leanprover / leanprover/reference-manual
Specify the translation of `match` to auxiliary matcher functions
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Description
What question should the reference manual answer?
How is a match expression translated to an auxiliary matcher function? How is the motive constructed? When are previously-constructed matchers re-used, and when are new ones defined?
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Research direction
The issue names no documentation file, test, or compiler entry point. Start by locating the reference manual section covering match expressions, then identify the existing material that should answer how auxiliary matcher functions and motives are constructed and reused; done means those questions are answered accurately in the manual.
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Assessment
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100