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Lean.Declaration

Reducibility hints are used in the convertibility checker. When trying to solve a constraint such a

       (f ...) =?= (g ...)

where f and g are definitions, the checker has to decide which one will be unfolded. If f (g) is opaque, then g (f) is unfolded if it is also not marked as opaque, Else if f (g) is abbrev, then f (g) is unfolded if g (f) is also not marked as abbrev, Else if f and g are regular, then we unfold the one with the biggest definitional height. Otherwise both are unfolded.

The arguments of the regular Constructor are: the definitional height and the flag selfOpt.

The definitional height is by default computed by the kernel. It only takes into account other regular definitions used in a definition. When creating declarations using meta-programming, we can specify the definitional depth manually.

Remark: the hint only affects performance. None of the hints prevent the kernel from unfolding a declaration during Type checking.

Remark: the ReducibilityHints are not related to the attributes: reducible/irrelevance/semireducible. These attributes are used by the Elaborator. The ReducibilityHints are used by the kernel (and Elaborator). Moreover, the ReducibilityHints cannot be changed after a declaration is added to the kernel.

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      @[export lean_reducibility_hints_get_height]
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        Base structure for AxiomVal, DefinitionVal, TheoremVal, InductiveVal, ConstructorVal, RecursorVal and QuotVal.

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            @[export lean_mk_axiom_val]
            def Lean.mkAxiomValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type : Expr) (isUnsafe : Bool) :
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              @[export lean_axiom_val_is_unsafe]
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                  @[export lean_mk_definition_val]
                  def Lean.mkDefinitionValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type value : Expr) (hints : ReducibilityHints) (safety : DefinitionSafety) (all : List Name) :
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                    @[export lean_definition_val_get_safety]
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                        @[export lean_mk_theorem_val]
                        def Lean.mkTheoremValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type value : Expr) (all : List Name) :
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                          Value for an opaque constant declaration opaque x : t := e

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                            @[export lean_mk_opaque_val]
                            def Lean.mkOpaqueValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type value : Expr) (isUnsafe : Bool) (all : List Name) :
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                                    Declaration object that can be sent to the kernel.

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                                      @[export lean_mk_inductive_decl]
                                      def Lean.mkInductiveDeclEs (lparams : List Name) (nparams : Nat) (types : List InductiveType) (isUnsafe : Bool) :
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                                        @[export lean_is_unsafe_inductive_decl]
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                                          Returns all top-level names to be defined by adding this declaration to the environment, i.e. excluding nested helper declarations generated automatically.

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                                            Returns all names to be defined by adding this declaration to the environment. This does not include auxiliary definitions such as projections added by the elaborator, nor auxiliary recursors computed by the kernel for nested inductive types.

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                                              def Lean.Declaration.foldExprM {α : Type} {m : TypeType} [Monad m] (d : Declaration) (f : αExprm α) (a : α) :
                                              m α
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                                                def Lean.Declaration.forExprM {m : TypeType} [Monad m] (d : Declaration) (f : Exprm Unit) :
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                                                  The kernel compiles (mutual) inductive declarations (see inductiveDecls) into a set of

                                                  • Declaration.inductDecl (for each inductive datatype in the mutual Declaration),
                                                  • Declaration.ctorDecl (for each Constructor in the mutual Declaration),
                                                  • Declaration.recDecl (automatically generated recursors).

                                                  This data is used to implement iota-reduction efficiently and compile nested inductive declarations.

                                                  A series of checks are performed by the kernel to check whether a inductiveDecls is valid or not.

                                                  • numParams : Nat

                                                    Number of parameters. A parameter is an argument to the defined type that is fixed over constructors. An example of this is the α : Type argument in the vector constructors nil : Vector α 0 and cons : α → Vector α n → Vector α (n+1).

                                                    The intuition is that the inductive type must exhibit parametric polymorphism over the inductive parameter, as opposed to ad-hoc polymorphism.

                                                  • numIndices : Nat

                                                    Number of indices. An index is an argument that varies over constructors.

                                                    An example of this is the n : Nat argument in the vector constructor cons : α → Vector α n → Vector α (n+1).

                                                  • all : List Name

                                                    List of all (including this one) inductive datatypes in the mutual declaration containing this one

                                                  • ctors : List Name

                                                    List of the names of the constructors for this inductive datatype.

