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(** * Smallstep: Small-step Operational Semantics *)
Require Import Coq.Arith.Arith.
Require Import Coq.Arith.EqNat.
Require Import Coq.omega.Omega.
Require Import Coq.Lists.List.
Import ListNotations.
Require Import Maps.
Require Import Imp.
(** The evaluators we have seen so far (for [aexp]s, [bexp]s,
commands, ...) have been formulated in a "big-step" style: they
specify how a given expression can be evaluated to its final
value (or a command plus a store to a final store) "all in one big
step."
This style is simple and natural for many purposes -- indeed,
Gilles Kahn, who popularized it, called it _natural semantics_.
But there are some things it does not do well. In particular, it
does not give us a natural way of talking about _concurrent_
programming languages, where the semantics of a program -- i.e.,
the essence of how it behaves -- is not just which input states
get mapped to which output states, but also includes the
intermediate states that it passes through along the way, since
these states can also be observed by concurrently executing code.
Another shortcoming of the big-step style is more technical, but
critical in many situations. Suppose we want to define a variant
of Imp where variables could hold _either_ numbers _or_ lists of
numbers. In the syntax of this extended language, it will be
possible to write strange expressions like [2 + nil], and our
semantics for arithmetic expressions will then need to say
something about how such expressions behave. One possibility is
to maintain the convention that every arithmetic expressions
evaluates to some number by choosing some way of viewing a list as
a number -- e.g., by specifying that a list should be interpreted
as [0] when it occurs in a context expecting a number. But this
is really a bit of a hack.
A much more natural approach is simply to say that the behavior of
an expression like [2+nil] is _undefined_ -- i.e., it doesn't
evaluate to any result at all. And we can easily do this: we just
have to formulate [aeval] and [beval] as [Inductive] propositions
rather than Fixpoints, so that we can make them partial functions
instead of total ones.
Now, however, we encounter a serious deficiency. In this
language, a command might fail to map a given starting state to
any ending state for _two quite different reasons_: either because
the execution gets into an infinite loop or because, at some
point, the program tries to do an operation that makes no sense,
such as adding a number to a list, so that none of the evaluation
rules can be applied.
These two outcomes -- nontermination vs. getting stuck in an
erroneous configuration -- are quite different. In particular, we
want to allow the first (permitting the possibility of infinite
loops is the price we pay for the convenience of programming with
general looping constructs like [while]) but prevent the
second (which is just wrong), for example by adding some form of
_typechecking_ to the language. Indeed, this will be a major
topic for the rest of the course. As a first step, we need a way
of presenting the semantics that allows us to distinguish
nontermination from erroneous "stuck states."
So, for lots of reasons, we'd like to have a finer-grained way of
defining and reasoning about program behaviors. This is the topic
of the present chapter. We replace the "big-step" [eval] relation
with a "small-step" relation that specifies, for a given program,
how the "atomic steps" of computation are performed. *)
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * A Toy Language *)
(** To save space in the discussion, let's go back to an
incredibly simple language containing just constants and
addition. (We use single letters -- [C] and [P] (for Command and
Plus) -- as constructor names, for brevity.) At the end of the
chapter, we'll see how to apply the same techniques to the full
Imp language. *)
Inductive tm : Type :=
| C : nat -> tm (* Constant *)
| P : tm -> tm -> tm. (* Plus *)
(** Here is a standard evaluator for this language, written in
the big-step style that we've been using up to this point. *)
Fixpoint evalF (t : tm) : nat :=
match t with
| C n => n
| P a1 a2 => evalF a1 + evalF a2
end.
(** Here is the same evaluator, written in exactly the same
style, but formulated as an inductively defined relation. Again,
we use the notation [t \\ n] for "[t] evaluates to [n]." *)
(**
-------- (E_Const)
C n \\ n
t1 \\ n1
t2 \\ n2
------------------ (E_Plus)
P t1 t2 \\ n1 + n2
*)
Reserved Notation " t '\\' n " (at level 50, left associativity).
