Release notes for Agda version 2.6.4.2

This is a bug-fix release. It aims to be API-compatible with 2.6.4.1. Agda 2.6.4.2 supports GHC versions 8.6.5 to 9.8.1.

Highlights

• Fix an inconsistency in Cubical Agda related to catch-all clauses: Issue #7033
• Fix a regression in instance search introduced in 2.6.4.2: Issue #7113
• Fix a bug related to opaque: Issue #6972
• Fix some internal errors:
  • Issue #7029
  • Issue #7034
  • Issue #7044
• Fix building with cabal flag -f debug-serialisation: Issue #7081

List of closed issues

For 2.6.4.2, the following issues were closed (see bug tracker):

• Issue #6972: Unfolding fails when code is split up into multiple files
• Issue #6999: Unification failure for function type with erased argument
• Issue #7020: question: haskell backend extraction of Data.Nat.DivMod.DivMod?
• Issue #7029: Internal error on confluence check when rewriting a defined symbol with a hole
• Issue #7033: transpX clauses can be beat out by user-written _ clauses, leading to proof of ⊥
• Issue #7034: Internal error with --two-level due to blocking on solved meta
• Issue #7044: Serializer crashes on blocked definitions when using --allow-unsolved-metas
• Issue #7048: hcomp symbols in interface not hidden under --cubical-compatible
• Issue #7059: Don't recompile if --keep-pattern-variables option changes
• Issue #7070: Don't set a default maximum heapsize for Agda runs
• Issue #7081: Missing IsString instance with debug flags enabled
• Issue #7095: Agda build flags appear as "automatic", but they are all "manual"
• Issue #7104: Warning "there are two interface files" should not be serialized
• Issue #7105: Internal error in generate-helper (C-c C-h)
• Issue #7113: Instance resolution runs too late, leads to with-abstraction failure

These PRs not corresponding to issues were merged:

• PR #6988: Provide a .agda-lib for Agda builtins
• PR #7065: Some documentation fixes
• PR #7072: Add 'Inference in Agda' to the list of tutorials
• PR #7091: Add course to “Courses using Agda”