Avoid unnecessary syntax
declarations
#1038
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This PR replaces
syntax
declarations whichby ordinary infix (or mixfix) operator declarations.
The motivation for avoiding syntax declarations is that Agdas behavior around them can be confusing, for example:
_⇒_
(fromNaturalTransformation.Base
), in a hole and ask for its type (or try to "refine", or "give" the hole), you get a "Not in scope" error. (If I understand correctly,_⇒_
does indeed not exist as a name. But it is easy to expect it to exist.)open ... using (...)
, you have to write the name it refers to, even though you then never use that name.