{-# LANGUAGE CPP               #-}
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleInstances #-}
{-# LANGUAGE PatternGuards     #-}

#if __GLASGOW_HASKELL__ >= 710
{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
#endif

module Agda.TypeChecking.Conversion where

import Control.Applicative
import Control.Monad
import Control.Monad.Reader
import Control.Monad.State

import Data.List hiding (sort)
import qualified Data.List as List
import Data.Traversable hiding (mapM, sequence)

import Agda.Syntax.Abstract.Views (isSet)
import Agda.Syntax.Common
import Agda.Syntax.Internal
import Agda.Syntax.Translation.InternalToAbstract (reify)

import Agda.TypeChecking.Monad
import Agda.TypeChecking.Monad.Builtin (constructorForm)
import Agda.TypeChecking.CompiledClause (CompiledClauses(Fail))
import Agda.TypeChecking.MetaVars
import Agda.TypeChecking.MetaVars.Occurs (killArgs,PruneResult(..))
import Agda.TypeChecking.Reduce
import Agda.TypeChecking.Substitute
import qualified Agda.TypeChecking.SyntacticEquality as SynEq
import Agda.TypeChecking.Telescope
import Agda.TypeChecking.Constraints
import {-# SOURCE #-} Agda.TypeChecking.CheckInternal (infer)
import Agda.TypeChecking.Errors
import Agda.TypeChecking.Free
import Agda.TypeChecking.Datatypes (getConType)
import Agda.TypeChecking.Records
import Agda.TypeChecking.Pretty
import Agda.TypeChecking.Injectivity
import Agda.TypeChecking.Polarity
import Agda.TypeChecking.SizedTypes
import Agda.TypeChecking.Level
import Agda.TypeChecking.Implicit (implicitArgs)
import Agda.TypeChecking.Irrelevance
import Agda.TypeChecking.ProjectionLike (elimView)

import Agda.Interaction.Options

import Agda.Utils.Except ( MonadError(catchError, throwError) )
import Agda.Utils.Functor
import Agda.Utils.Monad
import Agda.Utils.Maybe
import Agda.Utils.Size
import Agda.Utils.Tuple
import Agda.Utils.Lens

#include "undefined.h"
import Agda.Utils.Impossible

{- MOVED to TypeChecking.Level
mlevel :: TCM (Maybe Term)
mlevel = liftTCM $ (Just <$> primLevel) `catchError` \_ -> return Nothing
-}

-- | Try whether a computation runs without errors or new constraints
--   (may create new metas, though).
--   Restores state upon failure.
tryConversion :: TCM () -> TCM Bool
tryConversion = isJust <.> tryConversion'

-- | Try whether a computation runs without errors or new constraints
--   (may create new metas, though).
--   Return 'Just' the result upon success.
--   Return 'Nothing' and restore state upon failure.
tryConversion' :: TCM a -> TCM (Maybe a)
tryConversion' m = (Just <$> do disableDestructiveUpdate $ noConstraints m)
  `catchError` \ _ -> return Nothing

-- | Check if to lists of arguments are the same (and all variables).
--   Precondition: the lists have the same length.
sameVars :: Elims -> Elims -> Bool
sameVars xs ys = and $ zipWith same xs ys
    where
        same (Apply (Arg _ (Var n []))) (Apply (Arg _ (Var m []))) = n == m
        same _ _ = False

-- | @intersectVars us vs@ checks whether all relevant elements in @us@ and @vs@
--   are variables, and if yes, returns a prune list which says @True@ for
--   arguments which are different and can be pruned.
intersectVars :: Elims -> Elims -> Maybe [Bool]
intersectVars = zipWithM areVars where
    -- ignore irrelevant args
    areVars (Apply u) v | isIrrelevant u = Just False -- do not prune
    areVars (Apply (Arg _ (Var n []))) (Apply (Arg _ (Var m []))) = Just $ n /= m -- prune different vars
    areVars _ _                                   = Nothing

equalTerm :: Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
equalTerm = compareTerm CmpEq

equalAtom :: Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
equalAtom = compareAtom CmpEq

equalType :: Type -> Type -> TCM ()
equalType = compareType CmpEq

{- Comparing in irrelevant context always succeeds.

   However, we might want to dig for solutions of irrelevant metas.

   To this end, we can just ignore errors during conversion checking.
 -}

-- convError ::  MonadTCM tcm => TypeError -> tcm a
-- | Ignore errors in irrelevant context.
convError :: TypeError -> TCM ()
convError err = ifM ((==) Irrelevant <$> asks envRelevance) (return ()) $ typeError err

-- | Type directed equality on values.
--
compareTerm :: Comparison -> Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
  -- If one term is a meta, try to instantiate right away. This avoids unnecessary unfolding.
  -- Andreas, 2012-02-14: This is UNSOUND for subtyping!
compareTerm cmp a u v = do
  reportSDoc "tc.conv.term" 10 $ sep
    [ text "compareTerm"
    , nest 2 $ prettyTCM u <+> prettyTCM cmp <+> prettyTCM v
    , nest 2 $ text ":" <+> prettyTCM a
    ]
  -- Check pointer equality first.
  let checkPointerEquality def | not $ null $ List.intersect (pointerChain u) (pointerChain v) = do
        verboseS "profile.sharing" 10 $ tick "pointer equality"
        return ()
      checkPointerEquality def = def
  checkPointerEquality $ do
    -- Check syntactic equality. This actually saves us quite a bit of work.
    ((u, v), equal) <- runReduceM $ SynEq.checkSyntacticEquality u v
  -- OLD CODE, traverses the *full* terms u v at each step, even if they
  -- are different somewhere.  Leads to infeasibility in issue 854.
  -- (u, v) <- instantiateFull (u, v)
  -- let equal = u == v
    unifyPointers cmp u v $ if equal then verboseS "profile.sharing" 20 $ tick "equal terms" else do
      verboseS "profile.sharing" 20 $ tick "unequal terms"
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.term" 15 $ sep
        [ text "compareTerm (not syntactically equal)"
        , nest 2 $ prettyTCM u <+> prettyTCM cmp <+> prettyTCM v
        , nest 2 $ text ":" <+> prettyTCM a
        ]
      -- If we are at type Size, we cannot short-cut comparison
      -- against metas by assignment.
      -- Andreas, 2014-04-12: this looks incomplete.
      -- It seems to assume we are never comparing
      -- at function types into Size.
      let fallback = compareTerm' cmp a u v
          unlessSubtyping cont =
              if cmp == CmpEq then cont else do
                -- Andreas, 2014-04-12 do not short cut if type is blocked.
                ifBlockedType a (\ _ _ -> fallback) {-else-} $ \ a -> do
                  -- do not short circuit size comparison!
                  caseMaybeM (isSizeType a) cont (\ _ -> fallback)

          dir = fromCmp cmp
          rid = flipCmp dir     -- The reverse direction.  Bad name, I know.
      case (ignoreSharing u, ignoreSharing v) of
        (MetaV x us, MetaV y vs)
          | x /= y    -> unlessSubtyping $ solve1 `orelse` solve2 `orelse` compareTerm' cmp a u v
          | otherwise -> fallback
          where
            (solve1, solve2) | x > y     = (assign dir x us v, assign rid y vs u)
                             | otherwise = (assign rid y vs u, assign dir x us v)
        (MetaV x us, _) -> unlessSubtyping $ assign dir x us v `orelse` fallback
        (_, MetaV y vs) -> unlessSubtyping $ assign rid y vs u `orelse` fallback
        _               -> fallback
  where
    assign dir x es v = do
      -- Andreas, 2013-10-19 can only solve if no projections
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.term.shortcut" 20 $ sep
        [ text "attempting shortcut"
        , nest 2 $ prettyTCM (MetaV x es) <+> text ":=" <+> prettyTCM v
        ]
      ifM (isInstantiatedMeta x) patternViolation {-else-} $ do
        assignE dir x es v $ compareTermDir dir a
      _ <- instantiate u
      -- () <- seq u' $ return ()
      reportSLn "tc.conv.term.shortcut" 50 $
        "shortcut successful\n  result: " ++ show u
    -- Should be ok with catchError_ but catchError is much safer since we don't
    -- rethrow errors.
    orelse m h = catchError m (\_ -> h)

