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(** * Hoare: Hoare Logic, Part I *)
Set Warnings "-notation-overridden,-parsing,-deprecated-hint-without-locality".
From Lectures Require Import Lecture5.
From Coq Require Import Bool.
From Coq Require Import Arith.
From Coq Require Import EqNat.
From Coq Require Import PeanoNat. Import Nat.
From Coq Require Import Lia.
Set Default Goal Selector "!".
(** In the previous lecture, we began applying the mathematical tools
developed in the first part of the course to studying the theory
of a small programming language, Imp.
- We defined a type of _abstract syntax trees_ for Imp, together
with an _evaluation relation_ (a partial function on states)
that specifies the _operational semantics_ of programs.
The language we defined, though small, captures some of the key
features of full-blown languages like C, C++, and Java,
including the fundamental notion of mutable state and some
common control structures.
- We proved a number of _metatheoretic properties_ -- "meta" in
the sense that they are properties of the language as a whole,
rather than of particular programs in the language. These
included:
- determinism of evaluation
- equivalence of some different ways of writing down the
definitions (e.g., functional and relational definitions of
arithmetic expression evaluation)
- guaranteed termination of certain classes of programs
- correctness (in the sense of preserving meaning) of a number
of useful program transformations. *)
(** If we stopped here, we would already have something useful: a set
of tools for defining and discussing programming languages and
language features that are mathematically precise, flexible, and
easy to work with, applied to a set of key properties. All of
these properties are things that language designers, compiler
writers, and users might care about knowing. Indeed, many of them
are so fundamental to our understanding of the programming
languages we deal with that we might not consciously recognize
them as "theorems." But properties that seem intuitively obvious
can sometimes be quite subtle (sometimes also subtly wrong!).
We'll return to the theme of metatheoretic properties of whole
languages later in this volume when we discuss _types_ and _type
soundness_. In this chapter, though, we turn to a different set
of issues.
*)
(** Our goal in this chapter is to carry out some simple examples of
_program verification_ -- i.e., to use the precise definition of
Imp to prove formally that particular programs satisfy particular
specifications of their behavior.
We'll develop a reasoning system called _Floyd-Hoare Logic_ --
often shortened to just _Hoare Logic_ -- in which each of the
syntactic constructs of Imp is equipped with a generic "proof
rule" that can be used to reason compositionally about the
correctness of programs involving this construct. *)
(** Hoare Logic originated in the 1960s, and it continues to be the
subject of intensive research right up to the present day. It
lies at the core of a multitude of tools that are being used in
academia and industry to specify and verify real software systems. *)
(** Hoare Logic combines two beautiful ideas: a natural way of writing
down _specifications_ of programs, and a _structured proof
technique_ for proving that programs are correct with respect to
such specifications -- where by "structured" we mean that the
structure of proofs directly mirrors the structure of the programs
that they are about. *)
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Assertions *)
(** An _assertion_ is a logical claim about the state of a program's
memory -- formally, a property of [state]s. *)
Definition Assertion := state -> Prop.
(** For example,
- [fun st => st X = 3] holds for states [st] in which value of [X]
is [3],
- [fun st => True] hold for all states, and
- [fun st => False] holds for no states. *)
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, standard, optional (assertions)
Paraphrase the following assertions in English (or your favorite
natural language). *)
Module ExAssertions.
Definition assertion1 : Assertion := fun st => st X <= st Y.
Definition assertion2 : Assertion :=
fun st => st X = 3 \/ st X <= st Y.
Definition assertion3 : Assertion :=
fun st => st Z * st Z <= st X /\
~ (((S (st Z)) * (S (st Z))) <= st X).
Definition assertion4 : Assertion :=
fun st => st Z = max (st X) (st Y).
(* FILL IN HERE *)
End ExAssertions.
