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(** * Poly: Polymorphism and Higher-Order Functions *)
(* Final reminder: Please do not put solutions to the exercises in
publicly accessible places. Thank you!! *)
(* Suppress some annoying warnings from Coq: *)
Set Warnings "-notation-overridden,-parsing".
From LF Require Export Lists.
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Polymorphism *)
(** In this chapter we continue our development of basic
concepts of functional programming. The critical new ideas are
_polymorphism_ (abstracting functions over the types of the data
they manipulate) and _higher-order functions_ (treating functions
as data). We begin with polymorphism. *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Polymorphic Lists *)
(** For the last couple of chapters, we've been working just
with lists of numbers. Obviously, interesting programs also need
to be able to manipulate lists with elements from other types --
lists of strings, lists of booleans, lists of lists, etc. We
_could_ just define a new inductive datatype for each of these,
for example... *)
Inductive boollist : Type :=
| bool_nil
| bool_cons (b : bool) (l : boollist).
(** ... but this would quickly become tedious, partly because we
have to make up different constructor names for each datatype, but
mostly because we would also need to define new versions of all
our list manipulating functions ([length], [rev], etc.) for each
new datatype definition. *)
(** To avoid all this repetition, Coq supports _polymorphic_
inductive type definitions. For example, here is a _polymorphic
list_ datatype. *)
Inductive list (X:Type) : Type :=
| nil
| cons (x : X) (l : list X).
(** This is exactly like the definition of [natlist] from the
previous chapter, except that the [nat] argument to the [cons]
constructor has been replaced by an arbitrary type [X], a binding
for [X] has been added to the header, and the occurrences of
[natlist] in the types of the constructors have been replaced by
[list X]. (We can re-use the constructor names [nil] and [cons]
because the earlier definition of [natlist] was inside of a
[Module] definition that is now out of scope.)
What sort of thing is [list] itself? One good way to think
about it is that [list] is a _function_ from [Type]s to
[Inductive] definitions; or, to put it another way, [list] is a
function from [Type]s to [Type]s. For any particular type [X],
the type [list X] is an [Inductive]ly defined set of lists whose
elements are of type [X]. *)
Check list.
(* ===> list : Type -> Type *)
(** The parameter [X] in the definition of [list] automatically
becomes a parameter to the constructors [nil] and [cons] -- that
is, [nil] and [cons] are now polymorphic constructors; when we use
them, we must now provide a first argument that is the type of the
list they are building. For example, [nil nat] constructs the
empty list of type [nat]. *)
Check (nil nat).
(* ===> nil nat : list nat *)
(** Similarly, [cons nat] adds an element of type [nat] to a list of
type [list nat]. Here is an example of forming a list containing
just the natural number 3. *)
Check (cons nat 3 (nil nat)).
(* ===> cons nat 3 (nil nat) : list nat *)
(** What might the type of [nil] be? We can read off the type [list X]
from the definition, but this omits the binding for [X] which is
the parameter to [list]. [Type -> list X] does not explain the
meaning of [X]. [(X : Type) -> list X] comes closer. Coq's
notation for this situation is [forall X : Type, list X]. *)
Check nil.
(* ===> nil : forall X : Type, list X *)
(** Similarly, the type of [cons] from the definition looks like
[X -> list X -> list X], but using this convention to explain the
meaning of [X] results in the type [forall X, X -> list X -> list
X]. *)
Check cons.
(* ===> cons : forall X : Type, X -> list X -> list X *)
(** (Side note on notation: In .v files, the "forall" quantifier
is spelled out in letters. In the generated HTML files and in the
way various IDEs show .v files (with certain settings of their
display controls), [forall] is usually typeset as the usual
mathematical "upside down A," but you'll still see the spelled-out
"forall" in a few places. This is just a quirk of typesetting:
there is no difference in meaning.) *)
(** Having to supply a type argument for each use of a list
constructor may seem an awkward burden, but we will soon see
ways of reducing that burden. *)
Check (cons nat 2 (cons nat 1 (nil nat))).
(** (We've written [nil] and [cons] explicitly here because we haven't
yet defined the [ [] ] and [::] notations for the new version of
lists. We'll do that in a bit.) *)
(** We can now go back and make polymorphic versions of all the
list-processing functions that we wrote before. Here is [repeat],
for example: *)
Fixpoint repeat (X : Type) (x : X) (count : nat) : list X :=
match count with
| 0 => nil X
| S count' => cons X x (repeat X x count')
end.
