module Decidable.Equality.Core

%default total

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-- Decidable equality
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||| Decision procedures for propositional equality
public export
interface DecEq t where
  ||| Decide whether two elements of `t` are propositionally equal
  decEq : (x1 : t) -> (x2 : t) -> Dec (x1 = x2)

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-- Utility lemmas
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||| The negation of equality is symmetric (follows from symmetry of equality)
export
negEqSym : Not (a = b) -> Not (b = a)
negEqSym p h = p (sym h)

||| Everything is decidably equal to itself
export
decEqSelfIsYes : DecEq a => {x : a} -> decEq x x = Yes Refl
decEqSelfIsYes with (decEq x x)
  decEqSelfIsYes | Yes Refl = Refl
  decEqSelfIsYes | No contra = absurd $ contra Refl

||| If you have a proof of inequality, you're sure that `decEq` would give a `No`.
export
decEqContraIsNo : DecEq a => {x, y : a} -> Not (x = y) -> (p ** decEq x y = No p)
decEqContraIsNo uxy with (decEq x y)
  decEqContraIsNo uxy | Yes xy = absurd $ uxy xy
  decEqContraIsNo _   | No uxy = (uxy ** Refl)