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  (** ** Counting occurrences of an element *)
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  Fixpoint count_occ (l : list A) (x : A) : nat :=
    match l with
      | [] => 0
      | y :: tl =>
        let n := count_occ tl x in
        if eq_dec y x then S n else n
    end.

Lemma count_occ_nil x : count_occ [] x = 0.