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From: Matej Kosik <m4tej.kosik@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:47:35 +0200
Subject: CLEANUP: switching from "right-to-left" to "left-to-right" function
 composition operator.
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Short story:

    This pull-request:

    (1) removes the definition of the "right-to-left" function composition operator

    (2) adds the definition of the "left-to-right" function composition operator

    (3) rewrites the code relying on "right-to-left" function composition to rely on "left-to-right" function composition operator instead.

Long story:

    In mathematics, function composition is traditionally denoted with ∘ operator.

    Ocaml standard library does not provide analogous operator under any name.

    Batteries Included provides provides two alternatives:

    	_ % _

    and

    	_ %> _

    The first operator one corresponds to the classical ∘ operator routinely used in mathematics.
    I.e.:

    	(f4 % f3 % f2 % f1) x  ≜  (f4 ∘ f3 ∘ f2 ∘ f1) x

    We can call it "right-to-left" composition because:
    - the function we write as first (f4) will be called as last
    - and the function write as last (f1) will be called as first.

    The meaning of the second operator is this:

    	(f1 %> f2 %> f3 %> f4) x  ≜  (f4 ∘ f3 ∘ f2 ∘ f1) x

    We can call it "left-to-right" composition because:
    - the function we write as first (f1) will be called first
    - and the function we write as last (f4) will be called last
    That is, the functions are written in the same order in which we write and read them.

    I think that it makes sense to prefer the "left-to-right" variant because
    it enables us to write functions in the same order in which they will be actually called
    and it thus better fits our culture
    (we read/write from left to right).
---
 proofs/tacmach.ml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'proofs/tacmach.ml')

diff --git a/proofs/tacmach.ml b/proofs/tacmach.ml
index e90024076..93e276f4b 100644
--- a/proofs/tacmach.ml
+++ b/proofs/tacmach.ml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ let pf_const_value              = pf_reduce (fun env _ -> constant_value_in env)
 let pf_reduce_to_quantified_ind = pf_reduce reduce_to_quantified_ind
 let pf_reduce_to_atomic_ind     = pf_reduce reduce_to_atomic_ind
 
-let pf_hnf_type_of gls          = pf_whd_all gls % pf_get_type_of gls
+let pf_hnf_type_of gls          = pf_get_type_of gls %> pf_whd_all gls
 
 let pf_is_matching              = pf_apply Constr_matching.is_matching_conv
 let pf_matches                  = pf_apply Constr_matching.matches_conv
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