unifyPointers :: Comparison -> Term -> Term -> TCM () -> TCM ()
unifyPointers _ _ _ action = action
-- unifyPointers cmp _ _ action | cmp /= CmpEq = action
-- unifyPointers _ u v action = do
--   reportSLn "tc.ptr.unify" 50 $ "Maybe unifying pointers\n  u = " ++ show u ++ "\n  v = " ++ show v
--   old <- use stDirty
--   stDirty .= False
--   action
--   reportSLn "tc.ptr.unify" 50 $ "Finished comparison\n  u = " ++ show u ++ "\n  v = " ++ show v
--   (u, v) <- instantiate (u, v)
--   reportSLn "tc.ptr.unify" 50 $ "After instantiation\n  u = " ++ show u ++ "\n  v = " ++ show v
--   dirty <- use stDirty
--   stDirty .= old
--   if dirty then verboseS "profile.sharing" 20 (tick "unifyPtr: dirty")
--            else do
--             verboseS "profile.sharing" 20 (tick "unifyPtr: clean")
--             reportSLn "tc.ptr.unify" 80 $ "Unifying\n  u = " ++ show u ++ "\n  v = " ++ show v
--             forceEqualTerms u v
--             reportSLn "tc.ptr.unify" 80 $ "After unification\n  u = " ++ show u ++ "\n  v = " ++ show v

-- | Try to assign meta.  If meta is projected, try to eta-expand
--   and run conversion check again.
assignE :: CompareDirection -> MetaId -> Elims -> Term -> (Term -> Term -> TCM ()) -> TCM ()
assignE dir x es v comp = assignWrapper dir x es v $ do
  case allApplyElims es of
    Just vs -> assignV dir x vs v
    Nothing -> do
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.assign" 30 $ sep
        [ text "assigning to projected meta "
        , prettyTCM x <+> sep (map prettyTCM es) <+> text (":" ++ show dir) <+> prettyTCM v
        ]
      etaExpandMeta [Records] x
      res <- isInstantiatedMeta' x
      case res of
        Just u  -> do
          reportSDoc "tc.conv.assign" 30 $ sep
            [ text "seems like eta expansion instantiated meta "
            , prettyTCM x <+> text  (":" ++ show dir) <+> prettyTCM u
            ]
          let w = u `applyE` es
          comp w v
        Nothing ->  do
          reportSLn "tc.conv.assign" 30 "eta expansion did not instantiate meta"
          patternViolation  -- nothing happened, give up

compareTermDir :: CompareDirection -> Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
compareTermDir dir a = dirToCmp (`compareTerm'` a) dir

compareTerm' :: Comparison -> Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
compareTerm' cmp a m n =
  verboseBracket "tc.conv.term" 20 "compareTerm" $ do
  a' <- reduce a
  catchConstraint (ValueCmp cmp a' m n) $ do
    reportSDoc "tc.conv.term" 30 $ fsep
      [ text "compareTerm", prettyTCM m, prettyTCM cmp, prettyTCM n, text ":", prettyTCM a' ]
    proofIrr <- proofIrrelevance
    isSize   <- isJust <$> isSizeType a'
    s        <- reduce $ getSort a'
    mlvl     <- mlevel
    reportSDoc "tc.conv.level" 60 $ nest 2 $ sep
      [ text $ "a'   = " ++ show a'
      , text $ "mlvl = " ++ show mlvl
      , text $ "(Just (ignoreSharing $ unEl a') == mlvl) = " ++ show (Just (ignoreSharing $ unEl a') == mlvl)
      ]
    case s of
      Prop | proofIrr -> return ()
      _    | isSize   -> compareSizes cmp m n
      _               -> case ignoreSharing $ unEl a' of
        a | Just a == mlvl -> do
          a <- levelView m
          b <- levelView n
          equalLevel a b
-- OLD:        Pi dom _  -> equalFun (dom, a') m n
        a@Pi{}    -> equalFun a m n
        Lam _ _   -> __IMPOSSIBLE__
        Def r es  -> do
          isrec <- isEtaRecord r
          if isrec
            then do
              sig <- getSignature
              let ps = fromMaybe __IMPOSSIBLE__ $ allApplyElims es
              -- Andreas, 2010-10-11: allowing neutrals to be blocked things does not seem
              -- to change Agda's behavior
              --    isNeutral Blocked{}          = False
                  isNeutral = isNeutral' . fmap ignoreSharing
                  isMeta    = isMeta'    . fmap ignoreSharing
                  isNeutral' (NotBlocked _ Con{}) = return False
              -- Andreas, 2013-09-18 / 2015-06-29: a Def by copatterns is
              -- not neutral if it is blocked (there can be missing projections
              -- to trigger a reduction.
                  isNeutral' (NotBlocked r (Def q _)) = do    -- Andreas, 2014-12-06 optimize this using r !!
                    not <$> usesCopatterns q -- a def by copattern can reduce if projected
                  isNeutral' _                   = return True
                  isMeta' (NotBlocked _ MetaV{}) = True
                  isMeta' _                      = False

              reportSDoc "tc.conv.term" 30 $ prettyTCM a <+> text "is eta record type"
              m <- reduceB m
              mNeutral <- isNeutral m
              n <- reduceB n
              nNeutral <- isNeutral n
              case (m, n) of
                _ | isMeta m || isMeta n ->
                    compareAtom cmp a' (ignoreBlocking m) (ignoreBlocking n)

                _ | mNeutral && nNeutral -> do
                    -- Andreas 2011-03-23: (fixing issue 396)
                    -- if we are dealing with a singleton record,
                    -- we can succeed immediately
                    isSing <- isSingletonRecordModuloRelevance r ps
                    case isSing of
                      Right True -> return ()
                      -- do not eta-expand if comparing two neutrals
                      _ -> compareAtom cmp a' (ignoreBlocking m) (ignoreBlocking n)
                _ -> do
                  (tel, m') <- etaExpandRecord r ps $ ignoreBlocking m
                  (_  , n') <- etaExpandRecord r ps $ ignoreBlocking n
                  -- No subtyping on record terms
                  c <- getRecordConstructor r
                  -- Record constructors are covariant (see test/succeed/CovariantConstructors).
                  compareArgs (repeat $ polFromCmp cmp) (telePi_ tel $ sort Prop) (Con c []) m' n'

            else compareAtom cmp a' m n
        _ -> compareAtom cmp a' m n
  where
    -- equality at function type (accounts for eta)
    equalFun :: Term -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
    equalFun (Shared p) m n = equalFun (derefPtr p) m n
    equalFun (Pi dom@(Dom info _) b) m n = do
        name <- freshName_ $ suggest (absName b) "x"
        addContext (name, dom) $ compareTerm cmp (absBody b) m' n'
      where
        (m',n') = raise 1 (m,n) `apply` [Arg info $ var 0]
    equalFun _ _ _ = __IMPOSSIBLE__

