leanprover / leanprover/lean4

pattern matching ignores inaccessibility annotation

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Description

Prerequisites

Please put an X between the brackets as you perform the following steps:

Description
example : (x : Bool × Bool) → x.fst = x.snd ⊕' Unit → Unit
  | (.(b), b), .inl rfl => ()
  | (_, false), _ => ()
  | (_, true), _ => ()

During elaboration, Lean.Elab.Term.ToDepElimPattern.normalize ignores the explicit inaccessible pattern in (.(b), b) and rewrites it to (b, .(b)), which causes an error since the second component is now neither a constructor nor a variable pattern.

Steps to Reproduce

Run the code above.

Expected behavior: The code succeeds with no errors.

Actual behavior: The code results in the following error:

dependent match elimination failed, inaccessible pattern found
  .(fst✝)
constructor expected
Versions

Lean 4.16.0-nightly-2025-01-06
This behavior has existed since Lean 4.0.0-m1

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Research direction

Start with the Lean.Elab.Term.ToDepElimPattern.normalize entry point named in the report and run the minimal reproducer against the specified nightly version. Trace how the explicit inaccessible pattern in (.(b), b) is normalized; done means the example elaborates successfully without the reported dependent match elimination error.

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Assessment

Domain
compilers
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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