When the type of a definition or example is a proposition,
we should elaborate on them as we elaborate on theorems.
This is particularly important for examples that are often
used in educational material.
Recall that when elaborating theorem headers, we convert unassigned
universe metavariables into universe parameters. The motivation is
that the proof of a theorem should not influence its statement.
However, before this commit, this was not the case for definitions and
examples when their type was a proposition. This discrepancy often
confused users.
Additionally, we considered extending the above behavior whenever
the type of a definition is provided. That is, we would keep the
current behavior only if `: <type>` was omitted in a definition.
However, this proved to be too restrictive.
For example, the following instance in `Core.lean` would fail:
```
instance {α : Sort u} [Setoid α] : HasEquiv α :=
⟨Setoid.r⟩
```
and we would have to write instead:
```
instance {α : Sort u} [Setoid α] : HasEquiv.{u, 0} α :=
⟨Setoid.r⟩
```
There are other failures like this in the core, and we assume many more
in Mathlib.
closes #4398
@semorrison @jcommelin: what do you think?
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