-- | @compareTel t1 t2 cmp tel1 tel1@ checks whether pointwise
--   @tel1 \`cmp\` tel2@ and complains that @t2 \`cmp\` t1@ failed if
--   not.
compareTel :: Type -> Type ->
  Comparison -> Telescope -> Telescope -> TCM ()
compareTel t1 t2 cmp tel1 tel2 =
  verboseBracket "tc.conv.tel" 20 "compareTel" $
  catchConstraint (TelCmp t1 t2 cmp tel1 tel2) $ case (tel1, tel2) of
    (EmptyTel, EmptyTel) -> return ()
    (EmptyTel, _)        -> bad
    (_, EmptyTel)        -> bad
    (ExtendTel dom1@(Dom i1 a1) tel1, ExtendTel dom2@(Dom i2 a2) tel2)
      | getHiding i1 /= getHiding i2 -> bad
        -- Andreas, 2011-09-11 do not test r1 == r2 because they could differ
        -- e.g. one could be Forced and the other Relevant (see fail/UncurryMeta)
      | otherwise -> do
          name <- freshName_ (suggest (absName tel1) (absName tel2))
          let r = max (getRelevance i1) (getRelevance i2) -- take "most irrelevant"
              dependent = (r /= Irrelevant) && isBinderUsed tel2
-- NEW
          pid <- newProblem_ $ compareType cmp a1 a2
          dom <- if dependent
                 then Dom i1 <$> blockTypeOnProblem a1 pid
                 else return dom1
          addContext (name, dom) $ compareTel t1 t2 cmp (absBody tel1) (absBody tel2)
          stealConstraints pid

{- OLD, before 2013-05-15
          let checkDom = escapeContext 1 $ compareType cmp a1 a2
              c = TelCmp t1 t2 cmp (absBody tel1) (absBody tel2)

          addCtx name dom1 $
            if dependent
            then guardConstraint c checkDom
            else checkDom >> solveConstraint_ c
-}
  where
    -- Andreas, 2011-05-10 better report message about types
    bad = typeError $ UnequalTypes cmp t2 t1 -- switch t2 and t1 because of contravariance!
--    bad = typeError $ UnequalTelescopes cmp tel1 tel2


-- | Raise 'UnequalTerms' if there is no hope that by
--   meta solving and subsequent eta-contraction these
--   terms could become equal.
--   Precondition: the terms are in reduced form
--   (with no top-level pointer) and
--   failed to be equal in the 'compareAtom' check.
--
--   By eta-contraction, a lambda or a record constructor term
--   can become anything.
etaInequal :: Comparison -> Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
etaInequal cmp t m n = do
  let inequal  = typeError $ UnequalTerms cmp m n t
      dontKnow = do
        reportSDoc "tc.conv.inequal" 20 $ hsep
          [ text "etaInequal: postponing "
          , prettyTCM m
          , text " != "
          , prettyTCM n
          ]
        patternViolation
  -- if type is not blocked, then we would have tried eta already
  flip (ifBlockedType t) (\ _ -> inequal) $ \ _ _ -> do
    -- type is blocked
    case (m, n) of
      (Con{}, _) -> dontKnow
      (_, Con{}) -> dontKnow
      (Lam{}, _) -> dontKnow
      (_, Lam{}) -> dontKnow
      _          -> inequal

compareAtomDir :: CompareDirection -> Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
compareAtomDir dir a = dirToCmp (`compareAtom` a) dir

-- | Syntax directed equality on atomic values
--
compareAtom :: Comparison -> Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
compareAtom cmp t m n =
  verboseBracket "tc.conv.atom" 20 "compareAtom" $
  -- if a PatternErr is thrown, rebuild constraint!
  catchConstraint (ValueCmp cmp t m n) $ do
    reportSDoc "tc.conv.atom" 50 $
      text "compareAtom" <+> fsep [ prettyTCM m <+> prettyTCM cmp
                                  , prettyTCM n
                                  , text ":" <+> prettyTCM t ]
    -- Andreas: what happens if I cut out the eta expansion here?
    -- Answer: Triggers issue 245, does not resolve 348
    (mb',nb') <- ifM (asks envCompareBlocked) ((notBlocked -*- notBlocked) <$> reduce (m,n)) $ do
      mb' <- etaExpandBlocked =<< reduceB m
      nb' <- etaExpandBlocked =<< reduceB n
      return (mb', nb')

    -- constructorForm changes literal to constructors
    -- only needed if the other side is not a literal
    (mb'', nb'') <- case (ignoreSharing $ ignoreBlocking mb', ignoreSharing $ ignoreBlocking nb') of
      (Lit _, Lit _) -> return (mb', nb')
      _ -> (,) <$> traverse constructorForm mb'
               <*> traverse constructorForm nb'

    mb <- traverse unLevel mb''
    nb <- traverse unLevel nb''

    let m = ignoreBlocking mb
        n = ignoreBlocking nb

        postpone = addConstraint $ ValueCmp cmp t m n

        checkSyntacticEquality = do
          n <- normalise n    -- is this what we want?
          m <- normalise m
          if m == n
              then return ()  -- Check syntactic equality for blocked terms
              else postpone

        dir = fromCmp cmp
        rid = flipCmp dir     -- The reverse direction.  Bad name, I know.

        assign dir x es v = assignE dir x es v $ compareAtomDir dir t

    unifyPointers cmp (ignoreBlocking mb') (ignoreBlocking nb') $ do    -- this needs to go after eta expansion to avoid creating infinite terms

      reportSDoc "tc.conv.atom" 30 $
        text "compareAtom" <+> fsep [ prettyTCM mb <+> prettyTCM cmp
                                    , prettyTCM nb
                                    , text ":" <+> prettyTCM t ]
      case (ignoreSharing <$> mb, ignoreSharing <$> nb) of
        -- equate two metas x and y.  if y is the younger meta,
        -- try first y := x and then x := y
        (NotBlocked _ (MetaV x xArgs), NotBlocked _ (MetaV y yArgs))
            | x == y ->
              case intersectVars xArgs yArgs of
                -- all relevant arguments are variables
                Just kills -> do
                  -- kills is a list with 'True' for each different var
                  killResult <- killArgs kills x
                  case killResult of
                    NothingToPrune   -> return ()
                    PrunedEverything -> return ()
                    PrunedNothing    -> postpone
                    PrunedSomething  -> postpone
                    -- OLD CODE: if killedAll then return () else checkSyntacticEquality
                -- not all relevant arguments are variables
                Nothing -> checkSyntacticEquality -- Check syntactic equality on meta-variables
                                -- (same as for blocked terms)
            | otherwise -> do
                [p1, p2] <- mapM getMetaPriority [x,y]
                -- instantiate later meta variables first
                let (solve1, solve2)
                      | (p1,x) > (p2,y) = (l,r)
                      | otherwise       = (r,l)
                      where l = assign dir x xArgs n
                            r = assign rid y yArgs m

                    try m h = m `catchError_` \err -> case err of
                      PatternErr{} -> h
                      _            -> throwError err

                -- First try the one with the highest priority. If that doesn't
                -- work, try the low priority one.
                try solve1 solve2

