Fixpoint BDDexl (cfg : BDDconfig) (ul : list ad) (node : ad)
 (ly : list BDDvar) {struct ly} : BDDconfig * ad :=
  match ly with
  | nil => (cfg, node)
  | y :: ly' =>
      match BDDexl cfg ul node ly' with
      | (cfg1, node1) => BDDex cfg1 (node1 :: ul) y node1
      end
  end.

Lemma BDDexl_used_nodes_preserved : used_nodes_preserved cfg (fst (BDDexl cfg ul node ly)) ul.