Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: lean4
Topic: is quoted identifier still available in lean4
Hsin-Po Wang (Jun 30 2025 at 04:25):
It seems in lean 3 I can say theorem x is 10 and I get a theorem whose name is "x is 10" with all the spaces. Is this syntax still available in lean4? I can't find the counter part in lean 4 document not can I find a statement that this is deprecated.
Kim Morrison (Jun 30 2025 at 04:27):
Look for "French quotes"
Robin Arnez (Jun 30 2025 at 08:33):
\f<<>>
Robin Carlier (Jun 30 2025 at 08:53):
Grepping the reference manual for "french" or "French" gives no hit. Grepping for "«" gives hits but none seems to be actually documenting the feature. Am I doing it wrong or is this a hole in the manual?
Simon Dima (Jun 30 2025 at 08:55):
https://lean-lang.org/doc/reference/latest///////////////Source-Files-and-Modules/#--tech-term-guillemets
Seems to be the doc in question
Robin Carlier (Jun 30 2025 at 09:02):
Oh, then I was just doing it wrong! ( yep, I overlooked one of the hit for "«")
Ruben Van de Velde (Jun 30 2025 at 09:04):
That's a lot of slashes!
Mario Carneiro (Jun 30 2025 at 11:32):
Hsin-Po Wang (Jun 30 2025 at 13:13):
beautiful! Thanks all.
Kyle Miller (Jun 30 2025 at 15:12):
This feature is the same as it was in Lean 3.
Hsin-Po Wang said:
It seems in lean 3 I can say theorem
x is 10
Can you give an example of what you mean here? What's a Lean 3 example that worked and what wasn't working in Lean 4?
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