theory FirstSteps
imports Main
uses "antiquote_setup.ML"
begin
(*<*)
ML {*
local structure O = ThyOutput
in
fun check_exists f =
if File.exists (Path.explode ("~~/src/" ^ f)) then ()
else error ("Source file " ^ quote f ^ " does not exist.")
val _ = O.add_commands
[("ML_file", O.args (Scan.lift Args.name) (O.output (fn _ => fn name =>
(check_exists name; Pretty.str name))))];
end
*}
(*>*)
chapter {* First Steps *}
text {*
Isabelle programming is done in Standard ML.
Just like lemmas and proofs, code in Isabelle is part of a
theory. If you want to follow the code written in this chapter, we
assume you are working inside the theory defined by
\begin{center}
\begin{tabular}{@ {}l}
\isacommand{theory} CookBook\\
\isacommand{imports} Main\\
\isacommand{begin}\\
\ldots
\end{tabular}
\end{center}
The easiest and quickest way to include code in a theory is
by using the \isacommand{ML} command. For example
*}
ML {*
3 + 4
*}
text {*
The expression inside \isacommand{ML} commands is immediately evaluated,
like ``normal'' Isabelle proof scripts, by using the advance and undo buttons of
your Isabelle environment. The code inside the \isacommand{ML} command
can also contain value- and function bindings. However on such ML-commands the
undo operation behaves slightly counter-intuitive, because if you define
*}
ML {*
val foo = true
*}
text {*
then Isabelle's undo operation has no effect on the definition of
@{ML "foo"}.
During developments you might find it necessary to quickly inspect some data
in your code. This can be done in a ``quick-and-dirty'' fashion using
the function @{ML "warning"}. For example
*}
ML {*
val _ = warning "any string"
*}
text {*
will print out @{ML "\"any string\""} inside the response buffer of Isabelle.
PolyML provides a convenient, though quick-and-dirty, method for converting
arbitrary values into strings, for example:
*}
ML {*
val _ = warning (makestring 1)
*}
text {*
However this only works if the type of what is printed is monomorphic and not
a function.
*}
text {* (FIXME: add comment about including ML-files) *}
section {* Antiquotations *}
text {*
The main advantage of embedding all code
in a theory is that the code can contain references to entities defined
on the logical level of Isabelle. This is done using antiquotations.
For example, one can print out the name of
the current theory by typing
*}
ML {* Context.theory_name @{theory} *}
text {*
where @{text "@{theory}"} is an antiquotation that is substituted with the
current theory (remember that we assumed we are inside the theory CookBook).
The name of this theory can be extrated using the function @{ML "Context.theory_name"}.
So the code above returns the string @{ML "\"CookBook\""}.
Note, however, that antiquotations are statically scoped, that is the value is
determined at ``compile-time'', not ``run-time''. For example the function
*}
ML {*
fun current_thyname () = Context.theory_name @{theory}
*}
text {*
does \emph{not} return the name of the current theory, if it is run in a
different theory. Instead, the code above defines the constant function
that always returns the string @{ML "\"CookBook\""}, no matter where the
function is called. Operationally speaking, @{text "@{theory}"} is
\emph{not} replaced with code that will look up the current theory in
some data structure and return it. Instead, it is literally
replaced with the value representing the theory name.
In a similar way you can use antiquotations to refer to types and theorems:
*}
ML {* @{typ "(int * nat) list"} *}
ML {* @{thm allI} *}
text {*
In the course of this introduction, we will learn more about
these antoquotations: they greatly simplify Isabelle programming since one
can directly access all kinds of logical elements from ML.
*}
section {* Terms *}
text {*
One way to construct terms of Isabelle on the ML-level is by using the antiquotation
@{text "@{term \<dots>}"}:
*}
ML {* @{term "(a::nat) + b = c"} *}
text {*
This will show the term @{term "(a::nat) + b = c"}, but printed out using the internal
representation of this term. This internal represenation corresponds to the
datatype defined in @{ML_file "Pure/term.ML"}.
The internal representation of terms uses the usual de-Bruijn index mechanism where bound
variables are represented by the constructor @{ML Bound}. The index in @{ML Bound} refers to
the number of Abstractions (@{ML Abs}) we have to skip until we hit the @{ML Abs} that
binds the corresponding variable. However, in Isabelle the names of bound variables are
kept at abstractions for printing purposes, and so should be treated only as comments.
\begin{readmore}
Terms are described in detail in \ichcite{ch:logic}. Their
definition and many useful operations can be found in @{ML_file "Pure/term.ML"}.
