Steel: proof-oriented programming in a dependently typed concurrent separation logic

Steel is a language for developing and proving concurrent programs embedded in F ⋆ , a dependently typed programming language and proof assistant. Based on SteelCore, a concurrent separation logic (CSL) formalized in F ⋆ , our work focuses on exposing the proof rules of the logic in a form that enab...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of ACM on programming languages Jg. 5; H. ICFP; S. 1 - 30
Hauptverfasser: Fromherz, Aymeric, Rastogi, Aseem, Swamy, Nikhil, Gibson, Sydney, Martínez, Guido, Merigoux, Denis, Ramananandro, Tahina
Format: Journal Article
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: ACM 22.08.2021
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Computer Science
Programming Languages
ISSN:2475-1421, 2475-1421
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Zusammenfassung:Steel is a language for developing and proving concurrent programs embedded in F ⋆ , a dependently typed programming language and proof assistant. Based on SteelCore, a concurrent separation logic (CSL) formalized in F ⋆ , our work focuses on exposing the proof rules of the logic in a form that enables programs and proofs to be effectively co-developed. Our main contributions include a new formulation of a Hoare logic of quintuples involving both separation logic and first-order logic, enabling efficient verification condition (VC) generation and proof discharge using a combination of tactics and SMT solving. We relate the VCs produced by our quintuple system to solving a system of associativity-commutativity (AC) unification constraints and develop tactics to (partially) solve these constraints using AC-matching modulo SMT-dischargeable equations. Our system is fully mechanized and implemented in F ⋆ . We evaluate it by developing several verified programs and libraries, including various sequential and concurrent linked data structures, proof libraries, and a library for 2-party session types. Our experience leads us to conclude that our system enables a mixture of automated and interactive proof, making it productive to build programs foundationally verified against a highly expressive, state-of-the-art CSL.
ISSN:2475-1421
2475-1421
DOI:10.1145/3473590