[Logiweb] PS: New peano page
Klaus Ebbe Grue
grue at diku.dk
Wed Jun 22 11:15:00 CEST 2005
Hi Logiweb at diku.dk,
As a PS to the previous posting: The new peano page contains a comment
right after Lemma M3.2(f) which is wrong. It says:
The proof below uses local definitions. Use only raw variables [a], [b],
and so on for local definitions. Never use peano variables or
meta-variables...
That is confusing since the proof right after uses local definitions of
the meta-variables z and h. I wrote the comment before I realized that
local definitions of peano variables and meta-variables works fine.
Actually, it is the raw variables that one should be a little bit cautious
about using. This is so because, behind the scene, a meta-z is just the
raw variable z with a 'meta-mark' on it (look up the macro aspect of
meta-z to see how this is done). A local macro definition of the raw
variable z could very well expand instanses of the raw variable z with a
meta-mark on it so that a local definition of raw z may affect meta-z with
incomprehensible results.
Klaus
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