(* Too weak check on the correctness of return clause was leading to an anomaly *) Inductive Vector A: nat -> Type := nil: Vector A O | cons: forall n, A -> Vector A n -> Vector A (S n). (* This could be made working with a better inference of inner return predicates from the return predicate at the higher level of the nested matching. Currently, we only check that it does not raise an anomaly, but eventually, the "Fail" could be removed. *) Fail Definition hd_fst A x n (v: A * Vector A (S n)) := match v as v0 return match v0 with (l, r) => match r in Vector _ n return match n with 0 => Type | S _ => Type end with nil _ => A | cons _ _ _ _ => A end end with (_, nil _) => x | (_, cons _ n hd tl) => hd end. (* This is another example of failure but involving beta-reduction and not iota-reduction. Thus, for this one, I don't see how it could be solved by small inversion, whatever smart is small inversion. *) Inductive A : (Type->Type) -> Type := J : A (fun x => x). Fail Check fun x : nat * A (fun x => x) => match x return match x with (y,z) => match z in A f return f Type with J => bool end end with (y,J) => true end.