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(** * Auxiliary definitions *)

(** From a list of types, compute the type of a curried function whose
    arguments are those types. *)

Fixpoint arrow (xs : list Type) (res : Type) : Type :=
  match xs with
    | nil => res
    | cons y ys => y -> arrow ys res
  end.(** From a list of types, compute the type of a heterogeneous list
    whose elements are of those types.  Heterogeneous lists are
    represented as nested tuples. *)

Fixpoint tuple (xs : list Type) : Type :=
  match xs with
    | nil => unit
    | cons y ys => (y * tuple ys)%type
  end.(** Apply a curried function to a heterogeneous list of arguments. *)

Definition apply_tuple
  (xs : list Type) (res : Type) (f : arrow xs res) (arg : tuple xs)
  : res.(* end show *)

(** Reverse a list onto the given accumulator.  Compared to
    [List.rev], this definition simplifies the implementation of
    heterogeneous list reversal (see below). *)

Fixpoint tr_list_rev (A : Type) (xs : list A) (acc : list A) : list A :=
  match xs with
    | nil => acc
    | cons y ys => tr_list_rev A ys (cons y acc)
  end.(** Reverse a list. *)

Definition list_rev (A : Type) (xs : list A) : list A :=
  tr_list_rev xs nil.(** Reverse a heterogeneous list onto the given accumulator. *)

Definition tr_tuple_rev
  (xs : list Type) (ab : tuple xs)
  (acc : list Type) (acc' : tuple acc)
  : tuple (tr_list_rev xs acc).(* end show *)

(** Reverse a heterogenous list. *)

Definition tuple_rev
  (xs : list Type) (ab : tuple xs) : tuple (list_rev xs) :=
  tr_tuple_rev xs ab nil tt.

Lemma eq_unit_dec : forall (x y : unit), {x = y} + {x <> y}.