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(** * Auto: More Automation *)
Set Warnings "-notation-overridden,-notation-incompatible-prefix".
From Stdlib Require Import Lia.
From Stdlib Require Import Strings.String.
From LF Require Import Maps.
From LF Require Import Imp.
(** Up to now, we've used the manual part of Rocq's tactic
facilities. In this chapter, we'll learn more about some of
Rocq's powerful automation features: proof search via the [auto]
tactic, automated forward reasoning via the [Ltac] hypothesis
matching machinery, and deferred instantiation of existential
variables using [eapply] and [eauto]. Using these features
together with Ltac's scripting facilities will enable us to make
some of our proofs startlingly short! Used properly, they can
also make proofs more maintainable and robust to changes in
underlying definitions. A deeper treatment of [auto] and [eauto]
can be found in the [UseAuto] chapter in _Programming Language
Foundations_.
(There's one other major category of automation we haven't
discussed much yet, namely built-in decision procedures for
specific kinds of problems: [lia] is one example, but there are
others. This topic will be deferred for a while longer.)
Our motivating example will be the following proof, repeated with
just a few small changes from the [Imp] chapter. We will
simplify this proof in several stages. *)
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_Asgn *) 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 only 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 tries to free 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]. *)
(** Using [auto] is always "safe" in the sense that it will
never fail and will never change the proof state: either it
completely solves the current goal, or it does nothing. *)
(** 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 is a limit to how deep [auto] will search by default. *)
(** If [auto] is not solving our goal as expected we can use [debug auto]
to see a trace. *)
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.
(* Let's see where [auto] gets stuck using [debug auto] *)
debug auto.
(* Optional argument to [auto] says how deep to search
(default is 5) *)
auto 6.
Qed.
(** When searching for potential proofs of the current goal,
[auto] considers the hypotheses in the current context together
with a _hint database_ of other lemmas and constructors. Some
common lemmas about equality and logical operators are installed
in this 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.
Example auto_example_5' : forall (P Q R S T U W: Prop),
(U -> T) ->
(W -> U) ->
(R -> S) ->
(S -> T) ->
(P -> R) ->
(U -> T) ->
P ->
T.
Proof.
intros.
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. lia. Qed.
Example auto_example_6 : forall n m p q : nat,
(p = q -> (n <= m /\ m <= n)) ->
p = q ->
n = m.
Proof.
auto using le_antisym.
Qed.
(** Of course, in any given development there will probably be
some specific constructors and lemmas that are used very often in
proofs. We can add these to the global hint database by writing
Hint Resolve T : core.
at the top level, where [T] is a top-level theorem or a
constructor of an inductively defined proposition (i.e., anything
whose type is an implication). As a shorthand, we can write
Hint Constructors c : core.
to tell Rocq to do a [Hint Resolve] for _all_ of the constructors
from the inductive definition of [c].
It is also sometimes necessary to add
Hint Unfold d : core.
where [d] is a defined symbol, so that [auto] knows to unfold uses
of [d], thus enabling further possibilities for applying lemmas that
it knows about. *)
(** It is also possible to define specialized hint databases (besides
[core]) that can be activated only when needed; indeed, it is good
style to create your own hint databases instead of polluting
[core].
See the Rocq reference manual for details. *)
Hint Resolve le_antisym : core.
Example auto_example_6' : forall n m p q : nat,
(p = q -> (n <= m /\ m <= n)) ->
p = q ->
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.
(** Note that the [Hint Unfold is_fortytwo] command above the
example is needed because, unlike the normal [apply] tactic, the
[simple apply] steps that are performed by [auto] do not do any
automatic unfolding. *)
(** Let's take a first pass over [ceval_deterministic], using [auto]
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. (* <---- here's one good place for auto *)
- (* E_Seq *)
rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H1) in *.
auto. (* <---- here's another *)
- (* E_IfTrue *)
rewrite H in H5. discriminate.
- (* E_IfFalse *)
rewrite H in H5. discriminate.
- (* E_WhileFalse *)
rewrite H in H2. discriminate.
- (* E_WhileTrue, with b false *)
rewrite H in H4. discriminate.
- (* E_WhileTrue, with b true *)
rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *.
auto. (* <---- and another *)
Qed.
(** When we are using a particular tactic many times in a proof, we
can use a variant of the [Proof] command to make that tactic into
a default within the proof. Saying [Proof with t] (where [t] is
an arbitrary tactic) allows us to use [t1...] as a shorthand for
[t1;t] within the proof. As an illustration, here is an alternate
version of the previous proof, using [Proof with auto]. *)
Theorem ceval_deterministic'_alt: forall c st st1 st2,
st =[ c ]=> st1 ->
st =[ c ]=> st2 ->
st1 = st2.
