Re: [tlaplus] on prophecy variables

Thanks a lot.

Now i see. This condition guaranties that we have constructed SpecUP right (it is implemented by initial spec) using prophecy vars.

Thanks

суббота, 4 апреля 2020 г., 15:42:25 UTC+3 пользователь Stephan Merz написал:

Hello,

that condition is necessary for proving

(1) Spec => \EE p : SpecUP

As a trivial example, consider defining

PredSend(f) == FALSE

With that definition, you can still show that

(2) SpecUP => SS!Spec

holds but you wouldn't be able to conclude

Spec => SS!Spec

because you don't have (1). This is explained in more detail in section 4.5.

Regards,
Stephan

On 4 Apr 2020, at 13:20, Alex Tim <alex....@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi all

I'm reading Auxiliary Variables in TLA+ (http://lamport.azurewebsites.net/pubs/auxiliary.pdf) to understand better
the technique of checking a low level spec satisfying a higher level spec.

There is a question concerning prophecy variables. In the module SendSetUndoP (p. 29) we add a prophecy array var
and check a Theorem

theorem SpecUP => SS!Spec

obviously to show that the spec specUP implements the lower level spec of the module SendSet.
Then it is said (p.29)

We should also check that condition (4.11) holds for each subaction A. To do this, we need to create a model with specication SpecU and have TLC check
the property:

[] [^ Choose => Ef \in [DOM->Pi] : PredChoose(f)
    ^ Send   => Ef \in [DOM->Pi] : PredSend(f )
    ^ Rcv    => Ef \in [DOM->Pi] : PredRcv(f )
    ^ AS \in subset y:Undo(S) ) => Ef \in [DOM->Pi] : PredUndo(f,S)
   ]vars

can someone explain why do we need to check this second condition?

or this is just the alternate option of how we check that the spec specUP implements the lower level spec of the module SendSet?
By proving this condition we show that Choose action is equivalent to ChooseP action, Send action is equivalent to SendP action, etc...

Thanks in advance.

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