lean4-htt/tests/lean/wf1.lean.expected.out
Joachim Breitner 4c57da4b0f
feat: infer termination arguments like xs.size - i (#3666)
a common pattern for recursive functions is
```
def countUp (n i acc : Nat) : Nat :=
  if i < n then
    countUp n (i+1) (acc + i)
  else
    acc
```
where we increase a value `i` until it hits an upper bound. This is
particularly common with array processing functions:
```
$ git grep 'termination_by.*size.*-' src/|wc -l
26
```

GuessLex now recognizes this pattern. The general approach is:

For every recursive call, check if the context contains hypotheses of
the form `e₁ < e₂` (or similar comparisions), and then consider `e₂ -
e₁` as a termination argument.

Currently, this only fires when `e₁` and `e₂` only depend on the
functions parameters, but not local let-bindings or variables bound in
local pattern matches.

Duplicates are removed.

In the table showing the termination argument failures, long termination
arguments are now given a number and abbreviated as e.g. `#4` in the
table headers.

More examples in the test file, here as some highlights:
```
def distinct (xs : Array Nat) : Bool :=
  let rec loop (i j : Nat) : Bool :=
    if _ : i < xs.size then
      if _ : j < i then
        if xs[j] = xs[i] then
          false
        else
          loop i (j+1)
      else
        loop (i+1) 0
    else
      true
  loop 0 0
```
infers
```
termination_by (Array.size xs - i, i - j)
```
and the weird functions where `i` goes up or down
```
def weird (xs : Array Nat) (i : Nat) : Bool :=
  if _ : i < xs.size then
    if _ : 0 < i then
      if xs[i] = 42 then
        weird xs.pop (i - 1)
      else
        weird xs (i+1)
    else
      weird xs (i+1)
  else
    true
decreasing_by all_goals simp_wf; omega
```
infers
```
termination_by (Array.size xs - i, i)
```
but unfortunately needs `decreasing_by` pending the “big
decreasing_tactic refactor” that
I expect we’ll want to do at some point.
2024-03-16 12:27:35 +00:00

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wf1.lean:3:12-3:19: error: fail to show termination for
g
with errors
argument #1 was not used for structural recursion
failed to eliminate recursive application
g (x - 1)
argument #2 was not used for structural recursion
insufficient number of parameters at recursive application
g (x - 1)
structural recursion cannot be used
Could not find a decreasing measure.
The arguments relate at each recursive call as follows:
(<, ≤, =: relation proved, ? all proofs failed, _: no proof attempted)
x y y - x
1) 3:12-19 ≤ ? ?
Please use `termination_by` to specify a decreasing measure.