        -- one side a meta, the other an unblocked term
        (NotBlocked _ (MetaV x es), _) -> assign dir x es n
        (_, NotBlocked _ (MetaV x es)) -> assign rid x es m
        (Blocked{}, Blocked{})  -> checkSyntacticEquality
        (Blocked{}, _)    -> useInjectivity cmp t m n
        (_,Blocked{})     -> useInjectivity cmp t m n
        _ -> do
          -- -- Andreas, 2013-10-20 put projection-like function
          -- -- into the spine, to make compareElims work.
          -- -- 'False' means: leave (Def f []) unchanged even for
          -- -- proj-like funs.
          -- m <- elimView False m
          -- n <- elimView False n
          -- Andreas, 2015-07-01, actually, don't put them into the spine.
          -- Polarity cannot be communicated properly if projection-like
          -- functions are post-fix.
          case (ignoreSharing m, ignoreSharing n) of
            (Pi{}, Pi{}) -> equalFun m n

            (Sort s1, Sort Inf) -> return ()
            (Sort s1, Sort s2) -> compareSort CmpEq s1 s2

            (Lit l1, Lit l2) | l1 == l2 -> return ()
            (Var i es, Var i' es') | i == i' -> do
                a <- typeOfBV i
                -- Variables are invariant in their arguments
                compareElims [] a (var i) es es'
            (Def f [], Def f' []) | f == f' -> return ()
            (Def f es, Def f' es') | f == f' -> do
                def <- getConstInfo f
                -- To compute the type @a@ of a projection-like @f@,
                -- we have to infer the type of its first argument.
                a <- if projectionArgs (theDef def) <= 0 then return $ defType def else do
                  -- Find an first argument to @f@.
                  let arg = case (es, es') of
                            (Apply arg : _, _) -> arg
                            (_, Apply arg : _) -> arg
                            _ -> __IMPOSSIBLE__
                  -- Infer its type.
                  reportSDoc "tc.conv.infer" 30 $
                    text "inferring type of internal arg: " <+> prettyTCM arg
                  targ <- infer $ unArg arg
                  reportSDoc "tc.conv.infer" 30 $
                    text "inferred type: " <+> prettyTCM targ
                  -- getDefType wants the argument type reduced.
                  -- Andreas, 2016-02-09, Issue 1825: The type of arg might be
                  -- a meta-variable, e.g. in interactive development.
                  -- In this case, we postpone.
                  fromMaybeM patternViolation $ getDefType f =<< reduce targ
                -- The polarity vector of projection-like functions
                -- does not include the parameters.
                pol <- getPolarity' cmp f
                compareElims pol a (Def f []) es es'
            (Def f es, Def f' es') ->
              unlessM (bothAbsurd f f') $ do
                trySizeUniv cmp t m n f es f' es'
            (Con x xArgs, Con y yArgs)
                | x == y -> do
                    -- Get the type of the constructor instantiated to the datatype parameters.
                    a' <- conType x t
                    -- Constructors are covariant in their arguments
                    -- (see test/succeed/CovariantConstructors).
                    compareArgs (repeat $ polFromCmp cmp) a' (Con x []) xArgs yArgs
            _ -> etaInequal cmp t m n -- fixes issue 856 (unsound conversion error)
    where
        -- Andreas, 2013-05-15 due to new postponement strategy, type can now be blocked
        conType c t = ifBlockedType t (\ _ _ -> patternViolation) $ \ t -> do
          let impossible = do
                reportSDoc "impossible" 10 $
                  text "expected data/record type, found " <+> prettyTCM t
                reportSLn "impossible" 70 $ "  raw = " ++ show t
                -- __IMPOSSIBLE__
                -- Andreas, 2013-10-20:  in case termination checking fails
                -- we might get some unreduced types here.
                -- In issue 921, this happens during the final attempt
                -- to solve left-over constraints.
                -- Thus, instead of crashing, just give up gracefully.
                patternViolation
          maybe impossible return =<< getConType c t
        equalFun t1 t2 = case (ignoreSharing t1, ignoreSharing t2) of
          (Pi dom1@(Dom i1 a1@(El a1s a1t)) b1, Pi (Dom i2 a2) b2)
            | argInfoHiding i1 /= argInfoHiding i2 -> typeError $ UnequalHiding t1 t2
            -- Andreas 2010-09-21 compare r1 and r2, but ignore forcing annotations!
            | not (compareRelevance cmp (ignoreForced $ argInfoRelevance i2)
                                        (ignoreForced $ argInfoRelevance i1))
                -> typeError $ UnequalRelevance cmp t1 t2
            | otherwise -> verboseBracket "tc.conv.fun" 15 "compare function types" $ do
                reportSDoc "tc.conv.fun" 20 $ nest 2 $ vcat
                  [ text "t1 =" <+> prettyTCM t1
                  , text "t2 =" <+> prettyTCM t2 ]

                -- We only need to require a1 == a2 if t2 is a dependent function type.
                -- If it's non-dependent it doesn't matter what we add to the context.
                pid <- newProblem_ $ compareType cmp a2 a1
                dom <- if isBinderUsed b2
                       then Dom i1 <$> blockTypeOnProblem a1 pid
                       -- then Dom i1 . El a1s <$> blockTermOnProblem (El Inf $ Sort a1s) a1t pid
                       else return dom1
                name <- freshName_ (suggest b1 b2)
                addContext (name, dom) $ compareType cmp (absBody b1) (absBody b2)
                stealConstraints pid
                -- Andreas, 2013-05-15 Now, comparison of codomains is not
                -- blocked any more by getting stuck on domains.
                -- Only the domain type in context will be blocked.

{- OLD
                let checkDom = escapeContext 1 $ compareType cmp a2 a1
                    conCoDom = TypeCmp cmp (absBody b1) (absBody b2)
                -- We only need to require a1 == a2 if t2 is a dependent function type.
                -- If it's non-dependent it doesn't matter what we add to the context.
                name <- freshName_ (suggest b1 b2)
                addCtx name dom1 $
                  if isBinderUsed b2 -- dependent function type?
                  then guardConstraint conCoDom checkDom
                  else checkDom >> solveConstraint_ conCoDom
-}
          _ -> __IMPOSSIBLE__

compareRelevance :: Comparison -> Relevance -> Relevance -> Bool
compareRelevance CmpEq  = (==)
compareRelevance CmpLeq = (<=)

