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......@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ that when dealing with higher-order ghost state -- see "Camera functors" below.)
In our proofs, we always keep the `Σ` universally quantified to enable composition of proofs.
Each proof just assumes that some particular resource algebras are contained in that global list.
This is expressed via the `inG Σ R` typeclass, which roughly says that `R ∈ Σ`.
This is expressed via the `inG Σ R` typeclass, which roughly says that `R ∈ Σ`
("`R` is in the `G`lobal list of RAs `Σ` -- hence the `G`).
Libraries typically bundle the `inG` they need in a `libG` typeclass, so they do
not have to expose to clients what exactly their resource algebras are. For
......@@ -112,46 +113,50 @@ Proof. apply (heap_adequacy clientΣ)=> ?. apply client_safe. Qed.
Some Iris modules involve a form of "global state". For example, defining the
`↦` for HeapLang involves a piece of ghost state that matches the current
physical heap. The `gname` of that ghost state must be picked once when the
proof starts, and then globally known everywhere. Hence `gen_heapG`, the type
proof starts, and then globally known everywhere. Hence `gen_heapGS`, the type
class for the generalized heap module, bundles the usual `inG` assumptions
together with the `gname`:
```coq
Class gen_heapPreG (L V : Type) (Σ : gFunctors) `{Countable L} := {
gen_heap_preG_inG :> inG Σ (authR (gen_heapUR L V))
Class gen_heapGpreS (L V : Type) (Σ : gFunctors) `{Countable L} := {
gen_heapGpreS_heap :> ghost_mapG Σ L V;
}.
Class gen_heapG (L V : Type) (Σ : gFunctors) `{Countable L} := {
gen_heap_inG :> gen_heapPreG L V Σ;
gen_heap_name : gname
Class gen_heapGS (L V : Type) (Σ : gFunctors) `{Countable L} := GenHeapGS {
gen_heap_inG :> gen_heapGpreS L V Σ;
gen_heap_name : gname;
}.
```
The trailing `S` here is for "singleton", because the idea is that only one
instance of `gen_heapGS` ever exists. This is important, since two instances
might have different `gname`s, so `↦` based on these two distinct instances
would be incompatible with each other.
The `gen_heapPreG` typeclass (without the singleton data) is relevant for
initialization, i.e., to create an instance of `gen_heapG`. This is happening as
The `gen_heapGpreS` typeclass (without the singleton data) is relevant for
initialization, i.e., to create an instance of `gen_heapGS`. This is happening as
part of [`heap_adequacy`](iris_heap_lang/adequacy.v) using the
initialization lemma for `gen_heapG` from
initialization lemma for `gen_heapGS` from
[`gen_heap_init`](iris/base_logic/lib/gen_heap.v):
```coq
Lemma gen_heap_init `{gen_heapPreG L V Σ} σ :
(|==> _ : gen_heapG L V Σ, gen_heap_ctx σ)%I.
Lemma gen_heap_init `{gen_heapGpreS L V Σ} σ :
(|==> _ : gen_heapGS L V Σ, gen_heap_ctx σ)%I.
```
These lemmas themselves only make assumptions the way normal modules (those
without global state) do. Just like in the normal case, `somethingPreG` type
without global state) do. Just like in the normal case, `somethingGpreS` type
classes have an `Instance` showing that a `subG` is enough to instantiate them:
```coq
Instance subG_gen_heapPreG {Σ L V} `{Countable L} :
subG (gen_heapΣ L V) Σ gen_heapPreG L V Σ.
Global Instance subG_gen_heapGpreS {Σ L V} `{Countable L} :
subG (gen_heapΣ L V) Σ gen_heapGpreS L V Σ.
Proof. solve_inG. Qed.
```
The initialization lemma then shows that the `somethingPreG` type class is
enough to create an instance of the main `somethingG` class *below a view
The initialization lemma then shows that the `somethingGpreS` type class is
enough to create an instance of the main `somethingGS` class *below a view
shift*. This is written with an existential quantifier in the lemma because the
statement after the view shift (`gen_heap_ctx σ` in this case) depends on having
an instance of `gen_heapG` in the context.
an instance of `gen_heapGS` in the context.
Given that these global ghost state instances are singletons, they must be
assumed explicitly everywhere. Bundling `heapG` in a module type class like
`one_shotG` would lose track of the fact that there exists just one `heapG`
instance that is shared by everyone.
assumed explicitly everywhere. Bundling `heapGS` in a (non-singleton) module
type class like `one_shotG` would lose track of the fact that there exists just
one `heapGS` instance that is shared by everyone.
## Advanced topic: Camera functors and higher-order ghost state
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