by object
 10411 logics (again);
 10412 
 10413 * added prems argument to simplification procedures;
 10414 
 10415 * HOL, FOL, ZF: added infix function `addsplits':
 10416   instead of `<simpset> setloop (split_tac <thms>)'
 10417   you can simply write `<simpset> addsplits <thms>'
 10418 
 10419 
 10420 *** Syntax ***
 10421 
 10422 * TYPE('a) syntax for type reflection terms;
 10423 
 10424 * no longer handles consts with name "" -- declare as 'syntax' instead;
 10425 
 10426 * pretty printer: changed order of mixfix annotation preference (again!);
 10427 
 10428 * Pure: fixed idt/idts vs. pttrn/pttrns syntactic categories;
 10429 
 10430 
 10431 *** HOL ***
 10432 
 10433 * HOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
 10434   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
 10435 
 10436 * HOL/TLA: Stephan Merz's formalization of Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions;
 10437 
 10438 * HOL/Auth: new protocol proofs including some for the Internet
 10439   protocol TLS;
 10440 
 10441 * HOL/Map: new theory of `maps' a la VDM;
 10442 
 10443 * HOL/simplifier: simplification procedures nat_cancel_sums for
 10444 cancelling out common nat summands from =, <, <= (in)equalities, or
 10445 differences; simplification procedures nat_cancel_factor for
 10446 cancelling common factor from =, <, <= (in)equalities over natural
 10447 sums; nat_cancel contains both kinds of procedures, it is installed by
 10448 default in Arith.thy -- this COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL;
 10449 
 10450 * HOL/simplifier: terms of the form
 10451   `? x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x)'  (or t=x)
 10452   are rewritten to
 10453   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t)',
 10454   and those of the form
 10455   `! x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x) --> R(x)'  (or t=x)
 10456   are rewritten to
 10457   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t) --> R(t)',
 10458 
 10459 * HOL/datatype
 10460   Each datatype `t' now comes with a theorem `split_t_case' of the form
 10461 
 10462   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
 10463      ( (!y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 --> P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) &
 10464         ...
 10465        (!y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn --> P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
 10466      )
 10467 
 10468   and a theorem `split_t_case_asm' of the form
 10469 
 10470   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
 10471     ~( (? y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 & ~P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) |
 10472         ...
 10473        (? y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn & ~P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
 10474      )
 10475   which can be added to a simpset via `addsplits'. The existing theorems
 10476   expand_list_case and expand_option_case have been renamed to
 10477   split_list_case and split_option_case.
 10478 
 10479 * HOL/Arithmetic:
 10480   - `pred n' is automatically converted to `n-1'.
 10481     Users are strongly encouraged not to use `pred' any longer,
 10482     because it will disappear altogether at some point.
 10483   - Users are strongly encouraged to write "0 < n" rather than
 10484     "n ~= 0". Theorems and proof tools have been modified towards this
 10485     `standard'.
 10486 
 10487 * HOL/Lists:
 10488   the function "set_of_list" has been renamed "set" (and its theorems too);
 10489   the function "nth" now takes its arguments in the reverse order and
 10490   has acquired the infix notation "!" as in "xs!n".
