import Nat import Test.Prop data Move = L | R len [] = Z len (_:xs) = S (len xs) main = solve (S (S Z)) (S (S Z)) solve Z Z = [] solve (S x) y = L : solve x y solve x (S y) = R : solve x y -- Originally, we want to prove: -- gamelength x y = len (solve x y) -=- add x y -- If we are interested in the spine, i.e., the list structure of -- calls to solve, we see that solve is strict in both arguments, i.e., -- (len (solve _|_ y)) and (len (solve x _|_)) have no values. -- Thus, we can expand rules with variable arguments to rules with -- all constructors: solve1 Z Z = [] solve1 (S x) Z = L : solve1 x Z solve1 (S x) (S y) = L : solve1 x (S y) solve1 Z (S y) = R : solve1 Z y solve1 (S x) (S y) = R : solve1 (S x) y -- Finally, we join the rules with identical left-hand sides: solve2 Z Z = [] solve2 (S x) Z = L : solve2 x Z solve2 Z (S y) = R : solve2 Z y solve2 (S x) (S y) = L : solve2 x (S y) ? R : solve2 (S x) y -- and prove: gamelength x y = len (solve2 x y) -=- add x y