(** [] *)
(** This way of writing assertions can be a little bit heavy,
for two reasons: (1) every single assertion that we ever write is
going to begin with [fun st => ]; and (2) this state [st] is the
only one that we ever use to look up variables in assertions (we
will never need to talk about two different memory states at the
same time). For discussing examples informally, we'll adopt some
simplifying conventions: we'll drop the initial [fun st =>], and
we'll write just [X] to mean [st X]. Thus, instead of writing
fun st => st X = m
we'll write just
X = m.
*)
(** This example also illustrates a convention that we'll use
throughout the lecture: in informal assertions, capital letters
like [X], [Y], and [Z] are Imp variables, while lowercase letters
like [x], [y], [m], and [n] are ordinary Coq variables (of type [nat]).
This is why, when translating from informal to formal, we replace [X]
with [st X] but leave [m] alone. *)
(** Given two assertions [P] and [Q], we say that [P] _implies_ [Q],
written [P ->> Q], if, whenever [P] holds in some state [st], [Q]
also holds. *)
Definition assert_implies (P Q : Assertion) : Prop :=
forall st, P st -> Q st.
Declare Scope hoare_spec_scope.
Notation "P ->> Q" := (assert_implies P Q)
(at level 80) : hoare_spec_scope.
Open Scope hoare_spec_scope.
(** (The [hoare_spec_scope] annotation here tells Coq that this
notation is not global but is intended to be used in particular
contexts. The [Open Scope] tells Coq that this file is one such
context.) *)
(** We'll also want the "iff" variant of implication between
assertions: *)
Notation "P <<->> Q" := (P ->> Q /\ Q ->> P)
(at level 80) : hoare_spec_scope.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Notations for Assertions *)
(** The convention described above can be implemented in Coq with a
little syntax magic, using coercions and annotation scopes, much
as we did with [%imp] in Lecture 5, to automatically lift
[aexp]s, numbers, and [Prop]s into [Assertion]s when they appear
in the [%assertion] scope or when Coq knows that the type of an
expression is [Assertion].
There is no need to understand the details of how these notation
hacks work. (We barely understand some of it ourselves!) *)
Definition Aexp : Type := state -> nat.
Definition assert_of_Prop (P : Prop) : Assertion := fun _ => P.
Definition Aexp_of_nat (n : nat) : Aexp := fun _ => n.
Definition Aexp_of_aexp (a : aexp) : Aexp := fun st => aeval st a.
Coercion assert_of_Prop : Sortclass >-> Assertion.
Coercion Aexp_of_nat : nat >-> Aexp.
Coercion Aexp_of_aexp : aexp >-> Aexp.
Add Printing Coercion Aexp_of_nat Aexp_of_aexp assert_of_Prop.
Arguments assert_of_Prop /.
Arguments Aexp_of_nat /.
Arguments Aexp_of_aexp /.
Add Printing Coercion Aexp_of_nat Aexp_of_aexp assert_of_Prop.
Declare Scope assertion_scope.
Bind Scope assertion_scope with Assertion.
Bind Scope assertion_scope with Aexp.
Delimit Scope assertion_scope with assertion.
Notation assert P := (P%assertion : Assertion).
Notation mkAexp a := (a%assertion : Aexp).
Notation "~ P" := (fun st => ~ assert P st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "P /\ Q" := (fun st => assert P st /\ assert Q st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "P \/ Q" := (fun st => assert P st \/ assert Q st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "P -> Q" := (fun st => assert P st -> assert Q st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "P <-> Q" := (fun st => assert P st <-> assert Q st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a = b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st = mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a <> b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st <> mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a <= b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st <= mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a < b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st < mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a >= b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st >= mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a > b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st > mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a + b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st + mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a - b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st - mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
Notation "a * b" := (fun st => mkAexp a st * mkAexp b st) : assertion_scope.
(** One small limitation of this approach is that we don't have
an automatic way to coerce function applications that appear
within an assertion to make appropriate use of the state.
Instead, we use an explicit [ap] operator to lift the function. *)
Definition ap {X} (f : nat -> X) (x : Aexp) :=
fun st => f (x st).