-- | @compareElims pols a v els1 els2@ performs type-directed equality on eliminator spines.
--   @t@ is the type of the head @v@.
compareElims :: [Polarity] -> Type -> Term -> [Elim] -> [Elim] -> TCM ()
compareElims pols0 a v els01 els02 = catchConstraint (ElimCmp pols0 a v els01 els02) $ do
  let v1 = applyE v els01
      v2 = applyE v els02
      failure = typeError $ UnequalTerms CmpEq v1 v2 a
        -- Andreas, 2013-03-15 since one of the spines is empty, @a@
        -- is the correct type here.
  unless (null els01) $ do
    reportSDoc "tc.conv.elim" 25 $ text "compareElims" $$ do
     nest 2 $ vcat
      [ text "a     =" <+> prettyTCM a
      , text "pols0 (truncated to 10) =" <+> sep (map prettyTCM $ take 10 pols0)
      , text "v     =" <+> prettyTCM v
      , text "els01 =" <+> prettyTCM els01
      , text "els02 =" <+> prettyTCM els02
      ]
  case (els01, els02) of
    ([]         , []         ) -> return ()
    ([]         , Proj{}:_   ) -> failure -- not impossible, see issue 821
    (Proj{}  : _, []         ) -> failure -- could be x.p =?= x for projection p
    ([]         , Apply{} : _) -> failure -- not impossible, see issue 878
    (Apply{} : _, []         ) -> failure
    (Apply{} : _, Proj{}  : _) -> __IMPOSSIBLE__ <$ solveAwakeConstraints' True -- NB: popped up in issue 889
    (Proj{}  : _, Apply{} : _) -> __IMPOSSIBLE__ <$ solveAwakeConstraints' True -- but should be impossible (but again in issue 1467)
    (Apply arg1 : els1, Apply arg2 : els2) ->
      verboseBracket "tc.conv.elim" 20 "compare Apply" $ do
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.elim" 10 $ nest 2 $ vcat
        [ text "a    =" <+> prettyTCM a
        , text "v    =" <+> prettyTCM v
        , text "arg1 =" <+> prettyTCM arg1
        , text "arg2 =" <+> prettyTCM arg2
        ]
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.elim" 50 $ nest 2 $ vcat
        [ text "v    =" <+> text (show v)
        , text "arg1 =" <+> text (show arg1)
        , text "arg2 =" <+> text (show arg2)
        , text ""
        ]
      let (pol, pols) = nextPolarity pols0
      ifBlockedType a (\ m t -> patternViolation) $ \ a -> do
        case ignoreSharing . unEl $ a of
          (Pi (Dom info b) codom) -> do
            mlvl <- mlevel
            let freeInCoDom (Abs _ c) = 0 `freeInIgnoringSorts` c
                freeInCoDom _         = False
                dependent = (Just (unEl b) /= mlvl) && freeInCoDom codom
                  -- Level-polymorphism (x : Level) -> ... does not count as dependency here
                     -- NB: we could drop the free variable test and still be sound.
                     -- It is a trade-off between the administrative effort of
                     -- creating a blocking and traversing a term for free variables.
                     -- Apparently, it is believed that checking free vars is cheaper.
                     -- Andreas, 2013-05-15
                r = getRelevance info

-- NEW, Andreas, 2013-05-15

            -- compare arg1 and arg2
            pid <- newProblem_ $ applyRelevanceToContext r $
                case r of
                  Forced{}   -> return ()
                  r | irrelevantOrUnused r ->
                                compareIrrelevant b (unArg arg1) (unArg arg2)
                  _          -> compareWithPol pol (flip compareTerm b)
                                  (unArg arg1) (unArg arg2)
            -- if comparison got stuck and function type is dependent, block arg
            arg <- if dependent
                   then (arg1 $>) <$> blockTermOnProblem b (unArg arg1) pid
                   else return arg1
            -- continue, possibly with blocked instantiation
            compareElims pols (codom `lazyAbsApp` unArg arg) (apply v [arg]) els1 els2
            -- any left over constraints of arg are associatd to the comparison
            stealConstraints pid

{- Stealing solves this issue:

   Does not create enough blocked tc-problems,
   see test/fail/DontPrune.
   (There are remaining problems which do not show up as yellow.)
   Need to find a way to associate pid also to result of compareElims.
-}

{- OLD, before 2013-05-15

            let checkArg = applyRelevanceToContext r $
                               case r of
                  Forced     -> return ()
                  r | irrelevantOrUnused r ->
                                compareIrrelevant b (unArg arg1) (unArg arg2)
                  _          -> compareWithPol pol (flip compareTerm b)
                                  (unArg arg1) (unArg arg2)

                theRest = ElimCmp pols (piApply a [arg1]) (apply v [arg1]) els1 els2

            if dependent
              then guardConstraint theRest checkArg
              else checkArg >> solveConstraint_ theRest
-}

          a -> do
            reportSDoc "impossible" 10 $
              text "unexpected type when comparing apply eliminations " <+> prettyTCM a
            reportSLn "impossible" 50 $ "raw type: " ++ show a
            patternViolation
            -- Andreas, 2013-10-22
            -- in case of disabled reductions (due to failing termination check)
            -- we might get stuck, so do not crash, but fail gently.
            -- __IMPOSSIBLE__

    -- case: f == f' are projections
    (Proj f : els1, Proj f' : els2)
      | f /= f'   -> typeError . GenericError . show =<< prettyTCM f <+> text "/=" <+> prettyTCM f'
      | otherwise -> ifBlockedType a (\ m t -> patternViolation) $ \ a -> do
        res <- projectTyped v a f -- fails only if f is proj.like but parameters cannot be retrieved
        case res of
          Just (u, t) -> do
            -- Andreas, 2015-07-01:
            -- The arguments following the principal argument of a projection
            -- are invariant.  (At least as long as we have no explicit polarity
            -- annotations.)
            compareElims [] t u els1 els2
          Nothing -> do
            reportSDoc "tc.conv.elims" 30 $ sep
              [ text $ "projection " ++ show f
              , text   "applied to value " <+> prettyTCM v
              , text   "of unexpected type " <+> prettyTCM a
              ]
            patternViolation


-- | "Compare" two terms in irrelevant position.  This always succeeds.
--   However, we can dig for solutions of irrelevant metas in the
--   terms we compare.
--   (Certainly not the systematic solution, that'd be proof search...)
compareIrrelevant :: Type -> Term -> Term -> TCM ()
{- 2012-04-02 DontCare no longer present
compareIrrelevant t (DontCare v) w = compareIrrelevant t v w
compareIrrelevant t v (DontCare w) = compareIrrelevant t v w
-}
compareIrrelevant t v w = do
  reportSDoc "tc.conv.irr" 20 $ vcat
    [ text "compareIrrelevant"
    , nest 2 $ text "v =" <+> prettyTCM v
    , nest 2 $ text "w =" <+> prettyTCM w
    ]
  reportSDoc "tc.conv.irr" 50 $ vcat
    [ nest 2 $ text $ "v = " ++ show v
    , nest 2 $ text $ "w = " ++ show w
    ]
  try v w $ try w v $ return ()
  where
    try (Shared p) w fallback = try (derefPtr p) w fallback
    try (MetaV x es) w fallback = do
      mv <- lookupMeta x
      let rel  = getMetaRelevance mv
          inst = case mvInstantiation mv of
                   InstV{} -> True
                   InstS{} -> True
                   _       -> False
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.irr" 20 $ vcat
        [ nest 2 $ text $ "rel  = " ++ show rel
        , nest 2 $ text $ "inst = " ++ show inst
        ]
      if not (irrelevantOrUnused rel) || inst
        then fallback
        else assignE DirEq x es w $ compareIrrelevant t
        -- the value of irrelevant or unused meta does not matter
    try v w fallback = fallback

compareWithPol :: Polarity -> (Comparison -> a -> a -> TCM ()) -> a -> a -> TCM ()
compareWithPol Invariant     cmp x y = cmp CmpEq x y
compareWithPol Covariant     cmp x y = cmp CmpLeq x y
compareWithPol Contravariant cmp x y = cmp CmpLeq y x
compareWithPol Nonvariant    cmp x y = return ()

polFromCmp :: Comparison -> Polarity
polFromCmp CmpLeq = Covariant
polFromCmp CmpEq  = Invariant

-- | Type-directed equality on argument lists
--
compareArgs :: [Polarity] -> Type -> Term -> Args -> Args -> TCM ()
compareArgs pol a v args1 args2 =
  compareElims pol a v (map Apply args1) (map Apply args2)

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- * Types
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

