Seidel, Daniel: Free Theorems in Languages with Real-World Programming Features. - Bonn, 2013. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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@phdthesis{handle:20.500.11811/5776,
urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5n-33798,
author = {{Daniel Seidel}},
title = {Free Theorems in Languages with Real-World Programming Features},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2013,
month = nov,

note = {Free theorems, type-based assertions about functions, have become a prominent reasoning tool in functional programming languages. But their correct application requires a lot of care. Restrictions arise due to features present in implemented such languages, but not in the language free theorems were originally investigated in.
This thesis advances the formal theory behind free theorems w.r.t. the application of such theorems in non-strict functional languages such as Haskell. In particular, the impact of general recursion and forced strict evaluation is investigated. As formal ground, we employ different lambda calculi equipped with a denotational semantics.
For a language with general recursion, we develop and implement a counterexample generator that tells if and why restrictions on a certain free theorem arise due to general recursion. If a restriction is necessary, the generator provides a counterexample to the unrestricted free theorem. If not, the generator terminates without returning a counterexample. Thus, we may on the one hand enhance the understanding of restrictions and on the other hand point to cases where restrictions are superfluous.
For a language with a strictness primitive, we develop a refined type system that allows to localize the impact of forced strict evaluation. Refined typing results in stronger free theorems and therefore increases the value of the theorems. Moreover, we provide a generator for such stronger theorems.
Lastly, we broaden the view on the kind of assertions free theorems provide. For a very simple, strict evaluated, calculus, we enrich free theorems by (runtime) efficiency assertions. We apply the theory to several toy examples. Finally, we investigate the performance gain of the foldr/build program transformation. The latter investigation exemplifies the main application of our theory: Free theorems may not only ensure semantic correctness of program transformations, they may also ensure that a program transformation speeds up a program.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/5776}
}

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