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<div dir="auto">And good riddance to it!</div>
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<div dir="auto">Larry</div>
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<div name="messageReplySection">On 27 Sep 2021, 16:17 +0100, Makarius <makarius@sketis.net>, wrote:<br>
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*** Isar ***<br>
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* The improper proof command 'guess' is no longer part of by Pure, but<br>
provided by the separate theory "Pure-ex.Guess". INCOMPATIBILITY,<br>
existing applications need to import session "Pure-ex" and theory<br>
"Pure-ex.Guess". Afterwards it is usually better eliminate the 'guess'<br>
command, using explicit 'obtain' instead.<br>
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This refers to Isabelle/b49bd5d9041f and AFP/2056abab0dd6. The AFP changeset<br>
is representative for the kind of (non-)applications of 'guess'. It originally<br>
stems from a discussion about improper Isar add-ons in 2006. In the 10 years<br>
later so many better ways to mix structured and unstructured proofs emerged,<br>
e.g. the 'subgoal' command. So today, there would be no point to introduce<br>
such a command at all.<br>
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In the above AFP change, I have either turned the non-Isar "wild guesses" into<br>
proper 'obtain', or rephrased the proofs slightly to avoid the awkward<br>
situation in the first place. In a few cases, left things unchanged and did<br>
import "Pure-ex.Guess" as explained above.<br>
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This is in contrast to the Isabelle distribution where all guesses within Isar<br>
proofs are already gone --- mostly derived from Robert Himmelmann's initial<br>
work on HOL-Analysis n years ago.<br>
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Makarius<br>
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