(** As with [nil] and [cons], we can use [repeat] by applying it
first to a type and then to an element of this type (and a number): *)
Example test_repeat1 :
repeat nat 4 2 = cons nat 4 (cons nat 4 (nil nat)).
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** To use [repeat] to build other kinds of lists, we simply
instantiate it with an appropriate type parameter: *)
Example test_repeat2 :
repeat bool false 1 = cons bool false (nil bool).
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard (mumble_grumble)
Consider the following two inductively defined types. *)
Module MumbleGrumble.
Inductive mumble : Type :=
| a
| b (x : mumble) (y : nat)
| c.
Inductive grumble (X:Type) : Type :=
| d (m : mumble)
| e (x : X).
(** Which of the following are well-typed elements of [grumble X] for
some type [X]? (Add YES or NO to each line.)
- [d (b a 5)]
- [d mumble (b a 5)]
- [d bool (b a 5)]
- [e bool true]
- [e mumble (b c 0)]
- [e bool (b c 0)]
- [c] *)
(* FILL IN HERE *)
End MumbleGrumble.
(* Do not modify the following line: *)
Definition manual_grade_for_mumble_grumble : option (nat*string) := None.
(** [] *)
(* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *)
(** *** Type Annotation Inference *)
(** Let's write the definition of [repeat] again, but this time we
won't specify the types of any of the arguments. Will Coq still
accept it? *)
Fixpoint repeat' X x count : list X :=
match count with
| 0 => nil X
| S count' => cons X x (repeat' X x count')
end.
(** Indeed it will. Let's see what type Coq has assigned to [repeat']: *)
Check repeat'.
(* ===> forall X : Type, X -> nat -> list X *)
Check repeat.
(* ===> forall X : Type, X -> nat -> list X *)
(** It has exactly the same type as [repeat]. Coq was able
to use _type inference_ to deduce what the types of [X], [x], and
[count] must be, based on how they are used. For example, since
[X] is used as an argument to [cons], it must be a [Type], since
[cons] expects a [Type] as its first argument; matching [count]
with [0] and [S] means it must be a [nat]; and so on.
This powerful facility means we don't always have to write
explicit type annotations everywhere, although explicit type
annotations are still quite useful as documentation and sanity
checks, so we will continue to use them most of the time. You
should try to find a balance in your own code between too many
type annotations (which can clutter and distract) and too
few (which forces readers to perform type inference in their heads
in order to understand your code). *)
(* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *)
(** *** Type Argument Synthesis *)
(** To use a polymorphic function, we need to pass it one or
more types in addition to its other arguments. For example, the
recursive call in the body of the [repeat] function above must
pass along the type [X]. But since the second argument to
[repeat] is an element of [X], it seems entirely obvious that the
first argument can only be [X] -- why should we have to write it
explicitly?
Fortunately, Coq permits us to avoid this kind of redundancy. In
place of any type argument we can write a "hole" [_], which can be
read as "Please try to figure out for yourself what belongs here."
More precisely, when Coq encounters a [_], it will attempt to
_unify_ all locally available information -- the type of the
function being applied, the types of the other arguments, and the
type expected by the context in which the application appears --
to determine what concrete type should replace the [_].
This may sound similar to type annotation inference -- indeed, the
two procedures rely on the same underlying mechanisms. Instead of
simply omitting the types of some arguments to a function, like
repeat' X x count : list X :=
we can also replace the types with [_]
repeat' (X : _) (x : _) (count : _) : list X :=
to tell Coq to attempt to infer the missing information.
Using holes, the [repeat] function can be written like this: *)
Fixpoint repeat'' X x count : list X :=
match count with
| 0 => nil _
| S count' => cons _ x (repeat'' _ x count')
end.
(** In this instance, we don't save much by writing [_] instead of
[X]. But in many cases the difference in both keystrokes and
readability is nontrivial. For example, suppose we want to write
down a list containing the numbers [1], [2], and [3]. Instead of
writing this... *)
Definition list123 :=
cons nat 1 (cons nat 2 (cons nat 3 (nil nat))).
(** ...we can use holes to write this: *)
Definition list123' :=
cons _ 1 (cons _ 2 (cons _ 3 (nil _))).
(* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *)
(** *** Implicit Arguments *)
(** We can go further and even avoid writing [_]'s in most cases by
telling Coq _always_ to infer the type argument(s) of a given
function.
The [Arguments] directive specifies the name of the function (or
constructor) and then lists its argument names, with curly braces
around any arguments to be treated as implicit. (If some
arguments of a definition don't have a name, as is often the case
for constructors, they can be marked with a wildcard pattern
[_].) *)
Arguments nil {X}.
Arguments cons {X} _ _.
Arguments repeat {X} x count.
(** Now, we don't have to supply type arguments at all: *)
Definition list123'' := cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 nil)).
(** Alternatively, we can declare an argument to be implicit
when defining the function itself, by surrounding it in curly
braces instead of parens. For example: *)
Fixpoint repeat''' {X : Type} (x : X) (count : nat) : list X :=
match count with
| 0 => nil
| S count' => cons x (repeat''' x count')
end.
(** (Note that we didn't even have to provide a type argument to the
recursive call to [repeat''']; indeed, it would be invalid to
provide one!)
We will use the latter style whenever possible, but we will
continue to use explicit [Argument] declarations for [Inductive]
constructors. The reason for this is that marking the parameter
of an inductive type as implicit causes it to become implicit for
the type itself, not just for its constructors. For instance,
consider the following alternative definition of the [list]
type: *)
Inductive list' {X:Type} : Type :=
| nil'
| cons' (x : X) (l : list').
(** Because [X] is declared as implicit for the _entire_ inductive
definition including [list'] itself, we now have to write just
[list'] whether we are talking about lists of numbers or booleans
or anything else, rather than [list' nat] or [list' bool] or
whatever; this is a step too far. *)
(** Let's finish by re-implementing a few other standard list
functions on our new polymorphic lists... *)
Fixpoint app {X : Type} (l1 l2 : list X)
: (list X) :=
match l1 with
| nil => l2
| cons h t => cons h (app t l2)
end.
Fixpoint rev {X:Type} (l:list X) : list X :=
match l with
| nil => nil
| cons h t => app (rev t) (cons h nil)
end.
Fixpoint length {X : Type} (l : list X) : nat :=
match l with
| nil => 0
| cons _ l' => S (length l')
end.
Example test_rev1 :
rev (cons 1 (cons 2 nil)) = (cons 2 (cons 1 nil)).
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_rev2:
rev (cons true nil) = cons true nil.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_length1: length (cons 1 (cons 2 (cons 3 nil))) = 3.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *)
(** *** Supplying Type Arguments Explicitly *)
(** One small problem with declaring arguments [Implicit] is
that, occasionally, Coq does not have enough local information to
determine a type argument; in such cases, we need to tell Coq that
we want to give the argument explicitly just this time. For
example, suppose we write this: *)
Fail Definition mynil := nil.
(** (The [Fail] qualifier that appears before [Definition] can be
used with _any_ command, and is used to ensure that that command
indeed fails when executed. If the command does fail, Coq prints
the corresponding error message, but continues processing the rest
of the file.)
Here, Coq gives us an error because it doesn't know what type
argument to supply to [nil]. We can help it by providing an
explicit type declaration (so that Coq has more information
available when it gets to the "application" of [nil]): *)
Definition mynil : list nat := nil.
(** Alternatively, we can force the implicit arguments to be explicit by
prefixing the function name with [@]. *)
Check @nil.
Definition mynil' := @nil nat.
(** Using argument synthesis and implicit arguments, we can
define convenient notation for lists, as before. Since we have
made the constructor type arguments implicit, Coq will know to
automatically infer these when we use the notations. *)
Notation "x :: y" := (cons x y)
(at level 60, right associativity).
Notation "[ ]" := nil.
Notation "[ x ; .. ; y ]" := (cons x .. (cons y []) ..).
Notation "x ++ y" := (app x y)
(at level 60, right associativity).
(** Now lists can be written just the way we'd hope: *)
Definition list123''' := [1; 2; 3].
(* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *)
(** *** Exercises *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, optional (poly_exercises)
Here are a few simple exercises, just like ones in the [Lists]
chapter, for practice with polymorphism. Complete the proofs below. *)
Theorem app_nil_r : forall (X:Type), forall l:list X,
l ++ [] = l.
Proof.
intros H L.
induction L.
- reflexivity.
- simpl. rewrite -> IHL. reflexivity.
