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  • From: Kirill Taran <kirill.t256 AT gmail.com>
  • To: coq-club AT inria.fr
  • Subject: [Coq-Club] providing information to type checker
  • Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 19:21:27 +0400

Hello,

I am trying to implement module type for queue.
I have such code:
Module Type Queue.
  Parameter queue : nat -> Type -> Type.
  Parameter pop   : forall {n : nat} {X : Type}, queue (S n) X -> X * queue n X.
  Parameter push  : forall {n : nat} {X : Type}, X -> queue n X -> queue (S n) X.

  Fixpoint concat {nl nr} {X} : queue nl X -> queue nr X -> queue (nl + nr) X :=
    match nl as nl' return queue nl' X -> queue nr X -> queue (nl' + nr) X with
    | S nl' => fun ql qr => match pop ql with (m,ql') => concat ql' (push m qr) end
    | O     => fun _  qr => qr
    end.
But it can't pass type checking:
The term "concat nl' (S nr) X ql' (push m qr)" has type
 "queue (nl' + S nr) X" while it is expected to have type
 "queue (S nl' + nr) X".
So I want somehow tell type checker that S x + y = x + S y, but how to do it?

P.S. Also solutions with signature with such signature are welcome:
concat {nl nr} {X} (ql : queue nl X) (qr : queue nr X) : queue (nl + nr) X

Sincerely,
Kirill Taran



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