(** Formal Reasoning About Programs * Supplementary Coq material: dependent inductive types * Author: Adam Chlipala * License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ * Much of the material comes from CPDT by the same author. *) Require Import FrapWithoutSets SubsetTypes. Set Implicit Arguments. Set Asymmetric Patterns. (* Subset types and their relatives help us integrate verification with * programming. Though they reorganize the certified programmer's workflow, * they tend not to have deep effects on proofs. We write largely the same * proofs as we would for classical verification, with some of the structure * moved into the programs themselves. It turns out that, when we use dependent * types to their full potential, we warp the development and proving process * even more than that, picking up "free theorems" to the extent that often a * certified program is hardly more complex than its uncertified counterpart in * Haskell or ML. * * In particular, we have only scratched the tip of the iceberg that is Coq's * inductive definition mechanism. *) (** * Length-Indexed Lists *) (* Many introductions to dependent types start out by showing how to use them to * eliminate array bounds checks. When the type of an array tells you how many * elements it has, your compiler can detect out-of-bounds dereferences * statically. Since we are working in a pure functional language, the next * best thing is length-indexed lists, which the following code defines. *) Section ilist. Variable A : Set. (* Note how now we are sure to write out the type of each constructor in full, * instead of using the shorthand notation we favored previously. The reason * is that now the index to the inductive type [ilist] depends on details of a * constructor's arguments. We are also using [Set], the type containing the * normal types of programming. *) Inductive ilist : nat -> Set := | Nil : ilist O | Cons : forall n, A -> ilist n -> ilist (S n). (* We see that, within its section, [ilist] is given type [nat -> Set]. * Previously, every inductive type we have seen has either had plain [Set] as * its type or has been a predicate with some type ending in [Prop]. The full * generality of inductive definitions lets us integrate the expressivity of * predicates directly into our normal programming. * * The [nat] argument to [ilist] tells us the length of the list. The types * of [ilist]'s constructors tell us that a [Nil] list has length [O] and that * a [Cons] list has length one greater than the length of its tail. We may * apply [ilist] to any natural number, even natural numbers that are only * known at runtime. It is this breaking of the _phase distinction_ that * characterizes [ilist] as _dependently typed_. * * In expositions of list types, we usually see the length function defined * first, but here that would not be a very productive function to code. * Instead, let us implement list concatenation. *) Fixpoint app n1 (ls1 : ilist n1) n2 (ls2 : ilist n2) : ilist (n1 + n2) := match ls1 with | Nil => ls2 | Cons _ x ls1' => Cons x (app ls1' ls2) end. (* Past Coq versions signalled an error for this definition. The code is * still invalid within Coq's core language, but current Coq versions * automatically add annotations to the original program, producing a valid * core program. These are the annotations on [match] discriminees that we * began to study with subset types. We can rewrite [app] to give the * annotations explicitly. *) Fixpoint app' n1 (ls1 : ilist n1) n2 (ls2 : ilist n2) : ilist (n1 + n2) := match ls1 in (ilist n1) return (ilist (n1 + n2)) with | Nil => ls2 | Cons _ x ls1' => Cons x (app' ls1' ls2) end. (* Using [return] alone allowed us to express a dependency of the [match] * result type on the _value_ of the discriminee. What [in] adds to our * arsenal is a way of expressing a dependency on the _type_ of the * discriminee. Specifically, the [n1] in the [in] clause above is a * _binding occurrence_ whose scope is the [return] clause. * * We may use [in] clauses only to bind names for the arguments of an * inductive type family. That is, each [in] clause must be an inductive type * family name applied to a sequence of underscores and variable names of the * proper length. The positions for _parameters_ to the type family must all * be underscores. Parameters are those arguments declared with section * variables or with entries to the left of the first colon in an inductive * definition. They cannot vary depending on which constructor was used to * build the discriminee, so Coq prohibits pointless matches on them. It is * those arguments defined in the type to the right of the colon that we may * name with [in] clauses. * * Here's a useful function with a surprisingly subtle type, where the return * type depends on the _value_ of the argument. *) Fixpoint inject (ls : list A) : ilist (length ls) := match ls with | nil => Nil | h :: t => Cons h (inject t) end. (* We can define an inverse conversion and prove that it really is an * inverse. *) Fixpoint unject n (ls : ilist n) : list A := match ls with | Nil => nil | Cons _ h t => h :: unject t end. Theorem inject_inverse : forall ls, unject (inject ls) = ls. Proof. induct ls; simplify; equality. Qed. (* Now let us attempt a function that is surprisingly tricky to write. In ML, * the list head function raises an exception when passed an empty list. With * length-indexed lists, we can rule out such invalid calls statically, and * here is a first attempt at doing so. We write [_] for a term that we wish * Coq would fill in for us, but we'll have no such luck. *) Fail Definition hd n (ls : ilist (S n)) : A := match ls with | Nil => _ | Cons _ h _ => h end. (* It is not clear what to write for the [Nil] case, so we are stuck before we * even turn our function over to the type checker. We could try omitting the * [Nil] case. *) Fail Fail Definition hd n (ls : ilist (S n)) : A := match ls with | Cons _ h _ => h end. (* Unlike in ML, we cannot use inexhaustive pattern matching, because there is * no conception of a <> exception to be thrown. In fact, recent * versions of Coq _do_ allow this, by implicit translation to a [match] that * considers all constructors; the error message above was generated by an * older Coq version. It is educational to discover for ourselves the * encoding that the most recent Coq versions use. We might try using an [in] * clause somehow. *) Fail Fail Definition hd n (ls : ilist (S n)) : A := match ls in (ilist (S n)) with | Cons _ h _ => h end. (* Due to some relatively new heuristics, Coq does accept this code, but in * general it is not legal to write arbitrary patterns for the arguments of * inductive types in [in] clauses. Only variables are permitted there, in * Coq's core language. A completely general mechanism could only be * supported with a solution to the problem of higher-order unification, which * is undecidable. * * Our final, working attempt at [hd] uses an auxiliary function and a * surprising [return] annotation. *) Definition hd' n (ls : ilist n) := match ls in (ilist n) return (match n with O => unit | S _ => A end) with | Nil => tt | Cons _ h _ => h end. Check hd'. Definition hd n (ls : ilist (S n)) : A := hd' ls. End ilist. (* We annotate our main [match] with a type that is itself a [match]. We write * that the function [hd'] returns [unit] when the list is empty and returns the * carried type [A] in all other cases. In the definition of [hd], we just call * [hd']. Because the index of [ls] is known to be nonzero, the type checker * reduces the [match] in the type of [hd'] to [A]. *) (** * The One Rule of Dependent Pattern Matching in Coq *) (* The rest of this chapter will demonstrate a few other elegant applications of * dependent types in Coq. Readers encountering such ideas for the first time * often feel overwhelmed, concluding that there is some magic at work whereby * Coq sometimes solves the halting problem for the programmer and sometimes * does not, applying automated program understanding in a way far beyond what * is found in conventional languages. The point of this section is to cut off * that sort of thinking right now! Dependent type-checking in Coq follows just * a few algorithmic rules, with just one for _dependent pattern matching_ of * the kind we met in the previous section. * * A dependent pattern match is a [match] expression where the type of the * overall [match] is a function of the value and/or the type of the * _discriminee_, the value being matched on. In other words, the [match] type * _depends_ on the discriminee. * * When exactly will Coq accept a dependent pattern match as well-typed? Some * other dependently typed languages employ fancy decision procedures to * determine when programs satisfy their very expressive types. The situation * in Coq is just the opposite. Only very straightforward symbolic rules are * applied. Such a design choice has its drawbacks, as it forces programmers to * do more work to convince the type checker of program validity. However, the * great advantage of a simple type checking algorithm is that its action on * _invalid_ programs is easier to understand! * * We come now to the one rule of dependent pattern matching in Coq. A general * dependent pattern match assumes this form (with unnecessary parentheses * included to make the syntax easier to parse): [[ match E as y in (T x1 ... xn) return U with | C z1 ... zm => B | ... end ]] * The discriminee is a term [E], a value in some inductive type family [T], * which takes [n] arguments. An [as] clause binds the name [y] to refer to the * discriminee [E]. An [in] clause binds an explicit name [xi] for the [i]th * argument passed to [T] in the type of [E]. * * We bind these new variables [y] and [xi] so that they may be referred to in * [U], a type given in the [return] clause. The overall type of the [match] * will be [U], with [E] substituted for [y], and with each [xi] substituted by * the actual argument appearing in that position within [E]'s type. * * In general, each case of a [match] may have a pattern built up in several * layers from the constructors of various inductive type families. To keep * this exposition simple, we will focus on patterns that are just single * applications of inductive type constructors to lists of variables. Coq * actually compiles the more general kind of pattern matching into this more * restricted kind automatically, so understanding the typing of [match] * requires understanding the typing of [match]es lowered to match one * constructor at a time. * * The last piece of the typing rule tells how to type-check a [match] case. A * generic constructor application [C z1 ... zm] has some type [T x1' ... xn'], * an application of the type family used in [E]'s type, probably with * occurrences of the [zi] variables. From here, a simple recipe determines * what type we will require for the case body [B]. The type of [B] should be * [U] with the following two substitutions applied: we replace [y] (the [as] * clause variable) with [C z1 ... zm], and we replace each [xi] (the [in] * clause variables) with [xi']. In other words, we specialize the result type * based on what we learn from which pattern has matched the discriminee. * * This is an exhaustive description of the ways to specify how to take * advantage of which pattern has matched! No other mechanisms come into play. * For instance, there is no way to specify that the types of certain free * variables should be refined based on which pattern has matched. * * A few details have been omitted above. Inductive type families may have both * _parameters_ and regular arguments. Within an [in] clause, a parameter * position must have the wildcard [_] written, instead of a variable. (In * general, Coq uses wildcard [_]'s either to indicate pattern variables that * will not be mentioned again or to indicate positions where we would like type * inference to infer the appropriate terms.) Furthermore, recent Coq versions * are adding more and more heuristics to infer dependent [match] annotations in * certain conditions. The general annotation-inference problem is undecidable, * so there will always be serious limitations on how much work these heuristics * can do. When in doubt about why a particular dependent [match] is failing to * type-check, add an explicit [return] annotation! At that point, the * mechanical rule sketched in this section will provide a complete account of * "what the type checker is thinking." Be sure to avoid the common pitfall of * writing a [return] annotation that does not mention any variables bound by * [in] or [as]; such a [match] will never refine typing requirements based on * which pattern has matched. (One simple exception to this rule is that, when * the discriminee is a variable, that same variable may be treated as if it * were repeated as an [as] clause.) *) (** * A Tagless Interpreter *) (* A favorite example for motivating the power of functional programming is * implementation of a simple expression language interpreter. In ML and * Haskell, such interpreters are often implemented using an algebraic datatype * of values, where at many points it is checked that a value was built with the * right constructor of the value type. With dependent types, we can implement a * _tagless_ interpreter that both removes this source of runtime inefficiency * and gives us more confidence that our implementation is correct. *) Inductive type : Set := | Nat : type | Bool : type | Prod : type -> type -> type. Inductive exp : type -> Set := | NConst : nat -> exp Nat | Plus : exp Nat -> exp Nat -> exp Nat | Eq : exp Nat -> exp Nat -> exp Bool | BConst : bool -> exp Bool | And : exp Bool -> exp Bool -> exp Bool | If : forall t, exp Bool -> exp t -> exp t -> exp t | Pair : forall t1 t2, exp t1 -> exp t2 -> exp (Prod t1 t2) | Fst : forall t1 t2, exp (Prod t1 t2) -> exp t1 | Snd : forall t1 t2, exp (Prod t1 t2) -> exp t2. (* We have a standard algebraic datatype [type], defining a type language of * naturals, Booleans, and product (pair) types. Then we have the indexed * inductive type [exp], where the argument to [exp] tells us the encoded type * of an expression. In effect, we are defining the typing rules for * expressions simultaneously with the syntax. * * We can give types and expressions semantics in a new style, based critically * on the chance for _type-level computation_. *) Fixpoint typeDenote (t : type) : Set := match t with | Nat => nat | Bool => bool | Prod t1 t2 => typeDenote t1 * typeDenote t2 end%type. (* The [typeDenote] function compiles types of our object language into "native" * Coq types. It is deceptively easy to implement. The only new thing we see * is the [%type] annotation, which tells Coq to parse the [match] expression * using the notations associated with types. Without this annotation, the [*] * would be interpreted as multiplication on naturals, rather than as the * product type constructor. The token [%type] is one example of an identifier * bound to a _notation scope delimiter_. * * We can define a function [expDenote] that is typed in terms of * [typeDenote]. *) Fixpoint expDenote t (e : exp t) : typeDenote t := match e with | NConst n => n | Plus e1 e2 => expDenote e1 + expDenote e2 | Eq e1 e2 => if eq_nat_dec (expDenote e1) (expDenote e2) then true else false | BConst b => b | And e1 e2 => expDenote e1 && expDenote e2 | If _ e' e1 e2 => if expDenote e' then expDenote e1 else expDenote e2 | Pair _ _ e1 e2 => (expDenote e1, expDenote e2) | Fst _ _ e' => fst (expDenote e') | Snd _ _ e' => snd (expDenote e') end. (* Despite the fancy type, the function definition is routine. In fact, it is * less complicated than what we would write in ML or Haskell 98, since we do * not need to worry about pushing final values in and out of an algebraic * datatype. The only unusual thing is the use of an expression of the form * [if E then true else false] in the [Eq] case. Remember that [eq_nat_dec] has * a rich dependent type, rather than a simple Boolean type. Coq's native [if] * is overloaded to work on a test of any two-constructor type, so we can use * [if] to build a simple Boolean from the [sumbool] that [eq_nat_dec] returns. * * We can implement our old favorite, a constant-folding function, and prove it * correct. It will be useful to write a function [pairOut] that checks if an * [exp] of [Prod] type is a pair, returning its two components if so. * Unsurprisingly, a first attempt leads to a type error. *) Fail Definition pairOut t1 t2 (e : exp (Prod t1 t2)) : option (exp t1 * exp t2) := match e in (exp (Prod t1 t2)) return option (exp t1 * exp t2) with | Pair _ _ e1 e2 => Some (e1, e2) | _ => None end. (* We run again into the problem of not being able to specify non-variable * arguments in [in] clauses (and this time Coq's avant-garde heuristics don't * save us). The problem would just be hopeless without a use of an [in] * clause, though, since the result type of the [match] depends on an argument * to [exp]. Our solution will be to use a more general type, as we did for * [hd]. First, we define a type-valued function to use in assigning a type to * [pairOut]. *) Definition pairOutType (t : type) := option (match t with | Prod t1 t2 => exp t1 * exp t2 | _ => unit end). (* When passed a type that is a product, [pairOutType] returns our final desired * type. On any other input type, [pairOutType] returns the harmless * [option unit], since we do not care about extracting components of non-pairs. * Now [pairOut] is easy to write. *) Definition pairOut t (e : exp t) := match e in (exp t) return (pairOutType t) with | Pair _ _ e1 e2 => Some (e1, e2) | _ => None end. (* With [pairOut] available, we can write [cfold] in a straightforward way. * There are really no surprises beyond that Coq verifies that this code has * such an expressive type, given the small annotation burden. In some places, * we see that Coq's [match] annotation inference is too smart for its own * good, and we have to turn that inference off with explicit [return] * clauses. *) Fixpoint cfold t (e : exp t) : exp t := match e with | NConst n => NConst n | Plus e1 e2 => let e1' := cfold e1 in let e2' := cfold e2 in match e1', e2' return exp Nat with | NConst n1, NConst n2 => NConst (n1 + n2) | _, _ => Plus e1' e2' end | Eq e1 e2 => let e1' := cfold e1 in let e2' := cfold e2 in match e1', e2' return exp Bool with | NConst n1, NConst n2 => BConst (if eq_nat_dec n1 n2 then true else false) | _, _ => Eq e1' e2' end | BConst b => BConst b | And e1 e2 => let e1' := cfold e1 in let e2' := cfold e2 in match e1', e2' return exp Bool with | BConst b1, BConst b2 => BConst (b1 && b2) | _, _ => And e1' e2' end | If _ e e1 e2 => let e' := cfold e in match e' with | BConst true => cfold e1 | BConst false => cfold e2 | _ => If e' (cfold e1) (cfold e2) end | Pair _ _ e1 e2 => Pair (cfold e1) (cfold e2) | Fst _ _ e => let e' := cfold e in match pairOut e' with | Some p => fst p | None => Fst e' end | Snd _ _ e => let e' := cfold e in match pairOut e' with | Some p => snd p | None => Snd e' end end. (* The correctness theorem for [cfold] turns out to be easy to prove, once we * get over one serious hurdle. *) Theorem cfold_correct : forall t (e : exp t), expDenote e = expDenote (cfold e). Proof. induct e; simplify; try equality. (* We would like to do a case analysis on [cfold e1], and we attempt to do so * in the way that has worked so far. *) Fail cases (cfold e1). (* A nasty error message greets us! The book's [cases] tactic could be * extended to handle this case, but we don't generally need to do case * analysis on dependently typed values, outside the one excursion of this * "bonus" source file. Still, the book defines a tactic [dep_case] that * mostly appeals to built-in tactic [dependent destruction]. *) dep_cases (cfold e1). (* Incidentally, general and fully precise case analysis on dependently typed * variables is undecidable, as witnessed by a simple reduction from the * known-undecidable problem of higher-order unification, which has come up a * few times already. The tactic [dep_cases] makes a best effort to handle * some common cases. * * This successfully breaks the subgoal into 5 new subgoals, one for each * constructor of [exp] that could produce an [exp Nat]. Note that * [dep_cases] is successful in ruling out the other cases automatically, in * effect automating some of the work that we have done manually in * implementing functions like [hd] and [pairOut]. * * This is the only new trick we need to learn to complete the proof. We can * back up and give a short, automated proof. *) Restart. induct e; simplify; repeat (match goal with | [ |- context[match cfold ?E with NConst _ => _ | _ => _ end] ] => dep_cases (cfold E) | [ |- context[match pairOut (cfold ?E) with Some _ => _ | None => _ end] ] => dep_cases (cfold E) | [ |- context[if ?E then _ else _] ] => cases E | [ H : _ = _ |- _ ] => rewrite H end; simplify); try equality. Qed. (* With this example, we get a first taste of how to build automated proofs that * adapt automatically to changes in function definitions. *) (** * Dependently Typed Red-Black Trees *) (* Red-black trees are a favorite purely functional data structure with an * interesting invariant. We can use dependent types to guarantee that * operations on red-black trees preserve the invariant. For simplicity, we * specialize our red-black trees to represent sets of [nat]s. *) Inductive color : Set := Red | Black. Inductive rbtree : color -> nat -> Set := | Leaf : rbtree Black 0 | RedNode : forall n, rbtree Black n -> nat -> rbtree Black n -> rbtree Red n | BlackNode : forall c1 c2 n, rbtree c1 n -> nat -> rbtree c2 n -> rbtree Black (S n). (* A value of type [rbtree c d] is a red-black tree whose root has color [c] and * that has black depth [d]. The latter property means that there are exactly * [d] black-colored nodes on any path from the root to a leaf. *) (* At first, it can be unclear that this choice of type indices tracks any * useful property. To convince ourselves, we will prove that every red-black * tree is balanced. We will phrase our theorem in terms of a depth-calculating * function that ignores the extra information in the types. It will be useful * to parameterize this function over a combining operation, so that we can * reuse the same code to calculate the minimum or maximum height among all * paths from root to leaf. *) Section depth. Variable f : nat -> nat -> nat. Fixpoint depth c n (t : rbtree c n) : nat := match t with | Leaf => 0 | RedNode _ t1 _ t2 => S (f (depth t1) (depth t2)) | BlackNode _ _ _ t1 _ t2 => S (f (depth t1) (depth t2)) end. End depth. (* Our proof of balanced-ness decomposes naturally into a lower bound and an * upper bound. We prove the lower bound first. Unsurprisingly, a tree's black * depth provides such a bound on the minimum path length. *) Theorem depth_min : forall c n (t : rbtree c n), depth min t >= n. Proof. induction t; simplify; linear_arithmetic. Qed. (* There is an analogous upper-bound theorem based on black depth. * Unfortunately, a symmetric proof script does not suffice to establish it. *) Theorem depth_max : forall c n (t : rbtree c n), depth max t <= 2 * n + 1. Proof. induction t; simplify; try linear_arithmetic. (* In the remaining goal, we see that [IHt1] is _almost_ the fact we need, but * it is not quite strong enough. We will need to strengthen our induction * hypothesis to get the proof to go through. *) Abort. (* In particular, we prove a lemma that provides a stronger upper bound for * trees with black root nodes. We got stuck above in a case about a red root * node. Since red nodes have only black children, our IH strengthening will * enable us to finish the proof. *) Lemma depth_max' : forall c n (t : rbtree c n), match c with | Red => depth max t <= 2 * n + 1 | Black => depth max t <= 2 * n end. Proof. induction t; simplify; repeat match goal with | [ _ : context[match ?C with Red => _ | Black => _ end] |- _ ] => cases C end; linear_arithmetic. Qed. (* The original theorem follows easily from the lemma. *) Theorem depth_max : forall c n (t : rbtree c n), depth max t <= 2 * n + 1. Proof. simplify. pose proof (depth_max' t). cases c; simplify; linear_arithmetic. Qed. (* The final balance theorem establishes that the minimum and maximum path * lengths of any tree are within a factor of two of each other. *) Theorem balanced : forall c n (t : rbtree c n), 2 * depth min t + 1 >= depth max t. Proof. simplify. pose proof (depth_min t). pose proof (depth_max t). linear_arithmetic. Qed. (* Now we are ready to implement an example operation on our trees, insertion. * Insertion can be thought of as breaking the tree invariants locally but then * rebalancing. In particular, in intermediate states we find red nodes that * may have red children. The type [rtree] captures the idea of such a node, * continuing to track black depth as a type index. *) Inductive rtree : nat -> Set := | RedNode' : forall c1 c2 n, rbtree c1 n -> nat -> rbtree c2 n -> rtree n. (* Before starting to define [insert], we define predicates capturing when a * data value is in the set represented by a normal or possibly invalid tree. *) Section present. Variable x : nat. Fixpoint present c n (t : rbtree c n) : Prop := match t with | Leaf => False | RedNode _ a y b => present a \/ x = y \/ present b | BlackNode _ _ _ a y b => present a \/ x = y \/ present b end. Definition rpresent n (t : rtree n) : Prop := match t with | RedNode' _ _ _ a y b => present a \/ x = y \/ present b end. End present. (* Insertion relies on two balancing operations. It will be useful to give types * to these operations using a relative of the subset types from last chapter. * While subset types let us pair a value with a proof about that value, here we * want to pair a value with another non-proof dependently typed value. The * [sigT] type fills this role. *) Locate "{ _ : _ & _ }". Print sigT. (* It will be helpful to define a concise notation for the constructor of * [sigT]. *) Notation "{< x >}" := (existT _ _ x). (* Each balance function is used to construct a new tree whose keys include the * keys of two input trees, as well as a new key. One of the two input trees * may violate the red-black alternation invariant (that is, it has an [rtree] * type), while the other tree is known to be valid. Crucially, the two input * trees have the same black depth. * * A balance operation may return a tree whose root is of either color. Thus, * we use a [sigT] type to package the result tree with the color of its root. * Here is the definition of the first balance operation, which applies when the * possibly invalid [rtree] belongs to the left of the valid [rbtree]. * * A quick word of encouragement: After writing this code, even I do not * understand the precise details of how balancing works! I consulted Chris * Okasaki's paper "Red-Black Trees in a Functional Setting" and transcribed the * code to use dependent types. Luckily, the details are not so important here; * types alone will tell us that insertion preserves balanced-ness, and we will * prove that insertion produces trees containing the right keys.