import cast. import Int. variable vector : Type -> Nat -> Type axiom N0 (n : Nat) : n + 0 = n theorem V0 (T : Type) (n : Nat) : (vector T (n + 0)) = (vector T n) := congr (refl (vector T)) (N0 n) variable f (n : Nat) (v : vector Int n) : Int variable m : Nat variable v1 : vector Int (m + 0) -- The following application will fail because (vector Int (m + 0)) and (vector Int m) -- are not definitionally equal. check f m v1 -- The next one succeeds using the "casting" operator. -- We can do it, because (V0 Int m) is a proof that -- (vector Int (m + 0)) and (vector Int m) are propositionally equal. -- That is, they have the same interpretation in the lean set theoretic -- semantics. check f m (cast (V0 Int m) v1)