-- | Equality on Types
compareType :: Comparison -> Type -> Type -> TCM ()
compareType cmp ty1@(El s1 a1) ty2@(El s2 a2) =
    verboseBracket "tc.conv.type" 20 "compareType" $
    catchConstraint (TypeCmp cmp ty1 ty2) $ do
        reportSDoc "tc.conv.type" 50 $ vcat
          [ text "compareType" <+> sep [ prettyTCM ty1 <+> prettyTCM cmp
                                       , prettyTCM ty2 ]
          , hsep [ text "   sorts:", prettyTCM s1, text " and ", prettyTCM s2 ]
          ]
-- Andreas, 2011-4-27 should not compare sorts, but currently this is needed
-- for solving sort and level metas
        compareSort CmpEq s1 s2 `catchError` \err -> case err of
          TypeError _ e -> do
            reportSDoc "tc.conv.type" 30 $ vcat
              [ text "sort comparison failed"
              , nest 2 $ vcat
                [ text "s1 =" <+> prettyTCM s1
                , text "s2 =" <+> prettyTCM s2
                ]
              ]
            case clValue e of
              -- Issue 659: Better error message
              SetOmegaNotValidType -> typeError $ UnequalBecauseOfUniverseConflict cmp a1 a2
              _ -> do
                -- This error will probably be more informative
                compareTerm cmp (sort s1) a1 a2
                -- Throw the original error if the above doesn't
                -- give an error (for instance, due to pending
                -- constraints).
                -- Or just ignore it... We run into this with irrelevant levels
                -- which may show up in sort constraints, causing them to fail.
                -- In any case it's not safe to ignore the error, for instance
                -- a1 might be Set and a2 a meta of type Set, in which case we
                -- really need the sort comparison to fail, instead of silently
                -- instantiating the meta.
                -- Andreas, 2013-10-31 Maybe the error went away
                -- when we compared the types.  So we try the sort comparison
                -- again, this time not catching the error.  (see Issue 930)
                -- throwError err
                compareSort CmpEq s1 s2
          _             -> throwError err
        compareTerm cmp (sort s1) a1 a2
        return ()

leqType :: Type -> Type -> TCM ()
leqType = compareType CmpLeq

-- | @coerce v a b@ coerces @v : a@ to type @b@, returning a @v' : b@
--   with maybe extra hidden applications or hidden abstractions.
--
--   In principle, this function can host coercive subtyping, but
--   currently it only tries to fix problems with hidden function types.
coerce :: Term -> Type -> Type -> TCM Term
coerce v t1 t2 = blockTerm t2 $ do
  verboseS "tc.conv.coerce" 10 $ do
    (a1,a2) <- reify (t1,t2)
    let dbglvl = if isSet a1 && isSet a2 then 50 else 10
    reportSDoc "tc.conv.coerce" dbglvl $
      text "coerce" <+> vcat
        [ text "term      v  =" <+> prettyTCM v
        , text "from type t1 =" <+> prettyTCM a1
        , text "to type   t2 =" <+> prettyTCM a2
        ]
  -- v <$ do workOnTypes $ leqType t1 t2
  -- take off hidden/instance domains from t1 and t2
  TelV tel1 b1 <- telViewUpTo' (-1) ((NotHidden /=) . getHiding) t1
  TelV tel2 b2 <- telViewUpTo' (-1) ((NotHidden /=) . getHiding) t2
  let n = size tel1 - size tel2
  -- the crude solution would be
  --   v' = λ {tel2} → v {tel1}
  -- however, that may introduce unneccessary many function types
  -- If n  > 0 and b2 is not blocked, it is safe to
  -- insert n many hidden args
  if n <= 0 then fallback else do
    ifBlockedType b2 (\ _ _ -> fallback) $ \ _ -> do
      (args, t1') <- implicitArgs n (NotHidden /=) t1
      coerceSize leqType (v `apply` args) t1' t2
  where
    fallback = coerceSize leqType v t1 t2

-- | Account for situations like @k : (Size< j) <= (Size< k + 1)@
--
--   Actually, the semantics is
--   @(Size<= k) ∩ (Size< j) ⊆ rhs@
--   which gives a disjunctive constraint.  Mmmh, looks like stuff
--   TODO.
--
--   For now, we do a cheap heuristics.
coerceSize :: (Type -> Type -> TCM ()) -> Term -> Type -> Type -> TCM Term
coerceSize leqType v t1 t2 = workOnTypes $ do
    let fallback = v <$ leqType t1 t2
        done = caseMaybeM (isSizeType t1) fallback $ \ b1 -> return v
    -- Andreas, 2015-07-22, Issue 1615:
    -- If t1 is a meta and t2 a type like Size< v2, we need to make sure we do not miss
    -- the constraint v < v2!
    caseMaybeM (isSizeType t2) fallback $ \ b2 -> do
      -- Andreas, 2015-02-11 do not instantiate metas here (triggers issue 1203).
      ifM (tryConversion $ dontAssignMetas $ leqType t1 t2) (return v) $ {- else -} do
        -- A (most probably weaker) alternative is to just check syn.eq.
        -- ifM (snd <$> checkSyntacticEquality t1 t2) (return v) $ {- else -} do
        case b2 of
          -- @t2 = Size@.  We are done!
          BoundedNo -> done
          -- @t2 = Size< v2@
          BoundedLt v2 -> do
            sv2 <- sizeView v2
            case sv2 of
              SizeInf     -> done
              OtherSize{} -> do
                -- Andreas, 2014-06-16:
                -- Issue 1203: For now, just treat v < v2 as suc v <= v2
                -- TODO: Need proper < comparison
                vinc <- sizeSuc 1 v
                compareSizes CmpLeq vinc v2
                done
              -- @v2 = a2 + 1@: In this case, we can try @v <= a2@
              SizeSuc a2 -> do
                compareSizes CmpLeq v a2
                done  -- to pass Issue 1136

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- * Sorts and levels
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

compareLevel :: Comparison -> Level -> Level -> TCM ()
compareLevel CmpLeq u v = leqLevel u v
compareLevel CmpEq  u v = equalLevel u v

compareSort :: Comparison -> Sort -> Sort -> TCM ()
compareSort CmpEq  = equalSort
compareSort CmpLeq = leqSort

-- | Check that the first sort is less or equal to the second.
--
--   We can put @SizeUniv@ below @Inf@, but otherwise, it is
--   unrelated to the other universes.
--
leqSort :: Sort -> Sort -> TCM ()
leqSort s1 s2 = catchConstraint (SortCmp CmpLeq s1 s2) $ do
  (s1,s2) <- reduce (s1,s2)
  let postpone = addConstraint (SortCmp CmpLeq s1 s2)
      no       = typeError $ NotLeqSort s1 s2
      yes      = return ()
  reportSDoc "tc.conv.sort" 30 $
    sep [ text "leqSort"
        , nest 2 $ fsep [ prettyTCM s1 <+> text "=<"
                        , prettyTCM s2 ]
        ]
  case (s1, s2) of

      (_       , Inf     ) -> yes

      (SizeUniv, _       ) -> equalSort s1 s2
      (_       , SizeUniv) -> equalSort s1 s2

      (Type a  , Type b  ) -> leqLevel a b

      (Prop    , Prop    ) -> yes
      (Prop    , Type _  ) -> yes
      (Type _  , Prop    ) -> no

      -- (SizeUniv, SizeUniv) -> yes
      -- (SizeUniv, _       ) -> no
      -- (_       , SizeUniv) -> no

