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Towards type-theoretic semantics for transactional concurrency (2009)
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@MISC{Nanevski09towardstype-theoretic,
author = {Aleksandar Nanevski and Paul Govereau and Greg Morrisett},
title = {Towards type-theoretic semantics for transactional concurrency },
year = {2009}
}
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Abstract
We propose a dependent type theory that integrates programming, specifications, and reasoning about higher-order concurrent programs with shared transactional memory. The design builds upon our previous work on Hoare Type Theory (HTT), which we extend with types that correspond to Hoare-style specifications for transactions. The types track shared and local state of the process separately, and enforce that shared state always satisfies a given invariant, except at specific critical sections which appear to execute atomically. Atomic sections may violate the invariant, but must restore it upon exit. HTT follows Separation Logic in providing tight specifications of space requirements. As a logic, we argue that HTT is sound and compositional. As a programming language, we define its operational semantics and show adequacy with respect to specifications.
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transactional concurrency towards type-theoretic semantics atomic section previous work separation logic hoare-style specification transactional memory local state operational semantics tight specification hoare type theory specific critical section space requirement dependent type theory higher-order concurrent program programming language
