(** * Auto: More Automation *) Set Warnings "-notation-overridden,-parsing". From Coq Require Import Lia. From LF Require Import Maps. From LF Require Import Imp. (** Consider the proof below, showing that [ceval] is deterministic. There's a lot of repetition and a lot of near-repetition... *) Theorem ceval_deterministic: forall c st st1 st2, st =[ c ]=> st1 -> st =[ c ]=> st2 -> st1 = st2. Proof. intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2; generalize dependent st2; induction E1; intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst. - (* E_Skip *) reflexivity. - (* E_Ass *) reflexivity. - (* E_Seq *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H1) in *. apply IHE1_2. assumption. (* E_IfTrue *) - (* b evaluates to true *) apply IHE1. assumption. - (* b evaluates to false (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H5. discriminate. (* E_IfFalse *) - (* b evaluates to true (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H5. discriminate. - (* b evaluates to false *) apply IHE1. assumption. (* E_WhileFalse *) - (* b evaluates to false *) reflexivity. - (* b evaluates to true (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H2. discriminate. (* E_WhileTrue *) - (* b evaluates to false (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H4. discriminate. - (* b evaluates to true *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *. apply IHE1_2. assumption. Qed. (* ################################################################# *) (** * The [auto] Tactic *) (** Thus far, our proof scripts mostly apply relevant hypotheses or lemmas by name, and one at a time. *) Example auto_example_1 : forall (P Q R: Prop), (P -> Q) -> (Q -> R) -> P -> R. Proof. intros P Q R H1 H2 H3. apply H2. apply H1. assumption. Qed. (** The [auto] tactic frees us from this drudgery by _searching_ for a sequence of applications that will prove the goal: *) Example auto_example_1' : forall (P Q R: Prop), (P -> Q) -> (Q -> R) -> P -> R. Proof. auto. Qed. (** The [auto] tactic solves goals that are solvable by any combination of - [intros] and - [apply] (of hypotheses from the local context, by default). *) (** Here is a larger example showing [auto]'s power: *) Example auto_example_2 : forall P Q R S T U : Prop, (P -> Q) -> (P -> R) -> (T -> R) -> (S -> T -> U) -> ((P->Q) -> (P->S)) -> T -> P -> U. Proof. auto. Qed. (** Proof search could, in principle, take an arbitrarily long time, so there are limits to how far [auto] will search by default. *) Example auto_example_3 : forall (P Q R S T U: Prop), (P -> Q) -> (Q -> R) -> (R -> S) -> (S -> T) -> (T -> U) -> P -> U. Proof. (* When it cannot solve the goal, [auto] does nothing *) auto. (* Optional argument says how deep to search (default is 5) *) auto 6. Qed. (** [auto] considers the hypotheses in the current context together with a _hint database_ of other lemmas and constructors. Some common facts about equality and logical operators are installed in the hint database by default. *) Example auto_example_4 : forall P Q R : Prop, Q -> (Q -> R) -> P \/ (Q /\ R). Proof. auto. Qed. (** If we want to see which facts [auto] is using, we can use [info_auto] instead. *) Example auto_example_5: 2 = 2. Proof. info_auto. Qed. (** We can extend the hint database just for the purposes of one application of [auto] by writing "[auto using ...]". *) Lemma le_antisym : forall n m: nat, (n <= m /\ m <= n) -> n = m. Proof. intros. lia. Qed. Example auto_example_6 : forall n m p : nat, (n <= p -> (n <= m /\ m <= n)) -> n <= p -> n = m. Proof. auto using le_antisym. Qed. (** We can also permanently extend the hint database: - [Hint Resolve T : core.] Add theorem or constructor [T] to the global DB - [Hint Constructors c : core.] Add _all_ constructors of [c] to the global DB - [Hint Unfold d : core.] Automatically expand defined symbol [d] during [auto] *) (** It is also possible to define specialized hint databases that can be activated only when needed. See the Coq reference manual for details. *) Hint Resolve le_antisym : core. Example auto_example_6' : forall n m p : nat, (n<= p -> (n <= m /\ m <= n)) -> n <= p -> n = m. Proof. auto. (* picks up hint from database *) Qed. Definition is_fortytwo x := (x = 42). Example auto_example_7: forall x, (x <= 42 /\ 42 <= x) -> is_fortytwo x. Proof. auto. (* does nothing *) Abort. Hint Unfold is_fortytwo : core. Example auto_example_7' : forall x, (x <= 42 /\ 42 <= x) -> is_fortytwo x. Proof. auto. (* try also: info_auto. *) Qed. (** Let's take a first pass over [ceval_deterministic] to simplify the proof script. *) Theorem ceval_deterministic': forall c st st1 st2, st =[ c ]=> st1 -> st =[ c ]=> st2 -> st1 = st2. Proof. intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2. generalize dependent st2; induction E1; intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst; auto. - (* E_Seq *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H1) in *. auto. - (* E_IfTrue *) + (* b evaluates to false (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H5. discriminate. - (* E_IfFalse *) + (* b evaluates to true (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H5. discriminate. - (* E_WhileFalse *) + (* b evaluates to true (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H2. discriminate. (* E_WhileTrue *) - (* b evaluates to false (contradiction) *) rewrite H in H4. discriminate. - (* b evaluates to true *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *. auto. Qed. (* ################################################################# *) (** * Searching For Hypotheses *) (** The proof has become simpler, but there is still an annoying amount of repetition. Let's first tackle the contradiction cases. Each occurs where we have hypothesis of the form H1: beval st b = false as well as: H2: beval st b = true First step: abstracting out that piece as a script in Ltac. *) Ltac rwd H1 H2 := rewrite H1 in H2; discriminate. (** Using [rwd]... *) Theorem ceval_deterministic'': forall c st st1 st2, st =[ c ]=> st1 -> st =[ c ]=> st2 -> st1 = st2. Proof. intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2. generalize dependent st2; induction E1; intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst; auto. - (* E_Seq *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H1) in *. auto. - (* E_IfTrue *) + (* b evaluates to false (contradiction) *) rwd H H5. - (* E_IfFalse *) + (* b evaluates to true (contradiction) *) rwd H H5. - (* E_WhileFalse *) + (* b evaluates to true (contradiction) *) rwd H H2. (* E_WhileTrue *) - (* b evaluates to false (contradiction) *) rwd H H4. - (* b evaluates to true *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *. auto. Qed. (** That was a bit better, but we really want Coq to discover the relevant hypotheses for us. We can do this by using the [match goal] facility of Ltac. *) Ltac find_rwd := match goal with H1: ?E = true, H2: ?E = false |- _ => rwd H1 H2 end. (** The [match goal] tactic looks for hypotheses matching the pattern specified. In this case, we're looking for two equalities [H1] and [H2] equating the same expression [?E] to both [true] and [false]. *) Theorem ceval_deterministic''': forall c st st1 st2, st =[ c ]=> st1 -> st =[ c ]=> st2 -> st1 = st2. Proof. intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2. generalize dependent st2; induction E1; intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst; try find_rwd; auto. - (* E_Seq *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H1) in *. auto. - (* E_WhileTrue *) + (* b evaluates to true *) rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *. auto. Qed. (** Let's see about the remaining cases. Each of them involves applying rewrting an hypothesis after feeding it with the required condition. We can automate the task of finding the relevant hypotheses to rewrite with. *) Ltac find_eqn := match goal with H1: forall x, ?P x -> ?L = ?R, H2: ?P ?X |- _ => rewrite (H1 X H2) in * end. (** Now we can make use of [find_eqn] to repeatedly rewrite with the appropriate hypothesis, wherever it may be found. *) Theorem ceval_deterministic''''': forall c st st1 st2, st =[ c ]=> st1 -> st =[ c ]=> st2 -> st1 = st2. Proof. intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2. generalize dependent st2; induction E1; intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst; try find_rwd; try find_eqn; auto. Qed. (** The big payoff in this approach is that our proof script should be more robust in the face of modest changes to our language. To test this, let's try adding a [REPEAT] command to the language. *) Module Repeat. Inductive com : Type := | CSkip | CAss (x : string) (a : aexp) | CSeq (c1 c2 : com) | CIf (b : bexp) (c1 c2 : com) | CWhile (b : bexp) (c : com) | CRepeat (c : com) (b : bexp). (** [REPEAT] behaves like [while], except that the loop guard is checked _after_ each execution of the body, with the loop repeating as long as the guard stays _false_. Because of this, the body will always execute at least once. *) Notation "'repeat' x 'until' y 'end'" := (CRepeat x y) (in custom com at level 0, x at level 99, y at level 99). Notation "'skip'" := CSkip (in custom com at level 0). Notation "x := y" := (CAss x y) (in custom com at level 0, x constr at level 0, y at level 85, no associativity). Notation "x ; y" := (CSeq x y) (in custom com at level 90, right associativity). Notation "'if' x 'then' y 'else' z 'end'" := (CIf x y z) (in custom com at level 89, x at level 99, y at level 99, z at level 99). Notation "'while' x 'do' y 'end'" := (CWhile x y) (in custom com at level 89, x at level 99, y at level 99). Reserved Notation "st '=[' c ']=>' st'" (at level 40, c custom com at level 99, st' constr at next level). Inductive ceval : com -> state -> state -> Prop := | E_Skip : forall st, st =[ skip ]=> st | E_Ass : forall st a1 n x, aeval st a1 = n -> st =[ x := a1 ]=> (x !