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author wenzelm
Sat, 14 Apr 2012 12:46:45 +0200
changeset 48333 8f85051693d1
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some updates for release;
     1 Isabelle NEWS -- history user-relevant changes
     2 ==============================================
     3 
     4 New in Isabelle2012 (May 2012)
     5 ------------------------------
     6 
     7 *** General ***
     8 
     9 * Prover IDE (PIDE) improvements:
    10 
    11   - markup for bound variables
    12   - markup for types of term variables (e.g. displayed as tooltips)
    13   - support for user-defined Isar commands within the running session
    14   - improved support for Unicode outside original 16bit range
    15     e.g. glyph for \<A> (thanks to jEdit 4.5.1)
    16 
    17 * Updated and extended reference manuals ("isar-ref" and
    18 "implementation"); reduced remaining material in old "ref" manual.
    19 
    20 * Rule attributes in local theory declarations (e.g. locale or class)
    21 are now statically evaluated: the resulting theorem is stored instead
    22 of the original expression.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
    23 the historic accident of dynamic re-evaluation in interpretations
    24 etc. was exploited.
    25 
    26 * Commands 'lemmas' and 'theorems' allow local variables using 'for'
    27 declaration, and results are standardized before being stored.  Thus
    28 old-style "standard" after instantiation or composition of facts
    29 becomes obsolete.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, due to potential change of
    30 indices of schematic variables.
    31 
    32 * Renamed some inner syntax categories:
    33 
    34     num ~> num_token
    35     xnum ~> xnum_token
    36     xstr ~> str_token
    37 
    38 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that in practice "num_const" or
    39 "num_position" etc. are mainly used instead (which also include
    40 position information via constraints).
    41 
    42 * Simplified configuration options for syntax ambiguity: see
    43 "syntax_ambiguity_warning" and "syntax_ambiguity_limit" in isar-ref
    44 manual.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
    45 
    46 * Forward declaration of outer syntax keywords within the theory
    47 header -- minor INCOMPATIBILITY for user-defined commands.  Allow new
    48 commands to be used in the same theory where defined.
    49 
    50 * ISABELLE_JDK_HOME settings variable points to JDK with javac and jar
    51 (not just JRE).
    52 
    53 
    54 *** Pure ***
    55 
    56 * Rule composition via attribute "OF" (or ML functions OF/MRS) is more
    57 tolerant against multiple unifiers, as long as the final result is
    58 unique.  (As before, rules are composed in canonical right-to-left
    59 order to accommodate newly introduced premises.)
    60 
    61 * Command 'definition' no longer exports the foundational "raw_def"
    62 into the user context.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, may use the regular
    63 "def" result with attribute "abs_def" to imitate the old version.
    64 
    65 * Attribute "abs_def" turns an equation of the form "f x y == t" into
    66 "f == %x y. t", which ensures that "simp" or "unfold" steps always
    67 expand it.  This also works for object-logic equality.  (Formerly
    68 undocumented feature.)
    69 
    70 * Discontinued old "prems" fact, which used to refer to the accidental
    71 collection of foundational premises in the context (marked as legacy
    72 since Isabelle2011).
    73 
    74 * Obsolete command 'types' has been discontinued.  Use 'type_synonym'
    75 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
    76 
    77 * Ancient code generator for SML and its commands 'code_module',
    78 'code_library', 'consts_code', 'types_code' have been discontinued.
    79 Use commands of the generic code generator instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
    80 
    81 * Redundant attribute 'code_inline' has been discontinued. Use
    82 'code_unfold' instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
    83 
    84 * Dropped attribute 'code_unfold_post' in favor of the its dual
    85 'code_abbrev', which yields a common pattern in definitions like
    86 
    87   definition [code_abbrev]: "f = t"
    88 
    89 INCOMPATIBILITY.
    90 
    91 * Sort constraints are now propagated in simultaneous statements, just
    92 like type constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, where
    93 distinct sorts used to be assigned accidentally.  For example:
    94 
    95   lemma "P (x::'a::foo)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"  -- "now illegal"
    96 
    97   lemma "P (x::'a)" and "Q (y::'a::bar)"
    98     -- "now uniform 'a::bar instead of default sort for first occurrence (!)"
    99 
   100 
   101 *** HOL ***
   102 
   103 * New tutorial Programming and Proving in Isabelle/HOL
   104 
   105 * The representation of numerals has changed. We now have a datatype
   106 "num" representing strictly positive binary numerals, along with
   107 functions "numeral :: num => 'a" and "neg_numeral :: num => 'a" to
   108 represent positive and negated numeric literals, respectively. (See
   109 definitions in Num.thy.) Potential INCOMPATIBILITY; some user theories
   110 may require adaptations:
   111 
   112   - Theorems with number_ring or number_semiring constraints: These
   113     classes are gone; use comm_ring_1 or comm_semiring_1 instead.
   114 
   115   - Theories defining numeric types: Remove number, number_semiring,
   116     and number_ring instances. Defer all theorems about numerals until
   117     after classes one and semigroup_add have been instantiated.
   118 
   119   - Numeral-only simp rules: Replace each rule having a "number_of v"
   120     pattern with two copies, one for numeral and one for neg_numeral.
   121 
   122   - Theorems about subclasses of semiring_1 or ring_1: These classes
   123     automatically support numerals now, so more simp rules and
   124     simprocs may now apply within the proof.
   125 
   126   - Definitions and theorems using old constructors Pls/Min/Bit0/Bit1:
   127     Redefine using other integer operations.
   128 
   129 * Type 'a set is now a proper type constructor (just as before
   130 Isabelle2008).  Definitions mem_def and Collect_def have disappeared.
   131 Non-trivial INCOMPATIBILITY.  For developments keeping predicates and
   132 sets separate, it is often sufficient to rephrase sets S accidentally
   133 used as predicates by "%x. x : S" and predicates P accidentally used
   134 as sets by "{x. P x}".  Corresponding proofs in a first step should be
   135 pruned from any tinkering with former theorems mem_def and
   136 Collect_def as far as possible.
   137 For developments which deliberately mixed predicates and
   138 sets, a planning step is necessary to determine what should become a
   139 predicate and what a set.  It can be helpful to carry out that step in
   140 Isabelle2011-1 before jumping right into the current release.
   141 
   142 * Code generation by default implements sets as container type rather
   143 than predicates.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   144 
   145 * New proof import from HOL Light: Faster, simpler, and more scalable.
   146 Requires a proof bundle, which is available as an external component.
   147 Removed old (and mostly dead) Importer for HOL4 and HOL Light.
   148 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   149 
   150 * New type synonym 'a rel = ('a * 'a) set
   151 
   152 * Theory Divides: Discontinued redundant theorems about div and mod.
   153 INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems instead.
   154 
   155   DIVISION_BY_ZERO ~> div_by_0, mod_by_0
   156   zdiv_self ~> div_self
   157   zmod_self ~> mod_self
   158   zdiv_zero ~> div_0
   159   zmod_zero ~> mod_0
   160   zdiv_zmod_equality ~> div_mod_equality2
   161   zdiv_zmod_equality2 ~> div_mod_equality
   162   zmod_zdiv_trivial ~> mod_div_trivial
   163   zdiv_zminus_zminus ~> div_minus_minus
   164   zmod_zminus_zminus ~> mod_minus_minus
   165   zdiv_zminus2 ~> div_minus_right
   166   zmod_zminus2 ~> mod_minus_right
   167   zdiv_minus1_right ~> div_minus1_right
   168   zmod_minus1_right ~> mod_minus1_right
   169   zdvd_mult_div_cancel ~> dvd_mult_div_cancel
   170   zmod_zmult1_eq ~> mod_mult_right_eq
   171   zpower_zmod ~> power_mod
   172   zdvd_zmod ~> dvd_mod
   173   zdvd_zmod_imp_zdvd ~> dvd_mod_imp_dvd
   174   mod_mult_distrib ~> mult_mod_left
   175   mod_mult_distrib2 ~> mult_mod_right
   176 
   177 * Removed redundant theorems nat_mult_2 and nat_mult_2_right; use
   178 generic mult_2 and mult_2_right instead. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   179 
   180 * More default pred/set conversions on a couple of relation operations
   181 and predicates.  Added powers of predicate relations.
   182 Consolidation of some relation theorems:
   183 
   184   converse_def ~> converse_unfold
   185   rel_comp_def ~> rel_comp_unfold
   186   symp_def ~> (dropped, use symp_def and sym_def instead)
   187   transp_def ~> transp_trans
   188   Domain_def ~> Domain_unfold
   189   Range_def ~> Domain_converse [symmetric]
   190 
   191 Generalized theorems INF_INT_eq, INF_INT_eq2, SUP_UN_eq, SUP_UN_eq2.
   192 
   193 See theory "Relation" for examples for making use of pred/set conversions
   194 by means of attributes "to_set" and "to_pred".
   195 
   196 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   197 
   198 * Consolidated various theorem names relating to Finite_Set.fold
   199 combinator:
   200 
   201   inf_INFI_fold_inf ~> inf_INF_fold_inf
   202   sup_SUPR_fold_sup ~> sup_SUP_fold_sup
   203   INFI_fold_inf ~> INF_fold_inf
   204   SUPR_fold_sup ~> SUP_fold_sup
   205   union_set ~> union_set_fold
   206   minus_set ~> minus_set_fold
   207 
   208 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   209 
   210 * Consolidated theorem names concerning fold combinators:
   211 
   212   INFI_set_fold ~> INF_set_fold
   213   SUPR_set_fold ~> SUP_set_fold
   214   INF_code ~> INF_set_foldr
   215   SUP_code ~> SUP_set_foldr
   216   foldr.simps ~> foldr.simps (in point-free formulation)
   217   foldr_fold_rev ~> foldr_conv_fold
   218   foldl_fold ~> foldl_conv_fold
   219   foldr_foldr ~> foldr_conv_foldl
   220   foldl_foldr ~> foldl_conv_foldr
   221 
   222 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   223 
   224 * Dropped rarely useful theorems concerning fold combinators:
   225 foldl_apply, foldl_fun_comm, foldl_rev, fold_weak_invariant,
   226 rev_foldl_cons, fold_set_remdups, fold_set, fold_set1,
   227 concat_conv_foldl, foldl_weak_invariant, foldl_invariant,
   228 foldr_invariant, foldl_absorb0, foldl_foldr1_lemma, foldl_foldr1,
   229 listsum_conv_fold, listsum_foldl, sort_foldl_insort, foldl_assoc,
   230 foldr_conv_foldl, start_le_sum, elem_le_sum, sum_eq_0_conv.
   231 INCOMPATIBILITY.  For the common phrases "%xs. List.foldr plus xs 0"
   232 and "List.foldl plus 0", prefer "List.listsum".  Otherwise it can
   233 be useful to boil down "List.foldr" and "List.foldl" to "List.fold"
   234 by unfolding "foldr_conv_fold" and "foldl_conv_fold".
   235 
   236 * Dropped lemmas minus_set_foldr, union_set_foldr, union_coset_foldr,
   237 inter_coset_foldr, Inf_fin_set_foldr, Sup_fin_set_foldr,
   238 Min_fin_set_foldr, Max_fin_set_foldr, Inf_set_foldr, Sup_set_foldr,
   239 INF_set_foldr, SUP_set_foldr.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Prefer corresponding
   240 lemmas over fold rather than foldr, or make use of lemmas
   241 fold_conv_foldr and fold_rev.
   242 
   243 * Congruence rules Option.map_cong and Option.bind_cong for recursion
   244 through option types.
   245 
   246 * Concrete syntax for case expressions includes constraints for source
   247 positions, and thus produces Prover IDE markup for its bindings.
   248 INCOMPATIBILITY for old-style syntax translations that augment the
   249 pattern notation; e.g. see src/HOL/HOLCF/One.thy for translations of
   250 one_case.
   251 
   252 * Discontinued configuration option "syntax_positions": atomic terms
   253 in parse trees are always annotated by position constraints.
   254 
   255 * Finite_Set.fold now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   256 
   257 * Renamed some facts on canonical fold on lists, in order to avoid
   258 problems with interpretation involving corresponding facts on foldl
   259 with the same base names:
   260 
   261   fold_set_remdups ~> fold_set_fold_remdups
   262   fold_set ~> fold_set_fold
   263   fold1_set ~> fold1_set_fold
   264 
   265 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   266 
   267 * Renamed facts about the power operation on relations, i.e., relpow
   268   to match the constant's name:
   269   
   270   rel_pow_1 ~> relpow_1
   271   rel_pow_0_I ~> relpow_0_I
   272   rel_pow_Suc_I ~> relpow_Suc_I
   273   rel_pow_Suc_I2 ~> relpow_Suc_I2
   274   rel_pow_0_E ~> relpow_0_E
   275   rel_pow_Suc_E ~> relpow_Suc_E
   276   rel_pow_E ~> relpow_E
   277   rel_pow_Suc_D2 ~> relpow_Suc_D2
   278   rel_pow_Suc_E2 ~> relpow_Suc_E2 
   279   rel_pow_Suc_D2' ~> relpow_Suc_D2'
   280   rel_pow_E2 ~> relpow_E2
   281   rel_pow_add ~> relpow_add
   282   rel_pow_commute ~> relpow
   283   rel_pow_empty ~> relpow_empty:
   284   rtrancl_imp_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_UN_relpow
   285   rel_pow_imp_rtrancl ~> relpow_imp_rtrancl
   286   rtrancl_is_UN_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_is_UN_relpow
   287   rtrancl_imp_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_imp_relpow
   288   rel_pow_fun_conv ~> relpow_fun_conv
   289   rel_pow_finite_bounded1 ~> relpow_finite_bounded1
   290   rel_pow_finite_bounded ~> relpow_finite_bounded
   291   rtrancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> rtrancl_finite_eq_relpow
   292   trancl_finite_eq_rel_pow ~> trancl_finite_eq_relpow
   293   single_valued_rel_pow ~> single_valued_relpow
   294  
   295 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   296 
   297 * Theory Relation: Consolidated constant name for relation composition
   298   and corresponding theorem names:
   299   - Renamed constant rel_comp to relcomp
   300   - Dropped abbreviation pred_comp. Use relcompp instead.
   301   - Renamed theorems:
   302   Relation:
   303     rel_compI ~> relcompI
   304     rel_compEpair ~> relcompEpair
   305     rel_compE ~> relcompE
   306     pred_comp_rel_comp_eq ~> relcompp_relcomp_eq
   307     rel_comp_empty1 ~> relcomp_empty1
   308     rel_comp_mono ~> relcomp_mono
   309     rel_comp_subset_Sigma ~> relcomp_subset_Sigma
   310     rel_comp_distrib ~> relcomp_distrib
   311     rel_comp_distrib2 ~> relcomp_distrib2
   312     rel_comp_UNION_distrib ~> relcomp_UNION_distrib
   313     rel_comp_UNION_distrib2 ~> relcomp_UNION_distrib2
   314     single_valued_rel_comp ~> single_valued_relcomp
   315     rel_comp_unfold ~> relcomp_unfold
   316     converse_rel_comp ~> converse_relcomp
   317     pred_compI ~> relcomppI
   318     pred_compE ~> relcomppE
   319     pred_comp_bot1 ~> relcompp_bot1
   320     pred_comp_bot2 ~> relcompp_bot2
   321     transp_pred_comp_less_eq ~> transp_relcompp_less_eq
   322     pred_comp_mono ~> relcompp_mono
   323     pred_comp_distrib ~> relcompp_distrib
   324     pred_comp_distrib2 ~> relcompp_distrib2
   325     converse_pred_comp ~> converse_relcompp
   326   Transitive_Closure:
   327     finite_rel_comp ~> finite_relcomp
   328   List:
   329     set_rel_comp ~> set_relcomp
   330 
   331 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   332 
   333 * New theory HOL/Library/DAList provides an abstract type for association
   334   lists with distinct keys.
   335 
   336 * 'datatype' specifications allow explicit sort constraints.
   337 
   338 * Theory HOL/Library/Diagonalize has been removed. INCOMPATIBILITY,
   339 use theory HOL/Library/Nat_Bijection instead.
   340 
   341 * Theory HOL/Library/RBT_Impl: Backing implementation of red-black trees is
   342 now inside the type class' local context. Names of affected operations and lemmas 
   343 have been prefixed by rbt_. INCOMPATIBILITY for theories working directly with
   344 raw red-black trees, adapt the names as follows:
   345 
   346   Operations:
   347   bulkload -> rbt_bulkload
   348   del_from_left -> rbt_del_from_left
   349   del_from_right -> rbt_del_from_right
   350   del -> rbt_del
   351   delete -> rbt_delete
   352   ins -> rbt_ins
   353   insert -> rbt_insert
   354   insertw -> rbt_insert_with
   355   insert_with_key -> rbt_insert_with_key
   356   map_entry -> rbt_map_entry
   357   lookup -> rbt_lookup
   358   sorted -> rbt_sorted
   359   tree_greater -> rbt_greater
   360   tree_less -> rbt_less
   361   tree_less_symbol -> rbt_less_symbol
   362   union -> rbt_union
   363   union_with -> rbt_union_with
   364   union_with_key -> rbt_union_with_key
   365 
   366   Lemmas:
   367   balance_left_sorted -> balance_left_rbt_sorted
   368   balance_left_tree_greater -> balance_left_rbt_greater
   369   balance_left_tree_less -> balance_left_rbt_less
   370   balance_right_sorted -> balance_right_rbt_sorted
   371   balance_right_tree_greater -> balance_right_rbt_greater
   372   balance_right_tree_less -> balance_right_rbt_less
   373   balance_sorted -> balance_rbt_sorted
   374   balance_tree_greater -> balance_rbt_greater
   375   balance_tree_less -> balance_rbt_less
   376   bulkload_is_rbt -> rbt_bulkload_is_rbt
   377   combine_sorted -> combine_rbt_sorted
   378   combine_tree_greater -> combine_rbt_greater
   379   combine_tree_less -> combine_rbt_less
   380   delete_in_tree -> rbt_delete_in_tree
   381   delete_is_rbt -> rbt_delete_is_rbt
   382   del_from_left_tree_greater -> rbt_del_from_left_rbt_greater
   383   del_from_left_tree_less -> rbt_del_from_left_rbt_less
   384   del_from_right_tree_greater -> rbt_del_from_right_rbt_greater
   385   del_from_right_tree_less -> rbt_del_from_right_rbt_less
   386   del_in_tree -> rbt_del_in_tree
   387   del_inv1_inv2 -> rbt_del_inv1_inv2
   388   del_sorted -> rbt_del_rbt_sorted
   389   del_tree_greater -> rbt_del_rbt_greater
   390   del_tree_less -> rbt_del_rbt_less
   391   dom_lookup_Branch -> dom_rbt_lookup_Branch
   392   entries_lookup -> entries_rbt_lookup
   393   finite_dom_lookup -> finite_dom_rbt_lookup
   394   insert_sorted -> rbt_insert_rbt_sorted
   395   insertw_is_rbt -> rbt_insertw_is_rbt
   396   insertwk_is_rbt -> rbt_insertwk_is_rbt
   397   insertwk_sorted -> rbt_insertwk_rbt_sorted
   398   insertw_sorted -> rbt_insertw_rbt_sorted
   399   ins_sorted -> ins_rbt_sorted
   400   ins_tree_greater -> ins_rbt_greater
   401   ins_tree_less -> ins_rbt_less
   402   is_rbt_sorted -> is_rbt_rbt_sorted
   403   lookup_balance -> rbt_lookup_balance
   404   lookup_bulkload -> rbt_lookup_rbt_bulkload
   405   lookup_delete -> rbt_lookup_rbt_delete
   406   lookup_Empty -> rbt_lookup_Empty
   407   lookup_from_in_tree -> rbt_lookup_from_in_tree
   408   lookup_in_tree -> rbt_lookup_in_tree
   409   lookup_ins -> rbt_lookup_ins
   410   lookup_insert -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insert
   411   lookup_insertw -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insertw
   412   lookup_insertwk -> rbt_lookup_rbt_insertwk
   413   lookup_keys -> rbt_lookup_keys
   414   lookup_map -> rbt_lookup_map
   415   lookup_map_entry -> rbt_lookup_rbt_map_entry
   416   lookup_tree_greater -> rbt_lookup_rbt_greater
   417   lookup_tree_less -> rbt_lookup_rbt_less
   418   lookup_union -> rbt_lookup_rbt_union
   419   map_entry_color_of -> rbt_map_entry_color_of
   420   map_entry_inv1 -> rbt_map_entry_inv1
   421   map_entry_inv2 -> rbt_map_entry_inv2
   422   map_entry_is_rbt -> rbt_map_entry_is_rbt
   423   map_entry_sorted -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_sorted
   424   map_entry_tree_greater -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_greater
   425   map_entry_tree_less -> rbt_map_entry_rbt_less
   426   map_tree_greater -> map_rbt_greater
   427   map_tree_less -> map_rbt_less
   428   map_sorted -> map_rbt_sorted
   429   paint_sorted -> paint_rbt_sorted
   430   paint_lookup -> paint_rbt_lookup
   431   paint_tree_greater -> paint_rbt_greater
   432   paint_tree_less -> paint_rbt_less
   433   sorted_entries -> rbt_sorted_entries
   434   tree_greater_eq_trans -> rbt_greater_eq_trans
   435   tree_greater_nit -> rbt_greater_nit
   436   tree_greater_prop -> rbt_greater_prop
   437   tree_greater_simps -> rbt_greater_simps
   438   tree_greater_trans -> rbt_greater_trans
   439   tree_less_eq_trans -> rbt_less_eq_trans
   440   tree_less_nit -> rbt_less_nit
   441   tree_less_prop -> rbt_less_prop
   442   tree_less_simps -> rbt_less_simps
   443   tree_less_trans -> rbt_less_trans
   444   tree_ord_props -> rbt_ord_props
   445   union_Branch -> rbt_union_Branch
   446   union_is_rbt -> rbt_union_is_rbt
   447   unionw_is_rbt -> rbt_unionw_is_rbt
   448   unionwk_is_rbt -> rbt_unionwk_is_rbt
   449   unionwk_sorted -> rbt_unionwk_rbt_sorted
   450 
   451 * Session HOL-Word: Discontinued many redundant theorems specific to
   452 type 'a word. INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems
   453 instead.
   454 
   455   word_sub_alt ~> word_sub_wi
   456   word_add_alt ~> word_add_def
   457   word_mult_alt ~> word_mult_def
   458   word_minus_alt ~> word_minus_def
   459   word_0_alt ~> word_0_wi
   460   word_1_alt ~> word_1_wi
   461   word_add_0 ~> add_0_left
   462   word_add_0_right ~> add_0_right
   463   word_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   464   word_mult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
   465   word_add_commute ~> add_commute
   466   word_add_assoc ~> add_assoc
   467   word_add_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
   468   word_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
   469   word_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   470   word_mult_left_commute ~> mult_left_commute
   471   word_left_distrib ~> left_distrib
   472   word_right_distrib ~> right_distrib
   473   word_left_minus ~> left_minus
   474   word_diff_0_right ~> diff_0_right
   475   word_diff_self ~> diff_self
   476   word_sub_def ~> diff_minus
   477   word_diff_minus ~> diff_minus
   478   word_add_ac ~> add_ac
   479   word_mult_ac ~> mult_ac
   480   word_plus_ac0 ~> add_0_left add_0_right add_ac
   481   word_times_ac1 ~> mult_1_left mult_1_right mult_ac
   482   word_order_trans ~> order_trans
   483   word_order_refl ~> order_refl
   484   word_order_antisym ~> order_antisym
   485   word_order_linear ~> linorder_linear
   486   lenw1_zero_neq_one ~> zero_neq_one
   487   word_number_of_eq ~> number_of_eq
   488   word_of_int_add_hom ~> wi_hom_add
   489   word_of_int_sub_hom ~> wi_hom_sub
   490   word_of_int_mult_hom ~> wi_hom_mult
   491   word_of_int_minus_hom ~> wi_hom_neg
   492   word_of_int_succ_hom ~> wi_hom_succ
   493   word_of_int_pred_hom ~> wi_hom_pred
   494   word_of_int_0_hom ~> word_0_wi
   495   word_of_int_1_hom ~> word_1_wi
   496 
   497 * Clarified attribute "mono_set": pure declaration without modifying
   498 the result of the fact expression.
   499 
   500 * "Transitive_Closure.ntrancl": bounded transitive closure on
   501 relations.
   502 
   503 * Constant "Set.not_member" now qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   504 
   505 * "sublists" moved to theory More_List.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   506 
   507 * Theory Int: Discontinued many legacy theorems specific to type int.
   508 INCOMPATIBILITY, use the corresponding generic theorems instead.
   509 
   510   zminus_zminus ~> minus_minus
   511   zminus_0 ~> minus_zero
   512   zminus_zadd_distrib ~> minus_add_distrib
   513   zadd_commute ~> add_commute
   514   zadd_assoc ~> add_assoc
   515   zadd_left_commute ~> add_left_commute
   516   zadd_ac ~> add_ac
   517   zmult_ac ~> mult_ac
   518   zadd_0 ~> add_0_left
   519   zadd_0_right ~> add_0_right
   520   zadd_zminus_inverse2 ~> left_minus
   521   zmult_zminus ~> mult_minus_left
   522   zmult_commute ~> mult_commute
   523   zmult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   524   zadd_zmult_distrib ~> left_distrib
   525   zadd_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_distrib
   526   zdiff_zmult_distrib ~> left_diff_distrib
   527   zdiff_zmult_distrib2 ~> right_diff_distrib
   528   zmult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   529   zmult_1_right ~> mult_1_right
   530   zle_refl ~> order_refl
   531   zle_trans ~> order_trans
   532   zle_antisym ~> order_antisym
   533   zle_linear ~> linorder_linear
   534   zless_linear ~> linorder_less_linear
   535   zadd_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
   536   zadd_strict_right_mono ~> add_strict_right_mono
   537   zadd_zless_mono ~> add_less_le_mono
   538   int_0_less_1 ~> zero_less_one
   539   int_0_neq_1 ~> zero_neq_one
   540   zless_le ~> less_le
   541   zpower_zadd_distrib ~> power_add
   542   zero_less_zpower_abs_iff ~> zero_less_power_abs_iff
   543   zero_le_zpower_abs ~> zero_le_power_abs
   544 
   545 * Theory Deriv: Renamed
   546 
   547   DERIV_nonneg_imp_nonincreasing ~> DERIV_nonneg_imp_nondecreasing
   548 
   549 * New "case_product" attribute to generate a case rule doing multiple
   550 case distinctions at the same time.  E.g.
   551 
   552   list.exhaust [case_product nat.exhaust]
   553 
   554 produces a rule which can be used to perform case distinction on both
   555 a list and a nat.
   556 
   557 * Improved code generation of multisets.
   558 
   559 * New diagnostic command find_unused_assms to find potentially superfluous
   560   assumptions in theorems using Quickcheck.
   561 
   562 * Quickcheck:
   563   - Quickcheck returns variable assignments as counterexamples, which
   564     allows to reveal the underspecification of functions under test.
   565     For example, refuting "hd xs = x", it presents the variable
   566     assignment xs = [] and x = a1 as a counterexample, assuming that
   567     any property is false whenever "hd []" occurs in it.
   568     These counterexample are marked as potentially spurious, as
   569     Quickcheck also returns "xs = []" as a counterexample to the
   570     obvious theorem "hd xs = hd xs".
   571     After finding a potentially spurious counterexample, Quickcheck
   572     continues searching for genuine ones.
   573     By default, Quickcheck shows potentially spurious and genuine
   574     counterexamples. The option "genuine_only" sets quickcheck to
   575     only show genuine counterexamples.
   576 
   577   - The command 'quickcheck_generator' creates random and exhaustive
   578     value generators for a given type and operations.
   579     It generates values by using the operations as if they were
   580     constructors of that type. 
   581 
   582   - Support for multisets.
   583 
   584   - Added "use_subtype" options.
   585   - Added "quickcheck_locale" configuration to specify how to process
   586     conjectures in a locale context.
   587 
   588 * Nitpick:
   589   - Fixed infinite loop caused by the 'peephole_optim' option and
   590     affecting 'rat' and 'real'.
   591 
   592 * Sledgehammer:
   593   - Added "lam_trans", "uncurry_aliases", and "minimize" options.
   594   - Renamed "slicing" ("no_slicing") option to "slice" ("dont_slice").
   595   - Renamed "sound" option to "strict".
   596 
   597 * Metis:
   598   - Added possibility to specify lambda translations scheme as a
   599     parenthesized argument (e.g., "by (metis (lifting) ...)").
   600 
   601 * SMT:
   602   - renamed "smt_fixed" option to "smt_read_only_certificates".
   603  
   604 * Command 'try0':
   605   - Renamed from 'try_methods'. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   606 
   607 * New "eventually_elim" method as a generalized variant of the
   608   eventually_elim* rules. Supports structured proofs.
   609 
   610 * HOL/TPTP: support to parse and import TPTP problems (all languages)
   611   into Isabelle/HOL.
   612 
   613 
   614 *** FOL ***
   615 
   616 * New "case_product" attribute (see HOL).
   617 
   618 
   619 *** ML ***
   620 
   621 * Antiquotation @{keyword "name"} produces a parser for outer syntax
   622 from a minor keyword introduced via theory header declaration.
   623 
   624 * Antiquotation @{command_spec "name"} produces the
   625 Outer_Syntax.command_spec from a major keyword introduced via theory
   626 header declaration; it can be passed to Outer_Syntax.command etc.
   627 
   628 * Local_Theory.define no longer hard-wires default theorem name
   629 "foo_def", but retains the binding as given.  If that is Binding.empty
   630 / Attrib.empty_binding, the result is not registered as user-level
   631 fact.  The Local_Theory.define_internal variant allows to specify a
   632 non-empty name (used for the foundation in the background theory),
   633 while omitting the fact binding in the user-context.  Potential
   634 INCOMPATIBILITY for derived definitional packages: need to specify
   635 naming policy for primitive definitions more explicitly.
   636 
   637 * Renamed Thm.capply to Thm.apply, and Thm.cabs to Thm.lambda in
   638 conformance with similar operations in structure Term and Logic.
   639 
   640 * Antiquotation @{attributes [...]} embeds attribute source
   641 representation into the ML text, which is particularly useful with
   642 declarations like Local_Theory.note.
   643 
   644 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
   645 ProofContext has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   646 
   647 * Refined Local_Theory.declaration {syntax, pervasive}, with subtle
   648 change of semantics: update is applied to auxiliary local theory
   649 context as well.
   650 
   651 * Modernized some old-style infix operations:
   652 
   653   addeqcongs    ~> Simplifier.add_eqcong
   654   deleqcongs    ~> Simplifier.del_eqcong
   655   addcongs      ~> Simplifier.add_cong
   656   delcongs      ~> Simplifier.del_cong
   657   setmksimps    ~> Simplifier.set_mksimps
   658   setmkcong     ~> Simplifier.set_mkcong
   659   setmksym      ~> Simplifier.set_mksym
   660   setmkeqTrue   ~> Simplifier.set_mkeqTrue
   661   settermless   ~> Simplifier.set_termless
   662   setsubgoaler  ~> Simplifier.set_subgoaler
   663   addsplits     ~> Splitter.add_split
   664   delsplits     ~> Splitter.del_split
   665 
   666 
   667 *** System ***
   668 
   669 * ISABELLE_HOME_WINDOWS refers to ISABELLE_HOME in windows file name
   670 notation, which is useful for the jEdit file browser, for example.
   671 
   672 
   673 
   674 New in Isabelle2011-1 (October 2011)
   675 ------------------------------------
   676 
   677 *** General ***
   678 
   679 * Improved Isabelle/jEdit Prover IDE (PIDE), which can be invoked as
   680 "isabelle jedit" or "ISABELLE_HOME/Isabelle" on the command line.
   681 
   682   - Management of multiple theory files directly from the editor
   683     buffer store -- bypassing the file-system (no requirement to save
   684     files for checking).
   685 
   686   - Markup of formal entities within the text buffer, with semantic
   687     highlighting, tooltips and hyperlinks to jump to defining source
   688     positions.
   689 
   690   - Improved text rendering, with sub/superscripts in the source
   691     buffer (including support for copy/paste wrt. output panel, HTML
   692     theory output and other non-Isabelle text boxes).
   693 
   694   - Refined scheduling of proof checking and printing of results,
   695     based on interactive editor view.  (Note: jEdit folding and
   696     narrowing allows to restrict buffer perspectives explicitly.)
   697 
   698   - Reduced CPU performance requirements, usable on machines with few
   699     cores.
   700 
   701   - Reduced memory requirements due to pruning of unused document
   702     versions (garbage collection).
   703 
   704 See also ~~/src/Tools/jEdit/README.html for further information,
   705 including some remaining limitations.
   706 
   707 * Theory loader: source files are exclusively located via the master
   708 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
   709 The global load path (such as src/HOL/Library) has been discontinued.
   710 Note that the path element ~~ may be used to reference theories in the
   711 Isabelle home folder -- for instance, "~~/src/HOL/Library/FuncSet".
   712 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   713 
   714 * Theory loader: source files are identified by content via SHA1
   715 digests.  Discontinued former path/modtime identification and optional
   716 ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT plugin scripts.
   717 
   718 * Parallelization of nested Isar proofs is subject to
   719 Goal.parallel_proofs_threshold (default 100).  See also isabelle
   720 usedir option -Q.
   721 
   722 * Name space: former unsynchronized references are now proper
   723 configuration options, with more conventional names:
   724 
   725   long_names   ~> names_long
   726   short_names  ~> names_short
   727   unique_names ~> names_unique
   728 
   729 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, need to declare options in context like this:
   730 
   731   declare [[names_unique = false]]
   732 
   733 * Literal facts `prop` may contain dummy patterns, e.g. `_ = _`.  Note
   734 that the result needs to be unique, which means fact specifications
   735 may have to be refined after enriching a proof context.
   736 
   737 * Attribute "case_names" has been refined: the assumptions in each case
   738 can be named now by following the case name with [name1 name2 ...].
   739 
   740 * Isabelle/Isar reference manual has been updated and extended:
   741   - "Synopsis" provides a catalog of main Isar language concepts.
   742   - Formal references in syntax diagrams, via @{rail} antiquotation.
   743   - Updated material from classic "ref" manual, notably about
   744     "Classical Reasoner".
   745 
   746 
   747 *** HOL ***
   748 
   749 * Class bot and top require underlying partial order rather than
   750 preorder: uniqueness of bot and top is guaranteed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   751 
   752 * Class complete_lattice: generalized a couple of lemmas from sets;
   753 generalized theorems INF_cong and SUP_cong.  New type classes for
   754 complete boolean algebras and complete linear orders.  Lemmas
   755 Inf_less_iff, less_Sup_iff, INF_less_iff, less_SUP_iff now reside in
   756 class complete_linorder.
   757 
   758 Changed proposition of lemmas Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, Inf_fun_def,
   759 Sup_fun_def, Inf_apply, Sup_apply.
   760 
   761 Removed redundant lemmas (the right hand side gives hints how to
   762 replace them for (metis ...), or (simp only: ...) proofs):
   763 
   764   Inf_singleton ~> Inf_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Inf_empty inf_top_right]
   765   Sup_singleton ~> Sup_insert [where A="{}", unfolded Sup_empty sup_bot_right]
   766   Inf_binary ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
   767   Sup_binary ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
   768   Int_eq_Inter ~> Inf_insert, Inf_empty, and inf_top_right
   769   Un_eq_Union ~> Sup_insert, Sup_empty, and sup_bot_right
   770   Inter_def ~> INF_def, image_def
   771   Union_def ~> SUP_def, image_def
   772   INT_eq ~> INF_def, and image_def
   773   UN_eq ~> SUP_def, and image_def
   774   INF_subset ~> INF_superset_mono [OF _ order_refl]
   775 
   776 More consistent and comprehensive names:
   777 
   778   INTER_eq_Inter_image ~> INF_def
   779   UNION_eq_Union_image ~> SUP_def
   780   INFI_def ~> INF_def
   781   SUPR_def ~> SUP_def
   782   INF_leI ~> INF_lower
   783   INF_leI2 ~> INF_lower2
   784   le_INFI ~> INF_greatest
   785   le_SUPI ~> SUP_upper
   786   le_SUPI2 ~> SUP_upper2
   787   SUP_leI ~> SUP_least
   788   INFI_bool_eq ~> INF_bool_eq
   789   SUPR_bool_eq ~> SUP_bool_eq
   790   INFI_apply ~> INF_apply
   791   SUPR_apply ~> SUP_apply
   792   INTER_def ~> INTER_eq
   793   UNION_def ~> UNION_eq
   794 
   795 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   796 
   797 * Renamed theory Complete_Lattice to Complete_Lattices.
   798 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   799 
   800 * Theory Complete_Lattices: lemmas Inf_eq_top_iff, INF_eq_top_iff,
   801 INF_image, Inf_insert, INF_top, Inf_top_conv, INF_top_conv, SUP_bot,
   802 Sup_bot_conv, SUP_bot_conv, Sup_eq_top_iff, SUP_eq_top_iff, SUP_image,
   803 Sup_insert are now declared as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   804 
   805 * Theory Lattice: lemmas compl_inf_bot, compl_le_comp_iff,
   806 compl_sup_top, inf_idem, inf_left_idem, inf_sup_absorb, sup_idem,
   807 sup_inf_absob, sup_left_idem are now declared as [simp].  Minor
   808 INCOMPATIBILITY.
   809 
   810 * Added syntactic classes "inf" and "sup" for the respective
   811 constants.  INCOMPATIBILITY: Changes in the argument order of the
   812 (mostly internal) locale predicates for some derived classes.
   813 
   814 * Theorem collections ball_simps and bex_simps do not contain theorems
   815 referring to UNION any longer; these have been moved to collection
   816 UN_ball_bex_simps.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   817 
   818 * Theory Archimedean_Field: floor now is defined as parameter of a
   819 separate type class floor_ceiling.
   820 
   821 * Theory Finite_Set: more coherent development of fold_set locales:
   822 
   823     locale fun_left_comm ~> locale comp_fun_commute
   824     locale fun_left_comm_idem ~> locale comp_fun_idem
   825 
   826 Both use point-free characterization; interpretation proofs may need
   827 adjustment.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
   828 
   829 * Theory Limits: Type "'a net" has been renamed to "'a filter", in
   830 accordance with standard mathematical terminology. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   831 
   832 * Theory Complex_Main: The locale interpretations for the
   833 bounded_linear and bounded_bilinear locales have been removed, in
   834 order to reduce the number of duplicate lemmas. Users must use the
   835 original names for distributivity theorems, potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
   836 
   837   divide.add ~> add_divide_distrib
   838   divide.diff ~> diff_divide_distrib
   839   divide.setsum ~> setsum_divide_distrib
   840   mult.add_right ~> right_distrib
   841   mult.diff_right ~> right_diff_distrib
   842   mult_right.setsum ~> setsum_right_distrib
   843   mult_left.diff ~> left_diff_distrib
   844 
   845 * Theory Complex_Main: Several redundant theorems have been removed or
   846 replaced by more general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   847 
   848   real_diff_def ~> minus_real_def
   849   real_divide_def ~> divide_real_def
   850   real_less_def ~> less_le
   851   real_abs_def ~> abs_real_def
   852   real_sgn_def ~> sgn_real_def
   853   real_mult_commute ~> mult_commute
   854   real_mult_assoc ~> mult_assoc
   855   real_mult_1 ~> mult_1_left
   856   real_add_mult_distrib ~> left_distrib
   857   real_zero_not_eq_one ~> zero_neq_one
   858   real_mult_inverse_left ~> left_inverse
   859   INVERSE_ZERO ~> inverse_zero
   860   real_le_refl ~> order_refl
   861   real_le_antisym ~> order_antisym
   862   real_le_trans ~> order_trans
   863   real_le_linear ~> linear
   864   real_le_eq_diff ~> le_iff_diff_le_0
   865   real_add_left_mono ~> add_left_mono
   866   real_mult_order ~> mult_pos_pos
   867   real_mult_less_mono2 ~> mult_strict_left_mono
   868   real_of_int_real_of_nat ~> real_of_int_of_nat_eq
   869   real_0_le_divide_iff ~> zero_le_divide_iff
   870   realpow_two_disj ~> power2_eq_iff
   871   real_squared_diff_one_factored ~> square_diff_one_factored
   872   realpow_two_diff ~> square_diff_square_factored
   873   reals_complete2 ~> complete_real
   874   real_sum_squared_expand ~> power2_sum
   875   exp_ln_eq ~> ln_unique
   876   expi_add ~> exp_add
   877   expi_zero ~> exp_zero
   878   lemma_DERIV_subst ~> DERIV_cong
   879   LIMSEQ_Zfun_iff ~> tendsto_Zfun_iff
   880   LIMSEQ_const ~> tendsto_const
   881   LIMSEQ_norm ~> tendsto_norm
   882   LIMSEQ_add ~> tendsto_add
   883   LIMSEQ_minus ~> tendsto_minus
   884   LIMSEQ_minus_cancel ~> tendsto_minus_cancel
   885   LIMSEQ_diff ~> tendsto_diff
   886   bounded_linear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
   887   bounded_bilinear.LIMSEQ ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
   888   LIMSEQ_mult ~> tendsto_mult
   889   LIMSEQ_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
   890   LIMSEQ_divide ~> tendsto_divide
   891   LIMSEQ_pow ~> tendsto_power
   892   LIMSEQ_setsum ~> tendsto_setsum
   893   LIMSEQ_setprod ~> tendsto_setprod
   894   LIMSEQ_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
   895   LIMSEQ_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
   896   LIMSEQ_imp_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
   897   LIMSEQ_add_minus ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_minus]
   898   LIMSEQ_add_const ~> tendsto_add [OF _ tendsto_const]
   899   LIMSEQ_diff_const ~> tendsto_diff [OF _ tendsto_const]
   900   LIMSEQ_Complex ~> tendsto_Complex
   901   LIM_ident ~> tendsto_ident_at
   902   LIM_const ~> tendsto_const
   903   LIM_add ~> tendsto_add
   904   LIM_add_zero ~> tendsto_add_zero
   905   LIM_minus ~> tendsto_minus
   906   LIM_diff ~> tendsto_diff
   907   LIM_norm ~> tendsto_norm
   908   LIM_norm_zero ~> tendsto_norm_zero
   909   LIM_norm_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_norm_zero_cancel
   910   LIM_norm_zero_iff ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff
   911   LIM_rabs ~> tendsto_rabs
   912   LIM_rabs_zero ~> tendsto_rabs_zero
   913   LIM_rabs_zero_cancel ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_cancel
   914   LIM_rabs_zero_iff ~> tendsto_rabs_zero_iff
   915   LIM_compose ~> tendsto_compose
   916   LIM_mult ~> tendsto_mult
   917   LIM_scaleR ~> tendsto_scaleR
   918   LIM_of_real ~> tendsto_of_real
   919   LIM_power ~> tendsto_power
   920   LIM_inverse ~> tendsto_inverse
   921   LIM_sgn ~> tendsto_sgn
   922   isCont_LIM_compose ~> isCont_tendsto_compose
   923   bounded_linear.LIM ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
   924   bounded_linear.LIM_zero ~> bounded_linear.tendsto_zero
   925   bounded_bilinear.LIM ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto
   926   bounded_bilinear.LIM_prod_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_zero
   927   bounded_bilinear.LIM_left_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_left_zero
   928   bounded_bilinear.LIM_right_zero ~> bounded_bilinear.tendsto_right_zero
   929   LIM_inverse_fun ~> tendsto_inverse [OF tendsto_ident_at]
   930 
   931 * Theory Complex_Main: The definition of infinite series was
   932 generalized.  Now it is defined on the type class {topological_space,
   933 comm_monoid_add}.  Hence it is useable also for extended real numbers.
   934 
   935 * Theory Complex_Main: The complex exponential function "expi" is now
   936 a type-constrained abbreviation for "exp :: complex => complex"; thus
   937 several polymorphic lemmas about "exp" are now applicable to "expi".
   938 
   939 * Code generation:
   940 
   941   - Theory Library/Code_Char_ord provides native ordering of
   942     characters in the target language.
   943 
   944   - Commands code_module and code_library are legacy, use export_code
   945     instead.
   946 
   947   - Method "evaluation" is legacy, use method "eval" instead.
   948 
   949   - Legacy evaluator "SML" is deactivated by default.  May be
   950     reactivated by the following theory command:
   951 
   952       setup {* Value.add_evaluator ("SML", Codegen.eval_term) *}
   953 
   954 * Declare ext [intro] by default.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
   955 
   956 * New proof method "induction" that gives induction hypotheses the
   957 name "IH", thus distinguishing them from further hypotheses that come
   958 from rule induction.  The latter are still called "hyps".  Method
   959 "induction" is a thin wrapper around "induct" and follows the same
   960 syntax.
   961 
   962 * Method "fastsimp" has been renamed to "fastforce", but "fastsimp" is
   963 still available as a legacy feature for some time.
   964 
   965 * Nitpick:
   966   - Added "need" and "total_consts" options.
   967   - Reintroduced "show_skolems" option by popular demand.
   968   - Renamed attribute: nitpick_def ~> nitpick_unfold.
   969     INCOMPATIBILITY.
   970 
   971 * Sledgehammer:
   972   - Use quasi-sound (and efficient) translations by default.
   973   - Added support for the following provers: E-ToFoF, LEO-II,
   974     Satallax, SNARK, Waldmeister, and Z3 with TPTP syntax.
   975   - Automatically preplay and minimize proofs before showing them if
   976     this can be done within reasonable time.
   977   - sledgehammer available_provers ~> sledgehammer supported_provers.
   978     INCOMPATIBILITY.
   979   - Added "preplay_timeout", "slicing", "type_enc", "sound",
   980     "max_mono_iters", and "max_new_mono_instances" options.
   981   - Removed "explicit_apply" and "full_types" options as well as "Full
   982     Types" Proof General menu item. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   983 
   984 * Metis:
   985   - Removed "metisF" -- use "metis" instead. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   986   - Obsoleted "metisFT" -- use "metis (full_types)" instead.
   987     INCOMPATIBILITY.
   988 
   989 * Command 'try':
   990   - Renamed 'try_methods' and added "simp:", "intro:", "dest:", and
   991     "elim:" options. INCOMPATIBILITY.
   992   - Introduced 'try' that not only runs 'try_methods' but also
   993     'solve_direct', 'sledgehammer', 'quickcheck', and 'nitpick'.
   994 
   995 * Quickcheck:
   996   - Added "eval" option to evaluate terms for the found counterexample
   997     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
   998   - Added post-processing of terms to obtain readable counterexamples
   999     (currently only supported by the default (exhaustive) tester).
  1000   - New counterexample generator quickcheck[narrowing] enables
  1001     narrowing-based testing.  Requires the Glasgow Haskell compiler
  1002     with its installation location defined in the Isabelle settings
  1003     environment as ISABELLE_GHC.
  1004   - Removed quickcheck tester "SML" based on the SML code generator
  1005     (formly in HOL/Library).
  1006 
  1007 * Function package: discontinued option "tailrec".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  1008 use 'partial_function' instead.
  1009 
  1010 * Theory Library/Extended_Reals replaces now the positive extended
  1011 reals found in probability theory. This file is extended by
  1012 Multivariate_Analysis/Extended_Real_Limits.
  1013 
  1014 * Theory Library/Old_Recdef: old 'recdef' package has been moved here,
  1015 from where it must be imported explicitly if it is really required.
  1016 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1017 
  1018 * Theory Library/Wfrec: well-founded recursion combinator "wfrec" has
  1019 been moved here.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1020 
  1021 * Theory Library/Saturated provides type of numbers with saturated
  1022 arithmetic.
  1023 
  1024 * Theory Library/Product_Lattice defines a pointwise ordering for the
  1025 product type 'a * 'b, and provides instance proofs for various order
  1026 and lattice type classes.
  1027 
  1028 * Theory Library/Countable now provides the "countable_datatype" proof
  1029 method for proving "countable" class instances for datatypes.
  1030 
  1031 * Theory Library/Cset_Monad allows do notation for computable sets
  1032 (cset) via the generic monad ad-hoc overloading facility.
  1033 
  1034 * Library: Theories of common data structures are split into theories
  1035 for implementation, an invariant-ensuring type, and connection to an
  1036 abstract type. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1037 
  1038   - RBT is split into RBT and RBT_Mapping.
  1039   - AssocList is split and renamed into AList and AList_Mapping.
  1040   - DList is split into DList_Impl, DList, and DList_Cset.
  1041   - Cset is split into Cset and List_Cset.
  1042 
  1043 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity has been renamed to
  1044 Library/Extended_Nat, with name changes of the following types and
  1045 constants:
  1046 
  1047   type inat   ~> type enat
  1048   Fin         ~> enat
  1049   Infty       ~> infinity (overloaded)
  1050   iSuc        ~> eSuc
  1051   the_Fin     ~> the_enat
  1052 
  1053 Every theorem name containing "inat", "Fin", "Infty", or "iSuc" has
  1054 been renamed accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1055 
  1056 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: The euclidean_space type class now
  1057 fixes a constant "Basis :: 'a set" consisting of the standard
  1058 orthonormal basis for the type. Users now have the option of
  1059 quantifying over this set instead of using the "basis" function, e.g.
  1060 "ALL x:Basis. P x" vs "ALL i<DIM('a). P (basis i)".
  1061 
  1062 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Type "('a, 'b) cart" has been renamed
  1063 to "('a, 'b) vec" (the syntax "'a ^ 'b" remains unaffected). Constants
  1064 "Cart_nth" and "Cart_lambda" have been respectively renamed to
  1065 "vec_nth" and "vec_lambda"; theorems mentioning those names have
  1066 changed to match. Definition theorems for overloaded constants now use
  1067 the standard "foo_vec_def" naming scheme. A few other theorems have
  1068 been renamed as follows (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  1069 
  1070   Cart_eq          ~> vec_eq_iff
  1071   dist_nth_le_cart ~> dist_vec_nth_le
  1072   tendsto_vector   ~> vec_tendstoI
  1073   Cauchy_vector    ~> vec_CauchyI
  1074 
  1075 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: Several duplicate theorems have been
  1076 removed, and other theorems have been renamed or replaced with more
  1077 general versions. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1078 
  1079   finite_choice ~> finite_set_choice
  1080   eventually_conjI ~> eventually_conj
  1081   eventually_and ~> eventually_conj_iff
  1082   eventually_false ~> eventually_False
  1083   setsum_norm ~> norm_setsum
  1084   Lim_sequentially ~> LIMSEQ_def
  1085   Lim_ident_at ~> LIM_ident
  1086   Lim_const ~> tendsto_const
  1087   Lim_cmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF tendsto_const]
  1088   Lim_neg ~> tendsto_minus
  1089   Lim_add ~> tendsto_add
  1090   Lim_sub ~> tendsto_diff
  1091   Lim_mul ~> tendsto_scaleR
  1092   Lim_vmul ~> tendsto_scaleR [OF _ tendsto_const]
  1093   Lim_null_norm ~> tendsto_norm_zero_iff [symmetric]
  1094   Lim_linear ~> bounded_linear.tendsto
  1095   Lim_component ~> tendsto_euclidean_component
  1096   Lim_component_cart ~> tendsto_vec_nth
  1097   Lim_inner ~> tendsto_inner [OF tendsto_const]
  1098   dot_lsum ~> inner_setsum_left
  1099   dot_rsum ~> inner_setsum_right
  1100   continuous_cmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF continuous_const]
  1101   continuous_neg ~> continuous_minus
  1102   continuous_sub ~> continuous_diff
  1103   continuous_vmul ~> continuous_scaleR [OF _ continuous_const]
  1104   continuous_mul ~> continuous_scaleR
  1105   continuous_inv ~> continuous_inverse
  1106   continuous_at_within_inv ~> continuous_at_within_inverse
  1107   continuous_at_inv ~> continuous_at_inverse
  1108   continuous_at_norm ~> continuous_norm [OF continuous_at_id]
  1109   continuous_at_infnorm ~> continuous_infnorm [OF continuous_at_id]
  1110   continuous_at_component ~> continuous_component [OF continuous_at_id]
  1111   continuous_on_neg ~> continuous_on_minus
  1112   continuous_on_sub ~> continuous_on_diff
  1113   continuous_on_cmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF continuous_on_const]
  1114   continuous_on_vmul ~> continuous_on_scaleR [OF _ continuous_on_const]
  1115   continuous_on_mul ~> continuous_on_scaleR
  1116   continuous_on_mul_real ~> continuous_on_mult
  1117   continuous_on_inner ~> continuous_on_inner [OF continuous_on_const]
  1118   continuous_on_norm ~> continuous_on_norm [OF continuous_on_id]
  1119   continuous_on_inverse ~> continuous_on_inv
  1120   uniformly_continuous_on_neg ~> uniformly_continuous_on_minus
  1121   uniformly_continuous_on_sub ~> uniformly_continuous_on_diff
  1122   subset_interior ~> interior_mono
  1123   subset_closure ~> closure_mono
  1124   closure_univ ~> closure_UNIV
  1125   real_arch_lt ~> reals_Archimedean2
  1126   real_arch ~> reals_Archimedean3
  1127   real_abs_norm ~> abs_norm_cancel
  1128   real_abs_sub_norm ~> norm_triangle_ineq3
  1129   norm_cauchy_schwarz_abs ~> Cauchy_Schwarz_ineq2
  1130 
  1131 * Session HOL-Probability:
  1132   - Caratheodory's extension lemma is now proved for ring_of_sets.
  1133   - Infinite products of probability measures are now available.