Qed.
Theorem app_assoc : forall A (l m n:list A),
l ++ m ++ n = (l ++ m) ++ n.
Proof.
intros A.
induction l.
- reflexivity.
- intros m n. simpl. rewrite <- IHl. reflexivity.
Qed.
Lemma app_length : forall (X:Type) (l1 l2 : list X),
length (l1 ++ l2) = length l1 + length l2.
Proof.
intros X.
induction l1.
- reflexivity.
- intros l2. simpl. rewrite <- IHl1. reflexivity.
Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, optional (more_poly_exercises)
Here are some slightly more interesting ones... *)
Theorem rev_app_distr: forall X (l1 l2 : list X),
rev (l1 ++ l2) = rev l2 ++ rev l1.
Proof.
intros X.
induction l1. induction l2.
- reflexivity.
- simpl. rewrite -> app_nil_r. reflexivity.
- intros l2. simpl. rewrite -> IHl1. rewrite <- app_assoc. reflexivity.
Qed.
Theorem rev_involutive : forall X : Type, forall l : list X,
rev (rev l) = l.
Proof.
intros X.
induction l.
- reflexivity.
- simpl.
rewrite -> rev_app_distr.
simpl.
rewrite -> IHl.
reflexivity.
Qed.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Polymorphic Pairs *)
(** Following the same pattern, the type definition we gave in
the last chapter for pairs of numbers can be generalized to
_polymorphic pairs_, often called _products_: *)
Inductive prod (X Y : Type) : Type :=
| pair (x : X) (y : Y).
Arguments pair {X} {Y} _ _.
(** As with lists, we make the type arguments implicit and define the
familiar concrete notation. *)
Notation "( x , y )" := (pair x y).
(** We can also use the [Notation] mechanism to define the standard
notation for product _types_: *)
Notation "X * Y" := (prod X Y) : type_scope.
(** (The annotation [: type_scope] tells Coq that this abbreviation
should only be used when parsing types. This avoids a clash with
the multiplication symbol.) *)
(** It is easy at first to get [(x,y)] and [X*Y] confused.
Remember that [(x,y)] is a _value_ built from two other values,
while [X*Y] is a _type_ built from two other types. If [x] has
type [X] and [y] has type [Y], then [(x,y)] has type [X*Y]. *)
(** The first and second projection functions now look pretty
much as they would in any functional programming language. *)
Definition fst {X Y : Type} (p : X * Y) : X :=
match p with
| (x, y) => x
end.
Definition snd {X Y : Type} (p : X * Y) : Y :=
match p with
| (x, y) => y
end.
(** The following function takes two lists and combines them
into a list of pairs. In other functional languages, it is often
called [zip]; we call it [combine] for consistency with Coq's
standard library. *)
Fixpoint combine {X Y : Type} (lx : list X) (ly : list Y)
: list (X*Y) :=
match lx, ly with
| [], _ => []
| _, [] => []
| x :: tx, y :: ty => (x, y) :: (combine tx ty)
end.
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, standard, optional (combine_checks)
Try answering the following questions on paper and
checking your answers in Coq:
- What is the type of [combine] (i.e., what does [Check
@combine] print?)
- What does
Compute (combine [1;2] [false;false;true;true]).
print?
[] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, recommended (split)
The function [split] is the right inverse of [combine]: it takes a
list of pairs and returns a pair of lists. In many functional
languages, it is called [unzip].
Fill in the definition of [split] below. Make sure it passes the
given unit test. *)
Fixpoint split {X Y : Type} (l : list (X*Y))
: (list X) * (list Y) :=
match l with
| nil => (nil, nil)
| (x, y) :: t => match split t with
| (a, b) => (x :: a, y :: b)
end
end.
Example test_split:
split [(1,false);(2,false)] = ([1;2],[false;false]).
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** [] *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Polymorphic Options *)
(** One last polymorphic type for now: _polymorphic options_,
which generalize [natoption] from the previous chapter. (We put
the definition inside a module because the standard library
already defines [option] and it's this one that we want to use
below.) *)
Module OptionPlayground.
Inductive option (X:Type) : Type :=
| Some (x : X)
| None.
Arguments Some {X} _.
Arguments None {X}.
End OptionPlayground.
