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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2022.13
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-162416
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2022/16241/
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Grannan, Zachary ; Vazou, Niki ; Darulova, Eva ; Summers, Alexander J.

REST: Integrating Term Rewriting with Program Verification

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Abstract

We introduce REST, a novel term rewriting technique for theorem proving that uses online termination checking and can be integrated with existing program verifiers. REST enables flexible but terminating term rewriting for theorem proving by: (1) exploiting newly-introduced term orderings that are more permissive than standard rewrite simplification orderings; (2) dynamically and iteratively selecting orderings based on the path of rewrites taken so far; and (3) integrating external oracles that allow steps that cannot be justified with rewrite rules. Our REST approach is designed around an easily implementable core algorithm, parameterizable by choices of term orderings and their implementations; in this way our approach can be easily integrated into existing tools. We implemented REST as a Haskell library and incorporated it into Liquid Haskell’s evaluation strategy, extending Liquid Haskell with rewriting rules. We evaluated our REST implementation by comparing it against both existing rewriting techniques and E-matching (as used in most SMT solvers) and by showing that it can be used to supplant manual lemma application in many existing Liquid Haskell proofs.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{grannan_et_al:LIPIcs.ECOOP.2022.13,
  author =	{Grannan, Zachary and Vazou, Niki and Darulova, Eva and Summers, Alexander J.},
  title =	{{REST: Integrating Term Rewriting with Program Verification}},
  booktitle =	{36th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2022)},
  pages =	{13:1--13:29},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-225-9},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{222},
  editor =	{Ali, Karim and Vitek, Jan},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2022/16241},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-162416},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.ECOOP.2022.13},
  annote =	{Keywords: term rewriting, program verification, theorem proving}
}

Keywords: term rewriting, program verification, theorem proving
Collection: 36th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming (ECOOP 2022)
Issue Date: 2022
Date of publication: 23.06.2022
Supplementary Material: Software (ECOOP 2022 Artifact Evaluation approved artifact): https://doi.org/10.4230/DARTS.8.2.12

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