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(*  Title:      HOL/Imperative_HOL/Overview.thy
    Author:     Florian Haftmann, TU Muenchen
*)


(*<*)
theory Overview
imports Imperative_HOL "HOL-Library.LaTeXsugar"
begin

unbundle constrain_space_syntax
(*>*)

text ‹
 ‹Imperative HOL› is a lightweight framework for reasoning
 about imperative data structures in ‹Isabelle/HOL›
 cite‹"Nipkow-et-al:2002:tutorial"›. Its basic ideas are described in
 cite‹"Bulwahn-et-al:2008:imp_HOL"›. However their concrete
 realisation has changed since, due to both extensions and
 refinements. Therefore this overview wants to present the framework
 \qt{as it is} by now. It focusses on the user-view, less on matters
 of construction. For details study of the theory sources is
 encouraged.
 
›


section ‹A polymorphic heap inside a monad›

text ‹
 Heaps (🚫‹heap›) can be populated by values of class 🚫‹heap›; HOL's default types are
 already instantiated to class 🚫‹heap›. Class 🚫‹heap› is a subclass of 🚫‹countable›;
 see theory ‹Countable› for ways to instantiate types as 🚫‹countable›.

 The heap is wrapped up in a monad typ‹'a Heap› by means of the
 following specification:

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹Heap›
 \end{quote}

 Unwrapping of this monad type happens through

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹execute› \\
 @{thm execute.simps [no_vars]}
 \end{quote}

 This allows for equational reasoning about monadic expressions; the
 fact collection ‹execute_simps› contains appropriate rewrites
 for all fundamental operations.

 Primitive fine-granular control over heaps is available through rule
 ‹Heap_cases›:

 \begin{quote}
 @{thm [break] Heap_cases [no_vars]}
 \end{quote}

 Monadic expression involve the usual combinators:

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹return› \\
 🚫‹bind› \\
 🚫‹raise›
 \end{quote}

 This is also associated with nice monad do-syntax. The typ‹string› argument to const‹raise› is
 just a codified comment.

 Among a couple of generic combinators the following is helpful for
 establishing invariants:

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹assert› \\
 @{thm assert_def [no_vars]}
 \end{quote}
 
›


section ‹Relational reasoning about 🚫‹Heap› expressions›

text ‹
 To establish correctness of imperative programs, predicate

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹effect›
 \end{quote}

 provides a simple relational calculus. Primitive rules are ‹effectI› and ‹effectE›, rules
 appropriate for reasoning about imperative operations are available in the ‹effect_intros› and
 ‹effect_elims› fact collections.

 Often non-failure of imperative computations does not depend
 on the heap at all; reasoning then can be easier using predicate

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹success›
 \end{quote}

 Introduction rules for const‹success› are available in the
 ‹success_intro› fact collection.

 const‹execute›, const‹effect›, const‹success› and const‹bind›
 are related by rules ‹execute_bind_success›, ‹success_bind_executeI›, ‹success_bind_effectI›,
 ‹effect_bindI›, ‹effect_bindE› and ‹execute_bind_eq_SomeI›.
 
›


section ‹Monadic data structures›

text ‹
 The operations for monadic data structures (arrays and references)
 come in two flavours:

 \begin{itemize}

 \item Operations on the bare heap; their number is kept minimal
 to facilitate proving.

 \item Operations on the heap wrapped up in a monad; these are designed
 for executing.

 \end{itemize}

 Provided proof rules are such that they reduce monad operations to
 operations on bare heaps.

 Note that HOL equality coincides with reference equality and may be
 used as primitive executable operation.
 
›

subsection ‹Arrays›

text ‹
 Heap operations:

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹Array.alloc› \\
 🚫‹Array.present› \\
 🚫‹Array.get› \\
 🚫‹Array.set› \\
 🚫‹Array.length› \\
 🚫‹Array.update› \\
 🚫‹Array.noteq›
 \end{quote}

 Monad operations:

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹Array.new› \\
 🚫‹Array.of_list› \\
 🚫‹Array.make› \\
 🚫‹Array.len› \\
 🚫‹Array.nth› \\
 🚫‹Array.upd› \\
 🚫‹Array.map_entry› \\
 🚫‹Array.swap› \\
 🚫‹Array.freeze›
 \end{quote}
 
›

subsection ‹References›

text ‹
 Heap operations:

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹Ref.alloc› \\
 🚫‹Ref.present› \\
 🚫‹Ref.get› \\
 🚫‹Ref.set› \\
 🚫‹Ref.noteq›
 \end{quote}

 Monad operations:

 \begin{quote}
 🚫‹Ref.ref› \\
 🚫‹Ref.lookup› \\
 🚫‹Ref.update› \\
 🚫‹Ref.change›
 \end{quote}
 
›


section ‹Code generation›

text ‹
 Imperative HOL sets up the code generator in a way that imperative
 operations are mapped to suitable counterparts in the target
 language. For ‹Haskell›, a suitable ‹ST› monad is used;
 for ‹SML›, ‹Ocaml› and ‹Scala› unit values ensure
 that the evaluation order is the same as you would expect from the
 original monadic expressions. These units may look cumbersome; the
 target language variants ‹SML_imp›, ‹Ocaml_imp› and
 ‹Scala_imp› make some effort to optimize some of them away.
 
›


section ‹Some hints for using the framework›

text ‹
 Of course a framework itself does not by itself indicate how to make
 best use of it. Here some hints drawn from prior experiences with
 Imperative HOL:

 \begin{itemize}

 \item Proofs on bare heaps should be strictly separated from those
 for monadic expressions. The first capture the essence, while the
 latter just describe a certain wrapping-up.

 \item A good methodology is to gradually improve an imperative
 program from a functional one. In the extreme case this means
 that an original functional program is decomposed into suitable
 operations with exactly one corresponding imperative operation.
 Having shown suitable correspondence lemmas between those, the
 correctness prove of the whole imperative program simply
 consists of composing those.
 
 \item Whether one should prefer equational reasoning (fact
 collection ‹execute_simps› or relational reasoning (fact
 collections ‹effect_intros› and ‹effect_elims›) depends
 on the problems to solve. For complex expressions or
 expressions involving binders, the relation style is usually
 superior but requires more proof text.

 \item Note that you can extend the fact collections of Imperative
 HOL yourself whenever appropriate.

 \end{itemize}
 
›

end

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