Inductive eval : tm -> nat -> Prop :=
| E_Const : forall n,
C n \\ n
| E_Plus : forall t1 t2 n1 n2,
t1 \\ n1 ->
t2 \\ n2 ->
P t1 t2 \\ (n1 + n2)
where " t '\\' n " := (eval t n).
Module SimpleArith1.
(** Now, here is the corresponding _small-step_ evaluation relation. *)
(**
------------------------------- (ST_PlusConstConst)
P (C n1) (C n2) ==> C (n1 + n2)
t1 ==> t1'
-------------------- (ST_Plus1)
P t1 t2 ==> P t1' t2
t2 ==> t2'
--------------------------- (ST_Plus2)
P (C n1) t2 ==> P (C n1) t2'
*)
Reserved Notation " t '==>' t' " (at level 40).
Inductive step : tm -> tm -> Prop :=
| ST_PlusConstConst : forall n1 n2,
P (C n1) (C n2) ==> C (n1 + n2)
| ST_Plus1 : forall t1 t1' t2,
t1 ==> t1' ->
P t1 t2 ==> P t1' t2
| ST_Plus2 : forall n1 t2 t2',
t2 ==> t2' ->
P (C n1) t2 ==> P (C n1) t2'
where " t '==>' t' " := (step t t').
(** Things to notice:
- We are defining just a single reduction step, in which
one [P] node is replaced by its value.
- Each step finds the _leftmost_ [P] node that is ready to
go (both of its operands are constants) and rewrites it in
place. The first rule tells how to rewrite this [P] node
itself; the other two rules tell how to find it.
- A term that is just a constant cannot take a step. *)
(** Let's pause and check a couple of examples of reasoning with
the [step] relation... *)
(** If [t1] can take a step to [t1'], then [P t1 t2] steps
to [P t1' t2]: *)
Example test_step_1 :
P
(P (C 0) (C 3))
(P (C 2) (C 4))
==>
P
(C (0 + 3))
(P (C 2) (C 4)).
Proof.
apply ST_Plus1. apply ST_PlusConstConst. Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 1 star (test_step_2) *)
(** Right-hand sides of sums can take a step only when the
left-hand side is finished: if [t2] can take a step to [t2'],
then [P (C n) t2] steps to [P (C n)
t2']: *)
Example test_step_2 :
P
(C 0)
(P
(C 2)
(P (C 0) (C 3)))
==>
P
(C 0)
(P
(C 2)
(C (0 + 3))).
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
End SimpleArith1.
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Relations *)
(** We will be working with several different single-step relations,
so it is helpful to generalize a bit and state a few definitions
and theorems about relations in general. (The optional chapter
[Rel.v] develops some of these ideas in a bit more detail; it may
be useful if the treatment here is too dense.)
A _binary relation_ on a set [X] is a family of propositions
parameterized by two elements of [X] -- i.e., a proposition about
pairs of elements of [X]. *)
Definition relation (X: Type) := X->X->Prop.
(** Our main examples of such relations in this chapter will be
the single-step reduction relation, [==>], and its multi-step
variant, [==>*] (defined below), but there are many other
examples -- e.g., the "equals," "less than," "less than or equal
to," and "is the square of" relations on numbers, and the "prefix
of" relation on lists and strings. *)
(** One simple property of the [==>] relation is that, like the
big-step evaluation relation for Imp, it is _deterministic_.
_Theorem_: For each [t], there is at most one [t'] such that [t]
steps to [t'] ([t ==> t'] is provable). Formally, this is the
same as saying that [==>] is deterministic. *)
(** _Proof sketch_: We show that if [x] steps to both [y1] and
[y2], then [y1] and [y2] are equal, by induction on a derivation
of [step x y1]. There are several cases to consider, depending on
the last rule used in this derivation and the last rule in the
given derivation of [step x y2].
- If both are [ST_PlusConstConst], the result is immediate.
- The cases when both derivations end with [ST_Plus1] or
[ST_Plus2] follow by the induction hypothesis.
