All,
i'm mostly a neophyte with OCaml. Please find below a simple example of a code i would like to be able to write, but that the compiler will not eat. i build a term language over a set of variables that are themselves abstractly characterized in terms of some identifier type. i would like to write a recursive module in which the abstract type of identifier is essentially the type of the joinedcompositionfunctor applied to itself. One can show that this results in a (mathematically) well-founded definition. Is there a version of OCaml or an OCaml compiler option that will enable this kind of recursive definition?
Best wishes,
--greg
(* What we demand of identifiers used by variables *)
module type IDENTIFIER =
sig
type idType
val comparator : idType -> idType -> bool
end
(* Two monoids 'joined at the hip', i.e. sharing an identity and set of 'variables' *)
module type JOINEDCOMPOSITIONFUNCTOR =
functor (VarId : IDENTIFIER) ->
sig
type idType = VarId.idType
type composite =
Empty
| Var of idType
| Mult of composite list
| Sum of composite list
exception IllFormedMultiplication
exception IllFormedSummation
val zero : composite
val multiply : composite list -> composite
val sum : composite list -> composite
end
module JoinedCompositionFunctor =
functor ( VarId : IDENTIFIER ) ->
struct
type idType = VarId.idType
type composite =
Empty
| Var of idType
| Mult of composite list
| Sum of composite list
exception IllFormedMultiplication
exception IllFormedSummation
let zero = Empty
let rec multiply cList =
(match cList with
[] -> Empty
| cListHd :: cListRest ->
(let mRest = multiply cListRest in
(match cListHd with
Empty -> mRest
| _ ->
(match mRest with
Empty -> Mult( [ cListHd ] )
| Mult( mList ) -> Mult( cListHd :: mList )
| _ -> raise IllFormedMultiplication))))
let rec sum cList =
(match cList with
[] -> Empty
| cListHd :: cListRest ->
(let mRest = sum cListRest in
(match cListHd with
Empty -> mRest
| _ ->
(match mRest with
Empty -> Sum( [ cListHd ] )
| Sum( mList ) -> Sum( cListHd :: mList )
| _ -> raise IllFormedSummation))))
end
(* A structural equivalence, with an abstract characterization of bag-equivalence *)
module Equivalence ( TFun : JOINEDCOMPOSITIONFUNCTOR ) ( VarId : IDENTIFIER ) =
struct
module JoinedComposition = TFun( VarId )
let rec structural c1 c2 =
match ( c1, c2 ) with
( JoinedComposition.Empty, JoinedComposition.Empty ) -> true
| ( JoinedComposition.Mult
( [] ), JoinedComposition.Empty ) -> true
| ( JoinedComposition.Empty, JoinedComposition.Mult( [] ) ) -> true
| ( JoinedComposition.Sum( [] ), JoinedComposition.Empty ) -> true
| ( JoinedComposition.Empty
, JoinedComposition.Sum( [] ) ) -> true
| ( JoinedComposition.Mult( [] ), JoinedComposition.Sum( [] ) ) -> true
| ( JoinedComposition.Sum( [] ), JoinedComposition.Mult( [] ) ) -> true
| ( JoinedComposition.Mult
( multiplicands1 ), JoinedComposition.Mult( multiplicands2 ) ) ->
(structuralBags multiplicands1 multiplicands2 JoinedComposition.multiply structural)
| ( JoinedComposition.Sum( sumands1 ), JoinedComposition.Sum
( sumands2 ) ) ->
(structuralBags sumands1 sumands2 JoinedComposition.sum structural)
| ( JoinedComposition.Var( id1 ), JoinedComposition.Var( id2 ) ) ->
( VarId.comparator id1 id2 )
| ( d1, d2 ) -> ( d1 = d2 )
and structuralBags opands1 opands2 compositeCtor equiv =
(match opands1 with
[] ->
(match opands2 with
[] -> true
| _ -> false)
| opands1Hd :: opands1Rest ->
let compositeCtor1Rest = (compositeCtor opands1Rest) in
let filterfn =
(fun opands2Candidate ->
(equiv opands1Hd opands2Candidate)) in
(match opands2 with
[] -> false
| opands2Hd :: opands2Rest ->
match (List.partition filterfn opands2) with
( [], _ ) -> false
| ( candidatesHd :: candidatesRest, failures ) ->
let lc = ref true in
let found = ref false in
let c = ref candidatesHd in
let cRest = ref candidatesRest in
let fails = ref failures in
((while !lc do
if (equiv compositeCtor1Rest (compositeCtor (!cRest @ !fails)))
then
(found := true;
lc := false)
else
(fails := !c :: !fails;
(match !cRest with
[] -> lc := false
| cRestHd :: cRestRest ->
(c := cRestHd;
cRest := cRestRest;)))
done);
!found)))
end
module VariableOfString =
struct
type idType = string
let comparator = (=)
end
module JoinedCompositionOfString = JoinedCompositionFunctor ( VariableOfString )
module JoinedEquivalenceOfString = Equivalence ( JoinedCompositionFunctor ) ( VariableOfString )
(*
The following definition can be proven to be mathematically
well-founded, but is there a compiler that will do the right thing?
module VariableOfRJoinedComposition =
struct
module RJoinedCompositionEquivalence =
Equivalence ( JoinedCompositionFunctor )( VariableOfJoinedRComposition )
type idType = RJoinedCompositionEquivalence.JoinedComposition.idType
let comparator = RJoinedCompositionEquivalence.JoinedComposition.comparator
end
*)
--
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