Program Fixpoint error with Admit Obligations and nested recursion - coq

Question

I was trying to define a function using Program Fixpoint, which uses another (anonymous) recursive function in its body. I tried using Admit Obligationsfor the moment, to see if something else made sense but I get an error.
This is a simple example that shows the same error (maybe there is a simpler one...).
Require Import List.
Import ListNotations.
Require Import Program.
Section Test.
Inductive FType : Type :=
| Base : RType -> FType
| Cons : RType -> FType -> FType
with RType : Type :=
| Empty : RType
| Nested : nat -> FType -> RType
| NestedList : nat -> list FType -> RType.
Variable ftype_size : FType -> nat.
Program Fixpoint failing (ft : FType) {measure (ftype_size ft)} : FType :=
match ft with
| Base _ => ft
| Cons hd tl =>
match hd with
| NestedList l rs =>
let fix loop (rs : list FType) (i : nat) : list FType :=
match rs with
| [] => []
| r' :: rs' => (failing r') :: (loop rs' (i + 1))
end
in
Base (NestedList l (loop rs 0))
| _ => ft
end
end.
Admit Obligations.
End Test.
So, when running this it says Recursive call to loop has not enough arguments.. I was wondering why is this happening? Is it somehow related to this issue?
Also, if I define an indexed map and repeat this, I don't get any error.
Section Map.
Variables (T1 T2 : Type) (f : nat -> T1 -> T2).
Definition indexed_map (s : list T1) :=
let fix imap s index : list T2 :=
match s with
| [] => []
| hd :: tl => (f index hd) :: imap tl (index + 1)
end
in
imap s 0.
End Map.
Arguments indexed_map [T1 T2].
Program Fixpoint failing (ft : FType) {measure (ftype_size ft)} : FType :=
match ft with
| Base _ => ft
| Cons hd tl =>
match hd with
| NestedList l rs => Base (NestedList l (indexed_map (fun i r' => (failing r')) rs))
| _ => ft
end
end.
Admit Obligations.
I can probably define it in a different way but I was still wondering why is this happening.

Answer 1

Reading the error message further, notice that loop occurs twice in the printed function. The second occurence is the one you wrote, but the first (the problematic one) is an argument to an axiom generated by Admit Obligations.
Recursive call to loop has not enough arguments.
Recursive definition is:
"fun (rs0 : list FType) (i : nat) =>
let program_branch_0 := fun _ : [] = rs0 => [] in
let program_branch_1 :=
fun (r' : FType) (rs' : list FType) (Heq_rs : r' :: rs' = rs0) =>
failing r'
(failing_obligation_1 ft failing hd tl Heq_ft l rs Heq_hd loop
rs0 i r' rs' Heq_rs) :: loop rs' (i + 1) in
match rs0 as rs' return (rs' = rs0 -> list FType) with
| [] => program_branch_0
| r' :: rs' => program_branch_1 r' rs'
end eq_refl".
To avoid that, you can step through the corresponding obligation manually and put your own axiom that doesn't depend on loop.
Parameter TODO : forall {A : Prop}, A.
Program Fixpoint failing ... (* Your definition *)
Next Obligation.
apply TODO.
Qed.
(* Now the rest can still be Admitted. *)
Admit Obligations.