                                                  • numNested : Nat

                                                    Number of auxiliary data types produced from nested occurrences. An inductive definition T is nested when there is a constructor with an argument x : F T, where F : Type → Type is some suitably behaved (ie strictly positive) function (Eg Array T, List T, T × T, ...).

                                                  • isRec : Bool

                                                    true when recursive (that is, the inductive type appears as an argument in a constructor).

                                                  • isUnsafe : Bool

                                                    Whether the definition is flagged as unsafe.

                                                  • isReflexive : Bool

                                                    An inductive type is called reflexive if it has at least one constructor that takes as an argument a function returning the same type we are defining. Consider the type:

                                                    inductive WideTree where
                                                    | branch: (Nat -> WideTree) -> WideTree
                                                    | leaf: WideTree
                                                    

                                                    this is reflexive due to the presence of the branch : (Nat -> WideTree) -> WideTree constructor.

                                                    See also: 'Inductive Definitions in the system Coq Rules and Properties' by Christine Paulin-Mohring Section 2.2, Definition 3

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                                                    def Lean.mkInductiveValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type : Expr) (numParams numIndices : Nat) (all ctors : List Name) (numNested : Nat) (isRec isUnsafe isReflexive : Bool) :
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                                                      @[export lean_inductive_val_is_rec]
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                                                        @[export lean_inductive_val_is_unsafe]
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                                                          @[export lean_inductive_val_is_reflexive]
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                                                            • induct : Name

                                                              Inductive type this constructor is a member of

                                                            • cidx : Nat

                                                              Constructor index (i.e., Position in the inductive declaration)

                                                            • numParams : Nat

                                                              Number of parameters in inductive datatype.

                                                            • numFields : Nat

                                                              Number of fields (i.e., arity - nparams)

                                                            • isUnsafe : Bool
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                                                              @[export lean_mk_constructor_val]
                                                              def Lean.mkConstructorValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type : Expr) (induct : Name) (cidx numParams numFields : Nat) (isUnsafe : Bool) :
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                                                                  Information for reducing a recursor

                                                                  • ctor : Name

                                                                    Reduction rule for this Constructor

                                                                  • nfields : Nat

                                                                    Number of fields (i.e., without counting inductive datatype parameters)

                                                                  • rhs : Expr

                                                                    Right hand side of the reduction rule

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                                                                    • all : List Name

                                                                      List of all inductive datatypes in the mutual declaration that generated this recursor

                                                                    • numParams : Nat

                                                                      Number of parameters

                                                                    • numIndices : Nat

                                                                      Number of indices

                                                                    • numMotives : Nat

                                                                      Number of motives

                                                                    • numMinors : Nat

                                                                      Number of minor premises

                                                                    • A reduction for each Constructor

                                                                    • k : Bool

                                                                      It supports K-like reduction. A recursor is said to support K-like reduction if one can assume it behaves like Eq under axiom K --- that is, it has one constructor, the constructor has 0 arguments, and it is an inductive predicate (ie, it lives in Prop).

                                                                      Examples of inductives with K-like reduction is Eq, Acc, and And.intro. Non-examples are exists (where the constructor has arguments) and Or.intro (which has multiple constructors).

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                                                                      @[export lean_mk_recursor_val]
                                                                      def Lean.mkRecursorValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type : Expr) (all : List Name) (numParams numIndices numMotives numMinors : Nat) (rules : List RecursorRule) (k isUnsafe : Bool) :
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                                                                        @[export lean_recursor_k]
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                                                                            The inductive type of the major argument of the recursor.

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                                                                              inductive Lean.QuotKind :
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                                                                                def Lean.mkQuotValEx (name : Name) (levelParams : List Name) (type : Expr) (kind : QuotKind) :
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                                                                                    Information associated with constant declarations.

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                                                                                      def Lean.ConstantInfo.value? (info : ConstantInfo) (allowOpaque : Bool := false) :
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                                                                                        def Lean.ConstantInfo.hasValue (info : ConstantInfo) (allowOpaque : Bool := false) :
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                                                                                          def Lean.ConstantInfo.value! (info : ConstantInfo) (allowOpaque : Bool := false) :
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                                                                                            List of all (including this one) declarations in the same mutual block.

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                                                                                              def Lean.mkRecName (declName : Name) :
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