- It cannot happen that one is [ST_PlusConstConst] and the other
is [ST_Plus1] or [ST_Plus2], since this would imply that [x]
has the form [P t1 t2] where both [t1] and [t2] are
constants (by [ST_PlusConstConst]) _and_ one of [t1] or [t2]
has the form [P _].
- Similarly, it cannot happen that one is [ST_Plus1] and the
other is [ST_Plus2], since this would imply that [x] has the
form [P t1 t2] where [t1] has both the form [P t11 t12] and the
form [C n]. [] *)
(** Formally: *)
Definition deterministic {X: Type} (R: relation X) :=
forall x y1 y2 : X, R x y1 -> R x y2 -> y1 = y2.
Module SimpleArith2.
Import SimpleArith1.
Theorem step_deterministic:
deterministic step.
Proof.
unfold deterministic. intros x y1 y2 Hy1 Hy2.
generalize dependent y2.
induction Hy1; intros y2 Hy2.
- (* ST_PlusConstConst *) inversion Hy2.
+ (* ST_PlusConstConst *) reflexivity.
+ (* ST_Plus1 *) inversion H2.
+ (* ST_Plus2 *) inversion H2.
- (* ST_Plus1 *) inversion Hy2.
+ (* ST_PlusConstConst *) rewrite <- H0 in Hy1. inversion Hy1.
+ (* ST_Plus1 *)
rewrite <- (IHHy1 t1'0).
reflexivity. assumption.
+ (* ST_Plus2 *) rewrite <- H in Hy1. inversion Hy1.
- (* ST_Plus2 *) inversion Hy2.
+ (* ST_PlusConstConst *) rewrite <- H1 in Hy1. inversion Hy1.
+ (* ST_Plus1 *) inversion H2.
+ (* ST_Plus2 *)
rewrite <- (IHHy1 t2'0).
reflexivity. assumption.
Qed.
End SimpleArith2.
(** There is some annoying repetition in this proof. Each use of
[inversion Hy2] results in three subcases, only one of which is
relevant (the one that matches the current case in the induction
on [Hy1]). The other two subcases need to be dismissed by finding
the contradiction among the hypotheses and doing inversion on it.
The following custom tactic, called [solve_by_inverts], can be
helpful in such cases. It will solve the goal if it can be solved
by inverting some hypothesis; otherwise, it fails. *)
Ltac solve_by_inverts n :=
match goal with | H : ?T |- _ =>
match type of T with Prop =>
solve [
inversion H;
match n with S (S (?n')) => subst; solve_by_inverts (S n') end ]
end end.
(** The details of how this works are not important for now, but it
illustrates the power of Coq's [Ltac] language for
programmatically defining special-purpose tactics. It looks
through the current proof state for a hypothesis [H] (the first
[match]) of type [Prop] (the second [match]) such that performing
inversion on [H] (followed by a recursive invocation of the same
tactic, if its argument [n] is greater than one) completely solves
the current goal. If no such hypothesis exists, it fails.
We will usually want to call [solve_by_inverts] with argument
[1] (especially as larger arguments can lead to very slow proof
checking), so we define [solve_by_invert] as a shorthand for this
case. *)
Ltac solve_by_invert :=
solve_by_inverts 1.
(** Let's see how a proof of the previous theorem can be simplified
using this tactic... *)
Module SimpleArith3.
Import SimpleArith1.
Theorem step_deterministic_alt: deterministic step.
Proof.
intros x y1 y2 Hy1 Hy2.
generalize dependent y2.
induction Hy1; intros y2 Hy2;
inversion Hy2; subst; try solve_by_invert.
- (* ST_PlusConstConst *) reflexivity.
- (* ST_Plus1 *)
apply IHHy1 in H2. rewrite H2. reflexivity.
- (* ST_Plus2 *)
apply IHHy1 in H2. rewrite H2. reflexivity.
Qed.