-> n ; st) | E_Seq : forall c1 c2 st st' st'', st =[ c1 ]=> st' -> st' =[ c2 ]=> st'' -> st =[ c1 ; c2 ]=> st'' | E_IfTrue : forall st st' b c1 c2, beval st b = true -> st =[ c1 ]=> st' -> st =[ if b then c1 else c2 end ]=> st' | E_IfFalse : forall st st' b c1 c2, beval st b = false -> st =[ c2 ]=> st' -> st =[ if b then c1 else c2 end ]=> st' | E_WhileFalse : forall b st c, beval st b = false -> st =[ while b do c end ]=> st | E_WhileTrue : forall st st' st'' b c, beval st b = true -> st =[ c ]=> st' -> st' =[ while b do c end ]=> st'' -> st =[ while b do c end ]=> st'' | E_RepeatEnd : forall st st' b c, st =[ c ]=> st' -> beval st' b = true -> st =[ repeat c until b end ]=> st' | E_RepeatLoop : forall st st' st'' b c, st =[ c ]=> st' -> beval st' b = false -> st' =[ repeat c until b end ]=> st'' -> st =[ repeat c until b end ]=> st'' where "st =[ c ]=> st'" := (ceval c st st'). (** Our first attempt at the determinacy proof does not quite succeed: the [E_RepeatEnd] and [E_RepeatLoop] cases are not handled by our previous automation. *) Theorem ceval_deterministic: forall c st st1 st2, st =[ c ]=> st1 -> st =[ c ]=> st2 -> st1 = st2. Proof. intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2. generalize dependent st2; induction E1; intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst; try find_rwd; try find_eqn; auto. - (* E_RepeatEnd *) + (* b evaluates to false (contradiction) *) find_rwd. (* oops: why didn't [find_rwd] solve this for us already? answer: we did things in the wrong order. *) - (* E_RepeatLoop *) + (* b evaluates to true (contradiction) *) find_rwd. Qed. (** Fortunately, to fix this, we just have to swap the invocations of [find_eqn] and [find_rwd]. *) Theorem ceval_deterministic': forall c st st1 st2, st =[ c ]=> st1 -> st =[ c ]=> st2 -> st1 = st2. Proof. intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2. generalize dependent st2; induction E1; intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst; try find_eqn; try find_rwd; auto. Qed. End Repeat. (* ################################################################# *) (** * Tactics [eapply] and [eauto] *) (** Recall this example from the [Imp] chapter: *) Example ceval_example1: empty_st =[ X := 2; if (X <= 1) then Y := 3 else Z := 4 end ]=> (Z !-> 4 ; X !-> 2). Proof. (* We supply the intermediate state [st']... *) apply E_Seq with (X !-> 2). - apply E_Ass. reflexivity. - apply E_IfFalse. reflexivity. apply E_Ass. reflexivity. Qed. (** In the first step of the proof, we had to explicitly provide a longish expression, due to the "hidden" argument [st'] to the [E_Seq] constructor: E_Seq : forall c1 c2 st st' st'', st =[ c1 ]=> st' -> st' =[ c2 ]=> st'' -> st =[ c1 ;; c2 ]=> st'' *) (** If we leave out the [with], this step fails, because Coq cannot find an instance for the variable [st']. But this is silly! The appropriate value for [st'] will become obvious in the very next step. *) (** With [eapply], we can eliminate this silliness: *) Example ceval'_example1: empty_st =[ X := 2; if (X <= 1) then Y := 3 else Z := 4 end ]=> (Z !-> 4 ; X !-> 2). Proof. eapply E_Seq. (* 1 *) - apply E_Ass. (* 2 *) reflexivity. (* 3 *) - (* 4 *) apply E_IfFalse. reflexivity. apply E_Ass. reflexivity. Qed. (** Several of the tactics that we've seen so far, including [exists], [constructor], and [auto], have similar variants. The [eauto] tactic works like [auto], except that it uses [eapply] instead of [apply]. Tactic [info_eauto] shows us which tactics [eauto] uses in its proof search. Below is an example of [eauto]. Before using it, we need to give some hints to [auto] about using the constructors of [ceval] and the definitions of [state] and [total_map] as part of its proof search. *) Hint Constructors ceval : core. Hint Transparent state total_map : core. Example eauto_example : exists s', (Y !-> 1 ; X !-> 2) =[ if (X <= Y) then Z := Y - X else Y := X + Z end ]=> s'. Proof. info_eauto. Qed. (** The [eauto] tactic works just like [auto], except that it uses [eapply] instead of [apply]; [info_eauto] shows us which facts [eauto] uses. *)