I made a modification to the `mkLambdaFVars` function, adding a
`etaReduce : Bool` parameter that determines whether a new lambda of the
form `fun x => f x` should be replaced by `f`. I then set this option to
true at `isDefEq` when processing metavariable assignments.
This means that many unnecessary eta unreduced expression are now
reduced. This is beneficial for users, so that they do not have to deal
with such unreduced expressions. It is also beneficial for performance,
leading to a 0.6% improvement in build instructions. Most notably,
`Mathlib.Algebra.DirectLimit`, previously a top 50 slowest file, has
sped up by 40%.
Quite a number of proof in mathlib broke. Many of these involve removing
a now unnecessary `simp only`. In other cases, a simp or rewrite doesn't
work anymore, such as a `simp_rw [mul_comm]` that was used to rewrite
`fun x => 2*x`, but now this term has turned into `HMul.hMul 2`.
Closes#4386
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