# HG changeset patch # User Christian Urban # Date 1327158964 0 # Node ID d770a7b31aeb00ef208117296a98eb20b6a118d8 # Parent 2862dacb04aa39cc41a6d9ea8bca0a23bc89f1f2 modified the passage on beta-contractions diff -r 2862dacb04aa -r d770a7b31aeb ProgTutorial/Essential.thy --- a/ProgTutorial/Essential.thy Wed Nov 30 13:35:10 2011 +0000 +++ b/ProgTutorial/Essential.thy Sat Jan 21 15:16:04 2012 +0000 @@ -87,17 +87,23 @@ with beta-redexes @{ML_response_fake [display, gray] -"@{term \"(\x y. x) 1 2\"} +"@{term \"(\(x::int) (y::int). x)\"} $ @{term \"1::int\"} $ @{term \"2::int\"} |> pretty_term @{context} |> pwriteln" "1"} - There is a configuration value to switch off the tacit eta-contraction (see - \ref{sec:printing}), but none for beta-contraction. So in certain cases you - might have to inspect the internal representation of a term, instead of - pretty printing it. Because of the alluded puzzlement that might arise from - this feature of Isabelle, it is certainly an acrane fact that you should - keep in mind about pretty-printing terms. + There is a dedicated configuration value for switching off the tacit + eta-contraction, namely @{ML_ind eta_contract in Syntax} (see Section + \ref{sec:printing}), but none for beta-contractions. However you can avoid + the beta-contractions by switching off abbreviation using the configuration + value @{ML_ind show_abbrevs in Syntax}. For example + + + @{ML_response_fake [display, gray] + "@{term \"(\(x::int) (y::int). x)\"} $ @{term \"1::int\"} $ @{term \"2::int\"} + |> pretty_term (Config.put show_abbrevs false @{context}) + |> pwriteln" + "(\x y. x) 1 2"} Isabelle makes a distinction between \emph{free} variables (term-constructor @{ML Free} and written on the user level in blue colour) and diff -r 2862dacb04aa -r d770a7b31aeb progtutorial.pdf Binary file progtutorial.pdf has changed