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(* $Id:$ *)

open Util
open Names
open Libnames
open Genarg

(* [locate_global_with_alias] locates global reference possibly following
   a notation if this notation has a role of aliasing; raise Not_found
   if not bound in the global env; raise an error if bound to a
   syntactic def that does not denote a reference *)

val locate_global_with_alias : qualid located -> global_reference

(* Extract a global_reference from a reference that can be an "alias" *)
val global_of_extended_global : extended_global_reference -> global_reference

(* Locate a reference taking into account possible "alias" notations *)
val global_with_alias : reference -> global_reference

(* The same for inductive types *)
val global_inductive_with_alias : reference -> inductive

(* Locate a reference taking into account notations and "aliases" *)
val smart_global : reference or_by_notation -> global_reference

(* The same for inductive types *)
val smart_global_inductive : reference or_by_notation -> inductive