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Semantic functions

The notation ρ ⟦ α i σ ⟧ gives the value of the variable α i σ in ρ by applying ρ σ to the variable.

{-# OPTIONS --rewriting --confluence-check --lossy-unification #-}

module Examples.PCF.Semantic-Functions where

open import Notation
open import Examples.PCF.Abstract-Syntax
open import Examples.PCF.Domain-Equations

_⟦_⟧ : Env  Vars σ   𝒟 σ      -- typed variable denotations
ρ  α i σ  = ρ σ (α i σ)

The semantic function 𝒜⟦ c ⟧ gives the standard interpretation of the constant c. The corresponding definitions in (Plotkin1977LCP) use case analysis on the domain 𝒟 ι, which our Agda embedding does not support (partly because it can express non-continuous functions).


open Notation.Flat using (; _♯)
open Notation.Flat.Booleans using (_⟶_,_; _==⊥_; false; true)
open Notation.Flat.Naturals using (_+_; _-_)

𝒜⟦_⟧ : ℒᴬ σ   𝒟 σ              -- typed constant denotations
𝒜⟦ tt     =   true
𝒜⟦ ff     =   false
𝒜⟦       =  λ β δ₁ δ₂  (β  δ₁ , δ₂)
𝒜⟦ Y      =  fix
𝒜⟦ k n    =   n
𝒜⟦ ⦅+1⦆   =   n   (n + 1)) 
𝒜⟦ ⦅−1⦆   =   n   (n ==ᴺ 0)   ,  (n - 1)) 
𝒜⟦ Z      =   n   (n ==ᴺ 0)) 

The semantic function 𝒜′⟦ M ⟧ is written \(\hat{\mathcal A} \llbracket M \rrbracket\) in (Plotkin1977LCP). It gives the denotation of the term M as a function of the environment ρ.

𝒜′⟦_⟧ : Terms σ   Env →ˢ 𝒟 σ   -- typed term denotations
𝒜′⟦ 𝑉 α i σ  ρ           =  ρ  α i σ 
𝒜′⟦ 𝐿 c  ρ               =  𝒜⟦ c 
𝒜′⟦  M  N   ρ         =  𝒜′⟦ M  ρ (𝒜′⟦ N  ρ) 
𝒜′⟦ ⦅λ α i σ  M   ρ x  =  𝒜′⟦ M  (ρ [ x / α i σ ]′)

Comparison with Plotkin's original definition of PCF (Plotkin1977LCP) confirms the directness of our Agda embedding.