diff -r b071a0b88298 -r 667a0943c40b CookBook/Package/Ind_Intro.thy --- a/CookBook/Package/Ind_Intro.thy Thu Jan 29 17:08:39 2009 +0000 +++ b/CookBook/Package/Ind_Intro.thy Thu Jan 29 17:09:56 2009 +0000 @@ -15,20 +15,20 @@ \end{flushright} \medskip - Higher order logic, as implemented in Isabelle/HOL, is based on just a few - primitive constants, like equality, implication, and the description - operator, whose properties are described as axioms. All other concepts, such - as inductive predicates, datatypes, or recursive functions are defined in - terms of those constants, and the desired properties, for example induction - theorems, or recursion equations are derived from the definitions by a - formal proof. Since it would be very tedious for a user to define complex - inductive predicates or datatypes ``by hand'' just using the primitive - operators of higher order logic, Isabelle/HOL already contains a number of - packages automating such work. Thanks to those packages, the user can give a - high-level specification, like a list of introduction rules or constructors, - and the package then does all the low-level definitions and proofs behind - the scenes. In this chapter we explain how such a package can be - implemented. + HOL is based on just a few primitive constants, like equality, implication, + and the description operator, whose properties are described as axioms. All + other concepts, such as inductive predicates, datatypes, or recursive + functions are defined in terms of those constants, and the desired + properties, for example induction theorems, or recursion equations are + derived from the definitions by a formal proof. Since it would be very + tedious for a user to define complex inductive predicates or datatypes ``by + hand'' just using the primitive operators of higher order logic, + Isabelle/HOL already contains a number of packages automating such + work. Thanks to those packages, the user can give a high-level + specification, like a list of introduction rules or constructors, and the + package then does all the low-level definitions and proofs behind the + scenes. In this chapter we explain how such a package can be implemented. + %The packages are written in Standard ML, the implementation %language of Isabelle, and can be invoked by the user from within theory documents