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Finish complete proofreading pass
author | Adam Chlipala <adam@chlipala.net> |
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date | Wed, 29 Aug 2012 17:17:17 -0400 |
parents | 92f386c33e94 |
children | 4320c1a967c2 |
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--- a/src/ProgLang.v Wed Aug 29 17:03:19 2012 -0400 +++ b/src/ProgLang.v Wed Aug 29 17:17:17 2012 -0400 @@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ | Let : forall t1 t2, term t1 -> (term t1 -> term t2) -> term t2. ]] - However, Coq rejects this definition for failing to meet the %\index{strict positivity restriction}%strict positivity restriction. For instance, the constructor [Abs] takes an argument that is a function over the same type family [term] that we are defining. Inductive definitions of this kind can be used to write non-terminating Gallina programs, which breaks the consistency of Coq's logic. + However, Coq rejects this definition for failing to meet the %\index{strict positivity requirement}%strict positivity restriction. For instance, the constructor [Abs] takes an argument that is a function over the same type family [term] that we are defining. Inductive definitions of this kind can be used to write non-terminating Gallina programs, which breaks the consistency of Coq's logic. An alternate higher-order encoding is%\index{parametric higher-order abstract syntax}\index{PHOAS}% _parametric HOAS_, as introduced by Washburn and Weirich%~\cite{BGB}% for Haskell and tweaked by me%~\cite{PhoasICFP08}% for use in Coq. Here the idea is to parametrize the syntax type by a type family standing for a _representation of variables_. *)