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PC's Chapter 5 comments
author Adam Chlipala <adam@chlipala.net>
date Fri, 15 Oct 2010 09:50:34 -0400
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adamc@62 9
adamc@62 10 (* begin hide *)
adamc@62 11 Require Import List.
adamc@62 12
adamc@62 13 Require Import Tactics.
adamc@62 14
adamc@62 15 Set Implicit Arguments.
adamc@62 16 (* end hide *)
adamc@62 17
adamc@62 18
adamc@62 19 (** %\chapter{Infinite Data and Proofs}% *)
adamc@62 20
adamc@62 21 (** In lazy functional programming languages like Haskell, infinite data structures are everywhere. Infinite lists and more exotic datatypes provide convenient abstractions for communication between parts of a program. Achieving similar convenience without infinite lazy structures would, in many cases, require acrobatic inversions of control flow.
adamc@62 22
adamc@62 23 Laziness is easy to implement in Haskell, where all the definitions in a program may be thought of as mutually recursive. In such an unconstrained setting, it is easy to implement an infinite loop when you really meant to build an infinite list, where any finite prefix of the list should be forceable in finite time. Haskell programmers learn how to avoid such slip-ups. In Coq, such a laissez-faire policy is not good enough.
adamc@62 24
adamc@202 25 We spent some time in the last chapter discussing the Curry-Howard isomorphism, where proofs are identified with functional programs. In such a setting, infinite loops, intended or otherwise, are disastrous. If Coq allowed the full breadth of definitions that Haskell did, we could code up an infinite loop and use it to prove any proposition vacuously. That is, the addition of general recursion would make CIC %\textit{%#<i>#inconsistent#</i>#%}%. For an arbitrary proposition [P], we could write:
adamc@202 26
adamc@202 27 [[
adamc@202 28 Fixpoint bad (u : unit) : P := bad u.
adamc@211 29
adamc@205 30 ]]
adamc@205 31
adamc@202 32 This would leave us with [bad tt] as a proof of [P].
adamc@62 33
adamc@62 34 There are also algorithmic considerations that make universal termination very desirable. We have seen how tactics like [reflexivity] compare terms up to equivalence under computational rules. Calls to recursive, pattern-matching functions are simplified automatically, with no need for explicit proof steps. It would be very hard to hold onto that kind of benefit if it became possible to write non-terminating programs; we would be running smack into the halting problem.
adamc@62 35
adamc@211 36 One solution is to use types to contain the possibility of non-termination. For instance, we can create a "non-termination monad," inside which we must write all of our general-recursive programs. This is a heavyweight solution, and so we would like to avoid it whenever possible.
adamc@62 37
adamc@62 38 Luckily, Coq has special support for a class of lazy data structures that happens to contain most examples found in Haskell. That mechanism, %\textit{%#<i>#co-inductive types#</i>#%}%, is the subject of this chapter. *)
adamc@62 39
adamc@62 40
adamc@62 41 (** * Computing with Infinite Data *)
adamc@62 42
adamc@62 43 (** Let us begin with the most basic type of infinite data, %\textit{%#<i>#streams#</i>#%}%, or lazy lists. *)
adamc@62 44
adamc@62 45 Section stream.
adamc@62 46 Variable A : Set.
adamc@62 47
adamc@62 48 CoInductive stream : Set :=
adamc@62 49 | Cons : A -> stream -> stream.
adamc@62 50 End stream.
adamc@62 51
adamc@62 52 (** The definition is surprisingly simple. Starting from the definition of [list], we just need to change the keyword [Inductive] to [CoInductive]. We could have left a [Nil] constructor in our definition, but we will leave it out to force all of our streams to be infinite.
adamc@62 53
adamc@62 54 How do we write down a stream constant? Obviously simple application of constructors is not good enough, since we could only denote finite objects that way. Rather, whereas recursive definitions were necessary to %\textit{%#<i>#use#</i>#%}% values of recursive inductive types effectively, here we find that we need %\textit{%#<i>#co-recursive definitions#</i>#%}% to %\textit{%#<i>#build#</i>#%}% values of co-inductive types effectively.
