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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.32
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-163138
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2022/16313/
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McDermott, Dylan ; Mycroft, Alan

Galois Connecting Call-by-Value and Call-by-Name

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Abstract

We establish a general framework for reasoning about the relationship between call-by-value and call-by-name.
In languages with side-effects, call-by-value and call-by-name executions of programs often have different, but related, observable behaviours. For example, if a program might diverge but otherwise has no side-effects, then whenever it terminates under call-by-value, it terminates with the same result under call-by-name. We propose a technique for stating and proving these properties. The key ingredient is Levy’s call-by-push-value calculus, which we use as a framework for reasoning about evaluation orders. We construct maps between the call-by-value and call-by-name interpretations of types. We then identify properties of side-effects that imply these maps form a Galois connection. These properties hold for some side-effects (such as divergence), but not others (such as mutable state). This gives rise to a general reasoning principle that relates call-by-value and call-by-name. We apply the reasoning principle to example side-effects including divergence and nondeterminism.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{mcdermott_et_al:LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.32,
  author =	{McDermott, Dylan and Mycroft, Alan},
  title =	{{Galois Connecting Call-by-Value and Call-by-Name}},
  booktitle =	{7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2022)},
  pages =	{32:1--32:19},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-233-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2022},
  volume =	{228},
  editor =	{Felty, Amy P.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2022/16313},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-163138},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSCD.2022.32},
  annote =	{Keywords: computational effect, evaluation order, call-by-push-value, categorical semantics}
}

Keywords: computational effect, evaluation order, call-by-push-value, categorical semantics
Collection: 7th International Conference on Formal Structures for Computation and Deduction (FSCD 2022)
Issue Date: 2022
Date of publication: 28.06.2022

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