  1134   - Sigma closure is independent, if the generator is independent
  1135   - Use extended reals instead of positive extended
  1136     reals. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1137 
  1138 * Session HOLCF: Discontinued legacy theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1139 
  1140   expand_fun_below ~> fun_below_iff
  1141   below_fun_ext ~> fun_belowI
  1142   expand_cfun_eq ~> cfun_eq_iff
  1143   ext_cfun ~> cfun_eqI
  1144   expand_cfun_below ~> cfun_below_iff
  1145   below_cfun_ext ~> cfun_belowI
  1146   monofun_fun_fun ~> fun_belowD
  1147   monofun_fun_arg ~> monofunE
  1148   monofun_lub_fun ~> adm_monofun [THEN admD]
  1149   cont_lub_fun ~> adm_cont [THEN admD]
  1150   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
  1151   cont_Rep_CFun_app ~> cont_APP_app
  1152   cont_Rep_CFun_app_app ~> cont_APP_app_app
  1153   cont_cfun_fun ~> cont_Rep_cfun1 [THEN contE]
  1154   cont_cfun_arg ~> cont_Rep_cfun2 [THEN contE]
  1155   contlub_cfun ~> lub_APP [symmetric]
  1156   contlub_LAM ~> lub_LAM [symmetric]
  1157   thelubI ~> lub_eqI
  1158   UU_I ~> bottomI
  1159   lift_distinct1 ~> lift.distinct(1)
  1160   lift_distinct2 ~> lift.distinct(2)
  1161   Def_not_UU ~> lift.distinct(2)
  1162   Def_inject ~> lift.inject
  1163   below_UU_iff ~> below_bottom_iff
  1164   eq_UU_iff ~> eq_bottom_iff
  1165 
  1166 
  1167 *** Document preparation ***
  1168 
  1169 * Antiquotation @{rail} layouts railroad syntax diagrams, see also
  1170 isar-ref manual, both for description and actual application of the
  1171 same.
  1172 
  1173 * Antiquotation @{value} evaluates the given term and presents its
  1174 result.
  1175 
  1176 * Antiquotations: term style "isub" provides ad-hoc conversion of
  1177 variables x1, y23 into subscripted form x\<^isub>1,
  1178 y\<^isub>2\<^isub>3.
  1179 
  1180 * Predefined LaTeX macros for Isabelle symbols \<bind> and \<then>
  1181 (e.g. see ~~/src/HOL/Library/Monad_Syntax.thy).
  1182 
  1183 * Localized \isabellestyle switch can be used within blocks or groups
  1184 like this:
  1185 
  1186   \isabellestyle{it}  %preferred default
  1187   {\isabellestylett @{text "typewriter stuff"}}
  1188 
  1189 * Discontinued special treatment of hard tabulators.  Implicit
  1190 tab-width is now defined as 1.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY for visual
  1191 layouts.
  1192 
  1193 
  1194 *** ML ***
  1195 
  1196 * The inner syntax of sort/type/term/prop supports inlined YXML
  1197 representations within quoted string tokens.  By encoding logical
  1198 entities via Term_XML (in ML or Scala) concrete syntax can be
  1199 bypassed, which is particularly useful for producing bits of text
  1200 under external program control.
  1201 
  1202 * Antiquotations for ML and document preparation are managed as theory
  1203 data, which requires explicit setup.
  1204 
  1205 * Isabelle_Process.is_active allows tools to check if the official
  1206 process wrapper is running (Isabelle/Scala/jEdit) or the old TTY loop
  1207 (better known as Proof General).
  1208 
  1209 * Structure Proof_Context follows standard naming scheme.  Old
  1210 ProofContext is still available for some time as legacy alias.
  1211 
  1212 * Structure Timing provides various operations for timing; supersedes
  1213 former start_timing/end_timing etc.
  1214 
  1215 * Path.print is the official way to show file-system paths to users
  1216 (including quotes etc.).
  1217 
  1218 * Inner syntax: identifiers in parse trees of generic categories
  1219 "logic", "aprop", "idt" etc. carry position information (disguised as
  1220 type constraints).  Occasional INCOMPATIBILITY with non-compliant
  1221 translations that choke on unexpected type constraints.  Positions can
  1222 be stripped in ML translations via Syntax.strip_positions /
  1223 Syntax.strip_positions_ast, or via the syntax constant
  1224 "_strip_positions" within parse trees.  As last resort, positions can
  1225 be disabled via the configuration option Syntax.positions, which is
  1226 called "syntax_positions" in Isar attribute syntax.
  1227 
  1228 * Discontinued special status of various ML structures that contribute
  1229 to structure Syntax (Ast, Lexicon, Mixfix, Parser, Printer etc.): less
  1230 pervasive content, no inclusion in structure Syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  1231 refer directly to Ast.Constant, Lexicon.is_identifier,
  1232 Syntax_Trans.mk_binder_tr etc.
  1233 
  1234 * Typed print translation: discontinued show_sorts argument, which is
  1235 already available via context of "advanced" translation.
  1236 
  1237 * Refined PARALLEL_GOALS tactical: degrades gracefully for schematic
  1238 goal states; body tactic needs to address all subgoals uniformly.
  1239 
  1240 * Slightly more special eq_list/eq_set, with shortcut involving
  1241 pointer equality (assumes that eq relation is reflexive).
  1242 
  1243 * Classical tactics use proper Proof.context instead of historic types
  1244 claset/clasimpset.  Old-style declarations like addIs, addEs, addDs
  1245 operate directly on Proof.context.  Raw type claset retains its use as
  1246 snapshot of the classical context, which can be recovered via
  1247 (put_claset HOL_cs) etc.  Type clasimpset has been discontinued.
  1248 INCOMPATIBILITY, classical tactics and derived proof methods require
  1249 proper Proof.context.
  1250 
  1251 
  1252 *** System ***
  1253 
  1254 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.2, which was the last version
  1255 without proper multithreading and TimeLimit implementation.
  1256 
  1257 * Discontinued old lib/scripts/polyml-platform, which has been
  1258 obsolete since Isabelle2009-2.
  1259 
  1260 * Various optional external tools are referenced more robustly and
  1261 uniformly by explicit Isabelle settings as follows:
  1262 
  1263   ISABELLE_CSDP   (formerly CSDP_EXE)
  1264   ISABELLE_GHC    (formerly EXEC_GHC or GHC_PATH)
  1265   ISABELLE_OCAML  (formerly EXEC_OCAML)
  1266   ISABELLE_SWIPL  (formerly EXEC_SWIPL)
  1267   ISABELLE_YAP    (formerly EXEC_YAP)
  1268 
  1269 Note that automated detection from the file-system or search path has
  1270 been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1271 
  1272 * Scala layer provides JVM method invocation service for static
  1273 methods of type (String)String, see Invoke_Scala.method in ML.  For
  1274 example:
  1275 
  1276   Invoke_Scala.method "java.lang.System.getProperty" "java.home"
  1277 
  1278 Together with YXML.string_of_body/parse_body and XML.Encode/Decode
  1279 this allows to pass structured values between ML and Scala.
  1280 
  1281 * The IsabelleText fonts includes some further glyphs to support the
  1282 Prover IDE.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: users who happen to have
  1283 installed a local copy (which is normally *not* required) need to
  1284 delete or update it from ~~/lib/fonts/.
  1285 
  1286 
  1287 
  1288 New in Isabelle2011 (January 2011)
  1289 ----------------------------------
  1290 
  1291 *** General ***
  1292 
  1293 * Experimental Prover IDE based on Isabelle/Scala and jEdit (see
  1294 src/Tools/jEdit).  This also serves as IDE for Isabelle/ML, with
  1295 useful tooltips and hyperlinks produced from its static analysis.  The
  1296 bundled component provides an executable Isabelle tool that can be run
  1297 like this:
  1298 
  1299   Isabelle2011/bin/isabelle jedit
  1300 
  1301 * Significantly improved Isabelle/Isar implementation manual.
  1302 
  1303 * System settings: ISABELLE_HOME_USER now includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER
  1304 (and thus refers to something like $HOME/.isabelle/Isabelle2011),
  1305 while the default heap location within that directory lacks that extra
  1306 suffix.  This isolates multiple Isabelle installations from each
  1307 other, avoiding problems with old settings in new versions.
  1308 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to copy/upgrade old user settings manually.
  1309 
  1310 * Source files are always encoded as UTF-8, instead of old-fashioned
  1311 ISO-Latin-1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Isabelle LaTeX documents might require
  1312 the following package declarations:
  1313 
  1314   \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
  1315   \usepackage{textcomp}
  1316 
  1317 * Explicit treatment of UTF-8 sequences as Isabelle symbols, such that
  1318 a Unicode character is treated as a single symbol, not a sequence of
  1319 non-ASCII bytes as before.  Since Isabelle/ML string literals may
  1320 contain symbols without further backslash escapes, Unicode can now be
  1321 used here as well.  Recall that Symbol.explode in ML provides a
  1322 consistent view on symbols, while raw explode (or String.explode)
  1323 merely give a byte-oriented representation.
  1324 
  1325 * Theory loader: source files are primarily located via the master
  1326 directory of each theory node (where the .thy file itself resides).
  1327 The global load path is still partially available as legacy feature.
  1328 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY due to subtle change in file lookup: use
  1329 explicit paths, relatively to the theory.
  1330 
  1331 * Special treatment of ML file names has been discontinued.
  1332 Historically, optional extensions .ML or .sml were added on demand --
  1333 at the cost of clarity of file dependencies.  Recall that Isabelle/ML
  1334 files exclusively use the .ML extension.  Minor INCOMPATIBILTY.
  1335 
  1336 * Various options that affect pretty printing etc. are now properly
  1337 handled within the context via configuration options, instead of
  1338 unsynchronized references or print modes.  There are both ML Config.T
  1339 entities and Isar declaration attributes to access these.
  1340 
  1341   ML (Config.T)                 Isar (attribute)
  1342 
  1343   eta_contract                  eta_contract
  1344   show_brackets                 show_brackets
  1345   show_sorts                    show_sorts
  1346   show_types                    show_types
  1347   show_question_marks           show_question_marks
  1348   show_consts                   show_consts
  1349   show_abbrevs                  show_abbrevs
  1350 
  1351   Syntax.ast_trace              syntax_ast_trace
  1352   Syntax.ast_stat               syntax_ast_stat
  1353   Syntax.ambiguity_level        syntax_ambiguity_level
  1354 
  1355   Goal_Display.goals_limit      goals_limit
  1356   Goal_Display.show_main_goal   show_main_goal
  1357 
  1358   Method.rule_trace             rule_trace
  1359 
  1360   Thy_Output.display            thy_output_display
  1361   Thy_Output.quotes             thy_output_quotes
  1362   Thy_Output.indent             thy_output_indent
  1363   Thy_Output.source             thy_output_source
  1364   Thy_Output.break              thy_output_break
  1365 
  1366 Note that corresponding "..._default" references in ML may only be
  1367 changed globally at the ROOT session setup, but *not* within a theory.
  1368 The option "show_abbrevs" supersedes the former print mode
  1369 "no_abbrevs" with inverted meaning.
  1370 
  1371 * More systematic naming of some configuration options.
  1372 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1373 
  1374   trace_simp  ~>  simp_trace
  1375   debug_simp  ~>  simp_debug
  1376 
  1377 * Support for real valued configuration options, using simplistic
  1378 floating-point notation that coincides with the inner syntax for
  1379 float_token.
  1380 
  1381 * Support for real valued preferences (with approximative PGIP type):
  1382 front-ends need to accept "pgint" values in float notation.
  1383 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1384 
  1385 * The IsabelleText font now includes Cyrillic, Hebrew, Arabic from
  1386 DejaVu Sans.
  1387 
  1388 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 5.0 and 5.1 versions.
  1389 
  1390 
  1391 *** Pure ***
  1392 
  1393 * Command 'type_synonym' (with single argument) replaces somewhat
  1394 outdated 'types', which is still available as legacy feature for some
  1395 time.
  1396 
  1397 * Command 'nonterminal' (with 'and' separated list of arguments)
  1398 replaces somewhat outdated 'nonterminals'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1399 
  1400 * Command 'notepad' replaces former 'example_proof' for
  1401 experimentation in Isar without any result.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1402 
  1403 * Locale interpretation commands 'interpret' and 'sublocale' accept
  1404 lists of equations to map definitions in a locale to appropriate
  1405 entities in the context of the interpretation.  The 'interpretation'
  1406 command already provided this functionality.
  1407 
  1408 * Diagnostic command 'print_dependencies' prints the locale instances
  1409 that would be activated if the specified expression was interpreted in
  1410 the current context.  Variant "print_dependencies!" assumes a context
  1411 without interpretations.
  1412 
  1413 * Diagnostic command 'print_interps' prints interpretations in proofs
  1414 in addition to interpretations in theories.
  1415 
  1416 * Discontinued obsolete 'global' and 'local' commands to manipulate
  1417 the theory name space.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.  The ML functions
  1418 Sign.root_path and Sign.local_path may be applied directly where this
  1419 feature is still required for historical reasons.
  1420 
  1421 * Discontinued obsolete 'constdefs' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  1422 'definition' instead.
  1423 
  1424 * The "prems" fact, which refers to the accidental collection of
  1425 foundational premises in the context, is now explicitly marked as
  1426 legacy feature and will be discontinued soon.  Consider using "assms"
  1427 of the head statement or reference facts by explicit names.
  1428 
  1429 * Document antiquotations @{class} and @{type} print classes and type
  1430 constructors.
  1431 
  1432 * Document antiquotation @{file} checks file/directory entries within
  1433 the local file system.
  1434 
  1435 
  1436 *** HOL ***
  1437 
  1438 * Coercive subtyping: functions can be declared as coercions and type
  1439 inference will add them as necessary upon input of a term.  Theory
  1440 Complex_Main declares real :: nat => real and real :: int => real as
  1441 coercions. A coercion function f is declared like this:
  1442 
  1443   declare [[coercion f]]
  1444 
  1445 To lift coercions through type constructors (e.g. from nat => real to
  1446 nat list => real list), map functions can be declared, e.g.
  1447 
  1448   declare [[coercion_map map]]
  1449 
  1450 Currently coercion inference is activated only in theories including
  1451 real numbers, i.e. descendants of Complex_Main.  This is controlled by
  1452 the configuration option "coercion_enabled", e.g. it can be enabled in
  1453 other theories like this:
  1454 
  1455   declare [[coercion_enabled]]
  1456 
  1457 * Command 'partial_function' provides basic support for recursive
  1458 function definitions over complete partial orders.  Concrete instances
  1459 are provided for i) the option type, ii) tail recursion on arbitrary
  1460 types, and iii) the heap monad of Imperative_HOL.  See
  1461 src/HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy and src/HOL/Imperative_HOL/ex/Linked_Lists.thy
  1462 for examples.
  1463 
  1464 * Function package: f.psimps rules are no longer implicitly declared
  1465 as [simp].  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1466 
  1467 * Datatype package: theorems generated for executable equality (class
  1468 "eq") carry proper names and are treated as default code equations.
  1469 
  1470 * Inductive package: now offers command 'inductive_simps' to
  1471 automatically derive instantiated and simplified equations for
  1472 inductive predicates, similar to 'inductive_cases'.
  1473 
  1474 * Command 'enriched_type' allows to register properties of the
  1475 functorial structure of types.
  1476 
  1477 * Improved infrastructure for term evaluation using code generator
  1478 techniques, in particular static evaluation conversions.
  1479 
  1480 * Code generator: Scala (2.8 or higher) has been added to the target
  1481 languages.
  1482 
  1483 * Code generator: globbing constant expressions "*" and "Theory.*"
  1484 have been replaced by the more idiomatic "_" and "Theory._".
  1485 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1486 
  1487 * Code generator: export_code without explicit file declaration prints
  1488 to standard output.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1489 
  1490 * Code generator: do not print function definitions for case
  1491 combinators any longer.
  1492 
  1493 * Code generator: simplification with rules determined with
  1494 src/Tools/Code/code_simp.ML and method "code_simp".
  1495 
  1496 * Code generator for records: more idiomatic representation of record
  1497 types.  Warning: records are not covered by ancient SML code
  1498 generation any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  In cases of need, a suitable
  1499 rep_datatype declaration helps to succeed then:
  1500 
  1501   record 'a foo = ...
  1502   ...
  1503   rep_datatype foo_ext ...
  1504 
  1505 * Records: logical foundation type for records does not carry a
  1506 '_type' suffix any longer (obsolete due to authentic syntax).
  1507 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1508 
  1509 * Quickcheck now by default uses exhaustive testing instead of random
  1510 testing.  Random testing can be invoked by "quickcheck [random]",
  1511 exhaustive testing by "quickcheck [exhaustive]".
  1512 
  1513 * Quickcheck instantiates polymorphic types with small finite
  1514 datatypes by default. This enables a simple execution mechanism to
  1515 handle quantifiers and function equality over the finite datatypes.
  1516 
  1517 * Quickcheck random generator has been renamed from "code" to
  1518 "random".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1519 
  1520 * Quickcheck now has a configurable time limit which is set to 30
  1521 seconds by default. This can be changed by adding [timeout = n] to the
  1522 quickcheck command. The time limit for Auto Quickcheck is still set
  1523 independently.
  1524 
  1525 * Quickcheck in locales considers interpretations of that locale for
  1526 counter example search.
  1527 
  1528 * Sledgehammer:
  1529   - Added "smt" and "remote_smt" provers based on the "smt" proof
  1530     method. See the Sledgehammer manual for details ("isabelle doc
  1531     sledgehammer").
  1532   - Renamed commands:
  1533     sledgehammer atp_info ~> sledgehammer running_provers
  1534     sledgehammer atp_kill ~> sledgehammer kill_provers
  1535     sledgehammer available_atps ~> sledgehammer available_provers
  1536     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1537   - Renamed options:
  1538     sledgehammer [atps = ...] ~> sledgehammer [provers = ...]
  1539     sledgehammer [atp = ...] ~> sledgehammer [prover = ...]
  1540     sledgehammer [timeout = 77 s] ~> sledgehammer [timeout = 77]
  1541     (and "ms" and "min" are no longer supported)
  1542     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1543 
  1544 * Nitpick:
  1545   - Renamed options:
  1546     nitpick [timeout = 77 s] ~> nitpick [timeout = 77]
  1547     nitpick [tac_timeout = 777 ms] ~> nitpick [tac_timeout = 0.777]
  1548     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1549   - Added support for partial quotient types.
  1550   - Added local versions of the "Nitpick.register_xxx" functions.
  1551   - Added "whack" option.
  1552   - Allow registration of quotient types as codatatypes.
  1553   - Improved "merge_type_vars" option to merge more types.
  1554   - Removed unsound "fast_descrs" option.
  1555   - Added custom symmetry breaking for datatypes, making it possible to reach
  1556     higher cardinalities.
  1557   - Prevent the expansion of too large definitions.
  1558 
  1559 * Proof methods "metis" and "meson" now have configuration options
  1560 "meson_trace", "metis_trace", and "metis_verbose" that can be enabled
  1561 to diagnose these tools. E.g.
  1562 
  1563     using [[metis_trace = true]]
  1564 
  1565 * Auto Solve: Renamed "Auto Solve Direct".  The tool is now available
  1566 manually as command 'solve_direct'.
  1567 
  1568 * The default SMT solver Z3 must be enabled explicitly (due to
  1569 licensing issues) by setting the environment variable
  1570 Z3_NON_COMMERCIAL in etc/settings of the component, for example.  For
  1571 commercial applications, the SMT solver CVC3 is provided as fall-back;
  1572 changing the SMT solver is done via the configuration option
  1573 "smt_solver".
  1574 
  1575 * Remote SMT solvers need to be referred to by the "remote_" prefix,
  1576 i.e. "remote_cvc3" and "remote_z3".
  1577 
  1578 * Added basic SMT support for datatypes, records, and typedefs using
  1579 the oracle mode (no proofs).  Direct support of pairs has been dropped
  1580 in exchange (pass theorems fst_conv snd_conv pair_collapse to the SMT
  1581 support for a similar behavior).  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1582 
  1583 * Changed SMT configuration options:
  1584   - Renamed:
  1585     z3_proofs ~> smt_oracle (with inverted meaning)
  1586     z3_trace_assms ~> smt_trace_used_facts
  1587     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1588   - Added:
  1589     smt_verbose
  1590     smt_random_seed
  1591     smt_datatypes
  1592     smt_infer_triggers
  1593     smt_monomorph_limit
  1594     cvc3_options
  1595     remote_cvc3_options
  1596     remote_z3_options
  1597     yices_options
  1598 
  1599 * Boogie output files (.b2i files) need to be declared in the theory
  1600 header.
  1601 
  1602 * Simplification procedure "list_to_set_comprehension" rewrites list
  1603 comprehensions applied to List.set to set comprehensions.  Occasional
  1604 INCOMPATIBILITY, may be deactivated like this:
  1605 
  1606   declare [[simproc del: list_to_set_comprehension]]
  1607 
  1608 * Removed old version of primrec package.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1609 
  1610 * Removed simplifier congruence rule of "prod_case", as has for long
  1611 been the case with "split".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1612 
  1613 * String.literal is a type, but not a datatype.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1614 
  1615 * Removed [split_format ... and ... and ...] version of
  1616 [split_format].  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1617 
  1618 * Predicate "sorted" now defined inductively, with nice induction
  1619 rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY: former sorted.simps now named sorted_simps.
  1620 
  1621 * Constant "contents" renamed to "the_elem", to free the generic name
  1622 contents for other uses.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1623 
  1624 * Renamed class eq and constant eq (for code generation) to class
  1625 equal and constant equal, plus renaming of related facts and various
  1626 tuning.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1627 
  1628 * Dropped type classes mult_mono and mult_mono1.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1629 
  1630 * Removed output syntax "'a ~=> 'b" for "'a => 'b option".
  1631 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1632 
  1633 * Renamed theory Fset to Cset, type Fset.fset to Cset.set, in order to
  1634 avoid confusion with finite sets.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1635 
  1636 * Abandoned locales equiv, congruent and congruent2 for equivalence
  1637 relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use equivI rather than equiv_intro (same
  1638 for congruent(2)).
  1639 
  1640 * Some previously unqualified names have been qualified:
  1641 
  1642   types
  1643     bool ~> HOL.bool
  1644     nat ~> Nat.nat
  1645 
  1646   constants
  1647     Trueprop ~> HOL.Trueprop
  1648     True ~> HOL.True
  1649     False ~> HOL.False
  1650     op & ~> HOL.conj
  1651     op | ~> HOL.disj
  1652     op --> ~> HOL.implies
  1653     op = ~> HOL.eq
  1654     Not ~> HOL.Not
  1655     The ~> HOL.The
  1656     All ~> HOL.All
  1657     Ex ~> HOL.Ex
  1658     Ex1 ~> HOL.Ex1
  1659     Let ~> HOL.Let
  1660     If ~> HOL.If
  1661     Ball ~> Set.Ball
  1662     Bex ~> Set.Bex
  1663     Suc ~> Nat.Suc
  1664     Pair ~> Product_Type.Pair
  1665     fst ~> Product_Type.fst
  1666     snd ~> Product_Type.snd
  1667     curry ~> Product_Type.curry
  1668     op : ~> Set.member
  1669     Collect ~> Set.Collect
  1670 
  1671 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1672 
  1673 * More canonical naming convention for some fundamental definitions:
  1674 
  1675     bot_bool_eq ~> bot_bool_def
  1676     top_bool_eq ~> top_bool_def
  1677     inf_bool_eq ~> inf_bool_def
  1678     sup_bool_eq ~> sup_bool_def
  1679     bot_fun_eq  ~> bot_fun_def
  1680     top_fun_eq  ~> top_fun_def
  1681     inf_fun_eq  ~> inf_fun_def
  1682     sup_fun_eq  ~> sup_fun_def
  1683 
  1684 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1685 
  1686 * More stylized fact names:
  1687 
  1688   expand_fun_eq ~> fun_eq_iff
  1689   expand_set_eq ~> set_eq_iff
  1690   set_ext       ~> set_eqI
  1691   nat_number    ~> eval_nat_numeral
  1692 
  1693 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1694 
  1695 * Refactoring of code-generation specific operations in theory List:
  1696 
  1697   constants
  1698     null ~> List.null
  1699 
  1700   facts
  1701     mem_iff ~> member_def
  1702     null_empty ~> null_def
  1703 
  1704 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Note that these were not supposed to be used
  1705 regularly unless for striking reasons; their main purpose was code
  1706 generation.
  1707 
  1708 Various operations from the Haskell prelude are used for generating
  1709 Haskell code.
  1710 
  1711 * Term "bij f" is now an abbreviation of "bij_betw f UNIV UNIV".  Term
  1712 "surj f" is now an abbreviation of "range f = UNIV".  The theorems
  1713 bij_def and surj_def are unchanged.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1714 
  1715 * Abolished some non-alphabetic type names: "prod" and "sum" replace
  1716 "*" and "+" respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1717 
  1718 * Name "Plus" of disjoint sum operator "<+>" is now hidden.  Write
  1719 "Sum_Type.Plus" instead.
  1720 
  1721 * Constant "split" has been merged with constant "prod_case"; names of
  1722 ML functions, facts etc. involving split have been retained so far,
  1723 though.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1724 
  1725 * Dropped old infix syntax "_ mem _" for List.member; use "_ : set _"
  1726 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1727 
  1728 * Removed lemma "Option.is_none_none" which duplicates "is_none_def".
  1729 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1730 
  1731 * Former theory Library/Enum is now part of the HOL-Main image.
  1732 INCOMPATIBILITY: all constants of the Enum theory now have to be
  1733 referred to by its qualified name.
  1734 
  1735   enum    ~>  Enum.enum
  1736   nlists  ~>  Enum.nlists
  1737   product ~>  Enum.product
  1738 
  1739 * Theory Library/Monad_Syntax provides do-syntax for monad types.
  1740 Syntax in Library/State_Monad has been changed to avoid ambiguities.
  1741 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1742 
  1743 * Theory Library/SetsAndFunctions has been split into
  1744 Library/Function_Algebras and Library/Set_Algebras; canonical names
  1745 for instance definitions for functions; various improvements.
  1746 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1747 
  1748 * Theory Library/Multiset provides stable quicksort implementation of
  1749 sort_key.
  1750 
  1751 * Theory Library/Multiset: renamed empty_idemp ~> empty_neutral.
  1752 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1753 
  1754 * Session Multivariate_Analysis: introduced a type class for euclidean
  1755 space.  Most theorems are now stated in terms of euclidean spaces
  1756 instead of finite cartesian products.
  1757 
  1758   types
  1759     real ^ 'n ~>  'a::real_vector
  1760               ~>  'a::euclidean_space
  1761               ~>  'a::ordered_euclidean_space
  1762         (depends on your needs)
  1763 
  1764   constants
  1765      _ $ _        ~> _ $$ _
  1766      \<chi> x. _  ~> \<chi>\<chi> x. _
  1767      CARD('n)     ~> DIM('a)
  1768 
  1769 Also note that the indices are now natural numbers and not from some
  1770 finite type. Finite cartesian products of euclidean spaces, products
  1771 of euclidean spaces the real and complex numbers are instantiated to
  1772 be euclidean_spaces.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1773 
  1774 * Session Probability: introduced pextreal as positive extended real
  1775 numbers.  Use pextreal as value for measures.  Introduce the
  1776 Radon-Nikodym derivative, product spaces and Fubini's theorem for
  1777 arbitrary sigma finite measures.  Introduces Lebesgue measure based on
  1778 the integral in Multivariate Analysis.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1779 
  1780 * Session Imperative_HOL: revamped, corrected dozens of inadequacies.
  1781 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1782 
  1783 * Session SPARK (with image HOL-SPARK) provides commands to load and
  1784 prove verification conditions generated by the SPARK Ada program
  1785 verifier.  See also src/HOL/SPARK and src/HOL/SPARK/Examples.
  1786 
  1787 
  1788 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  1789 
  1790 * Theorems for additive ring operations (locale abelian_monoid and
  1791 descendants) are generated by interpretation from their multiplicative
  1792 counterparts.  Names (in particular theorem names) have the mandatory
  1793 qualifier 'add'.  Previous theorem names are redeclared for
  1794 compatibility.
  1795 
  1796 * Structure "int_ring" is now an abbreviation (previously a
  1797 definition).  This fits more natural with advanced interpretations.
  1798 
  1799 
  1800 *** HOLCF ***
  1801 
  1802 * The domain package now runs in definitional mode by default: The
  1803 former command 'new_domain' is now called 'domain'.  To use the domain
  1804 package in its original axiomatic mode, use 'domain (unsafe)'.
  1805 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1806 
  1807 * The new class "domain" is now the default sort.  Class "predomain"
  1808 is an unpointed version of "domain". Theories can be updated by
  1809 replacing sort annotations as shown below.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1810 
  1811   'a::type ~> 'a::countable
  1812   'a::cpo  ~> 'a::predomain
  1813   'a::pcpo ~> 'a::domain
  1814 
  1815 * The old type class "rep" has been superseded by class "domain".
  1816 Accordingly, users of the definitional package must remove any
  1817 "default_sort rep" declarations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1818 
  1819 * The domain package (definitional mode) now supports unpointed
  1820 predomain argument types, as long as they are marked 'lazy'. (Strict
  1821 arguments must be in class "domain".) For example, the following
  1822 domain definition now works:
  1823 
  1824   domain natlist = nil | cons (lazy "nat discr") (lazy "natlist")
  1825 
  1826 * Theory HOLCF/Library/HOL_Cpo provides cpo and predomain class
  1827 instances for types from main HOL: bool, nat, int, char, 'a + 'b,
  1828 'a option, and 'a list.  Additionally, it configures fixrec and the
  1829 domain package to work with these types.  For example:
  1830 
  1831   fixrec isInl :: "('a + 'b) u -> tr"
  1832     where "isInl$(up$(Inl x)) = TT" | "isInl$(up$(Inr y)) = FF"
  1833 
  1834   domain V = VFun (lazy "V -> V") | VCon (lazy "nat") (lazy "V list")
  1835 
  1836 * The "(permissive)" option of fixrec has been replaced with a
  1837 per-equation "(unchecked)" option. See
  1838 src/HOL/HOLCF/Tutorial/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1839 
  1840 * The "bifinite" class no longer fixes a constant "approx"; the class
  1841 now just asserts that such a function exists.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1842 
  1843 * Former type "alg_defl" has been renamed to "defl".  HOLCF no longer
  1844 defines an embedding of type 'a defl into udom by default; instances
  1845 of "bifinite" and "domain" classes are available in
  1846 src/HOL/HOLCF/Library/Defl_Bifinite.thy.
  1847 
  1848 * The syntax "REP('a)" has been replaced with "DEFL('a)".
  1849 
  1850 * The predicate "directed" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1851 
  1852 * The type class "finite_po" has been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1853 
  1854 * The function "cprod_map" has been renamed to "prod_map".
  1855 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1856 
  1857 * The monadic bind operator on each powerdomain has new binder syntax
  1858 similar to sets, e.g. "\<Union>\<sharp>x\<in>xs. t" represents
  1859 "upper_bind\<cdot>xs\<cdot>(\<Lambda> x. t)".
  1860 
  1861 * The infix syntax for binary union on each powerdomain has changed
  1862 from e.g. "+\<sharp>" to "\<union>\<sharp>", for consistency with set
  1863 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1864 
  1865 * The constant "UU" has been renamed to "bottom".  The syntax "UU" is
  1866 still supported as an input translation.
  1867 
  1868 * Renamed some theorems (the original names are also still available).
  1869 
  1870   expand_fun_below   ~> fun_below_iff
  1871   below_fun_ext      ~> fun_belowI
  1872   expand_cfun_eq     ~> cfun_eq_iff
  1873   ext_cfun           ~> cfun_eqI
  1874   expand_cfun_below  ~> cfun_below_iff
  1875   below_cfun_ext     ~> cfun_belowI
  1876   cont2cont_Rep_CFun ~> cont2cont_APP
  1877 
  1878 * The Abs and Rep functions for various types have changed names.
  1879 Related theorem names have also changed to match. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1880 
  1881   Rep_CFun  ~> Rep_cfun
  1882   Abs_CFun  ~> Abs_cfun
  1883   Rep_Sprod ~> Rep_sprod
  1884   Abs_Sprod ~> Abs_sprod
  1885   Rep_Ssum  ~> Rep_ssum
  1886   Abs_Ssum  ~> Abs_ssum
  1887 
  1888 * Lemmas with names of the form *_defined_iff or *_strict_iff have
  1889 been renamed to *_bottom_iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1890 
  1891 * Various changes to bisimulation/coinduction with domain package:
  1892 
  1893   - Definitions of "bisim" constants no longer mention definedness.
  1894   - With mutual recursion, "bisim" predicate is now curried.
  1895   - With mutual recursion, each type gets a separate coind theorem.
  1896   - Variable names in bisim_def and coinduct rules have changed.
  1897 
  1898 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1899 
  1900 * Case combinators generated by the domain package for type "foo" are
  1901 now named "foo_case" instead of "foo_when".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1902 
  1903 * Several theorems have been renamed to more accurately reflect the
  1904 names of constants and types involved.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1905 
  1906   thelub_const    ~> lub_const
  1907   lub_const       ~> is_lub_const
  1908   thelubI         ~> lub_eqI
  1909   is_lub_lub      ~> is_lubD2
  1910   lubI            ~> is_lub_lub
  1911   unique_lub      ~> is_lub_unique
  1912   is_ub_lub       ~> is_lub_rangeD1
  1913   lub_bin_chain   ~> is_lub_bin_chain
  1914   lub_fun         ~> is_lub_fun
  1915   thelub_fun      ~> lub_fun
  1916   thelub_cfun     ~> lub_cfun
  1917   thelub_Pair     ~> lub_Pair
  1918   lub_cprod       ~> is_lub_prod
  1919   thelub_cprod    ~> lub_prod
  1920   minimal_cprod   ~> minimal_prod
  1921   inst_cprod_pcpo ~> inst_prod_pcpo
  1922   UU_I            ~> bottomI
  1923   compact_UU      ~> compact_bottom
  1924   deflation_UU    ~> deflation_bottom
  1925   finite_deflation_UU ~> finite_deflation_bottom
  1926 
  1927 * Many legacy theorem names have been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1928 
  1929   sq_ord_less_eq_trans ~> below_eq_trans
  1930   sq_ord_eq_less_trans ~> eq_below_trans
  1931   refl_less            ~> below_refl
  1932   trans_less           ~> below_trans
  1933   antisym_less         ~> below_antisym
  1934   antisym_less_inverse ~> po_eq_conv [THEN iffD1]
  1935   box_less             ~> box_below
  1936   rev_trans_less       ~> rev_below_trans
  1937   not_less2not_eq      ~> not_below2not_eq
  1938   less_UU_iff          ~> below_UU_iff
  1939   flat_less_iff        ~> flat_below_iff
  1940   adm_less             ~> adm_below
  1941   adm_not_less         ~> adm_not_below
  1942   adm_compact_not_less ~> adm_compact_not_below
  1943   less_fun_def         ~> below_fun_def
  1944   expand_fun_less      ~> fun_below_iff
  1945   less_fun_ext         ~> fun_belowI
  1946   less_discr_def       ~> below_discr_def
  1947   discr_less_eq        ~> discr_below_eq
  1948   less_unit_def        ~> below_unit_def
  1949   less_cprod_def       ~> below_prod_def
  1950   prod_lessI           ~> prod_belowI
  1951   Pair_less_iff        ~> Pair_below_iff
  1952   fst_less_iff         ~> fst_below_iff
  1953   snd_less_iff         ~> snd_below_iff
  1954   expand_cfun_less     ~> cfun_below_iff
  1955   less_cfun_ext        ~> cfun_belowI
  1956   injection_less       ~> injection_below
  1957   less_up_def          ~> below_up_def
  1958   not_Iup_less         ~> not_Iup_below
  1959   Iup_less             ~> Iup_below
  1960   up_less              ~> up_below
  1961   Def_inject_less_eq   ~> Def_below_Def
  1962   Def_less_is_eq       ~> Def_below_iff
  1963   spair_less_iff       ~> spair_below_iff
  1964   less_sprod           ~> below_sprod
  1965   spair_less           ~> spair_below
  1966   sfst_less_iff        ~> sfst_below_iff
  1967   ssnd_less_iff        ~> ssnd_below_iff
  1968   fix_least_less       ~> fix_least_below
  1969   dist_less_one        ~> dist_below_one
  1970   less_ONE             ~> below_ONE
  1971   ONE_less_iff         ~> ONE_below_iff
  1972   less_sinlD           ~> below_sinlD
  1973   less_sinrD           ~> below_sinrD
  1974 
  1975 
  1976 *** FOL and ZF ***
  1977 
  1978 * All constant names are now qualified internally and use proper
  1979 identifiers, e.g. "IFOL.eq" instead of "op =".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1980 
  1981 *** ZF ***
  1982 
  1983 * Greater support for structured proofs involving induction or case analysis.
  1984 
  1985 * Much greater use of special symbols.
  1986 
  1987 * Removal of many ML theorem bindings. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  1988 
  1989 *** ML ***
  1990 
  1991 * Antiquotation @{assert} inlines a function bool -> unit that raises
  1992 Fail if the argument is false.  Due to inlining the source position of
  1993 failed assertions is included in the error output.
  1994 
  1995 * Discontinued antiquotation @{theory_ref}, which is obsolete since ML
  1996 text is in practice always evaluated with a stable theory checkpoint.
  1997 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use (Theory.check_thy @{theory}) instead.
  1998 
  1999 * Antiquotation @{theory A} refers to theory A from the ancestry of
  2000 the current context, not any accidental theory loader state as before.
  2001 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, subtle change in semantics.
  2002 
  2003 * Syntax.pretty_priority (default 0) configures the required priority
  2004 of pretty-printed output and thus affects insertion of parentheses.
  2005 
  2006 * Syntax.default_root (default "any") configures the inner syntax
  2007 category (nonterminal symbol) for parsing of terms.
  2008 
  2009 * Former exception Library.UnequalLengths now coincides with
  2010 ListPair.UnequalLengths.
  2011 
  2012 * Renamed structure MetaSimplifier to Raw_Simplifier.  Note that the
  2013 main functionality is provided by structure Simplifier.
  2014 
  2015 * Renamed raw "explode" function to "raw_explode" to emphasize its
  2016 meaning.  Note that internally to Isabelle, Symbol.explode is used in
  2017 almost all situations.
  2018 
  2019 * Discontinued obsolete function sys_error and exception SYS_ERROR.
  2020 See implementation manual for further details on exceptions in
  2021 Isabelle/ML.
  2022 
  2023 * Renamed setmp_noncritical to Unsynchronized.setmp to emphasize its
  2024 meaning.
  2025 
  2026 * Renamed structure PureThy to Pure_Thy and moved most of its
  2027 operations to structure Global_Theory, to emphasize that this is
  2028 rarely-used global-only stuff.
  2029 
  2030 * Discontinued Output.debug.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY, use plain writeln
  2031 instead (or tracing for high-volume output).
  2032 
  2033 * Configuration option show_question_marks only affects regular pretty
  2034 printing of types and terms, not raw Term.string_of_vname.
  2035 
  2036 * ML_Context.thm and ML_Context.thms are no longer pervasive.  Rare
  2037 INCOMPATIBILITY, superseded by static antiquotations @{thm} and
  2038 @{thms} for most purposes.
  2039 
  2040 * ML structure Unsynchronized is never opened, not even in Isar
  2041 interaction mode as before.  Old Unsynchronized.set etc. have been
  2042 discontinued -- use plain := instead.  This should be *rare* anyway,
  2043 since modern tools always work via official context data, notably
  2044 configuration options.
  2045 
  2046 * Parallel and asynchronous execution requires special care concerning
  2047 interrupts.  Structure Exn provides some convenience functions that
  2048 avoid working directly with raw Interrupt.  User code must not absorb
  2049 interrupts -- intermediate handling (for cleanup etc.) needs to be
  2050 followed by re-raising of the original exception.  Another common
  2051 source of mistakes are "handle _" patterns, which make the meaning of
  2052 the program subject to physical effects of the environment.
  2053 
  2054 
  2055 
  2056 New in Isabelle2009-2 (June 2010)
  2057 ---------------------------------
  2058 
  2059 *** General ***
  2060 
  2061 * Authentic syntax for *all* logical entities (type classes, type
  2062 constructors, term constants): provides simple and robust
  2063 correspondence between formal entities and concrete syntax.  Within
  2064 the parse tree / AST representations, "constants" are decorated by
  2065 their category (class, type, const) and spelled out explicitly with
  2066 their full internal name.
  2067 
  2068 Substantial INCOMPATIBILITY concerning low-level syntax declarations
  2069 and translations (translation rules and translation functions in ML).
  2070 Some hints on upgrading:
  2071 
  2072   - Many existing uses of 'syntax' and 'translations' can be replaced
  2073     by more modern 'type_notation', 'notation' and 'abbreviation',
  2074     which are independent of this issue.
  2075 
  2076   - 'translations' require markup within the AST; the term syntax
  2077     provides the following special forms:
  2078 
  2079       CONST c   -- produces syntax version of constant c from context
  2080       XCONST c  -- literally c, checked as constant from context
  2081       c         -- literally c, if declared by 'syntax'
  2082 
  2083     Plain identifiers are treated as AST variables -- occasionally the
  2084     system indicates accidental variables via the error "rhs contains
  2085     extra variables".
  2086 
  2087     Type classes and type constructors are marked according to their
  2088     concrete syntax.  Some old translations rules need to be written
  2089     for the "type" category, using type constructor application
  2090     instead of pseudo-term application of the default category
  2091     "logic".
  2092 
  2093   - 'parse_translation' etc. in ML may use the following
  2094     antiquotations:
  2095 
  2096       @{class_syntax c}   -- type class c within parse tree / AST
  2097       @{term_syntax c}    -- type constructor c within parse tree / AST
  2098       @{const_syntax c}   -- ML version of "CONST c" above
  2099       @{syntax_const c}   -- literally c (checked wrt. 'syntax' declarations)
  2100 
  2101   - Literal types within 'typed_print_translations', i.e. those *not*
  2102     represented as pseudo-terms are represented verbatim.  Use @{class
  2103     c} or @{type_name c} here instead of the above syntax
  2104     antiquotations.
  2105 
  2106 Note that old non-authentic syntax was based on unqualified base
  2107 names, so all of the above "constant" names would coincide.  Recall
  2108 that 'print_syntax' and ML_command "set Syntax.trace_ast" help to
  2109 diagnose syntax problems.
  2110 
  2111 * Type constructors admit general mixfix syntax, not just infix.
  2112 
  2113 * Concrete syntax may be attached to local entities without a proof
  2114 body, too.  This works via regular mixfix annotations for 'fix',
  2115 'def', 'obtain' etc. or via the explicit 'write' command, which is
  2116 similar to the 'notation' command in theory specifications.
  2117 
  2118 * Discontinued unnamed infix syntax (legacy feature for many years) --
  2119 need to specify constant name and syntax separately.  Internal ML
  2120 datatype constructors have been renamed from InfixName to Infix etc.
  2121 Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2122 
  2123 * Schematic theorem statements need to be explicitly markup as such,
  2124 via commands 'schematic_lemma', 'schematic_theorem',
  2125 'schematic_corollary'.  Thus the relevance of the proof is made
  2126 syntactically clear, which impacts performance in a parallel or
  2127 asynchronous interactive environment.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2128 
  2129 * Use of cumulative prems via "!" in some proof methods has been
  2130 discontinued (old legacy feature).
  2131 
  2132 * References 'trace_simp' and 'debug_simp' have been replaced by
  2133 configuration options stored in the context. Enabling tracing (the
  2134 case of debugging is similar) in proofs works via
  2135 
  2136   using [[trace_simp = true]]
  2137 
  2138 Tracing is then active for all invocations of the simplifier in
  2139 subsequent goal refinement steps. Tracing may also still be enabled or
  2140 disabled via the ProofGeneral settings menu.
  2141 
  2142 * Separate commands 'hide_class', 'hide_type', 'hide_const',
  2143 'hide_fact' replace the former 'hide' KIND command.  Minor
  2144 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2145 
  2146 * Improved parallelism of proof term normalization: usedir -p2 -q0 is
  2147 more efficient than combinations with -q1 or -q2.
  2148 
  2149 
  2150 *** Pure ***
  2151 
  2152 * Proofterms record type-class reasoning explicitly, using the
  2153 "unconstrain" operation internally.  This eliminates all sort
  2154 constraints from a theorem and proof, introducing explicit
  2155 OFCLASS-premises.  On the proof term level, this operation is
  2156 automatically applied at theorem boundaries, such that closed proofs
  2157 are always free of sort constraints.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools that
  2158 inspect proof terms.
  2159 
  2160 * Local theory specifications may depend on extra type variables that
  2161 are not present in the result type -- arguments TYPE('a) :: 'a itself
  2162 are added internally.  For example:
  2163 
  2164   definition unitary :: bool where "unitary = (ALL (x::'a) y. x = y)"
  2165 
  2166 * Predicates of locales introduced by classes carry a mandatory
  2167 "class" prefix.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2168 
  2169 * Vacuous class specifications observe default sort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2170 
  2171 * Old 'axclass' command has been discontinued.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  2172 'class' instead.
  2173 
  2174 * Command 'code_reflect' allows to incorporate generated ML code into
  2175 runtime environment; replaces immature code_datatype antiquotation.
  2176 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2177 
  2178 * Code generator: simple concept for abstract datatypes obeying
  2179 invariants.
  2180 
  2181 * Code generator: details of internal data cache have no impact on the
  2182 user space functionality any longer.
  2183 
  2184 * Methods "unfold_locales" and "intro_locales" ignore non-locale
  2185 subgoals.  This is more appropriate for interpretations with 'where'.
  2186 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2187 
  2188 * Command 'example_proof' opens an empty proof body.  This allows to
  2189 experiment with Isar, without producing any persistent result.
  2190 
  2191 * Commands 'type_notation' and 'no_type_notation' declare type syntax
  2192 within a local theory context, with explicit checking of the
  2193 constructors involved (in contrast to the raw 'syntax' versions).
  2194 
  2195 * Commands 'types' and 'typedecl' now work within a local theory
  2196 context -- without introducing dependencies on parameters or
  2197 assumptions, which is not possible in Isabelle/Pure.
  2198 
  2199 * Command 'defaultsort' has been renamed to 'default_sort', it works
  2200 within a local theory context.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2201 
  2202 
  2203 *** HOL ***
  2204 
  2205 * Command 'typedef' now works within a local theory context -- without
  2206 introducing dependencies on parameters or assumptions, which is not
  2207 possible in Isabelle/Pure/HOL.  Note that the logical environment may
  2208 contain multiple interpretations of local typedefs (with different
  2209 non-emptiness proofs), even in a global theory context.
  2210 
  2211 * New package for quotient types.  Commands 'quotient_type' and
  2212 'quotient_definition' may be used for defining types and constants by
  2213 quotient constructions.  An example is the type of integers created by
  2214 quotienting pairs of natural numbers:
  2215 
  2216   fun
  2217     intrel :: "(nat * nat) => (nat * nat) => bool"
  2218   where
  2219     "intrel (x, y) (u, v) = (x + v = u + y)"
  2220 
  2221   quotient_type int = "nat * nat" / intrel
  2222     by (auto simp add: equivp_def expand_fun_eq)
  2223 
  2224   quotient_definition
  2225     "0::int" is "(0::nat, 0::nat)"
  2226 
  2227 The method "lifting" can be used to lift of theorems from the
  2228 underlying "raw" type to the quotient type.  The example
  2229 src/HOL/Quotient_Examples/FSet.thy includes such a quotient
  2230 construction and provides a reasoning infrastructure for finite sets.
  2231 
  2232 * Renamed Library/Quotient.thy to Library/Quotient_Type.thy to avoid
  2233 clash with new theory Quotient in Main HOL.
  2234 
  2235 * Moved the SMT binding into the main HOL session, eliminating
  2236 separate HOL-SMT session.
  2237 
  2238 * List membership infix mem operation is only an input abbreviation.
  2239 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2240 
  2241 * Theory Library/Word.thy has been removed.  Use library Word/Word.thy
  2242 for future developements; former Library/Word.thy is still present in
  2243 the AFP entry RSAPPS.
  2244 
  2245 * Theorem Int.int_induct renamed to Int.int_of_nat_induct and is no
  2246 longer shadowed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2247 
  2248 * Dropped theorem duplicate comp_arith; use semiring_norm instead.
  2249 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2250 
  2251 * Dropped theorem RealPow.real_sq_order; use power2_le_imp_le instead.
  2252 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2253 
  2254 * Dropped normalizing_semiring etc; use the facts in semiring classes
  2255 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2256 
  2257 * Dropped several real-specific versions of lemmas about floor and
  2258 ceiling; use the generic lemmas from theory "Archimedean_Field"
  2259 instead.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2260 
  2261   floor_number_of_eq         ~> floor_number_of
  2262   le_floor_eq_number_of      ~> number_of_le_floor
  2263   le_floor_eq_zero           ~> zero_le_floor
  2264   le_floor_eq_one            ~> one_le_floor
  2265   floor_less_eq_number_of    ~> floor_less_number_of
  2266   floor_less_eq_zero         ~> floor_less_zero
  2267   floor_less_eq_one          ~> floor_less_one
  2268   less_floor_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_less_floor
  2269   less_floor_eq_zero         ~> zero_less_floor
  2270   less_floor_eq_one          ~> one_less_floor
  2271   floor_le_eq_number_of      ~> floor_le_number_of
  2272   floor_le_eq_zero           ~> floor_le_zero
  2273   floor_le_eq_one            ~> floor_le_one
  2274   floor_subtract_number_of   ~> floor_diff_number_of
  2275   floor_subtract_one         ~> floor_diff_one
  2276   ceiling_number_of_eq       ~> ceiling_number_of
  2277   ceiling_le_eq_number_of    ~> ceiling_le_number_of
  2278   ceiling_le_zero_eq         ~> ceiling_le_zero
  2279   ceiling_le_eq_one          ~> ceiling_le_one
  2280   less_ceiling_eq_number_of  ~> number_of_less_ceiling
  2281   less_ceiling_eq_zero       ~> zero_less_ceiling
  2282   less_ceiling_eq_one        ~> one_less_ceiling
  2283   ceiling_less_eq_number_of  ~> ceiling_less_number_of
  2284   ceiling_less_eq_zero       ~> ceiling_less_zero
  2285   ceiling_less_eq_one        ~> ceiling_less_one
  2286   le_ceiling_eq_number_of    ~> number_of_le_ceiling
  2287   le_ceiling_eq_zero         ~> zero_le_ceiling
  2288   le_ceiling_eq_one          ~> one_le_ceiling
  2289   ceiling_subtract_number_of ~> ceiling_diff_number_of
  2290   ceiling_subtract_one       ~> ceiling_diff_one
  2291 
  2292 * Theory "Finite_Set": various folding_XXX locales facilitate the
  2293 application of the various fold combinators on finite sets.
  2294 
  2295 * Library theory "RBT" renamed to "RBT_Impl"; new library theory "RBT"
  2296 provides abstract red-black tree type which is backed by "RBT_Impl" as
  2297 implementation.  INCOMPATIBILTY.
  2298 
  2299 * Theory Library/Coinductive_List has been removed -- superseded by
  2300 AFP/thys/Coinductive.
  2301 
  2302 * Theory PReal, including the type "preal" and related operations, has
  2303 been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2304 
  2305 * Real: new development using Cauchy Sequences.
  2306 
  2307 * Split off theory "Big_Operators" containing setsum, setprod,
  2308 Inf_fin, Sup_fin, Min, Max from theory Finite_Set.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2309 
  2310 * Theory "Rational" renamed to "Rat", for consistency with "Nat",
  2311 "Int" etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2312 
  2313 * Constant Rat.normalize needs to be qualified.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2314 
  2315 * New set of rules "ac_simps" provides combined assoc / commute
  2316 rewrites for all interpretations of the appropriate generic locales.
  2317 
  2318 * Renamed theory "OrderedGroup" to "Groups" and split theory
  2319 "Ring_and_Field" into theories "Rings" and "Fields"; for more
  2320 appropriate and more consistent names suitable for name prefixes
  2321 within the HOL theories.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2322 
  2323 * Some generic constants have been put to appropriate theories:
  2324   - less_eq, less: Orderings
  2325   - zero, one, plus, minus, uminus, times, abs, sgn: Groups
  2326   - inverse, divide: Rings
  2327 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2328 
  2329 * More consistent naming of type classes involving orderings (and
  2330 lattices):
  2331 
  2332     lower_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_inf
  2333     upper_semilattice                   ~> semilattice_sup
  2334 
  2335     dense_linear_order                  ~> dense_linorder
  2336 
  2337     pordered_ab_group_add               ~> ordered_ab_group_add
  2338     pordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> ordered_ab_group_add_abs
  2339     pordered_ab_semigroup_add           ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add
  2340     pordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le    ~> ordered_ab_semigroup_add_imp_le
  2341     pordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add    ~> ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  2342     pordered_cancel_comm_semiring       ~> ordered_cancel_comm_semiring
  2343     pordered_cancel_semiring            ~> ordered_cancel_semiring
  2344     pordered_comm_monoid_add            ~> ordered_comm_monoid_add
  2345     pordered_comm_ring                  ~> ordered_comm_ring
  2346     pordered_comm_semiring              ~> ordered_comm_semiring
  2347     pordered_ring                       ~> ordered_ring
  2348     pordered_ring_abs                   ~> ordered_ring_abs
  2349     pordered_semiring                   ~> ordered_semiring
  2350 
  2351     ordered_ab_group_add                ~> linordered_ab_group_add
  2352     ordered_ab_semigroup_add            ~> linordered_ab_semigroup_add
  2353     ordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add     ~> linordered_cancel_ab_semigroup_add
  2354     ordered_comm_semiring_strict        ~> linordered_comm_semiring_strict
  2355     ordered_field                       ~> linordered_field
  2356     ordered_field_no_lb                 ~> linordered_field_no_lb
  2357     ordered_field_no_ub                 ~> linordered_field_no_ub
  2358     ordered_field_dense_linear_order    ~> dense_linordered_field
  2359     ordered_idom                        ~> linordered_idom
  2360     ordered_ring                        ~> linordered_ring
  2361     ordered_ring_le_cancel_factor       ~> linordered_ring_le_cancel_factor
  2362     ordered_ring_less_cancel_factor     ~> linordered_ring_less_cancel_factor
  2363     ordered_ring_strict                 ~> linordered_ring_strict
  2364     ordered_semidom                     ~> linordered_semidom
  2365     ordered_semiring                    ~> linordered_semiring
  2366     ordered_semiring_1                  ~> linordered_semiring_1
  2367     ordered_semiring_1_strict           ~> linordered_semiring_1_strict
  2368     ordered_semiring_strict             ~> linordered_semiring_strict
  2369 
  2370   The following slightly odd type classes have been moved to a
  2371   separate theory Library/Lattice_Algebras:
  2372 
  2373     lordered_ab_group_add               ~> lattice_ab_group_add
  2374     lordered_ab_group_add_abs           ~> lattice_ab_group_add_abs
  2375     lordered_ab_group_add_meet          ~> semilattice_inf_ab_group_add
  2376     lordered_ab_group_add_join          ~> semilattice_sup_ab_group_add
  2377     lordered_ring                       ~> lattice_ring
  2378 
  2379 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2380 
  2381 * Refined field classes:
  2382   - classes division_ring_inverse_zero, field_inverse_zero,
  2383     linordered_field_inverse_zero include rule inverse 0 = 0 --
  2384     subsumes former division_by_zero class;
  2385   - numerous lemmas have been ported from field to division_ring.
