Theory State_Monad

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theory State_Monad
imports Main
begin

(*  Title:      HOL/Library/State_Monad.thy
    ID:         $Id: State_Monad.thy,v 1.13 2007/08/13 19:22:42 haftmann Exp $
    Author:     Florian Haftmann, TU Muenchen
*)

header {* Combinators syntax for generic, open state monads (single threaded monads) *}

theory State_Monad
imports Main
begin

subsection {* Motivation *}

text {*
  The logic HOL has no notion of constructor classes, so
  it is not possible to model monads the Haskell way
  in full genericity in Isabelle/HOL.
  
  However, this theory provides substantial support for
  a very common class of monads: \emph{state monads}
  (or \emph{single-threaded monads}, since a state
  is transformed single-threaded).

  To enter from the Haskell world,
  \url{http://www.engr.mun.ca/~theo/Misc/haskell_and_monads.htm}
  makes a good motivating start.  Here we just sketch briefly
  how those monads enter the game of Isabelle/HOL.
*}

subsection {* State transformations and combinators *}

(*<*)
typedecl α
typedecl β
typedecl γ
typedecl σ
typedecl σ'
(*>*)

text {*
  We classify functions operating on states into two categories:

  \begin{description}
    \item[transformations]
      with type signature @{typ "σ => σ'"},
      transforming a state.
    \item[``yielding'' transformations]
      with type signature @{typ "σ => α × σ'"},
      ``yielding'' a side result while transforming a state.
    \item[queries]
      with type signature @{typ "σ => α"},
      computing a result dependent on a state.
  \end{description}

  By convention we write @{typ "σ"} for types representing states
  and @{typ "α"}, @{typ "β"}, @{typ "γ"}, @{text "…"}
  for types representing side results.  Type changes due
  to transformations are not excluded in our scenario.

  We aim to assert that values of any state type @{typ "σ"}
  are used in a single-threaded way: after application
  of a transformation on a value of type @{typ "σ"}, the
  former value should not be used again.  To achieve this,
  we use a set of monad combinators:
*}

definition
  mbind :: "('a => 'b × 'c) => ('b => 'c => 'd) => 'a => 'd"
    (infixl ">>=" 60) where
  "f >>= g = split g o f"

definition
  fcomp :: "('a => 'b) => ('b => 'c) => 'a => 'c"
    (infixl ">>" 60) where
  "f >> g = g o f"

definition
  run :: "('a => 'b) => 'a => 'b" where
  "run f = f"

syntax (xsymbols)
  mbind :: "('a => 'b × 'c) => ('b => 'c => 'd) => 'a => 'd"
    (infixl "»=" 60)
  fcomp :: "('a => 'b) => ('b => 'c) => 'a => 'c"
    (infixl "»" 60)

abbreviation (input)
  "return ≡ Pair"

print_ast_translation {*
  [(@{const_syntax "run"}, fn (f::ts) => Syntax.mk_appl f ts)]
*}

text {*
  Given two transformations @{term f} and @{term g}, they
  may be directly composed using the @{term "op »"} combinator,
  forming a forward composition: @{prop "(f » g) s = f (g s)"}.

  After any yielding transformation, we bind the side result
  immediately using a lambda abstraction.  This 
  is the purpose of the @{term "op »="} combinator:
  @{prop "(f »= (λx. g)) s = (let (x, s') = f s in g s')"}.

  For queries, the existing @{term "Let"} is appropriate.

  Naturally, a computation may yield a side result by pairing
  it to the state from the left;  we introduce the
  suggestive abbreviation @{term return} for this purpose.

  The @{const run} ist just a marker.

  The most crucial distinction to Haskell is that we do
  not need to introduce distinguished type constructors
  for different kinds of state.  This has two consequences:
  \begin{itemize}
    \item The monad model does not state anything about
       the kind of state; the model for the state is
       completely orthogonal and has to (or may) be
       specified completely independent.
    \item There is no distinguished type constructor
       encapsulating away the state transformation, i.e.~transformations
       may be applied directly without using any lifting
       or providing and dropping units (``open monad'').
    \item The type of states may change due to a transformation.
  \end{itemize}
*}


subsection {* Obsolete runs *}

text {*
  @{term run} is just a doodle and should not occur nested:
*}

lemma run_simp [simp]:
  "!!f. run (run f) = run f"
  "!!f g. run f »= g = f »= g"
  "!!f g. run f » g = f » g"
  "!!f g. f »= (λx. run g) = f »= (λx. g)"
  "!!f g. f » run g = f » g"
  "!!f. f = run f <-> True"
  "!!f. run f = f <-> True"
  unfolding run_def by rule+

