@kha The runtime folder includes what is needed to link a
standalone Lean program. It is still contains some unnecessary files.
We will be able to remove them after we release Lean4.
It fixes the issue by propagating the correct information to the
equation compiler.
The fix may be a little bit hackish, but it is comapatible with
the approach we are already using: store `m_is_meta` flag in the equation
macro.
Disclaimer: we may still have other instances of this bug, since
the information may still be propagated incorrectly in other places.
I will not refactor this code right now nor accept any PR that
changes the current design. I am busy in other parts of the code
base and do not have time to do the context switch required for
implementing this kind of change and/or review the PR and make sure I'm
happy with it.
We use the auxiliary procedure pull_nested_rec_fn to pull recursive
application in nested match expressions. This is needed because the
nested match expression is compiled before we process the recursive
procedure that contains it. This transformation may produce
performance problems if the recursive application does not depend on
the data being matched. Here is an example from the new test:
```
def tst : tree → nat
| (tree.leaf v) := v
| (tree.node v l r) :=
match f v with
| tt := tst l
| ff := tst r
end
```
pull_nested_rec_fn will convert it into
```
def tst : tree → nat
| (tree.leaf v) := v
| (tree.node v l r) := tst._match_1 (f v) (tst l) (tst r)
```
Since our interpreter uses eager evaluation, both `(tst l)` and `(tst r)`
are executed. This commit fixes this issue by expanding `tst._match_1`
during code generation.
We need this feature for:
1) Defining nonlinear search patterns. Example: (?m <= ?m + 1)
2) Preprocessing recursive equations and support the pattern
refinement approach used in Agda. Example: in Agda, they accept
```
def append {A : Type} : Π (m n : nat), Vec A m -> Vec A n -> Vec A (m + n)
| m n nil ys := ys
| m n (cons m' x xs) ys := cons x (append m' n xs ys)
```
These equations have to be refined. For example, `m` has to be
replaced with `0` (in the first equation), and `succ m'` in the
second. To implement this kind of refinement, we need to convert
the pattern variables (local constants) into metavariables during
elaboration. Then, the unassigned metavariables become local constants
again. This preprocessing step will fix some of the issues on #1594.
To completely fix#1594, we will need yet another preprocessing step
which will implement "complete transition" used in the equation
compiler before we start elim_match.cpp
