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diff --git a/COMPATIBILITY b/COMPATIBILITY index 41474202..2ce29346 100644 --- a/COMPATIBILITY +++ b/COMPATIBILITY @@ -1,3 +1,31 @@ +Potential sources of incompatibilities between Coq V8.4 and V8.5 +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +(see also file CHANGES) + +Universe Polymorphism. + +- Refinement, unification and tactics are now aware of universes, + resulting in more localized errors. Universe inconsistencies + should no more get raised at Qed time but during the proof. + Unification *always* produces well-typed substitutions, hence + some rare cases of unifications that succeeded while producing + ill-typed terms before will now fail. + +- The [change p with c] tactic semantics changed, now typechecking + [c] at each matching occurrence [t] of the pattern [p], and + converting [t] with [c]. + +- Template polymorphic inductive types: the partial application + of a template polymorphic type (e.g. list) is not polymorphic. + An explicit parameter application (e.g [fun A => list A]) or + [apply (list _)] will result in a polymorphic instance. + +- The type inference algorithm now takes opacity of constants into + account. This may have effects on tactics using type inference + (e.g. induction). Extra "Transparent" might have to be added to + revert opacity of constants. + Potential sources of incompatibilities between Coq V8.3 and V8.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -49,3 +77,16 @@ of the following changes: - The command "Load" is now atomic for backtracking (use "Unset Atomic Load" for compatibility). + + +Incompatibilities beyond 8.4... + +- Syntax: "x -> y" has now lower priority than "<->" "A -> B <-> C" is + now "A -> (B <-> C)" + +- Tactics: tauto and intuition no longer accidentally destruct binary + connectives or records other than and, or, prod, sum, iff. In most + of cases, dtauto or dintuition, though stronger than 8.3 tauto and + 8.3 intuition will provide compatibility. + +- "Solve Obligations using" is now "Solve Obligations with". |