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feat: enable implicit argument transparency bump (part 2) (#12572)
This PR is part 2 of the `implicit_reducible` refactoring (part 1:
#12567).

**Background.** When Lean checks definitional equality of function
applications
`f a₁ ... aₙ =?= f b₁ ... bₙ`, it compares arguments `aᵢ =?= bᵢ` at a
transparency level determined by the binder type. Previously, only
instance-implicit (`[C]`) arguments received a transparency bump to
`.instances`. With `backward.isDefEq.implicitBump` enabled, ALL implicit
arguments (`{x}`, `⦃x⦄`, and `[x]`) are bumped to `.instances`, so that
definitions marked `[implicit_reducible]` unfold when comparing implicit
arguments. This is important because implicit arguments often carry type
information (e.g., `P (i + 0)` vs `P i`) where the mismatch is in
non-proof positions (Sort arguments to `cast`) — proof irrelevance does
not
help here, so the relevant definitions must actually unfold.

**`[implicit_reducible]`** (renamed from `[instance_reducible]` in part
1) marks
definitions that should unfold at `TransparencyMode.instances` — between
`[reducible]` (unfolds at `.reducible` and above) and the default
`[semireducible]` (unfolds only at `.default` and above). This is the
right
level for core arithmetic operations that appear in type indices.

## Changes

- **Enable `backward.isDefEq.implicitBump` by default** and set it in
  `stage0/src/stdlib_flags.h` so stage0 also compiles with it
- **Mark `Nat.add`, `Nat.mul`, `Nat.sub`, `Array.size` as
`[implicit_reducible]`**
so they unfold when comparing implicit arguments at `.instances`
transparency
- **Remove redundant unification hints** (`n + 0 =?= n`, `n - 0 =?= n`,
  `n * 0 =?= 0`) that are now handled by `[implicit_reducible]`
- **Rename all remaining `[instance_reducible]` attribute usages** to
`[implicit_reducible]` across the codebase (the old name remains as an
alias)
- **Remove 28 `set_option backward.isDefEq.respectTransparency false
in`**
  workarounds that are no longer needed

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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