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