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sav07_lecture_4_skeleton [2007/03/22 20:30]
vkuncak
sav07_lecture_4_skeleton [2007/03/22 23:12]
olivier.gobet
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 === wp of havoc === === wp of havoc ===
  
-Can we derive wp(Q,​havoc(x)?​+Can we derive wp(Q,​havoc(x))?
   * By consider havoc(x) as (... [] x=-1 [] x = 0 [] x = 1 [] ...) ?   * By consider havoc(x) as (... [] x=-1 [] x = 0 [] x = 1 [] ...) ?
   * From relational definition?   * From relational definition?
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 Benefit: if there is x_{n+1} that is not changed, we do not need to write its properties in the loop invariant. ​ This can make loop invariant shorter. Benefit: if there is x_{n+1} that is not changed, we do not need to write its properties in the loop invariant. ​ This can make loop invariant shorter.
 +
 +
 +
 +==== References about weakest precondition (under construction) ====
 +  * (some online references will come here)
 +  * Back, Wright: Refinement Calculus
 +  * Edsger W. Dijkstra: A Discipline of Programming
 +  * C. A. R. Hoare, He Jifeng: Unifying Theories of Programming
  
 ===== Modeling data structures ===== ===== Modeling data structures =====
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 Array bounds checking. Array bounds checking.
 +
  
 ==== Semantics of references ==== ==== Semantics of references ====
  
 Objects as references, null as an object. Objects as references, null as an object.
 +
 +Program with class declaration
 +
 +<code java>
 +class Node {
 +   Node left, right;
 +}
 +</​code>​
 +
 +How can we represent fields?
 +
 +Possible mathematical model: fields as functions from objects to objects.
 +
 +  left : Node => Node
 +  right : Node => Node
 +
 +What is the meaning of assignment?
 +
 +  x.f = y
 +
 +<​latex>​
 +f[x \mapsto y](z) = \left\{ \begin{array}{lr}
 +y, & z=x   \\
 +f(z), & z \neq x 
 +\end{array}\right.
 +</​latex>​
 +
 +left, right - uninterpreted functions (can have any value, depending on the program, unlike arithmetic functions such as +,-,* that have fixed interpretation).
  
 Null checks. Null checks.
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   * [[Gallier Logic Book]], Chapter 10.6   * [[Gallier Logic Book]], Chapter 10.6
   * {{nelsonoppen80decisionprocedurescongruenceclosure.pdf|the original paper by Nelson and Oppen}}   * {{nelsonoppen80decisionprocedurescongruenceclosure.pdf|the original paper by Nelson and Oppen}}
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