Definition ap2 {X} (f : nat -> nat -> X) (x : Aexp) (y : Aexp) (st : state) :=
f (x st) (y st).
Module ExamplePrettyAssertions.
Definition ex1 : Assertion := X = 3.
Definition ex2 : Assertion := True.
Definition ex3 : Assertion := False.
Definition assertion1 : Assertion := X <= Y.
Definition assertion2 : Assertion := X = 3 \/ X <= Y.
Definition assertion3 : Assertion := Z = ap2 max X Y.
Definition assertion4 : Assertion := Z * Z <= X
/\ ~ (((ap S Z) * (ap S Z)) <= X).
End ExamplePrettyAssertions.
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Hoare Triples, Informally *)
(** A _Hoare triple_ is a claim about the state before and
after executing a command. The standard notation is
{P} c {Q}
meaning:
- If command [c] begins execution in a state satisfying assertion [P],
- and if [c] eventually terminates in some final state,
- then that final state will satisfy the assertion [Q].
Assertion [P] is called the _precondition_ of the triple, and [Q] is
the _postcondition_.
Because single braces are already used for other things in Coq, we'll write
Hoare triples with double braces:
{{P}} c {{Q}}
*)
(** For example,
- [{{X = 0}} X := X + 1 {{X = 1}}] is a valid Hoare triple,
stating that command [X := X + 1] will transform a state in
which [X = 0] to a state in which [X = 1].
- [forall m, {{X = m}} X := X + 1 {{X = m + 1}}] is a
_proposition_ stating that the Hoare triple [{{X = m}} X := X +
1 {{X = m + 1}}] is valid for any choice of [m]. Note that [m]
in the two assertions and the command in the middle is a
reference to the _Coq_ variable [m], which is bound outside the
Hoare triple. *)
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, standard, optional (triples)
Paraphrase the following in English.
1) {{True}} c {{X = 5}}
2) forall m, {{X = m}} c {{X = m + 5)}}
3) {{X <= Y}} c {{Y <= X}}
4) {{True}} c {{False}}
5) forall m,
{{X = m}}
c
{{Y = real_fact m}}
6) forall m,
{{X = m}}
c
{{(Z * Z) <= m /\ ~ (((S Z) * (S Z)) <= m)}}
*)
(* FILL IN HERE
[] *)
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, standard, optional (valid_triples)
Which of the following Hoare triples are _valid_ -- i.e., the
claimed relation between [P], [c], and [Q] is true?
1) {{True}} X := 5 {{X = 5}}
2) {{X = 2}} X := X + 1 {{X = 3}}
3) {{True}} X := 5; Y := 0 {{X = 5}}
4) {{X = 2 /\ X = 3}} X := 5 {{X = 0}}
5) {{True}} skip {{False}}
6) {{False}} skip {{True}}
7) {{True}} while true do skip end {{False}}
8) {{X = 0}}
while X = 0 do X := X + 1 end
{{X = 1}}
9) {{X = 1}}
while X <> 0 do X := X + 1 end
{{X = 100}}
*)
(* FILL IN HERE
[] *)
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Hoare Triples, Formally *)
(** We can formalize valid Hoare triples in Coq as follows: *)
Definition valid_hoare_triple
(P : Assertion) (c : com) (Q : Assertion) : Prop :=
forall st st',
st =[ c ]=> st' ->
P st ->
Q st'.
Notation "{{ P }} c {{ Q }}" :=
(valid_hoare_triple P c Q)
(at level 90, c custom com at level 99)
: hoare_spec_scope.
Check ({{True}} X := 0 {{True}}).
