The main motivation is that we will be able to move equalities between universes.
For example, suppose we have
A : (Type i)
B : (Type i)
H : @eq (Type j) A B
where j > i
We didn't find any trick for deducing (@eq (Type i) A B) from H.
Before this commit, heterogeneous equality as a constant with type
heq : {A B : (Type U)} : A -> B -> Bool
So, from H, we would only be able to deduce
(@heq (Type j) (Type j) A B)
Not being able to move the equality back to a smaller universe is
problematic in several cases. I list some instances in the end of the commit message.
With this commit, Heterogeneous equality is a special kind of expression.
It is not a constant anymore. From H, we can deduce
H1 : A == B
That is, we are essentially "erasing" the universes when we move to heterogeneous equality.
Now, since A and B have (Type i), we can deduce (@eq (Type i) A B) from H1. The proof term is
(to_eq (Type i) A B (to_heq (Type j) A B H)) : (@eq (Type i) A B)
So, it remains to explain why we need this feature.
For example, suppose we want to state the Pi extensionality axiom.
axiom hpiext {A A' : (Type U)} {B : A → (Type U)} {B' : A' → (Type U)} :
A = A' → (∀ x x', x == x' → B x == B' x') → (∀ x, B x) == (∀ x, B' x)
This axiom produces an "inflated" equality at (Type U) when we treat heterogeneous
equality as a constant. The conclusion
(∀ x, B x) == (∀ x, B' x)
is syntax sugar for
(@heq (Type U) (Type U) (∀ x : A, B x) (∀ x : A', B' x))
Even if A, A', B, B' live in a much smaller universe.
As I described above, it doesn't seem to be a way to move this equality back to a smaller universe.
So, if we wanted to keep the heterogeneous equality as a constant, it seems we would
have to support axiom schemas. That is, hpiext would be parametrized by the universes where
A, A', B and B'. Another possibility would be to have universe polymorphism like Agda.
None of the solutions seem attractive.
So, we decided to have heterogeneous equality as a special kind of expression.
And use the trick above to move equalities back to the right universe.
BTW, the parser is not creating the new heterogeneous equalities yet.
Moreover, kernel.lean still contains a constant name heq2 that is the heterogeneous
equality as a constant.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
It is not incorrect to use size, but it can easily overflow due to sharing.
The following script demonstrates the problem:
local f = Const("f")
local a = Const("a")
function mk_shared(d)
if d == 0 then
return a
else
local c = mk_shared(d-1)
return f(c, c)
end
end
print(mk_shared(33):size())
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
This commit allows us to build Lean without the pthread dependency.
It is also useful if we want to implement multi-threading on top of Boost.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
After this commit, a value of type 'expr' cannot be a reference to nullptr.
This commit also fixes several bugs due to the use of 'null' expressions.
TODO: do the same for kernel objects, sexprs, etc.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
operator bool() may produce unwanted conversions.
For example, we had the following bug in the code base.
...
object const & obj = find_object(const_name(n));
if (obj && obj.is_builtin() && obj.get_name() == n)
...
obj.get_name() has type lean::name
n has type lean::expr
Both have 'operator bool()', then the compiler uses the operator to
convert them to Boolean, and then compare the result.
Of course, this is not our intention.
After this commit, the compiler correctly signs the error.
The correct code is
...
object const & obj = find_object(const_name(n));
if (obj && obj.is_builtin() && obj.get_name() == const_name(n))
...
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
The directory bindings/lua was getting too big and had too many dependencies.
Moreover, it was getting too painful to edit/maintain two different places.
Now, the bindings for module X are in the directory that defines X.
For example, the bindings for util/name.cpp are located at util/name.cpp.
The only exception is the kernel. We do not want to inflate the kernel
with Lua bindings. The bindings for the kernel classes are located
at bindings/kernel_bindings.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
The new hash code has the property that given expr_cell * c1 and expr_cell * c2,
if c1 != c2 then there is a high propbability that c1->hash_alloc() != c2->hash_alloc().
The structural hash code hash() does not have this property because we may have
c1 != c2, but c1 and c2 are structurally equal.
The new hash code is only compatible with pointer equality.
By compatible we mean, if c1 == c2, then c1->hash_alloc() == c2->hash_alloc().
This property is obvious because hash_alloc() does not have side-effects.
The test tests/lua/big.lua exposes the problem fixed by this commit.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
For example, this feature is useful when displaying the integer value 10 with coercions enabled. In this case, we want to display "nat_to_int 10" instead of "10".
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
The printer and formatter objects are not trusted code.
We moved them to the kernel to be able to provide them as an argument to the trace objects.
Another motivation is to eliminate the kernel_exception_formatter hack.
With the formatter in the kernel, we can implement the pretty printer for kernel exceptions as a virtual method.
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
- Use hierarchical names instead of unsigned integers to identify metavariables.
- Associate type with metavariable.
- Replace metavar_env with substitution.
- Rename meta_ctx --> local_ctx
- Rename meta_entry --> local_entry
- Disable old elaborator
- Rename unification_problems to unification_constraints
- Add metavar_generator
- Fix metavar unit tests
- Modify type checker to use metavar_generator
- Fix placeholder module
Signed-off-by: Leonardo de Moura <leonardo@microsoft.com>
The actual implementation of these two operators is outside of the
kernel. They are implemented in the file 'library/printer.cpp'.
We declare them in the kernel to prevent the following problem.
Suppose there is a file 'foo.cpp' that does not include
'library/printer.h', but contains
expr a;
...
std::cout << a << "\n";
...
The compiler does not generate an error message. It silently uses the
operator bool() to coerce the expression into a Boolean. This produces
counter-intuitive behavior, and may confuse developers.
