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    13 * Discontinued redundant 'use' command, which was superseded by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