Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: general
Topic: error on verso.doc
Asei Inoue (Oct 26 2025 at 11:44):
when doc.verso is set to true, the following unexpected error occurs.
set_option doc.verso true
/-- This code block in doc comment raise an error
```lean
#guard factorial 0 = 1
```
-/
def factorial (n : Nat) : Nat :=
match n with
| 0 => 1
| n + 1 => (n + 1) * factorial n
-- This does not raise an error
#guard factorial 0 = 1
Asei Inoue (Oct 26 2025 at 11:45):
@David Thrane Christiansen I think you are working on this.
Asei Inoue (Oct 26 2025 at 11:47):
background
I think verso syntax in doc comment enables "test code in doc comment" style.
So I tried it in simple code.
Asei Inoue (Oct 26 2025 at 11:49):
oh, recursive function seems to be not allowed in doc comment...
The following code works. (fail as expectedly)
/--
```lean
#guard factorial 0 = 1
#guard factorial 5 = 120
```
-/
def factorial (n : Nat) : Nat :=
match n with
| 0 => 1
| n + 1 => (n + 1)
Robin Arnez (Oct 26 2025 at 14:51):
Try
/--
This code block in doc comment doesn't raise an error
```lean
#guard factorial 0 = 1
```
-/
def factorial (n : Nat) : Nat :=
match n with
| 0 => 1
| n + 1 => (n + 1) * factorial n
docs_to_verso factorial
For self-referential verso docs.
Asei Inoue (Oct 27 2025 at 07:36):
doc_to_verso is needed?
I think we want to use self reference in verso doc, so more convenient way is better…
Asei Inoue (Oct 27 2025 at 11:28):
try ... for self-referential verso docs
Your code does not work... :(
set_option doc.verso true
/--
This code block in doc comment doesn't raise an error
```lean
#guard factorial 0 = 1
```
-/
def factorial (n : Nat) : Nat :=
match n with
| 0 => 1
| n + 1 => (n + 1) * factorial n
/- error: Documentation for `factorial` is already in Verso format -/
docs_to_verso factorial
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