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, standard (hoare_post_true) *)
(** Prove that if [Q] holds in every state, then any triple with [Q]
as its postcondition is valid. *)
Theorem hoare_post_true : forall (P Q : Assertion) c,
(forall st, Q st) ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 1 star, standard (hoare_pre_false) *)
(** Prove that if [P] holds in no state, then any triple with [P] as
its precondition is valid. *)
Theorem hoare_pre_false : forall (P Q : Assertion) c,
(forall st, ~ (P st)) ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Proof Rules *)
(** The goal of Hoare logic is to provide a _compositional_
method for proving the validity of specific Hoare triples. That
is, we want the structure of a program's correctness proof to
mirror the structure of the program itself. To this end, in the
sections below, we'll introduce a rule for reasoning about each of
the different syntactic forms of commands in Imp -- one for
assignment, one for sequencing, one for conditionals, etc. -- plus
a couple of "structural" rules for gluing things together. We
will then be able to prove programs correct using these proof
rules, without ever unfolding the definition of [valid_hoare_triple]. *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Skip *)
(** Since [skip] doesn't change the state, it preserves any
assertion [P]:
-------------------- (hoare_skip)
{{ P }} skip {{ P }}
*)
Theorem hoare_skip : forall P,
{{P}} skip {{P}}.
Proof.
intros P st st' H HP. inversion H; subst. assumption.
Qed.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Sequencing *)
(** If command [c1] takes any state where [P] holds to a state where
[Q] holds, and if [c2] takes any state where [Q] holds to one
where [R] holds, then doing [c1] followed by [c2] will take any
state where [P] holds to one where [R] holds:
{{ P }} c1 {{ Q }}
{{ Q }} c2 {{ R }}
---------------------- (hoare_seq)
{{ P }} c1;c2 {{ R }}
*)
Theorem hoare_seq : forall P Q R c1 c2,
{{Q}} c2 {{R}} ->
{{P}} c1 {{Q}} ->
{{P}} c1; c2 {{R}}.
Proof.
unfold valid_hoare_triple.
intros P Q R c1 c2 H1 H2 st st' H12 Pre.
inversion H12; subst.
eauto.
Qed.
(** Note that, in the formal rule [hoare_seq], the premises are
given in backwards order ([c2] before [c1]). This matches the
natural flow of information in many of the situations where we'll
use the rule, since the natural way to construct a Hoare-logic
proof is to begin at the end of the program (with the final
postcondition) and push postconditions backwards through commands
until we reach the beginning. *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Assignment *)
(** The rule for assignment is the most fundamental of the Hoare
logic proof rules. Here's how it works.
Consider this incomplete Hoare triple:
{{ ??? }} X := Y {{ X = 1 }}
We want to assign [Y] to [X] and finish in a state where [X] is [1].
What could the precondition be?
One possibility is [Y = 1], because if [Y] is already [1] then
assigning it to [X] causes [X] to be [1]. That leads to a valid
Hoare triple:
{{ Y = 1 }} X := Y {{ X = 1 }}
It may seem as though coming up with that precondition must have
taken some clever thought. But there is a mechanical way we could
have done it: if we take the postcondition [X = 1] and in it
replace [X] with [Y]---that is, replace the left-hand side of the
assignment statement with the right-hand side---we get the
precondition, [Y = 1]. *)
(** That same idea works in more complicated cases. For
example:
{{ ??? }} X := X + Y {{ X = 1 }}
If we replace the [X] in [X = 1] with [X + Y], we get [X + Y = 1].
That again leads to a valid Hoare triple:
{{ X + Y = 1 }} X := X + Y {{ X = 1 }}
Why does this technique work? The postcondition identifies some
property [P] that we want to hold of the variable [X] being
assigned. In this case, [P] is "equals [1]". To complete the
triple and make it valid, we need to identify a precondition that
guarantees that property will hold of [X]. Such a precondition
must ensure that the same property holds of _whatever is being
assigned to_ [X]. So, in the example, we need "equals [1]" to
hold of [X + Y]. That's exactly what the technique guarantees. *)
(** In general, the postcondition could be some arbitrary assertion
[Q], and the right-hand side of the assignment could be some
arbitrary arithmetic expression [a]:
{{ ??? }} X := a {{ Q }}
The precondition would then be [Q], but with any occurrences of
[X] in it replaced by [a].