  2386 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2387 
  2388 * Refined algebra theorem collections:
  2389   - dropped theorem group group_simps, use algebra_simps instead;
  2390   - dropped theorem group ring_simps, use field_simps instead;
  2391   - proper theorem collection field_simps subsumes former theorem
  2392     groups field_eq_simps and field_simps;
  2393   - dropped lemma eq_minus_self_iff which is a duplicate for
  2394     equal_neg_zero.
  2395 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2396 
  2397 * Theory Finite_Set and List: some lemmas have been generalized from
  2398 sets to lattices:
  2399 
  2400   fun_left_comm_idem_inter      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_inf
  2401   fun_left_comm_idem_union      ~> fun_left_comm_idem_sup
  2402   inter_Inter_fold_inter        ~> inf_Inf_fold_inf
  2403   union_Union_fold_union        ~> sup_Sup_fold_sup
  2404   Inter_fold_inter              ~> Inf_fold_inf
  2405   Union_fold_union              ~> Sup_fold_sup
  2406   inter_INTER_fold_inter        ~> inf_INFI_fold_inf
  2407   union_UNION_fold_union        ~> sup_SUPR_fold_sup
  2408   INTER_fold_inter              ~> INFI_fold_inf
  2409   UNION_fold_union              ~> SUPR_fold_sup
  2410 
  2411 * Theory "Complete_Lattice": lemmas top_def and bot_def have been
  2412 replaced by the more convenient lemmas Inf_empty and Sup_empty.
  2413 Dropped lemmas Inf_insert_simp and Sup_insert_simp, which are subsumed
  2414 by Inf_insert and Sup_insert.  Lemmas Inf_UNIV and Sup_UNIV replace
  2415 former Inf_Univ and Sup_Univ.  Lemmas inf_top_right and sup_bot_right
  2416 subsume inf_top and sup_bot respectively.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2417 
  2418 * Reorganized theory Multiset: swapped notation of pointwise and
  2419 multiset order:
  2420 
  2421   - pointwise ordering is instance of class order with standard syntax
  2422     <= and <;
  2423   - multiset ordering has syntax <=# and <#; partial order properties
  2424     are provided by means of interpretation with prefix
  2425     multiset_order;
  2426   - less duplication, less historical organization of sections,
  2427     conversion from associations lists to multisets, rudimentary code
  2428     generation;
  2429   - use insert_DiffM2 [symmetric] instead of elem_imp_eq_diff_union,
  2430     if needed.
  2431 
  2432 Renamed:
  2433 
  2434   multiset_eq_conv_count_eq  ~>  multiset_ext_iff
  2435   multi_count_ext  ~>  multiset_ext
  2436   diff_union_inverse2  ~>  diff_union_cancelR
  2437 
  2438 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2439 
  2440 * Theory Permutation: replaced local "remove" by List.remove1.
  2441 
  2442 * Code generation: ML and OCaml code is decorated with signatures.
  2443 
  2444 * Theory List: added transpose.
  2445 
  2446 * Library/Nat_Bijection.thy is a collection of bijective functions
  2447 between nat and other types, which supersedes the older libraries
  2448 Library/Nat_Int_Bij.thy and HOLCF/NatIso.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2449 
  2450   Constants:
  2451   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat         ~> prod_encode
  2452   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2         ~> prod_decode
  2453   Nat_Int_Bij.int_to_nat_bij      ~> int_encode
  2454   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_int_bij      ~> int_decode
  2455   Countable.pair_encode           ~> prod_encode
  2456   NatIso.prod2nat                 ~> prod_encode
  2457   NatIso.nat2prod                 ~> prod_decode
  2458   NatIso.sum2nat                  ~> sum_encode
  2459   NatIso.nat2sum                  ~> sum_decode
  2460   NatIso.list2nat                 ~> list_encode
  2461   NatIso.nat2list                 ~> list_decode
  2462   NatIso.set2nat                  ~> set_encode
  2463   NatIso.nat2set                  ~> set_decode
  2464 
  2465   Lemmas:
  2466   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  2467   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_inj     ~> inj_prod_encode
  2468   Nat_Int_Bij.nat2_to_nat_surj    ~> surj_prod_encode
  2469   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_inj     ~> inj_prod_decode
  2470   Nat_Int_Bij.nat_to_nat2_surj    ~> surj_prod_decode
  2471   Nat_Int_Bij.i2n_n2i_id          ~> int_encode_inverse
  2472   Nat_Int_Bij.n2i_i2n_id          ~> int_decode_inverse
  2473   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_nat_to_int_bij ~> surj_int_encode
  2474   Nat_Int_Bij.surj_int_to_nat_bij ~> surj_int_decode
  2475   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_nat_to_int_bij  ~> inj_int_encode
  2476   Nat_Int_Bij.inj_int_to_nat_bij  ~> inj_int_decode
  2477   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_nat_to_int_bij  ~> bij_int_encode
  2478   Nat_Int_Bij.bij_int_to_nat_bij  ~> bij_int_decode
  2479 
  2480 * Sledgehammer:
  2481   - Renamed ATP commands:
  2482     atp_info     ~> sledgehammer running_atps
  2483     atp_kill     ~> sledgehammer kill_atps
  2484     atp_messages ~> sledgehammer messages
  2485     atp_minimize ~> sledgehammer minimize
  2486     print_atps   ~> sledgehammer available_atps
  2487     INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2488   - Added user's manual ("isabelle doc sledgehammer").
  2489   - Added option syntax and "sledgehammer_params" to customize
  2490     Sledgehammer's behavior.  See the manual for details.
  2491   - Modified the Isar proof reconstruction code so that it produces
  2492     direct proofs rather than proofs by contradiction.  (This feature
  2493     is still experimental.)
  2494   - Made Isar proof reconstruction work for SPASS, remote ATPs, and in
  2495     full-typed mode.
  2496   - Added support for TPTP syntax for SPASS via the "spass_tptp" ATP.
  2497 
  2498 * Nitpick:
  2499   - Added and implemented "binary_ints" and "bits" options.
  2500   - Added "std" option and implemented support for nonstandard models.
  2501   - Added and implemented "finitize" option to improve the precision
  2502     of infinite datatypes based on a monotonicity analysis.
  2503   - Added support for quotient types.
  2504   - Added support for "specification" and "ax_specification"
  2505     constructs.
  2506   - Added support for local definitions (for "function" and
  2507     "termination" proofs).
  2508   - Added support for term postprocessors.
  2509   - Optimized "Multiset.multiset" and "FinFun.finfun".
  2510   - Improved efficiency of "destroy_constrs" optimization.
  2511   - Fixed soundness bugs related to "destroy_constrs" optimization and
  2512     record getters.
  2513   - Fixed soundness bug related to higher-order constructors.
  2514   - Fixed soundness bug when "full_descrs" is enabled.
  2515   - Improved precision of set constructs.
  2516   - Added "atoms" option.
  2517   - Added cache to speed up repeated Kodkod invocations on the same
  2518     problems.
  2519   - Renamed "MiniSatJNI", "zChaffJNI", "BerkMinAlloy", and
  2520     "SAT4JLight" to "MiniSat_JNI", "zChaff_JNI", "BerkMin_Alloy", and
  2521     "SAT4J_Light".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2522   - Removed "skolemize", "uncurry", "sym_break", "flatten_prop",
  2523     "sharing_depth", and "show_skolems" options.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2524   - Removed "nitpick_intro" attribute.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2525 
  2526 * Method "induct" now takes instantiations of the form t, where t is not
  2527   a variable, as a shorthand for "x == t", where x is a fresh variable.
  2528   If this is not intended, t has to be enclosed in parentheses.
  2529   By default, the equalities generated by definitional instantiations
  2530   are pre-simplified, which may cause parameters of inductive cases
  2531   to disappear, or may even delete some of the inductive cases.
  2532   Use "induct (no_simp)" instead of "induct" to restore the old
  2533   behaviour. The (no_simp) option is also understood by the "cases"
  2534   and "nominal_induct" methods, which now perform pre-simplification, too.
  2535   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2536 
  2537 
  2538 *** HOLCF ***
  2539 
  2540 * Variable names in lemmas generated by the domain package have
  2541 changed; the naming scheme is now consistent with the HOL datatype
  2542 package.  Some proof scripts may be affected, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2543 
  2544 * The domain package no longer defines the function "foo_copy" for
  2545 recursive domain "foo".  The reach lemma is now stated directly in
  2546 terms of "foo_take".  Lemmas and proofs that mention "foo_copy" must
  2547 be reformulated in terms of "foo_take", INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2548 
  2549 * Most definedness lemmas generated by the domain package (previously
  2550 of the form "x ~= UU ==> foo$x ~= UU") now have an if-and-only-if form
  2551 like "foo$x = UU <-> x = UU", which works better as a simp rule.
  2552 Proofs that used definedness lemmas as intro rules may break,
  2553 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2554 
  2555 * Induction and casedist rules generated by the domain package now
  2556 declare proper case_names (one called "bottom", and one named for each
  2557 constructor).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2558 
  2559 * For mutually-recursive domains, separate "reach" and "take_lemma"
  2560 rules are generated for each domain, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2561 
  2562   foo_bar.reach       ~> foo.reach  bar.reach
  2563   foo_bar.take_lemmas ~> foo.take_lemma  bar.take_lemma
  2564 
  2565 * Some lemmas generated by the domain package have been renamed for
  2566 consistency with the datatype package, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2567 
  2568   foo.ind        ~> foo.induct
  2569   foo.finite_ind ~> foo.finite_induct
  2570   foo.coind      ~> foo.coinduct
  2571   foo.casedist   ~> foo.exhaust
  2572   foo.exhaust    ~> foo.nchotomy
  2573 
  2574 * For consistency with other definition packages, the fixrec package
  2575 now generates qualified theorem names, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2576 
  2577   foo_simps  ~> foo.simps
  2578   foo_unfold ~> foo.unfold
  2579   foo_induct ~> foo.induct
  2580 
  2581 * The "fixrec_simp" attribute has been removed.  The "fixrec_simp"
  2582 method and internal fixrec proofs now use the default simpset instead.
  2583 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2584 
  2585 * The "contlub" predicate has been removed.  Proof scripts should use
  2586 lemma contI2 in place of monocontlub2cont, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2587 
  2588 * The "admw" predicate has been removed, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2589 
  2590 * The constants cpair, cfst, and csnd have been removed in favor of
  2591 Pair, fst, and snd from Isabelle/HOL, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2592 
  2593 
  2594 *** ML ***
  2595 
  2596 * Antiquotations for basic formal entities:
  2597 
  2598     @{class NAME}         -- type class
  2599     @{class_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of the above
  2600 
  2601     @{type_name NAME}     -- logical type
  2602     @{type_abbrev NAME}   -- type abbreviation
  2603     @{nonterminal NAME}   -- type of concrete syntactic category
  2604     @{type_syntax NAME}   -- syntax representation of any of the above
  2605 
  2606     @{const_name NAME}    -- logical constant (INCOMPATIBILITY)
  2607     @{const_abbrev NAME}  -- abbreviated constant
  2608     @{const_syntax NAME}  -- syntax representation of any of the above
  2609 
  2610 * Antiquotation @{syntax_const NAME} ensures that NAME refers to a raw
  2611 syntax constant (cf. 'syntax' command).
  2612 
  2613 * Antiquotation @{make_string} inlines a function to print arbitrary
  2614 values similar to the ML toplevel.  The result is compiler dependent
  2615 and may fall back on "?" in certain situations.
  2616 
  2617 * Diagnostic commands 'ML_val' and 'ML_command' may refer to
  2618 antiquotations @{Isar.state} and @{Isar.goal}.  This replaces impure
  2619 Isar.state() and Isar.goal(), which belong to the old TTY loop and do
  2620 not work with the asynchronous Isar document model.
  2621 
  2622 * Configuration options now admit dynamic default values, depending on
  2623 the context or even global references.
  2624 
  2625 * SHA1.digest digests strings according to SHA-1 (see RFC 3174).  It
  2626 uses an efficient external library if available (for Poly/ML).
  2627 
  2628 * Renamed some important ML structures, while keeping the old names
  2629 for some time as aliases within the structure Legacy:
  2630 
  2631   OuterKeyword  ~>  Keyword
  2632   OuterLex      ~>  Token
  2633   OuterParse    ~>  Parse
  2634   OuterSyntax   ~>  Outer_Syntax
  2635   PrintMode     ~>  Print_Mode
  2636   SpecParse     ~>  Parse_Spec
  2637   ThyInfo       ~>  Thy_Info
  2638   ThyLoad       ~>  Thy_Load
  2639   ThyOutput     ~>  Thy_Output
  2640   TypeInfer     ~>  Type_Infer
  2641 
  2642 Note that "open Legacy" simplifies porting of sources, but forgetting
  2643 to remove it again will complicate porting again in the future.
  2644 
  2645 * Most operations that refer to a global context are named
  2646 accordingly, e.g. Simplifier.global_context or
  2647 ProofContext.init_global.  There are some situations where a global
  2648 context actually works, but under normal circumstances one needs to
  2649 pass the proper local context through the code!
  2650 
  2651 * Discontinued old TheoryDataFun with its copy/init operation -- data
  2652 needs to be pure.  Functor Theory_Data_PP retains the traditional
  2653 Pretty.pp argument to merge, which is absent in the standard
  2654 Theory_Data version.
  2655 
  2656 * Sorts.certify_sort and derived "cert" operations for types and terms
  2657 no longer minimize sorts.  Thus certification at the boundary of the
  2658 inference kernel becomes invariant under addition of class relations,
  2659 which is an important monotonicity principle.  Sorts are now minimized
  2660 in the syntax layer only, at the boundary between the end-user and the
  2661 system.  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY, may have to use Sign.minimize_sort
  2662 explicitly in rare situations.
  2663 
  2664 * Renamed old-style Drule.standard to Drule.export_without_context, to
  2665 emphasize that this is in no way a standard operation.
  2666 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2667 
  2668 * Subgoal.FOCUS (and variants): resulting goal state is normalized as
  2669 usual for resolution.  Rare INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2670 
  2671 * Renamed varify/unvarify operations to varify_global/unvarify_global
  2672 to emphasize that these only work in a global situation (which is
  2673 quite rare).
  2674 
  2675 * Curried take and drop in library.ML; negative length is interpreted
  2676 as infinity (as in chop).  Subtle INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2677 
  2678 * Proof terms: type substitutions on proof constants now use canonical
  2679 order of type variables.  INCOMPATIBILITY for tools working with proof
  2680 terms.
  2681 
  2682 * Raw axioms/defs may no longer carry sort constraints, and raw defs
  2683 may no longer carry premises.  User-level specifications are
  2684 transformed accordingly by Thm.add_axiom/add_def.
  2685 
  2686 
  2687 *** System ***
  2688 
  2689 * Discontinued special HOL_USEDIR_OPTIONS for the main HOL image;
  2690 ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS applies uniformly to all sessions.  Note that
  2691 proof terms are enabled unconditionally in the new HOL-Proofs image.
  2692 
  2693 * Discontinued old ISABELLE and ISATOOL environment settings (legacy
  2694 feature since Isabelle2009).  Use ISABELLE_PROCESS and ISABELLE_TOOL,
  2695 respectively.
  2696 
  2697 * Old lib/scripts/polyml-platform is superseded by the
  2698 ISABELLE_PLATFORM setting variable, which defaults to the 32 bit
  2699 variant, even on a 64 bit machine.  The following example setting
  2700 prefers 64 bit if available:
  2701 
  2702   ML_PLATFORM="${ISABELLE_PLATFORM64:-$ISABELLE_PLATFORM}"
  2703 
  2704 * The preliminary Isabelle/jEdit application demonstrates the emerging
  2705 Isabelle/Scala layer for advanced prover interaction and integration.
  2706 See src/Tools/jEdit or "isabelle jedit" provided by the properly built
  2707 component.
  2708 
  2709 * "IsabelleText" is a Unicode font derived from Bitstream Vera Mono
  2710 and Bluesky TeX fonts.  It provides the usual Isabelle symbols,
  2711 similar to the default assignment of the document preparation system
  2712 (cf. isabellesym.sty).  The Isabelle/Scala class Isabelle_System
  2713 provides some operations for direct access to the font without asking
  2714 the user for manual installation.
  2715 
  2716 
  2717 
  2718 New in Isabelle2009-1 (December 2009)
  2719 -------------------------------------
  2720 
  2721 *** General ***
  2722 
  2723 * Discontinued old form of "escaped symbols" such as \\<forall>.  Only
  2724 one backslash should be used, even in ML sources.
  2725 
  2726 
  2727 *** Pure ***
  2728 
  2729 * Locale interpretation propagates mixins along the locale hierarchy.
  2730 The currently only available mixins are the equations used to map
  2731 local definitions to terms of the target domain of an interpretation.
  2732 
  2733 * Reactivated diagnostic command 'print_interps'.  Use "print_interps
  2734 loc" to print all interpretations of locale "loc" in the theory.
  2735 Interpretations in proofs are not shown.
  2736 
  2737 * Thoroughly revised locales tutorial.  New section on conditional
  2738 interpretation.
  2739 
  2740 * On instantiation of classes, remaining undefined class parameters
  2741 are formally declared.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2742 
  2743 
  2744 *** Document preparation ***
  2745 
  2746 * New generalized style concept for printing terms: @{foo (style) ...}
  2747 instead of @{foo_style style ...}  (old form is still retained for
  2748 backward compatibility).  Styles can be also applied for
  2749 antiquotations prop, term_type and typeof.
  2750 
  2751 
  2752 *** HOL ***
  2753 
  2754 * New proof method "smt" for a combination of first-order logic with
  2755 equality, linear and nonlinear (natural/integer/real) arithmetic, and
  2756 fixed-size bitvectors; there is also basic support for higher-order
  2757 features (esp. lambda abstractions).  It is an incomplete decision
  2758 procedure based on external SMT solvers using the oracle mechanism;
  2759 for the SMT solver Z3, this method is proof-producing.  Certificates
  2760 are provided to avoid calling the external solvers solely for
  2761 re-checking proofs.  Due to a remote SMT service there is no need for
  2762 installing SMT solvers locally.  See src/HOL/SMT.
  2763 
  2764 * New commands to load and prove verification conditions generated by
  2765 the Boogie program verifier or derived systems (e.g. the Verifying C
  2766 Compiler (VCC) or Spec#).  See src/HOL/Boogie.
  2767 
  2768 * New counterexample generator tool 'nitpick' based on the Kodkod
  2769 relational model finder.  See src/HOL/Tools/Nitpick and
  2770 src/HOL/Nitpick_Examples.
  2771 
  2772 * New commands 'code_pred' and 'values' to invoke the predicate
  2773 compiler and to enumerate values of inductive predicates.
  2774 
  2775 * A tabled implementation of the reflexive transitive closure.
  2776 
  2777 * New implementation of quickcheck uses generic code generator;
  2778 default generators are provided for all suitable HOL types, records
  2779 and datatypes.  Old quickcheck can be re-activated importing theory
  2780 Library/SML_Quickcheck.
  2781 
  2782 * New testing tool Mirabelle for automated proof tools.  Applies
  2783 several tools and tactics like sledgehammer, metis, or quickcheck, to
  2784 every proof step in a theory.  To be used in batch mode via the
  2785 "mirabelle" utility.
  2786 
  2787 * New proof method "sos" (sum of squares) for nonlinear real
  2788 arithmetic (originally due to John Harison). It requires theory
  2789 Library/Sum_Of_Squares.  It is not a complete decision procedure but
  2790 works well in practice on quantifier-free real arithmetic with +, -,
  2791 *, ^, =, <= and <, i.e. boolean combinations of equalities and
  2792 inequalities between polynomials.  It makes use of external
  2793 semidefinite programming solvers.  Method "sos" generates a
  2794 certificate that can be pasted into the proof thus avoiding the need
  2795 to call an external tool every time the proof is checked.  See
  2796 src/HOL/Library/Sum_Of_Squares.
  2797 
  2798 * New method "linarith" invokes existing linear arithmetic decision
  2799 procedure only.
  2800 
  2801 * New command 'atp_minimal' reduces result produced by Sledgehammer.
  2802 
  2803 * New Sledgehammer option "Full Types" in Proof General settings menu.
  2804 Causes full type information to be output to the ATPs.  This slows
  2805 ATPs down considerably but eliminates a source of unsound "proofs"
  2806 that fail later.
  2807 
  2808 * New method "metisFT": A version of metis that uses full type
  2809 information in order to avoid failures of proof reconstruction.
  2810 
  2811 * New evaluator "approximate" approximates an real valued term using
  2812 the same method as the approximation method.
  2813 
  2814 * Method "approximate" now supports arithmetic expressions as
  2815 boundaries of intervals and implements interval splitting and Taylor
  2816 series expansion.
  2817 
  2818 * ML antiquotation @{code_datatype} inserts definition of a datatype
  2819 generated by the code generator; e.g. see src/HOL/Predicate.thy.
  2820 
  2821 * New theory SupInf of the supremum and infimum operators for sets of
  2822 reals.
  2823 
  2824 * New theory Probability, which contains a development of measure
  2825 theory, eventually leading to Lebesgue integration and probability.
  2826 
  2827 * Extended Multivariate Analysis to include derivation and Brouwer's
  2828 fixpoint theorem.
  2829 
  2830 * Reorganization of number theory, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  2831   - new number theory development for nat and int, in theories Divides
  2832     and GCD as well as in new session Number_Theory
  2833   - some constants and facts now suffixed with _nat and _int
  2834     accordingly
  2835   - former session NumberTheory now named Old_Number_Theory, including
  2836     theories Legacy_GCD and Primes (prefer Number_Theory if possible)
  2837   - moved theory Pocklington from src/HOL/Library to
  2838     src/HOL/Old_Number_Theory
  2839 
  2840 * Theory GCD includes functions Gcd/GCD and Lcm/LCM for the gcd and
  2841 lcm of finite and infinite sets. It is shown that they form a complete
  2842 lattice.
  2843 
  2844 * Class semiring_div requires superclass no_zero_divisors and proof of
  2845 div_mult_mult1; theorems div_mult_mult1, div_mult_mult2,
  2846 div_mult_mult1_if, div_mult_mult1 and div_mult_mult2 have been
  2847 generalized to class semiring_div, subsuming former theorems
  2848 zdiv_zmult_zmult1, zdiv_zmult_zmult1_if, zdiv_zmult_zmult1 and
  2849 zdiv_zmult_zmult2.  div_mult_mult1 is now [simp] by default.
  2850 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2851 
  2852 * Refinements to lattice classes and sets:
  2853   - less default intro/elim rules in locale variant, more default
  2854     intro/elim rules in class variant: more uniformity
  2855   - lemma ge_sup_conv renamed to le_sup_iff, in accordance with
  2856     le_inf_iff
  2857   - dropped lemma alias inf_ACI for inf_aci (same for sup_ACI and
  2858     sup_aci)
  2859   - renamed ACI to inf_sup_aci
  2860   - new class "boolean_algebra"
  2861   - class "complete_lattice" moved to separate theory
  2862     "Complete_Lattice"; corresponding constants (and abbreviations)
  2863     renamed and with authentic syntax:
  2864     Set.Inf ~>    Complete_Lattice.Inf
  2865     Set.Sup ~>    Complete_Lattice.Sup
  2866     Set.INFI ~>   Complete_Lattice.INFI
  2867     Set.SUPR ~>   Complete_Lattice.SUPR
  2868     Set.Inter ~>  Complete_Lattice.Inter
  2869     Set.Union ~>  Complete_Lattice.Union
  2870     Set.INTER ~>  Complete_Lattice.INTER
  2871     Set.UNION ~>  Complete_Lattice.UNION
  2872   - authentic syntax for
  2873     Set.Pow
  2874     Set.image
  2875   - mere abbreviations:
  2876     Set.empty               (for bot)
  2877     Set.UNIV                (for top)
  2878     Set.inter               (for inf, formerly Set.Int)
  2879     Set.union               (for sup, formerly Set.Un)
  2880     Complete_Lattice.Inter  (for Inf)
  2881     Complete_Lattice.Union  (for Sup)
  2882     Complete_Lattice.INTER  (for INFI)
  2883     Complete_Lattice.UNION  (for SUPR)
  2884   - object-logic definitions as far as appropriate
  2885 
  2886 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Care is required when theorems Int_subset_iff or
  2887 Un_subset_iff are explicitly deleted as default simp rules; then also
  2888 their lattice counterparts le_inf_iff and le_sup_iff have to be
  2889 deleted to achieve the desired effect.
  2890 
  2891 * Rules inf_absorb1, inf_absorb2, sup_absorb1, sup_absorb2 are no simp
  2892 rules by default any longer; the same applies to min_max.inf_absorb1
  2893 etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2894 
  2895 * Rules sup_Int_eq and sup_Un_eq are no longer declared as
  2896 pred_set_conv by default.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2897 
  2898 * Power operations on relations and functions are now one dedicated
  2899 constant "compow" with infix syntax "^^".  Power operation on
  2900 multiplicative monoids retains syntax "^" and is now defined generic
  2901 in class power.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2902 
  2903 * Relation composition "R O S" now has a more standard argument order:
  2904 "R O S = {(x, z). EX y. (x, y) : R & (y, z) : S}".  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  2905 rewrite propositions with "S O R" --> "R O S". Proofs may occasionally
  2906 break, since the O_assoc rule was not rewritten like this.  Fix using
  2907 O_assoc[symmetric].  The same applies to the curried version "R OO S".
  2908 
  2909 * Function "Inv" is renamed to "inv_into" and function "inv" is now an
  2910 abbreviation for "inv_into UNIV".  Lemmas are renamed accordingly.
  2911 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2912 
  2913 * Most rules produced by inductive and datatype package have mandatory
  2914 prefixes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2915 
  2916 * Changed "DERIV_intros" to a dynamic fact, which can be augmented by
  2917 the attribute of the same name.  Each of the theorems in the list
  2918 DERIV_intros assumes composition with an additional function and
  2919 matches a variable to the derivative, which has to be solved by the
  2920 Simplifier.  Hence (auto intro!: DERIV_intros) computes the derivative
  2921 of most elementary terms.  Former Maclauren.DERIV_tac and
  2922 Maclauren.deriv_tac should be replaced by (auto intro!: DERIV_intros).
  2923 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2924 
  2925 * Code generator attributes follow the usual underscore convention:
  2926     code_unfold     replaces    code unfold
  2927     code_post       replaces    code post
  2928     etc.
  2929   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2930 
  2931 * Renamed methods:
  2932     sizechange -> size_change
  2933     induct_scheme -> induction_schema
  2934   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2935 
  2936 * Discontinued abbreviation "arbitrary" of constant "undefined".
  2937 INCOMPATIBILITY, use "undefined" directly.
  2938 
  2939 * Renamed theorems:
  2940     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  2941     Suc_eq_add_numeral_1_left -> Suc_eq_plus1_left
  2942     Suc_plus1 -> Suc_eq_plus1
  2943     *anti_sym -> *antisym*
  2944     vector_less_eq_def -> vector_le_def
  2945   INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2946 
  2947 * Added theorem List.map_map as [simp].  Removed List.map_compose.
  2948 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2949 
  2950 * Removed predicate "M hassize n" (<--> card M = n & finite M).
  2951 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  2952 
  2953 
  2954 *** HOLCF ***
  2955 
  2956 * Theory Representable defines a class "rep" of domains that are
  2957 representable (via an ep-pair) in the universal domain type "udom".
  2958 Instances are provided for all type constructors defined in HOLCF.
  2959 
  2960 * The 'new_domain' command is a purely definitional version of the
  2961 domain package, for representable domains.  Syntax is identical to the
  2962 old domain package.  The 'new_domain' package also supports indirect
  2963 recursion using previously-defined type constructors.  See
  2964 src/HOLCF/ex/New_Domain.thy for examples.
  2965 
  2966 * Method "fixrec_simp" unfolds one step of a fixrec-defined constant
  2967 on the left-hand side of an equation, and then performs
  2968 simplification.  Rewriting is done using rules declared with the
  2969 "fixrec_simp" attribute.  The "fixrec_simp" method is intended as a
  2970 replacement for "fixpat"; see src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for examples.
  2971 
  2972 * The pattern-match compiler in 'fixrec' can now handle constructors
  2973 with HOL function types.  Pattern-match combinators for the Pair
  2974 constructor are pre-configured.
  2975 
  2976 * The 'fixrec' package now produces better fixed-point induction rules
  2977 for mutually-recursive definitions:  Induction rules have conclusions
  2978 of the form "P foo bar" instead of "P <foo, bar>".
  2979 
  2980 * The constant "sq_le" (with infix syntax "<<" or "\<sqsubseteq>") has
  2981 been renamed to "below".  The name "below" now replaces "less" in many
  2982 theorem names.  (Legacy theorem names using "less" are still supported
  2983 as well.)
  2984 
  2985 * The 'fixrec' package now supports "bottom patterns".  Bottom
  2986 patterns can be used to generate strictness rules, or to make
  2987 functions more strict (much like the bang-patterns supported by the
  2988 Glasgow Haskell Compiler).  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  2989 examples.
  2990 
  2991 
  2992 *** ML ***
  2993 
  2994 * Support for Poly/ML 5.3.0, with improved reporting of compiler
  2995 errors and run-time exceptions, including detailed source positions.
  2996 
  2997 * Structure Name_Space (formerly NameSpace) now manages uniquely
  2998 identified entries, with some additional information such as source
  2999 position, logical grouping etc.
  3000 
  3001 * Theory and context data is now introduced by the simplified and
  3002 modernized functors Theory_Data, Proof_Data, Generic_Data.  Data needs
  3003 to be pure, but the old TheoryDataFun for mutable data (with explicit
  3004 copy operation) is still available for some time.
  3005 
  3006 * Structure Synchronized (cf. src/Pure/Concurrent/synchronized.ML)
  3007 provides a high-level programming interface to synchronized state
  3008 variables with atomic update.  This works via pure function
  3009 application within a critical section -- its runtime should be as
  3010 short as possible; beware of deadlocks if critical code is nested,
  3011 either directly or indirectly via other synchronized variables!
  3012 
  3013 * Structure Unsynchronized (cf. src/Pure/ML-Systems/unsynchronized.ML)
  3014 wraps raw ML references, explicitly indicating their non-thread-safe
  3015 behaviour.  The Isar toplevel keeps this structure open, to
  3016 accommodate Proof General as well as quick and dirty interactive
  3017 experiments with references.
  3018 
  3019 * PARALLEL_CHOICE and PARALLEL_GOALS provide basic support for
  3020 parallel tactical reasoning.
  3021 
  3022 * Tacticals Subgoal.FOCUS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PREMS, Subgoal.FOCUS_PARAMS
  3023 are similar to SUBPROOF, but are slightly more flexible: only the
  3024 specified parts of the subgoal are imported into the context, and the
  3025 body tactic may introduce new subgoals and schematic variables.
  3026 
  3027 * Old tactical METAHYPS, which does not observe the proof context, has
  3028 been renamed to Old_Goals.METAHYPS and awaits deletion.  Use SUBPROOF
  3029 or Subgoal.FOCUS etc.
  3030 
  3031 * Renamed functor TableFun to Table, and GraphFun to Graph.  (Since
  3032 functors have their own ML name space there is no point to mark them
  3033 separately.)  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3034 
  3035 * Renamed NamedThmsFun to Named_Thms.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3036 
  3037 * Renamed several structures FooBar to Foo_Bar.  Occasional,
  3038 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3039 
  3040 * Operations of structure Skip_Proof no longer require quick_and_dirty
  3041 mode, which avoids critical setmp.
  3042 
  3043 * Eliminated old Attrib.add_attributes, Method.add_methods and related
  3044 combinators for "args".  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to use simplified
  3045 Attrib/Method.setup introduced in Isabelle2009.
  3046 
  3047 * Proper context for simpset_of, claset_of, clasimpset_of.  May fall
  3048 back on global_simpset_of, global_claset_of, global_clasimpset_of as
  3049 last resort.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3050 
  3051 * Display.pretty_thm now requires a proper context (cf. former
  3052 ProofContext.pretty_thm).  May fall back on Display.pretty_thm_global
  3053 or even Display.pretty_thm_without_context as last resort.
  3054 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3055 
  3056 * Discontinued Display.pretty_ctyp/cterm etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  3057 Syntax.pretty_typ/term directly, preferably with proper context
  3058 instead of global theory.
  3059 
  3060 
  3061 *** System ***
  3062 
  3063 * Further fine tuning of parallel proof checking, scales up to 8 cores
  3064 (max. speedup factor 5.0).  See also Goal.parallel_proofs in ML and
  3065 usedir option -q.
  3066 
  3067 * Support for additional "Isabelle components" via etc/components, see
  3068 also the system manual.
  3069 
  3070 * The isabelle makeall tool now operates on all components with
  3071 IsaMakefile, not just hardwired "logics".
  3072 
  3073 * Removed "compress" option from isabelle-process and isabelle usedir;
  3074 this is always enabled.
  3075 
  3076 * Discontinued support for Poly/ML 4.x versions.
  3077 
  3078 * Isabelle tool "wwwfind" provides web interface for 'find_theorems'
  3079 on a given logic image.  This requires the lighttpd webserver and is
  3080 currently supported on Linux only.
  3081 
  3082 
  3083 
  3084 New in Isabelle2009 (April 2009)
  3085 --------------------------------
  3086 
  3087 *** General ***
  3088 
  3089 * Simplified main Isabelle executables, with less surprises on
  3090 case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  3091 
  3092   - The main Isabelle tool wrapper is now called "isabelle" instead of
  3093     "isatool."
  3094 
  3095   - The former "isabelle" alias for "isabelle-process" has been
  3096     removed (should rarely occur to regular users).
  3097 
  3098   - The former "isabelle-interface" and its alias "Isabelle" have been
  3099     removed (interfaces are now regular Isabelle tools).
  3100 
  3101 Within scripts and make files, the Isabelle environment variables
  3102 ISABELLE_TOOL and ISABELLE_PROCESS replace old ISATOOL and ISABELLE,
  3103 respectively.  (The latter are still available as legacy feature.)
  3104 
  3105 The old isabelle-interface wrapper could react in confusing ways if
  3106 the interface was uninstalled or changed otherwise.  Individual
  3107 interface tool configuration is now more explicit, see also the
  3108 Isabelle system manual.  In particular, Proof General is now available
  3109 via "isabelle emacs".
  3110 
  3111 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt derivative scripts.  Users may need to
  3112 purge installed copies of Isabelle executables and re-run "isabelle
  3113 install -p ...", or use symlinks.
  3114 
  3115 * The default for ISABELLE_HOME_USER is now ~/.isabelle instead of the
  3116 old ~/isabelle, which was slightly non-standard and apt to cause
  3117 surprises on case-insensitive file-systems (such as Mac OS).
  3118 
  3119 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to move existing ~/isabelle/etc,
  3120 ~/isabelle/heaps, ~/isabelle/browser_info to the new place.  Special
  3121 care is required when using older releases of Isabelle.  Note that
  3122 ISABELLE_HOME_USER can be changed in Isabelle/etc/settings of any
  3123 Isabelle distribution, in order to use the new ~/.isabelle uniformly.
  3124 
  3125 * Proofs of fully specified statements are run in parallel on
  3126 multi-core systems.  A speedup factor of 2.5 to 3.2 can be expected on
  3127 a regular 4-core machine, if the initial heap space is made reasonably
  3128 large (cf. Poly/ML option -H).  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  3129 
  3130 * The main reference manuals ("isar-ref", "implementation", and
  3131 "system") have been updated and extended.  Formally checked references
  3132 as hyperlinks are now available uniformly.
  3133 
  3134 
  3135 *** Pure ***
  3136 
  3137 * Complete re-implementation of locales.  INCOMPATIBILITY in several
  3138 respects.  The most important changes are listed below.  See the
  3139 Tutorial on Locales ("locales" manual) for details.
  3140 
  3141 - In locale expressions, instantiation replaces renaming.  Parameters
  3142 must be declared in a for clause.  To aid compatibility with previous
  3143 parameter inheritance, in locale declarations, parameters that are not
  3144 'touched' (instantiation position "_" or omitted) are implicitly added
  3145 with their syntax at the beginning of the for clause.
  3146 
  3147 - Syntax from abbreviations and definitions in locales is available in
  3148 locale expressions and context elements.  The latter is particularly
  3149 useful in locale declarations.
  3150 
  3151 - More flexible mechanisms to qualify names generated by locale
  3152 expressions.  Qualifiers (prefixes) may be specified in locale
  3153 expressions, and can be marked as mandatory (syntax: "name!:") or
  3154 optional (syntax "name?:").  The default depends for plain "name:"
  3155 depends on the situation where a locale expression is used: in
  3156 commands 'locale' and 'sublocale' prefixes are optional, in
  3157 'interpretation' and 'interpret' prefixes are mandatory.  The old
  3158 implicit qualifiers derived from the parameter names of a locale are
  3159 no longer generated.
  3160 
  3161 - Command "sublocale l < e" replaces "interpretation l < e".  The
  3162 instantiation clause in "interpretation" and "interpret" (square
  3163 brackets) is no longer available.  Use locale expressions.
  3164 
  3165 - When converting proof scripts, mandatory qualifiers in
  3166 'interpretation' and 'interpret' should be retained by default, even
  3167 if this is an INCOMPATIBILITY compared to former behavior.  In the
  3168 worst case, use the "name?:" form for non-mandatory ones.  Qualifiers
  3169 in locale expressions range over a single locale instance only.
  3170 
  3171 - Dropped locale element "includes".  This is a major INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3172 In existing theorem specifications replace the includes element by the
  3173 respective context elements of the included locale, omitting those
  3174 that are already present in the theorem specification.  Multiple
  3175 assume elements of a locale should be replaced by a single one
  3176 involving the locale predicate.  In the proof body, declarations (most
  3177 notably theorems) may be regained by interpreting the respective
  3178 locales in the proof context as required (command "interpret").
  3179 
  3180 If using "includes" in replacement of a target solely because the
  3181 parameter types in the theorem are not as general as in the target,
  3182 consider declaring a new locale with additional type constraints on
  3183 the parameters (context element "constrains").
  3184 
  3185 - Discontinued "locale (open)".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3186 
  3187 - Locale interpretation commands no longer attempt to simplify goal.
  3188 INCOMPATIBILITY: in rare situations the generated goal differs.  Use
  3189 methods intro_locales and unfold_locales to clarify.
  3190 
  3191 - Locale interpretation commands no longer accept interpretation
  3192 attributes.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3193 
  3194 * Class declaration: so-called "base sort" must not be given in import
  3195 list any longer, but is inferred from the specification.  Particularly
  3196 in HOL, write
  3197 
  3198     class foo = ...
  3199 
  3200 instead of
  3201 
  3202     class foo = type + ...
  3203 
  3204 * Class target: global versions of theorems stemming do not carry a
  3205 parameter prefix any longer.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3206 
  3207 * Class 'instance' command no longer accepts attached definitions.
  3208 INCOMPATIBILITY, use proper 'instantiation' target instead.
  3209 
  3210 * Recovered hiding of consts, which was accidentally broken in
  3211 Isabelle2007.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, ``hide const c'' really
  3212 makes c inaccessible; consider using ``hide (open) const c'' instead.
  3213 
  3214 * Slightly more coherent Pure syntax, with updated documentation in
  3215 isar-ref manual.  Removed locales meta_term_syntax and
  3216 meta_conjunction_syntax: TERM and &&& (formerly &&) are now permanent,
  3217 INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations.  Note that &&& should not be used
  3218 directly in regular applications.
  3219 
  3220 * There is a new syntactic category "float_const" for signed decimal
  3221 fractions (e.g. 123.45 or -123.45).
  3222 
  3223 * Removed exotic 'token_translation' command.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML
  3224 interface with 'setup' command instead.
  3225 
  3226 * Command 'local_setup' is similar to 'setup', but operates on a local
  3227 theory context.
  3228 
  3229 * The 'axiomatization' command now only works within a global theory
  3230 context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3231 
  3232 * Goal-directed proof now enforces strict proof irrelevance wrt. sort
  3233 hypotheses.  Sorts required in the course of reasoning need to be
  3234 covered by the constraints in the initial statement, completed by the
  3235 type instance information of the background theory.  Non-trivial sort
  3236 hypotheses, which rarely occur in practice, may be specified via
  3237 vacuous propositions of the form SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::c).  For example:
  3238 
  3239   lemma assumes "SORT_CONSTRAINT('a::empty)" shows False ...
  3240 
  3241 The result contains an implicit sort hypotheses as before --
  3242 SORT_CONSTRAINT premises are eliminated as part of the canonical rule
  3243 normalization.
  3244 
  3245 * Generalized Isar history, with support for linear undo, direct state
  3246 addressing etc.
  3247 
  3248 * Changed defaults for unify configuration options:
  3249 
  3250   unify_trace_bound = 50 (formerly 25)
  3251   unify_search_bound = 60 (formerly 30)
  3252 
  3253 * Different bookkeeping for code equations (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  3254 
  3255   a) On theory merge, the last set of code equations for a particular
  3256      constant is taken (in accordance with the policy applied by other
  3257      parts of the code generator framework).
  3258 
  3259   b) Code equations stemming from explicit declarations (e.g. code
  3260      attribute) gain priority over default code equations stemming
  3261      from definition, primrec, fun etc.
  3262 
  3263 * Keyword 'code_exception' now named 'code_abort'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3264 
  3265 * Unified theorem tables for both code generators.  Thus [code
  3266 func] has disappeared and only [code] remains.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3267 
  3268 * Command 'find_consts' searches for constants based on type and name
  3269 patterns, e.g.
  3270 
  3271     find_consts "_ => bool"
  3272 
  3273 By default, matching is against subtypes, but it may be restricted to
  3274 the whole type.  Searching by name is possible.  Multiple queries are
  3275 conjunctive and queries may be negated by prefixing them with a
  3276 hyphen:
  3277 
  3278     find_consts strict: "_ => bool" name: "Int" -"int => int"
  3279 
  3280 * New 'find_theorems' criterion "solves" matches theorems that
  3281 directly solve the current goal (modulo higher-order unification).
  3282 
  3283 * Auto solve feature for main theorem statements: whenever a new goal
  3284 is stated, "find_theorems solves" is called; any theorems that could
  3285 solve the lemma directly are listed as part of the goal state.
  3286 Cf. associated options in Proof General Isabelle settings menu,
  3287 enabled by default, with reasonable timeout for pathological cases of
  3288 higher-order unification.
  3289 
  3290 
  3291 *** Document preparation ***
  3292 
  3293 * Antiquotation @{lemma} now imitates a regular terminal proof,
  3294 demanding keyword 'by' and supporting the full method expression
  3295 syntax just like the Isar command 'by'.
  3296 
  3297 
  3298 *** HOL ***
  3299 
  3300 * Integrated main parts of former image HOL-Complex with HOL.  Entry
  3301 points Main and Complex_Main remain as before.
  3302 
  3303 * Logic image HOL-Plain provides a minimal HOL with the most important
  3304 tools available (inductive, datatype, primrec, ...).  This facilitates
  3305 experimentation and tool development.  Note that user applications
  3306 (and library theories) should never refer to anything below theory
  3307 Main, as before.
  3308 
  3309 * Logic image HOL-Main stops at theory Main, and thus facilitates
  3310 experimentation due to shorter build times.
  3311 
  3312 * Logic image HOL-NSA contains theories of nonstandard analysis which
  3313 were previously part of former HOL-Complex.  Entry point Hyperreal
  3314 remains valid, but theories formerly using Complex_Main should now use
  3315 new entry point Hypercomplex.
  3316 
  3317 * Generic ATP manager for Sledgehammer, based on ML threads instead of
  3318 Posix processes.  Avoids potentially expensive forking of the ML
  3319 process.  New thread-based implementation also works on non-Unix
  3320 platforms (Cygwin).  Provers are no longer hardwired, but defined
  3321 within the theory via plain ML wrapper functions.  Basic Sledgehammer
  3322 commands are covered in the isar-ref manual.
  3323 
  3324 * Wrapper scripts for remote SystemOnTPTP service allows to use
  3325 sledgehammer without local ATP installation (Vampire etc.). Other
  3326 provers may be included via suitable ML wrappers, see also
  3327 src/HOL/ATP_Linkup.thy.
  3328 
  3329 * ATP selection (E/Vampire/Spass) is now via Proof General's settings
  3330 menu.
  3331 
  3332 * The metis method no longer fails because the theorem is too trivial
  3333 (contains the empty clause).
  3334 
  3335 * The metis method now fails in the usual manner, rather than raising
  3336 an exception, if it determines that it cannot prove the theorem.
  3337 
  3338 * Method "coherent" implements a prover for coherent logic (see also
  3339 src/Tools/coherent.ML).
  3340 
  3341 * Constants "undefined" and "default" replace "arbitrary".  Usually
  3342 "undefined" is the right choice to replace "arbitrary", though
  3343 logically there is no difference.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3344 
  3345 * Command "value" now integrates different evaluation mechanisms.  The
  3346 result of the first successful evaluation mechanism is printed.  In
  3347 square brackets a particular named evaluation mechanisms may be
  3348 specified (currently, [SML], [code] or [nbe]).  See further
  3349 src/HOL/ex/Eval_Examples.thy.
  3350 
  3351 * Normalization by evaluation now allows non-leftlinear equations.
  3352 Declare with attribute [code nbe].
  3353 
  3354 * Methods "case_tac" and "induct_tac" now refer to the very same rules
  3355 as the structured Isar versions "cases" and "induct", cf. the
  3356 corresponding "cases" and "induct" attributes.  Mutual induction rules
  3357 are now presented as a list of individual projections
  3358 (e.g. foo_bar.inducts for types foo and bar); the old format with
  3359 explicit HOL conjunction is no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  3360 rare situations a different rule is selected --- notably nested tuple
  3361 elimination instead of former prod.exhaust: use explicit (case_tac t
  3362 rule: prod.exhaust) here.
  3363 
  3364 * Attributes "cases", "induct", "coinduct" support "del" option.
  3365 
  3366 * Removed fact "case_split_thm", which duplicates "case_split".
  3367 
  3368 * The option datatype has been moved to a new theory Option.  Renamed
  3369 option_map to Option.map, and o2s to Option.set, INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3370 
  3371 * New predicate "strict_mono" classifies strict functions on partial
  3372 orders.  With strict functions on linear orders, reasoning about
  3373 (in)equalities is facilitated by theorems "strict_mono_eq",
  3374 "strict_mono_less_eq" and "strict_mono_less".
  3375 
  3376 * Some set operations are now proper qualified constants with
  3377 authentic syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  3378 
  3379     op Int ~>   Set.Int
  3380     op Un ~>    Set.Un
  3381     INTER ~>    Set.INTER
  3382     UNION ~>    Set.UNION
  3383     Inter ~>    Set.Inter
  3384     Union ~>    Set.Union
  3385     {} ~>       Set.empty
  3386     UNIV ~>     Set.UNIV
  3387 
  3388 * Class complete_lattice with operations Inf, Sup, INFI, SUPR now in
  3389 theory Set.
  3390 
  3391 * Auxiliary class "itself" has disappeared -- classes without any
  3392 parameter are treated as expected by the 'class' command.
  3393 
  3394 * Leibnitz's Series for Pi and the arcus tangens and logarithm series.
  3395 
  3396 * Common decision procedures (Cooper, MIR, Ferrack, Approximation,
  3397 Dense_Linear_Order) are now in directory HOL/Decision_Procs.
  3398 
  3399 * Theory src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Approximation provides the new proof
  3400 method "approximation".  It proves formulas on real values by using
  3401 interval arithmetic.  In the formulas are also the transcendental
  3402 functions sin, cos, tan, atan, ln, exp and the constant pi are
  3403 allowed. For examples see
  3404 src/HOL/Descision_Procs/ex/Approximation_Ex.thy.
  3405 
  3406 * Theory "Reflection" now resides in HOL/Library.
  3407 
  3408 * Entry point to Word library now simply named "Word".
  3409 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3410 
  3411 * Made source layout more coherent with logical distribution
  3412 structure:
  3413 
  3414     src/HOL/Library/RType.thy ~> src/HOL/Typerep.thy
  3415     src/HOL/Library/Code_Message.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3416     src/HOL/Library/GCD.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3417     src/HOL/Library/Order_Relation.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3418     src/HOL/Library/Parity.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3419     src/HOL/Library/Univ_Poly.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3420     src/HOL/Real/ContNotDenum.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3421     src/HOL/Real/Lubs.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3422     src/HOL/Real/PReal.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3423     src/HOL/Real/Rational.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3424     src/HOL/Real/RComplete.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3425     src/HOL/Real/RealDef.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3426     src/HOL/Real/RealPow.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3427     src/HOL/Real/Real.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3428     src/HOL/Complex/Complex_Main.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3429     src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3430     src/HOL/Complex/FrechetDeriv.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3431     src/HOL/Complex/Fundamental_Theorem_Algebra.thy ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3432     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Deriv.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3433     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Fact.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3434     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Integration.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3435     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Lim.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3436     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Ln.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3437     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Log.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3438     src/HOL/Hyperreal/MacLaurin.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3439     src/HOL/Hyperreal/NthRoot.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3440     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Series.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3441     src/HOL/Hyperreal/SEQ.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3442     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Taylor.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3443     src/HOL/Hyperreal/Transcendental.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3444     src/HOL/Real/Float ~> src/HOL/Library/
  3445     src/HOL/Real/HahnBanach ~> src/HOL/HahnBanach
  3446     src/HOL/Real/RealVector.thy ~> src/HOL/
  3447 
  3448     src/HOL/arith_data.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3449     src/HOL/hologic.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3450     src/HOL/simpdata.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3451     src/HOL/int_arith1.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools/int_arith.ML
  3452     src/HOL/int_factor_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3453     src/HOL/nat_simprocs.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3454     src/HOL/Real/float_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3455     src/HOL/Real/float_syntax.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3456     src/HOL/Real/rat_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3457     src/HOL/Real/real_arith.ML ~> src/HOL/Tools
  3458 
  3459     src/HOL/Library/Array.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3460     src/HOL/Library/Heap_Monad.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3461     src/HOL/Library/Heap.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3462     src/HOL/Library/Imperative_HOL.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3463     src/HOL/Library/Ref.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3464     src/HOL/Library/Relational.thy ~> src/HOL/Imperative_HOL
  3465 
  3466 * If methods "eval" and "evaluation" encounter a structured proof
  3467 state with !!/==>, only the conclusion is evaluated to True (if
  3468 possible), avoiding strange error messages.
  3469 
  3470 * Method "sizechange" automates termination proofs using (a
  3471 modification of) the size-change principle.  Requires SAT solver.  See
  3472 src/HOL/ex/Termination.thy for examples.
  3473 
  3474 * Simplifier: simproc for let expressions now unfolds if bound
  3475 variable occurs at most once in let expression body.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3476 
  3477 * Method "arith": Linear arithmetic now ignores all inequalities when
  3478 fast_arith_neq_limit is exceeded, instead of giving up entirely.
  3479 
  3480 * New attribute "arith" for facts that should always be used
  3481 automatically by arithmetic. It is intended to be used locally in
  3482 proofs, e.g.
  3483 
  3484   assumes [arith]: "x > 0"
  3485 
  3486 Global usage is discouraged because of possible performance impact.
  3487 
  3488 * New classes "top" and "bot" with corresponding operations "top" and
  3489 "bot" in theory Orderings; instantiation of class "complete_lattice"
  3490 requires instantiation of classes "top" and "bot".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3491 
  3492 * Changed definition lemma "less_fun_def" in order to provide an
  3493 instance for preorders on functions; use lemma "less_le" instead.
  3494 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3495 
  3496 * Theory Orderings: class "wellorder" moved here, with explicit
  3497 induction rule "less_induct" as assumption.  For instantiation of
  3498 "wellorder" by means of predicate "wf", use rule wf_wellorderI.
  3499 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3500 
  3501 * Theory Orderings: added class "preorder" as superclass of "order".
  3502 INCOMPATIBILITY: Instantiation proofs for order, linorder
  3503 etc. slightly changed.  Some theorems named order_class.* now named
  3504 preorder_class.*.
  3505 
  3506 * Theory Relation: renamed "refl" to "refl_on", "reflexive" to "refl,
  3507 "diag" to "Id_on".
  3508 
  3509 * Theory Finite_Set: added a new fold combinator of type
  3510 
  3511   ('a => 'b => 'b) => 'b => 'a set => 'b
  3512 
  3513 Occasionally this is more convenient than the old fold combinator
  3514 which is now defined in terms of the new one and renamed to
  3515 fold_image.
  3516 
  3517 * Theories Ring_and_Field and OrderedGroup: The lemmas "group_simps"
  3518 and "ring_simps" have been replaced by "algebra_simps" (which can be
  3519 extended with further lemmas!).  At the moment both still exist but
  3520 the former will disappear at some point.