End SimpleArith3.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Values *)
(** Next, it will be useful to slightly reformulate the
definition of single-step reduction by stating it in terms of
"values." *)
(** It is useful to think of the [==>] relation as defining an
_abstract machine_:
- At any moment, the _state_ of the machine is a term.
- A _step_ of the machine is an atomic unit of computation --
here, a single "add" operation.
- The _halting states_ of the machine are ones where there is no
more computation to be done. *)
(** We can then execute a term [t] as follows:
- Take [t] as the starting state of the machine.
- Repeatedly use the [==>] relation to find a sequence of
machine states, starting with [t], where each state steps to
the next.
- When no more reduction is possible, "read out" the final state
of the machine as the result of execution. *)
(** Intuitively, it is clear that the final states of the
machine are always terms of the form [C n] for some [n].
We call such terms _values_. *)
Inductive value : tm -> Prop :=
v_const : forall n, value (C n).
(** Having introduced the idea of values, we can use it in the
definition of the [==>] relation to write [ST_Plus2] rule in a
slightly more elegant way: *)
(**
------------------------------- (ST_PlusConstConst)
P (C n1) (C n2) ==> C (n1 + n2)
t1 ==> t1'
-------------------- (ST_Plus1)
P t1 t2 ==> P t1' t2
value v1
t2 ==> t2'
-------------------- (ST_Plus2)
P v1 t2 ==> P v1 t2'
*)
(** Again, the variable names here carry important information:
by convention, [v1] ranges only over values, while [t1] and [t2]
range over arbitrary terms. (Given this convention, the explicit
[value] hypothesis is arguably redundant. We'll keep it for now,
to maintain a close correspondence between the informal and Coq
versions of the rules, but later on we'll drop it in informal
rules for brevity.) *)
(** Here are the formal rules: *)
Reserved Notation " t '==>' t' " (at level 40).
Inductive step : tm -> tm -> Prop :=
| ST_PlusConstConst : forall n1 n2,
P (C n1) (C n2)
==> C (n1 + n2)
| ST_Plus1 : forall t1 t1' t2,
t1 ==> t1' ->
P t1 t2 ==> P t1' t2
| ST_Plus2 : forall v1 t2 t2',
value v1 -> (* <----- n.b. *)
t2 ==> t2' ->
P v1 t2 ==> P v1 t2'
where " t '==>' t' " := (step t t').
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, recommended (redo_determinism) *)
(** As a sanity check on this change, let's re-verify determinism.
_Proof sketch_: We must show that if [x] steps to both [y1] and
[y2], then [y1] and [y2] are equal. Consider the final rules used
in the derivations of [step x y1] and [step x y2].
- If both are [ST_PlusConstConst], the result is immediate.
- It cannot happen that one is [ST_PlusConstConst] and the other
is [ST_Plus1] or [ST_Plus2], since this would imply that [x] has
the form [P t1 t2] where both [t1] and [t2] are constants (by
[ST_PlusConstConst]) _and_ one of [t1] or [t2] has the form [P _].
- Similarly, it cannot happen that one is [ST_Plus1] and the other
is [ST_Plus2], since this would imply that [x] has the form [P
t1 t2] where [t1] both has the form [P t11 t12] and is a
value (hence has the form [C n]).
- The cases when both derivations end with [ST_Plus1] or
[ST_Plus2] follow by the induction hypothesis. [] *)
(** Most of this proof is the same as the one above. But to get
maximum benefit from the exercise you should try to write your
formal version from scratch and just use the earlier one if you
get stuck. *)
Theorem step_deterministic :
deterministic step.
Proof.
unfold deterministic.
intros x y1 y2 Hy1 Hy2.
generalize dependent y2.
induction Hy1; intros y2 Hy2; inversion Hy2; subst; try solve_by_invert.
- reflexivity.
- apply IHHy1 in H2. rewrite H2. reflexivity.
- inversion Hy1; inversion Hy2; subst; solve_by_invert.
- inversion H3; inversion Hy2; subst; solve_by_invert.
- apply IHHy1 in H4. rewrite H4. reflexivity.