(** We can now rewrite the [nth_error] function so that it works
with any type of lists. *)
Fixpoint nth_error {X : Type} (l : list X) (n : nat)
: option X :=
match l with
| [] => None
| a :: l' => if n =? O then Some a else nth_error l' (pred n)
end.
Example test_nth_error1 : nth_error [4;5;6;7] 0 = Some 4.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_nth_error2 : nth_error [[1];[2]] 1 = Some [2].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_nth_error3 : nth_error [true] 2 = None.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, standard, optional (hd_error_poly)
Complete the definition of a polymorphic version of the
[hd_error] function from the last chapter. Be sure that it
passes the unit tests below. *)
Definition hd_error {X : Type} (l : list X) : option X
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
(** Once again, to force the implicit arguments to be explicit,
we can use [@] before the name of the function. *)
Check @hd_error.
Example test_hd_error1 : hd_error [1;2] = Some 1.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example test_hd_error2 : hd_error [[1];[2]] = Some [1].
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Functions as Data *)
(** Like many other modern programming languages -- including
all functional languages (ML, Haskell, Scheme, Scala, Clojure,
etc.) -- Coq treats functions as first-class citizens, allowing
them to be passed as arguments to other functions, returned as
results, stored in data structures, etc. *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Higher-Order Functions *)
(** Functions that manipulate other functions are often called
_higher-order_ functions. Here's a simple one: *)
Definition doit3times {X:Type} (f:X->X) (n:X) : X :=
f (f (f n)).
(** The argument [f] here is itself a function (from [X] to
[X]); the body of [doit3times] applies [f] three times to some
value [n]. *)
Check @doit3times.
(* ===> doit3times : forall X : Type, (X -> X) -> X -> X *)
Example test_doit3times: doit3times minustwo 9 = 3.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_doit3times': doit3times negb true = false.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Filter *)
(** Here is a more useful higher-order function, taking a list
of [X]s and a _predicate_ on [X] (a function from [X] to [bool])
and "filtering" the list, returning a new list containing just
those elements for which the predicate returns [true]. *)
Fixpoint filter {X:Type} (test: X->bool) (l:list X)
: (list X) :=
match l with
| [] => []
| h :: t => if test h then h :: (filter test t)
else filter test t
end.
(** For example, if we apply [filter] to the predicate [evenb]
and a list of numbers [l], it returns a list containing just the
even members of [l]. *)
Example test_filter1: filter evenb [1;2;3;4] = [2;4].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Definition length_is_1 {X : Type} (l : list X) : bool :=
(length l) =? 1.
Example test_filter2:
filter length_is_1
[ [1; 2]; [3]; [4]; [5;6;7]; []; [8] ]
= [ [3]; [4]; [8] ].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** We can use [filter] to give a concise version of the
[countoddmembers] function from the [Lists] chapter. *)
Definition countoddmembers' (l:list nat) : nat :=
length (filter oddb l).
Example test_countoddmembers'1: countoddmembers' [1;0;3;1;4;5] = 4.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_countoddmembers'2: countoddmembers' [0;2;4] = 0.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_countoddmembers'3: countoddmembers' nil = 0.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Anonymous Functions *)
(** It is arguably a little sad, in the example just above, to
be forced to define the function [length_is_1] and give it a name
just to be able to pass it as an argument to [filter], since we
will probably never use it again. Moreover, this is not an
isolated example: when using higher-order functions, we often want
to pass as arguments "one-off" functions that we will never use
again; having to give each of these functions a name would be
tedious.
Fortunately, there is a better way. We can construct a function
"on the fly" without declaring it at the top level or giving it a
name. *)
Example test_anon_fun':
doit3times (fun n => n * n) 2 = 256.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** The expression [(fun n => n * n)] can be read as "the function
that, given a number [n], yields [n * n]." *)
(** Here is the [filter] example, rewritten to use an anonymous
function. *)
Example test_filter2':
filter (fun l => (length l) =? 1)
[ [1; 2]; [3]; [4]; [5;6;7]; []; [8] ]
= [ [3]; [4]; [8] ].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard (filter_even_gt7)
Use [filter] (instead of [Fixpoint]) to write a Coq function
[filter_even_gt7] that takes a list of natural numbers as input
and returns a list of just those that are even and greater than
7. *)
Definition filter_even_gt7 (l : list nat) : list nat :=
filter (fun n => andb (7 <? n) (evenb n)) l.
