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(* $Id: proofEngineHelpers.ml 7022 2006-11-15 19:47:41Z fguidi $ *)

(* saturate_term newmeta metasenv context ty goal_arity                       *)
(* Given a type [ty] (a backbone), it returns its suffix of length            *)
(* [goal_arity] head and a new metasenv in which there is new a META for each *)
(* hypothesis, a list of arguments for the new applications and the index of  *)
(* the last new META introduced. The nth argument in the list of arguments is *)
(* just the nth new META.                                                     *)
val saturate_term:
 ?delta: bool -> (* default true *)
 int -> Cic.metasenv -> Cic.context -> Cic.term -> int ->
  Cic.term * Cic.metasenv * Cic.term list * int