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diff --git a/lib/util.mli b/lib/util.mli
index 6bed7e35..1eb60f50 100644
--- a/lib/util.mli
+++ b/lib/util.mli
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
(************************************************************************)
-(* v * The Coq Proof Assistant / The Coq Development Team *)
-(* <O___,, * INRIA - CNRS - LIX - LRI - PPS - Copyright 1999-2016 *)
+(* * 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 *)
+(* // * 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) *)
(************************************************************************)
(** This module contains numerous utility functions on strings, lists,
@@ -84,13 +86,17 @@ val matrix_transpose : 'a list list -> 'a list list
val identity : 'a -> 'a
-(** Function composition: the mathematical [∘] operator.
+(** Left-to-right function composition:
+
+ [f1 %> f2] is [fun x -> f2 (f1 x)].
- So [g % f] is a synonym for [fun x -> g (f x)].
+ [f1 %> f2 %> f3] is [fun x -> f3 (f2 (f1 x))].
- Also because [%] is right-associative, [h % g % f] means [fun x -> h (g (f x))].
+ [f1 %> f2 %> f3 %> f4] is [fun x -> f4 (f3 (f2 (f1 x)))]
+
+ etc.
*)
-val (%) : ('a -> 'b) -> ('c -> 'a) -> 'c -> 'b
+val ( %> ) : ('a -> 'b) -> ('b -> 'c) -> 'a -> 'c
val const : 'a -> 'b -> 'a
val iterate : ('a -> 'a) -> int -> 'a -> 'a
@@ -129,5 +135,12 @@ type 'a until = 'a CSig.until = Stop of 'a | Cont of 'a
type ('a, 'b) eq = ('a, 'b) CSig.eq = Refl : ('a, 'a) eq
+val sym : ('a, 'b) eq -> ('b, 'a) eq
+
val open_utf8_file_in : string -> in_channel
(** Open an utf-8 encoded file and skip the byte-order mark if any. *)
+
+val set_temporary_memory : unit -> ('a -> 'a) * (unit -> 'a)
+(** A trick which can typically be used to store on the fly the
+ computation of values in the "when" clause of a "match" then
+ retrieve the evaluated result in the r.h.s of the clause *)