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    Std/basic/if*

    Rules about if*.

    These rules are unrelated to the special status of if* in BDD reasoning. These rules are useful when if* is used as a more controllable version of the built-in if, e.g. so that ACL2 does not do unwanted case splits.

    Definitions and Theorems

    Theorem: if*-when-true

    (defthm if*-when-true
      (implies a (equal (if* a b c) b)))

    Theorem: if*-when-false

    (defthm if*-when-false
      (implies (not a) (equal (if* a b c) c)))

    Theorem: if*-when-same

    (defthm if*-when-same
      (equal (if* a b b) b))