Proof with auto.
intros c st st1 st2 E1 E2;
generalize dependent st2;
induction E1;
intros st2 E2; inversion E2; subst...
- (* E_Seq *)
rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H1) in *...
- (* E_IfTrue *)
rewrite H in H5. discriminate.
- (* E_IfFalse *)
rewrite H in H5. discriminate.
- (* E_WhileFalse *)
rewrite H in H2. discriminate.
- (* E_WhileTrue, with b false *)
rewrite H in H4. discriminate.
- (* E_WhileTrue, with b true *)
rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *...
Qed.
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Searching For Hypotheses *)
(** The proof has become simpler, but there is still an annoying
degree of repetition. Let's start by tackling the contradiction
cases. Each of them occurs in a situation where we have both
H1: beval st b = false
and
H2: beval st b = true
as hypotheses. The contradiction is evident, but demonstrating it
is a little complicated: we have to locate the two hypotheses [H1]
and [H2] and do a [rewrite] following by a [discriminate]. We'd
like to automate this process.
(In fact, Rocq has a built-in tactic [congruence] that will do the
job in this case. We'll ignore this tactic for now, in order to
demonstrate how to build forward-search tactics by hand.)
As a first step, we can abstract out the piece of script in
question by writing a little function in Ltac. *)
Ltac rwd H1 H2 := rewrite H1 in H2; discriminate.
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 *)
rwd H H5. (* <----- *)
- (* E_IfFalse *)
rwd H H5. (* <----- *)
- (* E_WhileFalse *)
rwd H H2. (* <----- *)
- (* E_WhileTrue - b false *)
rwd H H4. (* <----- *)
- (* EWhileTrue - b true *)
rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *.
auto. Qed.
(** That's a bit better, but we really want Rocq 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.
(** This [match goal] looks for two distinct hypotheses that
have the form of equalities, with the same arbitrary expression
[E] on the left and with conflicting boolean values on the right.
If such hypotheses are found, it binds [H1] and [H2] to their
names and applies the [rwd] tactic to [H1] and [H2].
Adding this tactic to the ones that we invoke in each case of the
induction handles all of the contradictory cases. *)
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 true *)
rewrite (IHE1_1 st'0 H3) in *.
auto. Qed.
(** Let's see about the remaining cases. Each of them involves
rewriting a 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.
(** The pattern [forall x, ?P x -> ?L = ?R] matches any hypothesis of
the form "for all [x], _some property of [x]_ implies _some
equality_." The property of [x] is bound to the pattern variable
[P], and the left- and right-hand sides of the equality are bound
to [L] and [R]. The name of this hypothesis is bound to [H1].
Then the pattern [?P ?X] matches any hypothesis that provides
evidence that [P] holds for some concrete [X]. If both patterns
succeed, we apply the [rewrite] tactic (instantiating the
quantified [x] with [X] and providing [H2] as the required
evidence for [P X]) in all hypotheses and the goal. *)
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 the new proof script is
more robust in the face of changes to our language. To test this,
let's try adding a [REPEAT] command to the language. *)
Module Repeat.
Inductive com : Type :=
| CSkip
| CAsgn (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" :=
(CAsgn 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_Asgn : 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.
(** These examples just give a flavor of what "hyper-automation"
can achieve in Rocq. The details of [match goal] are a bit
tricky (and debugging scripts using it is, frankly, not very
pleasant). But it is well worth adding at least simple uses to
your proofs, both to avoid tedium and to "future proof" them. *)
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * The [eapply] and [eauto] tactics *)
(** To close the chapter, let's look at one more convenience
feature of Rocq: its ability to delay instantiation of
quantifiers. To motivate this feature, 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_Asgn. reflexivity.
- apply E_IfFalse. reflexivity. apply E_Asgn. reflexivity.
Qed.
(** In the first step of the proof, we had to explicitly provide a
longish expression to help Rocq instantiate a "hidden" argument to
the [E_Seq] constructor. This was needed because the definition
of [E_Seq]...
E_Seq : forall c1 c2 st st' st'',
st =[ c1 ]=> st' ->
st' =[ c2 ]=> st'' ->
st =[ c1 ; c2 ]=> st''
is quantified over a variable, [st'], that does not appear in its
conclusion, so unifying its conclusion with the goal state doesn't
help Rocq find a suitable value for this variable. If we leave
out the [with], this step fails ("Error: Unable to find an
instance for the variable [st']").