      (Inf     , _       ) -> equalSort s1 s2
      (DLub{}  , _       ) -> postpone
      (_       , DLub{}  ) -> postpone

leqLevel :: Level -> Level -> TCM ()
leqLevel a b = liftTCM $ do
  reportSDoc "tc.conv.nat" 30 $
    text "compareLevel" <+>
      sep [ prettyTCM a <+> text "=<"
          , prettyTCM b ]
  -- Andreas, 2015-12-28 Issue 1757
  -- We normalize both sides to make the syntactic equality check (==) stronger.
  -- See case for `same term` below.
  a <- normalise a
  b <- normalise b
  catchConstraint (LevelCmp CmpLeq a b) $ leqView a b
  where
    leqView a@(Max as) b@(Max bs) = do
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.nat" 30 $
        text "compareLevelView" <+>
          sep [ text (show a) <+> text "=<"
              , text (show b) ]
      wrap $ case (as, bs) of

        -- same term
        _ | as == bs -> ok

        -- 0 ≤ any
        ([], _) -> ok

        -- as ≤ 0
        (as, [])  -> sequence_ [ equalLevel' (Max [a]) (Max []) | a <- as ]

        -- as ≤ [b]
        (as@(_:_:_), [b]) -> sequence_ [ leqView (Max [a]) (Max [b]) | a <- as ]

        -- reduce constants
        (as, bs) | minN > 0 -> leqView (Max $ map (subtr minN) as) (Max $ map (subtr minN) bs)
          where
            ns = map constant as
            ms = map constant bs
            minN = minimum (ns ++ ms)

        -- remove subsumed
        -- Andreas, 2014-04-07: This is ok if we do not go back to equalLevel
        (as, bs)
          | not $ null subsumed -> leqView (Max $ as \\ subsumed) (Max bs)
          where
            subsumed = [ a | a@(Plus m l) <- as, n <- findN l, m <= n ]
            -- @findN a@ finds the unique(?) term @Plus n a@ in @bs@, if any.
            -- Andreas, 2014-04-07 Why must there be a unique term?
            findN a = case [ n | Plus n b <- bs, b == a ] of
                        [n] -> [n]
                        _   -> []

        -- Andreas, 2012-10-02 raise error on unsolvable constraint
        ([ClosedLevel n], [ClosedLevel m]) -> if n <= m then ok else notok

        -- closed ≤ bs
        ([ClosedLevel n], bs)
          | n <= maximum (map constant bs) -> ok

        -- as ≤ neutral
        (as, bs)
          | neutralB && maxA > maxB -> notok
          | neutralB && any (\a -> neutral a && not (isInB a)) as -> notok
          | neutralB && neutralA -> maybeok $ all (\a -> constant a <= findN a) as
          where
            maxA = maximum $ map constant as
            maxB = maximum $ map constant bs
            neutralA = all neutral as
            neutralB = all neutral bs
            isInB a = elem (unneutral a) $ map unneutral bs
            findN a = case [ n | b@(Plus n _) <- bs, unneutral b == unneutral a ] of
                        [n] -> n
                        _   -> __IMPOSSIBLE__

        -- [a] ≤ [neutral]
        ([a@(Plus n _)], [b@(Plus m NeutralLevel{})])
          | m == n -> equalLevel' (Max [a]) (Max [b])
          -- Andreas, 2014-04-07: This call to equalLevel is ok even if we removed
          -- subsumed terms from the lhs.

        -- anything else
        _ -> postpone
      where
        ok       = return ()
        notok    = unlessM typeInType $ typeError $ NotLeqSort (Type a) (Type b)
        postpone = patternViolation

        wrap m = catchError m $ \e ->
          case e of
            TypeError{} -> notok
            _           -> throwError e

        maybeok True = ok
        maybeok False = notok

        neutral (Plus _ NeutralLevel{}) = True
        neutral _                       = False

        meta (Plus _ MetaLevel{}) = True
        meta _                    = False

        unneutral (Plus _ (NeutralLevel _ v)) = v
        unneutral _ = __IMPOSSIBLE__

        constant (ClosedLevel n) = n
        constant (Plus n _)      = n

        subtr m (ClosedLevel n) = ClosedLevel (n - m)
        subtr m (Plus n l)      = Plus (n - m) l

--     choice []     = patternViolation
--     choice (m:ms) = noConstraints m `catchError` \_ -> choice ms
--       case e of
--         PatternErr{} -> choice ms
--         _            -> throwError e

equalLevel :: Level -> Level -> TCM ()
equalLevel a b = do
  -- Andreas, 2013-10-31 Use normalization to make syntactic equality stronger
  (a, b) <- normalise (a, b)
  equalLevel' a b

-- | Precondition: levels are 'normalise'd.
equalLevel' :: Level -> Level -> TCM ()
equalLevel' a b = do
  reportSLn "tc.conv.level" 50 $ "equalLevel (" ++ show a ++ ") (" ++ show b ++ ")"
  liftTCM $ catchConstraint (LevelCmp CmpEq a b) $
    check a b
  where
    check a@(Max as) b@(Max bs) = do
      -- Jesper, 2014-02-02 remove terms that certainly do not contribute
      -- to the maximum
      as <- return $ [ a | a <- as, not $ a `isStrictlySubsumedBy` bs ]
      bs <- return $ [ b | b <- bs, not $ b `isStrictlySubsumedBy` as ]
      -- Andreas, 2013-10-31 remove common terms (that don't contain metas!!)
      -- THAT's actually UNSOUND when metas are instantiated, because
      --     max a b == max a c  does not imply  b == c
      -- as <- return $ Set.fromList $ closed0 as
      -- bs <- return $ Set.fromList $ closed0 bs
      -- let cs = Set.filter (not . hasMeta) $ Set.intersection as bs
      -- as <- return $ Set.toList $ as Set.\\ cs
      -- bs <- return $ Set.toList $ bs Set.\\ cs
      as <- return $ List.sort $ closed0 as
      bs <- return $ List.sort $ closed0 bs
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.level" 40 $
        sep [ text "equalLevel"
            , vcat [ nest 2 $ sep [ prettyTCM a <+> text "=="
                                  , prettyTCM b
                                  ]
                   , text "reduced"
                   , nest 2 $ sep [ prettyTCM (Max as) <+> text "=="
                                  , prettyTCM (Max bs)
                                  ]
                   ]
            ]
      reportSDoc "tc.conv.level" 50 $
        sep [ text "equalLevel"
            , vcat [ nest 2 $ sep [ text (show (Max as)) <+> text "=="
                                  , text (show (Max bs))
                                  ]
                   ]
            ]
      case (as, bs) of
        _ | as == bs -> ok
          | any isBlocked (as ++ bs) -> do
              lvl <- levelType
              liftTCM $ useInjectivity CmpEq lvl (Level a) (Level b)

        -- closed == closed
        ([ClosedLevel n], [ClosedLevel m])
          | n == m    -> ok
          | otherwise -> notok

        -- closed == neutral
        ([ClosedLevel{}], _) | any isNeutral bs -> notok
        (_, [ClosedLevel{}]) | any isNeutral as -> notok

        -- 0 == any
        ([ClosedLevel 0], bs@(_:_:_)) -> sequence_ [ equalLevel' (Max []) (Max [b]) | b <- bs ]
        (as@(_:_:_), [ClosedLevel 0]) -> sequence_ [ equalLevel' (Max [a]) (Max []) | a <- as ]
        -- Andreas, 2014-04-07 Why should the following be ok?
        --   X (suc a)  could be different from  X (suc (suc a))
        -- -- Same meta
        -- ([Plus n (MetaLevel x _)], [Plus m (MetaLevel y _)])
        --   | n == m && x == y -> ok