adamc@62 55
adamc@62 56 We can define a stream consisting only of zeroes. *)
adamc@62 57
adamc@62 58 CoFixpoint zeroes : stream nat := Cons 0 zeroes.
adamc@62 59
adamc@62 60 (** We can also define a stream that alternates between [true] and [false]. *)
adamc@62 61
adamc@62 62 CoFixpoint trues : stream bool := Cons true falses
adamc@62 63 with falses : stream bool := Cons false trues.
adamc@62 64
adamc@62 65 (** Co-inductive values are fair game as arguments to recursive functions, and we can use that fact to write a function to take a finite approximation of a stream. *)
adamc@62 66
adamc@211 67 Fixpoint approx A (s : stream A) (n : nat) : list A :=
adamc@62 68 match n with
adamc@62 69 | O => nil
adamc@62 70 | S n' =>
adamc@62 71 match s with
adamc@62 72 | Cons h t => h :: approx t n'
adamc@62 73 end
adamc@62 74 end.
adamc@62 75
adamc@62 76 Eval simpl in approx zeroes 10.
adamc@211 77 (** %\vspace{-.15in}% [[
adamc@62 78 = 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: 0 :: nil
adamc@62 79 : list nat
adamc@62 80 ]] *)
adamc@211 81
adamc@62 82 Eval simpl in approx trues 10.
adamc@211 83 (** %\vspace{-.15in}% [[
adamc@62 84 = true
adamc@62 85 :: false
adamc@62 86 :: true
adamc@62 87 :: false
adamc@62 88 :: true :: false :: true :: false :: true :: false :: nil
adamc@62 89 : list bool
adamc@211 90
adamc@211 91 ]]
adamc@62 92
adamc@211 93 So far, it looks like co-inductive types might be a magic bullet, allowing us to import all of the Haskeller's usual tricks. However, there are important restrictions that are dual to the restrictions on the use of inductive types. Fixpoints %\textit{%#<i>#consume#</i>#%}% values of inductive types, with restrictions on which %\textit{%#<i>#arguments#</i>#%}% may be passed in recursive calls. Dually, co-fixpoints %\textit{%#<i>#produce#</i>#%}% values of co-inductive types, with restrictions on what may be done with the %\textit{%#<i>#results#</i>#%}% of co-recursive calls.
adamc@62 94
adamc@62 95 The restriction for co-inductive types shows up as the %\textit{%#<i>#guardedness condition#</i>#%}%, and it can be broken into two parts. First, consider this stream definition, which would be legal in Haskell.
adamc@62 96
adamc@62 97 [[
adamc@62 98 CoFixpoint looper : stream nat := looper.
adamc@205 99
adamc@62 100 Error:
adamc@62 101 Recursive definition of looper is ill-formed.
adamc@62 102 In environment
adamc@62 103 looper : stream nat
adamc@62 104
adamc@62 105 unguarded recursive call in "looper"
adamc@211 106
adamc@205 107 ]]
adamc@205 108
adamc@211 109 The rule we have run afoul of here is that %\textit{%#<i>#every co-recursive call must be guarded by a constructor#</i>#%}%; that is, every co-recursive call must be a direct argument to a constructor of the co-inductive type we are generating. It is a good thing that this rule is enforced. If the definition of [looper] were accepted, our [approx] function would run forever when passed [looper], and we would have fallen into inconsistency.
adamc@62 110
adamc@62 111 The second rule of guardedness is easiest to see by first introducing a more complicated, but legal, co-fixpoint. *)
adamc@62 112
adamc@62 113 Section map.
adamc@62 114 Variables A B : Set.
adamc@62 115 Variable f : A -> B.
adamc@62 116
adamc@62 117 CoFixpoint map (s : stream A) : stream B :=
adamc@62 118 match s with
adamc@62 119 | Cons h t => Cons (f h) (map t)
adamc@62 120 end.
adamc@62 121 End map.