Let's introduce a notation for this idea of replacing occurrences:
Define [Q [X |-> a]] to mean "[Q] where [a] is substituted in
place of [X]".
This yields the Hoare logic rule for assignment:
{{ Q [X |-> a] }} X := a {{ Q }}
One way of reading this rule is: If you want statement [X := a]
to terminate in a state that satisfies assertion [Q], then it
suffices to start in a state that also satisfies [Q], except
where [a] is substituted for every occurrence of [X]. *)
(** To many people, this rule seems "backwards" at first, because
it proceeds from the postcondition to the precondition. Actually
it makes good sense to go in this direction: the postcondition is
often what is more important, because it characterizes what we
can assume afer running the code.
Nonetheless, it's also possible to formulate a "forward" assignment
rule. We'll do that later in some exercises. *)
(** Here are some valid instances of the assignment rule:
{{ (X <= 5) [X |-> X + 1] }} (that is, X + 1 <= 5)
X := X + 1
{{ X <= 5 }}
{{ (X = 3) [X |-> 3] }} (that is, 3 = 3)
X := 3
{{ X = 3 }}
{{ (0 <= X /\ X <= 5) [X |-> 3] (that is, 0 <= 3 /\ 3 <= 5)
X := 3
{{ 0 <= X /\ X <= 5 }}
*)
(** To formalize the rule, we must first formalize the idea of
"substituting an expression for an Imp variable in an assertion",
which we refer to as assertion substitution, or [assertion_sub]. That
is, intuitively, given a proposition [P], a variable [X], and an
arithmetic expression [a], we want to derive another proposition
[P'] that is just the same as [P] except that [P'] should mention
[a] wherever [P] mentions [X]. *)
(** This operation is related to the idea of substituting Imp
expressions for Imp variables. The difference is that, here,
[P] is an arbitrary Coq assertion, so we can't directly
"edit" its text. *)
(** However, we can achieve the same effect by evaluating [P] in an
updated state: *)
Definition assertion_sub X a (P:Assertion) : Assertion :=
fun (st : state) =>
P (X !-> aeval st a ; st).
Notation "P [ X |-> a ]" := (assertion_sub X a P)
(at level 10, X at next level, a custom com) : hoare_spec_scope.
(** That is, [P [X |-> a]] stands for an assertion -- let's call it
[P'] -- that is just like [P] except that, wherever [P] looks up
the variable [X] in the current state, [P'] instead uses the value
of the expression [a]. *)
(** To see how this works, let's calculate what happens with a couple
of examples. First, suppose [P'] is [(X <= 5) [X |-> 3]] -- that
is, more formally, [P'] is the Coq expression
fun st =>
(fun st' => st' X <= 5)
(X !-> aeval st 3 ; st),
which simplifies to
fun st =>
(fun st' => st' X <= 5)
(X !-> 3 ; st)
and further simplifies to
fun st =>
((X !-> 3 ; st) X) <= 5
and finally to
fun st =>
3 <= 5.
That is, [P'] is the assertion that [3] is less than or equal to
[5] (as expected). *)
(** For a more interesting example, suppose [P'] is [(X <= 5) [X |->
X + 1]]. Formally, [P'] is the Coq expression
fun st =>
(fun st' => st' X <= 5)
(X !-> aeval st (X + 1) ; st),
which simplifies to
fun st =>
(X !-> aeval st (X + 1) ; st) X <= 5
and further simplifies to
fun st =>
(aeval st (X + 1)) <= 5.
That is, [P'] is the assertion that [X + 1] is at most [5].
*)
(** Now, using the substitution operation we've just defined, we can
give the precise proof rule for assignment:
---------------------------- (hoare_asgn)
{{Q [X |-> a]}} X := a {{Q}}
*)
(** We can prove formally that this rule is indeed valid. *)
Theorem hoare_asgn : forall Q X a,
{{Q [X |-> a]}} X := a {{Q}}.
