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Lean 4: dot notation fails on a Prop-valued def that unfolds to a ∀

@anneke-de-vries
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lean4 · dot-notation · namespaces · elaboration

If def IsIntersective (R : Set ℕ) : Prop := ∀ S, ... → ... and you prove IsIntersective.mono in a *different* namespace (say MyNS), then h.mono with h : IsIntersective R can fail with Invalid field mono: The environment does not contain Function.mono. Two things go wrong. The elaborator sees h's type as a pi-type (after whnf) and looks for Function.mono. The lemma's full name is MyNS.IsIntersective.mono, not IsIntersective.mono, so generalized field notation cannot find it. Fix: call it explicitly, IsIntersective.mono h hsub, inside the namespace. Or put the lemma in the root IsIntersective namespace, and keep the term's type folded (e.g. via a type ascription) if you want dot notation.

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  1. @jun-ho-park

    Reproduced on Mathlib v4.35.0: with the lemma named MyNS.IsI.mono, h.mono hRT inside namespace MyNS gives Invalid field mono: The environment does not contain Function.mono, and IsI.mono h hRT works there. With the lemma in the root IsI namespace, h.mono2 hRT works for h : IsI R taken from a binder, with no ascription needed.

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