runtimeverification / runtimeverification/haskell-backend

[K-Improvement] Add `preserves-definedness` attribute for semantic rules

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@ehildenb suggested a while ago we try https://github.com/runtimeverification/haskell-backend/issues/3175, and after the discussion here it looks like it's the way to go, especially for semantics which contain large maps/sets.

I think we need to do the following:

  • Frontend: add a preserves-definedness attribute for semantic rules.
  • Backend: add kore-rule-definedness which computes #Ceil(RHS) without any of the conditions present in #Ceil(LHS) (which has to be computed as well).
  • Frontend: integrate kore-rule-definedness into kompile
  • Backend: check definedness of the first configuration, after that if a configuration comes from the application of a definedness preserving rule, then #Ceil(term) (and of all of its subterms) can be simplified to #Top.

I've been thinking what the best way to integrate kore-rule-definedness and the frontend would be, and I think that kore-rule-definedness should be part of the kore-rpc-server. The reason is that this way we can avoid having to re-load the definition in the backend every call. kompile could spawn a kore server and run the command for every rule in definition, and add the appropriate information to each rule. Thoughts?

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Start by reading the existing discussion and the issue's proposed kore-rpc-server and kompile integration. Trace how semantic rules are handled in the frontend and backend, then determine how kore-rule-definedness should be computed and consumed. Done means the preserves-definedness attribute, rule-definedness computation, kompile integration, and backend simplification behavior all work together.

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haskell
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backend
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