Ltac semax_func_cons_ext :=
eapply semax_func_cons_ext;
[ reflexivity | reflexivity | reflexivity | reflexivity | reflexivity
| semax_func_cons_ext_tc;
try solve [apply typecheck_return_value; auto]
| solve[ first [eapply semax_ext;
[ (*repeat first [reflexivity | left; reflexivity | right]*) apply from_elements_In; reflexivity
| apply compute_funspecs_norepeat_e; reflexivity
| reflexivity
| reflexivity ]]]
|| fail "Try 'eapply semax_func_cons_ext.'"
"To solve [semax_external] judgments, do 'eapply semax_ext.'"
"Make sure that the Espec declared using 'Existing Instance'
is defined as 'add_funspecs NullExtension.Espec Gprog.'"
|
].
Tactic Notation "forward_seq" :=
first [eapply semax_seq'; [  | abbreviate_semax ]
| eapply semax_post_flipped' ].
Tactic Notation "forward_seq" constr(R) :=
match goal with P := @abbreviate ret_assert _ |- semax _ _ _ ?P' =>
constr_eq P P'; unfold abbreviate in P; subst P;
first [apply semax_seq with R; abbreviate_semax
| apply (semax_post_flipped' R); [abbreviate_semax | ]]
end.
(* old: Ltac forward_seq := first [eapply semax_seq'; [  | abbreviate_semax ] | eapply semax_post_flipped' ]. *)
(* end of "stuff to move elsewhere" *)

Lemma force_val_sem_cast_neutral_isptr:
forall v,
isptr v ->
Some (force_val (sem_cast_pointer v)) = Some v.