adamc@62 122
adamc@62 123 (** This code is a literal copy of that for the list [map] function, with the [Nil] case removed and [Fixpoint] changed to [CoFixpoint]. Many other standard functions on lazy data structures can be implemented just as easily. Some, like [filter], cannot be implemented. Since the predicate passed to [filter] may reject every element of the stream, we cannot satisfy even the first guardedness condition.
adamc@62 124
adamc@211 125 The second condition is subtler. To illustrate it, we start off with another co-recursive function definition that %\textit{%#<i>#is#</i>#%}% legal. The function [interleave] takes two streams and produces a new stream that alternates between their elements. *)
adamc@62 126
adamc@62 127 Section interleave.
adamc@62 128 Variable A : Set.
adamc@62 129
adamc@62 130 CoFixpoint interleave (s1 s2 : stream A) : stream A :=
adamc@62 131 match s1, s2 with
adamc@62 132 | Cons h1 t1, Cons h2 t2 => Cons h1 (Cons h2 (interleave t1 t2))
adamc@62 133 end.
adamc@62 134 End interleave.
adamc@62 135
adamc@62 136 (** Now say we want to write a weird stuttering version of [map] that repeats elements in a particular way, based on interleaving. *)
adamc@62 137
adamc@62 138 Section map'.
adamc@62 139 Variables A B : Set.
adamc@62 140 Variable f : A -> B.
adamc@68 141 (* begin thide *)
adamc@62 142 (** [[
adamc@62 143 CoFixpoint map' (s : stream A) : stream B :=
adamc@62 144 match s with
adam@281 145 | Cons h t => interleave (Cons (f h) (map' t) (Cons (f h) (map' t))
adamc@68 146 end.
adamc@211 147
adamc@205 148 ]]
adamc@211 149
adamc@211 150 We get another error message about an unguarded recursive call. This is because we are violating the second guardedness condition, which says that, not only must co-recursive calls be arguments to constructors, there must also %\textit{%#<i>#not be anything but [match]es and calls to constructors of the same co-inductive type#</i>#%}% wrapped around these immediate uses of co-recursive calls. The actual implemented rule for guardedness is a little more lenient than what we have just stated, but you can count on the illegality of any exception that would enhance the expressive power of co-recursion.
adamc@62 151
adam@281 152 Why enforce a rule like this? Imagine that, instead of [interleave], we had called some other, less well-behaved function on streams. Perhaps this other function might be defined mutually with [map']. It might deconstruct its first argument, retrieving [map' t] from within [Cons (f h) (map' t)]. Next it might try a [match] on this retrieved value, which amounts to deconstructing [map' t]. To figure out how this [match] turns out, we need to know the top-level structure of [map' t], but this is exactly what we started out trying to determine! We run into a loop in the evaluation process, and we have reached a witness of inconsistency if we are evaluating [approx (map' s) 1] for any [s]. *)
adamc@68 153 (* end thide *)
adamc@211 154
adamc@62 155 End map'.
adamc@62 156
adamc@63 157
adamc@63 158 (** * Infinite Proofs *)
adamc@63 159
adamc@63 160 (** Let us say we want to give two different definitions of a stream of all ones, and then we want to prove that they are equivalent. *)
adamc@63 161
adamc@63 162 CoFixpoint ones : stream nat := Cons 1 ones.
adamc@63 163 Definition ones' := map S zeroes.
adamc@63 164
adamc@63 165 (** The obvious statement of the equality is this: *)
adamc@63 166
adamc@63 167 Theorem ones_eq : ones = ones'.
adamc@63 168
adamc@63 169 (** However, faced with the initial subgoal, it is not at all clear how this theorem can be proved. In fact, it is unprovable. The [eq] predicate that we use is fundamentally limited to equalities that can be demonstrated by finite, syntactic arguments. To prove this equivalence, we will need to introduce a new relation. *)
adamc@68 170 (* begin thide *)
adamc@211 171
adamc@63 172 Abort.
