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Topic: [isabelle] exception due to matching on [Suc] for "(nat =...


view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 19 2022 at 13:56):

From: Gottfried Barrow <igbi@gmx.com>
Hi,

I probably wouldn't report this, since I've mainly interpreted
exceptions as error messages without a nice interface, but I mentioned
an exception in the past, and then Ondrej Kuncar implemented an
important change.

I moved on to a different solution, but what's below represents what I
was trying, and it looks like it could be useful if it did work.

My first example is a function of type "nat list => nat", and it shows I
can match on a 0-ary constructor in a list.

My second example is a function of type "(nat => nat) list => nat", and
it shows that when I try to match on Suc, it causes an exception.

Here are the examples:

fun nat_con_0_no_error :: "nat list => nat" where
"nat_con_0_no_error [0] = 0"

fun nat_con_Suc_error :: "(nat => nat) list => nat" where
"nat_con_Suc_error [Suc] = 0"

(* OUTPUT: exception Option raised (line 81 of "General/basics.ML") *)

Thanks,
GB

view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 19 2022 at 13:56):

From: Lars Noschinski <noschinl@in.tum.de>
This fails as functions are not a datatype and "Suc" is not a
constructor of "nat => nat".

-- Lars
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view this post on Zulip Email Gateway (Aug 19 2022 at 13:56):

From: Gottfried Barrow <igbi@gmx.com>
Lars,

Thanks. I knew "fun" requires a constructor for pattern matching,
because the standard error message tells me that a lot.

But I was foggy on the rules for nesting constructors, where I wasn't
even clear on it enough to be thinking "nested constructors".

Thanks again,
GB


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