This PR completes the new pattern matching and unification procedures
for the symbolic simulation framework using a two-phase approach.
**Phase 1 (Syntactic Matching):**
- Patterns use de Bruijn indices for expression variables and renamed
level params for universe variables
- Purely structural matching after reducible definitions are unfolded
- Universe levels treat `max`/`imax` as uninterpreted functions
- Proof arguments skipped via proof irrelevance
- Instance and binder constraints deferred to Phase 2
**Phase 2 (Pending Constraints):**
- Level constraints: structural equality with mvar assignment
- Instance constraints: `isDefEqI` (full `isDefEq` for TC synthesis)
- Expression constraints: `isDefEqS` with Miller pattern support
- Unassigned instance pattern variables synthesized via
`trySynthInstance`
**`isDefEqS` (Structural DefEq):**
- Miller pattern detection and assignment (`?m x y z := rhs` → `?m :=
fun x y z => rhs`)
- Scope checking via `maxFVar` to prevent out-of-scope assignments
- Optional zeta-delta reduction for let-declarations
- Proof irrelevance and instance delegation to `isDefEqI`
**Key optimizations:**
- `abstractFVars` skips metavariables and uses `maxFVar` for early
cutoff
- Per-pattern `ProofInstInfo` cache for fast argument classification
- Maximal sharing.
This PR implements `instantiateRevBetaS`, which is similar to
`instantiateRevS` but beta-reduces nested applications whose function
becomes a lambda after substitution.
For example, if `e` contains a subterm `#0 a` and we apply the
substitution `#0 := fun x => x + 1`, then `instantiateRevBetaS` produces
`a + 1` instead of `(fun x => x + 1) a`.
This is useful when applying theorems. For example, when applying
`Exists.intro`:
```lean
Exists.intro.{u} {α : Sort u} {p : α → Prop} (w : α) (h : p w) : Exists p
```
to a goal of the form `∃ x : Nat, p x ∧ q x`, we create metavariables
`?w` and `?h`. With `instantiateRevBetaS`, the type of `?h` becomes `p
?w ∧ q ?w` instead of `(fun x => p x ∧ q x) ?w`.
This PR introduces a fast pattern matching and unification module for
the symbolic simulation framework (`Sym`). The design prioritizes
performance by using a two-phase approach:
**Phase 1 (Syntactic Matching)**
- Patterns use de Bruijn indices for expression variables and renamed
level params (`_uvar.0`, `_uvar.1`, ...) for universe variables
- Matching is purely structural after reducible definitions are unfolded
during preprocessing
- Universe levels treat `max` and `imax` as uninterpreted functions (no
AC reasoning)
- Binders and term metavariables are deferred to Phase 2
**Phase 2 (Pending Constraints)** [WIP]
- Handles binders (Miller patterns) and metavariable unification
- Converts remaining de Bruijn variables to metavariables
- Falls back to `isDefEq` when necessary
**Key design decisions:**
- Preprocessing unfolds reducible definitions and performs beta/zeta
reduction
- Kernel projections are expected to be folded as projection
applications before matching
- Assignment conflicts are deferred to pending rather than invoking
`isDefEq` inline
- `instantiateRevS` ensures maximal sharing of result expressions
**TODO:**
- Skip instance arguments during matching, synthesize later
- Skip proof arguments (proof irrelevance)
- Implement `processPending` for Phase 2 constraints