adamc@63 173
adamc@63 174 (** Co-inductive datatypes make sense by analogy from Haskell. What we need now is a %\textit{%#<i>#co-inductive proposition#</i>#%}%. That is, we want to define a proposition whose proofs may be infinite, subject to the guardedness condition. The idea of infinite proofs does not show up in usual mathematics, but it can be very useful (unsurprisingly) for reasoning about infinite data structures. Besides examples from Haskell, infinite data and proofs will also turn out to be useful for modelling inherently infinite mathematical objects, like program executions.
adamc@63 175
adamc@63 176 We are ready for our first co-inductive predicate. *)
adamc@63 177
adamc@63 178 Section stream_eq.
adamc@63 179 Variable A : Set.
adamc@63 180
adamc@63 181 CoInductive stream_eq : stream A -> stream A -> Prop :=
adamc@63 182 | Stream_eq : forall h t1 t2,
adamc@63 183 stream_eq t1 t2
adamc@63 184 -> stream_eq (Cons h t1) (Cons h t2).
adamc@63 185 End stream_eq.
adamc@63 186
adamc@63 187 (** We say that two streams are equal if and only if they have the same heads and their tails are equal. We use the normal finite-syntactic equality for the heads, and we refer to our new equality recursively for the tails.
adamc@63 188
adamc@63 189 We can try restating the theorem with [stream_eq]. *)
adamc@63 190
adamc@63 191 Theorem ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'.
adamc@63 192 (** Coq does not support tactical co-inductive proofs as well as it supports tactical inductive proofs. The usual starting point is the [cofix] tactic, which asks to structure this proof as a co-fixpoint. *)
adamc@211 193
adamc@63 194 cofix.
adamc@63 195 (** [[
adamc@63 196 ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@63 197 ============================
adamc@63 198 stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@211 199
adamc@211 200 ]]
adamc@63 201
adamc@211 202 It looks like this proof might be easier than we expected! *)
adamc@63 203
adamc@63 204 assumption.
adamc@63 205 (** [[
adamc@211 206 Proof completed.
adamc@211 207
adamc@211 208 ]]
adamc@63 209
adamc@211 210 Unfortunately, we are due for some disappointment in our victory lap.
adamc@205 211
adamc@211 212 [[
adamc@63 213 Qed.
adamc@63 214
adamc@63 215 Error:
adamc@63 216 Recursive definition of ones_eq is ill-formed.
adamc@63 217
adamc@63 218 In environment
adamc@63 219 ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@63 220
adamc@205 221 unguarded recursive call in "ones_eq"
adamc@211 222
adamc@211 223 ]]
adamc@205 224
adamc@211 225 Via the Curry-Howard correspondence, the same guardedness condition applies to our co-inductive proofs as to our co-inductive data structures. We should be grateful that this proof is rejected, because, if it were not, the same proof structure could be used to prove any co-inductive theorem vacuously, by direct appeal to itself!
adamc@63 226
adamc@211 227 Thinking about how Coq would generate a proof term from the proof script above, we see that the problem is that we are violating the first part of the guardedness condition. During our proofs, Coq can help us check whether we have yet gone wrong in this way. We can run the command [Guarded] in any context to see if it is possible to finish the proof in a way that will yield a properly guarded proof term.
adamc@63 228
adamc@63 229 [[
adamc@63 230 Guarded.
adamc@63 231
adamc@205 232 ]]
adamc@205 233
adamc@63 234 Running [Guarded] here gives us the same error message that we got when we tried to run [Qed]. In larger proofs, [Guarded] can be helpful in detecting problems %\textit{%#<i>#before#</i>#%}% we think we are ready to run [Qed].
adamc@63 235
adam@281 236 We need to start the co-induction by applying [stream_eq]'s constructor. To do that, we need to know that both arguments to the predicate are [Cons]es. Informally, this is trivial, but [simpl] is not able to help us. *)
adamc@63 237
adamc@63 238 Undo.
adamc@63 239 simpl.
