Stream: General

Topic: Is `binder_datatype` working in Isabelle2025-2?


view this post on Zulip Ant S. (Jul 31 2026 at 20:48):

I am referring specifically to this library

I seem to end up with a compile-time error like this when using 2025-2 instead of 2025:

Binders FAILED (see also "isabelle build_log -H Error Binders")
...
***         (thm list list -> local_theory -> local_theory) * local_theory
***    Argument: (replicate (length specs) NONE) : 'a option list
***    Reason:
***       Can't unify context = Context.proof with 'a option list (*In Basis*)
***          (Different type constructors)
*** ML error (line 61 of "~/isa_pkgs/binder_datatypes/Tools/mrbnf_fp.ML"):
*** Type error in function application.
***    Function: ... ... true [] fixes specs' (replicate (length specs) NONE) :

view this post on Zulip Ant S. (Jul 31 2026 at 20:49):

Didn't want to cry wolf and post an issue on github before there is one, really.

view this post on Zulip Jan van Brügge (Jul 31 2026 at 21:39):

this is weird, we test with 2025-2 in CI
Is this a recent clone?

view this post on Zulip Ant S. (Jul 31 2026 at 21:40):

I just cloned this today


Last updated: Aug 05 2026 at 21:11 UTC