(** Definition of Fsub (System F with subtyping). Authors: Brian Aydemir and Arthur Charguéraud, with help from Aaron Bohannon, Jeffrey Vaughan, and Dimitrios Vytiniotis. Table of contents: - #Syntax (pre-terms)# - #Opening# - #Local closure# - #Environments# - #Well-formedness# - #Subtyping# - #Typing# - #Values# - #Reduction# - #Automation# *) Require Export Metatheory. (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Syntax (pre-terms) *) (** We use a locally nameless representation for Fsub, where bound variables are represented as natural numbers (de Bruijn indices) and free variables are represented as [atom]s. The type [atom], defined in the [Atom] library, represents names: there are infinitely many atoms, equality is decidable on atoms, and it is possible to generate an atom fresh for any given finite set of atoms. We say that the definitions below define pre-types ([typ]) and pre-expressions ([exp]), collectively pre-terms, since the datatypes admit terms, such as [(typ_all typ_top (typ_bvar 3))], where indices are unbound. A term is locally closed when it contains no unbound indices. Note that indices for bound type variables are distinct from indices for bound expression variables. We make this explicit in the definitions below of the opening operations. *) Inductive typ : Set := | typ_top : typ | typ_bvar : nat -> typ | typ_fvar : atom -> typ | typ_arrow : typ -> typ -> typ | typ_all : typ -> typ -> typ . Inductive exp : Set := | exp_bvar : nat -> exp | exp_fvar : atom -> exp | exp_abs : typ -> exp -> exp | exp_app : exp -> exp -> exp | exp_tabs : typ -> exp -> exp | exp_tapp : exp -> typ -> exp . (** We declare the constructors for indices and variables to be coercions. For example, if Coq sees a [nat] where it expects an [exp], it will implicitly insert an application of [exp_bvar]; similar behavior happens for [atom]s. Thus, we may write [(exp_abs typ_top (exp_app 0 x))] instead of [(exp_abs typ_top (exp_app (exp_bvar 0) (exp_fvar x)))]. *) Coercion typ_bvar : nat >-> typ. Coercion typ_fvar : atom >-> typ. Coercion exp_bvar : nat >-> exp. Coercion exp_fvar : atom >-> exp. (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Opening terms *) (** Opening replaces an index with a term. This operation is required if we wish to work only with locally closed terms when going under binders (e.g., the typing rule for [exp_abs]). It also corresponds to informal substitution for a bound variable, which occurs in the rule for beta reduction. We need to define three functions for opening due the syntax of Fsub, and we name them according to the following convention. - [tt]: Denotes an operation involving types appearing in types. - [te]: Denotes an operation involving types appearing in expressions. - [ee]: Denotes an operation involving expressions appearing in expressions. The notation used below for decidable equality on atoms and natural numbers (e.g., [K === J]) is defined in the [Metatheory] library. The order of arguments to each "open" function is the same. For example, [(open_tt_rec K U T)] can be read as "substitute [U] for index [K] in [T]." Note that we assume that [U] is locally closed (and similarly for the other opening functions). This assumption simplifies the implementations of opening by letting us avoid shifting. Since bound variables are indices, there is no need to rename variables to avoid capture. Finally, we assume that these functions are initially called with index zero and that zero is the only unbound index in the term. This eliminates the need to possibly subtract one in the case of indices. *) Fixpoint open_tt_rec (K : nat) (U : typ) (T : typ) {struct T} : typ := match T with | typ_top => typ_top | typ_bvar J => if K === J then U else (typ_bvar J) | typ_fvar X => typ_fvar X | typ_arrow T1 T2 => typ_arrow (open_tt_rec K U T1) (open_tt_rec K U T2) | typ_all T1 T2 => typ_all (open_tt_rec K U T1) (open_tt_rec (S K) U T2) end. Fixpoint open_te_rec (K : nat) (U : typ) (e : exp) {struct e} : exp := match e with | exp_bvar i => exp_bvar i | exp_fvar x => exp_fvar x | exp_abs V e1 => exp_abs (open_tt_rec K U V) (open_te_rec K U e1) | exp_app e1 e2 => exp_app (open_te_rec K U e1) (open_te_rec K U e2) | exp_tabs V e1 => exp_tabs (open_tt_rec K U V) (open_te_rec (S K) U e1) | exp_tapp e1 V => exp_tapp (open_te_rec K U e1) (open_tt_rec K U V) end. Fixpoint open_ee_rec (k : nat) (f : exp) (e : exp) {struct e} : exp := match e with | exp_bvar i => if k === i then f else (exp_bvar i) | exp_fvar x => exp_fvar x | exp_abs V e1 => exp_abs V (open_ee_rec (S k) f e1) | exp_app e1 e2 => exp_app (open_ee_rec k f e1) (open_ee_rec k f e2) | exp_tabs V e1 => exp_tabs V (open_ee_rec k f e1) | exp_tapp e1 V => exp_tapp (open_ee_rec k f e1) V end. (** Many common applications of opening replace index zero with an expression or variable. The following definitions provide convenient shorthands for such uses. Note that the order of arguments is switched relative to the definitions above. For example, [(open_tt T X)] can be read as "substitute the variable [X] for index [0] in [T]" and "open [T] with the variable [X]." Recall that the coercions above let us write [X] in place of [(typ_fvar X)], assuming that [X] is an [atom]. *) Definition open_tt T U := open_tt_rec 0 U T. Definition open_te e U := open_te_rec 0 U e. Definition open_ee e1 e2 := open_ee_rec 0 e2 e1. (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Local closure *) (** Recall that [typ] and [exp] define pre-terms; these datatypes admit terms that contain unbound indices. A term is locally closed, or syntactically well-formed, when no indices appearing in it are unbound. The proposition [(type T)] holds when a type [T] is locally closed, and [(expr e)] holds when an expression [e] is locally closed. The inductive definitions below formalize local closure such that the resulting induction principles serve as structural induction principles over (locally closed) types and (locally closed) expressions. In particular, unlike the situation with pre-terms, there are no cases for indices. Thus, these induction principles correspond more closely to informal practice than the ones arising from the definitions of pre-terms. The interesting cases in the inductive definitions below are those that involve binding constructs, e.g., [typ_all]. Intuitively, to check if the pre-term [(typ_all T1 T2)] is locally closed we much check that [T1] is locally closed, and that [T2] is locally closed when opened with a variable. However, there is a choice as to how many variables to quantify over. One possibility is to quantify over only one variable ("existential" quantification), as in << type_all : forall X T1 T2, type T1 -> type (open_tt T2 X) -> type (typ_all T1 T2) >> or we could quantify over as many variables as possible ("universal" quantification), as in << type_all : forall T1 T2, type T1 -> (forall X : atom, type (open_tt T2 X)) -> type (typ_all T1 T2) >> It is possible to show that the resulting relations are equivalent. The former makes it easy to build derivations, while the latter provides a strong induction principle. McKinna and Pollack used both forms of this relation in their work on formalizing Pure Type Systems. We take a different approach here and use "cofinite quantification": we quantify over all but finitely many variables. This approach provides a convenient middle ground: we can build derivations reasonably easily and get reasonably strong induction principles. With some work, one can show that the definitions below are equivalent to ones that use existential, and hence also universal, quantification. *) Inductive type : typ -> Prop := | type_top : type typ_top | type_var : forall X, type (typ_fvar X) | type_arrow : forall T1 T2, type T1 -> type T2 -> type (typ_arrow T1 T2) | type_all : forall L T1 T2, type T1 -> (forall X : atom, X `notin` L -> type (open_tt T2 X)) -> type (typ_all T1 T2) . Inductive expr : exp -> Prop := | expr_var : forall x, expr (exp_fvar x) | expr_abs : forall L T e1, type T -> (forall x : atom, x `notin` L -> expr (open_ee e1 x)) -> expr (exp_abs T e1) | expr_app : forall e1 e2, expr e1 -> expr e2 -> expr (exp_app e1 e2) | expr_tabs : forall L T e1, type T -> (forall X : atom, X `notin` L -> expr (open_te e1 X)) -> expr (exp_tabs T e1) | expr_tapp : forall e1 V, expr e1 -> type V -> expr (exp_tapp e1 V) . (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Environments *) (** In our presentation of System F with