\end{readmore}
Sometimes the internal representation can be surprisingly different
from what you see at the user level, because the layers of
parsing/type checking/pretty printing can be quite elaborate.
\begin{exercise}
Look at the internal term representation of the following terms, and
find out why they are represented like this.
\begin{itemize}
\item @{term "case x of 0 \<Rightarrow> 0 | Suc y \<Rightarrow> y"}
\item @{term "\<lambda>(x,y). P y x"}
\item @{term "{ [x::int] | x. x \<le> -2 }"}
\end{itemize}
Hint: The third term is already quite big, and the pretty printer
may omit parts of it by default. If you want to see all of it, you
can use @{ML "print_depth 50"} to set the limit to a value high enough.
\end{exercise}
The anti-quotation @{text "@prop"} constructs terms of proposition type,
inserting the invisible @{text "Trueprop"} coercion when necessary.
Consider for example
*}
ML {* @{term "P x"} *}
ML {* @{prop "P x"} *}
text {* and *}
ML {* @{term "P x \<Longrightarrow> Q x"} *}
ML {* @{prop "P x \<Longrightarrow> Q x"} *}
section {* Construting Terms Manually *}
text {*
While antiquotations are very convenient for constructing terms, they can
only construct fixed terms. However, one often needs to construct terms dynamially.
For example in order to write the function that returns the implication
@{term "\<And>x. P x \<Longrightarrow> Q x"} taking @{term P} and @{term Q} as arguments, one can
only write
*}
ML {*
fun make_PQ_imp P Q =
let
val nat = HOLogic.natT
val x = Free ("x", nat)
in Logic.all x (Logic.mk_implies (HOLogic.mk_Trueprop (P $ x),
HOLogic.mk_Trueprop (Q $ x)))
end
*}
text {*
The reason is that one cannot pass the arguments @{term P} and @{term Q} into
an antiquotation.
*}
text {*
The internal names of constants like @{term "zero"} or @{text "+"} are
often more complex than one first expects. Here, the extra prefixes
@{text zero_class} and @{text plus_class} are present because the
constants are defined within a type class. Guessing such internal
names can be extremely hard, which is why the system provides
another antiquotation: @{ML "@{const_name plus}"} gives just this
name. For example
*}
ML {* @{const_name plus} *}
text {* produes the fully qualyfied name of the constant plus. *}
text {*
There are many funtions in @{ML_file "Pure/logic.ML"} and
@{ML_file "HOL/hologic.ML"} that make such manual constructions of terms
easier. Have a look ther and try to solve the following exercises:
*}
text {*
\begin{exercise}
Write a function @{ML_text "rev_sum : term -> term"} that takes a
term of the form @{text "t\<^isub>1 + t\<^isub>2 + \<dots> + t\<^isub>n"} (whereby @{text "i"} might be zero)
and returns the reversed sum @{text "t\<^isub>n + \<dots> + t\<^isub>2 + t\<^isub>1"}. Assume
the @{text "t\<^isub>i"} can be arbitrary expressions and also note that @{text "+"}
associates to the left. Try your function on some examples, and see if
the result typechecks.
\end{exercise}
*}
ML {*
fun rev_sum t =
let
fun dest_sum (Const (@{const_name plus}, _) $ u $ u') =
u' :: dest_sum u
| dest_sum u = [u]
in
foldl1 (HOLogic.mk_binop @{const_name plus}) (dest_sum t)
end;
*}
text {*
\begin{exercise}
Write a function which takes two terms representing natural numbers
in unary (like @{term "Suc (Suc (Suc 0))"}), and produce the unary
number representing their sum.
\end{exercise}
*}
ML {*
fun make_sum t1 t2 =
HOLogic.mk_nat (HOLogic.dest_nat t1 + HOLogic.dest_nat t2)
*}
section {* Type checking *}
text {*
We can freely construct and manipulate terms, since they are just
arbitrary unchecked trees. However, we eventually want to see if a
term is wellformed, or type checks, relative to a theory.
Type checking is done via the function @{ML cterm_of}, which turns
a @{ML_type term} into a @{ML_type cterm}, a \emph{certified} term.
Unlike @{ML_type term}s, which are just trees, @{ML_type
"cterm"}s are abstract objects that are guaranteed to be
type-correct, and can only be constructed via the official
interfaces.
Type checking is always relative to a theory context. For now we can use
the @{ML "@{theory}"} antiquotation to get hold of the current theory.