Qed.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Strong Progress and Normal Forms *)
(** The definition of single-step reduction for our toy language
is fairly simple, but for a larger language it would be easy to
forget one of the rules and accidentally create a situation where
some term cannot take a step even though it has not been
completely reduced to a value. The following theorem shows that
we did not, in fact, make such a mistake here. *)
(** _Theorem_ (_Strong Progress_): If [t] is a term, then either [t]
is a value or else there exists a term [t'] such that [t ==> t']. *)
(** _Proof_: By induction on [t].
- Suppose [t = C n]. Then [t] is a value.
- Suppose [t = P t1 t2], where (by the IH) [t1] either is a value
or can step to some [t1'], and where [t2] is either a value or
can step to some [t2']. We must show [P t1 t2] is either a value
or steps to some [t'].
- If [t1] and [t2] are both values, then [t] can take a step, by
[ST_PlusConstConst].
- If [t1] is a value and [t2] can take a step, then so can [t],
by [ST_Plus2].
- If [t1] can take a step, then so can [t], by [ST_Plus1]. []
Or, formally: *)
Theorem strong_progress : forall t,
value t \/ (exists t', t ==> t').
Proof.
induction t.
- (* C *) left. apply v_const.
- (* P *) right. inversion IHt1.
+ (* l *) inversion IHt2.
* (* l *) inversion H. inversion H0.
exists (C (n + n0)).
apply ST_PlusConstConst.
* (* r *) inversion H0 as [t' H1].
exists (P t1 t').
apply ST_Plus2. apply H. apply H1.
+ (* r *) inversion H as [t' H0].
exists (P t' t2).
apply ST_Plus1. apply H0. Qed.
(** This important property is called _strong progress_, because
every term either is a value or can "make progress" by stepping to
some other term. (The qualifier "strong" distinguishes it from a
more refined version that we'll see in later chapters, called
just _progress_.) *)
(** The idea of "making progress" can be extended to tell us something
interesting about values: in this language, values are exactly the
terms that _cannot_ make progress in this sense.
To state this observation formally, let's begin by giving a name
to terms that cannot make progress. We'll call them _normal
forms_. *)
Definition normal_form {X:Type} (R:relation X) (t:X) : Prop :=
~ exists t', R t t'.
(** Note that this definition specifies what it is to be a normal form
for an _arbitrary_ relation [R] over an arbitrary set [X], not
just for the particular single-step reduction relation over terms
that we are interested in at the moment. We'll re-use the same
terminology for talking about other relations later in the
course. *)
(** We can use this terminology to generalize the observation we made
in the strong progress theorem: in this language, normal forms and
values are actually the same thing. *)
Lemma value_is_nf : forall v,
value v -> normal_form step v.
Proof.
unfold normal_form. intros v H. inversion H.
intros contra. inversion contra. inversion H1.
Qed.
Lemma nf_is_value : forall t,
normal_form step t -> value t.
Proof. (* a corollary of [strong_progress]... *)
unfold normal_form. intros t H.
assert (G : value t \/ exists t', t ==> t').
{ (* Proof of assertion *) apply strong_progress. }
inversion G.
+ (* l *) apply H0.
+ (* r *) exfalso. apply H. assumption. Qed.
Corollary nf_same_as_value : forall t,
normal_form step t <-> value t.
Proof.
split. apply nf_is_value. apply value_is_nf. Qed.
(** Why is this interesting?
Because [value] is a syntactic concept -- it is defined by looking
at the form of a term -- while [normal_form] is a semantic one --
it is defined by looking at how the term steps. It is not obvious
that these concepts should coincide! Indeed, we could easily have
written the definitions so that they would _not_ coincide. *)
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, optional (value_not_same_as_normal_form) *)
(** We might, for example, mistakenly define [value] so that it
includes some terms that are not finished reducing. (Even if you
don't work this exercise and the following ones in Coq, make sure
you can think of an example of such a term.) *)
Module Temp1.