 10491 
 10492 * HOL/Set: UNIV is now a constant and is no longer translated to Compl{};
 10493 
 10494 * HOL/Set: The operator (UN x.B x) now abbreviates (UN x:UNIV. B x) and its
 10495   specialist theorems (like UN1_I) are gone.  Similarly for (INT x.B x);
 10496 
 10497 * HOL/record: extensible records with schematic structural subtyping
 10498 (single inheritance); EXPERIMENTAL version demonstrating the encoding,
 10499 still lacks various theorems and concrete record syntax;
 10500 
 10501 
 10502 *** HOLCF ***
 10503 
 10504 * removed "axioms" and "generated by" sections;
 10505 
 10506 * replaced "ops" section by extended "consts" section, which is capable of
 10507   handling the continuous function space "->" directly;
 10508 
 10509 * domain package:
 10510   . proves theorems immediately and stores them in the theory,
 10511   . creates hierachical name space,
 10512   . now uses normal mixfix annotations (instead of cinfix...),
 10513   . minor changes to some names and values (for consistency),
 10514   . e.g. cases -> casedist, dists_eq -> dist_eqs, [take_lemma] -> take_lemmas,
 10515   . separator between mutual domain defs: changed "," to "and",
 10516   . improved handling of sort constraints;  now they have to
 10517     appear on the left-hand side of the equations only;
 10518 
 10519 * fixed LAM <x,y,zs>.b syntax;
 10520 
 10521 * added extended adm_tac to simplifier in HOLCF -- can now discharge
 10522 adm (%x. P (t x)), where P is chainfinite and t continuous;
 10523 
 10524 
 10525 *** FOL and ZF ***
 10526 
 10527 * FOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
 10528   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
 10529 
 10530 * qed_spec_mp, qed_goal_spec_mp, qed_goalw_spec_mp are available, as
 10531 in HOL, they strip ALL and --> from proved theorems;
 10532 
 10533 
 10534 
 10535 New in Isabelle94-8 (May 1997)
 10536 ------------------------------
 10537 
 10538 *** General Changes ***
 10539 
 10540 * new utilities to build / run / maintain Isabelle etc. (in parts
 10541 still somewhat experimental); old Makefiles etc. still functional;
 10542 
 10543 * new 'Isabelle System Manual';
 10544 
 10545 * INSTALL text, together with ./configure and ./build scripts;
 10546 
 10547 * reimplemented type inference for greater efficiency, better error
 10548 messages and clean internal interface;
 10549 
 10550 * prlim command for dealing with lots of subgoals (an easier way of
 10551 setting goals_limit);
 10552 
 10553 
 10554 *** Syntax ***
 10555 
 10556 * supports alternative (named) syntax tables (parser and pretty
 10557 printer); internal interface is provided by add_modesyntax(_i);
 10558 
 10559 * Pure, FOL, ZF, HOL, HOLCF now support symbolic input and output; to
 10560 be used in conjunction with the Isabelle symbol font; uses the
 10561 "symbols" syntax table;
 10562 
 10563 * added token_translation interface (may translate name tokens in
 10564 arbitrary ways, dependent on their type (free, bound, tfree, ...) and
 10565 the current print_mode); IMPORTANT: user print translation functions
 10566 are responsible for marking newly introduced bounds
 10567 (Syntax.mark_boundT);
 10568 
 10569 * token translations for modes "xterm" and "xterm_color" that display
 10570 names in bold, underline etc. or colors (which requires a color
 10571 version of xterm);
 10572 
 10573 * infixes may now be declared with names independent of their syntax;
 10574 
 10575 * added typed_print_translation (like print_translation, but may
 10576 access type of constant);
 10577 
 10578 
 10579 *** Classical Reasoner ***
 10580 
 10581 Blast_tac: a new tactic!  It is often more powerful than fast_tac, but has
 10582 some limitations.  Blast_tac...
 10583   + ignores addss, addbefore, addafter; this restriction is intrinsic
 10584   + ignores elimination rules that don't have the correct format
 10585         (the conclusion MUST be a formula variable)
 10586   + ignores types, which can make HOL proofs fail
 10587   + rules must not require higher-order unification, e.g. apply_type in ZF
 10588     [message "Function Var's argument not a bound variable" relates to this]
 10589   + its proof strategy is more general but can actually be slower
 10590 
 10591 * substitution with equality assumptions no longer permutes other
 10592 assumptions;
 10593 
 10594 * minor changes in semantics of addafter (now called addaltern); renamed
 10595 setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to compWrapper; added safe wrapper
 10596 (and access functions for it);
 10597 
 10598 * improved combination of classical reasoner and simplifier:
 10599   + functions for handling clasimpsets
 10600   + improvement of addss: now the simplifier is called _after_ the
 10601     safe steps.
 10602   + safe variant of addss called addSss: uses safe simplifications
 10603     _during_ the safe steps. It is more complete as it allows multiple
 10604     instantiations of unknowns (e.g. with slow_tac).
