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+import Init.Lean
+
+open Lean
+
+inductive Pattern
+| Inaccessible (e : Expr)
+| Var          (fvarId : FVarId)
+| Ctor         (fields : List Pattern)
+| Val          (e : Expr)
+| ArrayLit     (xs : List Pattern)
+
+structure AltLHS :=
+(fvarIds  : List FVarId)  -- free variables used in the patterns
+(patterns : List Pattern) -- We use `List Pattern` since we have nary match-expressions.
+
+abbrev AltToMinorsMap := PersistentHashMap Nat (List Nat)
+
+structure ElimResult :=
+(numMinors : Nat)  -- It is the number of alternatives (Reason: support for overlapping equations)
+(numEqs    : Nat)  -- It is the number of minors (Reason: users may want equations that hold definitionally)
+(elim      : Expr) -- The eliminator. It is not just `Expr.const elimName` because the type of the major premises may contain free variables.
+(altMap    : AltToMinorsMap) -- each alternative may be "expanded" into multiple minor premise
+
+
+/-
+Given a list of major premises `xs` and alternative left-hand-sides, generate an elimination
+principle with name `elimName` and equation lemmas for it.
+-/
+-- def mkElim (elimName : Name) (xs : List FVarId) (lhss : List AltLHS) : MetaM ElimResult :=
+-- sorry
+
+universes u v
+
+inductive Vec (α : Type u) : Nat → Type u
+| nil  {} : Vec 0
+| cons    : α → forall {n : Nat}, Vec n → Vec (n+1)
+
+def Vec.elim {α : Type u} (C : forall (n : Nat), Vec α n → Vec α n → Sort v) {n : Nat} (v w : Vec α n)
+  (h₁ : Unit → C 0 Vec.nil Vec.nil)
+  (h₂ : forall (hdv : α) (n : Nat) (tlv : Vec α n) (hdw : α) (tlw : Vec α n), C (n+1) (Vec.cons hdv tlv) (Vec.cons hdw tlw))
+  : C n v w :=
+match n, v, w with
+| .(0),   Vec.nil,                   Vec.nil                    => h₁ ()
+| .(n+1), @Vec.cons .(α) hdv n tlv, @Vec.cons .(α) hdw .(n) tlw => h₂ hdv n tlv hdw tlw
+
+def Vec.elimHEq {α : Type u} (C : forall (n : Nat) (v w : Vec α n), Sort v) {n : Nat} (v w : Vec α n)
+  (h₁ : v ≅ @Vec.nil α → w ≅ @Vec.nil α → C 0 Vec.nil Vec.nil)
+  (h₂ : forall (hdv : α) (n : Nat) (tlv : Vec α n) (hdw : α) (tlw : Vec α n), v ≅ Vec.cons hdv tlv → w ≅ Vec.cons hdw tlw → C (n+1) (Vec.cons hdv tlv) (Vec.cons hdw tlw))
+  : C n v w :=
+Vec.elim (fun n' v' w' => v ≅ v' → w ≅ w' → C n' v' w') v w
+  (fun _ => h₁)
+  h₂
+  (HEq.refl _)
+  (HEq.refl _)
+
+def Vec.elimEq {α : Type u} (C : forall (n : Nat) (v w : Vec α n), Sort v) {n : Nat} (v w : Vec α n)
+  (h₁ : forall (h : n = 0), (Eq.rec v h : Vec α 0) = Vec.nil → (Eq.rec w h : Vec α 0) = Vec.nil → C 0 Vec.nil Vec.nil)
+  (h₂ : forall (hdv : α) (n' : Nat) (tlv : Vec α n')
+               (hdw : α) (tlw : Vec α n')
+               (h : n = n' + 1),
+               (Eq.rec v h : Vec α (n'+1)) = Vec.cons hdv tlv →
+               (Eq.rec w h : Vec α (n'+1)) = Vec.cons hdw tlw →
+               C (n'+1) (Vec.cons hdv tlv) (Vec.cons hdw tlw))
+  : C n v w :=
+Vec.elim (fun n' v' w' => forall (h : n = n'), (Eq.rec v h : Vec α n') = v' → (Eq.rec w h : Vec α n') = w' → C n' v' w') v w
+  (fun _ => h₁)
+  h₂
+  rfl
+  rfl
+  rfl
+
+def List.elim {α : Type u} (C : List α → Sort v) (as : List α)
+  (h₁ : Unit → C [])
+  (h₂ : forall a, C [a])
+  (h₃ : forall (a₁ : α) (as₁ : List α) (a₂ : α) (as₂ : List α), as₁ = a₂ :: as₂ → C (a₁::a₂::as₂))
+  : C as :=
+List.casesOn as
+  (h₁ ())
+  (fun a r => @List.casesOn _ (fun as => r = as → C (a::as)) r
+    (fun _ => h₂ a)
+    (fun b bs h => h₃ a r b bs h) rfl)