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@@ -1,3 +1,33 @@ +Changes from V8.5beta3 to V8.5 +============================== + +Tools + +- Flag "-compat 8.4" now loads Coq.Compat.Coq84. The standard way of + putting Coq in v8.4 compatibility mode is to pass the command line flag + "-compat 8.4". It can be followed by "-require Coq.Compat.AdmitAxiom" + if the 8.4 behavior of admit is needed, in which case it uses an axiom. + +Specification language + +- Syntax "$(tactic)$" changed to "ltac:(tactic)". + +Tactics + +- Syntax "destruct !hyp" changed to "destruct (hyp)", and similarly + for induction (rare source of incompatibilities easily solvable by + removing parentheses around "hyp" when not for the purpose of keeping + the hypothesis). +- Syntax "p/c" for on-the-fly application of a lemma c before + introducing along pattern p changed to p%c1..%cn. The feature and + syntax are in experimental stage. +- "Proof using" does not clear unused section variables. +- Tactic "refine" has been changed back to the 8.4 behavior of shelving subgoals + that occur in other subgoals. The "refine" tactic of 8.5beta3 has been + renamed "simple refine"; it does not shelve any subgoal. +- New tactical "unshelve tac" which grab existential variables put on + the tactic shelve by the execution of "tac". + Changes from V8.5beta2 to V8.5beta3 =================================== @@ -9,6 +39,7 @@ Vernacular commands declaration of all polymorphic universes appearing in a definition when introducing it. - New command "Show id" to show goal named id. +- Option "Virtual Machine" removed. Tactics @@ -67,6 +98,14 @@ Tools - The -require and -load-vernac-object command-line options now take a logical path of a given library rather than a physical path, thus they behave like Require [Import] path. +- The -vm command-line option has been removed. + +Standard Library + + - There is now a Coq.Compat.Coq84 library, which sets the various compatibility + options and does a few redefinitions to make Coq behave more like Coq v8.4. + The standard way of putting Coq in v8.4 compatibility mode is to pass the command + line flags "-require Coq.Compat.Coq84 -compat 8.4". Changes from V8.5beta1 to V8.5beta2 =================================== @@ -76,6 +115,10 @@ Logic - The VM now supports inductive types with up to 8388851 non-constant constructors and up to 8388607 constant ones. +Specification language + +- Syntax "$(tactic)$" changed to "ltac: tactic". + Tactics - A script using the admit tactic can no longer be concluded by either @@ -100,8 +143,6 @@ API - The interface of [change] has changed to take a [change_arg], which can be built from a [constr] using [make_change_arg]. -- [pattern_of_constr] now returns a triplet including the cleaned-up - [evar_map], removing the evars that were turned into metas. Changes from V8.4 to V8.5beta1 ============================== @@ -397,6 +438,9 @@ Program - "Solve Obligations using" changed to "Solve Obligations with", consistent with "Proof with". - Program Lemma, Definition now respect automatic introduction. +- Program Lemma, Definition, etc.. now interpret "->" like Lemma and + Definition as a non-dependent arrow (potential source of + incompatibility). - Add/document "Set Hide Obligations" (to hide obligations in the final term inside an implicit argument) and "Set Shrink Obligations" (to minimize dependencies of obligations defined by tactics). @@ -453,11 +497,9 @@ Interfaces documentation of OCaml's Str module for the supported syntax. - Many CoqIDE windows, including the query one, are now detachable to improve usability on multi screen work stations. - - Coqtop/coqc outputs highlighted syntax. Colors can be configured thanks to the COQ_COLORS environment variable, and their current state can be displayed with the -list-tags command line option. - - Third party user interfaces can install their main loop in $COQLIB/toploop and call coqtop with the -toploop flag to select it. |