  3521 
  3522 * Theory Power: Lemma power_Suc is now declared as a simp rule in
  3523 class recpower.  Type-specific simp rules for various recpower types
  3524 have been removed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, rename old lemmas as follows:
  3525 
  3526 rat_power_0    -> power_0
  3527 rat_power_Suc  -> power_Suc
  3528 realpow_0      -> power_0
  3529 realpow_Suc    -> power_Suc
  3530 complexpow_0   -> power_0
  3531 complexpow_Suc -> power_Suc
  3532 power_poly_0   -> power_0
  3533 power_poly_Suc -> power_Suc
  3534 
  3535 * Theories Ring_and_Field and Divides: Definition of "op dvd" has been
  3536 moved to separate class dvd in Ring_and_Field; a couple of lemmas on
  3537 dvd has been generalized to class comm_semiring_1.  Likewise a bunch
  3538 of lemmas from Divides has been generalized from nat to class
  3539 semiring_div.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  This involves the following theorem
  3540 renames resulting from duplicate elimination:
  3541 
  3542     dvd_def_mod ~>          dvd_eq_mod_eq_0
  3543     zero_dvd_iff ~>         dvd_0_left_iff
  3544     dvd_0 ~>                dvd_0_right
  3545     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_DIV ~> div_by_0
  3546     DIVISION_BY_ZERO_MOD ~> mod_by_0
  3547     mult_div ~>             div_mult_self2_is_id
  3548     mult_mod ~>             mod_mult_self2_is_0
  3549 
  3550 * Theory IntDiv: removed many lemmas that are instances of class-based
  3551 generalizations (from Divides and Ring_and_Field).  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  3552 rename old lemmas as follows:
  3553 
  3554 dvd_diff               -> nat_dvd_diff
  3555 dvd_zminus_iff         -> dvd_minus_iff
  3556 mod_add1_eq            -> mod_add_eq
  3557 mod_mult1_eq           -> mod_mult_right_eq
  3558 mod_mult1_eq'          -> mod_mult_left_eq
  3559 mod_mult_distrib_mod   -> mod_mult_eq
  3560 nat_mod_add_left_eq    -> mod_add_left_eq
  3561 nat_mod_add_right_eq   -> mod_add_right_eq
  3562 nat_mod_div_trivial    -> mod_div_trivial
  3563 nat_mod_mod_trivial    -> mod_mod_trivial
  3564 zdiv_zadd_self1        -> div_add_self1
  3565 zdiv_zadd_self2        -> div_add_self2
  3566 zdiv_zmult_self1       -> div_mult_self2_is_id
  3567 zdiv_zmult_self2       -> div_mult_self1_is_id
  3568 zdvd_triv_left         -> dvd_triv_left
  3569 zdvd_triv_right        -> dvd_triv_right
  3570 zdvd_zmult_cancel_disj -> dvd_mult_cancel_left
  3571 zmod_eq0_zdvd_iff      -> dvd_eq_mod_eq_0[symmetric]
  3572 zmod_zadd_left_eq      -> mod_add_left_eq
  3573 zmod_zadd_right_eq     -> mod_add_right_eq
  3574 zmod_zadd_self1        -> mod_add_self1
  3575 zmod_zadd_self2        -> mod_add_self2
  3576 zmod_zadd1_eq          -> mod_add_eq
  3577 zmod_zdiff1_eq         -> mod_diff_eq
  3578 zmod_zdvd_zmod         -> mod_mod_cancel
  3579 zmod_zmod_cancel       -> mod_mod_cancel
  3580 zmod_zmult_self1       -> mod_mult_self2_is_0
  3581 zmod_zmult_self2       -> mod_mult_self1_is_0
  3582 zmod_1                 -> mod_by_1
  3583 zdiv_1                 -> div_by_1
  3584 zdvd_abs1              -> abs_dvd_iff
  3585 zdvd_abs2              -> dvd_abs_iff
  3586 zdvd_refl              -> dvd_refl
  3587 zdvd_trans             -> dvd_trans
  3588 zdvd_zadd              -> dvd_add
  3589 zdvd_zdiff             -> dvd_diff
  3590 zdvd_zminus_iff        -> dvd_minus_iff
  3591 zdvd_zminus2_iff       -> minus_dvd_iff
  3592 zdvd_zmultD            -> dvd_mult_right
  3593 zdvd_zmultD2           -> dvd_mult_left
  3594 zdvd_zmult_mono        -> mult_dvd_mono
  3595 zdvd_0_right           -> dvd_0_right
  3596 zdvd_0_left            -> dvd_0_left_iff
  3597 zdvd_1_left            -> one_dvd
  3598 zminus_dvd_iff         -> minus_dvd_iff
  3599 
  3600 * Theory Rational: 'Fract k 0' now equals '0'.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3601 
  3602 * The real numbers offer decimal input syntax: 12.34 is translated
  3603 into 1234/10^2. This translation is not reversed upon output.
  3604 
  3605 * Theory Library/Polynomial defines an abstract type 'a poly of
  3606 univariate polynomials with coefficients of type 'a.  In addition to
  3607 the standard ring operations, it also supports div and mod.  Code
  3608 generation is also supported, using list-style constructors.
  3609 
  3610 * Theory Library/Inner_Product defines a class of real_inner for real
  3611 inner product spaces, with an overloaded operation inner :: 'a => 'a
  3612 => real.  Class real_inner is a subclass of real_normed_vector from
  3613 theory RealVector.
  3614 
  3615 * Theory Library/Product_Vector provides instances for the product
  3616 type 'a * 'b of several classes from RealVector and Inner_Product.
  3617 Definitions of addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, norms,
  3618 and inner products are included.
  3619 
  3620 * Theory Library/Bit defines the field "bit" of integers modulo 2.  In
  3621 addition to the field operations, numerals and case syntax are also
  3622 supported.
  3623 
  3624 * Theory Library/Diagonalize provides constructive version of Cantor's
  3625 first diagonalization argument.
  3626 
  3627 * Theory Library/GCD: Curried operations gcd, lcm (for nat) and zgcd,
  3628 zlcm (for int); carried together from various gcd/lcm developements in
  3629 the HOL Distribution.  Constants zgcd and zlcm replace former igcd and
  3630 ilcm; corresponding theorems renamed accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  3631 may recover tupled syntax as follows:
  3632 
  3633     hide (open) const gcd
  3634     abbreviation gcd where
  3635       "gcd == (%(a, b). GCD.gcd a b)"
  3636     notation (output)
  3637       GCD.gcd ("gcd '(_, _')")
  3638 
  3639 The same works for lcm, zgcd, zlcm.
  3640 
  3641 * Theory Library/Nat_Infinity: added addition, numeral syntax and more
  3642 instantiations for algebraic structures.  Removed some duplicate
  3643 theorems.  Changes in simp rules.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3644 
  3645 * ML antiquotation @{code} takes a constant as argument and generates
  3646 corresponding code in background and inserts name of the corresponding
  3647 resulting ML value/function/datatype constructor binding in place.
  3648 All occurrences of @{code} with a single ML block are generated
  3649 simultaneously.  Provides a generic and safe interface for
  3650 instrumentalizing code generation.  See
  3651 src/HOL/Decision_Procs/Ferrack.thy for a more ambitious application.
  3652 In future you ought to refrain from ad-hoc compiling generated SML
  3653 code on the ML toplevel.  Note that (for technical reasons) @{code}
  3654 cannot refer to constants for which user-defined serializations are
  3655 set.  Refer to the corresponding ML counterpart directly in that
  3656 cases.
  3657 
  3658 * Command 'rep_datatype': instead of theorem names the command now
  3659 takes a list of terms denoting the constructors of the type to be
  3660 represented as datatype.  The characteristic theorems have to be
  3661 proven.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Also observe that the following theorems
  3662 have disappeared in favour of existing ones:
  3663 
  3664     unit_induct                 ~> unit.induct
  3665     prod_induct                 ~> prod.induct
  3666     sum_induct                  ~> sum.induct
  3667     Suc_Suc_eq                  ~> nat.inject
  3668     Suc_not_Zero Zero_not_Suc   ~> nat.distinct
  3669 
  3670 
  3671 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  3672 
  3673 * New locales for orders and lattices where the equivalence relation
  3674 is not restricted to equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY: all order and lattice
  3675 locales use a record structure with field eq for the equivalence.
  3676 
  3677 * New theory of factorial domains.
  3678 
  3679 * Units_l_inv and Units_r_inv are now simp rules by default.
  3680 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Simplifier proof that require deletion of l_inv
  3681 and/or r_inv will now also require deletion of these lemmas.
  3682 
  3683 * Renamed the following theorems, INCOMPATIBILITY:
  3684 
  3685 UpperD ~> Upper_memD
  3686 LowerD ~> Lower_memD
  3687 least_carrier ~> least_closed
  3688 greatest_carrier ~> greatest_closed
  3689 greatest_Lower_above ~> greatest_Lower_below
  3690 one_zero ~> carrier_one_zero
  3691 one_not_zero ~> carrier_one_not_zero  (collision with assumption)
  3692 
  3693 
  3694 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  3695 
  3696 * Nominal datatypes can now contain type-variables.
  3697 
  3698 * Commands 'nominal_inductive' and 'equivariance' work with local
  3699 theory targets.
  3700 
  3701 * Nominal primrec can now works with local theory targets and its
  3702 specification syntax now conforms to the general format as seen in
  3703 'inductive' etc.
  3704 
  3705 * Method "perm_simp" honours the standard simplifier attributes
  3706 (no_asm), (no_asm_use) etc.
  3707 
  3708 * The new predicate #* is defined like freshness, except that on the
  3709 left hand side can be a set or list of atoms.
  3710 
  3711 * Experimental command 'nominal_inductive2' derives strong induction
  3712 principles for inductive definitions.  In contrast to
  3713 'nominal_inductive', which can only deal with a fixed number of
  3714 binders, it can deal with arbitrary expressions standing for sets of
  3715 atoms to be avoided.  The only inductive definition we have at the
  3716 moment that needs this generalisation is the typing rule for Lets in
  3717 the algorithm W:
  3718 
  3719  Gamma |- t1 : T1   (x,close Gamma T1)::Gamma |- t2 : T2   x#Gamma
  3720  -----------------------------------------------------------------
  3721          Gamma |- Let x be t1 in t2 : T2
  3722 
  3723 In this rule one wants to avoid all the binders that are introduced by
  3724 "close Gamma T1".  We are looking for other examples where this
  3725 feature might be useful.  Please let us know.
  3726 
  3727 
  3728 *** HOLCF ***
  3729 
  3730 * Reimplemented the simplification procedure for proving continuity
  3731 subgoals.  The new simproc is extensible; users can declare additional
  3732 continuity introduction rules with the attribute [cont2cont].
  3733 
  3734 * The continuity simproc now uses a different introduction rule for
  3735 solving continuity subgoals on terms with lambda abstractions.  In
  3736 some rare cases the new simproc may fail to solve subgoals that the
  3737 old one could solve, and "simp add: cont2cont_LAM" may be necessary.
  3738 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3739 
  3740 * Command 'fixrec': specification syntax now conforms to the general
  3741 format as seen in 'inductive' etc.  See src/HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  3742 examples.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3743 
  3744 
  3745 *** ZF ***
  3746 
  3747 * Proof of Zorn's Lemma for partial orders.
  3748 
  3749 
  3750 *** ML ***
  3751 
  3752 * Multithreading for Poly/ML 5.1/5.2 is no longer supported, only for
  3753 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.  Important note: the TimeLimit facility
  3754 depends on multithreading, so timouts will not work before Poly/ML
  3755 5.2.1!
  3756 
  3757 * High-level support for concurrent ML programming, see
  3758 src/Pure/Cuncurrent.  The data-oriented model of "future values" is
  3759 particularly convenient to organize independent functional
  3760 computations.  The concept of "synchronized variables" provides a
  3761 higher-order interface for components with shared state, avoiding the
  3762 delicate details of mutexes and condition variables.  (Requires
  3763 Poly/ML 5.2.1 or later.)
  3764 
  3765 * ML bindings produced via Isar commands are stored within the Isar
  3766 context (theory or proof).  Consequently, commands like 'use' and 'ML'
  3767 become thread-safe and work with undo as expected (concerning
  3768 top-level bindings, not side-effects on global references).
  3769 INCOMPATIBILITY, need to provide proper Isar context when invoking the
  3770 compiler at runtime; really global bindings need to be given outside a
  3771 theory.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  3772 
  3773 * Command 'ML_prf' is analogous to 'ML' but works within a proof
  3774 context.  Top-level ML bindings are stored within the proof context in
  3775 a purely sequential fashion, disregarding the nested proof structure.
  3776 ML bindings introduced by 'ML_prf' are discarded at the end of the
  3777 proof.  (Requires Poly/ML 5.2 or later.)
  3778 
  3779 * Simplified ML attribute and method setup, cf. functions Attrib.setup
  3780 and Method.setup, as well as Isar commands 'attribute_setup' and
  3781 'method_setup'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for 'method_setup', need to simplify
  3782 existing code accordingly, or use plain 'setup' together with old
  3783 Method.add_method.
  3784 
  3785 * Simplified ML oracle interface Thm.add_oracle promotes 'a -> cterm
  3786 to 'a -> thm, while results are always tagged with an authentic oracle
  3787 name.  The Isar command 'oracle' is now polymorphic, no argument type
  3788 is specified.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify existing oracle code
  3789 accordingly.  Note that extra performance may be gained by producing
  3790 the cterm carefully, avoiding slow Thm.cterm_of.
  3791 
  3792 * Simplified interface for defining document antiquotations via
  3793 ThyOutput.antiquotation, ThyOutput.output, and optionally
  3794 ThyOutput.maybe_pretty_source.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to simplify user
  3795 antiquotations accordingly, see src/Pure/Thy/thy_output.ML for common
  3796 examples.
  3797 
  3798 * More systematic treatment of long names, abstract name bindings, and
  3799 name space operations.  Basic operations on qualified names have been
  3800 move from structure NameSpace to Long_Name, e.g. Long_Name.base_name,
  3801 Long_Name.append.  Old type bstring has been mostly replaced by
  3802 abstract type binding (see structure Binding), which supports precise
  3803 qualification by packages and local theory targets, as well as proper
  3804 tracking of source positions.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to wrap old
  3805 bstring values into Binding.name, or better pass through abstract
  3806 bindings everywhere.  See further src/Pure/General/long_name.ML,
  3807 src/Pure/General/binding.ML and src/Pure/General/name_space.ML
  3808 
  3809 * Result facts (from PureThy.note_thms, ProofContext.note_thms,
  3810 LocalTheory.note etc.) now refer to the *full* internal name, not the
  3811 bstring as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY, not detected by ML type-checking!
  3812 
  3813 * Disposed old type and term read functions (Sign.read_def_typ,
  3814 Sign.read_typ, Sign.read_def_terms, Sign.read_term,
  3815 Thm.read_def_cterms, Thm.read_cterm etc.).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should
  3816 use regular Syntax.read_typ, Syntax.read_term, Syntax.read_typ_global,
  3817 Syntax.read_term_global etc.; see also OldGoals.read_term as last
  3818 resort for legacy applications.
  3819 
  3820 * Disposed old declarations, tactics, tactic combinators that refer to
  3821 the simpset or claset of an implicit theory (such as Addsimps,
  3822 Simp_tac, SIMPSET).  INCOMPATIBILITY, should use @{simpset} etc. in
  3823 embedded ML text, or local_simpset_of with a proper context passed as
  3824 explicit runtime argument.
  3825 
  3826 * Rules and tactics that read instantiations (read_instantiate,
  3827 res_inst_tac, thin_tac, subgoal_tac etc.) now demand a proper proof
  3828 context, which is required for parsing and type-checking.  Moreover,
  3829 the variables are specified as plain indexnames, not string encodings
  3830 thereof.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3831 
  3832 * Generic Toplevel.add_hook interface allows to analyze the result of
  3833 transactions.  E.g. see src/Pure/ProofGeneral/proof_general_pgip.ML
  3834 for theorem dependency output of transactions resulting in a new
  3835 theory state.
  3836 
  3837 * ML antiquotations: block-structured compilation context indicated by
  3838 \<lbrace> ... \<rbrace>; additional antiquotation forms:
  3839 
  3840   @{binding name}                         - basic name binding
  3841   @{let ?pat = term}                      - term abbreviation (HO matching)
  3842   @{note name = fact}                     - fact abbreviation
  3843   @{thm fact}                             - singleton fact (with attributes)
  3844   @{thms fact}                            - general fact (with attributes)
  3845   @{lemma prop by method}                 - singleton goal
  3846   @{lemma prop by meth1 meth2}            - singleton goal
  3847   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by method}      - general goal
  3848   @{lemma prop1 ... propN by meth1 meth2} - general goal
  3849   @{lemma (open) ...}                     - open derivation
  3850 
  3851 
  3852 *** System ***
  3853 
  3854 * The Isabelle "emacs" tool provides a specific interface to invoke
  3855 Proof General / Emacs, with more explicit failure if that is not
  3856 installed (the old isabelle-interface script silently falls back on
  3857 isabelle-process).  The PROOFGENERAL_HOME setting determines the
  3858 installation location of the Proof General distribution.
  3859 
  3860 * Isabelle/lib/classes/Pure.jar provides basic support to integrate
  3861 the Isabelle process into a JVM/Scala application.  See
  3862 Isabelle/lib/jedit/plugin for a minimal example.  (The obsolete Java
  3863 process wrapper has been discontinued.)
  3864 
  3865 * Added homegrown Isabelle font with unicode layout, see lib/fonts.
  3866 
  3867 * Various status messages (with exact source position information) are
  3868 emitted, if proper markup print mode is enabled.  This allows
  3869 user-interface components to provide detailed feedback on internal
  3870 prover operations.
  3871 
  3872 
  3873 
  3874 New in Isabelle2008 (June 2008)
  3875 -------------------------------
  3876 
  3877 *** General ***
  3878 
  3879 * The Isabelle/Isar Reference Manual (isar-ref) has been reorganized
  3880 and updated, with formally checked references as hyperlinks.
  3881 
  3882 * Theory loader: use_thy (and similar operations) no longer set the
  3883 implicit ML context, which was occasionally hard to predict and in
  3884 conflict with concurrency.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use ML within Isar which
  3885 provides a proper context already.
  3886 
  3887 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  3888 file are no longer supported.  INCOMPATIBILITY, regular 'uses' and
  3889 'use' within a theory file will do the job.
  3890 
  3891 * Name space merge now observes canonical order, i.e. the second space
  3892 is inserted into the first one, while existing entries in the first
  3893 space take precedence.  INCOMPATIBILITY in rare situations, may try to
  3894 swap theory imports.
  3895 
  3896 * Syntax: symbol \<chi> is now considered a letter.  Potential
  3897 INCOMPATIBILITY in identifier syntax etc.
  3898 
  3899 * Outer syntax: string tokens no longer admit escaped white space,
  3900 which was an accidental (undocumented) feature.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  3901 white space without escapes.
  3902 
  3903 * Outer syntax: string tokens may contain arbitrary character codes
  3904 specified via 3 decimal digits (as in SML).  E.g. "foo\095bar" for
  3905 "foo_bar".
  3906 
  3907 
  3908 *** Pure ***
  3909 
  3910 * Context-dependent token translations.  Default setup reverts locally
  3911 fixed variables, and adds hilite markup for undeclared frees.
  3912 
  3913 * Unused theorems can be found using the new command 'unused_thms'.
  3914 There are three ways of invoking it:
  3915 
  3916 (1) unused_thms
  3917      Only finds unused theorems in the current theory.
  3918 
  3919 (2) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n -
  3920      Finds unused theorems in the current theory and all of its ancestors,
  3921      excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of their ancestors.
  3922 
  3923 (3) unused_thms thy_1 ... thy_n - thy'_1 ... thy'_m
  3924      Finds unused theorems in the theories thy'_1 ... thy'_m and all of
  3925      their ancestors, excluding the theories thy_1 ... thy_n and all of
  3926      their ancestors.
  3927 
  3928 In order to increase the readability of the list produced by
  3929 unused_thms, theorems that have been created by a particular instance
  3930 of a theory command such as 'inductive' or 'function' are considered
  3931 to belong to the same "group", meaning that if at least one theorem in
  3932 this group is used, the other theorems in the same group are no longer
  3933 reported as unused.  Moreover, if all theorems in the group are
  3934 unused, only one theorem in the group is displayed.
  3935 
  3936 Note that proof objects have to be switched on in order for
  3937 unused_thms to work properly (i.e. !proofs must be >= 1, which is
  3938 usually the case when using Proof General with the default settings).
  3939 
  3940 * Authentic naming of facts disallows ad-hoc overwriting of previous
  3941 theorems within the same name space.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to remove
  3942 duplicate fact bindings, or even accidental fact duplications.  Note
  3943 that tools may maintain dynamically scoped facts systematically, using
  3944 PureThy.add_thms_dynamic.
  3945 
  3946 * Command 'hide' now allows to hide from "fact" name space as well.
  3947 
  3948 * Eliminated destructive theorem database, simpset, claset, and
  3949 clasimpset.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY, really need to observe linear
  3950 update of theories within ML code.
  3951 
  3952 * Eliminated theory ProtoPure and CPure, leaving just one Pure theory.
  3953 INCOMPATIBILITY, object-logics depending on former Pure require
  3954 additional setup PureThy.old_appl_syntax_setup; object-logics
  3955 depending on former CPure need to refer to Pure.
  3956 
  3957 * Commands 'use' and 'ML' are now purely functional, operating on
  3958 theory/local_theory.  Removed former 'ML_setup' (on theory), use 'ML'
  3959 instead.  Added 'ML_val' as mere diagnostic replacement for 'ML'.
  3960 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  3961 
  3962 * Command 'setup': discontinued implicit version with ML reference.
  3963 
  3964 * Instantiation target allows for simultaneous specification of class
  3965 instance operations together with an instantiation proof.
  3966 Type-checking phase allows to refer to class operations uniformly.
  3967 See src/HOL/Complex/Complex.thy for an Isar example and
  3968 src/HOL/Library/Eval.thy for an ML example.
  3969 
  3970 * Indexing of literal facts: be more serious about including only
  3971 facts from the visible specification/proof context, but not the
  3972 background context (locale etc.).  Affects `prop` notation and method
  3973 "fact".  INCOMPATIBILITY: need to name facts explicitly in rare
  3974 situations.
  3975 
  3976 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": removed obsolete/undocumented
  3977 "(open)" option, which used to expose internal bound variables to the
  3978 proof text.
  3979 
  3980 * Isar statements: removed obsolete case "rule_context".
  3981 INCOMPATIBILITY, better use explicit fixes/assumes.
  3982 
  3983 * Locale proofs: default proof step now includes 'unfold_locales';
  3984 hence 'proof' without argument may be used to unfold locale
  3985 predicates.
  3986 
  3987 
  3988 *** Document preparation ***
  3989 
  3990 * Simplified pdfsetup.sty: color/hyperref is used unconditionally for
  3991 both pdf and dvi (hyperlinks usually work in xdvi as well); removed
  3992 obsolete thumbpdf setup (contemporary PDF viewers do this on the
  3993 spot); renamed link color from "darkblue" to "linkcolor" (default
  3994 value unchanged, can be redefined via \definecolor); no longer sets
  3995 "a4paper" option (unnecessary or even intrusive).
  3996 
  3997 * Antiquotation @{lemma A method} proves proposition A by the given
  3998 method (either a method name or a method name plus (optional) method
  3999 arguments in parentheses) and prints A just like @{prop A}.
  4000 
  4001 
  4002 *** HOL ***
  4003 
  4004 * New primrec package.  Specification syntax conforms in style to
  4005 definition/function/....  No separate induction rule is provided.  The
  4006 "primrec" command distinguishes old-style and new-style specifications
  4007 by syntax.  The former primrec package is now named OldPrimrecPackage.
  4008 When adjusting theories, beware: constants stemming from new-style
  4009 primrec specifications have authentic syntax.
  4010 
  4011 * Metis prover is now an order of magnitude faster, and also works
  4012 with multithreading.
  4013 
  4014 * Metis: the maximum number of clauses that can be produced from a
  4015 theorem is now given by the attribute max_clauses.  Theorems that
  4016 exceed this number are ignored, with a warning printed.
  4017 
  4018 * Sledgehammer no longer produces structured proofs by default. To
  4019 enable, declare [[sledgehammer_full = true]].  Attributes
  4020 reconstruction_modulus, reconstruction_sorts renamed
  4021 sledgehammer_modulus, sledgehammer_sorts.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4022 
  4023 * Method "induct_scheme" derives user-specified induction rules
  4024 from well-founded induction and completeness of patterns. This factors
  4025 out some operations that are done internally by the function package
  4026 and makes them available separately.  See
  4027 src/HOL/ex/Induction_Scheme.thy for examples.
  4028 
  4029 * More flexible generation of measure functions for termination
  4030 proofs: Measure functions can be declared by proving a rule of the
  4031 form "is_measure f" and giving it the [measure_function] attribute.
  4032 The "is_measure" predicate is logically meaningless (always true), and
  4033 just guides the heuristic.  To find suitable measure functions, the
  4034 termination prover sets up the goal "is_measure ?f" of the appropriate
  4035 type and generates all solutions by prolog-style backwards proof using
  4036 the declared rules.
  4037 
  4038 This setup also deals with rules like 
  4039 
  4040   "is_measure f ==> is_measure (list_size f)"
  4041 
  4042 which accommodates nested datatypes that recurse through lists.
  4043 Similar rules are predeclared for products and option types.
  4044 
  4045 * Turned the type of sets "'a set" into an abbreviation for "'a => bool"
  4046 
  4047   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  4048 
  4049   - Definitions of overloaded constants on sets have to be replaced by
  4050     definitions on => and bool.
  4051 
  4052   - Some definitions of overloaded operators on sets can now be proved
  4053     using the definitions of the operators on => and bool.  Therefore,
  4054     the following theorems have been renamed:
  4055 
  4056       subset_def   -> subset_eq
  4057       psubset_def  -> psubset_eq
  4058       set_diff_def -> set_diff_eq
  4059       Compl_def    -> Compl_eq
  4060       Sup_set_def  -> Sup_set_eq
  4061       Inf_set_def  -> Inf_set_eq
  4062       sup_set_def  -> sup_set_eq
  4063       inf_set_def  -> inf_set_eq
  4064 
  4065   - Due to the incompleteness of the HO unification algorithm, some
  4066     rules such as subst may require manual instantiation, if some of
  4067     the unknowns in the rule is a set.
  4068 
  4069   - Higher order unification and forward proofs:
  4070     The proof pattern
  4071 
  4072       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  4073       then have "EX S. P S" ..
  4074 
  4075     no longer works (due to the incompleteness of the HO unification
  4076     algorithm) and must be replaced by the pattern
  4077 
  4078       have "EX S. P S"
  4079       proof
  4080         show "P S" <...>
  4081       qed
  4082 
  4083   - Calculational reasoning with subst (or similar rules):
  4084     The proof pattern
  4085 
  4086       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  4087       also have "S = T" <...>
  4088       finally have "P T" .
  4089 
  4090     no longer works (for similar reasons as the previous example) and
  4091     must be replaced by something like
  4092 
  4093       have "P (S::'a set)" <...>
  4094       moreover have "S = T" <...>
  4095       ultimately have "P T" by simp
  4096 
  4097   - Tactics or packages written in ML code:
  4098     Code performing pattern matching on types via
  4099 
  4100       Type ("set", [T]) => ...
  4101 
  4102     must be rewritten. Moreover, functions like strip_type or
  4103     binder_types no longer return the right value when applied to a
  4104     type of the form
  4105 
  4106       T1 => ... => Tn => U => bool
  4107 
  4108     rather than
  4109 
  4110       T1 => ... => Tn => U set
  4111 
  4112 * Merged theories Wellfounded_Recursion, Accessible_Part and
  4113 Wellfounded_Relations to theory Wellfounded.
  4114 
  4115 * Explicit class "eq" for executable equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4116 
  4117 * Class finite no longer treats UNIV as class parameter.  Use class
  4118 enum from theory Library/Enum instead to achieve a similar effect.
  4119 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4120 
  4121 * Theory List: rule list_induct2 now has explicitly named cases "Nil"
  4122 and "Cons".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4123 
  4124 * HOL (and FOL): renamed variables in rules imp_elim and swap.
  4125 Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4126 
  4127 * Theory Product_Type: duplicated lemmas split_Pair_apply and
  4128 injective_fst_snd removed, use split_eta and prod_eqI instead.
  4129 Renamed upd_fst to apfst and upd_snd to apsnd.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4130 
  4131 * Theory Nat: removed redundant lemmas that merely duplicate lemmas of
  4132 the same name in theory Orderings:
  4133 
  4134   less_trans
  4135   less_linear
  4136   le_imp_less_or_eq
  4137   le_less_trans
  4138   less_le_trans
  4139   less_not_sym
  4140   less_asym
  4141 
  4142 Renamed less_imp_le to less_imp_le_nat, and less_irrefl to
  4143 less_irrefl_nat.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to more general types
  4144 and different variable names.
  4145 
  4146 * Library/Option_ord.thy: Canonical order on option type.
  4147 
  4148 * Library/RBT.thy: Red-black trees, an efficient implementation of
  4149 finite maps.
  4150 
  4151 * Library/Countable.thy: Type class for countable types.
  4152 
  4153 * Theory Int: The representation of numerals has changed.  The infix
  4154 operator BIT and the bit datatype with constructors B0 and B1 have
  4155 disappeared.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use "Int.Bit0 x" and "Int.Bit1 y" in
  4156 place of "x BIT bit.B0" and "y BIT bit.B1", respectively.  Theorems
  4157 involving BIT, B0, or B1 have been renamed with "Bit0" or "Bit1"
  4158 accordingly.
  4159 
  4160 * Theory Nat: definition of <= and < on natural numbers no longer
  4161 depend on well-founded relations.  INCOMPATIBILITY.  Definitions
  4162 le_def and less_def have disappeared.  Consider lemmas not_less
  4163 [symmetric, where ?'a = nat] and less_eq [symmetric] instead.
  4164 
  4165 * Theory Finite_Set: locales ACf, ACe, ACIf, ACIfSL and ACIfSLlin
  4166 (whose purpose mainly is for various fold_set functionals) have been
  4167 abandoned in favor of the existing algebraic classes
  4168 ab_semigroup_mult, comm_monoid_mult, ab_semigroup_idem_mult,
  4169 lower_semilattice (resp. upper_semilattice) and linorder.
  4170 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4171 
  4172 * Theory Transitive_Closure: induct and cases rules now declare proper
  4173 case_names ("base" and "step").  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4174 
  4175 * Theorem Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct generalized to complete
  4176 lattices.  The form set-specific version is available as
  4177 Inductive.lfp_ordinal_induct_set.
  4178 
  4179 * Renamed theorems "power.simps" to "power_int.simps".
  4180 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4181 
  4182 * Class semiring_div provides basic abstract properties of semirings
  4183 with division and modulo operations.  Subsumes former class dvd_mod.
  4184 
  4185 * Merged theories IntDef, Numeral and IntArith into unified theory
  4186 Int.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4187 
  4188 * Theory Library/Code_Index: type "index" now represents natural
  4189 numbers rather than integers.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4190 
  4191 * New class "uminus" with operation "uminus" (split of from class
  4192 "minus" which now only has operation "minus", binary).
  4193 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4194 
  4195 * Constants "card", "internal_split", "option_map" now with authentic
  4196 syntax.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4197 
  4198 * Definitions subset_def, psubset_def, set_diff_def, Compl_def,
  4199 le_bool_def, less_bool_def, le_fun_def, less_fun_def, inf_bool_def,
  4200 sup_bool_def, Inf_bool_def, Sup_bool_def, inf_fun_def, sup_fun_def,
  4201 Inf_fun_def, Sup_fun_def, inf_set_def, sup_set_def, Inf_set_def,
  4202 Sup_set_def, le_def, less_def, option_map_def now with object
  4203 equality.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4204 
  4205 * Records. Removed K_record, and replaced it by pure lambda term
  4206 %x. c. The simplifier setup is now more robust against eta expansion.
  4207 INCOMPATIBILITY: in cases explicitly referring to K_record.
  4208 
  4209 * Library/Multiset: {#a, b, c#} abbreviates {#a#} + {#b#} + {#c#}.
  4210 
  4211 * Library/ListVector: new theory of arithmetic vector operations.
  4212 
  4213 * Library/Order_Relation: new theory of various orderings as sets of
  4214 pairs.  Defines preorders, partial orders, linear orders and
  4215 well-orders on sets and on types.
  4216 
  4217 
  4218 *** ZF ***
  4219 
  4220 * Renamed some theories to allow to loading both ZF and HOL in the
  4221 same session:
  4222 
  4223   Datatype  -> Datatype_ZF
  4224   Inductive -> Inductive_ZF
  4225   Int       -> Int_ZF
  4226   IntDiv    -> IntDiv_ZF
  4227   Nat       -> Nat_ZF
  4228   List      -> List_ZF
  4229   Main      -> Main_ZF
  4230 
  4231 INCOMPATIBILITY: ZF theories that import individual theories below
  4232 Main might need to be adapted.  Regular theory Main is still
  4233 available, as trivial extension of Main_ZF.
  4234 
  4235 
  4236 *** ML ***
  4237 
  4238 * ML within Isar: antiquotation @{const name} or @{const
  4239 name(typargs)} produces statically-checked Const term.
  4240 
  4241 * Functor NamedThmsFun: data is available to the user as dynamic fact
  4242 (of the same name).  Removed obsolete print command.
  4243 
  4244 * Removed obsolete "use_legacy_bindings" function.
  4245 
  4246 * The ``print mode'' is now a thread-local value derived from a global
  4247 template (the former print_mode reference), thus access becomes
  4248 non-critical.  The global print_mode reference is for session
  4249 management only; user-code should use print_mode_value,
  4250 print_mode_active, PrintMode.setmp etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4251 
  4252 * Functions system/system_out provide a robust way to invoke external
  4253 shell commands, with propagation of interrupts (requires Poly/ML
  4254 5.2.1).  Do not use OS.Process.system etc. from the basis library!
  4255 
  4256 
  4257 *** System ***
  4258 
  4259 * Default settings: PROOFGENERAL_OPTIONS no longer impose xemacs ---
  4260 in accordance with Proof General 3.7, which prefers GNU emacs.
  4261 
  4262 * isatool tty runs Isabelle process with plain tty interaction;
  4263 optional line editor may be specified via ISABELLE_LINE_EDITOR
  4264 setting, the default settings attempt to locate "ledit" and "rlwrap".
  4265 
  4266 * isatool browser now works with Cygwin as well, using general
  4267 "javapath" function defined in Isabelle process environment.
  4268 
  4269 * YXML notation provides a simple and efficient alternative to
  4270 standard XML transfer syntax.  See src/Pure/General/yxml.ML and
  4271 isatool yxml as described in the Isabelle system manual.
  4272 
  4273 * JVM class isabelle.IsabelleProcess (located in Isabelle/lib/classes)
  4274 provides general wrapper for managing an Isabelle process in a robust
  4275 fashion, with ``cooked'' output from stdin/stderr.
  4276 
  4277 * Rudimentary Isabelle plugin for jEdit (see Isabelle/lib/jedit),
  4278 based on Isabelle/JVM process wrapper (see Isabelle/lib/classes).
  4279 
  4280 * Removed obsolete THIS_IS_ISABELLE_BUILD feature.  NB: the documented
  4281 way of changing the user's settings is via
  4282 ISABELLE_HOME_USER/etc/settings, which is a fully featured bash
  4283 script.
  4284 
  4285 * Multithreading.max_threads := 0 refers to the number of actual CPU
  4286 cores of the underlying machine, which is a good starting point for
  4287 optimal performance tuning.  The corresponding usedir option -M allows
  4288 "max" as an alias for "0".  WARNING: does not work on certain versions
  4289 of Mac OS (with Poly/ML 5.1).
  4290 
  4291 * isabelle-process: non-ML sessions are run with "nice", to reduce the
  4292 adverse effect of Isabelle flooding interactive front-ends (notably
  4293 ProofGeneral / XEmacs).
  4294 
  4295 
  4296 
  4297 New in Isabelle2007 (November 2007)
  4298 -----------------------------------
  4299 
  4300 *** General ***
  4301 
  4302 * More uniform information about legacy features, notably a
  4303 warning/error of "Legacy feature: ...", depending on the state of the
  4304 tolerate_legacy_features flag (default true). FUTURE INCOMPATIBILITY:
  4305 legacy features will disappear eventually.
  4306 
  4307 * Theory syntax: the header format ``theory A = B + C:'' has been
  4308 discontinued in favour of ``theory A imports B C begin''.  Use isatool
  4309 fixheaders to convert existing theory files.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4310 
  4311 * Theory syntax: the old non-Isar theory file format has been
  4312 discontinued altogether.  Note that ML proof scripts may still be used
  4313 with Isar theories; migration is usually quite simple with the ML
  4314 function use_legacy_bindings.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4315 
  4316 * Theory syntax: some popular names (e.g. 'class', 'declaration',
  4317 'fun', 'help', 'if') are now keywords.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use double
  4318 quotes.
  4319 
  4320 * Theory loader: be more serious about observing the static theory
  4321 header specifications (including optional directories), but not the
  4322 accidental file locations of previously successful loads.  The strict
  4323 update policy of former update_thy is now already performed by
  4324 use_thy, so the former has been removed; use_thys updates several
  4325 theories simultaneously, just as 'imports' within a theory header
  4326 specification, but without merging the results.  Potential
  4327 INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to refine theory headers and commands
  4328 ROOT.ML which depend on load order.
  4329 
  4330 * Theory loader: optional support for content-based file
  4331 identification, instead of the traditional scheme of full physical
  4332 path plus date stamp; configured by the ISABELLE_FILE_IDENT setting
  4333 (cf. the system manual).  The new scheme allows to work with
  4334 non-finished theories in persistent session images, such that source
  4335 files may be moved later on without requiring reloads.
  4336 
  4337 * Theory loader: old-style ML proof scripts being *attached* to a thy
  4338 file (with the same base name as the theory) are considered a legacy
  4339 feature, which will disappear eventually. Even now, the theory loader
  4340 no longer maintains dependencies on such files.
  4341 
  4342 * Syntax: the scope for resolving ambiguities via type-inference is
  4343 now limited to individual terms, instead of whole simultaneous
  4344 specifications as before. This greatly reduces the complexity of the
  4345 syntax module and improves flexibility by separating parsing and
  4346 type-checking. INCOMPATIBILITY: additional type-constraints (explicit
  4347 'fixes' etc.) are required in rare situations.
  4348 
  4349 * Syntax: constants introduced by new-style packages ('definition',
  4350 'abbreviation' etc.) are passed through the syntax module in
  4351 ``authentic mode''. This means that associated mixfix annotations
  4352 really stick to such constants, independently of potential name space
  4353 ambiguities introduced later on. INCOMPATIBILITY: constants in parse
  4354 trees are represented slightly differently, may need to adapt syntax
  4355 translations accordingly. Use CONST marker in 'translations' and
  4356 @{const_syntax} antiquotation in 'parse_translation' etc.
  4357 
  4358 * Legacy goal package: reduced interface to the bare minimum required
  4359 to keep existing proof scripts running.  Most other user-level
  4360 functions are now part of the OldGoals structure, which is *not* open
  4361 by default (consider isatool expandshort before open OldGoals).
  4362 Removed top_sg, prin, printyp, pprint_term/typ altogether, because
  4363 these tend to cause confusion about the actual goal (!) context being
  4364 used here, which is not necessarily the same as the_context().
  4365 
  4366 * Command 'find_theorems': supports "*" wild-card in "name:"
  4367 criterion; "with_dups" option.  Certain ProofGeneral versions might
  4368 support a specific search form (see ProofGeneral/CHANGES).
  4369 
  4370 * The ``prems limit'' option (cf. ProofContext.prems_limit) is now -1
  4371 by default, which means that "prems" (and also "fixed variables") are
  4372 suppressed from proof state output.  Note that the ProofGeneral
  4373 settings mechanism allows to change and save options persistently, but
  4374 older versions of Isabelle will fail to start up if a negative prems
  4375 limit is imposed.
  4376 
  4377 * Local theory targets may be specified by non-nested blocks of
  4378 ``context/locale/class ... begin'' followed by ``end''.  The body may
  4379 contain definitions, theorems etc., including any derived mechanism
  4380 that has been implemented on top of these primitives.  This concept
  4381 generalizes the existing ``theorem (in ...)'' towards more versatility
  4382 and scalability.
  4383 
  4384 * Proof General interface: proper undo of final 'end' command;
  4385 discontinued Isabelle/classic mode (ML proof scripts).
  4386 
  4387 
  4388 *** Document preparation ***
  4389 
  4390 * Added antiquotation @{theory name} which prints the given name,
  4391 after checking that it refers to a valid ancestor theory in the
  4392 current context.
  4393 
  4394 * Added antiquotations @{ML_type text} and @{ML_struct text} which
  4395 check the given source text as ML type/structure, printing verbatim.
  4396 
  4397 * Added antiquotation @{abbrev "c args"} which prints the abbreviation
  4398 "c args == rhs" given in the current context.  (Any number of
  4399 arguments may be given on the LHS.)
  4400 
  4401 
  4402 *** Pure ***
  4403 
  4404 * The 'class' package offers a combination of axclass and locale to
  4405 achieve Haskell-like type classes in Isabelle.  Definitions and
  4406 theorems within a class context produce both relative results (with
  4407 implicit parameters according to the locale context), and polymorphic
  4408 constants with qualified polymorphism (according to the class
  4409 context).  Within the body context of a 'class' target, a separate
  4410 syntax layer ("user space type system") takes care of converting
  4411 between global polymorphic consts and internal locale representation.
  4412 See src/HOL/ex/Classpackage.thy for examples (as well as main HOL).
  4413 "isatool doc classes" provides a tutorial.
  4414 
  4415 * Generic code generator framework allows to generate executable
  4416 code for ML and Haskell (including Isabelle classes).  A short usage
  4417 sketch:
  4418 
  4419     internal compilation:
  4420         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML
  4421     writing SML code to a file:
  4422         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in SML <filename>
  4423     writing OCaml code to a file:
  4424         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in OCaml <filename>
  4425     writing Haskell code to a bunch of files:
  4426         export_code <list of constants (term syntax)> in Haskell <filename>
  4427 
  4428     evaluating closed propositions to True/False using code generation:
  4429         method ``eval''
  4430 
  4431 Reasonable default setup of framework in HOL.
  4432 
  4433 Theorem attributs for selecting and transforming function equations theorems:
  4434 
  4435     [code fun]:        select a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  4436     [code fun del]:    deselect a theorem as function equation for a specific constant
  4437     [code inline]:     select an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  4438     [code inline del]: deselect an equation theorem for unfolding (inlining) in place
  4439 
  4440 User-defined serializations (target in {SML, OCaml, Haskell}):
  4441 
  4442     code_const <and-list of constants (term syntax)>
  4443       {(target) <and-list of const target syntax>}+
  4444 
  4445     code_type <and-list of type constructors>
  4446       {(target) <and-list of type target syntax>}+
  4447 
  4448     code_instance <and-list of instances>
  4449       {(target)}+
  4450         where instance ::= <type constructor> :: <class>
  4451 
  4452     code_class <and_list of classes>
  4453       {(target) <and-list of class target syntax>}+
  4454         where class target syntax ::= <class name> {where {<classop> == <target syntax>}+}?
  4455 
  4456 code_instance and code_class only are effective to target Haskell.
  4457 
  4458 For example usage see src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator.thy and
  4459 src/HOL/ex/Codegenerator_Pretty.thy.  A separate tutorial on code
  4460 generation from Isabelle/HOL theories is available via "isatool doc
  4461 codegen".
  4462 
  4463 * Code generator: consts in 'consts_code' Isar commands are now
  4464 referred to by usual term syntax (including optional type
  4465 annotations).
  4466 
  4467 * Command 'no_translations' removes translation rules from theory
  4468 syntax.
  4469 
  4470 * Overloaded definitions are now actually checked for acyclic
  4471 dependencies.  The overloading scheme is slightly more general than
  4472 that of Haskell98, although Isabelle does not demand an exact
  4473 correspondence to type class and instance declarations.
  4474 INCOMPATIBILITY, use ``defs (unchecked overloaded)'' to admit more
  4475 exotic versions of overloading -- at the discretion of the user!
  4476 
  4477 Polymorphic constants are represented via type arguments, i.e. the
  4478 instantiation that matches an instance against the most general
  4479 declaration given in the signature.  For example, with the declaration
  4480 c :: 'a => 'a => 'a, an instance c :: nat => nat => nat is represented
  4481 as c(nat).  Overloading is essentially simultaneous structural
  4482 recursion over such type arguments.  Incomplete specification patterns
  4483 impose global constraints on all occurrences, e.g. c('a * 'a) on the
  4484 LHS means that more general c('a * 'b) will be disallowed on any RHS.
  4485 Command 'print_theory' outputs the normalized system of recursive
  4486 equations, see section "definitions".
  4487 
  4488 * Configuration options are maintained within the theory or proof
  4489 context (with name and type bool/int/string), providing a very simple
  4490 interface to a poor-man's version of general context data.  Tools may
  4491 declare options in ML (e.g. using Attrib.config_int) and then refer to
  4492 these values using Config.get etc.  Users may change options via an
  4493 associated attribute of the same name.  This form of context
  4494 declaration works particularly well with commands 'declare' or
  4495 'using', for example ``declare [[foo = 42]]''.  Thus it has become
  4496 very easy to avoid global references, which would not observe Isar
  4497 toplevel undo/redo and fail to work with multithreading.
  4498 
  4499 Various global ML references of Pure and HOL have been turned into
  4500 configuration options:
  4501 
  4502   Unify.search_bound		unify_search_bound
  4503   Unify.trace_bound		unify_trace_bound
  4504   Unify.trace_simp		unify_trace_simp
  4505   Unify.trace_types		unify_trace_types
  4506   Simplifier.simp_depth_limit	simp_depth_limit
  4507   Blast.depth_limit		blast_depth_limit
  4508   DatatypeProp.dtK		datatype_distinctness_limit
  4509   fast_arith_neq_limit  	fast_arith_neq_limit
  4510   fast_arith_split_limit	fast_arith_split_limit
  4511 
  4512 * Named collections of theorems may be easily installed as context
  4513 data using the functor NamedThmsFun (see also
  4514 src/Pure/Tools/named_thms.ML).  The user may add or delete facts via
  4515 attributes; there is also a toplevel print command.  This facility is
  4516 just a common case of general context data, which is the preferred way
  4517 for anything more complex than just a list of facts in canonical
  4518 order.
  4519 
  4520 * Isar: command 'declaration' augments a local theory by generic
  4521 declaration functions written in ML.  This enables arbitrary content
  4522 being added to the context, depending on a morphism that tells the
  4523 difference of the original declaration context wrt. the application
  4524 context encountered later on.
  4525 
  4526 * Isar: proper interfaces for simplification procedures.  Command
  4527 'simproc_setup' declares named simprocs (with match patterns, and body
  4528 text in ML).  Attribute "simproc" adds/deletes simprocs in the current
  4529 context.  ML antiquotation @{simproc name} retrieves named simprocs.
  4530 
  4531 * Isar: an extra pair of brackets around attribute declarations
  4532 abbreviates a theorem reference involving an internal dummy fact,
  4533 which will be ignored later --- only the effect of the attribute on
  4534 the background context will persist.  This form of in-place
  4535 declarations is particularly useful with commands like 'declare' and
  4536 'using', for example ``have A using [[simproc a]] by simp''.
  4537 
  4538 * Isar: method "assumption" (and implicit closing of subproofs) now
  4539 takes simple non-atomic goal assumptions into account: after applying
  4540 an assumption as a rule the resulting subgoals are solved by atomic
  4541 assumption steps.  This is particularly useful to finish 'obtain'
  4542 goals, such as "!!x. (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> P x ==> thesis",
  4543 without referring to the original premise "!!x. P x ==> thesis" in the
  4544 Isar proof context.  POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY: method "assumption" is
  4545 more permissive.
  4546 
  4547 * Isar: implicit use of prems from the Isar proof context is
  4548 considered a legacy feature.  Common applications like ``have A .''
  4549 may be replaced by ``have A by fact'' or ``note `A`''.  In general,
  4550 referencing facts explicitly here improves readability and
  4551 maintainability of proof texts.
  4552 
  4553 * Isar: improper proof element 'guess' is like 'obtain', but derives
  4554 the obtained context from the course of reasoning!  For example:
  4555 
  4556   assume "EX x y. A x & B y"   -- "any previous fact"
  4557   then guess x and y by clarify
  4558 
  4559 This technique is potentially adventurous, depending on the facts and
  4560 proof tools being involved here.
  4561 
  4562 * Isar: known facts from the proof context may be specified as literal
  4563 propositions, using ASCII back-quote syntax.  This works wherever
  4564 named facts used to be allowed so far, in proof commands, proof
  4565 methods, attributes etc.  Literal facts are retrieved from the context
  4566 according to unification of type and term parameters.  For example,
  4567 provided that "A" and "A ==> B" and "!!x. P x ==> Q x" are known
  4568 theorems in the current context, then these are valid literal facts:
  4569 `A` and `A ==> B` and `!!x. P x ==> Q x" as well as `P a ==> Q a` etc.
  4570 
  4571 There is also a proof method "fact" which does the same composition
  4572 for explicit goal states, e.g. the following proof texts coincide with
  4573 certain special cases of literal facts:
  4574 
  4575   have "A" by fact                 ==  note `A`
  4576   have "A ==> B" by fact           ==  note `A ==> B`
  4577   have "!!x. P x ==> Q x" by fact  ==  note `!!x. P x ==> Q x`
  4578   have "P a ==> Q a" by fact       ==  note `P a ==> Q a`
  4579 
  4580 * Isar: ":" (colon) is no longer a symbolic identifier character in
  4581 outer syntax.  Thus symbolic identifiers may be used without
  4582 additional white space in declarations like this: ``assume *: A''.
  4583 
  4584 * Isar: 'print_facts' prints all local facts of the current context,
  4585 both named and unnamed ones.
  4586 
  4587 * Isar: 'def' now admits simultaneous definitions, e.g.:
  4588 
  4589   def x == "t" and y == "u"
  4590 
  4591 * Isar: added command 'unfolding', which is structurally similar to
  4592 'using', but affects both the goal state and facts by unfolding given
  4593 rewrite rules.  Thus many occurrences of the 'unfold' method or
  4594 'unfolded' attribute may be replaced by first-class proof text.
  4595 
  4596 * Isar: methods 'unfold' / 'fold', attributes 'unfolded' / 'folded',
  4597 and command 'unfolding' now all support object-level equalities
  4598 (potentially conditional).  The underlying notion of rewrite rule is
  4599 analogous to the 'rule_format' attribute, but *not* that of the
  4600 Simplifier (which is usually more generous).
  4601 
  4602 * Isar: the new attribute [rotated n] (default n = 1) rotates the
  4603 premises of a theorem by n. Useful in conjunction with drule.
  4604 
  4605 * Isar: the goal restriction operator [N] (default N = 1) evaluates a
  4606 method expression within a sandbox consisting of the first N
  4607 sub-goals, which need to exist.  For example, ``simp_all [3]''
  4608 simplifies the first three sub-goals, while (rule foo, simp_all)[]
  4609 simplifies all new goals that emerge from applying rule foo to the
  4610 originally first one.
  4611 
  4612 * Isar: schematic goals are no longer restricted to higher-order
  4613 patterns; e.g. ``lemma "?P(?x)" by (rule TrueI)'' now works as
  4614 expected.
  4615 
  4616 * Isar: the conclusion of a long theorem statement is now either
  4617 'shows' (a simultaneous conjunction, as before), or 'obtains'
  4618 (essentially a disjunction of cases with local parameters and
  4619 assumptions).  The latter allows to express general elimination rules
  4620 adequately; in this notation common elimination rules look like this:
  4621 
  4622   lemma exE:    -- "EX x. P x ==> (!!x. P x ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4623     assumes "EX x. P x"
  4624     obtains x where "P x"
  4625 
  4626   lemma conjE:  -- "A & B ==> (A ==> B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4627     assumes "A & B"
  4628     obtains A and B
  4629 
  4630   lemma disjE:  -- "A | B ==> (A ==> thesis) ==> (B ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4631     assumes "A | B"
  4632     obtains
  4633       A
  4634     | B
  4635 
  4636 The subsequent classical rules even refer to the formal "thesis"
  4637 explicitly:
  4638 
  4639   lemma classical:     -- "(~ thesis ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4640     obtains "~ thesis"
  4641 
  4642   lemma Peirce's_Law:  -- "((thesis ==> something) ==> thesis) ==> thesis"
  4643     obtains "thesis ==> something"
  4644 
  4645 The actual proof of an 'obtains' statement is analogous to that of the
  4646 Isar proof element 'obtain', only that there may be several cases.
  4647 Optional case names may be specified in parentheses; these will be
  4648 available both in the present proof and as annotations in the
  4649 resulting rule, for later use with the 'cases' method (cf. attribute
  4650 case_names).
  4651 
  4652 * Isar: the assumptions of a long theorem statement are available as
  4653 "assms" fact in the proof context.  This is more appropriate than the
  4654 (historical) "prems", which refers to all assumptions of the current
  4655 context, including those from the target locale, proof body etc.
  4656 
  4657 * Isar: 'print_statement' prints theorems from the current theory or
  4658 proof context in long statement form, according to the syntax of a
  4659 top-level lemma.
  4660 
  4661 * Isar: 'obtain' takes an optional case name for the local context
  4662 introduction rule (default "that").
  4663 
  4664 * Isar: removed obsolete 'concl is' patterns.  INCOMPATIBILITY, use
  4665 explicit (is "_ ==> ?foo") in the rare cases where this still happens
  4666 to occur.
  4667 
  4668 * Pure: syntax "CONST name" produces a fully internalized constant
  4669 according to the current context.  This is particularly useful for
  4670 syntax translations that should refer to internal constant
  4671 representations independently of name spaces.
