Idealized coinductive type systems for imperative object-oriented programs
Ancona, Davide ; Lagorio, Giovanni
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 45 (2011), p. 3-33 / Harvested from Numdam
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In recent work we have proposed a novel approach to define idealized type systems for object-oriented languages, based on abstract compilation of programs into Horn formulas which are interpreted w.r.t. the coinductive (that is, the greatest) Herbrand model. In this paper we investigate how this approach can be applied also in the presence of imperative features. This is made possible by considering a natural translation of Static Single Assignment intermediate form programs into Horn formulas, where φ functions correspond to union types.

Publié le : 2011-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/ita/2011009
Classification:  03B70,  03B15 
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Ancona, Davide; Lagorio, Giovanni. Idealized coinductive type systems for imperative object-oriented programs. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 45 (2011) pp. 3-33. doi : 10.1051/ita/2011009. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/ITA_2011__45_1_3_0/

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