*) Definition balance1 n (a : rtree n) (data : nat) c2 := match a in rtree n return rbtree c2 n -> { c : color & rbtree c (S n) } with | RedNode' _ c0 _ t1 y t2 => match t1 in rbtree c n return rbtree c0 n -> rbtree c2 n -> { c : color & rbtree c (S n) } with | RedNode _ a x b => fun c d => {} | t1' => fun t2 => match t2 in rbtree c n return rbtree Black n -> rbtree c2 n -> { c : color & rbtree c (S n) } with | RedNode _ b x c => fun a d => {} | b => fun a t => {} end t1' end t2 end. (* We apply a trick that I call the _convoy pattern_. Recall that [match] * annotations only make it possible to describe a dependence of a [match] * _result type_ on the discriminee. There is no automatic refinement of the * types of free variables. However, it is possible to effect such a refinement * by finding a way to encode free variable type dependencies in the [match] * result type, so that a [return] clause can express the connection. * * In particular, we can extend the [match] to return _functions over the free * variables whose types we want to refine_. In the case of [balance1], we only * find ourselves wanting to refine the type of one tree variable at a time. We * match on one subtree of a node, and we want the type of the other subtree to * be refined based on what we learn. We indicate this with a [return] clause * starting like [rbtree _ n -> ...], where [n] is bound in an [in] pattern. * Such a [match] expression is applied immediately to the "old version" of the * variable to be refined, and the type checker is happy. * * Here is the symmetric function [balance2], for cases where the possibly * invalid tree appears on the right rather than on the left. *) Definition balance2 n (a : rtree n) (data : nat) c2 := match a in rtree n return rbtree c2 n -> { c : color & rbtree c (S n) } with | RedNode' _ c0 _ t1 z t2 => match t1 in rbtree c n return rbtree c0 n -> rbtree c2 n -> { c : color & rbtree c (S n) } with | RedNode _ b y c => fun d a => {} | t1' => fun t2 => match t2 in rbtree c n return rbtree Black n -> rbtree c2 n -> { c : color & rbtree c (S n) } with | RedNode _ c z' d => fun b a => {} | b => fun a t => {} end t1' end t2 end. (* Now we are almost ready to get down to the business of writing an [insert] * function. First, we enter a section that declares a variable [x], for the * key we want to insert. *) Section insert. Variable x : nat. (* Most of the work of insertion is done by a helper function [ins], whose * return types are expressed using a type-level function [insResult]. *) Definition insResult c n := match c with | Red => rtree n | Black => { c' : color & rbtree c' n } end. (* That is, inserting into a tree with root color [c] and black depth [n], the * variety of tree we get out depends on [c]. If we started with a red root, * then we get back a possibly invalid tree of depth [n]. If we started with * a black root, we get back a valid tree of depth [n] with a root node of an * arbitrary color. * * Here is the definition of [ins]. Again, we do not want to dwell on the * functional details. *) Fixpoint ins c n (t : rbtree c n) : insResult c n := match t with | Leaf => {< RedNode Leaf x Leaf >} | RedNode _ a y b => if le_lt_dec x y then RedNode' (projT2 (ins a)) y b else RedNode' a y (projT2 (ins b)) | BlackNode c1 c2 _ a y b => if le_lt_dec x y then match c1 return insResult c1 _ -> _ with | Red => fun ins_a => balance1 ins_a y b | _ => fun ins_a => {< BlackNode (projT2 ins_a) y b >} end (ins a) else match c2 return insResult c2 _ -> _ with | Red => fun ins_b => balance2 ins_b y a | _ => fun ins_b => {< BlackNode a y (projT2 ins_b) >} end (ins b) end. (* The one new trick is a variation of the convoy pattern. In each of the * last two pattern matches, we want to take advantage of the typing * connection between the trees [a] and [b]. We might naively apply the * convoy pattern directly on [a] in the first [match] and on [b] in the * second. This satisfies the type checker per se, but it does not satisfy * the termination checker. Inside each [match], we would be calling [ins] * recursively on a locally bound variable. The termination checker is not * smart enough to trace the dataflow into that variable, so the checker does * not know that this recursive argument is smaller than the original * argument. We make this fact clearer by applying the convoy pattern on _the * result of a recursive call_, rather than just on that call's argument. * * Finally, we are in the home stretch of our effort to define [insert]. We * just need a few more definitions of non-recursive functions. First, we * need to give the final characterization of [insert]'s return type. * Inserting into a red-rooted tree gives a black-rooted tree where black * depth has increased, and inserting into a black-rooted tree gives a tree * where black depth has stayed the same and where the root is an arbitrary * color. *) Definition insertResult c n := match c with | Red => rbtree Black (S n) | Black => { c' : color & rbtree c' n } end. (* A simple clean-up procedure translates [insResult]s into * [insertResult]s. *) Definition makeRbtree {c n} : insResult c n -> insertResult c n := match c with | Red => fun r => match r with | RedNode' _ _ _ a x b => BlackNode a x b end | Black => fun r => r end. (* Finally, we define [insert] as a simple composition of [ins] and * [makeRbtree]. *) Definition insert c n (t : rbtree c n) : insertResult c n := makeRbtree (ins t). (* As we noted earlier, the type of [insert] guarantees that it outputs * balanced trees whose depths have not increased too much. We also want to * know that [insert] operates correctly on trees interpreted as finite sets, * so we finish this section with a proof of that fact. *) Section present. Variable z : nat. (* The variable [z] stands for an arbitrary key. We will reason about [z]'s * presence in particular trees. As usual, outside the section the theorems * we prove will quantify over all possible keys, giving us the facts we wanted. * * We start by proving the correctness of the balance operations. It is * useful to define a custom tactic [present_balance] that encapsulates the * reasoning common to the two proofs. *) Ltac present_balance := simplify; repeat (match goal with | [ _ : context[match ?T with Leaf => _ | _ => _ end] |- _ ] => dep_cases T | [ |- context[match ?T with Leaf => _ | _ => _ end] ] => dep_cases T end; simplify); propositional. (* The balance correctness theorems are simple first-order logic * equivalences, where we use the function [projT2] to project the payload * of a [sigT] value. *) Lemma present_balance1 : forall n (a : rtree n) (y : nat) c2 (b : rbtree c2 n), present z (projT2 (balance1 a y b)) <-> rpresent z a \/ z = y \/ present z b. Proof. simplify; cases a; present_balance. Qed. Lemma present_balance2 : forall n (a : rtree n) (y : nat) c2 (b : rbtree c2 n), present z (projT2 (balance2 a y b)) <-> rpresent z a \/ z = y \/ present z b. Proof. simplify; cases a; present_balance. Qed. (* To state the theorem for [ins], it is useful to define a new type-level * function, since [ins] returns different result types based on the type * indices passed to it. Recall that [x] is the section variable standing * for the key we are inserting. *) Definition