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+(************************************************************************)
+(* * The Coq Proof Assistant / The Coq Development Team *)
+(* v * INRIA, CNRS and contributors - Copyright 1999-2018 *)
+(* <O___,, * (see CREDITS file for the list of authors) *)
+(* \VV/ **************************************************************)
+(* // * This file is distributed under the terms of the *)
+(* * GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1 *)
+(* * (see LICENSE file for the text of the license) *)
+(************************************************************************)
+
+(** {5 Purely functional streams}
+
+ Contrarily to OCaml module [Stream], these are meant to be used purely
+ functionally. This implies in particular that accessing an element does not
+ discard it. *)
+
+type +'a t
+(** Type of pure streams. *)
+
+type ('a,'r) u =
+| Nil
+| Cons of 'a * 'r
+(** View type to decompose and build streams. *)
+
+(** {6 Constructors} *)
+
+val empty : 'a t
+(** The empty stream. *)
+
+val cons : 'a -> 'a t -> 'a t
+(** Append an element in front of a stream. *)
+
+val thunk : (unit -> ('a,'a t) u) -> 'a t
+(** Internalize the lazyness of a stream. *)
+
+val make : ('a -> ('b, 'a) u) -> 'a -> 'b t
+(** Coiteration constructor. *)
+
+(** {6 Destructors} *)
+
+val is_empty : 'a t -> bool
+(** Whethere a stream is empty. *)
+
+val peek : 'a t -> ('a , 'a t) u
+(** Return the head and the tail of a stream, if any. *)
+
+(** {6 Standard operations}
+
+ All stream-returning functions are lazy. The other ones are eager. *)
+
+val app : 'a t -> 'a t -> 'a t
+(** Append two streams. Not tail-rec. *)
+
+val map : ('a -> 'b) -> 'a t -> 'b t
+(** Mapping of streams. Not tail-rec. *)
+
+val iter : ('a -> unit) -> 'a t -> unit
+(** Iteration over streams. *)
+
+val fold : ('a -> 'b -> 'a) -> 'a -> 'b t -> 'a
+(** Fold over streams. *)
+
+val concat : 'a t t -> 'a t
+(** Appends recursively a stream of streams. *)
+
+val map_filter : ('a -> 'b option) -> 'a t -> 'b t
+(** Mixing [map] and [filter]. Not tail-rec. *)
+
+val concat_map : ('a -> 'b t) -> 'a t -> 'b t
+(** [concat_map f l] is the same as [concat (map f l)]. *)
+
+(** {6 Conversions} *)
+
+val of_list : 'a list -> 'a t
+(** Convert a list into a stream. *)
+
+val to_list : 'a t -> 'a list
+(** Convert a stream into a list. *)
+
+(** {6 Other}*)
+
+val force : 'a t -> 'a t
+(** Forces the whole stream. *)