  4672 
  4673 * Pure: syntax constant for foo (binder "FOO ") is called "foo_binder"
  4674 instead of "FOO ". This allows multiple binder declarations to coexist
  4675 in the same context.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4676 
  4677 * Isar/locales: 'notation' provides a robust interface to the 'syntax'
  4678 primitive that also works in a locale context (both for constants and
  4679 fixed variables). Type declaration and internal syntactic representation
  4680 of given constants retrieved from the context. Likewise, the
  4681 'no_notation' command allows to remove given syntax annotations from the
  4682 current context.
  4683 
  4684 * Isar/locales: new derived specification elements 'axiomatization',
  4685 'definition', 'abbreviation', which support type-inference, admit
  4686 object-level specifications (equality, equivalence).  See also the
  4687 isar-ref manual.  Examples:
  4688 
  4689   axiomatization
  4690     eq  (infix "===" 50) where
  4691     eq_refl: "x === x" and eq_subst: "x === y ==> P x ==> P y"
  4692 
  4693   definition "f x y = x + y + 1"
  4694   definition g where "g x = f x x"
  4695 
  4696   abbreviation
  4697     neq  (infix "=!=" 50) where
  4698     "x =!= y == ~ (x === y)"
  4699 
  4700 These specifications may be also used in a locale context.  Then the
  4701 constants being introduced depend on certain fixed parameters, and the
  4702 constant name is qualified by the locale base name.  An internal
  4703 abbreviation takes care for convenient input and output, making the
  4704 parameters implicit and using the original short name.  See also
  4705 src/HOL/ex/Abstract_NAT.thy for an example of deriving polymorphic
  4706 entities from a monomorphic theory.
  4707 
  4708 Presently, abbreviations are only available 'in' a target locale, but
  4709 not inherited by general import expressions.  Also note that
  4710 'abbreviation' may be used as a type-safe replacement for 'syntax' +
  4711 'translations' in common applications.  The "no_abbrevs" print mode
  4712 prevents folding of abbreviations in term output.
  4713 
  4714 Concrete syntax is attached to specified constants in internal form,
  4715 independently of name spaces.  The parse tree representation is
  4716 slightly different -- use 'notation' instead of raw 'syntax', and
  4717 'translations' with explicit "CONST" markup to accommodate this.
  4718 
  4719 * Pure/Isar: unified syntax for new-style specification mechanisms
  4720 (e.g.  'definition', 'abbreviation', or 'inductive' in HOL) admits
  4721 full type inference and dummy patterns ("_").  For example:
  4722 
  4723   definition "K x _ = x"
  4724 
  4725   inductive conj for A B
  4726   where "A ==> B ==> conj A B"
  4727 
  4728 * Pure: command 'print_abbrevs' prints all constant abbreviations of
  4729 the current context.  Print mode "no_abbrevs" prevents inversion of
  4730 abbreviations on output.
  4731 
  4732 * Isar/locales: improved parameter handling: use of locales "var" and
  4733 "struct" no longer necessary; - parameter renamings are no longer
  4734 required to be injective.  For example, this allows to define
  4735 endomorphisms as locale endom = homom mult mult h.
  4736 
  4737 * Isar/locales: changed the way locales with predicates are defined.
  4738 Instead of accumulating the specification, the imported expression is
  4739 now an interpretation.  INCOMPATIBILITY: different normal form of
  4740 locale expressions.  In particular, in interpretations of locales with
  4741 predicates, goals repesenting already interpreted fragments are not
  4742 removed automatically.  Use methods `intro_locales' and
  4743 `unfold_locales'; see below.
  4744 
  4745 * Isar/locales: new methods `intro_locales' and `unfold_locales'
  4746 provide backward reasoning on locales predicates.  The methods are
  4747 aware of interpretations and discharge corresponding goals.
  4748 `intro_locales' is less aggressive then `unfold_locales' and does not
  4749 unfold predicates to assumptions.
  4750 
  4751 * Isar/locales: the order in which locale fragments are accumulated
  4752 has changed.  This enables to override declarations from fragments due
  4753 to interpretations -- for example, unwanted simp rules.
  4754 
  4755 * Isar/locales: interpretation in theories and proof contexts has been
  4756 extended.  One may now specify (and prove) equations, which are
  4757 unfolded in interpreted theorems.  This is useful for replacing
  4758 defined concepts (constants depending on locale parameters) by
  4759 concepts already existing in the target context.  Example:
  4760 
  4761   interpretation partial_order ["op <= :: [int, int] => bool"]
  4762     where "partial_order.less (op <=) (x::int) y = (x < y)"
  4763 
  4764 Typically, the constant `partial_order.less' is created by a
  4765 definition specification element in the context of locale
  4766 partial_order.
  4767 
  4768 * Method "induct": improved internal context management to support
  4769 local fixes and defines on-the-fly. Thus explicit meta-level
  4770 connectives !!  and ==> are rarely required anymore in inductive goals
  4771 (using object-logic connectives for this purpose has been long
  4772 obsolete anyway). Common proof patterns are explained in
  4773 src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, see also
  4774 src/HOL/Isar_examples/Puzzle.thy and src/HOL/Lambda for realistic
  4775 examples.
  4776 
  4777 * Method "induct": improved handling of simultaneous goals. Instead of
  4778 introducing object-level conjunction, the statement is now split into
  4779 several conclusions, while the corresponding symbolic cases are nested
  4780 accordingly. INCOMPATIBILITY, proofs need to be structured explicitly,
  4781 see src/HOL/Induct/Common_Patterns.thy, for example.
  4782 
  4783 * Method "induct": mutual induction rules are now specified as a list
  4784 of rule sharing the same induction cases. HOL packages usually provide
  4785 foo_bar.inducts for mutually defined items foo and bar (e.g. inductive
  4786 predicates/sets or datatypes). INCOMPATIBILITY, users need to specify
  4787 mutual induction rules differently, i.e. like this:
  4788 
  4789   (induct rule: foo_bar.inducts)
  4790   (induct set: foo bar)
  4791   (induct pred: foo bar)
  4792   (induct type: foo bar)
  4793 
  4794 The ML function ProjectRule.projections turns old-style rules into the
  4795 new format.
  4796 
  4797 * Method "coinduct": dual of induction, see
  4798 src/HOL/Library/Coinductive_List.thy for various examples.
  4799 
  4800 * Method "cases", "induct", "coinduct": the ``(open)'' option is
  4801 considered a legacy feature.
  4802 
  4803 * Attribute "symmetric" produces result with standardized schematic
  4804 variables (index 0).  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4805 
  4806 * Simplifier: by default the simplifier trace only shows top level
  4807 rewrites now. That is, trace_simp_depth_limit is set to 1 by
  4808 default. Thus there is less danger of being flooded by the trace. The
  4809 trace indicates where parts have been suppressed.
  4810   
  4811 * Provers/classical: removed obsolete classical version of elim_format
  4812 attribute; classical elim/dest rules are now treated uniformly when
  4813 manipulating the claset.
  4814 
  4815 * Provers/classical: stricter checks to ensure that supplied intro,
  4816 dest and elim rules are well-formed; dest and elim rules must have at
  4817 least one premise.
  4818 
  4819 * Provers/classical: attributes dest/elim/intro take an optional
  4820 weight argument for the rule (just as the Pure versions).  Weights are
  4821 ignored by automated tools, but determine the search order of single
  4822 rule steps.
  4823 
  4824 * Syntax: input syntax now supports dummy variable binding "%_. b",
  4825 where the body does not mention the bound variable.  Note that dummy
  4826 patterns implicitly depend on their context of bounds, which makes
  4827 "{_. _}" match any set comprehension as expected.  Potential
  4828 INCOMPATIBILITY -- parse translations need to cope with syntactic
  4829 constant "_idtdummy" in the binding position.
  4830 
  4831 * Syntax: removed obsolete syntactic constant "_K" and its associated
  4832 parse translation.  INCOMPATIBILITY -- use dummy abstraction instead,
  4833 for example "A -> B" => "Pi A (%_. B)".
  4834 
  4835 * Pure: 'class_deps' command visualizes the subclass relation, using
  4836 the graph browser tool.
  4837 
  4838 * Pure: 'print_theory' now suppresses certain internal declarations by
  4839 default; use '!' option for full details.
  4840 
  4841 
  4842 *** HOL ***
  4843 
  4844 * Method "metis" proves goals by applying the Metis general-purpose
  4845 resolution prover (see also http://gilith.com/software/metis/).
  4846 Examples are in the directory MetisExamples.  WARNING: the
  4847 Isabelle/HOL-Metis integration does not yet work properly with
  4848 multi-threading.
  4849   
  4850 * Command 'sledgehammer' invokes external automatic theorem provers as
  4851 background processes.  It generates calls to the "metis" method if
  4852 successful. These can be pasted into the proof.  Users do not have to
  4853 wait for the automatic provers to return.  WARNING: does not really
  4854 work with multi-threading.
  4855 
  4856 * New "auto_quickcheck" feature tests outermost goal statements for
  4857 potential counter-examples.  Controlled by ML references
  4858 auto_quickcheck (default true) and auto_quickcheck_time_limit (default
  4859 5000 milliseconds).  Fails silently if statements is outside of
  4860 executable fragment, or any other codgenerator problem occurs.
  4861 
  4862 * New constant "undefined" with axiom "undefined x = undefined".
  4863 
  4864 * Added class "HOL.eq", allowing for code generation with polymorphic
  4865 equality.
  4866 
  4867 * Some renaming of class constants due to canonical name prefixing in
  4868 the new 'class' package:
  4869 
  4870     HOL.abs ~> HOL.abs_class.abs
  4871     HOL.divide ~> HOL.divide_class.divide
  4872     0 ~> HOL.zero_class.zero
  4873     1 ~> HOL.one_class.one
  4874     op + ~> HOL.plus_class.plus
  4875     op - ~> HOL.minus_class.minus
  4876     uminus ~> HOL.minus_class.uminus
  4877     op * ~> HOL.times_class.times
  4878     op < ~> HOL.ord_class.less
  4879     op <= > HOL.ord_class.less_eq
  4880     Nat.power ~> Power.power_class.power
  4881     Nat.size ~> Nat.size_class.size
  4882     Numeral.number_of ~> Numeral.number_class.number_of
  4883     FixedPoint.Inf ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Inf
  4884     FixedPoint.Sup ~> Lattices.complete_lattice_class.Sup
  4885     Orderings.min ~> Orderings.ord_class.min
  4886     Orderings.max ~> Orderings.ord_class.max
  4887     Divides.op div ~> Divides.div_class.div
  4888     Divides.op mod ~> Divides.div_class.mod
  4889     Divides.op dvd ~> Divides.div_class.dvd
  4890 
  4891 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Adaptions may be required in the following cases:
  4892 
  4893 a) User-defined constants using any of the names "plus", "minus",
  4894 "times", "less" or "less_eq". The standard syntax translations for
  4895 "+", "-" and "*" may go wrong.  INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific
  4896 names.
  4897 
  4898 b) Variables named "plus", "minus", "times", "less", "less_eq"
  4899 INCOMPATIBILITY: use more specific names.
  4900 
  4901 c) Permutative equations (e.g. "a + b = b + a")
  4902 Since the change of names also changes the order of terms, permutative
  4903 rewrite rules may get applied in a different order. Experience shows
  4904 that this is rarely the case (only two adaptions in the whole Isabelle
  4905 distribution).  INCOMPATIBILITY: rewrite proofs
  4906 
  4907 d) ML code directly refering to constant names
  4908 This in general only affects hand-written proof tactics, simprocs and
  4909 so on.  INCOMPATIBILITY: grep your sourcecode and replace names.
  4910 Consider using @{const_name} antiquotation.
  4911 
  4912 * New class "default" with associated constant "default".
  4913 
  4914 * Function "sgn" is now overloaded and available on int, real, complex
  4915 (and other numeric types), using class "sgn".  Two possible defs of
  4916 sgn are given as equational assumptions in the classes sgn_if and
  4917 sgn_div_norm; ordered_idom now also inherits from sgn_if.
  4918 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4919 
  4920 * Locale "partial_order" now unified with class "order" (cf. theory
  4921 Orderings), added parameter "less".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4922 
  4923 * Renamings in classes "order" and "linorder": facts "refl", "trans" and
  4924 "cases" to "order_refl", "order_trans" and "linorder_cases", to avoid
  4925 clashes with HOL "refl" and "trans".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4926 
  4927 * Classes "order" and "linorder": potential INCOMPATIBILITY due to
  4928 changed order of proof goals in instance proofs.
  4929 
  4930 * The transitivity reasoner for partial and linear orders is set up
  4931 for classes "order" and "linorder".  Instances of the reasoner are available
  4932 in all contexts importing or interpreting the corresponding locales.
  4933 Method "order" invokes the reasoner separately; the reasoner
  4934 is also integrated with the Simplifier as a solver.  Diagnostic
  4935 command 'print_orders' shows the available instances of the reasoner
  4936 in the current context.
  4937 
  4938 * Localized monotonicity predicate in theory "Orderings"; integrated
  4939 lemmas max_of_mono and min_of_mono with this predicate.
  4940 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  4941 
  4942 * Formulation of theorem "dense" changed slightly due to integration
  4943 with new class dense_linear_order.
  4944 
  4945 * Uniform lattice theory development in HOL.
  4946 
  4947     constants "meet" and "join" now named "inf" and "sup"
  4948     constant "Meet" now named "Inf"
  4949 
  4950     classes "meet_semilorder" and "join_semilorder" now named
  4951       "lower_semilattice" and "upper_semilattice"
  4952     class "lorder" now named "lattice"
  4953     class "comp_lat" now named "complete_lattice"
  4954 
  4955     Instantiation of lattice classes allows explicit definitions
  4956     for "inf" and "sup" operations (or "Inf" and "Sup" for complete lattices).
  4957 
  4958   INCOMPATIBILITY.  Theorem renames:
  4959 
  4960     meet_left_le            ~> inf_le1
  4961     meet_right_le           ~> inf_le2
  4962     join_left_le            ~> sup_ge1
  4963     join_right_le           ~> sup_ge2
  4964     meet_join_le            ~> inf_sup_ord
  4965     le_meetI                ~> le_infI
  4966     join_leI                ~> le_supI
  4967     le_meet                 ~> le_inf_iff
  4968     le_join                 ~> ge_sup_conv
  4969     meet_idempotent         ~> inf_idem
  4970     join_idempotent         ~> sup_idem
  4971     meet_comm               ~> inf_commute
  4972     join_comm               ~> sup_commute
  4973     meet_leI1               ~> le_infI1
  4974     meet_leI2               ~> le_infI2
  4975     le_joinI1               ~> le_supI1
  4976     le_joinI2               ~> le_supI2
  4977     meet_assoc              ~> inf_assoc
  4978     join_assoc              ~> sup_assoc
  4979     meet_left_comm          ~> inf_left_commute
  4980     meet_left_idempotent    ~> inf_left_idem
  4981     join_left_comm          ~> sup_left_commute
  4982     join_left_idempotent    ~> sup_left_idem
  4983     meet_aci                ~> inf_aci
  4984     join_aci                ~> sup_aci
  4985     le_def_meet             ~> le_iff_inf
  4986     le_def_join             ~> le_iff_sup
  4987     join_absorp2            ~> sup_absorb2
  4988     join_absorp1            ~> sup_absorb1
  4989     meet_absorp1            ~> inf_absorb1
  4990     meet_absorp2            ~> inf_absorb2
  4991     meet_join_absorp        ~> inf_sup_absorb
  4992     join_meet_absorp        ~> sup_inf_absorb
  4993     distrib_join_le         ~> distrib_sup_le
  4994     distrib_meet_le         ~> distrib_inf_le
  4995 
  4996     add_meet_distrib_left   ~> add_inf_distrib_left
  4997     add_join_distrib_left   ~> add_sup_distrib_left
  4998     is_join_neg_meet        ~> is_join_neg_inf
  4999     is_meet_neg_join        ~> is_meet_neg_sup
  5000     add_meet_distrib_right  ~> add_inf_distrib_right
  5001     add_join_distrib_right  ~> add_sup_distrib_right
  5002     add_meet_join_distribs  ~> add_sup_inf_distribs
  5003     join_eq_neg_meet        ~> sup_eq_neg_inf
  5004     meet_eq_neg_join        ~> inf_eq_neg_sup
  5005     add_eq_meet_join        ~> add_eq_inf_sup
  5006     meet_0_imp_0            ~> inf_0_imp_0
  5007     join_0_imp_0            ~> sup_0_imp_0
  5008     meet_0_eq_0             ~> inf_0_eq_0
  5009     join_0_eq_0             ~> sup_0_eq_0
  5010     neg_meet_eq_join        ~> neg_inf_eq_sup
  5011     neg_join_eq_meet        ~> neg_sup_eq_inf
  5012     join_eq_if              ~> sup_eq_if
  5013 
  5014     mono_meet               ~> mono_inf
  5015     mono_join               ~> mono_sup
  5016     meet_bool_eq            ~> inf_bool_eq
  5017     join_bool_eq            ~> sup_bool_eq
  5018     meet_fun_eq             ~> inf_fun_eq
  5019     join_fun_eq             ~> sup_fun_eq
  5020     meet_set_eq             ~> inf_set_eq
  5021     join_set_eq             ~> sup_set_eq
  5022     meet1_iff               ~> inf1_iff
  5023     meet2_iff               ~> inf2_iff
  5024     meet1I                  ~> inf1I
  5025     meet2I                  ~> inf2I
  5026     meet1D1                 ~> inf1D1
  5027     meet2D1                 ~> inf2D1
  5028     meet1D2                 ~> inf1D2
  5029     meet2D2                 ~> inf2D2
  5030     meet1E                  ~> inf1E
  5031     meet2E                  ~> inf2E
  5032     join1_iff               ~> sup1_iff
  5033     join2_iff               ~> sup2_iff
  5034     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  5035     join2I1                 ~> sup2I1
  5036     join1I1                 ~> sup1I1
  5037     join2I2                 ~> sup1I2
  5038     join1CI                 ~> sup1CI
  5039     join2CI                 ~> sup2CI
  5040     join1E                  ~> sup1E
  5041     join2E                  ~> sup2E
  5042 
  5043     is_meet_Meet            ~> is_meet_Inf
  5044     Meet_bool_def           ~> Inf_bool_def
  5045     Meet_fun_def            ~> Inf_fun_def
  5046     Meet_greatest           ~> Inf_greatest
  5047     Meet_lower              ~> Inf_lower
  5048     Meet_set_def            ~> Inf_set_def
  5049 
  5050     Sup_def                 ~> Sup_Inf
  5051     Sup_bool_eq             ~> Sup_bool_def
  5052     Sup_fun_eq              ~> Sup_fun_def
  5053     Sup_set_eq              ~> Sup_set_def
  5054 
  5055     listsp_meetI            ~> listsp_infI
  5056     listsp_meet_eq          ~> listsp_inf_eq
  5057 
  5058     meet_min                ~> inf_min
  5059     join_max                ~> sup_max
  5060 
  5061 * Added syntactic class "size"; overloaded constant "size" now has
  5062 type "'a::size ==> bool"
  5063 
  5064 * Internal reorganisation of `size' of datatypes: size theorems
  5065 "foo.size" are no longer subsumed by "foo.simps" (but are still
  5066 simplification rules by default!); theorems "prod.size" now named
  5067 "*.size".
  5068 
  5069 * Class "div" now inherits from class "times" rather than "type".
  5070 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5071 
  5072 * HOL/Finite_Set: "name-space" locales Lattice, Distrib_lattice,
  5073 Linorder etc.  have disappeared; operations defined in terms of
  5074 fold_set now are named Inf_fin, Sup_fin.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5075 
  5076 * HOL/Nat: neq0_conv no longer declared as iff.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5077 
  5078 * HOL-Word: New extensive library and type for generic, fixed size
  5079 machine words, with arithmetic, bit-wise, shifting and rotating
  5080 operations, reflection into int, nat, and bool lists, automation for
  5081 linear arithmetic (by automatic reflection into nat or int), including
  5082 lemmas on overflow and monotonicity.  Instantiated to all appropriate
  5083 arithmetic type classes, supporting automatic simplification of
  5084 numerals on all operations.
  5085 
  5086 * Library/Boolean_Algebra: locales for abstract boolean algebras.
  5087 
  5088 * Library/Numeral_Type: numbers as types, e.g. TYPE(32).
  5089 
  5090 * Code generator library theories:
  5091   - Code_Integer represents HOL integers by big integer literals in target
  5092     languages.
  5093   - Code_Char represents HOL characters by character literals in target
  5094     languages.
  5095   - Code_Char_chr like Code_Char, but also offers treatment of character
  5096     codes; includes Code_Integer.
  5097   - Executable_Set allows to generate code for finite sets using lists.
  5098   - Executable_Rat implements rational numbers as triples (sign, enumerator,
  5099     denominator).
  5100   - Executable_Real implements a subset of real numbers, namly those
  5101     representable by rational numbers.
  5102   - Efficient_Nat implements natural numbers by integers, which in general will
  5103     result in higher efficency; pattern matching with 0/Suc is eliminated;
  5104     includes Code_Integer.
  5105   - Code_Index provides an additional datatype index which is mapped to
  5106     target-language built-in integers.
  5107   - Code_Message provides an additional datatype message_string which is isomorphic to
  5108     strings; messages are mapped to target-language strings.
  5109 
  5110 * New package for inductive predicates
  5111 
  5112   An n-ary predicate p with m parameters z_1, ..., z_m can now be defined via
  5113 
  5114     inductive
  5115       p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  5116       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  5117     where
  5118       rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  5119     | ...
  5120 
  5121   with full support for type-inference, rather than
  5122 
  5123     consts s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  5124 
  5125     abbreviation p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  5126     where "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5127 
  5128     inductive "s z_1 ... z_m"
  5129     intros
  5130       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5131       ...
  5132 
  5133   For backward compatibility, there is a wrapper allowing inductive
  5134   sets to be defined with the new package via
  5135 
  5136     inductive_set
  5137       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  5138       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  5139     where
  5140       rule_1: "... ==> (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5141     | ...
  5142 
  5143   or
  5144 
  5145     inductive_set
  5146       s :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => (T_1 * ... * T_n) set"
  5147       and p :: "U_1 => ... => U_m => T_1 => ... => T_n => bool"
  5148       for z_1 :: U_1 and ... and z_n :: U_m
  5149     where
  5150       "p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n == (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m"
  5151     | rule_1: "... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_1_1 ... t_1_n"
  5152     | ...
  5153 
  5154   if the additional syntax "p ..." is required.
  5155 
  5156   Numerous examples can be found in the subdirectories src/HOL/Auth,
  5157   src/HOL/Bali, src/HOL/Induct, and src/HOL/MicroJava.
  5158 
  5159   INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  5160 
  5161   - Since declaration and definition of inductive sets or predicates
  5162     is no longer separated, abbreviations involving the newly
  5163     introduced sets or predicates must be specified together with the
  5164     introduction rules after the 'where' keyword (see above), rather
  5165     than before the actual inductive definition.
  5166 
  5167   - The variables in induction and elimination rules are now
  5168     quantified in the order of their occurrence in the introduction
  5169     rules, rather than in alphabetical order. Since this may break
  5170     some proofs, these proofs either have to be repaired, e.g. by
  5171     reordering the variables a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i} in Isar 'case'
  5172     statements of the form
  5173 
  5174       case (rule_i a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i})
  5175 
  5176     or the old order of quantification has to be restored by explicitly adding
  5177     meta-level quantifiers in the introduction rules, i.e.
  5178 
  5179       | rule_i: "!!a_i_1 ... a_i_{k_i}. ... ==> p z_1 ... z_m t_i_1 ... t_i_n"
  5180 
  5181   - The format of the elimination rules is now
  5182 
  5183       p z_1 ... z_m x_1 ... x_n ==>
  5184         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  5185         ==> ... ==> P
  5186 
  5187     for predicates and
  5188 
  5189       (x_1, ..., x_n) : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  5190         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x_1 = t_1_1 ==> ... ==> x_n = t_1_n ==> ... ==> P)
  5191         ==> ... ==> P
  5192 
  5193     for sets rather than
  5194 
  5195       x : s z_1 ... z_m ==>
  5196         (!!a_1_1 ... a_1_{k_1}. x = (t_1_1, ..., t_1_n) ==> ... ==> P)
  5197         ==> ... ==> P
  5198 
  5199     This may require terms in goals to be expanded to n-tuples
  5200     (e.g. using case_tac or simplification with the split_paired_all
  5201     rule) before the above elimination rule is applicable.
  5202 
  5203   - The elimination or case analysis rules for (mutually) inductive
  5204     sets or predicates are now called "p_1.cases" ... "p_k.cases". The
  5205     list of rules "p_1_..._p_k.elims" is no longer available.
  5206 
  5207 * New package "function"/"fun" for general recursive functions,
  5208 supporting mutual and nested recursion, definitions in local contexts,
  5209 more general pattern matching and partiality. See HOL/ex/Fundefs.thy
  5210 for small examples, and the separate tutorial on the function
  5211 package. The old recdef "package" is still available as before, but
  5212 users are encouraged to use the new package.
  5213 
  5214 * Method "lexicographic_order" automatically synthesizes termination
  5215 relations as lexicographic combinations of size measures. 
  5216 
  5217 * Case-expressions allow arbitrary constructor-patterns (including
  5218 "_") and take their order into account, like in functional
  5219 programming.  Internally, this is translated into nested
  5220 case-expressions; missing cases are added and mapped to the predefined
  5221 constant "undefined". In complicated cases printing may no longer show
  5222 the original input but the internal form. Lambda-abstractions allow
  5223 the same form of pattern matching: "% pat1 => e1 | ..." is an
  5224 abbreviation for "%x. case x of pat1 => e1 | ..." where x is a new
  5225 variable.
  5226 
  5227 * IntDef: The constant "int :: nat => int" has been removed; now "int"
  5228 is an abbreviation for "of_nat :: nat => int". The simplification
  5229 rules for "of_nat" have been changed to work like "int" did
  5230 previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  5231   - "of_nat (Suc m)" simplifies to "1 + of_nat m" instead of "of_nat m + 1"
  5232   - of_nat_diff and of_nat_mult are no longer default simp rules
  5233 
  5234 * Method "algebra" solves polynomial equations over (semi)rings using
  5235 Groebner bases. The (semi)ring structure is defined by locales and the
  5236 tool setup depends on that generic context. Installing the method for
  5237 a specific type involves instantiating the locale and possibly adding
  5238 declarations for computation on the coefficients.  The method is
  5239 already instantiated for natural numbers and for the axiomatic class
  5240 of idoms with numerals.  See also the paper by Chaieb and Wenzel at
  5241 CALCULEMUS 2007 for the general principles underlying this
  5242 architecture of context-aware proof-tools.
  5243 
  5244 * Method "ferrack" implements quantifier elimination over
  5245 special-purpose dense linear orders using locales (analogous to
  5246 "algebra"). The method is already installed for class
  5247 {ordered_field,recpower,number_ring} which subsumes real, hyperreal,
  5248 rat, etc.
  5249 
  5250 * Former constant "List.op @" now named "List.append".  Use ML
  5251 antiquotations @{const_name List.append} or @{term " ... @ ... "} to
  5252 circumvent possible incompatibilities when working on ML level.
  5253 
  5254 * primrec: missing cases mapped to "undefined" instead of "arbitrary".
  5255 
  5256 * New function listsum :: 'a list => 'a for arbitrary monoids.
  5257 Special syntax: "SUM x <- xs. f x" (and latex variants)
  5258 
  5259 * New syntax for Haskell-like list comprehension (input only), eg.
  5260 [(x,y). x <- xs, y <- ys, x ~= y], see also src/HOL/List.thy.
  5261 
  5262 * The special syntax for function "filter" has changed from [x :
  5263 xs. P] to [x <- xs. P] to avoid an ambiguity caused by list
  5264 comprehension syntax, and for uniformity.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5265 
  5266 * [a..b] is now defined for arbitrary linear orders.  It used to be
  5267 defined on nat only, as an abbreviation for [a..<Suc b]
  5268 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5269 
  5270 * Renamed lemma "set_take_whileD"  to "set_takeWhileD".
  5271 
  5272 * New functions "sorted" and "sort" in src/HOL/List.thy.
  5273 
  5274 * New lemma collection field_simps (an extension of ring_simps) for
  5275 manipulating (in)equations involving division. Multiplies with all
  5276 denominators that can be proved to be non-zero (in equations) or
  5277 positive/negative (in inequations).
  5278 
  5279 * Lemma collections ring_eq_simps, group_eq_simps and ring_distrib
  5280 have been improved and renamed to ring_simps, group_simps and
  5281 ring_distribs.  Removed lemmas field_xyz in theory Ring_and_Field
  5282 because they were subsumed by lemmas xyz.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5283 
  5284 * Theory Library/Commutative_Ring: switched from recdef to function
  5285 package; constants add, mul, pow now curried.  Infix syntax for
  5286 algebraic operations.
  5287 
  5288 * Dropped redundant lemma def_imp_eq in favor of meta_eq_to_obj_eq.
  5289 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5290 
  5291 * Dropped redundant lemma if_def2 in favor of if_bool_eq_conj.
  5292 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5293 
  5294 * HOL/records: generalised field-update to take a function on the
  5295 field rather than the new value: r(|A := x|) is translated to A_update
  5296 (K x) r The K-combinator that is internally used is called K_record.
  5297 INCOMPATIBILITY: Usage of the plain update functions has to be
  5298 adapted.
  5299  
  5300 * Class "semiring_0" now contains annihilation axioms x * 0 = 0 and 0
  5301 * x = 0, which are required for a semiring.  Richer structures do not
  5302 inherit from semiring_0 anymore, because this property is a theorem
  5303 there, not an axiom.  INCOMPATIBILITY: In instances of semiring_0,
  5304 there is more to prove, but this is mostly trivial.
  5305 
  5306 * Class "recpower" is generalized to arbitrary monoids, not just
  5307 commutative semirings.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may need to incorporate
  5308 commutativity or semiring properties additionally.
  5309 
  5310 * Constant "List.list_all2" in List.thy now uses authentic syntax.
  5311 INCOMPATIBILITY: translations containing list_all2 may go wrong,
  5312 better use 'abbreviation'.
  5313 
  5314 * Renamed constant "List.op mem" to "List.member".  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5315 
  5316 * Numeral syntax: type 'bin' which was a mere type copy of 'int' has
  5317 been abandoned in favour of plain 'int'.  INCOMPATIBILITY --
  5318 significant changes for setting up numeral syntax for types:
  5319   - New constants Numeral.pred and Numeral.succ instead
  5320       of former Numeral.bin_pred and Numeral.bin_succ.
  5321   - Use integer operations instead of bin_add, bin_mult and so on.
  5322   - Numeral simplification theorems named Numeral.numeral_simps instead of Bin_simps.
  5323   - ML structure Bin_Simprocs now named Int_Numeral_Base_Simprocs.
  5324 
  5325 See src/HOL/Integ/IntArith.thy for an example setup.
  5326 
  5327 * Command 'normal_form' computes the normal form of a term that may
  5328 contain free variables.  For example ``normal_form "rev [a, b, c]"''
  5329 produces ``[b, c, a]'' (without proof).  This command is suitable for
  5330 heavy-duty computations because the functions are compiled to ML
  5331 first.  Correspondingly, a method "normalization" is provided.  See
  5332 further src/HOL/ex/NormalForm.thy and src/Tools/nbe.ML.
  5333 
  5334 * Alternative iff syntax "A <-> B" for equality on bool (with priority
  5335 25 like -->); output depends on the "iff" print_mode, the default is
  5336 "A = B" (with priority 50).
  5337 
  5338 * Relations less (<) and less_eq (<=) are also available on type bool.
  5339 Modified syntax to disallow nesting without explicit parentheses,
  5340 e.g. "(x < y) < z" or "x < (y < z)", but NOT "x < y < z".  Potential
  5341 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5342 
  5343 * "LEAST x:A. P" expands to "LEAST x. x:A & P" (input only).
  5344 
  5345 * Relation composition operator "op O" now has precedence 75 and binds
  5346 stronger than union and intersection. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5347 
  5348 * The old set interval syntax "{m..n(}" (and relatives) has been
  5349 removed.  Use "{m..<n}" (and relatives) instead.
  5350 
  5351 * In the context of the assumption "~(s = t)" the Simplifier rewrites
  5352 "t = s" to False (by simproc "neq").  INCOMPATIBILITY, consider using
  5353 ``declare [[simproc del: neq]]''.
  5354 
  5355 * Simplifier: "m dvd n" where m and n are numbers is evaluated to
  5356 True/False.
  5357 
  5358 * Theorem Cons_eq_map_conv no longer declared as "simp".
  5359 
  5360 * Theorem setsum_mult renamed to setsum_right_distrib.
  5361 
  5362 * Prefer ex1I over ex_ex1I in single-step reasoning, e.g. by the
  5363 ``rule'' method.
  5364 
  5365 * Reimplemented methods "sat" and "satx", with several improvements:
  5366 goals no longer need to be stated as "<prems> ==> False", equivalences
  5367 (i.e. "=" on type bool) are handled, variable names of the form
  5368 "lit_<n>" are no longer reserved, significant speedup.
  5369 
  5370 * Methods "sat" and "satx" can now replay MiniSat proof traces.
  5371 zChaff is still supported as well.
  5372 
  5373 * 'inductive' and 'datatype': provide projections of mutual rules,
  5374 bundled as foo_bar.inducts;
  5375 
  5376 * Library: moved theories Parity, GCD, Binomial, Infinite_Set to
  5377 Library.
  5378 
  5379 * Library: moved theory Accessible_Part to main HOL.
  5380 
  5381 * Library: added theory Coinductive_List of potentially infinite lists
  5382 as greatest fixed-point.
  5383 
  5384 * Library: added theory AssocList which implements (finite) maps as
  5385 association lists.
  5386 
  5387 * Method "evaluation" solves goals (i.e. a boolean expression)
  5388 efficiently by compiling it to ML.  The goal is "proved" (via an
  5389 oracle) if it evaluates to True.
  5390 
  5391 * Linear arithmetic now splits certain operators (e.g. min, max, abs)
  5392 also when invoked by the simplifier.  This results in the Simplifier
  5393 being more powerful on arithmetic goals.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5394 Configuration option fast_arith_split_limit=0 recovers the old
  5395 behavior.
  5396 
  5397 * Support for hex (0x20) and binary (0b1001) numerals.
  5398 
  5399 * New method: reify eqs (t), where eqs are equations for an
  5400 interpretation I :: 'a list => 'b => 'c and t::'c is an optional
  5401 parameter, computes a term s::'b and a list xs::'a list and proves the
  5402 theorem I xs s = t. This is also known as reification or quoting. The
  5403 resulting theorem is applied to the subgoal to substitute t with I xs
  5404 s.  If t is omitted, the subgoal itself is reified.
  5405 
  5406 * New method: reflection corr_thm eqs (t). The parameters eqs and (t)
  5407 are as explained above. corr_thm is a theorem for I vs (f t) = I vs t,
  5408 where f is supposed to be a computable function (in the sense of code
  5409 generattion). The method uses reify to compute s and xs as above then
  5410 applies corr_thm and uses normalization by evaluation to "prove" f s =
  5411 r and finally gets the theorem t = r, which is again applied to the
  5412 subgoal. An Example is available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy.
  5413 
  5414 * Reflection: Automatic reification now handels binding, an example is
  5415 available in src/HOL/ex/ReflectionEx.thy
  5416 
  5417 * HOL-Statespace: ``State Spaces: The Locale Way'' introduces a
  5418 command 'statespace' that is similar to 'record', but introduces an
  5419 abstract specification based on the locale infrastructure instead of
  5420 HOL types.  This leads to extra flexibility in composing state spaces,
  5421 in particular multiple inheritance and renaming of components.
  5422 
  5423 
  5424 *** HOL-Complex ***
  5425 
  5426 * Hyperreal: Functions root and sqrt are now defined on negative real
  5427 inputs so that root n (- x) = - root n x and sqrt (- x) = - sqrt x.
  5428 Nonnegativity side conditions have been removed from many lemmas, so
  5429 that more subgoals may now be solved by simplification; potential
  5430 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5431 
  5432 * Real: new type classes formalize real normed vector spaces and
  5433 algebras, using new overloaded constants scaleR :: real => 'a => 'a
  5434 and norm :: 'a => real.
  5435 
  5436 * Real: constant of_real :: real => 'a::real_algebra_1 injects from
  5437 reals into other types. The overloaded constant Reals :: 'a set is now
  5438 defined as range of_real; potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5439 
  5440 * Real: proper support for ML code generation, including 'quickcheck'.
  5441 Reals are implemented as arbitrary precision rationals.
  5442 
  5443 * Hyperreal: Several constants that previously worked only for the
  5444 reals have been generalized, so they now work over arbitrary vector
  5445 spaces. Type annotations may need to be added in some cases; potential
  5446 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5447 
  5448   Infinitesimal  :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5449   HFinite        :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5450   HInfinite      :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star set
  5451   approx         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star => bool
  5452   monad          :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  5453   galaxy         :: ('a::real_normed_vector) star => 'a star set
  5454   (NS)LIMSEQ     :: [nat => 'a::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  5455   (NS)convergent :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5456   (NS)Bseq       :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5457   (NS)Cauchy     :: (nat => 'a::real_normed_vector) => bool
  5458   (NS)LIM        :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a, 'b] => bool
  5459   is(NS)Cont     :: ['a::real_normed_vector => 'b::real_normed_vector, 'a] => bool
  5460   deriv          :: ['a::real_normed_field => 'a, 'a, 'a] => bool
  5461   sgn            :: 'a::real_normed_vector => 'a
  5462   exp            :: 'a::{recpower,real_normed_field,banach} => 'a
  5463 
  5464 * Complex: Some complex-specific constants are now abbreviations for
  5465 overloaded ones: complex_of_real = of_real, cmod = norm, hcmod =
  5466 hnorm.  Other constants have been entirely removed in favor of the
  5467 polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  5468 
  5469   approx        <-- capprox
  5470   HFinite       <-- CFinite
  5471   HInfinite     <-- CInfinite
  5472   Infinitesimal <-- CInfinitesimal
  5473   monad         <-- cmonad
  5474   galaxy        <-- cgalaxy
  5475   (NS)LIM       <-- (NS)CLIM, (NS)CRLIM
  5476   is(NS)Cont    <-- is(NS)Contc, is(NS)contCR
  5477   (ns)deriv     <-- (ns)cderiv
  5478 
  5479 
  5480 *** HOL-Algebra ***
  5481 
  5482 * Formalisation of ideals and the quotient construction over rings.
  5483 
  5484 * Order and lattice theory no longer based on records.
  5485 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5486 
  5487 * Renamed lemmas least_carrier -> least_closed and greatest_carrier ->
  5488 greatest_closed.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5489 
  5490 * Method algebra is now set up via an attribute.  For examples see
  5491 Ring.thy.  INCOMPATIBILITY: the method is now weaker on combinations
  5492 of algebraic structures.
  5493 
  5494 * Renamed theory CRing to Ring.
  5495 
  5496 
  5497 *** HOL-Nominal ***
  5498 
  5499 * Substantial, yet incomplete support for nominal datatypes (binding
  5500 structures) based on HOL-Nominal logic.  See src/HOL/Nominal and
  5501 src/HOL/Nominal/Examples.  Prospective users should consult
  5502 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/nominal/
  5503 
  5504 
  5505 *** ML ***
  5506 
  5507 * ML basics: just one true type int, which coincides with IntInf.int
  5508 (even on SML/NJ).
  5509 
  5510 * ML within Isar: antiquotations allow to embed statically-checked
  5511 formal entities in the source, referring to the context available at
  5512 compile-time.  For example:
  5513 
  5514 ML {* @{sort "{zero,one}"} *}
  5515 ML {* @{typ "'a => 'b"} *}
  5516 ML {* @{term "%x. x"} *}
  5517 ML {* @{prop "x == y"} *}
  5518 ML {* @{ctyp "'a => 'b"} *}
  5519 ML {* @{cterm "%x. x"} *}
  5520 ML {* @{cprop "x == y"} *}
  5521 ML {* @{thm asm_rl} *}
  5522 ML {* @{thms asm_rl} *}
  5523 ML {* @{type_name c} *}
  5524 ML {* @{type_syntax c} *}
  5525 ML {* @{const_name c} *}
  5526 ML {* @{const_syntax c} *}
  5527 ML {* @{context} *}
  5528 ML {* @{theory} *}
  5529 ML {* @{theory Pure} *}
  5530 ML {* @{theory_ref} *}
  5531 ML {* @{theory_ref Pure} *}
  5532 ML {* @{simpset} *}
  5533 ML {* @{claset} *}
  5534 ML {* @{clasimpset} *}
  5535 
  5536 The same works for sources being ``used'' within an Isar context.
  5537 
  5538 * ML in Isar: improved error reporting; extra verbosity with
  5539 ML_Context.trace enabled.
  5540 
  5541 * Pure/General/table.ML: the join operations now works via exceptions
  5542 DUP/SAME instead of type option. This is simpler in simple cases, and
  5543 admits slightly more efficient complex applications.
  5544 
  5545 * Pure: 'advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) now
  5546 use Context.generic instead of just theory.
  5547 
  5548 * Pure: datatype Context.generic joins theory/Proof.context and
  5549 provides some facilities for code that works in either kind of
  5550 context, notably GenericDataFun for uniform theory and proof data.
  5551 
  5552 * Pure: simplified internal attribute type, which is now always
  5553 Context.generic * thm -> Context.generic * thm. Global (theory) vs.
  5554 local (Proof.context) attributes have been discontinued, while
  5555 minimizing code duplication. Thm.rule_attribute and
  5556 Thm.declaration_attribute build canonical attributes; see also structure
  5557 Context for further operations on Context.generic, notably
  5558 GenericDataFun. INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt attribute type
  5559 declarations and definitions.
  5560 
  5561 * Context data interfaces (Theory/Proof/GenericDataFun): removed
  5562 name/print, uninitialized data defaults to ad-hoc copy of empty value,
  5563 init only required for impure data. INCOMPATIBILITY: empty really need
  5564 to be empty (no dependencies on theory content!)
  5565 
  5566 * Pure/kernel: consts certification ignores sort constraints given in
  5567 signature declarations. (This information is not relevant to the
  5568 logic, but only for type inference.) SIGNIFICANT INTERNAL CHANGE,
  5569 potential INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5570 
  5571 * Pure: axiomatic type classes are now purely definitional, with
  5572 explicit proofs of class axioms and super class relations performed
  5573 internally. See Pure/axclass.ML for the main internal interfaces --
  5574 notably AxClass.define_class supercedes AxClass.add_axclass, and
  5575 AxClass.axiomatize_class/classrel/arity supersede
  5576 Sign.add_classes/classrel/arities.
  5577 
  5578 * Pure/Isar: Args/Attrib parsers operate on Context.generic --
  5579 global/local versions on theory vs. Proof.context have been
  5580 discontinued; Attrib.syntax and Method.syntax have been adapted
  5581 accordingly.  INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt parser expressions for
  5582 attributes, methods, etc.
  5583 
  5584 * Pure: several functions of signature "... -> theory -> theory * ..."
  5585 have been reoriented to "... -> theory -> ... * theory" in order to
  5586 allow natural usage in combination with the ||>, ||>>, |-> and
  5587 fold_map combinators.
  5588 
  5589 * Pure: official theorem names (closed derivations) and additional
  5590 comments (tags) are now strictly separate.  Name hints -- which are
  5591 maintained as tags -- may be attached any time without affecting the
  5592 derivation.
  5593 
  5594 * Pure: primitive rule lift_rule now takes goal cterm instead of an
  5595 actual goal state (thm).  Use Thm.lift_rule (Thm.cprem_of st i) to
  5596 achieve the old behaviour.
  5597 
  5598 * Pure: the "Goal" constant is now called "prop", supporting a
  5599 slightly more general idea of ``protecting'' meta-level rule
  5600 statements.
  5601 
  5602 * Pure: Logic.(un)varify only works in a global context, which is now
  5603 enforced instead of silently assumed.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use
  5604 Logic.legacy_(un)varify as temporary workaround.
  5605 
  5606 * Pure: structure Name provides scalable operations for generating
  5607 internal variable names, notably Name.variants etc.  This replaces
  5608 some popular functions from term.ML:
  5609 
  5610   Term.variant		->  Name.variant
  5611   Term.variantlist	->  Name.variant_list
  5612   Term.invent_names	->  Name.invent_list
  5613 
  5614 Note that low-level renaming rarely occurs in new code -- operations
  5615 from structure Variable are used instead (see below).
  5616 
  5617 * Pure: structure Variable provides fundamental operations for proper
  5618 treatment of fixed/schematic variables in a context.  For example,
  5619 Variable.import introduces fixes for schematics of given facts and
  5620 Variable.export reverses the effect (up to renaming) -- this replaces
  5621 various freeze_thaw operations.
  5622 
  5623 * Pure: structure Goal provides simple interfaces for
  5624 init/conclude/finish and tactical prove operations (replacing former
  5625 Tactic.prove).  Goal.prove is the canonical way to prove results
  5626 within a given context; Goal.prove_global is a degraded version for
  5627 theory level goals, including a global Drule.standard.  Note that
  5628 OldGoals.prove_goalw_cterm has long been obsolete, since it is
  5629 ill-behaved in a local proof context (e.g. with local fixes/assumes or
  5630 in a locale context).
  5631 
  5632 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for parsing (Syntax.parse_term etc.)
  5633 and type checking (Syntax.check_term etc.), with common combinations
  5634 (Syntax.read_term etc.). These supersede former Sign.read_term etc.
  5635 which are considered legacy and await removal.
  5636 
  5637 * Pure/Syntax: generic interfaces for type unchecking
  5638 (Syntax.uncheck_terms etc.) and unparsing (Syntax.unparse_term etc.),
  5639 with common combinations (Syntax.pretty_term, Syntax.string_of_term
  5640 etc.).  Former Sign.pretty_term, Sign.string_of_term etc. are still
  5641 available for convenience, but refer to the very same operations using
  5642 a mere theory instead of a full context.
  5643 
  5644 * Isar: simplified treatment of user-level errors, using exception
  5645 ERROR of string uniformly.  Function error now merely raises ERROR,
  5646 without any side effect on output channels.  The Isar toplevel takes
  5647 care of proper display of ERROR exceptions.  ML code may use plain
  5648 handle/can/try; cat_error may be used to concatenate errors like this:
  5649 
  5650   ... handle ERROR msg => cat_error msg "..."
  5651 
  5652 Toplevel ML code (run directly or through the Isar toplevel) may be
  5653 embedded into the Isar toplevel with exception display/debug like
  5654 this:
  5655 
  5656   Isar.toplevel (fn () => ...)
  5657 
  5658 INCOMPATIBILITY, removed special transform_error facilities, removed
  5659 obsolete variants of user-level exceptions (ERROR_MESSAGE,
  5660 Context.PROOF, ProofContext.CONTEXT, Proof.STATE, ProofHistory.FAIL)
  5661 -- use plain ERROR instead.
  5662 
  5663 * Isar: theory setup now has type (theory -> theory), instead of a
  5664 list.  INCOMPATIBILITY, may use #> to compose setup functions.
  5665 
  5666 * Isar: ML toplevel pretty printer for type Proof.context, subject to
  5667 ProofContext.debug/verbose flags.
  5668 
  5669 * Isar: Toplevel.theory_to_proof admits transactions that modify the
  5670 theory before entering a proof state.  Transactions now always see a
  5671 quasi-functional intermediate checkpoint, both in interactive and
  5672 batch mode.
  5673 
  5674 * Isar: simplified interfaces for outer syntax.  Renamed
  5675 OuterSyntax.add_keywords to OuterSyntax.keywords.  Removed
  5676 OuterSyntax.add_parsers -- this functionality is now included in
  5677 OuterSyntax.command etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5678 
  5679 * Simplifier: the simpset of a running simplification process now
  5680 contains a proof context (cf. Simplifier.the_context), which is the
  5681 very context that the initial simpset has been retrieved from (by
  5682 simpset_of/local_simpset_of).  Consequently, all plug-in components
  5683 (solver, looper etc.) may depend on arbitrary proof data.
  5684 
  5685 * Simplifier.inherit_context inherits the proof context (plus the
  5686 local bounds) of the current simplification process; any simproc
  5687 etc. that calls the Simplifier recursively should do this!  Removed
  5688 former Simplifier.inherit_bounds, which is already included here --
  5689 INCOMPATIBILITY.  Tools based on low-level rewriting may even have to
  5690 specify an explicit context using Simplifier.context/theory_context.
  5691 
  5692 * Simplifier/Classical Reasoner: more abstract interfaces
  5693 change_simpset/claset for modifying the simpset/claset reference of a
  5694 theory; raw versions simpset/claset_ref etc. have been discontinued --
  5695 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5696 
  5697 * Provers: more generic wrt. syntax of object-logics, avoid hardwired
  5698 "Trueprop" etc.
  5699 
  5700 
  5701 *** System ***
  5702 
  5703 * settings: the default heap location within ISABELLE_HOME_USER now
  5704 includes ISABELLE_IDENTIFIER.  This simplifies use of multiple
  5705 Isabelle installations.
  5706 
  5707 * isabelle-process: option -S (secure mode) disables some critical
  5708 operations, notably runtime compilation and evaluation of ML source
  5709 code.
  5710 
  5711 * Basic Isabelle mode for jEdit, see Isabelle/lib/jedit/.
  5712 
  5713 * Support for parallel execution, using native multicore support of
  5714 Poly/ML 5.1.  The theory loader exploits parallelism when processing
  5715 independent theories, according to the given theory header
  5716 specifications. The maximum number of worker threads is specified via
  5717 usedir option -M or the "max-threads" setting in Proof General. A
  5718 speedup factor of 1.5--3.5 can be expected on a 4-core machine, and up
  5719 to 6 on a 8-core machine.  User-code needs to observe certain
  5720 guidelines for thread-safe programming, see appendix A in the Isar
  5721 Implementation manual.
  5722 
  5723 
  5724 
  5725 New in Isabelle2005 (October 2005)
  5726 ----------------------------------
  5727 
  5728 *** General ***
  5729 
  5730 * Theory headers: the new header syntax for Isar theories is
  5731 
  5732   theory <name>
  5733   imports <theory1> ... <theoryN>
  5734   uses <file1> ... <fileM>
  5735   begin
  5736 
  5737 where the 'uses' part is optional.  The previous syntax
  5738 
  5739   theory <name> = <theory1> + ... + <theoryN>:
  5740 
  5741 will disappear in the next release.  Use isatool fixheaders to convert
  5742 existing theory files.  Note that there is no change in ancient
  5743 non-Isar theories now, but these will disappear soon.
  5744 
  5745 * Theory loader: parent theories can now also be referred to via
  5746 relative and absolute paths.
  5747 
  5748 * Command 'find_theorems' searches for a list of criteria instead of a
  5749 list of constants. Known criteria are: intro, elim, dest, name:string,
  5750 simp:term, and any term. Criteria can be preceded by '-' to select
  5751 theorems that do not match. Intro, elim, dest select theorems that
  5752 match the current goal, name:s selects theorems whose fully qualified
  5753 name contain s, and simp:term selects all simplification rules whose
  5754 lhs match term.  Any other term is interpreted as pattern and selects
  5755 all theorems matching the pattern. Available in ProofGeneral under
  5756 'ProofGeneral -> Find Theorems' or C-c C-f.  Example:
  5757 
  5758   C-c C-f (100) "(_::nat) + _ + _" intro -name: "HOL."
  5759 
  5760 prints the last 100 theorems matching the pattern "(_::nat) + _ + _",
  5761 matching the current goal as introduction rule and not having "HOL."
  5762 in their name (i.e. not being defined in theory HOL).
  5763 
  5764 * Command 'thms_containing' has been discontinued in favour of
  5765 'find_theorems'; INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5766 
  5767 * Communication with Proof General is now 8bit clean, which means that
  5768 Unicode text in UTF-8 encoding may be used within theory texts (both
  5769 formal and informal parts).  Cf. option -U of the Isabelle Proof
  5770 General interface.  Here are some simple examples (cf. src/HOL/ex):
  5771 
  5772   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Hebrew.html
  5773   http://isabelle.in.tum.de/library/HOL/ex/Chinese.html
  5774 
  5775 * Improved efficiency of the Simplifier and, to a lesser degree, the
  5776 Classical Reasoner.  Typical big applications run around 2 times
  5777 faster.
  5778 
  5779 
  5780 *** Document preparation ***
  5781 
  5782 * Commands 'display_drafts' and 'print_drafts' perform simple output
  5783 of raw sources.  Only those symbols that do not require additional
  5784 LaTeX packages (depending on comments in isabellesym.sty) are
  5785 displayed properly, everything else is left verbatim.  isatool display
  5786 and isatool print are used as front ends (these are subject to the
  5787 DVI/PDF_VIEWER and PRINT_COMMAND settings, respectively).
  5788 
  5789 * Command tags control specific markup of certain regions of text,
  5790 notably folding and hiding.  Predefined tags include "theory" (for
  5791 theory begin and end), "proof" for proof commands, and "ML" for
  5792 commands involving ML code; the additional tags "visible" and
  5793 "invisible" are unused by default.  Users may give explicit tag
  5794 specifications in the text, e.g. ''by %invisible (auto)''.  The
  5795 interpretation of tags is determined by the LaTeX job during document
  5796 preparation: see option -V of isatool usedir, or options -n and -t of
  5797 isatool document, or even the LaTeX macros \isakeeptag, \isafoldtag,
  5798 \isadroptag.
  5799 
  5800 Several document versions may be produced at the same time via isatool
  5801 usedir (the generated index.html will link all of them).  Typical
  5802 specifications include ''-V document=theory,proof,ML'' to present
  5803 theory/proof/ML parts faithfully, ''-V outline=/proof,/ML'' to fold
  5804 proof and ML commands, and ''-V mutilated=-theory,-proof,-ML'' to omit
  5805 these parts without any formal replacement text.  The Isabelle site
  5806 default settings produce ''document'' and ''outline'' versions as
  5807 specified above.
