-- A specification of sorting a list and an implementation based -- on insertion sort. -- CurryCheck generates and checks properties which states -- that the implementation is satisfies the specification -- and the post-condition. -- -- To demonstrate the use of statically proven properties, -- we include a theorem that is used to simplify the postcondition -- of sort. import Test.Prop perm :: [a] -> [a] perm [] = [] perm (x:xs) = ndinsert x (perm xs) where ndinsert x ys = x : ys ndinsert x (y:ys) = y : ndinsert x ys sorted :: Ord a => [a] -> Bool sorted [] = True sorted [_] = True sorted (x:y:ys) | x<=y && sorted (y:ys) = True -- Postcondition: input and output lists should have the same length sort'post :: [Int] -> [Int] -> Bool sort'post xs ys = length xs == length ys && sorted ys -- Specification of sort: -- A list is a sorted result of an input if it is a permutation and sorted. sort'spec :: [Int] -> [Int] sort'spec xs | sorted ys = ys where ys = perm xs -- An implementation of sort with quicksort: sort :: [Int] -> [Int] sort [] = [] sort (x:xs) = insert x (sort xs) insert :: Int -> [Int] -> [Int] insert x [] = [x] insert x (y:ys) = if x<=y then x : y : ys else y : insert x ys -- A theorem about the length of sorting a list. -- If this theorem is proved (i.e., if there is a file -- `proof-sort-preserves-length.*`), -- it is not checked but used to simplify the postcondition sort'post. sortPreservesLength xs = length (sort xs) <~> length xs