adamc@63 240 (** [[
adamc@63 241 ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@63 242 ============================
adamc@63 243 stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@211 244
adamc@211 245 ]]
adamc@63 246
adamc@211 247 It turns out that we are best served by proving an auxiliary lemma. *)
adamc@211 248
adamc@63 249 Abort.
adamc@63 250
adamc@63 251 (** First, we need to define a function that seems pointless on first glance. *)
adamc@63 252
adamc@63 253 Definition frob A (s : stream A) : stream A :=
adamc@63 254 match s with
adamc@63 255 | Cons h t => Cons h t
adamc@63 256 end.
adamc@63 257
adamc@63 258 (** Next, we need to prove a theorem that seems equally pointless. *)
adamc@63 259
adamc@63 260 Theorem frob_eq : forall A (s : stream A), s = frob s.
adamc@63 261 destruct s; reflexivity.
adamc@63 262 Qed.
adamc@63 263
adamc@63 264 (** But, miraculously, this theorem turns out to be just what we needed. *)
adamc@63 265
adamc@63 266 Theorem ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'.
adamc@63 267 cofix.
adamc@63 268
adamc@63 269 (** We can use the theorem to rewrite the two streams. *)
adamc@211 270
adamc@63 271 rewrite (frob_eq ones).
adamc@63 272 rewrite (frob_eq ones').
adamc@63 273 (** [[
adamc@63 274 ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@63 275 ============================
adamc@63 276 stream_eq (frob ones) (frob ones')
adamc@211 277
adamc@211 278 ]]
adamc@63 279
adamc@211 280 Now [simpl] is able to reduce the streams. *)
adamc@63 281
adamc@63 282 simpl.
adamc@63 283 (** [[
adamc@63 284 ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@63 285 ============================
adamc@63 286 stream_eq (Cons 1 ones)
adamc@63 287 (Cons 1
adamc@63 288 ((cofix map (s : stream nat) : stream nat :=
adamc@63 289 match s with
adamc@63 290 | Cons h t => Cons (S h) (map t)
adamc@63 291 end) zeroes))
adamc@211 292
adamc@211 293 ]]
adamc@63 294
adamc@211 295 Since we have exposed the [Cons] structure of each stream, we can apply the constructor of [stream_eq]. *)
adamc@63 296
adamc@63 297 constructor.
adamc@63 298 (** [[
adamc@63 299 ones_eq : stream_eq ones ones'
adamc@63 300 ============================
adamc@63 301 stream_eq ones
adamc@63 302 ((cofix map (s : stream nat) : stream nat :=
adamc@63 303 match s with
adamc@63 304 | Cons h t => Cons (S h) (map t)
adamc@63 305 end) zeroes)
adamc@211 306
adamc@211 307 ]]
adamc@63 308
adamc@211 309 Now, modulo unfolding of the definition of [map], we have matched our assumption. *)
adamc@211 310
adamc@63 311 assumption.
adamc@63 312 Qed.
adamc@63 313
adamc@63 314 (** Why did this silly-looking trick help? The answer has to do with the constraints placed on Coq's evaluation rules by the need for termination. The [cofix]-related restriction that foiled our first attempt at using [simpl] is dual to a restriction for [fix]. In particular, an application of an anonymous [fix] only reduces when the top-level structure of the recursive argument is known. Otherwise, we would be unfolding the recursive definition ad infinitum.
adamc@63 315
adamc@63 316 Fixpoints only reduce when enough is known about the %\textit{%#<i>#definitions#</i>#%}% of their arguments. Dually, co-fixpoints only reduce when enough is known about %\textit{%#<i>#how their results will be used#</i>#%}%. In particular, a [cofix] is only expanded when it is the discriminee of a [match]. Rewriting with our superficially silly lemma wrapped new [match]es around the two [cofix]es, triggering reduction.
adamc@63 317
adamc@63 318 If [cofix]es reduced haphazardly, it would be easy to run into infinite loops in evaluation, since we are, after all, building infinite objects.