present_insResult c n := match c return (rbtree c n -> insResult c n -> Prop) with | Red => fun t r => rpresent z r <-> z = x \/ present z t | Black => fun t r => present z (projT2 r) <-> z = x \/ present z t end. (* Now the statement and proof of the [ins] correctness theorem are * straightforward, if verbose. We proceed by induction on the structure of * a tree, followed by finding case-analysis opportunities on expressions we * see being analyzed in [if] or [match] expressions. After that, we * pattern-match to find opportunities to use the theorems we proved about * balancing. *) Theorem present_ins : forall c n (t : rbtree c n), present_insResult t (ins t). Proof. induct t; simplify; repeat (match goal with | [ _ : context[if ?E then _ else _] |- _ ] => cases E | [ |- context[if ?E then _ else _] ] => cases E | [ _ : context[match ?C with Red => _ | Black => _ end] |- _ ] => cases C end; simplify); try match goal with | [ _ : context[balance1 ?A ?B ?C] |- _ ] => pose proof (present_balance1 A B C) end; try match goal with | [ _ : context[balance2 ?A ?B ?C] |- _ ] => pose proof (present_balance2 A B C) end; try match goal with | [ |- context[balance1 ?A ?B ?C] ] => pose proof (present_balance1 A B C) end; try match goal with | [ |- context[balance2 ?A ?B ?C] ] => pose proof (present_balance2 A B C) end; simplify; propositional. Qed. (* The hard work is done. The most readable way to state correctness of * [insert] involves splitting the property into two color-specific * theorems. We write a tactic to encapsulate the reasoning steps that work * to establish both facts. *) Ltac present_insert := unfold insert; intros n t; pose proof (present_ins t); simplify; cases (ins t); propositional. Theorem present_insert_Red : forall n (t : rbtree Red n), present z (insert t) <-> (z = x \/ present z t). Proof. present_insert. Qed. Theorem present_insert_Black : forall n (t : rbtree Black n), present z (projT2 (insert t)) <-> (z = x \/ present z t). Proof. present_insert. Qed. End present. End insert. (* We can generate executable OCaml code with the command * [Recursive Extraction insert], which also automatically outputs the OCaml * versions of all of [insert]'s dependencies. In our previous extractions, we * wound up with clean OCaml code. Here, we find uses of <>, OCaml's * unsafe cast operator for tweaking the apparent type of an expression in an * arbitrary way. Casts appear for this example because the return type of * [insert] depends on the _value_ of the function's argument, a pattern that * OCaml cannot handle. Since Coq's type system is much more expressive than * OCaml's, such casts are unavoidable in general. Since the OCaml type-checker * is no longer checking full safety of programs, we must rely on Coq's * extractor to use casts only in provably safe ways. *) Recursive Extraction insert. (** * A Certified Regular Expression Matcher *) (* Another interesting example is regular expressions with dependent types that * express which predicates over strings particular regexps implement. We can * then assign a dependent type to a regular expression matching function, * guaranteeing that it always decides the string property that we expect it to * decide. * * Before defining the syntax of expressions, it is helpful to define an * inductive type capturing the meaning of the Kleene star. That is, a string * [s] matches regular expression [star e] if and only if [s] can be decomposed * into a sequence of substrings that all match [e]. We use Coq's string * support, which comes through a combination of the [String] library and some * parsing notations built into Coq. Operators like [++] and functions like * [length] that we know from lists are defined again for strings. Notation * scopes help us control which versions we want to use in particular * contexts. *) Require Import Ascii String. Open Scope string_scope. Section star. Variable P : string -> Prop. Inductive star : string -> Prop := | Empty : star "" | Iter : forall s1 s2, P s1 -> star s2 -> star (s1 ++ s2). End star. (* Now we can make our first attempt at defining a [regexp] type that is indexed by * predicates on strings, such that the index of a [regexp] tells us which language * (string predicate) it recognizes. Here is a reasonable-looking definition * that is restricted to constant characters and concatenation. We use the * constructor [String], which is the analogue of list cons for the type * [string], where [""] is like list nil. *) Fail Inductive regexp : (string -> Prop) -> Set := | Char : forall ch : ascii, regexp (fun s => s = String ch "") | Concat : forall (P1 P2 : string -> Prop) (r1 : regexp P1) (r2 : regexp P2), regexp (fun s => exists s1, exists s2, s = s1 ++ s2 /\ P1 s1 /\ P2 s2). (* Coq complains that this "large inductive type" must be in [Type]. What is a * large inductive type? In Coq, it is an inductive type that has a constructor * that quantifies over some type of type [Type]. We have not worked with * [Type] very much to this point. Every term of CIC has a type, including [Set] * and [Prop], which are assigned type [Type]. The type [string -> Prop] from * the failed definition also has type [Type]. * * It turns out that allowing large inductive types in [Set] leads to * contradictions when combined with certain kinds of classical-logic reasoning. * Thus, by default, such types are ruled out. There is a simple fix for our * [regexp] definition, which is to place our new type in [Type]. While fixing * the problem, we also expand the list of constructors to cover the remaining * regular-expression operators. *) Inductive regexp : (string -> Prop) -> Type := | Char : forall ch : ascii, regexp (fun s => s = String ch "") | Concat : forall P1 P2 (r1 : regexp P1) (r2 : regexp P2), regexp (fun s => exists s1, exists s2, s = s1 ++ s2 /\ P1 s1 /\ P2 s2) | Or : forall P1 P2 (r1 : regexp P1) (r2 : regexp P2), regexp (fun s => P1 s \/ P2 s) | Star : forall P (r : regexp P), regexp (star P). (* Many theorems about strings are useful for implementing a certified regexp * matcher, and few of them are in the [String] library. Here they are. Feel * free to resume reading at "BOREDOM'S END". *) Lemma length_emp : length "" <= 0. Proof. auto. Qed. Lemma append_emp : forall s, s = "" ++ s. Proof. auto. Qed. Ltac substring := simplify; repeat match goal with | [ |- context[match ?N with O => _ | S _ => _ end] ] => destruct N; simplify end; try linear_arithmetic; eauto; try equality. Hint Resolve le_n_S. Lemma substring_le : forall s n m, length (substring n m s) <= m. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Lemma substring_all : forall s, substring 0 (length s) s = s. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Lemma substring_none : forall s n, substring n 0 s = "". Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Hint Rewrite substring_all substring_none. Lemma substring_split : forall s m, substring 0 m s ++ substring m (length s - m) s = s. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Lemma length_app1 : forall s1 s2, length s1 <= length (s1 ++ s2). Proof. induct s1; substring. Qed. Hint Resolve length_emp append_emp substring_le substring_split length_app1. Lemma substring_app_fst : forall s2 s1 n, length s1 = n -> substring 0 n (s1 ++ s2) = s1. Proof. induct s1; simplify; subst; simplify; try equality. rewrite IHs1; auto. Qed. Hint Rewrite <- minus_n_O. Lemma substring_app_snd : forall s2 s1 n, length s1 = n -> substring n (length (s1 ++ s2) - n) (s1 ++ s2) = s2. Proof. induct s1; simplify; subst; simplify; auto. Qed. Hint Rewrite substring_app_fst substring_app_snd using solve [trivial]. (* BOREDOM'S END! *) (* A few auxiliary functions help us in our final matcher definition. The * function [split] will be used to implement the regexp concatenation case. * First, a convenient notation for dependently typed Booleans. *) Section sumbool_and. Variables P1 Q1 P2 Q2 : Prop. Variable x1 : {P1} + {Q1}. Variable x2 : {P2} + {Q2}. Definition sumbool_and : {P1 /\ P2} + {Q1 \/ Q2} := match x1 with | left HP1 => match x2 with | left HP2 => left _ (conj HP1 HP2) | right HQ2 => right _ (or_intror _ HQ2) end | right HQ1 => right _ (or_introl _ HQ1) end. End sumbool_and. Infix "&&" := sumbool_and (at level 40, left associativity). Hint Extern 1 (_ <= _) => linear_arithmetic. Section split. Variables P1 P2 : string -> Prop. Variable P1_dec : forall s, {P1 s} + {~ P1 s}. Variable P2_dec : forall s, {P2 s} + {~ P2 s}. (* We require a choice of two arbitrary string predicates and functions for * deciding them. *) Variable s : string. (* Our computation will take place relative to a single fixed string, so it is * easiest to make it a [Variable], rather than an explicit argument to our * functions. *) (* The function [split'] is the workhorse behind [split]. It searches through * the possible ways of splitting [s] into two pieces, checking the two * predicates against each such pair. The execution of [split'] progresses * right-to-left, from splitting all of [s] into the first piece to splitting * all of [s] into the second piece. It takes an extra argument, [n], which * specifies how far along we are in this search process. *) Definition split' : forall n : nat, n <= length s -> {exists s1, exists s2, length s1 <= n /\ s1 ++ s2 = s /\ P1 s1 /\ P2 s2} + {forall s1 s2, length s1 <= n -> s1 ++ s2 = s -> ~ P1 s1 \/ ~ P2 s2}. refine (fix F (n : nat) : n <= length s -> {exists s1, exists s2, length s1 <= n /\ s1 ++ s2 = s /\ P1 s1 /\ P2 s2} + {forall s1 s2, length s1 <= n -> s1 ++ s2 = s -> ~ P1 s1 \/ ~ P2 s2} := match n with | O => fun _ => Reduce (P1_dec "" && P2_dec s) | S n' => fun _ => (P1_dec (substring 0 (S n') s) && P2_dec (substring (S n') (length s - S n') s)) || F n' _ end); clear F; simplify; repeat match goal with | [ H : exists x, _ |- _ ] => invert H end; propositional; eauto 7; try match goal with | [ _ : length ?S <= 0 |- _ ] => cases S; simplify | [ _ : length ?S' <= S ?N |- _ ] => cases (length S' ==n S N) end; subst; simplify; try equality; try linear_arithmetic; eauto. Defined. (* There is one subtle point in the [split'] code that is worth mentioning. * The main body of the function is a [match] on [n]. In the case where [n] * is known to be [S n'], we write [S n'] in several places where we might be * tempted to write [n]. However, without further work to craft proper * [match] annotations, the type-checker does not use the equality between [n] * and [S n']. Thus, it is common to see patterns repeated in [match] case * bodies in dependently typed Coq code. We can at least use a [let] * expression to avoid copying the pattern more than once, replacing the first * case body with: [[ | S n' => fun _ => let n := S n' in (P1_dec (substring 0 n s) && P2_dec (substring n (length s - n) s)) || F n' _ ]] * The [split] function itself is trivial to implement in terms of [split']. * We just ask [split'] to begin its search with [n = length s]. *) Definition split : {exists s1, exists s2, s = s1 ++ s2 /\ P1 s1 /\ P2 s2} + {forall s1 s2, s = s1 ++ s2 -> ~ P1 s1 \/ ~ P2 s2}. refine (Reduce (split' (n := length s) _)); simplify; auto; first_order; subst; eauto. Defined. End split. Implicit Arguments split [P1 P2]. (* And now, a few more boring lemmas. Rejoin at "BOREDOM VANQUISHED", if you * like. *) Lemma app_empty_end : forall s, s ++ "" = s. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Hint Rewrite app_empty_end. Lemma substring_self : forall s n, n <= 0 -> substring n (length s - n) s = s. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Lemma substring_empty : forall s n m, m <= 0 -> substring n m s = "". Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Hint Rewrite substring_self substring_empty using linear_arithmetic. Hint Rewrite substring_split. Lemma substring_split' : forall s n m, substring n m s ++ substring (n + m) (length s - (n + m)) s = substring n (length s - n) s. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Hint Extern 1 (String _ _ = String _ _) => f_equal. Lemma substring_stack : forall s n2 m1 m2, m1 <= m2 -> substring 0 m1 (substring n2 m2 s) = substring n2 m1 s. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Ltac substring' := simplify; repeat match goal with | [ |- context[match ?N with O => _ | S _ => _ end] ] => cases N; simplify end; try equality; try linear_arithmetic. Lemma substring_stack' : forall s n1 n2 m1 m2, n1 + m1 <= m2 -> substring n1 m1 (substring n2 m2 s) = substring (n1 + n2) m1 s. Proof. induct s; substring'; match goal with | [ H : _ |- _ ] => rewrite H by linear_arithmetic; f_equal; linear_arithmetic end. Qed. Lemma substring_suffix : forall s n, n <= length s -> length (substring n (length s - n) s) = length s - n. Proof. induct s; substring. Qed. Lemma substring_suffix_emp' : forall s n m, substring n (S m) s = "" -> n >= length s. Proof. induct s; simplify; auto; match goal with | [ |- ?N >= _ ] => cases N; simplify; try equality end; match goal with [ |- S ?N >= S ?E ] => assert (N >= E) by eauto; linear_arithmetic end. Qed. Lemma substring_suffix_emp : forall s n m, substring n m s = "" -> m > 0 -> n >= length s. Proof. simplify; cases m; simplify; eauto using substring_suffix_emp'. Qed. Hint Rewrite substring_stack substring_stack' substring_suffix using linear_arithmetic. Lemma minus_minus : forall n m1 m2, m1 + m2 <= n -> n - m1 - m2 = n - (m1 + m2). Proof. linear_arithmetic. Qed. Lemma plus_n_Sm' : forall n m : nat, S (n + m) = m + S n. Proof. linear_arithmetic. Qed. Hint Rewrite minus_minus plus_n_Sm' using linear_arithmetic. (* BOREDOM VANQUISHED! *) (* One more helper function will come in handy: [dec_star], for implementing * another linear search through ways of splitting a string, this time for * implementing the Kleene star. *) Section