What's silly about this error is that the appropriate value for
[st'] will actually become obvious in the very next step, where we
apply [E_Asgn]. If Rocq could just wait until we get to this step,
there would be no need for us to give the value explicitly. This
is exactly what the [eapply] tactic allows: *)
Example ceval'_example1:
empty_st =[
X := 2;
if (X <= 1)
then Y := 3
else Z := 4
end
]=> (Z !-> 4 ; X !-> 2).
Proof.
(* 1 *) eapply E_Seq.
- (* 2 *) apply E_Asgn.
(* 3 *) reflexivity.
- (* 4 *) apply E_IfFalse. reflexivity. apply E_Asgn. reflexivity.
Qed.
(** The [eapply H] tactic behaves just like [apply H] except
that, after it finishes unifying the goal state with the
conclusion of [H], it skips checking whether all the variables
that were introduced in the process have been given concrete
values during unification.
If you step through the proof above, you'll see that the goal
state at position [1] mentions the _existential variable_ [?st']
in both of the generated subgoals. The next step (which gets us
to position [2]) replaces [?st'] with a concrete value. This new
value contains a new existential variable [?n], which is
instantiated in its turn by the following [reflexivity] step,
position [3]. When we start working on the second subgoal
(position [4]), we observe that the occurrence of [?st'] in this
subgoal has been replaced by the value that it was given during
the first subgoal. *)
(** 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. *)
(** Pro tip: One might think that, since [eapply] and [eauto]
are more powerful than [apply] and [auto], we should just use them
all the time. Unfortunately, they are also significantly slower
-- especially [eauto]. Rocq experts tend to use [apply] and [auto]
most of the time, only switching to the [e] variants when the
ordinary variants don't do the job. *)
(* ################################################################# *)
(** * Constraints on Existential Variables *)
(** In order for [Qed] to succeed, all existential variables need to
be determined by the end of the proof. Otherwise Rocq
will (rightly) refuse to accept the proof. Remember that the Rocq
tactics build proof objects, and proof objects containing
existential variables are not complete. *)
Lemma silly1 : forall (P : nat -> nat -> Prop) (Q : nat -> Prop),
(forall x y : nat, P x y) ->
(forall x y : nat, P x y -> Q x) ->
Q 42.
Proof.
intros P Q HP HQ. eapply HQ. apply HP. Unshelve. exact 0.
(** Rocq gives a warning after [apply HP]: "All the remaining goals
are on the shelf," means that we've finished all our top-level
proof obligations but along the way we've put some aside to be
done later, and we have not finished those. Trying to close the
proof with [Qed] would yield an error. (Try it!) *)
Abort.
(** An additional constraint is that existential variables cannot be
instantiated with terms containing ordinary variables that did not
exist at the time the existential variable was created. (The
reason for this technical restriction is that allowing such
instantiation would lead to inconsistency of Rocq's logic.) *)
Lemma silly2 :
forall (P : nat -> nat -> Prop) (Q : nat -> Prop),
(exists y, P 42 y) ->
(forall x y : nat, P x y -> Q x) ->
Q 42.
Proof.
intros P Q HP HQ. eapply HQ. destruct HP as [y HP'].
Fail apply HP'.
(** The error we get, with some details elided, is:
cannot instantiate "?y" because "y" is not in its scope
In this case there is an easy fix: doing [destruct HP] _before_
doing [eapply HQ]. *)
Abort.
Lemma silly2_fixed :
forall (P : nat -> nat -> Prop) (Q : nat -> Prop),
(exists y, P 42 y) ->
(forall x y : nat, P x y -> Q x) ->
Q 42.
Proof.
intros P Q HP HQ. destruct HP as [y HP'].
eapply HQ. apply HP'.
Qed.
(** The [apply HP'] in the last step unifies the existential variable
in the goal with the variable [y].
Note that the [assumption] tactic doesn't work in this case, since
it cannot handle existential variables. However, Rocq also
provides an [eassumption] tactic that solves the goal if one of
the premises matches the goal up to instantiations of existential
variables. We can use it instead of [apply HP'] if we like. *)
Lemma silly2_eassumption : forall (P : nat -> nat -> Prop) (Q : nat -> Prop),
(exists y, P 42 y) ->
(forall x y : nat, P x y -> Q x) ->
Q 42.
Proof.
intros P Q HP HQ. destruct HP as [y HP']. eapply HQ. eassumption.
Qed.
(** The [eauto] tactic will use [eapply] and [eassumption], streamlining
the proof even further. *)
Lemma silly2_eauto : forall (P : nat -> nat -> Prop) (Q : nat -> Prop),
(exists y, P 42 y) ->
(forall x y : nat, P x y -> Q x) ->
Q 42.
Proof.
intros P Q HP HQ. destruct HP as [y HP']. eauto.
Qed.
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