 10605 
 10606 *** Simplifier ***
 10607 
 10608 * added interface for simplification procedures (functions that
 10609 produce *proven* rewrite rules on the fly, depending on current
 10610 redex);
 10611 
 10612 * ordering on terms as parameter (used for ordered rewriting);
 10613 
 10614 * new functions delcongs, deleqcongs, and Delcongs. richer rep_ss;
 10615 
 10616 * the solver is now split into a safe and an unsafe part.
 10617 This should be invisible for the normal user, except that the
 10618 functions setsolver and addsolver have been renamed to setSolver and
 10619 addSolver; added safe_asm_full_simp_tac;
 10620 
 10621 
 10622 *** HOL ***
 10623 
 10624 * a generic induction tactic `induct_tac' which works for all datatypes and
 10625 also for type `nat';
 10626 
 10627 * a generic case distinction tactic `exhaust_tac' which works for all
 10628 datatypes and also for type `nat';
 10629 
 10630 * each datatype comes with a function `size';
 10631 
 10632 * patterns in case expressions allow tuple patterns as arguments to
 10633 constructors, for example `case x of [] => ... | (x,y,z)#ps => ...';
 10634 
 10635 * primrec now also works with type nat;
 10636 
 10637 * recdef: a new declaration form, allows general recursive functions to be
 10638 defined in theory files.  See HOL/ex/Fib, HOL/ex/Primes, HOL/Subst/Unify.
 10639 
 10640 * the constant for negation has been renamed from "not" to "Not" to
 10641 harmonize with FOL, ZF, LK, etc.;
 10642 
 10643 * HOL/ex/LFilter theory of a corecursive "filter" functional for
 10644 infinite lists;
 10645 
 10646 * HOL/Modelcheck demonstrates invocation of model checker oracle;
 10647 
 10648 * HOL/ex/Ring.thy declares cring_simp, which solves equational
 10649 problems in commutative rings, using axiomatic type classes for + and *;
 10650 
 10651 * more examples in HOL/MiniML and HOL/Auth;
 10652 
 10653 * more default rewrite rules for quantifiers, union/intersection;
 10654 
 10655 * a new constant `arbitrary == @x.False';
 10656 
 10657 * HOLCF/IOA replaces old HOL/IOA;
 10658 
 10659 * HOLCF changes: derived all rules and arities
 10660   + axiomatic type classes instead of classes
 10661   + typedef instead of faking type definitions
 10662   + eliminated the internal constants less_fun, less_cfun, UU_fun, UU_cfun etc.
 10663   + new axclasses cpo, chfin, flat with flat < chfin < pcpo < cpo < po
 10664   + eliminated the types void, one, tr
 10665   + use unit lift and bool lift (with translations) instead of one and tr
 10666   + eliminated blift from Lift3.thy (use Def instead of blift)
 10667   all eliminated rules are derived as theorems --> no visible changes ;
 10668 
 10669 
 10670 *** ZF ***
 10671 
 10672 * ZF now has Fast_tac, Simp_tac and Auto_tac.  Union_iff is a now a default
 10673 rewrite rule; this may affect some proofs.  eq_cs is gone but can be put back
 10674 as ZF_cs addSIs [equalityI];
 10675 
 10676 
 10677 
 10678 New in Isabelle94-7 (November 96)
 10679 ---------------------------------
 10680 
 10681 * allowing negative levels (as offsets) in prlev and choplev;
 10682 
 10683 * super-linear speedup for large simplifications;
 10684 
 10685 * FOL, ZF and HOL now use miniscoping: rewriting pushes
 10686 quantifications in as far as possible (COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS
 10687 FAIL); can suppress it using the command Delsimps (ex_simps @
 10688 all_simps); De Morgan laws are also now included, by default;
 10689 
 10690 * improved printing of ==>  :  ~:
 10691 
 10692 * new object-logic "Sequents" adds linear logic, while replacing LK
 10693 and Modal (thanks to Sara Kalvala);
 10694 
 10695 * HOL/Auth: correctness proofs for authentication protocols;
 10696 
 10697 * HOL: new auto_tac combines rewriting and classical reasoning (many
 10698 examples on HOL/Auth);
 10699 
 10700 * HOL: new command AddIffs for declaring theorems of the form P=Q to
 10701 the rewriter and classical reasoner simultaneously;
 10702 
 10703 * function uresult no longer returns theorems in "standard" format;