Inductive value : tm -> Prop :=
| v_const : forall n, value (C n)
| v_funny : forall t1 n2, (* <---- *)
value (P t1 (C n2)).
Reserved Notation " t '==>' t' " (at level 40).
Inductive step : tm -> tm -> Prop :=
| ST_PlusConstConst : forall n1 n2,
P (C n1) (C n2) ==> C (n1 + n2)
| ST_Plus1 : forall t1 t1' t2,
t1 ==> t1' ->
P t1 t2 ==> P t1' t2
| ST_Plus2 : forall v1 t2 t2',
value v1 ->
t2 ==> t2' ->
P v1 t2 ==> P v1 t2'
where " t '==>' t' " := (step t t').
Lemma value_not_same_as_normal_form :
exists v, value v /\ ~ normal_form step v.
Proof.
unfold normal_form. exists (P (C 0) (C 0)). split.
- apply v_funny.
- unfold not. intros contra. apply contra. exists (C 0). apply ST_PlusConstConst.
Qed.
End Temp1.
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, optional (value_not_same_as_normal_form) *)
(** Alternatively, we might mistakenly define [step] so that it
permits something designated as a value to reduce further. *)
Module Temp2.
Inductive value : tm -> Prop :=
| v_const : forall n, value (C n).
Reserved Notation " t '==>' t' " (at level 40).
Inductive step : tm -> tm -> Prop :=
| ST_Funny : forall n, (* <---- *)
C n ==> P (C n) (C 0)
| ST_PlusConstConst : forall n1 n2,
P (C n1) (C n2) ==> C (n1 + n2)
| ST_Plus1 : forall t1 t1' t2,
t1 ==> t1' ->
P t1 t2 ==> P t1' t2
| ST_Plus2 : forall v1 t2 t2',
value v1 ->
t2 ==> t2' ->
P v1 t2 ==> P v1 t2'
where " t '==>' t' " := (step t t').
Lemma value_not_same_as_normal_form :
exists v, value v /\ ~ normal_form step v.
Proof.
unfold normal_form. exists (C 0). split.
- apply v_const.
- unfold not. intros contra. apply contra.
exists (P (C 0) (C 0)). apply ST_Funny.
Qed.
End Temp2.
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, optional (value_not_same_as_normal_form') *)
(** Finally, we might define [value] and [step] so that there is some
term that is not a value but that cannot take a step in the [step]
relation. Such terms are said to be _stuck_. In this case this is
caused by a mistake in the semantics, but we will also see
situations where, even in a correct language definition, it makes
sense to allow some terms to be stuck. *)
Module Temp3.
Inductive value : tm -> Prop :=
| v_const : forall n, value (C n).
Reserved Notation " t '==>' t' " (at level 40).
Inductive step : tm -> tm -> Prop :=
| ST_PlusConstConst : forall n1 n2,
P (C n1) (C n2) ==> C (n1 + n2)
| ST_Plus1 : forall t1 t1' t2,
t1 ==> t1' ->
P t1 t2 ==> P t1' t2
where " t '==>' t' " := (step t t').
(** (Note that [ST_Plus2] is missing.) *)
Lemma value_not_same_as_normal_form :
exists t, ~ value t /\ normal_form step t.
Proof.
exists (P (C 0) (P (C 0) (C 0))). split.
- unfold not. intros Hcontra. inversion Hcontra.
- unfold normal_form, not. intros Hcontra. inversion Hcontra. induction x.
+ inversion H.
+ inversion H. subst. inversion H1.
Qed.
End Temp3.
(* ----------------------------------------------------------------- *)
(** *** Additional Exercises *)
Module Temp4.
(** Here is another very simple language whose terms, instead of being
just addition expressions and numbers, are just the booleans true
and false and a conditional expression... *)
Inductive tm : Type :=
| ttrue : tm
| tfalse : tm
| tif : tm -> tm -> tm -> tm.
Inductive value : tm -> Prop :=
| v_true : value ttrue
| v_false : value tfalse.
Reserved Notation " t '==>' t' " (at level 40).