For example we can write:
*}
ML {* cterm_of @{theory} @{term "(a::nat) + b = c"} *}
ML {*
let
val natT = @{typ "nat"}
val zero = @{term "0::nat"}
in
cterm_of @{theory}
(Const (@{const_name plus}, natT --> natT --> natT)
$ zero $ zero)
end
*}
section {* Theorems *}
text {*
Just like @{ML_type cterm}s, theorems (of type @{ML_type thm}) are
abstract objects that can only be built by going through the kernel
interfaces, which means that all your proofs will be checked. The
basic rules of the Isabelle/Pure logical framework are defined in
@{ML_file "Pure/thm.ML"}.
Using these rules, which are just ML functions, you can do simple
natural deduction proofs on the ML level. For example, the statement
*}
lemma
assumes assm\<^isub>1: "\<And>(x::nat). P x \<Longrightarrow> Q x"
and assm\<^isub>2: "P t"
shows "Q t"
(*<*)oops(*>*)
text {*
can be proved in ML like
this\footnote{Note that @{text "|>"} is just reverse
application. This combinator, and several variants are defined in
@{ML_file "Pure/General/basics.ML"}}:
*}
ML {*
let
val thy = @{theory}
val assm1 = cterm_of thy @{prop "\<And>(x::nat). P x \<Longrightarrow> Q x"}
val assm2 = cterm_of thy @{prop "((P::nat\<Rightarrow>bool) t)"}
val Pt_implies_Qt =
assume assm1
|> forall_elim (cterm_of thy @{term "t::nat"});
val Qt = implies_elim Pt_implies_Qt (assume assm2);
in
Qt
|> implies_intr assm2
|> implies_intr assm1
end
*}
text {*
For how the functions @{text "assume"}, @{text "forall_elim"} and so on work
see \ichcite{sec:thms}. (FIXME correct name)
*}
section {* Tactical Reasoning *}
text {*
The goal-oriented tactical style is similar to the @{text apply}
style at the user level. Reasoning is centered around a \emph{goal},
which is modified in a sequence of proof steps until it is solved.
A goal (or goal state) is a special @{ML_type thm}, which by
convention is an implication of the form:
@{text[display] "A\<^isub>1 \<Longrightarrow> \<dots> \<Longrightarrow> A\<^isub>n \<Longrightarrow> #(C)"}
Since the formula @{term C} could potentially be an implication, there is a
@{text "#"} wrapped around it, which prevents that premises are
misinterpreted as open subgoals. The protection @{text "# :: prop \<Rightarrow>
prop"} is just the identity function and used as a syntactic marker.
For more on this goals see \ichcite{sec:tactical-goals}. (FIXME name)
Tactics are functions that map a goal state to a (lazy)
sequence of successor states, hence the type of a tactic is
@{ML_type[display] "thm -> thm Seq.seq"}
\begin{readmore}
See @{ML_file "Pure/General/seq.ML"} for the implementation of lazy
sequences. However one rarly onstructs sequences manually, but uses
the predefined tactic combinators (tacticals) instead
(see @{ML_file "Pure/tctical.ML"}).
\end{readmore}
Note, however, that tactics are expected to behave nicely and leave
the final conclusion @{term C} intact (that is only work on the @{text "A\<^isub>i"}
representing the subgoals to be proved) with the exception of possibly
instantiating schematic variables.
To see how tactics work, let us transcribe a simple apply-style proof from the
tutorial \cite{isa-tutorial} into ML:
*}
lemma disj_swap: "P \<or> Q \<Longrightarrow> Q \<or> P"
apply (erule disjE)
apply (rule disjI2)
apply assumption
apply (rule disjI1)
apply assumption
done
text {*
To start the proof, the function @{ML "Goal.prove"}~@{text "ctxt params assms goal tac"}
sets up a goal state for proving @{text goal} under the assumptions @{text assms} with
additional variables @{text params} (the variables that are generalised once the
goal is proved); @{text "tac"} is a function that returns a tactic (FIXME see non-existing
explanation in the imp-manual).
*}
ML {*
let
val ctxt = @{context}
val goal = @{prop "P \<or> Q \<Longrightarrow> Q \<or> P"}
in
Goal.prove ctxt ["P", "Q"] [] goal (fn _ =>
eresolve_tac [disjE] 1
THEN resolve_tac [disjI2] 1
THEN assume_tac 1
THEN resolve_tac [disjI1] 1
THEN assume_tac 1)
end
*}
text {* An alternative way to transcribe this proof is as follows *}
ML {*
let
val ctxt = @{context}
val goal = @{prop "P \<or> Q \<Longrightarrow> Q \<or> P"}
in
Goal.prove ctxt ["P", "Q"] [] goal (fn _ =>
(eresolve_tac [disjE]
THEN' resolve_tac [disjI2]
THEN' assume_tac
THEN' resolve_tac [disjI1]
THEN' assume_tac) 1)
end
*}
section {* Storing and Changing Theorems and so on *}
end