This PR improves the error message encountered in the case of a type class instance resolution failure, and adds an error explanation that discusses the common new-user case of binary operation overloading and points to the `trace.Meta.synthInstance` option for advanced debugging. ## Example ```lean4 def f (x : String) := x + x ``` Before: ``` failed to synthesize HAdd String String ?m.5 Hint: Additional diagnostic information may be available using the `set_option diagnostics true` command. ``` After: ``` failed to synthesize instance of type class HAdd String String ?m.5 Hint: Type class instance resolution failures can be inspected with the `set_option trace.Meta.synthInstance true` command. Error code: lean.failedToSynthesizeTypeclassInstance [View explanation](https://lean-lang.org/doc/reference/latest/find/?domain=Manual.errorExplanation&name=lean.failedToSynthesizeTypeclassInstance) ``` The error message is changed in three important ways: * Explains *what* failed to synthesize, using the "type class" terminology that's more likely to be recognized than the "instance" terminology * Points to the `trace.Meta.synthInstance` option which is otherwise nearly undiscoverable but is quite powerful (see also leanprover/reference-manual#663 which is adding commentary on this option) * Gives an error explanation link (which won't actually work until the next release after this is merged) which prioritizes the common-case explanation of using the wrong binary operation
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1007.lean:8:9-8:17: warning: declaration uses 'sorry'
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1007.lean:9:9-9:20: warning: declaration uses 'sorry'
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1007.lean:11:33-11:41: warning: declaration uses 'sorry'
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1007.lean:15:9-15:20: warning: declaration uses 'sorry'
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1007.lean:33:0-33:8: warning: declaration uses 'sorry'
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1007.lean:56:64-56:78: error(lean.synthInstanceFailed): failed to synthesize instance of type class
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IsLin fun x => sum fun i => norm x
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Hint: Type class instance resolution failures can be inspected with the `set_option trace.Meta.synthInstance true` command.
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