Zulip Chat Archive

Stream: general

Topic: Well-founded induction


Simon Hudon (Feb 21 2019 at 20:07):

There's a cool trick with induction where you can specify an induction principle with using my_type.rec_on. It does not seem to work for well_founded.induction. Does anyone know why?

Mario Carneiro (Feb 22 2019 at 00:29):

The best thing I can say about the induction using feature is that it exists

Mario Carneiro (Feb 22 2019 at 00:29):

It almost never works the way you would expect


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