adamc@63 319
adamc@63 320 One common source of difficulty with co-inductive proofs is bad interaction with standard Coq automation machinery. If we try to prove [ones_eq'] with automation, like we have in previous inductive proofs, we get an invalid proof. *)
adamc@63 321
adamc@63 322 Theorem ones_eq' : stream_eq ones ones'.
adamc@63 323 cofix; crush.
adamc@63 324 (** [[
adamc@205 325 Guarded.
adamc@205 326
adamc@205 327 ]] *)
adamc@63 328 Abort.
adamc@68 329 (* end thide *)
adamc@63 330
adamc@211 331 (** The standard [auto] machinery sees that our goal matches an assumption and so applies that assumption, even though this violates guardedness. One usually starts a proof like this by [destruct]ing some parameter and running a custom tactic to figure out the first proof rule to apply for each case. Alternatively, there are tricks that can be played with "hiding" the co-inductive hypothesis. *)
adamc@64 332
adamc@64 333
adamc@64 334 (** * Simple Modeling of Non-Terminating Programs *)
adamc@64 335
adamc@211 336 (** We close the chapter with a quick motivating example for more complex uses of co-inductive types. We will define a co-inductive semantics for a simple assembly language and use that semantics to prove that assembly programs always run forever. This basic technique can be combined with typing judgments for more advanced languages, where some ill-typed programs can go wrong, but no well-typed programs go wrong.
adamc@64 337
adamc@211 338 We define suggestive synonyms for [nat], for cases where we use natural numbers as registers or program labels. That is, we consider our idealized machine to have infinitely many registers and infinitely many code addresses. *)
adamc@211 339
adamc@211 340 Definition reg := nat.
adamc@64 341 Definition label := nat.
adamc@64 342
adamc@211 343 (** Our instructions are loading of a constant into a register, copying from one register to another, unconditional jump, and conditional jump based on whether the value in a register is not zero. *)
adamc@64 344
adamc@211 345 Inductive instr : Set :=
adamc@211 346 | Imm : reg -> nat -> instr
adamc@211 347 | Copy : reg -> reg -> instr
adamc@211 348 | Jmp : label -> instr
adamc@211 349 | Jnz : reg -> label -> instr.
adamc@67 350
adam@281 351 (** We define a type [regs] of maps from registers to values. To define a function [set] for setting a register's value in a map, we import the [Arith] module from Coq's standard library, and we use its function [beq_nat] for comparing natural numbers. *)
adamc@67 352
adamc@211 353 Definition regs := reg -> nat.
adamc@211 354 Require Import Arith.
adamc@211 355 Definition set (rs : regs) (r : reg) (v : nat) : regs :=
adam@281 356 fun r' => if beq_nat r r' then v else rs r'.
adamc@64 357
adamc@211 358 (** An inductive [exec] judgment captures the effect of an instruction on the program counter and register bank. *)
adamc@64 359
adamc@211 360 Inductive exec : label -> regs -> instr -> label -> regs -> Prop :=
adamc@211 361 | E_Imm : forall pc rs r n, exec pc rs (Imm r n) (S pc) (set rs r n)
adamc@211 362 | E_Copy : forall pc rs r1 r2, exec pc rs (Copy r1 r2) (S pc) (set rs r1 (rs r2))
adamc@211 363 | E_Jmp : forall pc rs pc', exec pc rs (Jmp pc') pc' rs
adamc@211 364 | E_JnzF : forall pc rs r pc', rs r = 0 -> exec pc rs (Jnz r pc') (S pc) rs
adamc@211 365 | E_JnzT : forall pc rs r pc' n, rs r = S n -> exec pc rs (Jnz r pc') pc' rs.
adamc@64 366
adamc@211 367 (** We prove that [exec] represents a total function. In our proof script, we use a [match] tactic with a [context] pattern. This particular example finds an occurrence of a pattern [Jnz ?r _] anywhere in the current subgoal's conclusion. We use a Coq library tactic [case_eq] to do case analysis on whether the current value [rs r] of the register [r] is zero or not. [case_eq] differs from [destruct] in saving an equality relating the old variable to the new form we deduce for it. *)
adamc@64 368
adamc@211 369 Lemma exec_total : forall pc rs i,
adamc@211 370 exists pc', exists rs', exec pc rs i pc' rs'.
