@Kha I marked the corresponding methods as `protected`.
I currently can't stand `throw_error`, and I am optimistic about
server highlighting feature you are working on :)
closes#341
This is another instance of a compiler bug.
It is in the code that is still written in C/C++.
We need to infer types in the compiler, and we reused the kernel type
checker for this.
However, the compiler performs transformations that may produce type
incorrect terms.
This happens in code that makes heavy use of dependent types (like the
new test).
This is just a workaround for this particular instance of the problem.
The definitive solution will only happen when we replace
this part of the compiler with Lean code, and implement a custom
`inferType` method for the compiler.
@Kha, Jason's example on issue #337 suggests that injecting
implicit-lambdas while elaborating patterns is problematic.
The elaborator was injecting `fun {Γ} =>` before the
pattern variable `ftm`.
So, I disabled the implicit-lambda during pattern elaboration. I
didn't find an example where it would be useful.
see #337
cc @JasonGross
closes#318
Like Lean 3, we are doing it only for theorems.
@Kha, we talked about doing it for definitions too, it sounded like a
good idea, and it would make the system's behavior more uniform, but
unfortunately it creates too many problems. There are so many trivial
cases where it breaks. Here are some examples.
1- Definitions that take multiple bundled structures
```
def foo (s1 : Group) (s2 : CommRing) ...
```
They are universe polymorphic, and the different structures must be in
the same universe, but we don't know it when we elaborate the header,
that is, we need to elaborate the body.
An extreme case is `PUnit` occurring in the header. It is universe
polymorphic, but we only lear the constraints on this universe after
we elaborate the body.
2- All files containing unification hints broke.
Again, there are universe constraints on the header that we only learn
after we elaborate the body.
3- Many `CoeSort` and `CoeFun` examples broke.
Example:
```
structure Group :=
(carrier : Type u) (mul : carrier → carrier → carrier) (one : carrier)
instance GroupToType : CoeSort Group (Type u) :=
CoeSort.mk (fun g => g.carrier)
```
We would have to write
```
instance GroupToType : CoeSort Group.{u} (Type u) :=
CoeSort.mk (fun g => g.carrier)
```
We would have to provide universe level parameters manually in this
kind of instance. I think it would be too annoying.
