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ABI Layer 3: McCarthy store/select array-update laws (write-then-read, read-other)#43

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Layer 3 (second, deeper invariant): proves the McCarthy store/select array laws over the Layer-2 SafeArray/Vect/Fin model — write-then-read (read i (write i v a) = v) and read-other (a write at i leaves index j≠i unchanged). Distinct from and deeper than the Layer-2 in-bounds totality property.

New module Idrisiser.ABI.Invariants (imports the Layer-2 Semantics model). Positive + non-vacuity controls.

Testing

Idris2 0.7.0 --build → exit 0, zero warnings. Adversarial rejection confirmed. build/ removed. No believe_me/postulate/sorry.

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https://claude.ai/code/session_01A6PSzJWpRxtzGDjUCEh7Mx


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claude and others added 3 commits June 27, 2026 19:29
Raise the Idrisiser Idris2 ABI to Layer 2 with a genuine, machine-checked
semantic proof of the repo's headline domain property (proven-correct
wrappers via dependent types).

Module Idrisiser.ABI.Semantics models a length-indexed SafeArray (Vect n a)
with a total accessor safeIndex : SafeArray n a -> Fin n -> a, and proves:

- InBounds i n is inhabited exactly when i < n (carries an LT i n proof);
  the out-of-range case has no constructor.
- Uninhabited (InBounds i 0): no index exists into an empty array, so
  out-of-range access is unrepresentable.
- decInBounds : sound + complete Dec (InBounds i n), backed by isLT.
- finToNatNatToFinLT / safeIndexUsesExactSlot: the proven index round-trips
  exactly to the requested raw position (no off-by-one, no runtime failure).
- certifyBounded + certifyBoundedSound: certifier into the ABI Totality
  witness, returning Total only when genuinely in bounds.
- Positive control (idx2InBounds reads "gamma") and negative controls
  (Not (InBounds 5 3), Not (InBounds i 0)), all machine-checked.

No believe_me / postulate / assert; the headline property is non-vacuous
(a deliberately-false InBounds 5 3 witness is rejected by idris2 0.7.0).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01A6PSzJWpRxtzGDjUCEh7Mx
Add a second, deeper machine-checked theorem over the SAME Layer-2 model
(SafeArray/Vect/Fin), raising the Idris2 ABI to Layer 3.

New module Idrisiser.ABI.Invariants proves McCarthy's store/select array
axioms — distinct from Layer-2 in-bounds totality:
  - safeReadAfterWriteSame: read i after write v@i = v (write-then-read)
  - safeReadAfterWriteOther: write@j leaves slot i/=j unchanged (read-other)
  - predictReadOverWrite + safeReadOverWriteCorrect: sound decEq-driven
    decision procedure with correctness proof in both branches

Vect-level lemmas (indexReplaceAtSame, indexReplaceAtOther) proved by hand
via induction, not delegated to a library lemma. Defines safeWrite as the
formal dual of safeIndex. Positive controls (write-then-read, other-slot
preserved, prediction agrees) plus a negative/non-vacuity control
(writeReallyChangedSlot: the write genuinely changed the slot). %default
total, no believe_me/postulate/assert. Clean build, zero warnings;
adversarial false-equality check rejected.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01A6PSzJWpRxtzGDjUCEh7Mx
@hyperpolymath hyperpolymath marked this pull request as ready for review June 28, 2026 05:41
@hyperpolymath hyperpolymath merged commit 7ac70ae into main Jun 28, 2026
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