This PR improves the error messages produced by invalid pattern-match
alternatives and improves parity in error placement between
pattern-matching tactics and elaborators.
Closes#7170
This PR replaces `List.lt` with `List.Lex`, from Mathlib, and adds the
new `Bool` valued lexicographic comparatory function `List.lex`. This
subtly changes the definition of `<` on Lists in some situations.
`List.lt` was a weaker relation: in particular if `l₁ < l₂`, then
`a :: l₁ < b :: l₂` may hold according to `List.lt` even if `a` and `b`
are merely incomparable
(either neither `a < b` nor `b < a`), whereas according to `List.Lex`
this would require `a = b`.
When `<` is total, in the sense that `¬ · < ·` is antisymmetric, then
the two relations coincide.
Mathlib was already overriding the order instances for `List α`,
so this change should not be noticed by anyone already using Mathlib.
We simultaneously add the boolean valued `List.lex` function,
parameterised by a `BEq` typeclass
and an arbitrary `lt` function. This will support the flexibility
previously provided for `List.lt`,
via a `==` function which is weaker than strict equality.
Upstreaming of basic material on `List.Pairwise` and `List.Nodup`. More
complete API to follow later, this is just a first approximation of what
leansat will need.
I'll update `list_simp.lean` (simp normal form testing) and add missing
lemmas in follow-up PRs.
This just upstreams the material, and reorders the lemmas to match the
other sections.
This came up when watching new Lean users in a class situation. A number
of them were confused when they omitted a namespace on a constructor
name, and Lean treated the variable as a pattern that matches anything.
For example, this program is accepted but may not do what the user
thinks:
```
inductive Tree (α : Type) where
| leaf
| branch (left : Tree α) (val : α) (right : Tree α)
def depth : Tree α → Nat
| leaf => 0
```
Adding a `branch` case to `depth` results in a confusing message.
With this linter, Lean marks `leaf` with:
```
Local variable 'leaf' resembles constructor 'Tree.leaf' - write '.leaf' (with a dot) or 'Tree.leaf' to use the constructor.
note: this linter can be disabled with `set_option linter.constructorNameAsVariable false`
```
Additionally, the error message that occurs when invalid names are
applied in patterns now suggests similar names. This means that:
```
def length (list : List α) : Nat :=
match list with
| nil => 0
| cons x xs => length xs + 1
```
now results in the following warning on `nil`:
```
warning: Local variable 'nil' resembles constructor 'List.nil' - write '.nil' (with a dot) or 'List.nil' to use the constructor.
note: this linter can be disabled with `set_option linter.constructorNameAsVariable false`
```
and error on `cons`:
```
invalid pattern, constructor or constant marked with '[match_pattern]' expected
Suggestion: 'List.cons' is similar
```
The list of suggested constructors is generated before the type of the
pattern is known, so it's less accurate, but it truncates the list to
ten elements to avoid being overwhelming. This mostly comes up with
`mk`.