Example test_filter_even_gt7_1 :
filter_even_gt7 [1;2;6;9;10;3;12;8] = [10;12;8].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_filter_even_gt7_2 :
filter_even_gt7 [5;2;6;19;129] = [].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, standard (partition)
Use [filter] to write a Coq function [partition]:
partition : forall X : Type,
(X -> bool) -> list X -> list X * list X
Given a set [X], a test function of type [X -> bool] and a [list
X], [partition] should return a pair of lists. The first member of
the pair is the sublist of the original list containing the
elements that satisfy the test, and the second is the sublist
containing those that fail the test. The order of elements in the
two sublists should be the same as their order in the original
list. *)
Definition partition {X : Type}
(test : X -> bool)
(l : list X)
: list X * list X
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
Example test_partition1: partition oddb [1;2;3;4;5] = ([1;3;5], [2;4]).
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example test_partition2: partition (fun x => false) [5;9;0] = ([], [5;9;0]).
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Map *)
(** Another handy higher-order function is called [map]. *)
Fixpoint map {X Y: Type} (f:X->Y) (l:list X) : (list Y) :=
match l with
| [] => []
| h :: t => (f h) :: (map f t)
end.
(** It takes a function [f] and a list [ l = [n1, n2, n3, ...] ]
and returns the list [ [f n1, f n2, f n3,...] ], where [f] has
been applied to each element of [l] in turn. For example: *)
Example test_map1: map (fun x => plus 3 x) [2;0;2] = [5;3;5].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** The element types of the input and output lists need not be
the same, since [map] takes _two_ type arguments, [X] and [Y]; it
can thus be applied to a list of numbers and a function from
numbers to booleans to yield a list of booleans: *)
Example test_map2:
map oddb [2;1;2;5] = [false;true;false;true].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** It can even be applied to a list of numbers and
a function from numbers to _lists_ of booleans to
yield a _list of lists_ of booleans: *)
Example test_map3:
map (fun n => [evenb n;oddb n]) [2;1;2;5]
= [[true;false];[false;true];[true;false];[false;true]].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *)
(** *** Exercises *)
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, standard (map_rev)
Show that [map] and [rev] commute. You may need to define an
auxiliary lemma. *)
Theorem map_rev : forall (X Y : Type) (f : X -> Y) (l : list X),
map f (rev l) = rev (map f l).
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, recommended (flat_map)
The function [map] maps a [list X] to a [list Y] using a function
of type [X -> Y]. We can define a similar function, [flat_map],
which maps a [list X] to a [list Y] using a function [f] of type
[X -> list Y]. Your definition should work by 'flattening' the
results of [f], like so:
flat_map (fun n => [n;n+1;n+2]) [1;5;10]
= [1; 2; 3; 5; 6; 7; 10; 11; 12].
*)
Fixpoint flat_map {X Y: Type} (f: X -> list Y) (l: list X)
: (list Y)
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
Example test_flat_map1:
flat_map (fun n => [n;n;n]) [1;5;4]
= [1; 1; 1; 5; 5; 5; 4; 4; 4].
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** Lists are not the only inductive type for which [map] makes sense.
Here is a [map] for the [option] type: *)
Definition option_map {X Y : Type} (f : X -> Y) (xo : option X)
: option Y :=
match xo with
| None => None
| Some x => Some (f x)
end.
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, optional (implicit_args)
The definitions and uses of [filter] and [map] use implicit
arguments in many places. Replace the curly braces around the
implicit arguments with parentheses, and then fill in explicit
type parameters where necessary and use Coq to check that you've
done so correctly. (This exercise is not to be turned in; it is
probably easiest to do it on a _copy_ of this file that you can
throw away afterwards.)
[] *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Fold *)
(** An even more powerful higher-order function is called
[fold]. This function is the inspiration for the "[reduce]"
operation that lies at the heart of Google's map/reduce
distributed programming framework. *)
Fixpoint fold {X Y: Type} (f: X->Y->Y) (l: list X) (b: Y)
: Y :=
match l with
| nil => b
| h :: t => f h (fold f t b)
end.
(** Intuitively, the behavior of the [fold] operation is to
insert a given binary operator [f] between every pair of elements
in a given list. For example, [ fold plus [1;2;3;4] ] intuitively
means [1+2+3+4]. To make this precise, we also need a "starting
element" that serves as the initial second input to [f]. So, for
example,
fold plus [1;2;3;4] 0
yields
1 + (2 + (3 + (4 + 0))).