  5808 
  5809 * Several new antiquotations:
  5810 
  5811   @{term_type term} prints a term with its type annotated;
  5812 
  5813   @{typeof term} prints the type of a term;
  5814 
  5815   @{const const} is the same as @{term const}, but checks that the
  5816   argument is a known logical constant;
  5817 
  5818   @{term_style style term} and @{thm_style style thm} print a term or
  5819   theorem applying a "style" to it
  5820 
  5821   @{ML text}
  5822 
  5823 Predefined styles are 'lhs' and 'rhs' printing the lhs/rhs of
  5824 definitions, equations, inequations etc., 'concl' printing only the
  5825 conclusion of a meta-logical statement theorem, and 'prem1' .. 'prem19'
  5826 to print the specified premise.  TermStyle.add_style provides an ML
  5827 interface for introducing further styles.  See also the "LaTeX Sugar"
  5828 document practical applications.  The ML antiquotation prints
  5829 type-checked ML expressions verbatim.
  5830 
  5831 * Markup commands 'chapter', 'section', 'subsection', 'subsubsection',
  5832 and 'text' support optional locale specification '(in loc)', which
  5833 specifies the default context for interpreting antiquotations.  For
  5834 example: 'text (in lattice) {* @{thm inf_assoc}*}'.
  5835 
  5836 * Option 'locale=NAME' of antiquotations specifies an alternative
  5837 context interpreting the subsequent argument.  For example: @{thm
  5838 [locale=lattice] inf_assoc}.
  5839 
  5840 * Proper output of proof terms (@{prf ...} and @{full_prf ...}) within
  5841 a proof context.
  5842 
  5843 * Proper output of antiquotations for theory commands involving a
  5844 proof context (such as 'locale' or 'theorem (in loc) ...').
  5845 
  5846 * Delimiters of outer tokens (string etc.) now produce separate LaTeX
  5847 macros (\isachardoublequoteopen, isachardoublequoteclose etc.).
  5848 
  5849 * isatool usedir: new option -C (default true) controls whether option
  5850 -D should include a copy of the original document directory; -C false
  5851 prevents unwanted effects such as copying of administrative CVS data.
  5852 
  5853 
  5854 *** Pure ***
  5855 
  5856 * Considerably improved version of 'constdefs' command.  Now performs
  5857 automatic type-inference of declared constants; additional support for
  5858 local structure declarations (cf. locales and HOL records), see also
  5859 isar-ref manual.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to observe strictly
  5860 sequential dependencies of definitions within a single 'constdefs'
  5861 section; moreover, the declared name needs to be an identifier.  If
  5862 all fails, consider to fall back on 'consts' and 'defs' separately.
  5863 
  5864 * Improved indexed syntax and implicit structures.  First of all,
  5865 indexed syntax provides a notational device for subscripted
  5866 application, using the new syntax \<^bsub>term\<^esub> for arbitrary
  5867 expressions.  Secondly, in a local context with structure
  5868 declarations, number indexes \<^sub>n or the empty index (default
  5869 number 1) refer to a certain fixed variable implicitly; option
  5870 show_structs controls printing of implicit structures.  Typical
  5871 applications of these concepts involve record types and locales.
  5872 
  5873 * New command 'no_syntax' removes grammar declarations (and
  5874 translations) resulting from the given syntax specification, which is
  5875 interpreted in the same manner as for the 'syntax' command.
  5876 
  5877 * 'Advanced' translation functions (parse_translation etc.) may depend
  5878 on the signature of the theory context being presently used for
  5879 parsing/printing, see also isar-ref manual.
  5880 
  5881 * Improved 'oracle' command provides a type-safe interface to turn an
  5882 ML expression of type theory -> T -> term into a primitive rule of
  5883 type theory -> T -> thm (i.e. the functionality of Thm.invoke_oracle
  5884 is already included here); see also FOL/ex/IffExample.thy;
  5885 INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5886 
  5887 * axclass: name space prefix for class "c" is now "c_class" (was "c"
  5888 before); "cI" is no longer bound, use "c.intro" instead.
  5889 INCOMPATIBILITY.  This change avoids clashes of fact bindings for
  5890 axclasses vs. locales.
  5891 
  5892 * Improved internal renaming of symbolic identifiers -- attach primes
  5893 instead of base 26 numbers.
  5894 
  5895 * New flag show_question_marks controls printing of leading question
  5896 marks in schematic variable names.
  5897 
  5898 * In schematic variable names, *any* symbol following \<^isub> or
  5899 \<^isup> is now treated as part of the base name.  For example, the
  5900 following works without printing of awkward ".0" indexes:
  5901 
  5902   lemma "x\<^isub>1 = x\<^isub>2 ==> x\<^isub>2 = x\<^isub>1"
  5903     by simp
  5904 
  5905 * Inner syntax includes (*(*nested*) comments*).
  5906 
  5907 * Pretty printer now supports unbreakable blocks, specified in mixfix
  5908 annotations as "(00...)".
  5909 
  5910 * Clear separation of logical types and nonterminals, where the latter
  5911 may only occur in 'syntax' specifications or type abbreviations.
  5912 Before that distinction was only partially implemented via type class
  5913 "logic" vs. "{}".  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY in rare cases of improper
  5914 use of 'types'/'consts' instead of 'nonterminals'/'syntax'.  Some very
  5915 exotic syntax specifications may require further adaption
  5916 (e.g. Cube/Cube.thy).
  5917 
  5918 * Removed obsolete type class "logic", use the top sort {} instead.
  5919 Note that non-logical types should be declared as 'nonterminals'
  5920 rather than 'types'.  INCOMPATIBILITY for new object-logic
  5921 specifications.
  5922 
  5923 * Attributes 'induct' and 'cases': type or set names may now be
  5924 locally fixed variables as well.
  5925 
  5926 * Simplifier: can now control the depth to which conditional rewriting
  5927 is traced via the PG menu Isabelle -> Settings -> Trace Simp Depth
  5928 Limit.
  5929 
  5930 * Simplifier: simplification procedures may now take the current
  5931 simpset into account (cf. Simplifier.simproc(_i) / mk_simproc
  5932 interface), which is very useful for calling the Simplifier
  5933 recursively.  Minor INCOMPATIBILITY: the 'prems' argument of simprocs
  5934 is gone -- use prems_of_ss on the simpset instead.  Moreover, the
  5935 low-level mk_simproc no longer applies Logic.varify internally, to
  5936 allow for use in a context of fixed variables.
  5937 
  5938 * thin_tac now works even if the assumption being deleted contains !!
  5939 or ==>.  More generally, erule now works even if the major premise of
  5940 the elimination rule contains !! or ==>.
  5941 
  5942 * Method 'rules' has been renamed to 'iprover'. INCOMPATIBILITY.
  5943 
  5944 * Reorganized bootstrapping of the Pure theories; CPure is now derived
  5945 from Pure, which contains all common declarations already.  Both
  5946 theories are defined via plain Isabelle/Isar .thy files.
  5947 INCOMPATIBILITY: elements of CPure (such as the CPure.intro /
  5948 CPure.elim / CPure.dest attributes) now appear in the Pure name space;
  5949 use isatool fixcpure to adapt your theory and ML sources.
  5950 
  5951 * New syntax 'name(i-j, i-, i, ...)' for referring to specific
  5952 selections of theorems in named facts via index ranges.
  5953 
  5954 * 'print_theorems': in theory mode, really print the difference
  5955 wrt. the last state (works for interactive theory development only),
  5956 in proof mode print all local facts (cf. 'print_facts');
  5957 
  5958 * 'hide': option '(open)' hides only base names.
  5959 
  5960 * More efficient treatment of intermediate checkpoints in interactive
  5961 theory development.
  5962 
  5963 * Code generator is now invoked via code_module (incremental code
  5964 generation) and code_library (modular code generation, ML structures
  5965 for each theory).  INCOMPATIBILITY: new keywords 'file' and 'contains'
  5966 must be quoted when used as identifiers.
  5967 
  5968 * New 'value' command for reading, evaluating and printing terms using
  5969 the code generator.  INCOMPATIBILITY: command keyword 'value' must be
  5970 quoted when used as identifier.
  5971 
  5972 
  5973 *** Locales ***
  5974 
  5975 * New commands for the interpretation of locale expressions in
  5976 theories (1), locales (2) and proof contexts (3).  These generate
  5977 proof obligations from the expression specification.  After the
  5978 obligations have been discharged, theorems of the expression are added
  5979 to the theory, target locale or proof context.  The synopsis of the
  5980 commands is a follows:
  5981 
  5982   (1) interpretation expr inst
  5983   (2) interpretation target < expr
  5984   (3) interpret expr inst
  5985 
  5986 Interpretation in theories and proof contexts require a parameter
  5987 instantiation of terms from the current context.  This is applied to
  5988 specifications and theorems of the interpreted expression.
  5989 Interpretation in locales only permits parameter renaming through the
  5990 locale expression.  Interpretation is smart in that interpretations
  5991 that are active already do not occur in proof obligations, neither are
  5992 instantiated theorems stored in duplicate.  Use 'print_interps' to
  5993 inspect active interpretations of a particular locale.  For details,
  5994 see the Isar Reference manual.  Examples can be found in
  5995 HOL/Finite_Set.thy and HOL/Algebra/UnivPoly.thy.
  5996 
  5997 INCOMPATIBILITY: former 'instantiate' has been withdrawn, use
  5998 'interpret' instead.
  5999 
  6000 * New context element 'constrains' for adding type constraints to
  6001 parameters.
  6002 
  6003 * Context expressions: renaming of parameters with syntax
  6004 redeclaration.
  6005 
  6006 * Locale declaration: 'includes' disallowed.
  6007 
  6008 * Proper static binding of attribute syntax -- i.e. types / terms /
  6009 facts mentioned as arguments are always those of the locale definition
  6010 context, independently of the context of later invocations.  Moreover,
  6011 locale operations (renaming and type / term instantiation) are applied
  6012 to attribute arguments as expected.
  6013 
  6014 INCOMPATIBILITY of the ML interface: always pass Attrib.src instead of
  6015 actual attributes; rare situations may require Attrib.attribute to
  6016 embed those attributes into Attrib.src that lack concrete syntax.
  6017 Attribute implementations need to cooperate properly with the static
  6018 binding mechanism.  Basic parsers Args.XXX_typ/term/prop and
  6019 Attrib.XXX_thm etc. already do the right thing without further
  6020 intervention.  Only unusual applications -- such as "where" or "of"
  6021 (cf. src/Pure/Isar/attrib.ML), which process arguments depending both
  6022 on the context and the facts involved -- may have to assign parsed
  6023 values to argument tokens explicitly.
  6024 
  6025 * Changed parameter management in theorem generation for long goal
  6026 statements with 'includes'.  INCOMPATIBILITY: produces a different
  6027 theorem statement in rare situations.
  6028 
  6029 * Locale inspection command 'print_locale' omits notes elements.  Use
  6030 'print_locale!' to have them included in the output.
  6031 
  6032 
  6033 *** Provers ***
  6034 
  6035 * Provers/hypsubst.ML: improved version of the subst method, for
  6036 single-step rewriting: it now works in bound variable contexts. New is
  6037 'subst (asm)', for rewriting an assumption.  INCOMPATIBILITY: may
  6038 rewrite a different subterm than the original subst method, which is
  6039 still available as 'simplesubst'.
  6040 
  6041 * Provers/quasi.ML: new transitivity reasoners for transitivity only
  6042 and quasi orders.
  6043 
  6044 * Provers/trancl.ML: new transitivity reasoner for transitive and
  6045 reflexive-transitive closure of relations.
  6046 
  6047 * Provers/blast.ML: new reference depth_limit to make blast's depth
  6048 limit (previously hard-coded with a value of 20) user-definable.
  6049 
  6050 * Provers/simplifier.ML has been moved to Pure, where Simplifier.setup
  6051 is peformed already.  Object-logics merely need to finish their
  6052 initial simpset configuration as before.  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6053 
  6054 
  6055 *** HOL ***
  6056 
  6057 * Symbolic syntax of Hilbert Choice Operator is now as follows:
  6058 
  6059   syntax (epsilon)
  6060     "_Eps" :: "[pttrn, bool] => 'a"    ("(3\<some>_./ _)" [0, 10] 10)
  6061 
  6062 The symbol \<some> is displayed as the alternative epsilon of LaTeX
  6063 and x-symbol; use option '-m epsilon' to get it actually printed.
  6064 Moreover, the mathematically important symbolic identifier \<epsilon>
  6065 becomes available as variable, constant etc.  INCOMPATIBILITY,
  6066 
  6067 * "x > y" abbreviates "y < x" and "x >= y" abbreviates "y <= x".
  6068 Similarly for all quantifiers: "ALL x > y" etc.  The x-symbol for >=
  6069 is \<ge>. New transitivity rules have been added to HOL/Orderings.thy to
  6070 support corresponding Isar calculations.
  6071 
  6072 * "{x:A. P}" abbreviates "{x. x:A & P}", and similarly for "\<in>"
  6073 instead of ":".
  6074 
  6075 * theory SetInterval: changed the syntax for open intervals:
  6076 
  6077   Old       New
  6078   {..n(}    {..<n}
  6079   {)n..}    {n<..}
  6080   {m..n(}   {m..<n}
  6081   {)m..n}   {m<..n}
  6082   {)m..n(}  {m<..<n}
  6083 
  6084 The old syntax is still supported but will disappear in the next
  6085 release.  For conversion use the following Emacs search and replace
  6086 patterns (these are not perfect but work quite well):
  6087 
  6088   {)\([^\.]*\)\.\.  ->  {\1<\.\.}
  6089   \.\.\([^(}]*\)(}  ->  \.\.<\1}
  6090 
  6091 * Theory Commutative_Ring (in Library): method comm_ring for proving
  6092 equalities in commutative rings; method 'algebra' provides a generic
  6093 interface.
  6094 
  6095 * Theory Finite_Set: changed the syntax for 'setsum', summation over
  6096 finite sets: "setsum (%x. e) A", which used to be "\<Sum>x:A. e", is
  6097 now either "SUM x:A. e" or "\<Sum>x \<in> A. e". The bound variable can
  6098 be a tuple pattern.
  6099 
  6100 Some new syntax forms are available:
  6101 
  6102   "\<Sum>x | P. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {x. P}"
  6103   "\<Sum>x = a..b. e"   for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..b}"
  6104   "\<Sum>x = a..<b. e"  for     "setsum (%x. e) {a..<b}"
  6105   "\<Sum>x < k. e"      for     "setsum (%x. e) {..<k}"
  6106 
  6107 The latter form "\<Sum>x < k. e" used to be based on a separate
  6108 function "Summation", which has been discontinued.
  6109 
  6110 * theory Finite_Set: in structured induction proofs, the insert case
  6111 is now 'case (insert x F)' instead of the old counterintuitive 'case
  6112 (insert F x)'.
  6113 
  6114 * The 'refute' command has been extended to support a much larger
  6115 fragment of HOL, including axiomatic type classes, constdefs and
  6116 typedefs, inductive datatypes and recursion.
  6117 
  6118 * New tactics 'sat' and 'satx' to prove propositional tautologies.
  6119 Requires zChaff with proof generation to be installed.  See
  6120 HOL/ex/SAT_Examples.thy for examples.
  6121 
  6122 * Datatype induction via method 'induct' now preserves the name of the
  6123 induction variable. For example, when proving P(xs::'a list) by
  6124 induction on xs, the induction step is now P(xs) ==> P(a#xs) rather
  6125 than P(list) ==> P(a#list) as previously.  Potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  6126 in unstructured proof scripts.
  6127 
  6128 * Reworked implementation of records.  Improved scalability for
  6129 records with many fields, avoiding performance problems for type
  6130 inference. Records are no longer composed of nested field types, but
  6131 of nested extension types. Therefore the record type only grows linear
  6132 in the number of extensions and not in the number of fields.  The
  6133 top-level (users) view on records is preserved.  Potential
  6134 INCOMPATIBILITY only in strange cases, where the theory depends on the
  6135 old record representation. The type generated for a record is called
  6136 <record_name>_ext_type.
  6137 
  6138 Flag record_quick_and_dirty_sensitive can be enabled to skip the
  6139 proofs triggered by a record definition or a simproc (if
  6140 quick_and_dirty is enabled).  Definitions of large records can take
  6141 quite long.
  6142 
  6143 New simproc record_upd_simproc for simplification of multiple record
  6144 updates enabled by default.  Moreover, trivial updates are also
  6145 removed: r(|x := x r|) = r.  INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break
  6146 occasionally, since simplification is more powerful by default.
  6147 
  6148 * typedef: proper support for polymorphic sets, which contain extra
  6149 type-variables in the term.
  6150 
  6151 * Simplifier: automatically reasons about transitivity chains
  6152 involving "trancl" (r^+) and "rtrancl" (r^*) by setting up tactics
  6153 provided by Provers/trancl.ML as additional solvers.  INCOMPATIBILITY:
  6154 old proofs break occasionally as simplification may now solve more
  6155 goals than previously.
  6156 
  6157 * Simplifier: converts x <= y into x = y if assumption y <= x is
  6158 present.  Works for all partial orders (class "order"), in particular
  6159 numbers and sets.  For linear orders (e.g. numbers) it treats ~ x < y
  6160 just like y <= x.
  6161 
  6162 * Simplifier: new simproc for "let x = a in f x".  If a is a free or
  6163 bound variable or a constant then the let is unfolded.  Otherwise
  6164 first a is simplified to b, and then f b is simplified to g. If
  6165 possible we abstract b from g arriving at "let x = b in h x",
  6166 otherwise we unfold the let and arrive at g.  The simproc can be
  6167 enabled/disabled by the reference use_let_simproc.  Potential
  6168 INCOMPATIBILITY since simplification is more powerful by default.
  6169 
  6170 * Classical reasoning: the meson method now accepts theorems as arguments.
  6171 
  6172 * Prover support: pre-release of the Isabelle-ATP linkup, which runs background
  6173 jobs to provide advice on the provability of subgoals.
  6174 
  6175 * Theory OrderedGroup and Ring_and_Field: various additions and
  6176 improvements to faciliate calculations involving equalities and
  6177 inequalities.
  6178 
  6179 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  6180 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6181 
  6182   abs_eq             now named abs_of_nonneg
  6183   abs_of_ge_0        now named abs_of_nonneg
  6184   abs_minus_eq       now named abs_of_nonpos
  6185   imp_abs_id         now named abs_of_nonneg
  6186   imp_abs_neg_id     now named abs_of_nonpos
  6187   mult_pos           now named mult_pos_pos
  6188   mult_pos_le        now named mult_nonneg_nonneg
  6189   mult_pos_neg_le    now named mult_nonneg_nonpos
  6190   mult_pos_neg2_le   now named mult_nonneg_nonpos2
  6191   mult_neg           now named mult_neg_neg
  6192   mult_neg_le        now named mult_nonpos_nonpos
  6193 
  6194 * The following lemmas in Ring_and_Field have been added to the simplifier:
  6195      
  6196      zero_le_square
  6197      not_square_less_zero 
  6198 
  6199   The following lemmas have been deleted from Real/RealPow:
  6200   
  6201      realpow_zero_zero
  6202      realpow_two
  6203      realpow_less
  6204      zero_le_power
  6205      realpow_two_le
  6206      abs_realpow_two
  6207      realpow_two_abs     
  6208 
  6209 * Theory Parity: added rules for simplifying exponents.
  6210 
  6211 * Theory List:
  6212 
  6213 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  6214 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6215 
  6216   list_all_Nil       now named list_all.simps(1)
  6217   list_all_Cons      now named list_all.simps(2)
  6218   list_all_conv      now named list_all_iff
  6219   set_mem_eq         now named mem_iff
  6220 
  6221 * Theories SetsAndFunctions and BigO (see HOL/Library) support
  6222 asymptotic "big O" calculations.  See the notes in BigO.thy.
  6223 
  6224 
  6225 *** HOL-Complex ***
  6226 
  6227 * Theory RealDef: better support for embedding natural numbers and
  6228 integers in the reals.
  6229 
  6230 The following theorems have been eliminated or modified
  6231 (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6232 
  6233   exp_ge_add_one_self  now requires no hypotheses
  6234   real_of_int_add      reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6235   real_of_int_minus    reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6236   real_of_int_diff     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6237   real_of_int_mult     reversed direction of equality (use [symmetric])
  6238 
  6239 * Theory RComplete: expanded support for floor and ceiling functions.
  6240 
  6241 * Theory Ln is new, with properties of the natural logarithm
  6242 
  6243 * Hyperreal: There is a new type constructor "star" for making
  6244 nonstandard types.  The old type names are now type synonyms:
  6245 
  6246   hypreal = real star
  6247   hypnat = nat star
  6248   hcomplex = complex star
  6249 
  6250 * Hyperreal: Many groups of similarly-defined constants have been
  6251 replaced by polymorphic versions (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6252 
  6253   star_of <-- hypreal_of_real, hypnat_of_nat, hcomplex_of_complex
  6254 
  6255   starset      <-- starsetNat, starsetC
  6256   *s*          <-- *sNat*, *sc*
  6257   starset_n    <-- starsetNat_n, starsetC_n
  6258   *sn*         <-- *sNatn*, *scn*
  6259   InternalSets <-- InternalNatSets, InternalCSets
  6260 
  6261   starfun      <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  6262   *f*          <-- *fNat*, *fNat2*, *fc*, *fRc*, *fcR*
  6263   starfun_n    <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n
  6264   *fn*         <-- *fNatn*, *fNat2n*, *fcn*, *fRcn*, *fcRn*
  6265   InternalFuns <-- InternalNatFuns, InternalNatFuns2, Internal{C,RC,CR}Funs
  6266 
  6267 * Hyperreal: Many type-specific theorems have been removed in favor of
  6268 theorems specific to various axiomatic type classes (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6269 
  6270   add_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_commute
  6271   add_assoc   <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_assocs
  6272   OrderedGroup.add_0 <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_zero_left
  6273   OrderedGroup.add_0_right <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_zero_right
  6274   right_minus <-- hypreal_add_minus
  6275   left_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_add_minus_left
  6276   mult_commute <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_commute
  6277   mult_assoc <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_mult_assoc
  6278   mult_1_left <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_1, hcomplex_mult_one_left
  6279   mult_1_right <-- hcomplex_mult_one_right
  6280   mult_zero_left <-- hcomplex_mult_zero_left
  6281   left_distrib <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add_mult_distrib
  6282   right_distrib <-- hypnat_add_mult_distrib2
  6283   zero_neq_one <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_not_eq_one
  6284   right_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse
  6285   left_inverse <-- hypreal_mult_inverse_left, hcomplex_mult_inv_left
  6286   order_refl <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_refl
  6287   order_trans <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_trans
  6288   order_antisym <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_anti_sym
  6289   order_less_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less_le
  6290   linorder_linear <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le_linear
  6291   add_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_add_left_mono
  6292   mult_strict_left_mono <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_mult_less_mono2
  6293   add_nonneg_nonneg <-- hypreal_le_add_order
  6294 
  6295 * Hyperreal: Separate theorems having to do with type-specific
  6296 versions of constants have been merged into theorems that apply to the
  6297 new polymorphic constants (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6298 
  6299   STAR_UNIV_set <-- {STAR_real,NatStar_real,STARC_complex}_set
  6300   STAR_empty_set <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_empty_set
  6301   STAR_Un <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Un
  6302   STAR_Int <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Int
  6303   STAR_Compl <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_Compl
  6304   STAR_subset <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_subset
  6305   STAR_mem <-- {STAR,NatStar,STARC}_mem
  6306   STAR_mem_Compl <-- {STAR,STARC}_mem_Compl
  6307   STAR_diff <-- {STAR,STARC}_diff
  6308   STAR_star_of_image_subset <-- {STAR_hypreal_of_real, NatStar_hypreal_of_real,
  6309     STARC_hcomplex_of_complex}_image_subset
  6310   starset_n_Un <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Un
  6311   starset_n_Int <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Int
  6312   starset_n_Compl <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_Compl
  6313   starset_n_diff <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_diff
  6314   InternalSets_Un <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Un
  6315   InternalSets_Int <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Int
  6316   InternalSets_Compl <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_Compl
  6317   InternalSets_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_diff
  6318   InternalSets_UNIV_diff <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_UNIV_diff
  6319   InternalSets_starset_n <-- Internal{Nat,C}Sets_starset{Nat,C}_n
  6320   starset_starset_n_eq <-- starset{Nat,C}_starset{Nat,C}_n_eq
  6321   starset_n_starset <-- starset{Nat,C}_n_starset{Nat,C}
  6322   starfun_n_starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_n_starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  6323   starfun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}
  6324   starfun_mult <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_mult
  6325   starfun_add <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_add
  6326   starfun_minus <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_minus
  6327   starfun_diff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_diff
  6328   starfun_o <-- starfun{NatNat2,Nat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o
  6329   starfun_o2 <-- starfun{NatNat2,_stafunNat,C,C_starfunRC,_starfunCR}_o2
  6330   starfun_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_const_fun
  6331   starfun_inverse <-- starfun{Nat,C,RC,CR}_inverse
  6332   starfun_eq <-- starfun{Nat,Nat2,C,RC,CR}_eq
  6333   starfun_eq_iff <-- starfun{C,RC,CR}_eq_iff
  6334   starfun_Id <-- starfunC_Id
  6335   starfun_approx <-- starfun{Nat,CR}_approx
  6336   starfun_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_capprox
  6337   starfun_abs <-- starfunNat_rabs
  6338   starfun_lambda_cancel <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel
  6339   starfun_lambda_cancel2 <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_lambda_cancel2
  6340   starfun_mult_HFinite_approx <-- starfunCR_mult_HFinite_capprox
  6341   starfun_mult_CFinite_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_mult_CFinite_capprox
  6342   starfun_add_capprox <-- starfun{C,RC}_add_capprox
  6343   starfun_add_approx <-- starfunCR_add_approx
  6344   starfun_inverse_inverse <-- starfunC_inverse_inverse
  6345   starfun_divide <-- starfun{C,CR,RC}_divide
  6346   starfun_n <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n
  6347   starfun_n_mult <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_mult
  6348   starfun_n_add <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_add
  6349   starfun_n_add_minus <-- starfunNat_n_add_minus
  6350   starfun_n_const_fun <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_const_fun
  6351   starfun_n_minus <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_minus
  6352   starfun_n_eq <-- starfun{Nat,C}_n_eq
  6353 
  6354   star_n_add <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_add
  6355   star_n_minus <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_minus
  6356   star_n_diff <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_diff
  6357   star_n_mult <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_mult
  6358   star_n_inverse <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_inverse
  6359   star_n_le <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_le
  6360   star_n_less <-- {hypreal,hypnat}_less
  6361   star_n_zero_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_zero_num
  6362   star_n_one_num <-- {hypreal,hypnat,hcomplex}_one_num
  6363   star_n_abs <-- hypreal_hrabs
  6364   star_n_divide <-- hcomplex_divide
  6365 
  6366   star_of_add <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_add
  6367   star_of_minus <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_minus
  6368   star_of_diff <-- hypreal_of_real_diff
  6369   star_of_mult <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_mult
  6370   star_of_one <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_one
  6371   star_of_zero <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_zero
  6372   star_of_le <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_le_iff
  6373   star_of_less <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat}_less_iff
  6374   star_of_eq <-- {hypreal_of_real,hypnat_of_nat,hcomplex_of_complex}_eq_iff
  6375   star_of_inverse <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_inverse
  6376   star_of_divide <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_divide
  6377   star_of_of_nat <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_nat
  6378   star_of_of_int <-- {hypreal_of_real,hcomplex_of_complex}_of_int
  6379   star_of_number_of <-- {hypreal,hcomplex}_number_of
  6380   star_of_number_less <-- number_of_less_hypreal_of_real_iff
  6381   star_of_number_le <-- number_of_le_hypreal_of_real_iff
  6382   star_of_eq_number <-- hypreal_of_real_eq_number_of_iff
  6383   star_of_less_number <-- hypreal_of_real_less_number_of_iff
  6384   star_of_le_number <-- hypreal_of_real_le_number_of_iff
  6385   star_of_power <-- hypreal_of_real_power
  6386   star_of_eq_0 <-- hcomplex_of_complex_zero_iff
  6387 
  6388 * Hyperreal: new method "transfer" that implements the transfer
  6389 principle of nonstandard analysis. With a subgoal that mentions
  6390 nonstandard types like "'a star", the command "apply transfer"
  6391 replaces it with an equivalent one that mentions only standard types.
  6392 To be successful, all free variables must have standard types; non-
  6393 standard variables must have explicit universal quantifiers.
  6394 
  6395 * Hyperreal: A theory of Taylor series.
  6396 
  6397 
  6398 *** HOLCF ***
  6399 
  6400 * Discontinued special version of 'constdefs' (which used to support
  6401 continuous functions) in favor of the general Pure one with full
  6402 type-inference.
  6403 
  6404 * New simplification procedure for solving continuity conditions; it
  6405 is much faster on terms with many nested lambda abstractions (cubic
  6406 instead of exponential time).
  6407 
  6408 * New syntax for domain package: selector names are now optional.
  6409 Parentheses should be omitted unless argument is lazy, for example:
  6410 
  6411   domain 'a stream = cons "'a" (lazy "'a stream")
  6412 
  6413 * New command 'fixrec' for defining recursive functions with pattern
  6414 matching; defining multiple functions with mutual recursion is also
  6415 supported.  Patterns may include the constants cpair, spair, up, sinl,
  6416 sinr, or any data constructor defined by the domain package. The given
  6417 equations are proven as rewrite rules. See HOLCF/ex/Fixrec_ex.thy for
  6418 syntax and examples.
  6419 
  6420 * New commands 'cpodef' and 'pcpodef' for defining predicate subtypes
  6421 of cpo and pcpo types. Syntax is exactly like the 'typedef' command,
  6422 but the proof obligation additionally includes an admissibility
  6423 requirement. The packages generate instances of class cpo or pcpo,
  6424 with continuity and strictness theorems for Rep and Abs.
  6425 
  6426 * HOLCF: Many theorems have been renamed according to a more standard naming
  6427 scheme (INCOMPATIBILITY):
  6428 
  6429   foo_inject:  "foo$x = foo$y ==> x = y"
  6430   foo_eq:      "(foo$x = foo$y) = (x = y)"
  6431   foo_less:    "(foo$x << foo$y) = (x << y)"
  6432   foo_strict:  "foo$UU = UU"
  6433   foo_defined: "... ==> foo$x ~= UU"
  6434   foo_defined_iff: "(foo$x = UU) = (x = UU)"
  6435 
  6436 
  6437 *** ZF ***
  6438 
  6439 * ZF/ex: theories Group and Ring provide examples in abstract algebra,
  6440 including the First Isomorphism Theorem (on quotienting by the kernel
  6441 of a homomorphism).
  6442 
  6443 * ZF/Simplifier: install second copy of type solver that actually
  6444 makes use of TC rules declared to Isar proof contexts (or locales);
  6445 the old version is still required for ML proof scripts.
  6446 
  6447 
  6448 *** Cube ***
  6449 
  6450 * Converted to Isar theory format; use locales instead of axiomatic
  6451 theories.
  6452 
  6453 
  6454 *** ML ***
  6455 
  6456 * Pure/library.ML: added ##>, ##>>, #>> -- higher-order counterparts
  6457 for ||>, ||>>, |>>,
  6458 
  6459 * Pure/library.ML no longer defines its own option datatype, but uses
  6460 that of the SML basis, which has constructors NONE and SOME instead of
  6461 None and Some, as well as exception Option.Option instead of OPTION.
  6462 The functions the, if_none, is_some, is_none have been adapted
  6463 accordingly, while Option.map replaces apsome.
  6464 
  6465 * Pure/library.ML: the exception LIST has been given up in favour of
  6466 the standard exceptions Empty and Subscript, as well as
  6467 Library.UnequalLengths.  Function like Library.hd and Library.tl are
  6468 superceded by the standard hd and tl functions etc.
  6469 
  6470 A number of basic list functions are no longer exported to the ML
  6471 toplevel, as they are variants of predefined functions.  The following
  6472 suggests how one can translate existing code:
  6473 
  6474     rev_append xs ys = List.revAppend (xs, ys)
  6475     nth_elem (i, xs) = List.nth (xs, i)
  6476     last_elem xs = List.last xs
  6477     flat xss = List.concat xss
  6478     seq fs = List.app fs
  6479     partition P xs = List.partition P xs
  6480     mapfilter f xs = List.mapPartial f xs
  6481 
  6482 * Pure/library.ML: several combinators for linear functional
  6483 transformations, notably reverse application and composition:
  6484 
  6485   x |> f                f #> g
  6486   (x, y) |-> f          f #-> g
  6487 
  6488 * Pure/library.ML: introduced/changed precedence of infix operators:
  6489 
  6490   infix 1 |> |-> ||> ||>> |>> |>>> #> #->;
  6491   infix 2 ?;
  6492   infix 3 o oo ooo oooo;
  6493   infix 4 ~~ upto downto;
  6494 
  6495 Maybe INCOMPATIBILITY when any of those is used in conjunction with other
  6496 infix operators.
  6497 
  6498 * Pure/library.ML: natural list combinators fold, fold_rev, and
  6499 fold_map support linear functional transformations and nesting.  For
  6500 example:
  6501 
  6502   fold f [x1, ..., xN] y =
  6503     y |> f x1 |> ... |> f xN
  6504 
  6505   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] y =
  6506     y |> fold f xs1 |> ... |> fold f xsN
  6507 
  6508   fold f [x1, ..., xN] =
  6509     f x1 #> ... #> f xN
  6510 
  6511   (fold o fold) f [xs1, ..., xsN] =
  6512     fold f xs1 #> ... #> fold f xsN
  6513 
  6514 * Pure/library.ML: the following selectors on type 'a option are
  6515 available:
  6516 
  6517   the:               'a option -> 'a  (*partial*)
  6518   these:             'a option -> 'a  where 'a = 'b list
  6519   the_default: 'a -> 'a option -> 'a
  6520   the_list:          'a option -> 'a list
  6521 
  6522 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  6523 basic operations for association lists, following natural argument
  6524 order; moreover the explicit equality predicate passed here avoids
  6525 potentially expensive polymorphic runtime equality checks.
  6526 The old functions may be expressed as follows:
  6527 
  6528   assoc = uncurry (AList.lookup (op =))
  6529   assocs = these oo AList.lookup (op =)
  6530   overwrite = uncurry (AList.update (op =)) o swap
  6531 
  6532 * Pure/General: structure AList (cf. Pure/General/alist.ML) provides
  6533 
  6534   val make: ('a -> 'b) -> 'a list -> ('a * 'b) list
  6535   val find: ('a * 'b -> bool) -> ('c * 'b) list -> 'a -> 'c list
  6536 
  6537 replacing make_keylist and keyfilter (occassionally used)
  6538 Naive rewrites:
  6539 
  6540   make_keylist = AList.make
  6541   keyfilter = AList.find (op =)
  6542 
  6543 * eq_fst and eq_snd now take explicit equality parameter, thus
  6544   avoiding eqtypes. Naive rewrites:
  6545 
  6546     eq_fst = eq_fst (op =)
  6547     eq_snd = eq_snd (op =)
  6548 
  6549 * Removed deprecated apl and apr (rarely used).
  6550   Naive rewrites:
  6551 
  6552     apl (n, op) =>>= curry op n
  6553     apr (op, m) =>>= fn n => op (n, m)
  6554 
  6555 * Pure/General: structure OrdList (cf. Pure/General/ord_list.ML)
  6556 provides a reasonably efficient light-weight implementation of sets as
  6557 lists.
  6558 
  6559 * Pure/General: generic tables (cf. Pure/General/table.ML) provide a
  6560 few new operations; existing lookup and update are now curried to
  6561 follow natural argument order (for use with fold etc.);
  6562 INCOMPATIBILITY, use (uncurry Symtab.lookup) etc. as last resort.
  6563 
  6564 * Pure/General: output via the Isabelle channels of
  6565 writeln/warning/error etc. is now passed through Output.output, with a
  6566 hook for arbitrary transformations depending on the print_mode
  6567 (cf. Output.add_mode -- the first active mode that provides a output
  6568 function wins).  Already formatted output may be embedded into further
  6569 text via Output.raw; the result of Pretty.string_of/str_of and derived
  6570 functions (string_of_term/cterm/thm etc.) is already marked raw to
  6571 accommodate easy composition of diagnostic messages etc.  Programmers
  6572 rarely need to care about Output.output or Output.raw at all, with
  6573 some notable exceptions: Output.output is required when bypassing the
  6574 standard channels (writeln etc.), or in token translations to produce
  6575 properly formatted results; Output.raw is required when capturing
  6576 already output material that will eventually be presented to the user
  6577 a second time.  For the default print mode, both Output.output and
  6578 Output.raw have no effect.
  6579 
  6580 * Pure/General: Output.time_accumulator NAME creates an operator ('a
  6581 -> 'b) -> 'a -> 'b to measure runtime and count invocations; the
  6582 cumulative results are displayed at the end of a batch session.
  6583 
  6584 * Pure/General: File.sysify_path and File.quote_sysify path have been
  6585 replaced by File.platform_path and File.shell_path (with appropriate
  6586 hooks).  This provides a clean interface for unusual systems where the
  6587 internal and external process view of file names are different.
  6588 
  6589 * Pure: more efficient orders for basic syntactic entities: added
  6590 fast_string_ord, fast_indexname_ord, fast_term_ord; changed sort_ord
  6591 and typ_ord to use fast_string_ord and fast_indexname_ord (term_ord is
  6592 NOT affected); structures Symtab, Vartab, Typtab, Termtab use the fast
  6593 orders now -- potential INCOMPATIBILITY for code that depends on a
  6594 particular order for Symtab.keys, Symtab.dest, etc. (consider using
  6595 Library.sort_strings on result).
  6596 
  6597 * Pure/term.ML: combinators fold_atyps, fold_aterms, fold_term_types,
  6598 fold_types traverse types/terms from left to right, observing natural
  6599 argument order.  Supercedes previous foldl_XXX versions, add_frees,
  6600 add_vars etc. have been adapted as well: INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6601 
  6602 * Pure: name spaces have been refined, with significant changes of the
  6603 internal interfaces -- INCOMPATIBILITY.  Renamed cond_extern(_table)
  6604 to extern(_table).  The plain name entry path is superceded by a
  6605 general 'naming' context, which also includes the 'policy' to produce
  6606 a fully qualified name and external accesses of a fully qualified
  6607 name; NameSpace.extend is superceded by context dependent
  6608 Sign.declare_name.  Several theory and proof context operations modify
  6609 the naming context.  Especially note Theory.restore_naming and
  6610 ProofContext.restore_naming to get back to a sane state; note that
  6611 Theory.add_path is no longer sufficient to recover from
  6612 Theory.absolute_path in particular.
  6613 
  6614 * Pure: new flags short_names (default false) and unique_names
  6615 (default true) for controlling output of qualified names.  If
  6616 short_names is set, names are printed unqualified.  If unique_names is
  6617 reset, the name prefix is reduced to the minimum required to achieve
  6618 the original result when interning again, even if there is an overlap
  6619 with earlier declarations.
  6620 
  6621 * Pure/TheoryDataFun: change of the argument structure; 'prep_ext' is
  6622 now 'extend', and 'merge' gets an additional Pretty.pp argument
  6623 (useful for printing error messages).  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6624 
  6625 * Pure: major reorganization of the theory context.  Type Sign.sg and
  6626 Theory.theory are now identified, referring to the universal
  6627 Context.theory (see Pure/context.ML).  Actual signature and theory
  6628 content is managed as theory data.  The old code and interfaces were
  6629 spread over many files and structures; the new arrangement introduces
  6630 considerable INCOMPATIBILITY to gain more clarity:
  6631 
  6632   Context -- theory management operations (name, identity, inclusion,
  6633     parents, ancestors, merge, etc.), plus generic theory data;
  6634 
  6635   Sign -- logical signature and syntax operations (declaring consts,
  6636     types, etc.), plus certify/read for common entities;
  6637 
  6638   Theory -- logical theory operations (stating axioms, definitions,
  6639     oracles), plus a copy of logical signature operations (consts,
  6640     types, etc.); also a few basic management operations (Theory.copy,
  6641     Theory.merge, etc.)
  6642 
  6643 The most basic sign_of operations (Theory.sign_of, Thm.sign_of_thm
  6644 etc.) as well as the sign field in Thm.rep_thm etc. have been retained
  6645 for convenience -- they merely return the theory.
  6646 
  6647 * Pure: type Type.tsig is superceded by theory in most interfaces.
  6648 
  6649 * Pure: the Isar proof context type is already defined early in Pure
  6650 as Context.proof (note that ProofContext.context and Proof.context are
  6651 aliases, where the latter is the preferred name).  This enables other
  6652 Isabelle components to refer to that type even before Isar is present.
  6653 
  6654 * Pure/sign/theory: discontinued named name spaces (i.e. classK,
  6655 typeK, constK, axiomK, oracleK), but provide explicit operations for
  6656 any of these kinds.  For example, Sign.intern typeK is now
  6657 Sign.intern_type, Theory.hide_space Sign.typeK is now
  6658 Theory.hide_types.  Also note that former
  6659 Theory.hide_classes/types/consts are now
  6660 Theory.hide_classes_i/types_i/consts_i, while the non '_i' versions
  6661 internalize their arguments!  INCOMPATIBILITY.
  6662 
  6663 * Pure: get_thm interface (of PureThy and ProofContext) expects
  6664 datatype thmref (with constructors Name and NameSelection) instead of
  6665 plain string -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  6666 
  6667 * Pure: cases produced by proof methods specify options, where NONE
  6668 means to remove case bindings -- INCOMPATIBILITY in
  6669 (RAW_)METHOD_CASES.
  6670 
  6671 * Pure: the following operations retrieve axioms or theorems from a
  6672 theory node or theory hierarchy, respectively:
  6673 
  6674   Theory.axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  6675   Theory.all_axioms_of: theory -> (string * term) list
  6676   PureThy.thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  6677   PureThy.all_thms_of: theory -> (string * thm) list
  6678 
  6679 * Pure: print_tac now outputs the goal through the trace channel.
  6680 
  6681 * Isar toplevel: improved diagnostics, mostly for Poly/ML only.
  6682 Reference Toplevel.debug (default false) controls detailed printing
  6683 and tracing of low-level exceptions; Toplevel.profiling (default 0)
  6684 controls execution profiling -- set to 1 for time and 2 for space
  6685 (both increase the runtime).
  6686 
  6687 * Isar session: The initial use of ROOT.ML is now always timed,
  6688 i.e. the log will show the actual process times, in contrast to the
  6689 elapsed wall-clock time that the outer shell wrapper produces.
  6690 
  6691 * Simplifier: improved handling of bound variables (nameless
  6692 representation, avoid allocating new strings).  Simprocs that invoke
  6693 the Simplifier recursively should use Simplifier.inherit_bounds to
  6694 avoid local name clashes.  Failure to do so produces warnings
  6695 "Simplifier: renamed bound variable ..."; set Simplifier.debug_bounds
  6696 for further details.
  6697 
  6698 * ML functions legacy_bindings and use_legacy_bindings produce ML fact
  6699 bindings for all theorems stored within a given theory; this may help
  6700 in porting non-Isar theories to Isar ones, while keeping ML proof
  6701 scripts for the time being.
  6702 
  6703 * ML operator HTML.with_charset specifies the charset begin used for
  6704 generated HTML files.  For example:
  6705 
  6706   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Hebrew";
  6707   HTML.with_charset "utf-8" use_thy "Chinese";
  6708 
  6709 
  6710 *** System ***
  6711 
  6712 * Allow symlinks to all proper Isabelle executables (Isabelle,
  6713 isabelle, isatool etc.).
  6714 
  6715 * ISABELLE_DOC_FORMAT setting specifies preferred document format (for
  6716 isatool doc, isatool mkdir, display_drafts etc.).
  6717 
  6718 * isatool usedir: option -f allows specification of the ML file to be
  6719 used by Isabelle; default is ROOT.ML.
  6720 
  6721 * New isatool version outputs the version identifier of the Isabelle
  6722 distribution being used.
  6723 
  6724 * HOL: new isatool dimacs2hol converts files in DIMACS CNF format
  6725 (containing Boolean satisfiability problems) into Isabelle/HOL
  6726 theories.
  6727 
  6728 
  6729 
  6730 New in Isabelle2004 (April 2004)
  6731 --------------------------------
  6732 
  6733 *** General ***
  6734 
  6735 * Provers/order.ML:  new efficient reasoner for partial and linear orders.
  6736   Replaces linorder.ML.
  6737 
  6738 * Pure: Greek letters (except small lambda, \<lambda>), as well as Gothic
  6739   (\<aa>...\<zz>\<AA>...\<ZZ>), calligraphic (\<A>...\<Z>), and Euler
  6740   (\<a>...\<z>), are now considered normal letters, and can therefore
  6741   be used anywhere where an ASCII letter (a...zA...Z) has until
  6742   now. COMPATIBILITY: This obviously changes the parsing of some
  6743   terms, especially where a symbol has been used as a binder, say
  6744   '\<Pi>x. ...', which is now a type error since \<Pi>x will be parsed
  6745   as an identifier.  Fix it by inserting a space around former
  6746   symbols.  Call 'isatool fixgreek' to try to fix parsing errors in
  6747   existing theory and ML files.
  6748 
  6749 * Pure: Macintosh and Windows line-breaks are now allowed in theory files.
  6750 
  6751 * Pure: single letter sub/superscripts (\<^isub> and \<^isup>) are now
  6752   allowed in identifiers. Similar to Greek letters \<^isub> is now considered
  6753   a normal (but invisible) letter. For multiple letter subscripts repeat
  6754   \<^isub> like this: x\<^isub>1\<^isub>2.
  6755 
  6756 * Pure: There are now sub-/superscripts that can span more than one
  6757   character. Text between \<^bsub> and \<^esub> is set in subscript in
  6758   ProofGeneral and LaTeX, text between \<^bsup> and \<^esup> in
  6759   superscript. The new control characters are not identifier parts.
  6760 
  6761 * Pure: Control-symbols of the form \<^raw:...> will literally print the
  6762   content of "..." to the latex file instead of \isacntrl... . The "..."
  6763   may consist of any printable characters excluding the end bracket >.
  6764 
  6765 * Pure: Using new Isar command "finalconsts" (or the ML functions
  6766   Theory.add_finals or Theory.add_finals_i) it is now possible to
  6767   declare constants "final", which prevents their being given a definition
  6768   later.  It is useful for constants whose behaviour is fixed axiomatically
  6769   rather than definitionally, such as the meta-logic connectives.
  6770 
  6771 * Pure: 'instance' now handles general arities with general sorts
  6772   (i.e. intersections of classes),
  6773 
  6774 * Presentation: generated HTML now uses a CSS style sheet to make layout
  6775   (somewhat) independent of content. It is copied from lib/html/isabelle.css.
  6776   It can be changed to alter the colors/layout of generated pages.
  6777 
  6778 
  6779 *** Isar ***
  6780 
  6781 * Tactic emulation methods rule_tac, erule_tac, drule_tac, frule_tac,
  6782   cut_tac, subgoal_tac and thin_tac:
  6783   - Now understand static (Isar) contexts.  As a consequence, users of Isar
  6784     locales are no longer forced to write Isar proof scripts.
  6785     For details see Isar Reference Manual, paragraph 4.3.2: Further tactic
  6786     emulations.
  6787   - INCOMPATIBILITY: names of variables to be instantiated may no
  6788     longer be enclosed in quotes.  Instead, precede variable name with `?'.
  6789     This is consistent with the instantiation attribute "where".
  6790 
  6791 * Attributes "where" and "of":
  6792   - Now take type variables of instantiated theorem into account when reading
  6793     the instantiation string.  This fixes a bug that caused instantiated
  6794     theorems to have too special types in some circumstances.
  6795   - "where" permits explicit instantiations of type variables.
  6796 
  6797 * Calculation commands "moreover" and "also" no longer interfere with
  6798   current facts ("this"), admitting arbitrary combinations with "then"
  6799   and derived forms.
  6800 
  6801 * Locales:
  6802   - Goal statements involving the context element "includes" no longer
  6803     generate theorems with internal delta predicates (those ending on
  6804     "_axioms") in the premise.
  6805     Resolve particular premise with <locale>.intro to obtain old form.
  6806   - Fixed bug in type inference ("unify_frozen") that prevented mix of target
  6807     specification and "includes" elements in goal statement.
  6808   - Rule sets <locale>.intro and <locale>.axioms no longer declared as
  6809     [intro?] and [elim?] (respectively) by default.
  6810   - Experimental command for instantiation of locales in proof contexts:
  6811         instantiate <label>[<attrs>]: <loc>
  6812     Instantiates locale <loc> and adds all its theorems to the current context
  6813     taking into account their attributes.  Label and attrs are optional
  6814     modifiers, like in theorem declarations.  If present, names of
  6815     instantiated theorems are qualified with <label>, and the attributes
  6816     <attrs> are applied after any attributes these theorems might have already.
  6817       If the locale has assumptions, a chained fact of the form
  6818     "<loc> t1 ... tn" is expected from which instantiations of the parameters
  6819     are derived.  The command does not support old-style locales declared
  6820     with "locale (open)".
  6821       A few (very simple) examples can be found in FOL/ex/LocaleInst.thy.
  6822 
  6823 * HOL: Tactic emulation methods induct_tac and case_tac understand static
  6824   (Isar) contexts.
  6825 
  6826 
  6827 *** HOL ***
  6828 
  6829 * Proof import: new image HOL4 contains the imported library from
  6830   the HOL4 system with about 2500 theorems. It is imported by
  6831   replaying proof terms produced by HOL4 in Isabelle. The HOL4 image
  6832   can be used like any other Isabelle image.  See
  6833   HOL/Import/HOL/README for more information.
  6834 
  6835 * Simplifier:
  6836   - Much improved handling of linear and partial orders.
  6837     Reasoners for linear and partial orders are set up for type classes
  6838     "linorder" and "order" respectively, and are added to the default simpset
  6839     as solvers.  This means that the simplifier can build transitivity chains
  6840     to solve goals from the assumptions.
  6841   - INCOMPATIBILITY: old proofs break occasionally.  Typically, applications
  6842     of blast or auto after simplification become unnecessary because the goal
  6843     is solved by simplification already.
  6844 
  6845 * Numerics: new theory Ring_and_Field contains over 250 basic numerical laws,
  6846     all proved in axiomatic type classes for semirings, rings and fields.
  6847 
  6848 * Numerics:
  6849   - Numeric types (nat, int, and in HOL-Complex rat, real, complex, etc.) are
  6850     now formalized using the Ring_and_Field theory mentioned above.
  6851   - INCOMPATIBILITY: simplification and arithmetic behaves somewhat differently
  6852     than before, because now they are set up once in a generic manner.
  6853   - INCOMPATIBILITY: many type-specific arithmetic laws have gone.
  6854     Look for the general versions in Ring_and_Field (and Power if they concern
  6855     exponentiation).
  6856 
  6857 * Type "rat" of the rational numbers is now available in HOL-Complex.
  6858 
  6859 * Records:
  6860   - Record types are now by default printed with their type abbreviation
  6861     instead of the list of all field types. This can be configured via
  6862     the reference "print_record_type_abbr".
  6863   - Simproc "record_upd_simproc" for simplification of multiple updates added
  6864     (not enabled by default).
  6865   - Simproc "record_ex_sel_eq_simproc" to simplify EX x. sel r = x resp.
  6866     EX x. x = sel r to True (not enabled by default).
  6867   - Tactic "record_split_simp_tac" to split and simplify records added.
  6868 
  6869 * 'specification' command added, allowing for definition by
  6870   specification.  There is also an 'ax_specification' command that
  6871   introduces the new constants axiomatically.
  6872 
  6873 * arith(_tac) is now able to generate counterexamples for reals as well.
  6874 
  6875 * HOL-Algebra: new locale "ring" for non-commutative rings.
  6876 
  6877 * HOL-ex: InductiveInvariant_examples illustrates advanced recursive function
  6878   definitions, thanks to Sava Krsti\'{c} and John Matthews.
  6879 
  6880 * HOL-Matrix: a first theory for matrices in HOL with an application of
  6881   matrix theory to linear programming.
  6882 
  6883 * Unions and Intersections:
  6884   The latex output syntax of UN and INT has been changed
  6885   from "\Union x \in A. B" to "\Union_{x \in A} B"
  6886   i.e. the index formulae has become a subscript.
  6887   Similarly for "\Union x. B", and for \Inter instead of \Union.
  6888 
  6889 * Unions and Intersections over Intervals:
  6890   There is new short syntax "UN i<=n. A" for "UN i:{0..n}. A". There is
  6891   also an x-symbol version with subscripts "\<Union>\<^bsub>i <= n\<^esub>. A"
  6892   like in normal math, and corresponding versions for < and for intersection.
  6893 
  6894 * HOL/List: Ordering "lexico" is renamed "lenlex" and the standard
  6895   lexicographic dictonary ordering has been added as "lexord".
  6896 
  6897 * ML: the legacy theory structures Int and List have been removed. They had
  6898   conflicted with ML Basis Library structures having the same names.
  6899 
  6900 * 'refute' command added to search for (finite) countermodels.  Only works
  6901   for a fragment of HOL.  The installation of an external SAT solver is
  6902   highly recommended.  See "HOL/Refute.thy" for details.
  6903 
  6904 * 'quickcheck' command: Allows to find counterexamples by evaluating
  6905   formulae under an assignment of free variables to random values.
  6906   In contrast to 'refute', it can deal with inductive datatypes,
  6907   but cannot handle quantifiers. See "HOL/ex/Quickcheck_Examples.thy"
  6908   for examples.
  6909 
  6910 
  6911 *** HOLCF ***
  6912 
  6913 * Streams now come with concatenation and are part of the HOLCF image
  6914 
  6915 
  6916 
  6917 New in Isabelle2003 (May 2003)
  6918 ------------------------------
  6919 
  6920 *** General ***
  6921 
  6922 * Provers/simplifier:
  6923 
  6924   - Completely reimplemented method simp (ML: Asm_full_simp_tac):
  6925     Assumptions are now subject to complete mutual simplification,
  6926     not just from left to right. The simplifier now preserves
  6927     the order of assumptions.
