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+(**************************************************************************)
+(* ___ *)
+(* ||M|| *)
+(* ||A|| A project by Andrea Asperti *)
+(* ||T|| *)
+(* ||I|| Developers: *)
+(* ||T|| The HELM team. *)
+(* ||A|| http://helm.cs.unibo.it *)
+(* \ / *)
+(* \ / This file is distributed under the terms of the *)
+(* v GNU General Public License Version 2 *)
+(* *)
+(**************************************************************************)
+
+include "basics/list.ma".
+include "arithmetics/nat.ma".
+
+nlet rec length (A:Type) (l:list A) on l ≝
+ match l with
+ [ nil ⇒ 0
+ | cons a tl ⇒ S (length A tl)].
+
+notation "|M|" non associative with precedence 60 for @{'norm $M}.
+interpretation "norm" 'norm l = (length ? l).
+
+nlet rec nth n (A:Type) (l:list A) (d:A) ≝
+ match n with
+ [O ⇒ hd A l d
+ |S m ⇒ nth m A (tail A l) d].
+