 10704 regain previous version by: val uresult = standard o uresult;
 10705 
 10706 
 10707 
 10708 New in Isabelle94-6
 10709 -------------------
 10710 
 10711 * oracles -- these establish an interface between Isabelle and trusted
 10712 external reasoners, which may deliver results as theorems;
 10713 
 10714 * proof objects (in particular record all uses of oracles);
 10715 
 10716 * Simp_tac, Fast_tac, etc. that refer to implicit simpset / claset;
 10717 
 10718 * "constdefs" section in theory files;
 10719 
 10720 * "primrec" section (HOL) no longer requires names;
 10721 
 10722 * internal type "tactic" now simply "thm -> thm Sequence.seq";
 10723 
 10724 
 10725 
 10726 New in Isabelle94-5
 10727 -------------------
 10728 
 10729 * reduced space requirements;
 10730 
 10731 * automatic HTML generation from theories;
 10732 
 10733 * theory files no longer require "..." (quotes) around most types;
 10734 
 10735 * new examples, including two proofs of the Church-Rosser theorem;
 10736 
 10737 * non-curried (1994) version of HOL is no longer distributed;
 10738 
 10739 
 10740 
 10741 New in Isabelle94-4
 10742 -------------------
 10743 
 10744 * greatly reduced space requirements;
 10745 
 10746 * theory files (.thy) no longer require \...\ escapes at line breaks;
 10747 
 10748 * searchable theorem database (see the section "Retrieving theorems" on
 10749 page 8 of the Reference Manual);
 10750 
 10751 * new examples, including Grabczewski's monumental case study of the
 10752 Axiom of Choice;
 10753 
 10754 * The previous version of HOL renamed to Old_HOL;
 10755 
 10756 * The new version of HOL (previously called CHOL) uses a curried syntax
 10757 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b);
 10758 
 10759 * Mutually recursive inductive definitions finally work in HOL;
 10760 
 10761 * In ZF, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions and
 10762 translates to the operator "split";
 10763 
 10764 
 10765 
 10766 New in Isabelle94-3
 10767 -------------------
 10768 
 10769 * new infix operator, addss, allowing the classical reasoner to
 10770 perform simplification at each step of its search.  Example:
 10771         fast_tac (cs addss ss)
 10772 
 10773 * a new logic, CHOL, the same as HOL, but with a curried syntax
 10774 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b).  Also pairs
 10775 look like (a,b) instead of <a,b>;
 10776 
 10777 * PLEASE NOTE: CHOL will eventually replace HOL!
 10778 
 10779 * In CHOL, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions.
 10780 It translates to the operator "split".  A new theory of integers is available;
 10781 
 10782 * In ZF, integer numerals now denote two's-complement binary integers.
 10783 Arithmetic operations can be performed by rewriting.  See ZF/ex/Bin.ML;
 10784 
 10785 * Many new examples: I/O automata, Church-Rosser theorem, equivalents
 10786 of the Axiom of Choice;
 10787 
 10788 
 10789 
 10790 New in Isabelle94-2
 10791 -------------------
 10792 
 10793 * Significantly faster resolution;
 10794 
 10795 * the different sections in a .thy file can now be mixed and repeated
 10796 freely;
 10797 
 10798 * Database of theorems for FOL, HOL and ZF.  New
 10799 commands including qed, qed_goal and bind_thm store theorems in the database.
 10800 
 10801 * Simple database queries: return a named theorem (get_thm) or all theorems of
 10802 a given theory (thms_of), or find out what theory a theorem was proved in
 10803 (theory_of_thm);
 10804 
 10805 * Bugs fixed in the inductive definition and datatype packages;
 10806 
 10807 * The classical reasoner provides deepen_tac and depth_tac, making FOL_dup_cs
 10808 and HOL_dup_cs obsolete;
 10809 
 10810 * Syntactic ambiguities caused by the new treatment of syntax in Isabelle94-1
 10811 have been removed;
 10812 
 10813 * Simpler definition of function space in ZF;
 10814 
 10815 * new results about cardinal and ordinal arithmetic in ZF;
 10816 
 10817 * 'subtype' facility in HOL for introducing new types as subsets of existing
 10818 types;
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