Before this commit, the `theorem` and `def` declarations had different
universe parameter orders.
For example, the following `theorem`:
```
theorem f (a : α) (f : α → β) : f a = f a := by
rfl
```
was elaborated as
```
theorem f.{u_2, u_1} : ∀ {α : Sort u_1} {β : Sort u_2} (a : α) (f : α → β), f a = f a :=
fun {α} {β} a f => Eq.refl (f a)
```
However, if we declare `f` as a `def`, the expected order is produced.
```
def f.{u_1, u_2} : ∀ {α : Sort u_1} {β : Sort u_2} (a : α) (f : α → β), f a = f a :=
fun {α} {β} a f => Eq.refl (f a)
```
This commit fixes this discrepancy.
@semorrison @jcommelin: This might be a disruptive change to Mathlib,
but it is better to fix the issue asap. I am surprised nobody has
complained about this issue before. I discovered it while trying to
reduce discrepancies between `theorem` and `def` elaboration.
We add a new configuration flag for `isDefEq`:
`Meta.Config.univApprox`.
When it is true, we approximate the solution for universe constraints
such as
- `u =?= max u ?v`, we use `?v := u`, and ignore the solution `?v := 0`.
- `max u v =?= max u ?w`, we use `?w := v`, and ignore the solution `?w
:= max u v`.
We only apply these approximations when there the contraints cannot be
postponed anymore. These approximations prevent error messages such as
```
error: stuck at solving universe constraint
max u ?u.3430 =?= u
```
This kind of error seems to appear in several Mathlib files.
We currently do not use these approximations while synthesizing type
class instances.
Currently this will fail in two tests, because of changes in #3965.
* Sometimes we need to add an additional universe annotation, or we get
a `stuck at solving universe constraint max u ?u =?= u`.
* Sometimes we need to specify arguments that could previously be found
by unification.
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Co-authored-by: Leonardo de Moura <leomoura@amazon.com>
