Alt-Ergo(1)Alt-Ergo(1)NAME
Alt-Ergo - An automatic theorem prover dedicated to program verifica‐
tion
SYNOPSISalt-ergo [ options ] file
DESCRIPTION
Alt-Ergo is an automatic theorem prover. It takes as inputs an arbi‐
trary polymorphic and multi-sorted first-order formula written is a why
like syntax.
OPTIONS-h Help. Will give you the full list of command line options.
EXAMPLES
A theory of functional arrays with integer indexes . This theory pro‐
vides a built-in type ('a,'b) farray and a built-in syntax for manipu‐
lating arrays.
For instance, given an abstract datatype tau and a functional
array t of type (int, tau) farray declared as follows:
type tau
logic t : (int, tau) farray
The expressions:
t[i] denotes the value stored in t at index i
t[i1<-v1,...,in<-vn] denotes an array which stores the same val‐
ues as t for every index except possibly i1,...,in, where it
stores value v1,...,vn. This expression is equivalent to
((t[i1<-v1])[i2<-v2])...[in<-vn].
Examples.
t[0<-v][1<-w]
t[0<-v, 1<-w]
t[0<-v, 1<-w][1]
A theory of enumeration types.
For instance an enumeration type t with constructors A, B, C is
defined as follows :
type t = A | B | C
Which means that all values of type t are equal to either A, B
or C. And that all these constructors are distinct.
A theory of polymorphic records.
For instance a polymorphic record type 'a t with two labels a
and b of type 'a and int respectively is defined as follows:
type 'a t = { a : 'a; b : int }
The expressions { a = 4; b = 5 } and { r with b = 3} denote
records, while the dot notation r.a is used to access to labels.
Alt-Ergo (v. >= 0.95) allows the user to force the type of terms using
the syntax <term> : <type>. The example below illustrates the use of
this new feature.
type 'a list
logic nil : 'b list
logic f : 'c list -> int
goal g1 : f(nil) = f(nil) (* not valid because the two instances
of nil may have different types *)
goal g2 : f(nil:'d list) = f(nil:'d list) (* valid *)
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
ERGOLIB
Alternative path for the Alt-Ergo library
AUTHORS
Sylvain Conchon <conchon@lri.fr> and Evelyne Contejean <conte‐
jea@lri.fr>
SEE ALSO
Alt-Ergo web site: http://alt-ergo.lri.fr
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