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(************************************************************************)
(*         *   The Coq Proof Assistant / The Coq Development Team       *)
(*  v      *   INRIA, CNRS and contributors - Copyright 1999-2018       *)
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(*         *     GNU Lesser General Public License Version 2.1          *)
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(************************************************************************)

(** This module implements pattern-matching on terms *)

open Names
open Constr
open EConstr
open Environ
open Pattern
open Ltac_pretype

type binding_bound_vars = Id.Set.t

(** [PatternMatchingFailure] is the exception raised when pattern
  matching fails *)
exception PatternMatchingFailure

(** [special_meta] is the default name of the meta holding the
   surrounding context in subterm matching *)
val special_meta : metavariable

(** [bound_ident_map] represents the result of matching binding
   identifiers of the pattern with the binding identifiers of the term
   matched *)
type bound_ident_map = Id.t Id.Map.t

(** [matches pat c] matches [c] against [pat] and returns the resulting
   assignment of metavariables; it raises [PatternMatchingFailure] if
   not matchable; bindings are given in increasing order based on the
   numbers given in the pattern *)
val matches : env -> Evd.evar_map -> constr_pattern -> constr -> patvar_map

(** [matches_head pat c] does the same as [matches pat c] but accepts
    [pat] to match an applicative prefix of [c] *)
val matches_head : env -> Evd.evar_map -> constr_pattern -> constr -> patvar_map

(** [extended_matches pat c] also returns the names of bound variables
   in [c] that matches the bound variables in [pat]; if several bound
   variables or metavariables have the same name, the metavariable,
   or else the rightmost bound variable, takes precedence *)
val extended_matches :
  env -> Evd.evar_map -> binding_bound_vars * constr_pattern ->
  constr -> bound_ident_map * extended_patvar_map

(** [is_matching pat c] just tells if [c] matches against [pat] *)
val is_matching : env -> Evd.evar_map -> constr_pattern -> constr -> bool

(** [is_matching_head pat c] just tells if [c] or an applicative
    prefix of it matches against [pat] *)
val is_matching_head : env -> Evd.evar_map -> constr_pattern -> constr -> bool

(** The type of subterm matching results: a substitution + a context
   (whose hole is denoted here with [special_meta]) *)
type matching_result =
    { m_sub : bound_ident_map * patvar_map;
      m_ctx : EConstr.t Lazy.t }

(** [match_subterm pat c] returns the substitution and the context
   corresponding to each **closed** subterm of [c] matching [pat],
   considering application contexts as well. *)
val match_subterm : env -> Evd.evar_map ->
  binding_bound_vars * constr_pattern -> constr ->
  matching_result IStream.t

(** [is_matching_appsubterm pat c] tells if a subterm of [c] matches
   against [pat] taking partial subterms into consideration *)
val is_matching_appsubterm : ?closed:bool -> env -> Evd.evar_map -> constr_pattern -> constr -> bool