Zulip Chat Archive
Stream: lean4
Topic: ppExpr and pp.mvars
Tomas Skrivan (Nov 04 2025 at 11:31):
How do I call ppExpr with pp.mvars option set to false?
This does not work
import Lean
open Lean Meta
run_meta
let e ← mkFreshExprMVar (some (Expr.const ``Nat []))
let s ← withOptions (fun opt => opt.setBool ``pp.mvars false) do ppExpr e
IO.println s
Floris van Doorn (Nov 04 2025 at 11:44):
I do not quite understand why, but either of these work:
import Lean
open Lean Meta
run_meta
let e ← mkFreshExprMVar (some (Expr.const ``Nat []))
let s ← withOptions (fun opt => opt.setBool `pp.mvars false) do ppExpr e
withOptions (fun opt => opt.setBool `pp.mvars false) do IO.println s
run_meta
let e ← mkFreshExprMVar (some (Expr.const ``Nat []))
withOptions (fun opt => opt.setBool `pp.mvars false) do
let s ← ppExpr e
IO.println s
Tomas Skrivan (Nov 04 2025 at 11:51):
Ohh the original works when you replace
``pp.mvars
with
`pp.mvars
Eric Wieser (Nov 04 2025 at 11:52):
withOptions (fun opt => pp.mvars.set opt false) is the correct spelling
Last updated: Dec 20 2025 at 21:32 UTC