HYP_TAC : string -> (thm -> thm) -> tactic

SYNOPSIS

Applies a rule to a named hypothesis.

DESCRIPTION

Given a string s and a rule r, HYP_TAC s r applies r to the hypothesis labeled l as specified by the pattern s which can be of one of the following form:

"l : patt", meaning apply r to hypothesis l and destruct it with patt, like REMOVE_THEN l (DESTRUCT_TAC patt o r)
a label "l", meaning apply r to the hypothesis l, a shorthand for HYP_TAC "l : l" r
"l : patt", meaning apply r to hypothesis l and destruct it with patt but keep hypothesis l, like USE_THEN l (DESTRUCT_TAC patt o r)

FAILURE CONDITIONS

Applied to its arguments fails if the pattern is ill-formed. When executed as a tactic, fails if it refers to non-existent hypothesis or the rule fails or do not produce a theorem of a suitable form.

EXAMPLE

Here we use the theorem MEMBER_NOT_EMPTY to obtain an element a from a non empty set s

  # g `!s. ~(s = ) ==> (minimal n. n IN s) IN s`;;
  # e (INTRO_TAC "!s; s");;
  # e (HYP_TAC "s : @a. +" (REWRITE_RULE[GSYM MEMBER_NOT_EMPTY]));;
  val it : goalstack = 1 subgoal (1 total)

    `a IN s ==> (minimal n. n IN s) IN s`

next we can finish with this goal with

  # e (MESON_TAC[MINIMAL]);;

Here we derive that a strictly positive number is a non negative number

  # g `!x. &0 < x ==> &0 <= inv x`;;
  # e (INTRO_TAC "!x; xgt");;
  # e (HYP_TAC "xgt -> xge" (MATCH_MP REAL_LT_IMP_LE));;
  val it : goalstack = 1 subgoal (1 total)

    0 [`&0 < x`] (xgt)
    1 [`&0 <= x`] (xge)

  `&0 <= inv x`

then we can solve the goal with

  # e (HYP SIMP_TAC "xge" [REAL_LE_INV]);;