Some more examples: *)
Check (fold andb).
(* ===> fold andb : list bool -> bool -> bool *)
Example fold_example1 :
fold mult [1;2;3;4] 1 = 24.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example fold_example2 :
fold andb [true;true;false;true] true = false.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example fold_example3 :
fold app [[1];[];[2;3];[4]] [] = [1;2;3;4].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, advanced (fold_types_different)
Observe that the type of [fold] is parameterized by _two_ type
variables, [X] and [Y], and the parameter [f] is a binary operator
that takes an [X] and a [Y] and returns a [Y]. Can you think of a
situation where it would be useful for [X] and [Y] to be
different? *)
(* FILL IN HERE *)
(* Do not modify the following line: *)
Definition manual_grade_for_fold_types_different : option (nat*string) := None.
(** [] *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Functions That Construct Functions *)
(** Most of the higher-order functions we have talked about so
far take functions as arguments. Let's look at some examples that
involve _returning_ functions as the results of other functions.
To begin, here is a function that takes a value [x] (drawn from
some type [X]) and returns a function from [nat] to [X] that
yields [x] whenever it is called, ignoring its [nat] argument. *)
Definition constfun {X: Type} (x: X) : nat->X :=
fun (k:nat) => x.
Definition ftrue := constfun true.
Example constfun_example1 : ftrue 0 = true.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example constfun_example2 : (constfun 5) 99 = 5.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** In fact, the multiple-argument functions we have already
seen are also examples of passing functions as data. To see why,
recall the type of [plus]. *)
Check plus.
(* ==> nat -> nat -> nat *)
(** Each [->] in this expression is actually a _binary_ operator
on types. This operator is _right-associative_, so the type of
[plus] is really a shorthand for [nat -> (nat -> nat)] -- i.e., it
can be read as saying that "[plus] is a one-argument function that
takes a [nat] and returns a one-argument function that takes
another [nat] and returns a [nat]." In the examples above, we
have always applied [plus] to both of its arguments at once, but
if we like we can supply just the first. This is called _partial
application_. *)
Definition plus3 := plus 3.
Check plus3.
Example test_plus3 : plus3 4 = 7.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_plus3' : doit3times plus3 0 = 9.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
Example test_plus3'' : doit3times (plus 3) 0 = 9.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Additional Exercises *)
Module Exercises.
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard (fold_length)
Many common functions on lists can be implemented in terms of
[fold]. For example, here is an alternative definition of [length]: *)
Definition fold_length {X : Type} (l : list X) : nat :=
fold (fun _ n => S n) l 0.
Example test_fold_length1 : fold_length [4;7;0] = 3.
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** Prove the correctness of [fold_length]. (Hint: It may help to
know that [reflexivity] simplifies expressions a bit more
aggressively than [simpl] does -- i.e., you may find yourself in a
situation where [simpl] does nothing but [reflexivity] solves the
goal.) *)
Theorem fold_length_correct : forall X (l : list X),
fold_length l = length l.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, standard (fold_map)
We can also define [map] in terms of [fold]. Finish [fold_map]
below. *)
Definition fold_map {X Y: Type} (f: X -> Y) (l: list X) : list Y
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
(** Write down a theorem [fold_map_correct] in Coq stating that
[fold_map] is correct, and prove it. (Hint: again, remember that
[reflexivity] simplifies expressions a bit more aggressively than
[simpl].) *)
(* FILL IN HERE *)
(* Do not modify the following line: *)
Definition manual_grade_for_fold_map : option (nat*string) := None.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, advanced (currying)
In Coq, a function [f : A -> B -> C] really has the type [A
-> (B -> C)]. That is, if you give [f] a value of type [A], it
will give you function [f' : B -> C]. If you then give [f'] a
value of type [B], it will return a value of type [C]. This
allows for partial application, as in [plus3]. Processing a list
of arguments with functions that return functions is called
_currying_, in honor of the logician Haskell Curry.
Conversely, we can reinterpret the type [A -> B -> C] as [(A *
B) -> C]. This is called _uncurrying_. With an uncurried binary
function, both arguments must be given at once as a pair; there is
no partial application. *)
(** We can define currying as follows: *)
Definition prod_curry {X Y Z : Type}
(f : X * Y -> Z) (x : X) (y : Y) : Z := f (x, y).
