---------------------------------------------------------------------- dest_arb (boolSyntax) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dest_arb : term -> hol_type SYNOPSIS Extract the type of an instance of the {ARB} constant. LIBRARY DESCRIBE If {M} is an instance of the constant {ARB} with type {ty}, then {dest_arb M} equals {ty}. FAILURE Fails if {M} is not an instance of {ARB}. COMMENTS When it succeeds, an invocation of {dest_arb} is equivalent to {type_of}. SEEALSO boolSyntax.mk_arb, boolSyntax.is_arb. ----------------------------------------------------------------------