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Using parametric set constraints for locating errors in CLP programs
This paper introduces a framework of parametric descriptive directional types
for constraint logic programming (CLP). It proposes a method for locating type
errors in CLP programs and presents a prototype debugging tool. The main
technique used is checking correctness of programs w.r.t. type specifications.
The approach is based on a generalization of known methods for proving
correctness of logic programs to the case of parametric specifications.
Set-constraint techniques are used for formulating and checking verification
conditions for (parametric) polymorphic type specifications. The specifications
are expressed in a parametric extension of the formalism of term grammars. The
soundness of the method is proved and the prototype debugging tool supporting
the proposed approach is illustrated on examples.
The paper is a substantial extension of the previous work by the same authors
concerning monomorphic directional types.Comment: 64 pages, To appear in Theory and Practice of Logic Programmin