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(*i $Id: class.mli 10840 2008-04-23 21:29:34Z herbelin $ i*)

(*i*)
open Names
open Term
open Classops
open Declare
open Libnames
open Decl_kinds
open Nametab
(*i*)

(* Classes and coercions. *)

(* [try_add_new_coercion_with_target ref s src tg] declares [ref] as a coercion
   from [src] to [tg] *)
val try_add_new_coercion_with_target : global_reference -> locality -> 
  source:cl_typ -> target:cl_typ ->  unit

(* [try_add_new_coercion ref s] declares [ref], assumed to be of type
   [(x1:T1)...(xn:Tn)src->tg], as a coercion from [src] to [tg] *)
val try_add_new_coercion : global_reference -> locality -> unit

(* [try_add_new_coercion_subclass cst s] expects that [cst] denotes a
   transparent constant which unfolds to some class [tg]; it declares
   an identity coercion from [cst] to [tg], named something like
   ["Id_cst_tg"] *)
val try_add_new_coercion_subclass : cl_typ -> locality -> unit

(* [try_add_new_coercion_with_source ref s src] declares [ref] as a coercion
   from [src] to [tg] where the target is inferred from the type of [ref] *)
val try_add_new_coercion_with_source : global_reference -> locality ->
  source:cl_typ -> unit

(* [try_add_new_identity_coercion id s src tg] enriches the
   environment with a new definition of name [id] declared as an
   identity coercion from [src] to [tg] *)
val try_add_new_identity_coercion : identifier -> locality ->
  source:cl_typ -> target:cl_typ -> unit

val add_coercion_hook : Tacexpr.declaration_hook

val add_subclass_hook : Tacexpr.declaration_hook

val class_of_global : global_reference -> cl_typ
