This PR extends the notion of “fixed parameter” of a recursive function
also to parameters that come after varying function. The main benefit is
that we get nicer induction principles.
Before the definition
```lean
def app (as : List α) (bs : List α) : List α :=
match as with
| [] => bs
| a::as => a :: app as bs
```
produced
```lean
app.induct.{u_1} {α : Type u_1} (motive : List α → List α → Prop) (case1 : ∀ (bs : List α), motive [] bs)
(case2 : ∀ (bs : List α) (a : α) (as : List α), motive as bs → motive (a :: as) bs) (as bs : List α) : motive as bs
```
and now you get
```lean
app.induct.{u_1} {α : Type u_1} (motive : List α → Prop) (case1 : motive [])
(case2 : ∀ (a : α) (as : List α), motive as → motive (a :: as)) (as : List α) : motive as
```
because `bs` is fixed throughout the recursion (and can completely be
dropped from the principle).
This is a breaking change when such an induction principle is used
explicitly. Using `fun_induction` makes proof tactics robust against
this change.
The rules for when a parameter is fixed are now:
1. A parameter is fixed if it is reducibly defq to the the corresponding
argument in each recursive call, so we have to look at each such call.
2. With mutual recursion, it is not clear a-priori which arguments of
another function correspond to the parameter. This requires an analysis
with some graph algorithms to determine.
3. A parameter can only be fixed if all parameters occurring in its type
are fixed as well.
This dependency graph on parameters can be different for the different
functions in a recursive group, even leading to cycles.
4. For structural recursion, we kinda want to know the fixed parameters
before investigating which argument to actually recurs on. But once we
have that we may find that we fixed an index of the recursive
parameter’s type, and these cannot be fixed. So we have to un-fix them
5. … and all other fixed parameters that have dependencies on them.
Lean tries to identify the largest set of parameters that satisfies
these criteria.
Note that in a definition like
```lean
def app : List α → List α → List α
| [], bs => bs
| a::as, bs => a :: app as bs
```
the `bs` is not considered fixes, as it goes through the matcher
machinery.
Fixes#7027Fixes#2113
Previously, the tactic state shown at `decreasing_by` would leak lots of
details about the translation, and mention `invImage`, `PSigma` etc.
This is not nice.
So this introduces `clean_wf`, which is like `simp_wf` but using
`simp`'s `only` mode, and runs this unconditionally. This should clean
up the goal to a reasonable extent.
Previously `simp_wf` was an unrestricted `simp […]` call, but we
probably don’t want arbitrary simplification to happen at this point, so
this now became `simp only` call. For backwards compatibility,
`decreasing_with` begins with `try simp`. The `simp_wf` tactic
is still available to not break too much existing code; it’s docstring
suggests to no longer use it.
With `set_option cleanDecreasingByGoal false` one can disable the use of
`clean_wf`. I hope this is only needed for debugging and understanding.
Migration advise: If your `decreasing_by` proof begins with `simp_wf`,
either remove that (if the proof still goes through), or replace with
`simp`.
I am a bit anxious about running even `simp only` unconditionally here,
as it may do more than some user might want, e.g. because of options
like `zetaDelta := true`. We'll see if we need to reign in this tactic
some more.
I wonder if in corner cases the `simp_wf` tactic might be able to close
the goal, and if that is a problem. If so, we may have to promote simp’s
internal `mayCloseGoal` parameter to a simp configuration option and use
that here.
fixes#4928