subtyping, we use a single environment for both typing and subtyping assumptions. We formalize environments by representing them as association lists (lists of pairs of keys and values) whose keys are atoms. The [Metatheory] and [Environment] libraries provide functions, predicates, tactics, notations and lemmas that simplify working with environments. The [Environment] library treats environments as lists of type [list (atom * A)]. Since environments map [atom]s, the type [A] should encode whether a particular binding is a typing or subtyping assumption. Thus, we instantiate [A] with the type [binding], defined below. *) Inductive binding : Set := | bind_sub : typ -> binding | bind_typ : typ -> binding. (** A binding [(X, bind_sub T)] records that a type variable [X] is a subtype of [T], and a binding [(x, bind_typ U)] records that an expression variable [x] has type [U]. We define an abbreviation [env] for the type of environments, and an abbreviation [empty] for the empty environment. Note: Each instance of [Notation] below defines an abbreviation since the left-hand side consists of a single identifier that is not in quotes. These abbreviations are used for both parsing (the left-hand side is equivalent to the right-hand side in all contexts) and printing (the right-hand side is pretty-printed as the left-hand side). Since [nil] is normally a polymorphic constructor whose type argument is implicit, we prefix the name with "[@]" to signal to Coq that we are going to supply arguments to [nil] explicitly. *) Notation env := (list (atom * binding)). Notation empty := (@nil (atom * binding)). (** We also define a notation that makes it convenient to write one element lists. This notation is useful because of our convention for building environments; see the examples below. *) Notation "[ x ]" := (x :: nil). (** ##Examples:## We use a convention where environments are never built using a cons operation [((x, a) :: E)] where [E] is non-[nil]. This makes the shape of environments more uniform and saves us from excessive fiddling with the shapes of environments. For example, Coq's tactics sometimes distinguish between consing on a new binding and prepending a one element list, even though the two operations are convertible with each other. Consider the following environments written in informal notation. << 1. (empty environment) 2. x : T 3. x : T, Y <: S 4. E, x : T, F >> In the third example, we have an environment that binds an expression variable [x] to [T] and a type variable [Y] to [S]. In Coq, we would write these environments as follows. << 1. empty 2. [(x, bind_typ T)] 3. [(Y, bind_sub S)] ++ [(x, bind_typ T)] 4. F ++ [(x, bind_typ T)] ++ E >> The symbol "[++]" denotes list concatenation and associates to the right. (That notation is defined in Coq's [List] library.) Note that in Coq, environments grow on the left, since that is where the head of a list is. *) (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Well-formedness *) (** A type [T] is well-formed with respect to an environment [E], denoted [(wf_typ E T)], when [T] is locally-closed and its free variables are bound in [E]. We need this relation in order to restrict the subtyping and typing relations, defined below, to contain only well-formed types. (This relation is missing in the original statement of the POPLmark Challenge.) Note: It is tempting to define the premise of [wf_typ_var] as [(X `in` dom E)], since that makes the rule easier to apply (no need to guess an instantiation for [U]). Unfortunately, this is incorrect. We need to check that [X] is bound as a type-variable, not an expression-variable; [(dom E)] does not distinguish between the two kinds of bindings. *) Inductive wf_typ : env -> typ -> Prop := | wf_typ_top : forall E, wf_typ E typ_top | wf_typ_var : forall U E (X : atom), binds X (bind_sub U) E -> wf_typ E (typ_fvar X) | wf_typ_arrow : forall E T1 T2, wf_typ E T1 -> wf_typ E T2 -> wf_typ E (typ_arrow T1 T2) | wf_typ_all : forall L E T1 T2, wf_typ E T1 -> (forall X : atom, X `notin` L -> wf_typ ([(X, bind_sub T1)] ++ E) (open_tt T2 X)) -> wf_typ E (typ_all T1 T2) . (** An environment E is well-formed, denoted [(wf_env E)], if each atom is bound at most at once and if each