A Coq Library of Sets for Teaching Denotational Semantics

Autor:	Cao, Qinxiang, Wu, Xiwei, Liang, Yalun
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	Computer Science - Programming Languages Computer Science - Logic in Computer Science
Zdroj:	EPTCS 400, 2024, pp. 79-95
Druh dokumentu:	Working Paper
DOI:	10.4204/EPTCS.400.6
Popis:	Sets and relations are very useful concepts for defining denotational semantics. In the Coq proof assistant, curried functions to Prop are used to represent sets and relations, e.g. A -> Prop, A -> B -> Prop, A -> B -> C -> Prop, etc. Further, the membership relation can be encoded by function applications, e.g. X a represents a in X if X: A -> Prop. This is very convenient for developing formal definitions and proofs for professional users, but it makes propositions more difficult to read for non-professional users, e.g. students of a program semantics course. We develop a small Coq library of sets and relations so that standard math notations can be used when teaching denotational semantics of simple imperative languages. This library is developed using Coq's type class system. It brings about zero proof-term overhead comparing with the existing formalization of sets. Comment: In Proceedings ThEdu'23, arXiv:2404.03709
Databáze:	arXiv
Externí odkaz:	http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05459 Zobrazit plný text záznamu View this record from Arxiv