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