subsection {* Monad laws *}

text {*
  The common monadic laws hold and may also be used
  as normalization rules for monadic expressions:
*}

lemma
  return_mbind [simp]: "return x »= f = f x"
  unfolding mbind_def by (simp add: expand_fun_eq)

lemma
  mbind_return [simp]: "x »= return = x"
  unfolding mbind_def by (simp add: expand_fun_eq split_Pair)

lemma
  id_fcomp [simp]: "id » f = f"
  unfolding fcomp_def by simp

lemma
  fcomp_id [simp]: "f » id = f"
  unfolding fcomp_def by simp

lemma
  mbind_mbind [simp]: "(f »= g) »= h = f »= (λx. g x »= h)"
  unfolding mbind_def by (simp add: split_def expand_fun_eq)

lemma
  mbind_fcomp [simp]: "(f »= g) » h = f »= (λx. g x » h)"
  unfolding mbind_def fcomp_def by (simp add: split_def expand_fun_eq)

lemma
  fcomp_mbind [simp]: "(f » g) »= h = f » (g »= h)"
  unfolding mbind_def fcomp_def by (simp add: split_def expand_fun_eq)

lemma
  fcomp_fcomp [simp]: "(f » g) » h = f » (g » h)"
  unfolding fcomp_def o_assoc ..

lemmas monad_simp = run_simp return_mbind mbind_return id_fcomp fcomp_id
  mbind_mbind mbind_fcomp fcomp_mbind fcomp_fcomp

text {*
  Evaluation of monadic expressions by force:
*}

lemmas monad_collapse = monad_simp o_apply o_assoc split_Pair split_comp
  mbind_def fcomp_def run_def

subsection {* Syntax *}

text {*
  We provide a convenient do-notation for monadic expressions
  well-known from Haskell.  @{const Let} is printed
  specially in do-expressions.
*}

nonterminals do_expr

syntax
  "_do" :: "do_expr => 'a"
    ("do _ done" [12] 12)
  "_mbind" :: "pttrn => 'a => do_expr => do_expr"
    ("_ <- _;// _" [1000, 13, 12] 12)
  "_fcomp" :: "'a => do_expr => do_expr"
    ("_;// _" [13, 12] 12)
  "_let" :: "pttrn => 'a => do_expr => do_expr"
    ("let _ = _;// _" [1000, 13, 12] 12)
  "_nil" :: "'a => do_expr"
    ("_" [12] 12)

syntax (xsymbols)
  "_mbind" :: "pttrn => 'a => do_expr => do_expr"
    ("_ \<leftarrow> _;// _" [1000, 13, 12] 12)

translations
  "_do f" => "CONST run f"
  "_mbind x f g" => "f »= (λx. g)"
  "_fcomp f g" => "f » g"
  "_let x t f" => "CONST Let t (λx. f)"
  "_nil f" => "f"

print_translation {*
let
  fun dest_abs_eta (Abs (abs as (_, ty, _))) =
        let
          val (v, t) = Syntax.variant_abs abs;
        in ((v, ty), t) end
    | dest_abs_eta t =
        let
          val (v, t) = Syntax.variant_abs ("", dummyT, t $ Bound 0);
        in ((v, dummyT), t) end
  fun unfold_monad (Const (@{const_syntax mbind}, _) $ f $ g) =
        let
          val ((v, ty), g') = dest_abs_eta g;
        in Const ("_mbind", dummyT) $ Free (v, ty) $ f $ unfold_monad g' end
    | unfold_monad (Const (@{const_syntax fcomp}, _) $ f $ g) =
        Const ("_fcomp", dummyT) $ f $ unfold_monad g
    | unfold_monad (Const (@{const_syntax Let}, _) $ f $ g) =
        let
          val ((v, ty), g') = dest_abs_eta g;
        in Const ("_let", dummyT) $ Free (v, ty) $ f $ unfold_monad g' end
    | unfold_monad (Const (@{const_syntax Pair}, _) $ f) =
        Const ("return", dummyT) $ f
    | unfold_monad f = f;
  fun tr' (f::ts) =
    list_comb (Const ("_do", dummyT) $ unfold_monad f, ts)
in [(@{const_syntax "run"}, tr')] end;
*}


subsection {* Combinators *}

definition
  lift :: "('a => 'b) => 'a => 'c => 'b × 'c" where
  "lift f x = return (f x)"

fun
  list :: "('a => 'b => 'b) => 'a list => 'b => 'b" where
  "list f [] = id"
| "list f (x#xs) = (do f x; list f xs done)"