binding is to a well-formed type. This is a stronger relation than the [ok] relation defined in the [Environment] library. We need this relation in order to restrict the subtyping and typing relations, defined below, to contain only well-formed environments. (This relation is missing in the original statement of the POPLmark Challenge.) *) Inductive wf_env : env -> Prop := | wf_env_empty : wf_env empty | wf_env_sub : forall (E : env) (X : atom) (T : typ), wf_env E -> wf_typ E T -> X `notin` dom E -> wf_env ([(X, bind_sub T)] ++ E) | wf_env_typ : forall (E : env) (x : atom) (T : typ), wf_env E -> wf_typ E T -> x `notin` dom E -> wf_env ([(x, bind_typ T)] ++ E). (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Subtyping *) (** The definition of subtyping is straightforward. It uses the [binds] relation from the [Environment] library (in the [sub_trans_tvar] case) and cofinite quantification (in the [sub_all] case). *) Inductive sub : env -> typ -> typ -> Prop := | sub_top : forall E S, wf_env E -> wf_typ E S -> sub E S typ_top | sub_refl_tvar : forall E X, wf_env E -> wf_typ E (typ_fvar X) -> sub E (typ_fvar X) (typ_fvar X) | sub_trans_tvar : forall U E T X, binds X (bind_sub U) E -> sub E U T -> sub E (typ_fvar X) T | sub_arrow : forall E S1 S2 T1 T2, sub E T1 S1 -> sub E S2 T2 -> sub E (typ_arrow S1 S2) (typ_arrow T1 T2) | sub_all : forall L E S1 S2 T1 T2, sub E T1 S1 -> (forall X : atom, X `notin` L -> sub ([(X, bind_sub T1)] ++ E) (open_tt S2 X) (open_tt T2 X)) -> sub E (typ_all S1 S2) (typ_all T1 T2) . (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Typing *) (** The definition of typing is straightforward. It uses the [binds] relation from the [Environment] library (in the [typing_var] case) and cofinite quantification in the cases involving binders (e.g., [typing_abs] and [typing_tabs]). *) Inductive typing : env -> exp -> typ -> Prop := | typing_var : forall E x T, wf_env E -> binds x (bind_typ T) E -> typing E (exp_fvar x) T | typing_abs : forall L E V e1 T1, (forall x : atom, x `notin` L -> typing ([(x, bind_typ V)] ++ E) (open_ee e1 x) T1) -> typing E (exp_abs V e1) (typ_arrow V T1) | typing_app : forall T1 E e1 e2 T2, typing E e1 (typ_arrow T1 T2) -> typing E e2 T1 -> typing E (exp_app e1 e2) T2 | typing_tabs : forall L E V e1 T1, (forall X : atom, X `notin` L -> typing ([(X, bind_sub V)] ++ E) (open_te e1 X) (open_tt T1 X)) -> typing E (exp_tabs V e1) (typ_all V T1) | typing_tapp : forall T1 E e1 T T2, typing E e1 (typ_all T1 T2) -> sub E T T1 -> typing E (exp_tapp e1 T) (open_tt T2 T) | typing_sub : forall S E e T, typing E e S -> sub E S T -> typing E e T . (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Values *) Inductive value : exp -> Prop := | value_abs : forall T e1, expr (exp_abs T e1) -> value (exp_abs T e1) | value_tabs : forall T e1, expr (exp_tabs T e1) -> value (exp_tabs T e1) . (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Reduction *) Inductive red : exp -> exp -> Prop := | red_app_1 : forall e1 e1' e2, expr e2 -> red e1 e1' -> red (exp_app e1 e2) (exp_app e1' e2) | red_app_2 : forall e1 e2 e2', value e1 -> red e2 e2' -> red (exp_app e1 e2) (exp_app e1 e2') | red_tapp : forall e1 e1' V, type V -> red e1 e1' -> red (exp_tapp e1 V) (exp_tapp e1' V) | red_abs : forall T e1 v2, expr (exp_abs T e1) -> value v2 -> red (exp_app (exp_abs T e1) v2) (open_ee e1 v2) | red_tabs : forall T1 e1 T2, expr (exp_tabs T1 e1) -> type T2 -> red (exp_tapp (exp_tabs T1 e1) T2) (open_te e1 T2) . (* ********************************************************************** *) (** * ## Automation *) (** We declare most constructors as [Hint]s to be used by the [auto] and [eauto] tactics. We exclude constructors from the subtyping and typing relations that use cofinite quantification. It is unlikely that [eauto] will find an instantiation for the finite set [L], and in those cases, [eauto] can take some time to fail. (A priori, this is not obvious. In practice, one adds as hints all constructors and then later removes some constructors when they cause proof search to take too long.) *) Hint Constructors type expr wf_typ wf_env value red. Hint Resolve sub_top sub_refl_tvar sub_arrow. Hint Resolve typing_var typing_app typing_tapp typing_sub.