Proof.
unfold valid_hoare_triple.
intros Q X a st st' HE HQ.
inversion HE. subst.
unfold assertion_sub in HQ. assumption. Qed.
(** Here's a first formal proof using this rule. *)
Example assertion_sub_example :
{{(X < 5) [X |-> X + 1]}}
X := X + 1
{{X < 5}}.
Proof.
apply hoare_asgn. Qed.
(** Of course, what we'd probably prefer is to prove this
simpler triple:
{{X < 4}} X := X + 1 {{X < 5}}
We will see how to do so in the next section. *)
(** Complete these Hoare triples by providing an appropriate
precondition using [exists], then prove then with [apply
hoare_asgn]. If you find that tactic doesn't suffice, double check
that you have completed the triple properly. *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, optional (hoare_asgn_examples1) *)
Example hoare_asgn_examples1 :
exists P,
{{ P }}
X := 2 * X
{{ X <= 10 }}.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, optional (hoare_asgn_examples2) *)
Example hoare_asgn_examples2 :
exists P,
{{ P }}
X := 3
{{ 0 <= X /\ X <= 5 }}.
Proof. (* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, standard, especially useful (hoare_asgn_wrong)
The assignment rule looks backward to almost everyone the first
time they see it. If it still seems puzzling to you, it may help
to think a little about alternative "forward" rules. Here is a
seemingly natural one:
------------------------------ (hoare_asgn_wrong)
{{ True }} X := a {{ X = a }}
Give a counterexample showing that this rule is incorrect and use
it to complete the proof below, showing that it is really a
counterexample. (Hint: The rule universally quantifies over the
arithmetic expression [a], and your counterexample needs to
exhibit an [a] for which the rule doesn't work.) *)
Theorem hoare_asgn_wrong : exists a:aexp,
~ {{ True }} X := a {{ X = a }}.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(* FILL IN HERE
[] *)
(** **** Exercise: 3 stars, advanced (hoare_asgn_fwd)
By using a _parameter_ [m] (a Coq number) to remember the
original value of [X] we can define a Hoare rule for assignment
that does, intuitively, "work forwards" rather than backwards.
------------------------------------------ (hoare_asgn_fwd)
{{fun st => P st /\ st X = m}}
X := a
{{fun st => P (X !-> m ; st) /\ st X = aeval (X !-> m ; st) a }}
Note that we need to write out the postcondition in "desugared"
form, because it needs to talk about two different states: we use
the original value of [X] to reconstruct the state [st'] before the
assignment took place. (Also note that this rule is more complicated
than [hoare_asgn]!)
Prove that this rule is correct. *)
Theorem hoare_asgn_fwd :
forall m a P,
{{fun st => P st /\ st X = m}}
X := a
{{fun st => P (X !-> m ; st)
/\ st X = aeval (X !-> m ; st) a }}.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(** **** Exercise: 2 stars, advanced, optional (hoare_asgn_fwd_exists)
Another way to define a forward rule for assignment is to
existentially quantify over the previous value of the assigned
variable. Prove that it is correct.
------------------------------------ (hoare_asgn_fwd_exists)
{{fun st => P st}}
X := a
{{fun st => exists m, P (X !-> m ; st) /\
st X = aeval (X !-> m ; st) a }}
*)
Theorem hoare_asgn_fwd_exists :
forall a P,
{{fun st => P st}}
X := a
{{fun st => exists m, P (X !-> m ; st) /\
st X = aeval (X !-> m ; st) a }}.
Proof.
(* FILL IN HERE *) Admitted.