fun list_yield :: "('a => 'b => 'c × 'b) => 'a list => 'b => 'c list × 'b" where
  "list_yield f [] = return []"
| "list_yield f (x#xs) = (do y \<leftarrow> f x; ys \<leftarrow> list_yield f xs; return (y#ys) done)"
  
text {* combinator properties *}

lemma list_append [simp]:
  "list f (xs @ ys) = list f xs » list f ys"
  by (induct xs) (simp_all del: id_apply) (*FIXME*)

lemma list_cong [fundef_cong, recdef_cong]:
  "[| !!x. x ∈ set xs ==> f x = g x; xs = ys |]
    ==> list f xs = list g ys"
proof (induct f xs arbitrary: g ys rule: list.induct)
  case 1 then show ?case by simp
next
  case (2 f x xs g)
  from 2 have "!!y. y ∈ set (x # xs) ==> f y = g y" by auto
  then have "!!y. y ∈ set xs ==> f y = g y" by auto
  with 2 have "list f xs = list g xs" by auto
  with 2 have "list f (x # xs) = list g (x # xs)" by auto
  with 2 show "list f (x # xs) = list g ys" by auto
qed

lemma list_yield_cong [fundef_cong, recdef_cong]:
  "[| !!x. x ∈ set xs ==> f x = g x; xs = ys |]
    ==> list_yield f xs = list_yield g ys"
proof (induct f xs arbitrary: g ys rule: list_yield.induct)
  case 1 then show ?case by simp
next
  case (2 f x xs g)
  from 2 have "!!y. y ∈ set (x # xs) ==> f y = g y" by auto
  then have "!!y. y ∈ set xs ==> f y = g y" by auto
  with 2 have "list_yield f xs = list_yield g xs" by auto
  with 2 have "list_yield f (x # xs) = list_yield g (x # xs)" by auto
  with 2 show "list_yield f (x # xs) = list_yield g ys" by auto
qed

text {*
  still waiting for extensions@{text "…"}
*}

text {*
  For an example, see HOL/ex/Random.thy.
*}

end

Motivation

State transformations and combinators

Obsolete runs

lemma run_simp:

  f = f
  f >>= g = f >>= g
  f >> g = f >> g
  f >>=x. g) = f >>=x. g)
  f >> g = f >> g
  (f = f) = True
  (f = f) = True

Monad laws

lemma return_mbind:

  Pair x >>= f = f x

lemma mbind_return:

  x >>= Pair = x

lemma id_fcomp:

  id >> f = f

lemma fcomp_id:

  f >> id = f

lemma mbind_mbind:

  f >>= g >>= h = f >>=x. g x >>= h)

lemma mbind_fcomp:

  f >>= g >> h = f >>=x. g x >> h)

lemma fcomp_mbind:

  f >> g >>= h = f >> (g >>= h)

lemma fcomp_fcomp:

  f >> g >> h = f >> (g >> h)

lemma monad_simp:

  f = f
  f >>= g = f >>= g
  f >> g = f >> g
  f >>=x. g) = f >>=x. g)
  f >> g = f >> g
  (f = f) = True
  (f = f) = True
  Pair x >>= f = f x
  x >>= Pair = x
  id >> f = f
  f >> id = f
  f >>= g >>= h = f >>=x. g x >>= h)
  f >>= g >> h = f >>=x. g x >> h)
  f >> g >>= h = f >> (g >>= h)
  f >> g >> h = f >> (g >> h)

lemma monad_collapse:

  f = f
  f >>= g = f >>= g
  f >> g = f >> g
  f >>=x. g) = f >>=x. g)
  f >> g = f >> g
  (f = f) = True
  (f = f) = True
  Pair x >>= f = f x
  x >>= Pair = x
  id >> f = f
  f >> id = f
  f >>= g >>= h = f >>=x. g x >>= h)
  f >>= g >> h = f >>=x. g x >> h)
  f >> g >>= h = f >> (g >>= h)
  f >> g >> h = f >> (g >> h)
  (f o g) x = f (g x)
  f o (g o h) = f o g o h
  split Pair x = x
  split (f o g) x = f (g (fst x)) (snd x)
  f >>= g = (λ(x, y). g x y) o f
  f >> g = g o f
  f = f

Syntax

Combinators

lemma list_append:

  list f (xs @ ys) = list f xs >> list f ys

lemma list_cong:

  [| !!x. x ∈ set xs ==> f x = g x; xs = ys |] ==> list f xs = list g ys

lemma list_yield_cong:

  [| !!x. x ∈ set xs ==> f x = g x; xs = ys |]
  ==> list_yield f xs = list_yield g ys