From 8e3c749e69649fb45750355e464ce7c16a4462c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hugo Herbelin <Hugo.Herbelin@inria.fr>
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 15:36:20 +0200
Subject: Improving printing of "[]" (nil) in spite of the risk of collision
 with possible further use of token "[]" + slight restructuration.

---
 theories/Lists/List.v | 29 ++++++++++++++---------------
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

(limited to 'theories/Lists')

diff --git a/theories/Lists/List.v b/theories/Lists/List.v
index 3e660caab..378cf722a 100644
--- a/theories/Lists/List.v
+++ b/theories/Lists/List.v
@@ -21,6 +21,16 @@ Set Implicit Arguments.
 
 Open Scope list_scope.
 
+(** Standard notations for lists. 
+In a special module to avoid conflicts. *)
+Module ListNotations.
+Notation " [ ] " := nil (format "[ ]") : list_scope.
+Notation " [ x ] " := (cons x nil) : list_scope.
+Notation " [ x ; .. ; y ] " := (cons x .. (cons y nil) ..) : list_scope.
+End ListNotations.
+
+Import ListNotations.
+
 Section Lists.
 
   Variable A : Type.
@@ -29,42 +39,31 @@ Section Lists.
 
   Definition hd (default:A) (l:list A) :=
     match l with
-      | nil => default
+      | [] => default
       | x :: _ => x
     end.
 
   Definition hd_error (l:list A) :=
     match l with
-      | nil => error
+      | [] => error
       | x :: _ => value x
     end.
 
   Definition tl (l:list A) :=
     match l with
-      | nil => nil
+      | [] => nil
       | a :: m => m
     end.
 
   (** The [In] predicate *)
   Fixpoint In (a:A) (l:list A) : Prop :=
     match l with
-      | nil => False
+      | [] => False
       | b :: m => b = a \/ In a m
     end.
 
 End Lists.
 
-
-(** Standard notations for lists. 
-In a special module to avoid conflict. *)
-Module ListNotations.
-Notation " [ ] " := nil : list_scope.
-Notation " [ x ] " := (cons x nil) : list_scope.
-Notation " [ x ; .. ; y ] " := (cons x .. (cons y nil) ..) : list_scope.
-End ListNotations.
-
-Import ListNotations.
-
 Section Facts.
 
   Variable A : Type.
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