adamc@211 371 Hint Constructors exec.
adamc@67 372
adamc@211 373 destruct i; crush; eauto;
adamc@211 374 match goal with
adamc@211 375 | [ |- context[Jnz ?r _] ] => case_eq (rs r)
adamc@211 376 end; eauto.
adamc@64 377 Qed.
adamc@64 378
adam@281 379 (** We are ready to define a co-inductive judgment capturing the idea that a program runs forever. We define the judgment in terms of a program [prog], represented as a function mapping each label to the instruction found there. That is, to simplify the proof, we consider only infinitely-long programs. *)
adamc@64 380
adamc@211 381 Section safe.
adamc@211 382 Variable prog : label -> instr.
adamc@64 383
adamc@211 384 CoInductive safe : label -> regs -> Prop :=
adamc@211 385 | Step : forall pc r pc' r',
adamc@211 386 exec pc r (prog pc) pc' r'
adamc@211 387 -> safe pc' r'
adamc@211 388 -> safe pc r.
adamc@64 389
adamc@211 390 (** Now we can prove that any starting address and register bank lead to safe infinite execution. Recall that proofs of existentially-quantified formulas are all built with a single constructor of the inductive type [ex]. This means that we can use [destruct] to "open up" such proofs. In the proof below, we want to perform this opening up on an appropriate use of the [exec_total] lemma. This lemma's conclusion begins with two existential quantifiers, so we want to tell [destruct] that it should not stop at the first quantifier. We accomplish our goal by using an %\textit{%#<i>#intro pattern#</i>#%}% with [destruct]. Consult the Coq manual for the details of intro patterns; the specific pattern [[? [? ?]]] that we use here accomplishes our goal of destructing both quantifiers at once. *)
adamc@211 391
adamc@211 392 Theorem always_safe : forall pc rs,
adamc@211 393 safe pc rs.
adamc@211 394 cofix; intros;
adamc@211 395 destruct (exec_total pc rs (prog pc)) as [? [? ?]];
adamc@211 396 econstructor; eauto.
adamc@64 397 Qed.
adamc@211 398 End safe.
adamc@64 399
adamc@67 400 (** If we print the proof term that was generated, we can verify that the proof is structured as a [cofix], with each co-recursive call properly guarded. *)
adamc@67 401
adamc@211 402 Print always_safe.
adamc@81 403
adamc@81 404
adamc@81 405 (** * Exercises *)
adamc@81 406
adamc@81 407 (** %\begin{enumerate}%#<ol>#
adamc@81 408
adamc@81 409 %\item%#<li># %\begin{enumerate}%#<ol>#
adamc@81 410 %\item%#<li># Define a co-inductive type of infinite trees carrying data of a fixed parameter type. Each node should contain a data value and two child trees.#</li>#
adamc@81 411 %\item%#<li># Define a function [everywhere] for building a tree with the same data value at every node.#</li>#
adamc@81 412 %\item%#<li># Define a function [map] for building an output tree out of two input trees by traversing them in parallel and applying a two-argument function to their corresponding data values.#</li>#
adamc@104 413 %\item%#<li># Define a tree [falses] where every node has the value [false].#</li>#
adamc@104 414 %\item%#<li># Define a tree [true_false] where the root node has value [true], its children have value [false], all nodes at the next have the value [true], and so on, alternating boolean values from level to level.#</li>#
adamc@200 415 %\item%#<li># Prove that [true_false] is equal to the result of mapping the boolean "or" function [orb] over [true_false] and [falses]. You can make [orb] available with [Require Import Bool.]. You may find the lemma [orb_false_r] from the same module helpful. Your proof here should not be about the standard equality [=], but rather about some new equality relation that you define.#</li>#
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adamc@81 418 #</ol>#%\end{enumerate}% *)