(* 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.