Local Open Scope logic.
Hint Rewrite <- prop_and : gather_prop.
Hint Rewrite gather_prop_left gather_prop_right : gather_prop.
Definition not_a_prop {A} (P: A) := True.
Ltac not_a_prop := match goal with
| |- not_a_prop  (prop _) => fail 1
| |- _ => apply Coq.Init.Logic.I
end.
Hint Rewrite @gather_prop3 using not_a_prop : gather_prop.
Hint Rewrite @gather_prop4 using not_a_prop : gather_prop.
Hint Rewrite @gather_prop5 using not_a_prop : gather_prop.
Hint Rewrite @sepcon_andp_prop @sepcon_andp_prop' : gather_prop.
(*Hint Rewrite <- sepcon_assoc : gather_prop.*)
(* These versions can sometimes take minutes, when A and B can't be unified Hint Extern 1 (_ |-- _) => (simple apply (@derives_refl mpred _) ) : cancel. Hint Extern 1 (_ |-- |> _) => (simple apply (@now_later mpred _ _) ) : cancel. *)
Hint Extern 2 (?A |-- ?B) => (constr_eq A B; simple apply derives_refl) : cancel.
Hint Extern 2 (?A |-- |> ?B) => (constr_eq A B; simple apply now_later) : cancel.

Lemma cancel1_start:
forall P Q : mpred,
P |-- Q * emp ->
P |-- Q.