  6928 
  6929     Potential INCOMPATIBILITY:
  6930 
  6931     -- simp sometimes diverges where the old version did
  6932        not, e.g. invoking simp on the goal
  6933 
  6934         [| P (f x); y = x; f x = f y |] ==> Q
  6935 
  6936        now gives rise to the infinite reduction sequence
  6937 
  6938         P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> P(f y) --(y = x)--> P(f x) --(f x = f y)--> ...
  6939 
  6940        Using "simp (asm_lr)" (ML: Asm_lr_simp_tac) instead often solves this
  6941        kind of problem.
  6942 
  6943     -- Tactics combining classical reasoner and simplification (such as auto)
  6944        are also affected by this change, because many of them rely on
  6945        simp. They may sometimes diverge as well or yield a different numbers
  6946        of subgoals. Try to use e.g. force, fastsimp, or safe instead of auto
  6947        in case of problems. Sometimes subsequent calls to the classical
  6948        reasoner will fail because a preceeding call to the simplifier too
  6949        eagerly simplified the goal, e.g. deleted redundant premises.
  6950 
  6951   - The simplifier trace now shows the names of the applied rewrite rules
  6952 
  6953   - You can limit the number of recursive invocations of the simplifier
  6954     during conditional rewriting (where the simplifie tries to solve the
  6955     conditions before applying the rewrite rule):
  6956     ML "simp_depth_limit := n"
  6957     where n is an integer. Thus you can force termination where previously
  6958     the simplifier would diverge.
  6959 
  6960   - Accepts free variables as head terms in congruence rules.  Useful in Isar.
  6961 
  6962   - No longer aborts on failed congruence proof.  Instead, the
  6963     congruence is ignored.
  6964 
  6965 * Pure: New generic framework for extracting programs from constructive
  6966   proofs. See HOL/Extraction.thy for an example instantiation, as well
  6967   as HOL/Extraction for some case studies.
  6968 
  6969 * Pure: The main goal of the proof state is no longer shown by default, only
  6970 the subgoals. This behaviour is controlled by a new flag.
  6971    PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Settings -> Show Main Goal
  6972 (ML: Proof.show_main_goal).
  6973 
  6974 * Pure: You can find all matching introduction rules for subgoal 1, i.e. all
  6975 rules whose conclusion matches subgoal 1:
  6976       PG menu: Isabelle/Isar -> Show me -> matching rules
  6977 The rules are ordered by how closely they match the subgoal.
  6978 In particular, rules that solve a subgoal outright are displayed first
  6979 (or rather last, the way they are printed).
  6980 (ML: ProofGeneral.print_intros())
  6981 
  6982 * Pure: New flag trace_unify_fail causes unification to print
  6983 diagnostic information (PG: in trace buffer) when it fails. This is
  6984 useful for figuring out why single step proofs like rule, erule or
  6985 assumption failed.
  6986 
  6987 * Pure: Locale specifications now produce predicate definitions
  6988 according to the body of text (covering assumptions modulo local
  6989 definitions); predicate "loc_axioms" covers newly introduced text,
  6990 while "loc" is cumulative wrt. all included locale expressions; the
  6991 latter view is presented only on export into the global theory
  6992 context; potential INCOMPATIBILITY, use "(open)" option to fall back
  6993 on the old view without predicates;
  6994 
  6995 * Pure: predefined locales "var" and "struct" are useful for sharing
  6996 parameters (as in CASL, for example); just specify something like
  6997 ``var x + var y + struct M'' as import;
  6998 
  6999 * Pure: improved thms_containing: proper indexing of facts instead of
  7000 raw theorems; check validity of results wrt. current name space;
  7001 include local facts of proof configuration (also covers active
  7002 locales), cover fixed variables in index; may use "_" in term
  7003 specification; an optional limit for the number of printed facts may
  7004 be given (the default is 40);
  7005 
  7006 * Pure: disallow duplicate fact bindings within new-style theory files
  7007 (batch-mode only);
  7008 
  7009 * Provers: improved induct method: assumptions introduced by case
  7010 "foo" are split into "foo.hyps" (from the rule) and "foo.prems" (from
  7011 the goal statement); "foo" still refers to all facts collectively;
  7012 
  7013 * Provers: the function blast.overloaded has been removed: all constants
  7014 are regarded as potentially overloaded, which improves robustness in exchange
  7015 for slight decrease in efficiency;
  7016 
  7017 * Provers/linorder: New generic prover for transitivity reasoning over
  7018 linear orders.  Note: this prover is not efficient!
  7019 
  7020 * Isar: preview of problems to finish 'show' now produce an error
  7021 rather than just a warning (in interactive mode);
  7022 
  7023 
  7024 *** HOL ***
  7025 
  7026 * arith(_tac)
  7027 
  7028  - Produces a counter example if it cannot prove a goal.
  7029    Note that the counter example may be spurious if the goal is not a formula
  7030    of quantifier-free linear arithmetic.
  7031    In ProofGeneral the counter example appears in the trace buffer.
  7032 
  7033  - Knows about div k and mod k where k is a numeral of type nat or int.
  7034 
  7035  - Calls full Presburger arithmetic (by Amine Chaieb) if quantifier-free
  7036    linear arithmetic fails. This takes account of quantifiers and divisibility.
  7037    Presburger arithmetic can also be called explicitly via presburger(_tac).
  7038 
  7039 * simp's arithmetic capabilities have been enhanced a bit: it now
  7040 takes ~= in premises into account (by performing a case split);
  7041 
  7042 * simp reduces "m*(n div m) + n mod m" to n, even if the two summands
  7043 are distributed over a sum of terms;
  7044 
  7045 * New tactic "trans_tac" and method "trans" instantiate
  7046 Provers/linorder.ML for axclasses "order" and "linorder" (predicates
  7047 "<=", "<" and "=").
  7048 
  7049 * function INCOMPATIBILITIES: Pi-sets have been redefined and moved from main
  7050 HOL to Library/FuncSet; constant "Fun.op o" is now called "Fun.comp";
  7051 
  7052 * 'typedef' command has new option "open" to suppress the set
  7053 definition;
  7054 
  7055 * functions Min and Max on finite sets have been introduced (theory
  7056 Finite_Set);
  7057 
  7058 * attribute [symmetric] now works for relations as well; it turns
  7059 (x,y) : R^-1 into (y,x) : R, and vice versa;
  7060 
  7061 * induct over a !!-quantified statement (say !!x1..xn):
  7062   each "case" automatically performs "fix x1 .. xn" with exactly those names.
  7063 
  7064 * Map: `empty' is no longer a constant but a syntactic abbreviation for
  7065 %x. None. Warning: empty_def now refers to the previously hidden definition
  7066 of the empty set.
  7067 
  7068 * Algebra: formalization of classical algebra.  Intended as base for
  7069 any algebraic development in Isabelle.  Currently covers group theory
  7070 (up to Sylow's theorem) and ring theory (Universal Property of
  7071 Univariate Polynomials).  Contributions welcome;
  7072 
  7073 * GroupTheory: deleted, since its material has been moved to Algebra;
  7074 
  7075 * Complex: new directory of the complex numbers with numeric constants,
  7076 nonstandard complex numbers, and some complex analysis, standard and
  7077 nonstandard (Jacques Fleuriot);
  7078 
  7079 * HOL-Complex: new image for analysis, replacing HOL-Real and HOL-Hyperreal;
  7080 
  7081 * Hyperreal: introduced Gauge integration and hyperreal logarithms (Jacques
  7082 Fleuriot);
  7083 
  7084 * Real/HahnBanach: updated and adapted to locales;
  7085 
  7086 * NumberTheory: added Gauss's law of quadratic reciprocity (by Avigad,
  7087 Gray and Kramer);
  7088 
  7089 * UNITY: added the Meier-Sanders theory of progress sets;
  7090 
  7091 * MicroJava: bytecode verifier and lightweight bytecode verifier
  7092 as abstract algorithms, instantiated to the JVM;
  7093 
  7094 * Bali: Java source language formalization. Type system, operational
  7095 semantics, axiomatic semantics. Supported language features:
  7096 classes, interfaces, objects,virtual methods, static methods,
  7097 static/instance fields, arrays, access modifiers, definite
  7098 assignment, exceptions.
  7099 
  7100 
  7101 *** ZF ***
  7102 
  7103 * ZF/Constructible: consistency proof for AC (Gdel's constructible
  7104 universe, etc.);
  7105 
  7106 * Main ZF: virtually all theories converted to new-style format;
  7107 
  7108 
  7109 *** ML ***
  7110 
  7111 * Pure: Tactic.prove provides sane interface for internal proofs;
  7112 omits the infamous "standard" operation, so this is more appropriate
  7113 than prove_goalw_cterm in many situations (e.g. in simprocs);
  7114 
  7115 * Pure: improved error reporting of simprocs;
  7116 
  7117 * Provers: Simplifier.simproc(_i) provides sane interface for setting
  7118 up simprocs;
  7119 
  7120 
  7121 *** Document preparation ***
  7122 
  7123 * uses \par instead of \\ for line breaks in theory text. This may
  7124 shift some page breaks in large documents. To get the old behaviour
  7125 use \renewcommand{\isanewline}{\mbox{}\\\mbox{}} in root.tex.
  7126 
  7127 * minimized dependencies of isabelle.sty and isabellesym.sty on
  7128 other packages
  7129 
  7130 * \<euro> now needs package babel/greek instead of marvosym (which
  7131 broke \Rightarrow)
  7132 
  7133 * normal size for \<zero>...\<nine> (uses \mathbf instead of
  7134 textcomp package)
  7135 
  7136 
  7137 
  7138 New in Isabelle2002 (March 2002)
  7139 --------------------------------
  7140 
  7141 *** Document preparation ***
  7142 
  7143 * greatly simplified document preparation setup, including more
  7144 graceful interpretation of isatool usedir -i/-d/-D options, and more
  7145 instructive isatool mkdir; users should basically be able to get
  7146 started with "isatool mkdir HOL Test && isatool make"; alternatively,
  7147 users may run a separate document processing stage manually like this:
  7148 "isatool usedir -D output HOL Test && isatool document Test/output";
  7149 
  7150 * theory dependency graph may now be incorporated into documents;
  7151 isatool usedir -g true will produce session_graph.eps/.pdf for use
  7152 with \includegraphics of LaTeX;
  7153 
  7154 * proper spacing of consecutive markup elements, especially text
  7155 blocks after section headings;
  7156 
  7157 * support bold style (for single symbols only), input syntax is like
  7158 this: "\<^bold>\<alpha>" or "\<^bold>A";
  7159 
  7160 * \<bullet> is now output as bold \cdot by default, which looks much
  7161 better in printed text;
  7162 
  7163 * added default LaTeX bindings for \<tturnstile> and \<TTurnstile>;
  7164 note that these symbols are currently unavailable in Proof General /
  7165 X-Symbol; new symbols \<zero>, \<one>, ..., \<nine>, and \<euro>;
  7166 
  7167 * isatool latex no longer depends on changed TEXINPUTS, instead
  7168 isatool document copies the Isabelle style files to the target
  7169 location;
  7170 
  7171 
  7172 *** Isar ***
  7173 
  7174 * Pure/Provers: improved proof by cases and induction;
  7175   - 'case' command admits impromptu naming of parameters (such as
  7176     "case (Suc n)");
  7177   - 'induct' method divinates rule instantiation from the inductive
  7178     claim; no longer requires excessive ?P bindings for proper
  7179     instantiation of cases;
  7180   - 'induct' method properly enumerates all possibilities of set/type
  7181     rules; as a consequence facts may be also passed through *type*
  7182     rules without further ado;
  7183   - 'induct' method now derives symbolic cases from the *rulified*
  7184     rule (before it used to rulify cases stemming from the internal
  7185     atomized version); this means that the context of a non-atomic
  7186     statement becomes is included in the hypothesis, avoiding the
  7187     slightly cumbersome show "PROP ?case" form;
  7188   - 'induct' may now use elim-style induction rules without chaining
  7189     facts, using ``missing'' premises from the goal state; this allows
  7190     rules stemming from inductive sets to be applied in unstructured
  7191     scripts, while still benefitting from proper handling of non-atomic
  7192     statements; NB: major inductive premises need to be put first, all
  7193     the rest of the goal is passed through the induction;
  7194   - 'induct' proper support for mutual induction involving non-atomic
  7195     rule statements (uses the new concept of simultaneous goals, see
  7196     below);
  7197   - append all possible rule selections, but only use the first
  7198     success (no backtracking);
  7199   - removed obsolete "(simplified)" and "(stripped)" options of methods;
  7200   - undeclared rule case names default to numbers 1, 2, 3, ...;
  7201   - added 'print_induct_rules' (covered by help item in recent Proof
  7202     General versions);
  7203   - moved induct/cases attributes to Pure, methods to Provers;
  7204   - generic method setup instantiated for FOL and HOL;
  7205 
  7206 * Pure: support multiple simultaneous goal statements, for example
  7207 "have a: A and b: B" (same for 'theorem' etc.); being a pure
  7208 meta-level mechanism, this acts as if several individual goals had
  7209 been stated separately; in particular common proof methods need to be
  7210 repeated in order to cover all claims; note that a single elimination
  7211 step is *not* sufficient to establish the two conjunctions, so this
  7212 fails:
  7213 
  7214   assume "A & B" then have A and B ..   (*".." fails*)
  7215 
  7216 better use "obtain" in situations as above; alternative refer to
  7217 multi-step methods like 'auto', 'simp_all', 'blast+' etc.;
  7218 
  7219 * Pure: proper integration with ``locales''; unlike the original
  7220 version by Florian Kammller, Isar locales package high-level proof
  7221 contexts rather than raw logical ones (e.g. we admit to include
  7222 attributes everywhere); operations on locales include merge and
  7223 rename; support for implicit arguments (``structures''); simultaneous
  7224 type-inference over imports and text; see also HOL/ex/Locales.thy for
  7225 some examples;
  7226 
  7227 * Pure: the following commands have been ``localized'', supporting a
  7228 target locale specification "(in name)": 'lemma', 'theorem',
  7229 'corollary', 'lemmas', 'theorems', 'declare'; the results will be
  7230 stored both within the locale and at the theory level (exported and
  7231 qualified by the locale name);
  7232 
  7233 * Pure: theory goals may now be specified in ``long'' form, with
  7234 ad-hoc contexts consisting of arbitrary locale elements. for example
  7235 ``lemma foo: fixes x assumes "A x" shows "B x"'' (local syntax and
  7236 definitions may be given, too); the result is a meta-level rule with
  7237 the context elements being discharged in the obvious way;
  7238 
  7239 * Pure: new proof command 'using' allows to augment currently used
  7240 facts after a goal statement ('using' is syntactically analogous to
  7241 'apply', but acts on the goal's facts only); this allows chained facts
  7242 to be separated into parts given before and after a claim, as in
  7243 ``from a and b have C using d and e <proof>'';
  7244 
  7245 * Pure: renamed "antecedent" case to "rule_context";
  7246 
  7247 * Pure: new 'judgment' command records explicit information about the
  7248 object-logic embedding (used by several tools internally); no longer
  7249 use hard-wired "Trueprop";
  7250 
  7251 * Pure: added 'corollary' command;
  7252 
  7253 * Pure: fixed 'token_translation' command;
  7254 
  7255 * Pure: removed obsolete 'exported' attribute;
  7256 
  7257 * Pure: dummy pattern "_" in is/let is now automatically lifted over
  7258 bound variables: "ALL x. P x --> Q x" (is "ALL x. _ --> ?C x")
  7259 supersedes more cumbersome ... (is "ALL x. _ x --> ?C x");
  7260 
  7261 * Pure: method 'atomize' presents local goal premises as object-level
  7262 statements (atomic meta-level propositions); setup controlled via
  7263 rewrite rules declarations of 'atomize' attribute; example
  7264 application: 'induct' method with proper rule statements in improper
  7265 proof *scripts*;
  7266 
  7267 * Pure: emulation of instantiation tactics (rule_tac, cut_tac, etc.)
  7268 now consider the syntactic context of assumptions, giving a better
  7269 chance to get type-inference of the arguments right (this is
  7270 especially important for locales);
  7271 
  7272 * Pure: "sorry" no longer requires quick_and_dirty in interactive
  7273 mode;
  7274 
  7275 * Pure/obtain: the formal conclusion "thesis", being marked as
  7276 ``internal'', may no longer be reference directly in the text;
  7277 potential INCOMPATIBILITY, may need to use "?thesis" in rare
  7278 situations;
  7279 
  7280 * Pure: generic 'sym' attribute which declares a rule both as pure
  7281 'elim?' and for the 'symmetric' operation;
  7282 
  7283 * Pure: marginal comments ``--'' may now occur just anywhere in the
  7284 text; the fixed correlation with particular command syntax has been
  7285 discontinued;
  7286 
  7287 * Pure: new method 'rules' is particularly well-suited for proof
  7288 search in intuitionistic logic; a bit slower than 'blast' or 'fast',
  7289 but often produces more compact proof terms with less detours;
  7290 
  7291 * Pure/Provers/classical: simplified integration with pure rule
  7292 attributes and methods; the classical "intro?/elim?/dest?"
  7293 declarations coincide with the pure ones; the "rule" method no longer
  7294 includes classically swapped intros; "intro" and "elim" methods no
  7295 longer pick rules from the context; also got rid of ML declarations
  7296 AddXIs/AddXEs/AddXDs; all of this has some potential for
  7297 INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7298 
  7299 * Provers/classical: attribute 'swapped' produces classical inversions
  7300 of introduction rules;
  7301 
  7302 * Provers/simplifier: 'simplified' attribute may refer to explicit
  7303 rules instead of full simplifier context; 'iff' attribute handles
  7304 conditional rules;
  7305 
  7306 * HOL: 'typedef' now allows alternative names for Rep/Abs morphisms;
  7307 
  7308 * HOL: 'recdef' now fails on unfinished automated proofs, use
  7309 "(permissive)" option to recover old behavior;
  7310 
  7311 * HOL: 'inductive' no longer features separate (collective) attributes
  7312 for 'intros' (was found too confusing);
  7313 
  7314 * HOL: properly declared induction rules less_induct and
  7315 wf_induct_rule;
  7316 
  7317 
  7318 *** HOL ***
  7319 
  7320 * HOL: moved over to sane numeral syntax; the new policy is as
  7321 follows:
  7322 
  7323   - 0 and 1 are polymorphic constants, which are defined on any
  7324   numeric type (nat, int, real etc.);
  7325 
  7326   - 2, 3, 4, ... and -1, -2, -3, ... are polymorphic numerals, based
  7327   binary representation internally;
  7328 
  7329   - type nat has special constructor Suc, and generally prefers Suc 0
  7330   over 1::nat and Suc (Suc 0) over 2::nat;
  7331 
  7332 This change may cause significant problems of INCOMPATIBILITY; here
  7333 are some hints on converting existing sources:
  7334 
  7335   - due to the new "num" token, "-0" and "-1" etc. are now atomic
  7336   entities, so expressions involving "-" (unary or binary minus) need
  7337   to be spaced properly;
  7338 
  7339   - existing occurrences of "1" may need to be constraint "1::nat" or
  7340   even replaced by Suc 0; similar for old "2";
  7341 
  7342   - replace "#nnn" by "nnn", and "#-nnn" by "-nnn";
  7343 
  7344   - remove all special provisions on numerals in proofs;
  7345 
  7346 * HOL: simp rules nat_number expand numerals on nat to Suc/0
  7347 representation (depends on bin_arith_simps in the default context);
  7348 
  7349 * HOL: symbolic syntax for x^2 (numeral 2);
  7350 
  7351 * HOL: the class of all HOL types is now called "type" rather than
  7352 "term"; INCOMPATIBILITY, need to adapt references to this type class
  7353 in axclass/classes, instance/arities, and (usually rare) occurrences
  7354 in typings (of consts etc.); internally the class is called
  7355 "HOL.type", ML programs should refer to HOLogic.typeS;
  7356 
  7357 * HOL/record package improvements:
  7358   - new derived operations "fields" to build a partial record section,
  7359     "extend" to promote a fixed record to a record scheme, and
  7360     "truncate" for the reverse; cf. theorems "xxx.defs", which are *not*
  7361     declared as simp by default;
  7362   - shared operations ("more", "fields", etc.) now need to be always
  7363     qualified) --- potential INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7364   - removed "make_scheme" operations (use "make" with "extend") --
  7365     INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7366   - removed "more" class (simply use "term") -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7367   - provides cases/induct rules for use with corresponding Isar
  7368     methods (for concrete records, record schemes, concrete more
  7369     parts, and schematic more parts -- in that order);
  7370   - internal definitions directly based on a light-weight abstract
  7371     theory of product types over typedef rather than datatype;
  7372 
  7373 * HOL: generic code generator for generating executable ML code from
  7374 specifications; specific support for HOL constructs such as inductive
  7375 datatypes and sets, as well as recursive functions; can be invoked
  7376 via 'generate_code' theory section;
  7377 
  7378 * HOL: canonical cases/induct rules for n-tuples (n = 3..7);
  7379 
  7380 * HOL: consolidated and renamed several theories.  In particular:
  7381         Ord.thy has been absorbed into HOL.thy
  7382         String.thy has been absorbed into List.thy
  7383 
  7384 * HOL: concrete setsum syntax "\<Sum>i:A. b" == "setsum (%i. b) A"
  7385 (beware of argument permutation!);
  7386 
  7387 * HOL: linorder_less_split superseded by linorder_cases;
  7388 
  7389 * HOL/List: "nodups" renamed to "distinct";
  7390 
  7391 * HOL: added "The" definite description operator; move Hilbert's "Eps"
  7392 to peripheral theory "Hilbert_Choice"; some INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  7393   - Ex_def has changed, now need to use some_eq_ex
  7394 
  7395 * HOL: made split_all_tac safe; EXISTING PROOFS MAY FAIL OR LOOP, so
  7396 in this (rare) case use:
  7397 
  7398   delSWrapper "split_all_tac"
  7399   addSbefore ("unsafe_split_all_tac", unsafe_split_all_tac)
  7400 
  7401 * HOL: added safe wrapper "split_conv_tac" to claset; EXISTING PROOFS
  7402 MAY FAIL;
  7403 
  7404 * HOL: introduced f^n = f o ... o f; warning: due to the limits of
  7405 Isabelle's type classes, ^ on functions and relations has too general
  7406 a domain, namely ('a * 'b) set and 'a => 'b; this means that it may be
  7407 necessary to attach explicit type constraints;
  7408 
  7409 * HOL/Relation: the prefix name of the infix "O" has been changed from
  7410 "comp" to "rel_comp"; INCOMPATIBILITY: a few theorems have been
  7411 renamed accordingly (eg "compI" -> "rel_compI").
  7412 
  7413 * HOL: syntax translations now work properly with numerals and records
  7414 expressions;
  7415 
  7416 * HOL: bounded abstraction now uses syntax "%" / "\<lambda>" instead
  7417 of "lam" -- INCOMPATIBILITY;
  7418 
  7419 * HOL: got rid of some global declarations (potential INCOMPATIBILITY
  7420 for ML tools): const "()" renamed "Product_Type.Unity", type "unit"
  7421 renamed "Product_Type.unit";
  7422 
  7423 * HOL: renamed rtrancl_into_rtrancl2 to converse_rtrancl_into_rtrancl
  7424 
  7425 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem "optionE" (use "option.exhaust", or
  7426 the "cases" method);
  7427 
  7428 * HOL/GroupTheory: group theory examples including Sylow's theorem (by
  7429 Florian Kammller);
  7430 
  7431 * HOL/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory format; several
  7432 parts turned into readable document, with proper Isar proof texts and
  7433 some explanations (by Gerwin Klein);
  7434 
  7435 * HOL-Real: added Complex_Numbers (by Gertrud Bauer);
  7436 
  7437 * HOL-Hyperreal is now a logic image;
  7438 
  7439 
  7440 *** HOLCF ***
  7441 
  7442 * Isar: consts/constdefs supports mixfix syntax for continuous
  7443 operations;
  7444 
  7445 * Isar: domain package adapted to new-style theory format, e.g. see
  7446 HOLCF/ex/Dnat.thy;
  7447 
  7448 * theory Lift: proper use of rep_datatype lift instead of ML hacks --
  7449 potential INCOMPATIBILITY; now use plain induct_tac instead of former
  7450 lift.induct_tac, always use UU instead of Undef;
  7451 
  7452 * HOLCF/IMP: updated and converted to new-style theory;
  7453 
  7454 
  7455 *** ZF ***
  7456 
  7457 * Isar: proper integration of logic-specific tools and packages,
  7458 including theory commands '(co)inductive', '(co)datatype',
  7459 'rep_datatype', 'inductive_cases', as well as methods 'ind_cases',
  7460 'induct_tac', 'case_tac', and 'typecheck' (with attribute 'TC');
  7461 
  7462 * theory Main no longer includes AC; for the Axiom of Choice, base
  7463 your theory on Main_ZFC;
  7464 
  7465 * the integer library now covers quotients and remainders, with many
  7466 laws relating division to addition, multiplication, etc.;
  7467 
  7468 * ZF/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY is now available in ZF, giving a
  7469 typeless version of the formalism;
  7470 
  7471 * ZF/AC, Coind, IMP, Resid: updated and converted to new-style theory
  7472 format;
  7473 
  7474 * ZF/Induct: new directory for examples of inductive definitions,
  7475 including theory Multiset for multiset orderings; converted to
  7476 new-style theory format;
  7477 
  7478 * ZF: many new theorems about lists, ordinals, etc.;
  7479 
  7480 
  7481 *** General ***
  7482 
  7483 * Pure/kernel: meta-level proof terms (by Stefan Berghofer); reference
  7484 variable proof controls level of detail: 0 = no proofs (only oracle
  7485 dependencies), 1 = lemma dependencies, 2 = compact proof terms; see
  7486 also ref manual for further ML interfaces;
  7487 
  7488 * Pure/axclass: removed obsolete ML interface
  7489 goal_subclass/goal_arity;
  7490 
  7491 * Pure/syntax: new token syntax "num" for plain numerals (without "#"
  7492 of "xnum"); potential INCOMPATIBILITY, since -0, -1 etc. are now
  7493 separate tokens, so expressions involving minus need to be spaced
  7494 properly;
  7495 
  7496 * Pure/syntax: support non-oriented infixes, using keyword "infix"
  7497 rather than "infixl" or "infixr";
  7498 
  7499 * Pure/syntax: concrete syntax for dummy type variables admits genuine
  7500 sort constraint specifications in type inference; e.g. "x::_::foo"
  7501 ensures that the type of "x" is of sort "foo" (but not necessarily a
  7502 type variable);
  7503 
  7504 * Pure/syntax: print modes "type_brackets" and "no_type_brackets"
  7505 control output of nested => (types); the default behavior is
  7506 "type_brackets";
  7507 
  7508 * Pure/syntax: builtin parse translation for "_constify" turns valued
  7509 tokens into AST constants;
  7510 
  7511 * Pure/syntax: prefer later declarations of translations and print
  7512 translation functions; potential INCOMPATIBILITY: need to reverse
  7513 multiple declarations for same syntax element constant;
  7514 
  7515 * Pure/show_hyps reset by default (in accordance to existing Isar
  7516 practice);
  7517 
  7518 * Provers/classical: renamed addaltern to addafter, addSaltern to
  7519 addSafter;
  7520 
  7521 * Provers/clasimp: ``iff'' declarations now handle conditional rules
  7522 as well;
  7523 
  7524 * system: tested support for MacOS X; should be able to get Isabelle +
  7525 Proof General to work in a plain Terminal after installing Poly/ML
  7526 (e.g. from the Isabelle distribution area) and GNU bash alone
  7527 (e.g. from http://www.apple.com); full X11, XEmacs and X-Symbol
  7528 support requires further installations, e.g. from
  7529 http://fink.sourceforge.net/);
  7530 
  7531 * system: support Poly/ML 4.1.1 (able to manage larger heaps);
  7532 
  7533 * system: reduced base memory usage by Poly/ML (approx. 20 MB instead
  7534 of 40 MB), cf. ML_OPTIONS;
  7535 
  7536 * system: Proof General keywords specification is now part of the
  7537 Isabelle distribution (see etc/isar-keywords.el);
  7538 
  7539 * system: support for persistent Proof General sessions (refrain from
  7540 outdating all loaded theories on startup); user may create writable
  7541 logic images like this: ``isabelle -q HOL Test'';
  7542 
  7543 * system: smart selection of Isabelle process versus Isabelle
  7544 interface, accommodates case-insensitive file systems (e.g. HFS+); may
  7545 run both "isabelle" and "Isabelle" even if file names are badly
  7546 damaged (executable inspects the case of the first letter of its own
  7547 name); added separate "isabelle-process" and "isabelle-interface";
  7548 
  7549 * system: refrain from any attempt at filtering input streams; no
  7550 longer support ``8bit'' encoding of old isabelle font, instead proper
  7551 iso-latin characters may now be used; the related isatools
  7552 "symbolinput" and "nonascii" have disappeared as well;
  7553 
  7554 * system: removed old "xterm" interface (the print modes "xterm" and
  7555 "xterm_color" are still available for direct use in a suitable
  7556 terminal);
  7557 
  7558 
  7559 
  7560 New in Isabelle99-2 (February 2001)
  7561 -----------------------------------
  7562 
  7563 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  7564 
  7565 * HOL: please note that theories in the Library and elsewhere often use the
  7566 new-style (Isar) format; to refer to their theorems in an ML script you must
  7567 bind them to ML identifers by e.g.      val thm_name = thm "thm_name";
  7568 
  7569 * HOL: inductive package no longer splits induction rule aggressively,
  7570 but only as far as specified by the introductions given; the old
  7571 format may be recovered via ML function complete_split_rule or attribute
  7572 'split_rule (complete)';
  7573 
  7574 * HOL: induct renamed to lfp_induct, lfp_Tarski to lfp_unfold,
  7575 gfp_Tarski to gfp_unfold;
  7576 
  7577 * HOL: contrapos, contrapos2 renamed to contrapos_nn, contrapos_pp;
  7578 
  7579 * HOL: infix "dvd" now has priority 50 rather than 70 (because it is a
  7580 relation); infix "^^" has been renamed "``"; infix "``" has been
  7581 renamed "`"; "univalent" has been renamed "single_valued";
  7582 
  7583 * HOL/Real: "rinv" and "hrinv" replaced by overloaded "inverse"
  7584 operation;
  7585 
  7586 * HOLCF: infix "`" has been renamed "$"; the symbol syntax is \<cdot>;
  7587 
  7588 * Isar: 'obtain' no longer declares "that" fact as simp/intro;
  7589 
  7590 * Isar/HOL: method 'induct' now handles non-atomic goals; as a
  7591 consequence, it is no longer monotonic wrt. the local goal context
  7592 (which is now passed through the inductive cases);
  7593 
  7594 * Document preparation: renamed standard symbols \<ll> to \<lless> and
  7595 \<gg> to \<ggreater>;
  7596 
  7597 
  7598 *** Document preparation ***
  7599 
  7600 * \isabellestyle{NAME} selects version of Isabelle output (currently
  7601 available: are "it" for near math-mode best-style output, "sl" for
  7602 slanted text style, and "tt" for plain type-writer; if no
  7603 \isabellestyle command is given, output is according to slanted
  7604 type-writer);
  7605 
  7606 * support sub/super scripts (for single symbols only), input syntax is
  7607 like this: "A\<^sup>*" or "A\<^sup>\<star>";
  7608 
  7609 * some more standard symbols; see Appendix A of the system manual for
  7610 the complete list of symbols defined in isabellesym.sty;
  7611 
  7612 * improved isabelle style files; more abstract symbol implementation
  7613 (should now use \isamath{...} and \isatext{...} in custom symbol
  7614 definitions);
  7615 
  7616 * antiquotation @{goals} and @{subgoals} for output of *dynamic* goals
  7617 state; Note that presentation of goal states does not conform to
  7618 actual human-readable proof documents.  Please do not include goal
  7619 states into document output unless you really know what you are doing!
  7620 
  7621 * proper indentation of antiquoted output with proportional LaTeX
  7622 fonts;
  7623 
  7624 * no_document ML operator temporarily disables LaTeX document
  7625 generation;
  7626 
  7627 * isatool unsymbolize tunes sources for plain ASCII communication;
  7628 
  7629 
  7630 *** Isar ***
  7631 
  7632 * Pure: Isar now suffers initial goal statements to contain unbound
  7633 schematic variables (this does not conform to actual readable proof
  7634 documents, due to unpredictable outcome and non-compositional proof
  7635 checking); users who know what they are doing may use schematic goals
  7636 for Prolog-style synthesis of proven results;
  7637 
  7638 * Pure: assumption method (an implicit finishing) now handles actual
  7639 rules as well;
  7640 
  7641 * Pure: improved 'obtain' --- moved to Pure, insert "that" into
  7642 initial goal, declare "that" only as Pure intro (only for single
  7643 steps); the "that" rule assumption may now be involved in implicit
  7644 finishing, thus ".." becomes a feasible for trivial obtains;
  7645 
  7646 * Pure: default proof step now includes 'intro_classes'; thus trivial
  7647 instance proofs may be performed by "..";
  7648 
  7649 * Pure: ?thesis / ?this / "..." now work for pure meta-level
  7650 statements as well;
  7651 
  7652 * Pure: more robust selection of calculational rules;
  7653 
  7654 * Pure: the builtin notion of 'finished' goal now includes the ==-refl
  7655 rule (as well as the assumption rule);
  7656 
  7657 * Pure: 'thm_deps' command visualizes dependencies of theorems and
  7658 lemmas, using the graph browser tool;
  7659 
  7660 * Pure: predict failure of "show" in interactive mode;
  7661 
  7662 * Pure: 'thms_containing' now takes actual terms as arguments;
  7663 
  7664 * HOL: improved method 'induct' --- now handles non-atomic goals
  7665 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY); tuned error handling;
  7666 
  7667 * HOL: cases and induct rules now provide explicit hints about the
  7668 number of facts to be consumed (0 for "type" and 1 for "set" rules);
  7669 any remaining facts are inserted into the goal verbatim;
  7670 
  7671 * HOL: local contexts (aka cases) may now contain term bindings as
  7672 well; the 'cases' and 'induct' methods new provide a ?case binding for
  7673 the result to be shown in each case;
  7674 
  7675 * HOL: added 'recdef_tc' command;
  7676 
  7677 * isatool convert assists in eliminating legacy ML scripts;
  7678 
  7679 
  7680 *** HOL ***
  7681 
  7682 * HOL/Library: a collection of generic theories to be used together
  7683 with main HOL; the theory loader path already includes this directory
  7684 by default; the following existing theories have been moved here:
  7685 HOL/Induct/Multiset, HOL/Induct/Acc (as Accessible_Part), HOL/While
  7686 (as While_Combinator), HOL/Lex/Prefix (as List_Prefix);
  7687 
  7688 * HOL/Unix: "Some aspects of Unix file-system security", a typical
  7689 modelling and verification task performed in Isabelle/HOL +
  7690 Isabelle/Isar + Isabelle document preparation (by Markus Wenzel).
  7691 
  7692 * HOL/Algebra: special summation operator SUM no longer exists, it has
  7693 been replaced by setsum; infix 'assoc' now has priority 50 (like
  7694 'dvd'); axiom 'one_not_zero' has been moved from axclass 'ring' to
  7695 'domain', this makes the theory consistent with mathematical
  7696 literature;
  7697 
  7698 * HOL basics: added overloaded operations "inverse" and "divide"
  7699 (infix "/"), syntax for generic "abs" operation, generic summation
  7700 operator \<Sum>;
  7701 
  7702 * HOL/typedef: simplified package, provide more useful rules (see also
  7703 HOL/subset.thy);
  7704 
  7705 * HOL/datatype: induction rule for arbitrarily branching datatypes is
  7706 now expressed as a proper nested rule (old-style tactic scripts may
  7707 require atomize_strip_tac to cope with non-atomic premises);
  7708 
  7709 * HOL: renamed theory "Prod" to "Product_Type", renamed "split" rule
  7710 to "split_conv" (old name still available for compatibility);
  7711 
  7712 * HOL: improved concrete syntax for strings (e.g. allows translation
  7713 rules with string literals);
  7714 
  7715 * HOL-Real-Hyperreal: this extends HOL-Real with the hyperreals
  7716  and Fleuriot's mechanization of analysis, including the transcendental
  7717  functions for the reals;
  7718 
  7719 * HOL/Real, HOL/Hyperreal: improved arithmetic simplification;
  7720 
  7721 
  7722 *** CTT ***
  7723 
  7724 * CTT: x-symbol support for Pi, Sigma, -->, : (membership); note that
  7725 "lam" is displayed as TWO lambda-symbols
  7726 
  7727 * CTT: theory Main now available, containing everything (that is, Bool
  7728 and Arith);
  7729 
  7730 
  7731 *** General ***
  7732 
  7733 * Pure: the Simplifier has been implemented properly as a derived rule
  7734 outside of the actual kernel (at last!); the overall performance
  7735 penalty in practical applications is about 50%, while reliability of
  7736 the Isabelle inference kernel has been greatly improved;
  7737 
  7738 * print modes "brackets" and "no_brackets" control output of nested =>
  7739 (types) and ==> (props); the default behaviour is "brackets";
  7740 
  7741 * Provers: fast_tac (and friends) now handle actual object-logic rules
  7742 as assumptions as well;
  7743 
  7744 * system: support Poly/ML 4.0;
  7745 
  7746 * system: isatool install handles KDE version 1 or 2;
  7747 
  7748 
  7749 
  7750 New in Isabelle99-1 (October 2000)
  7751 ----------------------------------
  7752 
  7753 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES ***
  7754 
  7755 * HOL: simplification of natural numbers is much changed; to partly
  7756 recover the old behaviour (e.g. to prevent n+n rewriting to #2*n)
  7757 issue the following ML commands:
  7758 
  7759   Delsimprocs Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.cancel_numerals;
  7760   Delsimprocs [Nat_Numeral_Simprocs.combine_numerals];
  7761 
  7762 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions; this is
  7763 controlled by "t.weak_case_cong" for each datatype t;
  7764 
  7765 * HOL: nat_less_induct renamed to less_induct;
  7766 
  7767 * HOL: systematic renaming of the SOME (Eps) rules, may use isatool
  7768 fixsome to patch .thy and .ML sources automatically;
  7769 
  7770   select_equality  -> some_equality
  7771   select_eq_Ex     -> some_eq_ex
  7772   selectI2EX       -> someI2_ex
  7773   selectI2         -> someI2
  7774   selectI          -> someI
  7775   select1_equality -> some1_equality
  7776   Eps_sym_eq       -> some_sym_eq_trivial
  7777   Eps_eq           -> some_eq_trivial
  7778 
  7779 * HOL: exhaust_tac on datatypes superceded by new generic case_tac;
  7780 
  7781 * HOL: removed obsolete theorem binding expand_if (refer to split_if
  7782 instead);
  7783 
  7784 * HOL: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' are now called
  7785 f.simps instead of f.rules;
  7786 
  7787 * HOL: qed_spec_mp now also handles bounded ALL as well;
  7788 
  7789 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded, so the type constraint ":: nat" may
  7790 sometimes be needed;
  7791 
  7792 * HOL: the constant for "f``x" is now "image" rather than "op ``";
  7793 
  7794 * HOL: the constant for "f-``x" is now "vimage" rather than "op -``";
  7795 
  7796 * HOL: the disjoint sum is now "<+>" instead of "Plus"; the cartesian
  7797 product is now "<*>" instead of "Times"; the lexicographic product is
  7798 now "<*lex*>" instead of "**";
  7799 
  7800 * HOL: theory Sexp is now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part
  7801 of main HOL, but was unused); better use HOL's datatype package;
  7802 
  7803 * HOL: removed "symbols" syntax for constant "override" of theory Map;
  7804 the old syntax may be recovered as follows:
  7805 
  7806   syntax (symbols)
  7807     override  :: "('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b) => ('a ~=> 'b)"
  7808       (infixl "\\<oplus>" 100)
  7809 
  7810 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  7811 
  7812 * HOL/ML: even fewer consts are declared as global (see theories Ord,
  7813 Lfp, Gfp, WF); this only affects ML packages that refer to const names
  7814 internally;
  7815 
  7816 * HOL and ZF: syntax for quotienting wrt an equivalence relation
  7817 changed from A/r to A//r;
  7818 
  7819 * ZF: new treatment of arithmetic (nat & int) may break some old
  7820 proofs;
  7821 
  7822 * Isar: renamed some attributes (RS -> THEN, simplify -> simplified,
  7823 rulify -> rule_format, elimify -> elim_format, ...);
  7824 
  7825 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  7826 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (in most cases, one
  7827 should have to change intro!! to intro? only); replaced "delrule" by
  7828 "rule del";
  7829 
  7830 * Isar/HOL: renamed "intrs" to "intros" in inductive definitions;
  7831 
  7832 * Provers: strengthened force_tac by using new first_best_tac;
  7833 
  7834 * LaTeX document preparation: several changes of isabelle.sty (see
  7835 lib/texinputs);
  7836 
  7837 
  7838 *** Document preparation ***
  7839 
  7840 * formal comments (text blocks etc.) in new-style theories may now
  7841 contain antiquotations of thm/prop/term/typ/text to be presented
  7842 according to latex print mode; concrete syntax is like this:
  7843 @{term[show_types] "f(x) = a + x"};
  7844 
  7845 * isatool mkdir provides easy setup of Isabelle session directories,
  7846 including proper document sources;
  7847 
  7848 * generated LaTeX sources are now deleted after successful run
  7849 (isatool document -c); may retain a copy somewhere else via -D option
  7850 of isatool usedir;
  7851 
  7852 * isatool usedir -D now lets isatool latex -o sty update the Isabelle
  7853 style files, achieving self-contained LaTeX sources and simplifying
  7854 LaTeX debugging;
  7855 
  7856 * old-style theories now produce (crude) LaTeX output as well;
  7857 
  7858 * browser info session directories are now self-contained (may be put
  7859 on WWW server seperately); improved graphs of nested sessions; removed
  7860 graph for 'all sessions';
  7861 
  7862 * several improvements in isabelle style files; \isabellestyle{it}
  7863 produces fake math mode output; \isamarkupheader is now \section by
  7864 default; see lib/texinputs/isabelle.sty etc.;
  7865 
  7866 
  7867 *** Isar ***
  7868 
  7869 * Isar/Pure: local results and corresponding term bindings are now
  7870 subject to Hindley-Milner polymorphism (similar to ML); this
  7871 accommodates incremental type-inference very nicely;
  7872 
  7873 * Isar/Pure: new derived language element 'obtain' supports
  7874 generalized existence reasoning;
  7875 
  7876 * Isar/Pure: new calculational elements 'moreover' and 'ultimately'
  7877 support accumulation of results, without applying any rules yet;
  7878 useful to collect intermediate results without explicit name
  7879 references, and for use with transitivity rules with more than 2
  7880 premises;
  7881 
  7882 * Isar/Pure: scalable support for case-analysis type proofs: new
  7883 'case' language element refers to local contexts symbolically, as
  7884 produced by certain proof methods; internally, case names are attached
  7885 to theorems as "tags";
  7886 
  7887 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'hide' removes declarations from
  7888 class/type/const name spaces;
  7889 
  7890 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'defs' supports option "(overloaded)" to
  7891 indicate potential overloading;
  7892 
  7893 * Isar/Pure: changed syntax of local blocks from {{ }} to { };
  7894 
  7895 * Isar/Pure: syntax of sorts made 'inner', i.e. have to write
  7896 "{a,b,c}" instead of {a,b,c};
  7897 
  7898 * Isar/Pure now provides its own version of intro/elim/dest
  7899 attributes; useful for building new logics, but beware of confusion
  7900 with the version in Provers/classical;
  7901 
  7902 * Isar/Pure: the local context of (non-atomic) goals is provided via
  7903 case name 'antecedent';
  7904 
  7905 * Isar/Pure: removed obsolete 'transfer' attribute (transfer of thms
  7906 to the current context is now done automatically);
  7907 
  7908 * Isar/Pure: theory command 'method_setup' provides a simple interface
  7909 for definining proof methods in ML;
  7910 
  7911 * Isar/Provers: intro/elim/dest attributes changed; renamed
  7912 intro/intro!/intro!! flags to intro!/intro/intro? (INCOMPATIBILITY, in
  7913 most cases, one should have to change intro!! to intro? only);
  7914 replaced "delrule" by "rule del";
  7915 
  7916 * Isar/Provers: new 'hypsubst' method, plain 'subst' method and
  7917 'symmetric' attribute (the latter supercedes [RS sym]);
  7918 
  7919 * Isar/Provers: splitter support (via 'split' attribute and 'simp'
  7920 method modifier); 'simp' method: 'only:' modifier removes loopers as
  7921 well (including splits);
  7922 
  7923 * Isar/Provers: Simplifier and Classical methods now support all kind
  7924 of modifiers used in the past, including 'cong', 'iff', etc.
  7925 
  7926 * Isar/Provers: added 'fastsimp' and 'clarsimp' methods (combination
  7927 of Simplifier and Classical reasoner);
  7928 
  7929 * Isar/HOL: new proof method 'cases' and improved version of 'induct'
  7930 now support named cases; major packages (inductive, datatype, primrec,
  7931 recdef) support case names and properly name parameters;
  7932 
  7933 * Isar/HOL: new transitivity rules for substitution in inequalities --
  7934 monotonicity conditions are extracted to be proven at end of
  7935 calculations;
  7936 
  7937 * Isar/HOL: removed 'case_split' thm binding, should use 'cases' proof
  7938 method anyway;
  7939 
  7940 * Isar/HOL: removed old expand_if = split_if; theorems if_splits =
  7941 split_if split_if_asm; datatype package provides theorems foo.splits =
  7942 foo.split foo.split_asm for each datatype;
  7943 
  7944 * Isar/HOL: tuned inductive package, rename "intrs" to "intros"
  7945 (potential INCOMPATIBILITY), emulation of mk_cases feature for proof
  7946 scripts: new 'inductive_cases' command and 'ind_cases' method; (Note:
  7947 use "(cases (simplified))" method in proper proof texts);
  7948 
  7949 * Isar/HOL: added global 'arith_split' attribute for 'arith' method;
  7950 
  7951 * Isar: names of theorems etc. may be natural numbers as well;
  7952 
  7953 * Isar: 'pr' command: optional arguments for goals_limit and
  7954 ProofContext.prems_limit; no longer prints theory contexts, but only
  7955 proof states;
  7956 
  7957 * Isar: diagnostic commands 'pr', 'thm', 'prop', 'term', 'typ' admit
  7958 additional print modes to be specified; e.g. "pr(latex)" will print
  7959 proof state according to the Isabelle LaTeX style;
  7960 
  7961 * Isar: improved support for emulating tactic scripts, including proof
  7962 methods 'rule_tac' etc., 'cut_tac', 'thin_tac', 'subgoal_tac',
  7963 'rename_tac', 'rotate_tac', 'tactic', and 'case_tac' / 'induct_tac'
  7964 (for HOL datatypes);
  7965 
  7966 * Isar: simplified (more robust) goal selection of proof methods: 1st
  7967 goal, all goals, or explicit goal specifier (tactic emulation); thus
  7968 'proof method scripts' have to be in depth-first order;
  7969 
  7970 * Isar: tuned 'let' syntax: replaced 'as' keyword by 'and';
  7971 
  7972 * Isar: removed 'help' command, which hasn't been too helpful anyway;
  7973 should instead use individual commands for printing items
  7974 (print_commands, print_methods etc.);
  7975 
  7976 * Isar: added 'nothing' --- the empty list of theorems;
  7977 
  7978 
  7979 *** HOL ***
  7980 
  7981 * HOL/MicroJava: formalization of a fragment of Java, together with a
  7982 corresponding virtual machine and a specification of its bytecode
  7983 verifier and a lightweight bytecode verifier, including proofs of
  7984 type-safety; by Gerwin Klein, Tobias Nipkow, David von Oheimb, and
  7985 Cornelia Pusch (see also the homepage of project Bali at
  7986 http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Bali/);
  7987 
  7988 * HOL/Algebra: new theory of rings and univariate polynomials, by
  7989 Clemens Ballarin;
  7990 
  7991 * HOL/NumberTheory: fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic, Chinese
  7992 Remainder Theorem, Fermat/Euler Theorem, Wilson's Theorem, by Thomas M
  7993 Rasmussen;
  7994 
  7995 * HOL/Lattice: fundamental concepts of lattice theory and order
  7996 structures, including duals, properties of bounds versus algebraic
  7997 laws, lattice operations versus set-theoretic ones, the Knaster-Tarski
  7998 Theorem for complete lattices etc.; may also serve as a demonstration
  7999 for abstract algebraic reasoning using axiomatic type classes, and
  8000 mathematics-style proof in Isabelle/Isar; by Markus Wenzel;
  8001 
  8002 * HOL/Prolog: a (bare-bones) implementation of Lambda-Prolog, by David
  8003 von Oheimb;
  8004 
  8005 * HOL/IMPP: extension of IMP with local variables and mutually
  8006 recursive procedures, by David von Oheimb;
  8007 
  8008 * HOL/Lambda: converted into new-style theory and document;
  8009 
  8010 * HOL/ex/Multiquote: example of multiple nested quotations and
  8011 anti-quotations -- basically a generalized version of de-Bruijn
  8012 representation; very useful in avoiding lifting of operations;
  8013 
  8014 * HOL/record: added general record equality rule to simpset; fixed
  8015 select-update simplification procedure to handle extended records as
  8016 well; admit "r" as field name;
  8017 
  8018 * HOL: 0 is now overloaded over the new sort "zero", allowing its use with
  8019 other numeric types and also as the identity of groups, rings, etc.;
  8020 
  8021 * HOL: new axclass plus_ac0 for addition with the AC-laws and 0 as identity.
  8022 Types nat and int belong to this axclass;
  8023 
  8024 * HOL: greatly improved simplification involving numerals of type nat, int, real:
  8025    (i + #8 + j) = Suc k simplifies to  #7 + (i + j) = k
  8026    i*j + k + j*#3*i     simplifies to  #4*(i*j) + k
  8027   two terms #m*u and #n*u are replaced by #(m+n)*u
  8028     (where #m, #n and u can implicitly be 1; this is simproc combine_numerals)
  8029   and the term/formula #m*u+x ~~ #n*u+y simplifies simplifies to #(m-n)+x ~~ y
  8030     or x ~~ #(n-m)+y, where ~~ is one of = < <= or - (simproc cancel_numerals);
  8031 
  8032 * HOL: meson_tac is available (previously in ex/meson.ML); it is a
  8033 powerful prover for predicate logic but knows nothing of clasets; see
  8034 ex/mesontest.ML and ex/mesontest2.ML for example applications;
  8035 
  8036 * HOL: new version of "case_tac" subsumes both boolean case split and
  8037 "exhaust_tac" on datatypes; INCOMPATIBILITY: exhaust_tac no longer
  8038 exists, may define val exhaust_tac = case_tac for ad-hoc portability;
  8039 
  8040 * HOL: simplification no longer dives into case-expressions: only the
  8041 selector expression is simplified, but not the remaining arms; to
  8042 enable full simplification of case-expressions for datatype t, you may
  8043 remove t.weak_case_cong from the simpset, either globally (Delcongs
  8044 [thm"t.weak_case_cong"];) or locally (delcongs [...]).
  8045 
  8046 * HOL/recdef: the recursion equations generated by 'recdef' for
  8047 function 'f' are now called f.simps instead of f.rules; if all
  8048 termination conditions are proved automatically, these simplification
  8049 rules are added to the simpset, as in primrec; rules may be named
  8050 individually as well, resulting in a separate list of theorems for
  8051 each equation;
  8052 
  8053 * HOL/While is a new theory that provides a while-combinator. It
  8054 permits the definition of tail-recursive functions without the
  8055 provision of a termination measure. The latter is necessary once the
  8056 invariant proof rule for while is applied.
  8057 
  8058 * HOL: new (overloaded) notation for the set of elements below/above
  8059 some element: {..u}, {..u(}, {l..}, {)l..}. See theory SetInterval.
  8060 
  8061 * HOL: theorems impI, allI, ballI bound as "strip";
  8062 
  8063 * HOL: new tactic induct_thm_tac: thm -> string -> int -> tactic
  8064 induct_tac th "x1 ... xn" expects th to have a conclusion of the form
  8065 P v1 ... vn and abbreviates res_inst_tac [("v1","x1"),...,("vn","xn")] th;
  8066 
  8067 * HOL/Real: "rabs" replaced by overloaded "abs" function;
  8068 
  8069 * HOL: theory Sexp now in HOL/Induct examples (it used to be part of
  8070 main HOL, but was unused);
  8071 
  8072 * HOL: fewer consts declared as global (e.g. have to refer to
  8073 "Lfp.lfp" instead of "lfp" internally; affects ML packages only);
  8074 
  8075 * HOL: tuned AST representation of nested pairs, avoiding bogus output
  8076 in case of overlap with user translations (e.g. judgements over
  8077 tuples); (note that the underlying logical represenation is still
  8078 bogus);
  8079 
  8080 
  8081 *** ZF ***
  8082 
  8083 * ZF: simplification automatically cancels common terms in arithmetic
  8084 expressions over nat and int;
  8085 
  8086 * ZF: new treatment of nat to minimize type-checking: all operators
  8087 coerce their operands to a natural number using the function natify,
  8088 making the algebraic laws unconditional;
  8089 
  8090 * ZF: as above, for int: operators coerce their operands to an integer
  8091 using the function intify;
  8092 
  8093 * ZF: the integer library now contains many of the usual laws for the
  8094 orderings, including $<=, and monotonicity laws for $+ and $*;
  8095 
  8096 * ZF: new example ZF/ex/NatSum to demonstrate integer arithmetic
  8097 simplification;
  8098 
  8099 * FOL and ZF: AddIffs now available, giving theorems of the form P<->Q
  8100 to the simplifier and classical reasoner simultaneously;
  8101 
  8102 
  8103 *** General ***
  8104 
  8105 * Provers: blast_tac now handles actual object-logic rules as
  8106 assumptions; note that auto_tac uses blast_tac internally as well;
  8107 
  8108 * Provers: new functions rulify/rulify_no_asm: thm -> thm for turning
  8109 outer -->/All/Ball into ==>/!!; qed_spec_mp now uses rulify_no_asm;
  8110 
  8111 * Provers: delrules now handles destruct rules as well (no longer need
  8112 explicit make_elim);
  8113 
  8114 * Provers: Blast_tac now warns of and ignores "weak elimination rules" e.g.
