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(*i $Id: syntax_def.mli 11512 2008-10-27 12:28:36Z herbelin $ i*)

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open Util
open Names
open Topconstr
open Rawterm
open Libnames
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(* Syntactic definitions. *)

type syndef_interpretation = (identifier * subscopes) list * aconstr

val declare_syntactic_definition : bool -> identifier -> bool -> 
  syndef_interpretation -> unit

val search_syntactic_definition : loc -> kernel_name -> syndef_interpretation

(* [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

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

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