Inductive step : tm -> tm -> Prop :=
| ST_IfTrue : forall t1 t2,
tif ttrue t1 t2 ==> t1
| ST_IfFalse : forall t1 t2,
tif tfalse t1 t2 ==> t2
| ST_If : forall t1 t1' t2 t3,
t1 ==> t1' ->
tif t1 t2 t3 ==> tif t1' t2 t3
where " t '==>' t' " := (step t t').
(** **** Exercise: 1 star (smallstep_bools) *)
(** Which of the following propositions are provable? (This is just a
thought exercise, but for an extra challenge feel free to prove
your answers in Coq.) *)
Definition bool_step_prop1 :=
tfalse ==> tfalse.
(* FILL IN HERE *)
Definition bool_step_prop2 :=
tif
ttrue
(tif ttrue ttrue ttrue)
(tif tfalse tfalse tfalse)
==>
ttrue.
(* FILL IN HERE *)
Definition bool_step_prop3 :=
tif
(tif ttrue ttrue ttrue)
(tif ttrue ttrue ttrue)
tfalse
==>
tif
ttrue
(tif ttrue ttrue ttrue)
tfalse.
(* FILL IN HERE *)
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, optional (progress_bool) *)
(** Just as we proved a progress theorem for plus expressions, we can
do so for boolean expressions, as well. *)
Theorem strong_progress : forall t,
value t \/ (exists t', t ==> t').
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, optional (step_deterministic) *)
Theorem step_deterministic :
deterministic step.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
Module Temp5.
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars (smallstep_bool_shortcut) *)
(** Suppose we want to add a "short circuit" to the step relation for
boolean expressions, so that it can recognize when the [then] and
[else] branches of a conditional are the same value (either
[ttrue] or [tfalse]) and reduce the whole conditional to this
value in a single step, even if the guard has not yet been reduced
to a value. For example, we would like this proposition to be
provable:
tif
(tif ttrue ttrue ttrue)
tfalse
tfalse
==>
tfalse.
*)
(** Write an extra clause for the step relation that achieves this
effect and prove [bool_step_prop4]. *)
Reserved Notation " t '==>' t' " (at level 40).
Inductive step : tm -> tm -> Prop :=
| ST_IfTrue : forall t1 t2,
tif ttrue t1 t2 ==> t1
| ST_IfFalse : forall t1 t2,
tif tfalse t1 t2 ==> t2
| ST_If : forall t1 t1' t2 t3,
t1 ==> t1' ->
tif t1 t2 t3 ==> tif t1' t2 t3
(* FILL IN HERE *)
where " t '==>' t' " := (step t t').
Definition bool_step_prop4 :=
tif
(tif ttrue ttrue ttrue)
tfalse
tfalse
==>
tfalse.
Example bool_step_prop4_holds :
bool_step_prop4.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, optional (properties_of_altered_step) *)
(** It can be shown that the determinism and strong progress theorems
for the step relation in the lecture notes also hold for the
definition of step given above. After we add the clause
[ST_ShortCircuit]...
- Is the [step] relation still deterministic? Write yes or no and
briefly (1 sentence) explain your answer.
Optional: prove your answer correct in Coq.
*)
(* FILL IN HERE *)
(**
- Does a strong progress theorem hold? Write yes or no and
briefly (1 sentence) explain your answer.
Optional: prove your answer correct in Coq.
*)
(* FILL IN HERE *)
(**
- In general, is there any way we could cause strong progress to
fail if we took away one or more constructors from the original
step relation? Write yes or no and briefly (1 sentence) explain
your answer.
(* FILL IN HERE *)
*)
(** [] *)
End Temp5.
End Temp4.
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Multi-Step Reduction *)
(** We've been working so far with the _single-step reduction_
relation [==>], which formalizes the individual steps of an
abstract machine for executing programs.
We can use the same machine to reduce programs to completion -- to
find out what final result they yield. This can be formalized as
follows:
- First, we define a _multi-step reduction relation_ [==>*], which
relates terms [t] and [t'] if [t] can reach [t'] by any number
(including zero) of single reduction steps.
