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     1 (*  Title:      Subst/Unify
       
     2     Author:     Konrad Slind, Cambridge University Computer Laboratory
       
     3     Copyright   1997  University of Cambridge
       
     4 
       
     5 Unification algorithm
       
     6 *)
       
     7 
       
     8 Unify = Unifier + WF_Rel + 
       
     9 
       
    10 datatype 'a subst = Fail | Subst ('a list)
       
    11 
       
    12 consts
       
    13 
       
    14    uterm_less :: "(('a uterm * 'a uterm) * ('a uterm * 'a uterm)) set"
       
    15    unifyRel   :: "(('a uterm * 'a uterm) * ('a uterm * 'a uterm)) set"
       
    16    unify      :: "'a uterm * 'a uterm => ('a * 'a uterm) subst"
       
    17 
       
    18 defs
       
    19 
       
    20   uterm_less_def "uterm_less == rprod (measure uterm_size) 
       
    21                                       (measure uterm_size)"
       
    22   
       
    23   (* Termination relation for the Unify function *)
       
    24   unifyRel_def  "unifyRel == inv_image  (finite_psubset ** uterm_less)
       
    25                                (%(x,y). (vars_of x Un vars_of y, (x,y)))"
       
    26 
       
    27 recdef unify "unifyRel"
       
    28   "unify(Const m, Const n)  = (if (m=n) then Subst[] else Fail)"
       
    29   "unify(Const m, Comb M N) = Fail"
       
    30   "unify(Const m, Var v)    = Subst[(v,Const m)]"
       
    31   "unify(Var v, M)          = (if (Var v <: M) then Fail else Subst[(v,M)])"
       
    32   "unify(Comb M N, Const x) = Fail"
       
    33   "unify(Comb M N, Var v)   = (if (Var v <: Comb M N) then Fail   
       
    34                                else Subst[(v,Comb M N)])"
       
    35   "unify(Comb M1 N1, Comb M2 N2) =   
       
    36       (case unify(M1,M2)  
       
    37         of Fail => Fail  
       
    38          | Subst theta => (case unify(N1 <| theta, N2 <| theta)  
       
    39                             of Fail => Fail  
       
    40                              | Subst sigma => Subst (theta <> sigma)))"
       
    41 end