  8115   [| inj ?f;          ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  8116 use instead the strong form,
  8117   [| inj ?f; ~ ?W ==> ?f ?x = ?f ?y; ?x = ?y ==> ?W |] ==> ?W
  8118 in HOL, FOL and ZF the function cla_make_elim will create such rules
  8119 from destruct-rules;
  8120 
  8121 * Provers: Simplifier.easy_setup provides a fast path to basic
  8122 Simplifier setup for new object-logics;
  8123 
  8124 * Pure: AST translation rules no longer require constant head on LHS;
  8125 
  8126 * Pure: improved name spaces: ambiguous output is qualified; support
  8127 for hiding of names;
  8128 
  8129 * system: smart setup of canonical ML_HOME, ISABELLE_INTERFACE, and
  8130 XSYMBOL_HOME; no longer need to do manual configuration in most
  8131 situations;
  8132 
  8133 * system: compression of ML heaps images may now be controlled via -c
  8134 option of isabelle and isatool usedir (currently only observed by
  8135 Poly/ML);
  8136 
  8137 * system: isatool installfonts may handle X-Symbol fonts as well (very
  8138 useful for remote X11);
  8139 
  8140 * system: provide TAGS file for Isabelle sources;
  8141 
  8142 * ML: infix 'OF' is a version of 'MRS' with more appropriate argument
  8143 order;
  8144 
  8145 * ML: renamed flags Syntax.trace_norm_ast to Syntax.trace_ast; global
  8146 timing flag supersedes proof_timing and Toplevel.trace;
  8147 
  8148 * ML: new combinators |>> and |>>> for incremental transformations
  8149 with secondary results (e.g. certain theory extensions):
  8150 
  8151 * ML: PureThy.add_defs gets additional argument to indicate potential
  8152 overloading (usually false);
  8153 
  8154 * ML: PureThy.add_thms/add_axioms/add_defs now return theorems as
  8155 results;
  8156 
  8157 
  8158 
  8159 New in Isabelle99 (October 1999)
  8160 --------------------------------
  8161 
  8162 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8163 
  8164 * HOL: The THEN and ELSE parts of conditional expressions (if P then x else y)
  8165 are no longer simplified.  (This allows the simplifier to unfold recursive
  8166 functional programs.)  To restore the old behaviour, declare
  8167 
  8168     Delcongs [if_weak_cong];
  8169 
  8170 * HOL: Removed the obsolete syntax "Compl A"; use -A for set
  8171 complement;
  8172 
  8173 * HOL: the predicate "inj" is now defined by translation to "inj_on";
  8174 
  8175 * HOL/datatype: mutual_induct_tac no longer exists --
  8176   use induct_tac "x_1 ... x_n" instead of mutual_induct_tac ["x_1", ..., "x_n"]
  8177 
  8178 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  8179 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  8180 
  8181 * ZF: The con_defs part of an inductive definition may no longer refer
  8182 to constants declared in the same theory;
  8183 
  8184 * HOL, ZF: the function mk_cases, generated by the inductive
  8185 definition package, has lost an argument.  To simplify its result, it
  8186 uses the default simpset instead of a supplied list of theorems.
  8187 
  8188 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  8189 
  8190 * Simplifier: the type of the infix ML functions
  8191         setSSolver addSSolver setSolver addSolver
  8192 is now  simpset * solver -> simpset  where `solver' is a new abstract type
  8193 for packaging solvers. A solver is created via
  8194         mk_solver: string -> (thm list -> int -> tactic) -> solver
  8195 where the string argument is only a comment.
  8196 
  8197 
  8198 *** Proof tools ***
  8199 
  8200 * Provers/Arith/fast_lin_arith.ML contains a functor for creating a
  8201 decision procedure for linear arithmetic. Currently it is used for
  8202 types `nat', `int', and `real' in HOL (see below); it can, should and
  8203 will be instantiated for other types and logics as well.
  8204 
  8205 * The simplifier now accepts rewrite rules with flexible heads, eg
  8206      hom ?f ==> ?f(?x+?y) = ?f ?x + ?f ?y
  8207   They are applied like any rule with a non-pattern lhs, i.e. by first-order
  8208   matching.
  8209 
  8210 
  8211 *** General ***
  8212 
  8213 * New Isabelle/Isar subsystem provides an alternative to traditional
  8214 tactical theorem proving; together with the ProofGeneral/isar user
  8215 interface it offers an interactive environment for developing human
  8216 readable proof documents (Isar == Intelligible semi-automated
  8217 reasoning); for further information see isatool doc isar-ref,
  8218 src/HOL/Isar_examples and http://isabelle.in.tum.de/Isar/
  8219 
  8220 * improved and simplified presentation of theories: better HTML markup
  8221 (including colors), graph views in several sizes; isatool usedir now
  8222 provides a proper interface for user theories (via -P option); actual
  8223 document preparation based on (PDF)LaTeX is available as well (for
  8224 new-style theories only); see isatool doc system for more information;
  8225 
  8226 * native support for Proof General, both for classic Isabelle and
  8227 Isabelle/Isar;
  8228 
  8229 * ML function thm_deps visualizes dependencies of theorems and lemmas,
  8230 using the graph browser tool;
  8231 
  8232 * Isabelle manuals now also available as PDF;
  8233 
  8234 * theory loader rewritten from scratch (may not be fully
  8235 bug-compatible); old loadpath variable has been replaced by show_path,
  8236 add_path, del_path, reset_path functions; new operations such as
  8237 update_thy, touch_thy, remove_thy, use/update_thy_only (see also
  8238 isatool doc ref);
  8239 
  8240 * improved isatool install: option -k creates KDE application icon,
  8241 option -p DIR installs standalone binaries;
  8242 
  8243 * added ML_PLATFORM setting (useful for cross-platform installations);
  8244 more robust handling of platform specific ML images for SML/NJ;
  8245 
  8246 * the settings environment is now statically scoped, i.e. it is never
  8247 created again in sub-processes invoked from isabelle, isatool, or
  8248 Isabelle;
  8249 
  8250 * path element specification '~~' refers to '$ISABELLE_HOME';
  8251 
  8252 * in locales, the "assumes" and "defines" parts may be omitted if
  8253 empty;
  8254 
  8255 * new print_mode "xsymbols" for extended symbol support (e.g. genuine
  8256 long arrows);
  8257 
  8258 * new print_mode "HTML";
  8259 
  8260 * new flag show_tags controls display of tags of theorems (which are
  8261 basically just comments that may be attached by some tools);
  8262 
  8263 * Isamode 2.6 requires patch to accomodate change of Isabelle font
  8264 mode and goal output format:
  8265 
  8266 diff -r Isamode-2.6/elisp/isa-load.el Isamode/elisp/isa-load.el
  8267 244c244
  8268 <       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-msymbols" logic-name)
  8269 ---
  8270 >       (list (isa-getenv "ISABELLE") "-misabelle_font" "-msymbols" logic-name)
  8271 diff -r Isabelle-2.6/elisp/isa-proofstate.el Isamode/elisp/isa-proofstate.el
  8272 181c181
  8273 < (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+$"
  8274 ---
  8275 > (defconst proofstate-proofstart-regexp "^Level [0-9]+"
  8276 
  8277 * function bind_thms stores lists of theorems (cf. bind_thm);
  8278 
  8279 * new shorthand tactics ftac, eatac, datac, fatac;
  8280 
  8281 * qed (and friends) now accept "" as result name; in that case the
  8282 theorem is not stored, but proper checks and presentation of the
  8283 result still apply;
  8284 
  8285 * theorem database now also indexes constants "Trueprop", "all",
  8286 "==>", "=="; thus thms_containing, findI etc. may retrieve more rules;
  8287 
  8288 
  8289 *** HOL ***
  8290 
  8291 ** HOL arithmetic **
  8292 
  8293 * There are now decision procedures for linear arithmetic over nat and
  8294 int:
  8295 
  8296 1. arith_tac copes with arbitrary formulae involving `=', `<', `<=',
  8297 `+', `-', `Suc', `min', `max' and numerical constants; other subterms
  8298 are treated as atomic; subformulae not involving type `nat' or `int'
  8299 are ignored; quantified subformulae are ignored unless they are
  8300 positive universal or negative existential. The tactic has to be
  8301 invoked by hand and can be a little bit slow. In particular, the
  8302 running time is exponential in the number of occurrences of `min' and
  8303 `max', and `-' on `nat'.
  8304 
  8305 2. fast_arith_tac is a cut-down version of arith_tac: it only takes
  8306 (negated) (in)equalities among the premises and the conclusion into
  8307 account (i.e. no compound formulae) and does not know about `min' and
  8308 `max', and `-' on `nat'. It is fast and is used automatically by the
  8309 simplifier.
  8310 
  8311 NB: At the moment, these decision procedures do not cope with mixed
  8312 nat/int formulae where the two parts interact, such as `m < n ==>
  8313 int(m) < int(n)'.
  8314 
  8315 * HOL/Numeral provides a generic theory of numerals (encoded
  8316 efficiently as bit strings); setup for types nat/int/real is in place;
  8317 INCOMPATIBILITY: since numeral syntax is now polymorphic, rather than
  8318 int, existing theories and proof scripts may require a few additional
  8319 type constraints;
  8320 
  8321 * integer division and remainder can now be performed on constant
  8322 arguments;
  8323 
  8324 * many properties of integer multiplication, division and remainder
  8325 are now available;
  8326 
  8327 * An interface to the Stanford Validity Checker (SVC) is available through the
  8328 tactic svc_tac.  Propositional tautologies and theorems of linear arithmetic
  8329 are proved automatically.  SVC must be installed separately, and its results
  8330 must be TAKEN ON TRUST (Isabelle does not check the proofs, but tags any
  8331 invocation of the underlying oracle).  For SVC see
  8332   http://verify.stanford.edu/SVC
  8333 
  8334 * IsaMakefile: the HOL-Real target now builds an actual image;
  8335 
  8336 
  8337 ** HOL misc **
  8338 
  8339 * HOL/Real/HahnBanach: the Hahn-Banach theorem for real vector spaces
  8340 (in Isabelle/Isar) -- by Gertrud Bauer;
  8341 
  8342 * HOL/BCV: generic model of bytecode verification, i.e. data-flow
  8343 analysis for assembly languages with subtypes;
  8344 
  8345 * HOL/TLA (Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions): major reorganization
  8346 -- avoids syntactic ambiguities and treats state, transition, and
  8347 temporal levels more uniformly; introduces INCOMPATIBILITIES due to
  8348 changed syntax and (many) tactics;
  8349 
  8350 * HOL/inductive: Now also handles more general introduction rules such
  8351   as "ALL y. (y, x) : r --> y : acc r ==> x : acc r"; monotonicity
  8352   theorems are now maintained within the theory (maintained via the
  8353   "mono" attribute);
  8354 
  8355 * HOL/datatype: Now also handles arbitrarily branching datatypes
  8356   (using function types) such as
  8357 
  8358   datatype 'a tree = Atom 'a | Branch "nat => 'a tree"
  8359 
  8360 * HOL/record: record_simproc (part of the default simpset) takes care
  8361 of selectors applied to updated records; record_split_tac is no longer
  8362 part of the default claset; update_defs may now be removed from the
  8363 simpset in many cases; COMPATIBILITY: old behavior achieved by
  8364 
  8365   claset_ref () := claset() addSWrapper record_split_wrapper;
  8366   Delsimprocs [record_simproc]
  8367 
  8368 * HOL/typedef: fixed type inference for representing set; type
  8369 arguments now have to occur explicitly on the rhs as type constraints;
  8370 
  8371 * HOL/recdef (TFL): 'congs' syntax now expects comma separated list of theorem
  8372 names rather than an ML expression;
  8373 
  8374 * HOL/defer_recdef (TFL): like recdef but the well-founded relation can be
  8375 supplied later.  Program schemes can be defined, such as
  8376     "While B C s = (if B s then While B C (C s) else s)"
  8377 where the well-founded relation can be chosen after B and C have been given.
  8378 
  8379 * HOL/List: the constructors of type list are now Nil and Cons;
  8380 INCOMPATIBILITY: while [] and infix # syntax is still there, of
  8381 course, ML tools referring to List.list.op # etc. have to be adapted;
  8382 
  8383 * HOL_quantifiers flag superseded by "HOL" print mode, which is
  8384 disabled by default; run isabelle with option -m HOL to get back to
  8385 the original Gordon/HOL-style output;
  8386 
  8387 * HOL/Ord.thy: new bounded quantifier syntax (input only): ALL x<y. P,
  8388 ALL x<=y. P, EX x<y. P, EX x<=y. P;
  8389 
  8390 * HOL basic syntax simplified (more orthogonal): all variants of
  8391 All/Ex now support plain / symbolic / HOL notation; plain syntax for
  8392 Eps operator is provided as well: "SOME x. P[x]";
  8393 
  8394 * HOL/Sum.thy: sum_case has been moved to HOL/Datatype;
  8395 
  8396 * HOL/Univ.thy: infix syntax <*>, <+>, <**>, <+> eliminated and made
  8397 thus available for user theories;
  8398 
  8399 * HOLCF/IOA/Sequents: renamed 'Cons' to 'Consq' to avoid clash with
  8400 HOL/List; hardly an INCOMPATIBILITY since '>>' syntax is used all the
  8401 time;
  8402 
  8403 * HOL: new tactic smp_tac: int -> int -> tactic, which applies spec
  8404 several times and then mp;
  8405 
  8406 
  8407 *** LK ***
  8408 
  8409 * the notation <<...>> is now available as a notation for sequences of
  8410 formulas;
  8411 
  8412 * the simplifier is now installed
  8413 
  8414 * the axiom system has been generalized (thanks to Soren Heilmann)
  8415 
  8416 * the classical reasoner now has a default rule database
  8417 
  8418 
  8419 *** ZF ***
  8420 
  8421 * new primrec section allows primitive recursive functions to be given
  8422 directly (as in HOL) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  8423 
  8424 * new tactics induct_tac and exhaust_tac for induction (or case
  8425 analysis) over datatypes and the natural numbers;
  8426 
  8427 * the datatype declaration of type T now defines the recursor T_rec;
  8428 
  8429 * simplification automatically does freeness reasoning for datatype
  8430 constructors;
  8431 
  8432 * automatic type-inference, with AddTCs command to insert new
  8433 type-checking rules;
  8434 
  8435 * datatype introduction rules are now added as Safe Introduction rules
  8436 to the claset;
  8437 
  8438 * the syntax "if P then x else y" is now available in addition to
  8439 if(P,x,y);
  8440 
  8441 
  8442 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
  8443 
  8444 * tuned simplifier trace output; new flag debug_simp;
  8445 
  8446 * structures Vartab / Termtab (instances of TableFun) offer efficient
  8447 tables indexed by indexname_ord / term_ord (compatible with aconv);
  8448 
  8449 * AxClass.axclass_tac lost the theory argument;
  8450 
  8451 * tuned current_goals_markers semantics: begin / end goal avoids
  8452 printing empty lines;
  8453 
  8454 * removed prs and prs_fn hook, which was broken because it did not
  8455 include \n in its semantics, forcing writeln to add one
  8456 uncoditionally; replaced prs_fn by writeln_fn; consider std_output:
  8457 string -> unit if you really want to output text without newline;
  8458 
  8459 * Symbol.output subject to print mode; INCOMPATIBILITY: defaults to
  8460 plain output, interface builders may have to enable 'isabelle_font'
  8461 mode to get Isabelle font glyphs as before;
  8462 
  8463 * refined token_translation interface; INCOMPATIBILITY: output length
  8464 now of type real instead of int;
  8465 
  8466 * theory loader actions may be traced via new ThyInfo.add_hook
  8467 interface (see src/Pure/Thy/thy_info.ML); example application: keep
  8468 your own database of information attached to *whole* theories -- as
  8469 opposed to intra-theory data slots offered via TheoryDataFun;
  8470 
  8471 * proper handling of dangling sort hypotheses (at last!);
  8472 Thm.strip_shyps and Drule.strip_shyps_warning take care of removing
  8473 extra sort hypotheses that can be witnessed from the type signature;
  8474 the force_strip_shyps flag is gone, any remaining shyps are simply
  8475 left in the theorem (with a warning issued by strip_shyps_warning);
  8476 
  8477 
  8478 
  8479 New in Isabelle98-1 (October 1998)
  8480 ----------------------------------
  8481 
  8482 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8483 
  8484 * several changes of automated proof tools;
  8485 
  8486 * HOL: major changes to the inductive and datatype packages, including
  8487 some minor incompatibilities of theory syntax;
  8488 
  8489 * HOL: renamed r^-1 to 'converse' from 'inverse'; 'inj_onto' is now
  8490 called `inj_on';
  8491 
  8492 * HOL: removed duplicate thms in Arith:
  8493   less_imp_add_less  should be replaced by  trans_less_add1
  8494   le_imp_add_le      should be replaced by  trans_le_add1
  8495 
  8496 * HOL: unary minus is now overloaded (new type constraints may be
  8497 required);
  8498 
  8499 * HOL and ZF: unary minus for integers is now #- instead of #~.  In
  8500 ZF, expressions such as n#-1 must be changed to n#- 1, since #-1 is
  8501 now taken as an integer constant.
  8502 
  8503 * Pure: ML function 'theory_of' renamed to 'theory';
  8504 
  8505 
  8506 *** Proof tools ***
  8507 
  8508 * Simplifier:
  8509   1. Asm_full_simp_tac is now more aggressive.
  8510      1. It will sometimes reorient premises if that increases their power to
  8511         simplify.
  8512      2. It does no longer proceed strictly from left to right but may also
  8513         rotate premises to achieve further simplification.
  8514      For compatibility reasons there is now Asm_lr_simp_tac which is like the
  8515      old Asm_full_simp_tac in that it does not rotate premises.
  8516   2. The simplifier now knows a little bit about nat-arithmetic.
  8517 
  8518 * Classical reasoner: wrapper mechanism for the classical reasoner now
  8519 allows for selected deletion of wrappers, by introduction of names for
  8520 wrapper functionals.  This implies that addbefore, addSbefore,
  8521 addaltern, and addSaltern now take a pair (name, tactic) as argument,
  8522 and that adding two tactics with the same name overwrites the first
  8523 one (emitting a warning).
  8524   type wrapper = (int -> tactic) -> (int -> tactic)
  8525   setWrapper, setSWrapper, compWrapper and compSWrapper are replaced by
  8526   addWrapper, addSWrapper: claset * (string * wrapper) -> claset
  8527   delWrapper, delSWrapper: claset *  string            -> claset
  8528   getWrapper is renamed to appWrappers, getSWrapper to appSWrappers;
  8529 
  8530 * Classical reasoner: addbefore/addSbefore now have APPEND/ORELSE
  8531 semantics; addbefore now affects only the unsafe part of step_tac
  8532 etc.; this affects addss/auto_tac/force_tac, so EXISTING PROOFS MAY
  8533 FAIL, but proofs should be fixable easily, e.g. by replacing Auto_tac
  8534 by Force_tac;
  8535 
  8536 * Classical reasoner: setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to
  8537 compWrapper; added safe wrapper (and access functions for it);
  8538 
  8539 * HOL/split_all_tac is now much faster and fails if there is nothing
  8540 to split.  Some EXISTING PROOFS MAY REQUIRE ADAPTION because the order
  8541 and the names of the automatically generated variables have changed.
  8542 split_all_tac has moved within claset() from unsafe wrappers to safe
  8543 wrappers, which means that !!-bound variables are split much more
  8544 aggressively, and safe_tac and clarify_tac now split such variables.
  8545 If this splitting is not appropriate, use delSWrapper "split_all_tac".
  8546 Note: the same holds for record_split_tac, which does the job of
  8547 split_all_tac for record fields.
  8548 
  8549 * HOL/Simplifier: Rewrite rules for case distinctions can now be added
  8550 permanently to the default simpset using Addsplits just like
  8551 Addsimps. They can be removed via Delsplits just like
  8552 Delsimps. Lower-case versions are also available.
  8553 
  8554 * HOL/Simplifier: The rule split_if is now part of the default
  8555 simpset. This means that the simplifier will eliminate all occurrences
  8556 of if-then-else in the conclusion of a goal. To prevent this, you can
  8557 either remove split_if completely from the default simpset by
  8558 `Delsplits [split_if]' or remove it in a specific call of the
  8559 simplifier using `... delsplits [split_if]'.  You can also add/delete
  8560 other case splitting rules to/from the default simpset: every datatype
  8561 generates suitable rules `split_t_case' and `split_t_case_asm' (where
  8562 t is the name of the datatype).
  8563 
  8564 * Classical reasoner / Simplifier combination: new force_tac (and
  8565 derivatives Force_tac, force) combines rewriting and classical
  8566 reasoning (and whatever other tools) similarly to auto_tac, but is
  8567 aimed to solve the given subgoal completely.
  8568 
  8569 
  8570 *** General ***
  8571 
  8572 * new top-level commands `Goal' and `Goalw' that improve upon `goal'
  8573 and `goalw': the theory is no longer needed as an explicit argument -
  8574 the current theory context is used; assumptions are no longer returned
  8575 at the ML-level unless one of them starts with ==> or !!; it is
  8576 recommended to convert to these new commands using isatool fixgoal
  8577 (backup your sources first!);
  8578 
  8579 * new top-level commands 'thm' and 'thms' for retrieving theorems from
  8580 the current theory context, and 'theory' to lookup stored theories;
  8581 
  8582 * new theory section 'locale' for declaring constants, assumptions and
  8583 definitions that have local scope;
  8584 
  8585 * new theory section 'nonterminals' for purely syntactic types;
  8586 
  8587 * new theory section 'setup' for generic ML setup functions
  8588 (e.g. package initialization);
  8589 
  8590 * the distribution now includes Isabelle icons: see
  8591 lib/logo/isabelle-{small,tiny}.xpm;
  8592 
  8593 * isatool install - install binaries with absolute references to
  8594 ISABELLE_HOME/bin;
  8595 
  8596 * isatool logo -- create instances of the Isabelle logo (as EPS);
  8597 
  8598 * print mode 'emacs' reserved for Isamode;
  8599 
  8600 * support multiple print (ast) translations per constant name;
  8601 
  8602 * theorems involving oracles are now printed with a suffixed [!];
  8603 
  8604 
  8605 *** HOL ***
  8606 
  8607 * there is now a tutorial on Isabelle/HOL (do 'isatool doc tutorial');
  8608 
  8609 * HOL/inductive package reorganized and improved: now supports mutual
  8610 definitions such as
  8611 
  8612   inductive EVEN ODD
  8613     intrs
  8614       null "0 : EVEN"
  8615       oddI "n : EVEN ==> Suc n : ODD"
  8616       evenI "n : ODD ==> Suc n : EVEN"
  8617 
  8618 new theorem list "elims" contains an elimination rule for each of the
  8619 recursive sets; inductive definitions now handle disjunctive premises
  8620 correctly (also ZF);
  8621 
  8622 INCOMPATIBILITIES: requires Inductive as an ancestor; component
  8623 "mutual_induct" no longer exists - the induction rule is always
  8624 contained in "induct";
  8625 
  8626 
  8627 * HOL/datatype package re-implemented and greatly improved: now
  8628 supports mutually recursive datatypes such as
  8629 
  8630   datatype
  8631     'a aexp = IF_THEN_ELSE ('a bexp) ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8632             | SUM ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8633             | DIFF ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8634             | NUM 'a
  8635   and
  8636     'a bexp = LESS ('a aexp) ('a aexp)
  8637             | AND ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
  8638             | OR ('a bexp) ('a bexp)
  8639 
  8640 as well as indirectly recursive datatypes such as
  8641 
  8642   datatype
  8643     ('a, 'b) term = Var 'a
  8644                   | App 'b ((('a, 'b) term) list)
  8645 
  8646 The new tactic  mutual_induct_tac [<var_1>, ..., <var_n>] i  performs
  8647 induction on mutually / indirectly recursive datatypes.
  8648 
  8649 Primrec equations are now stored in theory and can be accessed via
  8650 <function_name>.simps.
  8651 
  8652 INCOMPATIBILITIES:
  8653 
  8654   - Theories using datatypes must now have theory Datatype as an
  8655     ancestor.
  8656   - The specific <typename>.induct_tac no longer exists - use the
  8657     generic induct_tac instead.
  8658   - natE has been renamed to nat.exhaust - use exhaust_tac
  8659     instead of res_inst_tac ... natE. Note that the variable
  8660     names in nat.exhaust differ from the names in natE, this
  8661     may cause some "fragile" proofs to fail.
  8662   - The theorems split_<typename>_case and split_<typename>_case_asm
  8663     have been renamed to <typename>.split and <typename>.split_asm.
  8664   - Since default sorts of type variables are now handled correctly,
  8665     some datatype definitions may have to be annotated with explicit
  8666     sort constraints.
  8667   - Primrec definitions no longer require function name and type
  8668     of recursive argument.
  8669 
  8670 Consider using isatool fixdatatype to adapt your theories and proof
  8671 scripts to the new package (backup your sources first!).
  8672 
  8673 
  8674 * HOL/record package: considerably improved implementation; now
  8675 includes concrete syntax for record types, terms, updates; theorems
  8676 for surjective pairing and splitting !!-bound record variables; proof
  8677 support is as follows:
  8678 
  8679   1) standard conversions (selectors or updates applied to record
  8680 constructor terms) are part of the standard simpset;
  8681 
  8682   2) inject equations of the form ((x, y) = (x', y')) == x=x' & y=y' are
  8683 made part of standard simpset and claset via addIffs;
  8684 
  8685   3) a tactic for record field splitting (record_split_tac) is part of
  8686 the standard claset (addSWrapper);
  8687 
  8688 To get a better idea about these rules you may retrieve them via
  8689 something like 'thms "foo.simps"' or 'thms "foo.iffs"', where "foo" is
  8690 the name of your record type.
  8691 
  8692 The split tactic 3) conceptually simplifies by the following rule:
  8693 
  8694   "(!!x. PROP ?P x) == (!!a b. PROP ?P (a, b))"
  8695 
  8696 Thus any record variable that is bound by meta-all will automatically
  8697 blow up into some record constructor term, consequently the
  8698 simplifications of 1), 2) apply.  Thus force_tac, auto_tac etc. shall
  8699 solve record problems automatically.
  8700 
  8701 
  8702 * reorganized the main HOL image: HOL/Integ and String loaded by
  8703 default; theory Main includes everything;
  8704 
  8705 * automatic simplification of integer sums and comparisons, using cancellation;
  8706 
  8707 * added option_map_eq_Some and not_Some_eq to the default simpset and claset;
  8708 
  8709 * added disj_not1 = "(~P | Q) = (P --> Q)" to the default simpset;
  8710 
  8711 * many new identities for unions, intersections, set difference, etc.;
  8712 
  8713 * expand_if, expand_split, expand_sum_case and expand_nat_case are now
  8714 called split_if, split_split, split_sum_case and split_nat_case (to go
  8715 with add/delsplits);
  8716 
  8717 * HOL/Prod introduces simplification procedure unit_eq_proc rewriting
  8718 (?x::unit) = (); this is made part of the default simpset, which COULD
  8719 MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL under rare circumstances (consider
  8720 'Delsimprocs [unit_eq_proc];' as last resort); also note that
  8721 unit_abs_eta_conv is added in order to counter the effect of
  8722 unit_eq_proc on (%u::unit. f u), replacing it by f rather than by
  8723 %u.f();
  8724 
  8725 * HOL/Fun INCOMPATIBILITY: `inj_onto' is now called `inj_on' (which
  8726 makes more sense);
  8727 
  8728 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
  8729   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
  8730   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
  8731 
  8732 * HOL/Relation INCOMPATIBILITY: renamed the relational operator r^-1
  8733 to 'converse' from 'inverse' (for compatibility with ZF and some
  8734 literature);
  8735 
  8736 * HOL/recdef can now declare non-recursive functions, with {} supplied as
  8737 the well-founded relation;
  8738 
  8739 * HOL/Set INCOMPATIBILITY: the complement of set A is now written -A instead of
  8740     Compl A.  The "Compl" syntax remains available as input syntax for this
  8741     release ONLY.
  8742 
  8743 * HOL/Update: new theory of function updates:
  8744     f(a:=b) == %x. if x=a then b else f x
  8745 may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
  8746 
  8747 * HOL/Vimage: new theory for inverse image of a function, syntax f-``B;
  8748 
  8749 * HOL/List:
  8750   - new function list_update written xs[i:=v] that updates the i-th
  8751     list position. May also be iterated as in xs[i:=a,j:=b,...].
  8752   - new function `upt' written [i..j(] which generates the list
  8753     [i,i+1,...,j-1], i.e. the upper bound is excluded. To include the upper
  8754     bound write [i..j], which is a shorthand for [i..j+1(].
  8755   - new lexicographic orderings and corresponding wellfoundedness theorems.
  8756 
  8757 * HOL/Arith:
  8758   - removed 'pred' (predecessor) function;
  8759   - generalized some theorems about n-1;
  8760   - many new laws about "div" and "mod";
  8761   - new laws about greatest common divisors (see theory ex/Primes);
  8762 
  8763 * HOL/Relation: renamed the relational operator r^-1 "converse"
  8764 instead of "inverse";
  8765 
  8766 * HOL/Induct/Multiset: a theory of multisets, including the wellfoundedness
  8767   of the multiset ordering;
  8768 
  8769 * directory HOL/Real: a construction of the reals using Dedekind cuts
  8770   (not included by default);
  8771 
  8772 * directory HOL/UNITY: Chandy and Misra's UNITY formalism;
  8773 
  8774 * directory HOL/Hoare: a new version of Hoare logic which permits many-sorted
  8775   programs, i.e. different program variables may have different types.
  8776 
  8777 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
  8778   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
  8779   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
  8780 
  8781 
  8782 *** ZF ***
  8783 
  8784 * theory Main includes everything; INCOMPATIBILITY: theory ZF.thy contains
  8785   only the theorems proved on ZF.ML;
  8786 
  8787 * ZF INCOMPATIBILITY: rule `equals0D' is now a well-formed destruct rule;
  8788   It and 'sym RS equals0D' are now in the default  claset, giving automatic
  8789   disjointness reasoning but breaking a few old proofs.
  8790 
  8791 * ZF/Update: new theory of function updates
  8792     with default rewrite rule  f(x:=y) ` z = if(z=x, y, f`z)
  8793   may also be iterated as in f(a:=b,c:=d,...);
  8794 
  8795 * in  let x=t in u(x), neither t nor u(x) has to be an FOL term.
  8796 
  8797 * calling (stac rew i) now fails if "rew" has no effect on the goal
  8798   [previously, this check worked only if the rewrite rule was unconditional]
  8799   Now rew can involve either definitions or equalities (either == or =).
  8800 
  8801 * case_tac provided for compatibility with HOL
  8802     (like the old excluded_middle_tac, but with subgoals swapped)
  8803 
  8804 
  8805 *** Internal programming interfaces ***
  8806 
  8807 * Pure: several new basic modules made available for general use, see
  8808 also src/Pure/README;
  8809 
  8810 * improved the theory data mechanism to support encapsulation (data
  8811 kind name replaced by private Object.kind, acting as authorization
  8812 key); new type-safe user interface via functor TheoryDataFun; generic
  8813 print_data function becomes basically useless;
  8814 
  8815 * removed global_names compatibility flag -- all theory declarations
  8816 are qualified by default;
  8817 
  8818 * module Pure/Syntax now offers quote / antiquote translation
  8819 functions (useful for Hoare logic etc. with implicit dependencies);
  8820 see HOL/ex/Antiquote for an example use;
  8821 
  8822 * Simplifier now offers conversions (asm_)(full_)rewrite: simpset ->
  8823 cterm -> thm;
  8824 
  8825 * new tactical CHANGED_GOAL for checking that a tactic modifies a
  8826 subgoal;
  8827 
  8828 * Display.print_goals function moved to Locale.print_goals;
  8829 
  8830 * standard print function for goals supports current_goals_markers
  8831 variable for marking begin of proof, end of proof, start of goal; the
  8832 default is ("", "", ""); setting current_goals_markers := ("<proof>",
  8833 "</proof>", "<goal>") causes SGML like tagged proof state printing,
  8834 for example;
  8835 
  8836 
  8837 
  8838 New in Isabelle98 (January 1998)
  8839 --------------------------------
  8840 
  8841 *** Overview of INCOMPATIBILITIES (see below for more details) ***
  8842 
  8843 * changed lexical syntax of terms / types: dots made part of long
  8844 identifiers, e.g. "%x.x" no longer possible, should be "%x. x";
  8845 
  8846 * simpset (and claset) reference variable replaced by functions
  8847 simpset / simpset_ref;
  8848 
  8849 * no longer supports theory aliases (via merge) and non-trivial
  8850 implicit merge of thms' signatures;
  8851 
  8852 * most internal names of constants changed due to qualified names;
  8853 
  8854 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML);
  8855 
  8856 
  8857 *** General Changes ***
  8858 
  8859 * hierachically structured name spaces (for consts, types, axms, thms
  8860 etc.); new lexical class 'longid' (e.g. Foo.bar.x) may render much of
  8861 old input syntactically incorrect (e.g. "%x.x"); COMPATIBILITY:
  8862 isatool fixdots ensures space after dots (e.g. "%x. x"); set
  8863 long_names for fully qualified output names; NOTE: ML programs
  8864 (special tactics, packages etc.) referring to internal names may have
  8865 to be adapted to cope with fully qualified names; in case of severe
  8866 backward campatibility problems try setting 'global_names' at compile
  8867 time to have enrything declared within a flat name space; one may also
  8868 fine tune name declarations in theories via the 'global' and 'local'
  8869 section;
  8870 
  8871 * reimplemented the implicit simpset and claset using the new anytype
  8872 data filed in signatures; references simpset:simpset ref etc. are
  8873 replaced by functions simpset:unit->simpset and
  8874 simpset_ref:unit->simpset ref; COMPATIBILITY: use isatool fixclasimp
  8875 to patch your ML files accordingly;
  8876 
  8877 * HTML output now includes theory graph data for display with Java
  8878 applet or isatool browser; data generated automatically via isatool
  8879 usedir (see -i option, ISABELLE_USEDIR_OPTIONS);
  8880 
  8881 * defs may now be conditional; improved rewrite_goals_tac to handle
  8882 conditional equations;
  8883 
  8884 * defs now admits additional type arguments, using TYPE('a) syntax;
  8885 
  8886 * theory aliases via merge (e.g. M=A+B+C) no longer supported, always
  8887 creates a new theory node; implicit merge of thms' signatures is
  8888 restricted to 'trivial' ones; COMPATIBILITY: one may have to use
  8889 transfer:theory->thm->thm in (rare) cases;
  8890 
  8891 * improved handling of draft signatures / theories; draft thms (and
  8892 ctyps, cterms) are automatically promoted to real ones;
  8893 
  8894 * slightly changed interfaces for oracles: admit many per theory, named
  8895 (e.g. oracle foo = mlfun), additional name argument for invoke_oracle;
  8896 
  8897 * print_goals: optional output of const types (set show_consts and
  8898 show_types);
  8899 
  8900 * improved output of warnings (###) and errors (***);
  8901 
  8902 * subgoal_tac displays a warning if the new subgoal has type variables;
  8903 
  8904 * removed old README and Makefiles;
  8905 
  8906 * replaced print_goals_ref hook by print_current_goals_fn and result_error_fn;
  8907 
  8908 * removed obsolete init_pps and init_database;
  8909 
  8910 * deleted the obsolete tactical STATE, which was declared by
  8911     fun STATE tacfun st = tacfun st st;
  8912 
  8913 * cd and use now support path variables, e.g. $ISABELLE_HOME, or ~
  8914 (which abbreviates $HOME);
  8915 
  8916 * changed Pure/Sequence interface (see Pure/seq.ML); COMPATIBILITY:
  8917 use isatool fixseq to adapt your ML programs (this works for fully
  8918 qualified references to the Sequence structure only!);
  8919 
  8920 * use_thy no longer requires writable current directory; it always
  8921 reloads .ML *and* .thy file, if either one is out of date;
  8922 
  8923 
  8924 *** Classical Reasoner ***
  8925 
  8926 * Clarify_tac, clarify_tac, clarify_step_tac, Clarify_step_tac: new
  8927 tactics that use classical reasoning to simplify a subgoal without
  8928 splitting it into several subgoals;
  8929 
  8930 * Safe_tac: like safe_tac but uses the default claset;
  8931 
  8932 
  8933 *** Simplifier ***
  8934 
  8935 * added simplification meta rules:
  8936     (asm_)(full_)simplify: simpset -> thm -> thm;
  8937 
  8938 * simplifier.ML no longer part of Pure -- has to be loaded by object
  8939 logics (again);
  8940 
  8941 * added prems argument to simplification procedures;
  8942 
  8943 * HOL, FOL, ZF: added infix function `addsplits':
  8944   instead of `<simpset> setloop (split_tac <thms>)'
  8945   you can simply write `<simpset> addsplits <thms>'
  8946 
  8947 
  8948 *** Syntax ***
  8949 
  8950 * TYPE('a) syntax for type reflection terms;
  8951 
  8952 * no longer handles consts with name "" -- declare as 'syntax' instead;
  8953 
  8954 * pretty printer: changed order of mixfix annotation preference (again!);
  8955 
  8956 * Pure: fixed idt/idts vs. pttrn/pttrns syntactic categories;
  8957 
  8958 
  8959 *** HOL ***
  8960 
  8961 * HOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
  8962   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
  8963 
  8964 * HOL/TLA: Stephan Merz's formalization of Lamport's Temporal Logic of Actions;
  8965 
  8966 * HOL/Auth: new protocol proofs including some for the Internet
  8967   protocol TLS;
  8968 
  8969 * HOL/Map: new theory of `maps' a la VDM;
  8970 
  8971 * HOL/simplifier: simplification procedures nat_cancel_sums for
  8972 cancelling out common nat summands from =, <, <= (in)equalities, or
  8973 differences; simplification procedures nat_cancel_factor for
  8974 cancelling common factor from =, <, <= (in)equalities over natural
  8975 sums; nat_cancel contains both kinds of procedures, it is installed by
  8976 default in Arith.thy -- this COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS FAIL;
  8977 
  8978 * HOL/simplifier: terms of the form
  8979   `? x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x)'  (or t=x)
  8980   are rewritten to
  8981   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t)',
  8982   and those of the form
  8983   `! x. P1(x) & ... & Pn(x) & x=t & Q1(x) & ... Qn(x) --> R(x)'  (or t=x)
  8984   are rewritten to
  8985   `P1(t) & ... & Pn(t) & Q1(t) & ... Qn(t) --> R(t)',
  8986 
  8987 * HOL/datatype
  8988   Each datatype `t' now comes with a theorem `split_t_case' of the form
  8989 
  8990   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
  8991      ( (!y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 --> P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) &
  8992         ...
  8993        (!y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn --> P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
  8994      )
  8995 
  8996   and a theorem `split_t_case_asm' of the form
  8997 
  8998   P(t_case f1 ... fn x) =
  8999     ~( (? y1 ... ym1. x = C1 y1 ... ym1 & ~P(f1 y1 ... ym1)) |
  9000         ...
  9001        (? y1 ... ymn. x = Cn y1 ... ymn & ~P(f1 y1 ... ymn))
  9002      )
  9003   which can be added to a simpset via `addsplits'. The existing theorems
  9004   expand_list_case and expand_option_case have been renamed to
  9005   split_list_case and split_option_case.
  9006 
  9007 * HOL/Arithmetic:
  9008   - `pred n' is automatically converted to `n-1'.
  9009     Users are strongly encouraged not to use `pred' any longer,
  9010     because it will disappear altogether at some point.
  9011   - Users are strongly encouraged to write "0 < n" rather than
  9012     "n ~= 0". Theorems and proof tools have been modified towards this
  9013     `standard'.
  9014 
  9015 * HOL/Lists:
  9016   the function "set_of_list" has been renamed "set" (and its theorems too);
  9017   the function "nth" now takes its arguments in the reverse order and
  9018   has acquired the infix notation "!" as in "xs!n".
  9019 
  9020 * HOL/Set: UNIV is now a constant and is no longer translated to Compl{};
  9021 
  9022 * HOL/Set: The operator (UN x.B x) now abbreviates (UN x:UNIV. B x) and its
  9023   specialist theorems (like UN1_I) are gone.  Similarly for (INT x.B x);
  9024 
  9025 * HOL/record: extensible records with schematic structural subtyping
  9026 (single inheritance); EXPERIMENTAL version demonstrating the encoding,
  9027 still lacks various theorems and concrete record syntax;
  9028 
  9029 
  9030 *** HOLCF ***
  9031 
  9032 * removed "axioms" and "generated by" sections;
  9033 
  9034 * replaced "ops" section by extended "consts" section, which is capable of
  9035   handling the continuous function space "->" directly;
  9036 
  9037 * domain package:
  9038   . proves theorems immediately and stores them in the theory,
  9039   . creates hierachical name space,
  9040   . now uses normal mixfix annotations (instead of cinfix...),
  9041   . minor changes to some names and values (for consistency),
  9042   . e.g. cases -> casedist, dists_eq -> dist_eqs, [take_lemma] -> take_lemmas,
  9043   . separator between mutual domain defs: changed "," to "and",
  9044   . improved handling of sort constraints;  now they have to
  9045     appear on the left-hand side of the equations only;
  9046 
  9047 * fixed LAM <x,y,zs>.b syntax;
  9048 
  9049 * added extended adm_tac to simplifier in HOLCF -- can now discharge
  9050 adm (%x. P (t x)), where P is chainfinite and t continuous;
  9051 
  9052 
  9053 *** FOL and ZF ***
  9054 
  9055 * FOL: there is a new splitter `split_asm_tac' that can be used e.g.
  9056   with `addloop' of the simplifier to faciliate case splitting in premises.
  9057 
  9058 * qed_spec_mp, qed_goal_spec_mp, qed_goalw_spec_mp are available, as
  9059 in HOL, they strip ALL and --> from proved theorems;
  9060 
  9061 
  9062 
  9063 New in Isabelle94-8 (May 1997)
  9064 ------------------------------
  9065 
  9066 *** General Changes ***
  9067 
  9068 * new utilities to build / run / maintain Isabelle etc. (in parts
  9069 still somewhat experimental); old Makefiles etc. still functional;
  9070 
  9071 * new 'Isabelle System Manual';
  9072 
  9073 * INSTALL text, together with ./configure and ./build scripts;
  9074 
  9075 * reimplemented type inference for greater efficiency, better error
  9076 messages and clean internal interface;
  9077 
  9078 * prlim command for dealing with lots of subgoals (an easier way of
  9079 setting goals_limit);
  9080 
  9081 
  9082 *** Syntax ***
  9083 
  9084 * supports alternative (named) syntax tables (parser and pretty
  9085 printer); internal interface is provided by add_modesyntax(_i);
  9086 
  9087 * Pure, FOL, ZF, HOL, HOLCF now support symbolic input and output; to
  9088 be used in conjunction with the Isabelle symbol font; uses the
  9089 "symbols" syntax table;
  9090 
  9091 * added token_translation interface (may translate name tokens in
  9092 arbitrary ways, dependent on their type (free, bound, tfree, ...) and
  9093 the current print_mode); IMPORTANT: user print translation functions
  9094 are responsible for marking newly introduced bounds
  9095 (Syntax.mark_boundT);
  9096 
  9097 * token translations for modes "xterm" and "xterm_color" that display
  9098 names in bold, underline etc. or colors (which requires a color
  9099 version of xterm);
  9100 
  9101 * infixes may now be declared with names independent of their syntax;
  9102 
  9103 * added typed_print_translation (like print_translation, but may
  9104 access type of constant);
  9105 
  9106 
  9107 *** Classical Reasoner ***
  9108 
  9109 Blast_tac: a new tactic!  It is often more powerful than fast_tac, but has
  9110 some limitations.  Blast_tac...
  9111   + ignores addss, addbefore, addafter; this restriction is intrinsic
  9112   + ignores elimination rules that don't have the correct format
  9113         (the conclusion MUST be a formula variable)
  9114   + ignores types, which can make HOL proofs fail
  9115   + rules must not require higher-order unification, e.g. apply_type in ZF
  9116     [message "Function Var's argument not a bound variable" relates to this]
  9117   + its proof strategy is more general but can actually be slower
  9118 
  9119 * substitution with equality assumptions no longer permutes other
  9120 assumptions;
  9121 
  9122 * minor changes in semantics of addafter (now called addaltern); renamed
  9123 setwrapper to setWrapper and compwrapper to compWrapper; added safe wrapper
  9124 (and access functions for it);
  9125 
  9126 * improved combination of classical reasoner and simplifier:
  9127   + functions for handling clasimpsets
  9128   + improvement of addss: now the simplifier is called _after_ the
  9129     safe steps.
  9130   + safe variant of addss called addSss: uses safe simplifications
  9131     _during_ the safe steps. It is more complete as it allows multiple
  9132     instantiations of unknowns (e.g. with slow_tac).
  9133 
  9134 *** Simplifier ***
  9135 
  9136 * added interface for simplification procedures (functions that
  9137 produce *proven* rewrite rules on the fly, depending on current
  9138 redex);
  9139 
  9140 * ordering on terms as parameter (used for ordered rewriting);
  9141 
  9142 * new functions delcongs, deleqcongs, and Delcongs. richer rep_ss;
  9143 
  9144 * the solver is now split into a safe and an unsafe part.
  9145 This should be invisible for the normal user, except that the
  9146 functions setsolver and addsolver have been renamed to setSolver and
  9147 addSolver; added safe_asm_full_simp_tac;
  9148 
  9149 
  9150 *** HOL ***
  9151 
  9152 * a generic induction tactic `induct_tac' which works for all datatypes and
  9153 also for type `nat';
  9154 
  9155 * a generic case distinction tactic `exhaust_tac' which works for all
  9156 datatypes and also for type `nat';
  9157 
  9158 * each datatype comes with a function `size';
  9159 
  9160 * patterns in case expressions allow tuple patterns as arguments to
  9161 constructors, for example `case x of [] => ... | (x,y,z)#ps => ...';
  9162 
  9163 * primrec now also works with type nat;
  9164 
  9165 * recdef: a new declaration form, allows general recursive functions to be
  9166 defined in theory files.  See HOL/ex/Fib, HOL/ex/Primes, HOL/Subst/Unify.
  9167 
  9168 * the constant for negation has been renamed from "not" to "Not" to
  9169 harmonize with FOL, ZF, LK, etc.;
  9170 
  9171 * HOL/ex/LFilter theory of a corecursive "filter" functional for
  9172 infinite lists;
  9173 
  9174 * HOL/Modelcheck demonstrates invocation of model checker oracle;
  9175 
  9176 * HOL/ex/Ring.thy declares cring_simp, which solves equational
  9177 problems in commutative rings, using axiomatic type classes for + and *;
  9178 
  9179 * more examples in HOL/MiniML and HOL/Auth;
  9180 
  9181 * more default rewrite rules for quantifiers, union/intersection;
  9182 
  9183 * a new constant `arbitrary == @x.False';
  9184 
  9185 * HOLCF/IOA replaces old HOL/IOA;
  9186 
  9187 * HOLCF changes: derived all rules and arities
  9188   + axiomatic type classes instead of classes
  9189   + typedef instead of faking type definitions
  9190   + eliminated the internal constants less_fun, less_cfun, UU_fun, UU_cfun etc.
  9191   + new axclasses cpo, chfin, flat with flat < chfin < pcpo < cpo < po
  9192   + eliminated the types void, one, tr
  9193   + use unit lift and bool lift (with translations) instead of one and tr
  9194   + eliminated blift from Lift3.thy (use Def instead of blift)
  9195   all eliminated rules are derived as theorems --> no visible changes ;
  9196 
  9197 
  9198 *** ZF ***
  9199 
  9200 * ZF now has Fast_tac, Simp_tac and Auto_tac.  Union_iff is a now a default
  9201 rewrite rule; this may affect some proofs.  eq_cs is gone but can be put back
  9202 as ZF_cs addSIs [equalityI];
  9203 
  9204 
  9205 
  9206 New in Isabelle94-7 (November 96)
  9207 ---------------------------------
  9208 
  9209 * allowing negative levels (as offsets) in prlev and choplev;
  9210 
  9211 * super-linear speedup for large simplifications;
  9212 
  9213 * FOL, ZF and HOL now use miniscoping: rewriting pushes
  9214 quantifications in as far as possible (COULD MAKE EXISTING PROOFS
  9215 FAIL); can suppress it using the command Delsimps (ex_simps @
  9216 all_simps); De Morgan laws are also now included, by default;
  9217 
  9218 * improved printing of ==>  :  ~:
  9219 
  9220 * new object-logic "Sequents" adds linear logic, while replacing LK
  9221 and Modal (thanks to Sara Kalvala);
  9222 
  9223 * HOL/Auth: correctness proofs for authentication protocols;
  9224 
  9225 * HOL: new auto_tac combines rewriting and classical reasoning (many
  9226 examples on HOL/Auth);
  9227 
  9228 * HOL: new command AddIffs for declaring theorems of the form P=Q to
  9229 the rewriter and classical reasoner simultaneously;
  9230 
  9231 * function uresult no longer returns theorems in "standard" format;
  9232 regain previous version by: val uresult = standard o uresult;
  9233 
  9234 
  9235 
  9236 New in Isabelle94-6
  9237 -------------------
  9238 
  9239 * oracles -- these establish an interface between Isabelle and trusted
  9240 external reasoners, which may deliver results as theorems;
  9241 
  9242 * proof objects (in particular record all uses of oracles);
  9243 
  9244 * Simp_tac, Fast_tac, etc. that refer to implicit simpset / claset;
  9245 
  9246 * "constdefs" section in theory files;
  9247 
  9248 * "primrec" section (HOL) no longer requires names;
  9249 
  9250 * internal type "tactic" now simply "thm -> thm Sequence.seq";
  9251 
  9252 
  9253 
  9254 New in Isabelle94-5
  9255 -------------------
  9256 
  9257 * reduced space requirements;
  9258 
  9259 * automatic HTML generation from theories;
  9260 
  9261 * theory files no longer require "..." (quotes) around most types;
  9262 
  9263 * new examples, including two proofs of the Church-Rosser theorem;
  9264 
  9265 * non-curried (1994) version of HOL is no longer distributed;
  9266 
  9267 
  9268 
  9269 New in Isabelle94-4
  9270 -------------------
  9271 
  9272 * greatly reduced space requirements;
  9273 
  9274 * theory files (.thy) no longer require \...\ escapes at line breaks;
  9275 
  9276 * searchable theorem database (see the section "Retrieving theorems" on
  9277 page 8 of the Reference Manual);
  9278 
  9279 * new examples, including Grabczewski's monumental case study of the
  9280 Axiom of Choice;
  9281 
  9282 * The previous version of HOL renamed to Old_HOL;
  9283 
  9284 * The new version of HOL (previously called CHOL) uses a curried syntax
  9285 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b);
  9286 
  9287 * Mutually recursive inductive definitions finally work in HOL;
  9288 
  9289 * In ZF, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions and
  9290 translates to the operator "split";
  9291 
  9292 
  9293 
  9294 New in Isabelle94-3
  9295 -------------------
  9296 
  9297 * new infix operator, addss, allowing the classical reasoner to
  9298 perform simplification at each step of its search.  Example:
  9299         fast_tac (cs addss ss)
  9300 
  9301 * a new logic, CHOL, the same as HOL, but with a curried syntax
  9302 for functions.  Application looks like f a b instead of f(a,b).  Also pairs
  9303 look like (a,b) instead of <a,b>;
  9304 
  9305 * PLEASE NOTE: CHOL will eventually replace HOL!
  9306 
  9307 * In CHOL, pattern-matching on tuples is now available in all abstractions.
  9308 It translates to the operator "split".  A new theory of integers is available;
  9309 
  9310 * In ZF, integer numerals now denote two's-complement binary integers.
  9311 Arithmetic operations can be performed by rewriting.  See ZF/ex/Bin.ML;
  9312 
  9313 * Many new examples: I/O automata, Church-Rosser theorem, equivalents
  9314 of the Axiom of Choice;
  9315 
  9316 
  9317 
  9318 New in Isabelle94-2
  9319 -------------------
  9320 
  9321 * Significantly faster resolution;
  9322 
  9323 * the different sections in a .thy file can now be mixed and repeated
  9324 freely;
  9325 
  9326 * Database of theorems for FOL, HOL and ZF.  New
  9327 commands including qed, qed_goal and bind_thm store theorems in the database.
  9328 
  9329 * Simple database queries: return a named theorem (get_thm) or all theorems of
  9330 a given theory (thms_of), or find out what theory a theorem was proved in
  9331 (theory_of_thm);
  9332 
  9333 * Bugs fixed in the inductive definition and datatype packages;
  9334 
  9335 * The classical reasoner provides deepen_tac and depth_tac, making FOL_dup_cs
  9336 and HOL_dup_cs obsolete;
  9337 
  9338 * Syntactic ambiguities caused by the new treatment of syntax in Isabelle94-1
  9339 have been removed;
  9340 
  9341 * Simpler definition of function space in ZF;
  9342 
  9343 * new results about cardinal and ordinal arithmetic in ZF;
  9344 
  9345 * 'subtype' facility in HOL for introducing new types as subsets of existing
  9346 types;
  9347 
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