/- Copyright (c) 2024 Lean FRO, LLC. All rights reserved. Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE. Authors: Leonardo de Moura, Mario Carneiro -/ module prelude public import Init.Classical public section /-! # by_cases tactic and if-then-else support -/ /-- `by_cases (h :)? p` splits the main goal into two cases, assuming `h : p` in the first branch, and `h : ¬ p` in the second branch. -/ syntax "by_cases " (atomic(ident " : "))? term : tactic macro_rules | `(tactic| by_cases $e) => `(tactic| by_cases h : $e) macro_rules | `(tactic| by_cases $h : $e) => `(tactic| open Classical in refine if $h:ident : $e then ?pos else ?neg) /-! ## if-then-else -/ @[simp] theorem if_true {_ : Decidable True} (t e : α) : ite True t e = t := if_pos trivial @[simp] theorem if_false {_ : Decidable False} (t e : α) : ite False t e = e := if_neg id theorem ite_id [Decidable c] {α} (t : α) : (if c then t else t) = t := by split <;> rfl /-- A function applied to a `dite` is a `dite` of that function applied to each of the branches. -/ theorem apply_dite (f : α → β) (P : Prop) [Decidable P] (x : P → α) (y : ¬P → α) : f (dite P x y) = dite P (fun h => f (x h)) (fun h => f (y h)) := by by_cases h : P <;> simp [h] /-- A function applied to a `ite` is a `ite` of that function applied to each of the branches. -/ theorem apply_ite (f : α → β) (P : Prop) [Decidable P] (x y : α) : f (ite P x y) = ite P (f x) (f y) := apply_dite f P (fun _ => x) (fun _ => y) /-- A `dite` whose results do not actually depend on the condition may be reduced to an `ite`. -/ @[simp] theorem dite_eq_ite [Decidable P] : (dite P (fun _ => a) (fun _ => b)) = ite P a b := rfl -- Remark: dite and ite are "defally equal" when we ignore the proofs. @[deprecated dite_eq_ite (since := "2025-10-29")] theorem dif_eq_if (c : Prop) {h : Decidable c} {α : Sort u} (t : α) (e : α) : dite c (fun _ => t) (fun _ => e) = ite c t e := match h with | isTrue _ => rfl | isFalse _ => rfl