(** [] *)
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Consequence *)
(** Sometimes the preconditions and postconditions we get from the
Hoare rules won't quite be the ones we want in the particular
situation at hand -- they may be logically equivalent but have a
different syntactic form that fails to unify with the goal we are
trying to prove, or they actually may be logically weaker (for
preconditions) or stronger (for postconditions) than what we need. *)
(** For instance,
{{(X = 3) [X |-> 3]}} X := 3 {{X = 3}},
follows directly from the assignment rule, but
{{True}} X := 3 {{X = 3}}
does not. This triple is valid, but it is not an instance of
[hoare_asgn] because [True] and [(X = 3) [X |-> 3]] are not
syntactically equal assertions.
However, they are logically _equivalent_, so if one triple is
valid, then the other must certainly be as well. We can capture
this observation with the following rule:
{{P'}} c {{Q}}
P <<->> P'
----------------------------- (hoare_consequence_pre_equiv)
{{P}} c {{Q}}
*)
(** Taking this line of thought a bit further, we can see that
strengthening the precondition or weakening the postcondition of a
valid triple always produces another valid triple. This
observation is captured by two _Rules of Consequence_.
{{P'}} c {{Q}}
P ->> P'
----------------------------- (hoare_consequence_pre)
{{P}} c {{Q}}
{{P}} c {{Q'}}
Q' ->> Q
----------------------------- (hoare_consequence_post)
{{P}} c {{Q}}
*)
(** Here are the formal versions: *)
Theorem hoare_consequence_pre : forall (P P' Q : Assertion) c,
{{P'}} c {{Q}} ->
P ->> P' ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
unfold valid_hoare_triple, "->>".
intros P P' Q c Hhoare Himp st st' Heval Hpre.
apply Hhoare with (st := st).
- assumption.
- apply Himp. assumption.
Qed.
Theorem hoare_consequence_post : forall (P Q Q' : Assertion) c,
{{P}} c {{Q'}} ->
Q' ->> Q ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
unfold valid_hoare_triple, "->>".
intros P Q Q' c Hhoare Himp st st' Heval Hpre.
apply Himp.
apply Hhoare with (st := st).
- assumption.
- assumption.
Qed.
(** For example, we can use the first consequence rule like this:
{{ True }} ->>
{{ (X = 1) [X |-> 1] }}
X := 1
{{ X = 1 }}
Or, formally... *)
Example hoare_asgn_example1 :
{{True}} X := 1 {{X = 1}}.
Proof.
(* WORKED IN CLASS *)
eapply hoare_consequence_pre.
- apply hoare_asgn.
- unfold "->>", assertion_sub, t_update.
intros st _. simpl. reflexivity.
Qed.
(** We can also use it to prove the example mentioned earlier.
{{ X < 4 }} ->>
{{ (X < 5)[X |-> X + 1] }}
X := X + 1
{{ X < 5 }}
Or, formally ... *)
Example assertion_sub_example2 :
{{X < 4}}
X := X + 1
{{X < 5}}.
Proof.
(* WORKED IN CLASS *)
apply hoare_consequence_pre with (P' := (X < 5) [X |-> X + 1]).
- apply hoare_asgn.
- unfold "->>", assertion_sub, t_update.
intros st H. simpl in *. lia.
Qed.
(** Finally, here is a combined rule of consequence that allows us to
vary both the precondition and the postcondition.
{{P'}} c {{Q'}}
P ->> P'
Q' ->> Q
----------------------------- (hoare_consequence)
{{P}} c {{Q}}
*)
Theorem hoare_consequence : forall (P P' Q Q' : Assertion) c,
{{P'}} c {{Q'}} ->
P ->> P' ->
Q' ->> Q ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
intros P P' Q Q' c Htriple Hpre Hpost.
apply hoare_consequence_pre with (P' := P').
- apply hoare_consequence_post with (Q' := Q').
+ assumption.
+ assumption.
- assumption.
Qed.
(* ================================================================= *)
(** ** Automation *)
(** Many of the proofs we have done so far with Hoare triples can be
streamlined using the automation techniques that we introduced in
one of the previous lectures.
Recall that the [auto] tactic can be told to [unfold] definitions
as part of its proof search. Let's give it that hint for the
definitions and coercions we're using: *)
Hint Unfold assert_implies assertion_sub t_update : core.