(** As an exercise, define its inverse, [prod_uncurry]. Then prove
the theorems below to show that the two are inverses. *)
Definition prod_uncurry {X Y Z : Type}
(f : X -> Y -> Z) (p : X * Y) : Z
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
(** As a (trivial) example of the usefulness of currying, we can use it
to shorten one of the examples that we saw above: *)
Example test_map1': map (plus 3) [2;0;2] = [5;3;5].
Proof. reflexivity. Qed.
(** Thought exercise: before running the following commands, can you
calculate the types of [prod_curry] and [prod_uncurry]? *)
Check @prod_curry.
Check @prod_uncurry.
Theorem uncurry_curry : forall (X Y Z : Type)
(f : X -> Y -> Z)
x y,
prod_curry (prod_uncurry f) x y = f x y.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Theorem curry_uncurry : forall (X Y Z : Type)
(f : (X * Y) -> Z) (p : X * Y),
prod_uncurry (prod_curry f) p = f p.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, advanced (nth_error_informal)
Recall the definition of the [nth_error] function:
Fixpoint nth_error {X : Type} (l : list X) (n : nat) : option X :=
match l with
| [] => None
| a :: l' => if n =? O then Some a else nth_error l' (pred n)
end.
Write an informal proof of the following theorem:
forall X n l, length l = n -> @nth_error X l n = None
*)
(* FILL IN HERE *)
(* Do not modify the following line: *)
Definition manual_grade_for_informal_proof : option (nat*string) := None.
(** [] *)
(** The following exercises explore an alternative way of defining
natural numbers, using the so-called _Church numerals_, named
after mathematician Alonzo Church. We can represent a natural
number [n] as a function that takes a function [f] as a parameter
and returns [f] iterated [n] times. *)
Module Church.
Definition cnat := forall X : Type, (X -> X) -> X -> X.
(** Let's see how to write some numbers with this notation. Iterating
a function once should be the same as just applying it. Thus: *)
Definition one : cnat :=
fun (X : Type) (f : X -> X) (x : X) => f x.
(** Similarly, [two] should apply [f] twice to its argument: *)
Definition two : cnat :=
fun (X : Type) (f : X -> X) (x : X) => f (f x).
(** Defining [zero] is somewhat trickier: how can we "apply a function
zero times"? The answer is actually simple: just return the
argument untouched. *)
Definition zero : cnat :=
fun (X : Type) (f : X -> X) (x : X) => x.
(** More generally, a number [n] can be written as [fun X f x => f (f
... (f x) ...)], with [n] occurrences of [f]. Notice in
particular how the [doit3times] function we've defined previously
is actually just the Church representation of [3]. *)
Definition three : cnat := @doit3times.
(** Complete the definitions of the following functions. Make sure
that the corresponding unit tests pass by proving them with
[reflexivity]. *)
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, advanced (church_succ) *)
(** Successor of a natural number: given a Church numeral [n],
the successor [succ n] is a function that iterates its
argument once more than [n]. *)
Definition succ (n : cnat) : cnat
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
Example succ_1 : succ zero = one.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example succ_2 : succ one = two.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example succ_3 : succ two = three.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, advanced (church_plus) *)
(** Addition of two natural numbers: *)
Definition plus (n m : cnat) : cnat
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
Example plus_1 : plus zero one = one.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example plus_2 : plus two three = plus three two.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example plus_3 :
plus (plus two two) three = plus one (plus three three).
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, advanced (church_mult) *)
(** Multiplication: *)
Definition mult (n m : cnat) : cnat
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
Example mult_1 : mult one one = one.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example mult_2 : mult zero (plus three three) = zero.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example mult_3 : mult two three = plus three three.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, advanced (church_exp) *)
(** Exponentiation: *)
(** (_Hint_: Polymorphism plays a crucial role here. However,
choosing the right type to iterate over can be tricky. If you hit
a "Universe inconsistency" error, try iterating over a different
type. Iterating over [cnat] itself is usually problematic.) *)
Definition exp (n m : cnat) : cnat
(* REPLACE THIS LINE WITH ":= _your_definition_ ." *). Admitted.
Example exp_1 : exp two two = plus two two.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example exp_2 : exp three zero = one.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
Example exp_3 : exp three two = plus (mult two (mult two two)) one.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
End Church.
End Exercises.
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