dec_star. Variable P : string -> Prop. Variable P_dec : forall s, {P s} + {~ P s}. (* Some new lemmas and hints about the [star] type family are useful. Rejoin * at BOREDOM DEMOLISHED to skip the details. *) Hint Constructors star. Lemma star_empty : forall s, length s = 0 -> star P s. Proof. simplify; cases s; simplify; try equality; eauto. Qed. Lemma star_singleton : forall s, P s -> star P s. Proof. simplify. rewrite <- (app_empty_end s); auto. Qed. Lemma star_app : forall s n m, P (substring n m s) -> star P (substring (n + m) (length s - (n + m)) s) -> star P (substring n (length s - n) s). Proof. induct n; substring; match goal with | [ H : P (substring ?N ?M ?S) |- _ ] => solve [ rewrite <- (substring_split S M); auto | rewrite <- (substring_split' S N M); simplify; auto ] end. Qed. Hint Resolve star_empty star_singleton star_app. Variable s : string. Hint Extern 1 (exists i : nat, _) => match goal with | [ H : P (String _ ?S) |- _ ] => exists (length S); simplify end. Lemma star_inv : forall s, star P s -> s = "" \/ exists i, i < length s /\ P (substring 0 (S i) s) /\ star P (substring (S i) (length s - S i) s). Proof. induct 1; simplify; first_order; subst. cases s1; simplify; propositional; eauto 10. cases s1; simplify; propositional; eauto 10. Qed. Lemma star_substring_inv : forall n, n <= length s -> star P (substring n (length s - n) s) -> substring n (length s - n) s = "" \/ exists l, l < length s - n /\ P (substring n (S l) s) /\ star P (substring (n + S l) (length s - (n + S l)) s). Proof. simplify; match goal with | [ H : star _ _ |- _ ] => pose proof (star_inv H); simplify; first_order; simplify; eauto end. Qed. (* BOREDOM DEMOLISHED! *) (* The function [dec_star''] implements a single iteration of the star. That * is, it tries to find a string prefix matching [P], and it calls a parameter * function on the remainder of the string. *) Section dec_star''. Variable n : nat. (* Variable [n] is the length of the prefix of [s] that we have already * processed. *) Variable P' : string -> Prop. Variable P'_dec : forall n' : nat, n' > n -> {P' (substring n' (length s - n') s)} + {~ P' (substring n' (length s - n') s)}. (* When we use [dec_star''], we will instantiate [P'_dec] with a function * for continuing the search for more instances of [P] in [s]. *) (* Now we come to [dec_star''] itself. It takes as an input a natural [l] * that records how much of the string has been searched so far, as we did * for [split']. The return type expresses that [dec_star''] is looking for * an index into [s] that splits [s] into a nonempty prefix and a suffix, * such that the prefix satisfies [P] and the suffix satisfies [P']. *) Hint Extern 1 (_ \/ _) => linear_arithmetic. Definition dec_star'' : forall l : nat, {exists l', S l' <= l /\ P (substring n (S l') s) /\ P' (substring (n + S l') (length s - (n + S l')) s)} + {forall l', S l' <= l -> ~ P (substring n (S l') s) \/ ~ P' (substring (n + S l') (length s - (n + S l')) s)}. refine (fix F (l : nat) : {exists l', S l' <= l /\ P (substring n (S l') s) /\ P' (substring (n + S l') (length s - (n + S l')) s)} + {forall l', S l' <= l -> ~ P (substring n (S l') s) \/ ~ P' (substring (n + S l') (length s - (n + S l')) s)} := match l with | O => _ | S l' => (P_dec (substring n (S l') s) && P'_dec (n' := n + S l') _) || F l' end); clear F; simplify; first_order; eauto 7; match goal with | [ H : ?X <= S ?Y |- _ ] => destruct (eq_nat_dec X (S Y)); simplify; eauto; equality end. Defined. End dec_star''. Lemma star_length_contra : forall n, length s > n -> n >= length s -> False. Proof. linear_arithmetic. Qed. Lemma star_length_flip : forall n n', length s - n <= S n' -> length s > n -> length s - n > 0. Proof. linear_arithmetic. Qed. Hint Resolve star_length_contra star_length_flip substring_suffix_emp. (* The work of [dec_star''] is nested inside another linear search by * [dec_star'], which provides the final functionality we need, but for * arbitrary suffixes of [s], rather than just for [s] overall. *) Definition dec_star' : forall n n' : nat, length s - n' <= n -> {star P (substring n' (length s - n') s)} + {~ star P (substring n' (length s - n') s)}. refine (fix F (n n' : nat) : length s - n' <= n -> {star P (substring n' (length s - n') s)} + {~ star P (substring n' (length s - n') s)} := match n with | O => fun _ => Yes | S n'' => fun _ => le_gt_dec (length s) n' || dec_star'' (n := n') (star P) (fun n0 _ => Reduce (F n'' n0 _)) (length s - n') end); clear F; simplify; first_order; propositional; eauto; match goal with | [ H : star _ _ |- _ ] => apply star_substring_inv in H; simplify; eauto end; first_order; eauto. Defined. (* Finally, we have [dec_star], defined by straightforward reduction from * [dec_star']. *) Definition dec_star : {star P s} + {~ star P s}. refine (Reduce (dec_star' (n := length s) 0 _)); simplify; auto. Defined. End dec_star. Lemma app_cong : forall x1 y1 x2 y2, x1 = x2 -> y1 = y2 -> x1 ++ y1 = x2 ++ y2. Proof. equality. Qed. Hint Resolve app_cong. (* With these helper functions completed, the implementation of our [matches] * function is refreshingly straightforward. *) Definition matches : forall P (r : regexp P) s, {P s} + {~ P s}. refine (fix F P (r : regexp P) s : {P s} + {~ P s} := match r with | Char ch => string_dec s (String ch "") | Concat _ _ r1 r2 => Reduce (split (F _ r1) (F _ r2) s) | Or _ _ r1 r2 => F _ r1 s || F _ r2 s | Star _ r => dec_star _ _ _ end); simplify; first_order. Defined. (* It is interesting to pause briefly to consider alternate implementations of * [matches]. Dependent types give us much latitude in how specific correctness * properties may be encoded with types. For instance, we could have made * [regexp] a non-indexed inductive type, along the lines of what is possible in * traditional ML and Haskell. We could then have implemented a recursive * function to map [regexp]s to their intended meanings, much as we have done * with types and programs in other examples. That style is compatible with the * [refine]-based approach that we have used here, and it might be an * interesting exercise to redo the code from this subsection in that * alternative style or some further encoding of the reader's choice. The main * advantage of indexed inductive types is that they generally lead to the * smallest amount of code. *) Definition toBool A B (x : {A} + {B}) := if x then true else false. Example hi := Concat (Char "h"%char) (Char "i"%char). Compute toBool (matches hi "hi"). Compute toBool (matches hi "bye"). Example a_b := Or (Char "a"%char) (Char "b"%char). Compute toBool (matches a_b ""). Compute toBool (matches a_b "a"). Compute toBool (matches a_b "aa"). Compute toBool (matches a_b "b"). Example a_star := Star (Char "a"%char). Compute toBool (matches a_star ""). Compute toBool (matches a_star "a"). Compute toBool (matches a_star "b"). Compute toBool (matches a_star "aa").