Hint Unfold valid_hoare_triple : core.
Hint Unfold assert_of_Prop Aexp_of_nat Aexp_of_aexp : core.
(** Also recall that [auto] will search for a proof involving [intros]
and [apply]. By default, the theorems that it will apply include
any of the local hypotheses, as well as theorems in a core
database. *)
(** The proof of [hoare_consequence_pre], repeated below, looks
like an opportune place for such automation, because all it does
is [unfold], [intros], and [apply]. (It uses [assumption], too,
but that's just application of a hypothesis.) *)
Theorem hoare_consequence_pre' : forall (P P' Q : Assertion) c,
{{P'}} c {{Q}} ->
P ->> P' ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
unfold valid_hoare_triple, "->>".
intros P P' Q c Hhoare Himp st st' Heval Hpre.
apply Hhoare with (st := st).
- assumption.
- apply Himp. assumption.
Qed.
(** Merely using [auto], though, doesn't complete the proof. *)
Theorem hoare_consequence_pre'' : forall (P P' Q : Assertion) c,
{{P'}} c {{Q}} ->
P ->> P' ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
auto. (* no progress *)
Abort.
(** The problem is the [apply Hhoare with...] part of the proof. Coq
isn't able to figure out how to instantiate [st] without some help
from us. Recall, though, that there are versions of many tactics
that will use _existential variables_ to make progress even when
the regular versions of those tactics would get stuck.
Here, the [eapply] tactic will introduce an existential variable
[?st] as a placeholder for [st], and [eassumption] will
instantiate [?st] with [st] when it discovers [st] in assumption
[Heval]. By using [eapply] we are essentially telling Coq, "Be
patient: The missing part is going to be filled in later in the
proof." *)
Theorem hoare_consequence_pre''' : forall (P P' Q : Assertion) c,
{{P'}} c {{Q}} ->
P ->> P' ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
unfold valid_hoare_triple, "->>".
intros P P' Q c Hhoare Himp st st' Heval Hpre.
eapply Hhoare.
- eassumption.
- apply Himp. assumption.
Qed.
(** The [eauto] tactic will use [eapply] as part of its proof search.
So, the entire proof can actually be done in just one line. *)
Theorem hoare_consequence_pre'''' : forall (P P' Q : Assertion) c,
{{P'}} c {{Q}} ->
P ->> P' ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
eauto.
Qed.
(** Of course, it's hard to predict that [eauto] suffices here
without having gone through the original proof of
[hoare_consequence_pre] to see the tactics it used. But now that
we know [eauto] worked there, it's a good bet that it will also
work for [hoare_consequence_post]. *)
Theorem hoare_consequence_post' : forall (P Q Q' : Assertion) c,
{{P}} c {{Q'}} ->
Q' ->> Q ->
{{P}} c {{Q}}.
Proof.
eauto.
Qed.
(** We can also use [eapply] to streamline a
proof ([hoare_asgn_example1]), that we did earlier as an example
of using the consequence rule: *)
Example hoare_asgn_example1' :
{{True}} X := 1 {{X = 1}}.
Proof.
eapply hoare_consequence_pre. (* no need to state an assertion *)
- apply hoare_asgn.
- unfold "->>", assertion_sub, t_update.
intros st _. simpl. reflexivity.
Qed.
(** The final bullet of that proof also looks like a candidate for
automation. *)
Example hoare_asgn_example1'' :
{{True}} X := 1 {{X = 1}}.
Proof.
eapply hoare_consequence_pre.
- apply hoare_asgn.
- auto.
Qed.
(** Now we have quite a nice proof script: it simply identifies the
Hoare rules that need to be used and leaves the remaining
low-level details up to Coq to figure out. *)
(** By now it might be apparent that the _entire_ proof could be
automated if we added [hoare_consequence_pre] and [hoare_asgn] to
the hint database. We won't do that in this chapter, so that we