Relational Parametricity and Separation Logic

Lars Birkedal, Hongseok Yang

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    Abstract

    Separation logic is a recent extension of Hoare logic for reasoning about programs with references to shared mutable data structures. In this paper, we provide a new interpretation of the logic for a programming language with higher types. Our interpretation is based on Reynolds's relational parametricity, and it provides a formal connection between separation logic and data abstraction.
    Udgivelsesdato: 2008
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalLogical Methods in Computer Science
    Volume4
    Issue number2
    Pages (from-to)1-27
    Number of pages27
    ISSN1860-5974
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008

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