- Then we define a "result" of a term [t] as a normal form that
[t] can reach by multi-step reduction. *)
(** Since we'll want to reuse the idea of multi-step reduction many
times, let's take a little extra trouble and define it
generically.
Given a relation [R], we define a relation [multi R], called the
_multi-step closure of [R]_ as follows. *)
Inductive multi {X:Type} (R: relation X) : relation X :=
| multi_refl : forall (x : X), multi R x x
| multi_step : forall (x y z : X),
R x y ->
multi R y z ->
multi R x z.
(** (In the [Rel] chapter and the Coq standard library, this relation
is called [clos_refl_trans_1n]. We give it a shorter name here
for the sake of readability.)
The effect of this definition is that [multi R] relates two
elements [x] and [y] if
- [x = y], or
- [R x y], or
- there is some nonempty sequence [z1], [z2], ..., [zn] such that
R x z1
R z1 z2
...
R zn y.
Thus, if [R] describes a single-step of computation, then [z1]...[zn]
is the sequence of intermediate steps of computation between [x] and
[y]. *)
(** We write [==>*] for the [multi step] relation on terms. *)
Notation " t '==>*' t' " := (multi step t t') (at level 40).
(** The relation [multi R] has several crucial properties.
First, it is obviously _reflexive_ (that is, [forall x, multi R x
x]). In the case of the [==>*] (i.e., [multi step]) relation, the
intuition is that a term can execute to itself by taking zero
steps of execution.
Second, it contains [R] -- that is, single-step executions are a
particular case of multi-step executions. (It is this fact that
justifies the word "closure" in the term "multi-step closure of
[R].") *)
Theorem multi_R : forall (X:Type) (R:relation X) (x y : X),
R x y -> (multi R) x y.
Proof.
intros X R x y H.
apply multi_step with y. apply H. apply multi_refl. Qed.
(** Third, [multi R] is _transitive_. *)
Theorem multi_trans :
forall (X:Type) (R: relation X) (x y z : X),
multi R x y ->
multi R y z ->
multi R x z.
Proof.
intros X R x y z G H.
induction G.
- (* multi_refl *) assumption.
- (* multi_step *)
apply multi_step with y. assumption.
apply IHG. assumption. Qed.
(** In particular, for the [multi step] relation on terms, if
[t1==>*t2] and [t2==>*t3], then [t1==>*t3]. *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Examples *)
(** Here's a specific instance of the [multi step] relation: *)
Lemma test_multistep_1:
P
(P (C 0) (C 3))
(P (C 2) (C 4))
==>*
C ((0 + 3) + (2 + 4)).
Proof.
apply multi_step with
(P
(C (0 + 3))
(P (C 2) (C 4))).
apply ST_Plus1. apply ST_PlusConstConst.
apply multi_step with
(P
(C (0 + 3))
(C (2 + 4))).
apply ST_Plus2. apply v_const.
apply ST_PlusConstConst.
apply multi_R.
apply ST_PlusConstConst. Qed.
(** Here's an alternate proof of the same fact that uses [eapply] to
avoid explicitly constructing all the intermediate terms. *)
Lemma test_multistep_1':
P
(P (C 0) (C 3))
(P (C 2) (C 4))
==>*
C ((0 + 3) + (2 + 4)).
Proof.
eapply multi_step. apply ST_Plus1. apply ST_PlusConstConst.
eapply multi_step. apply ST_Plus2. apply v_const.
apply ST_PlusConstConst.
eapply multi_step. apply ST_PlusConstConst.
apply multi_refl. Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, optional (test_multistep_2) *)
Lemma test_multistep_2:
C 3 ==>* C 3.
Proof.
apply multi_refl.
Qed.
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, optional (test_multistep_3) *)
Lemma test_multistep_3:
P (C 0) (C 3)
==>*
P (C 0) (C 3).
Proof.
apply multi_refl.
Qed.