From: "G.B." <bauhaus@notmyhomepage.invalid>
Subject: Re: Ada 2012 Constraints (WRT an Ada IR)
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:31:12 +0100
Date: 2016-12-12T16:31:12+01:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <o2mfpc$ttp$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <o2ln13$et0$1@gioia.aioe.org>
On 12/12/2016 09:27, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> I.e., the programmer writing Y (X (A, B)) has ensured that
>> the assumption expressed as X'Pre is actually true before
>> calling X.
>
> So what? Programmers program programs, and how is that related to contracts etc?
Informing is contracts' primary purpose, informing about contractual
obligations in particular. For X, True means void IMHO. As in
"Warranty void if called with unsuitable parameters".
>>>> How much should a function declaration tell a programmer about
>>>> the relation between parameters A and B in the following?
>>>
>>> Remainder is not a relation. Relation is a Boolean-valued function.
>>
>> Given parameters A, B : T and
>>
>> Pre => A > B
>>
>> the ">" is the relation, ((A, B) ∈ ">") ≣ (A > B).
>
> Right, ">" is a relation, Remainder is not. And the point was?
The point was:
How much should the declaration of function Remainder tell a programmer
about the relation between parameters A and B?
My answer:
The declaration should include that they must be related by A > B.
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2016-11-28 23:49 Ada 2012 Constraints (WRT an Ada IR) Shark8
2016-11-29 8:17 ` G.B.
2016-11-29 20:32 ` Shark8
2016-11-29 20:44 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-11-29 20:51 ` Shark8
2016-11-29 21:06 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-11-29 22:59 ` Shark8
2016-11-30 8:31 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-11-30 18:28 ` Shark8
2016-11-30 20:26 ` Niklas Holsti
2016-12-01 0:16 ` Shark8
2016-12-01 22:15 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-11-30 20:45 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-01 0:58 ` Shark8
2016-12-01 8:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-01 22:26 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-02 16:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-02 19:15 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-03 10:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-02 19:50 ` G.B.
2016-12-03 10:23 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-03 14:02 ` G.B.
2016-12-03 16:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-04 15:28 ` Robert Eachus
2016-12-05 8:41 ` Stefan.Lucks
2016-12-05 8:58 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-05 11:09 ` Simon Wright
2016-12-05 18:42 ` Shark8
2016-12-05 22:13 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-06 20:51 ` Shark8
2016-12-06 21:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-06 21:44 ` Shark8
2016-12-06 23:23 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-07 22:42 ` Shark8
2016-12-07 1:08 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2016-12-07 6:36 ` Niklas Holsti
2016-12-07 13:10 ` Dennis Lee Bieber
2016-12-07 22:55 ` Brian Drummond
2016-12-08 2:44 ` Shark8
2016-12-07 10:04 ` G.B.
2016-12-07 10:14 ` G.B.
2016-12-07 10:51 ` J-P. Rosen
2016-12-08 18:33 ` G.B.
2016-12-09 8:26 ` J-P. Rosen
2016-12-09 8:56 ` G.B.
2016-12-10 15:13 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2016-12-11 19:50 ` Shark8
2016-12-05 22:07 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-06 23:09 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-07 10:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-07 22:37 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-08 8:46 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-10 15:24 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2016-12-09 9:12 ` Robert Eachus
2016-12-05 19:22 ` G.B.
2016-12-05 22:18 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-05 22:12 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-05 22:26 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-06 9:29 ` Simon Wright
2016-12-06 10:01 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-06 23:15 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-07 10:20 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-07 22:26 ` Randy Brukardt
2016-12-08 8:57 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-08 9:42 ` G.B.
2016-12-08 10:03 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-08 18:35 ` G.B.
2016-12-09 9:38 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-11 11:21 ` G.B.
2016-12-11 12:28 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-11 13:31 ` G.B.
2016-12-11 15:40 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-11 20:51 ` G.B.
2016-12-12 8:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2016-12-13 10:39 ` G.B.
2016-12-13 11:19 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-13 16:59 ` G.B.
2016-12-13 21:11 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-13 22:13 ` Shark8
2016-12-14 8:42 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-14 11:04 ` G.B.
2016-12-14 11:25 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2016-12-14 12:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-14 16:31 ` G.B.
2016-12-14 16:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-14 18:14 ` G.B.
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2016-12-14 19:23 ` Shark8
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2016-12-15 8:41 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-15 10:31 ` G.B.
2016-12-15 13:17 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-15 13:27 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-15 19:50 ` G.B.
2016-12-16 10:04 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2016-12-16 11:48 ` G.B.
2016-12-16 12:56 ` Stefan.Lucks
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2016-12-19 22:57 ` Randy Brukardt
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2016-11-29 18:21 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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