        -- meta == any
        ([Plus n (MetaLevel x as)], _)
          | any (isThisMeta x) bs -> postpone
        (_, [Plus n (MetaLevel x bs)])
          | any (isThisMeta x) as -> postpone
        ([Plus n (MetaLevel x as')], [Plus m (MetaLevel y bs')])
            -- lexicographic comparison intended!
          | (n, y) < (m, x)            -> meta n x as' bs
          | otherwise                  -> meta m y bs' as
        ([Plus n (MetaLevel x as')],_) -> meta n x as' bs
        (_,[Plus m (MetaLevel y bs')]) -> meta m y bs' as

        -- any other metas
        -- Andreas, 2013-10-31: There could be metas in neutral levels (see Issue 930).
        -- Should not we postpone there as well?  Yes!
        _ | any hasMeta (as ++ bs) -> postpone

        -- neutral/closed == neutral/closed
        _ | all isNeutralOrClosed (as ++ bs) -> do
          reportSLn "tc.conv.level" 60 $ "equalLevel: all are neutral or closed"
          if length as == length bs
            then zipWithM_ (\a b -> [a] =!= [b]) as bs
            else notok

        -- more cases?
        _ -> postpone

      where
        a === b   = unlessM typeInType $ do
            lvl <- levelType
            equalAtom lvl a b
        as =!= bs = levelTm (Max as) === levelTm (Max bs)

        ok       = return ()
        notok    = unlessM typeInType notOk
        notOk    = typeError $ UnequalSorts (Type a) (Type b)
        postpone = do
          reportSLn "tc.conv.level" 30 $ "postponing: " ++ show a ++ " == " ++ show b
          patternViolation

        closed0 [] = [ClosedLevel 0]
        closed0 as = as

        -- perform assignment (Plus n (MetaLevel x as)) := bs
        meta n x as bs = do
          reportSLn "tc.meta.level" 30 $ "Assigning meta level"
          reportSLn "tc.meta.level" 50 $ "meta " ++ show as ++ " " ++ show bs
          bs' <- mapM (subtr n) bs
          assignE DirEq x as (levelTm (Max bs')) (===) -- fallback: check equality as atoms

        -- Make sure to give a sensible error message
        wrap m = m `catchError` \err ->
          case err of
            TypeError{} -> notok
            _           -> throwError err

        subtr n (ClosedLevel m)
          | m >= n    = return $ ClosedLevel (m - n)
          | otherwise = ifM typeInType (return $ ClosedLevel 0) $ notOk
        subtr n (Plus m a)
          | m >= n    = return $ Plus (m - n) a
        subtr _ (Plus _ BlockedLevel{}) = postpone
        subtr _ (Plus _ MetaLevel{})    = postpone
        subtr _ (Plus _ NeutralLevel{}) = postpone
        subtr _ (Plus _ UnreducedLevel{}) = __IMPOSSIBLE__

        isNeutral (Plus _ NeutralLevel{}) = True
        isNeutral _                       = False

        isClosed ClosedLevel{} = True
        isClosed _             = False

        isNeutralOrClosed l = isClosed l || isNeutral l

        isBlocked (Plus _ BlockedLevel{}) = True
        isBlocked _                       = False

        hasMeta ClosedLevel{}               = False
        hasMeta (Plus _ MetaLevel{})        = True
        hasMeta (Plus _ (BlockedLevel _ v)) = not $ null $ allMetas v
        hasMeta (Plus _ (NeutralLevel _ v)) = not $ null $ allMetas v
        hasMeta (Plus _ (UnreducedLevel v)) = not $ null $ allMetas v

        isThisMeta x (Plus _ (MetaLevel y _)) = x == y
        isThisMeta _ _                      = False

        constant (ClosedLevel n) = n
        constant (Plus n _)      = n

        (ClosedLevel m) `isStrictlySubsumedBy` [] = m == 0
        (ClosedLevel m) `isStrictlySubsumedBy` ys = m < maximum (map constant ys)
        (Plus m x)      `isStrictlySubsumedBy` ys = not $ null $
          [ n | Plus n y <- ys, x == y, m < n ]


-- | Check that the first sort equal to the second.
equalSort :: Sort -> Sort -> TCM ()
equalSort s1 s2 = do
    catchConstraint (SortCmp CmpEq s1 s2) $ do
        (s1,s2) <- reduce (s1,s2)
        let postpone = addConstraint (SortCmp CmpEq s1 s2)
            yes      = return ()
            no       = unlessM typeInType $ typeError $ UnequalSorts s1 s2

            -- Test whether a level is infinity.
            isInf ClosedLevel{}   = no
            isInf (Plus _ l) = case l of
              MetaLevel x es -> assignE DirEq x es (Sort Inf) $ equalAtom topSort
                -- Andreas, 2015-02-14
                -- This seems to be a hack, as a level meta is instantiated
                -- by a sort.
              NeutralLevel _ v -> case ignoreSharing v of
                Sort Inf -> yes
                _        -> no
              _ -> no

            -- Equate a level with SizeUniv.
            eqSizeUniv l0 = case l0 of
              Plus 0 l -> case l of
                MetaLevel x es -> assignE DirEq x es (Sort SizeUniv) $ equalAtom topSort
                NeutralLevel _ v -> case ignoreSharing v of
                  Sort SizeUniv -> yes
                  _ -> no
                _ -> no
              _ -> no

        reportSDoc "tc.conv.sort" 30 $ sep
          [ text "equalSort"
          , vcat [ nest 2 $ fsep [ prettyTCM s1 <+> text "=="
                                 , prettyTCM s2 ]
                 , nest 2 $ fsep [ text (show s1) <+> text "=="
                                 , text (show s2) ]
                 ]
          ]

        case (s1, s2) of

            (Type a  , Type b  ) -> equalLevel a b

            (SizeUniv, SizeUniv) -> yes
            (SizeUniv, Type (Max as@(_:_))) -> mapM_ eqSizeUniv as
            (Type (Max as@(_:_)), SizeUniv) -> mapM_ eqSizeUniv as
            (SizeUniv, _       ) -> no
            (_       , SizeUniv) -> no

            (Prop    , Prop    ) -> yes
            (Type _  , Prop    ) -> no
            (Prop    , Type _  ) -> no

            (Inf     , Inf     )             -> yes
            (Inf     , Type (Max as@(_:_)))  -> mapM_ isInf as
            (Type (Max as@(_:_)), Inf)       -> mapM_ isInf as
            -- Andreas, 2014-06-27:
            -- @Type (Max [])@ (which is Set0) falls through to error.
            (Inf     , _       )             -> no
            (_       , Inf     )             -> no

            -- Andreas, 2014-06-27:  Why are there special cases for Set0?
            -- Andreas, 2015-02-14:  Probably because s ⊔ s' = Set0
            -- entailed that both s and s' are Set0.
            -- This is no longer true if  SizeUniv ⊔ s = s

            -- (DLub s1 s2, s0@(Type (Max []))) -> do
            --   equalSort s1 s0
            --   underAbstraction_ s2 $ \s2 -> equalSort s2 s0
            -- (s0@(Type (Max [])), DLub s1 s2) -> do
            --   equalSort s0 s1
            --   underAbstraction_ s2 $ \s2 -> equalSort s0 s2

            (DLub{}  , _       )             -> postpone
            (_       , DLub{}  )             -> postpone

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- * Definitions
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

bothAbsurd :: QName -> QName -> TCM Bool
bothAbsurd f f'
  | isAbsurdLambdaName f, isAbsurdLambdaName f' = do
      def  <- getConstInfo f
      def' <- getConstInfo f'
      case (theDef def, theDef def') of
        (Function{ funCompiled = Just Fail},
         Function{ funCompiled = Just Fail}) -> return True
        _ -> return False
  | otherwise = return False