Concepts and Semantics of Programming Languages 1. Therese Hardin
Given a state (Env
Values in V are either relative integers or references. By defining a sum type, these two collections of values can be grouped into a single type.
Python class CInt1: def __init__(self,cst_int): self.cst_int = cst_int class CRef1: def __init__(self,cst_adr): self.cst_adr = cst_adr
Each class possesses a (object) constructor with the same name as the class: the constant k obtained from integer n (or, respectively, from reference r) is thus written as CInt1
(n) (respectively, CRef1
(r)), and this integer (respectively, reference) can be accessed from (the object) k by writing k.cst_int
(respectively k.cst_adr
). With OCaml, the type of elements in V is defined directly, as follows:
OCaml type ’a constl = CIntI of int | CRefl of ‘a
A value of this type is obtained either using the constructor CInt1
applied to an integer value or using the constructor CRef1
applied to a value of type ’a corresponding to the type used to represent references.
A type grouping the elements of
Python class VCste1: def __init__(self,cste): self.cste = cste class Erreur1: pass
An element v in VCste1(k)
, or an object in the class Erreur1 (pass
is used here to express the fact that the (object) constructor has no argument). With OCaml, the type of the elements in 𝕧 is defined directly as follows:
OCaml type ’a valeursl = VCstel of ’a constl | Erreur1
2.2.3. Evaluation semantics
There are several formalisms that may be used to describe the evaluation of an expression. These will be introduced later. Let us construct an evaluation function:
The evaluation of the expression e in the environment Env and memory state Mem is denoted as
Table 2.2. Evaluation of the expressions of Exp1
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The value of an integer constant is the integer that it represents. The value of an identifier is that which is bound to it in the environment, or Err. The value of an expression constructed with an addition symbol and two expressions e1 and e2 is obtained by adding the relative integers resulting from the evaluations of e1 and e2; the result will be Err if e1 or e2 is not an integer. The value of !x is the value stored at the reference Env(x) when x is a mutable variable, and Err otherwise.
Thus, if e is evaluated as a reference, then e can only be an identifier. Furthermore, certain expressions in Exp1 are syntactically correct, but meaningless: for example, the expression !x when x is not a mutable variable, i.e. when x does not bind a reference in the environment, or x1 + x2 when x1 (or x2) is a mutable variable. On the other hand, !x + y is a meaningful expression that denotes a value when y binds an integer and x binds a reference to an integer.
EXAMPLE 2.2.– Let us evaluate the expression !x + y
in the state
The evaluation function
Python def eval_exp1(env,mem,e): if isinstance(e,Cste1): return VCste1(CInt1(e.cste)) if isinstance(e,Var1): x = valeur_de(env,e.symb) if isinstance(x,CInt1) or isinstance(x,CRef1): return VCste1(x) return Erreur1() if isinstance(e,Plus1): ev1 = eval_exp1(env,mem,e.exp1) if isinstance(ev1,Erreur1): return Erreur1() v1 = ev1.cste ev2 = eval_exp1(env,mem,e.exp2) if isinstance(ev2,Erreur1): return Erreur1() v2 = ev2.cste if isinstance(v1,CInt1) and isinstance(v2,CInt1): return VCste1(CInt1(v1.cst_int + v2.cst_int)) return Erreur1() if isinstance(e,Bang1): x = valeur_de(env,e.symb) if isinstance(x,CRef1): y = valeur_ref(mem,x.cst_adr) if y is None: return Erreur1() return VCste1(y) return