Lazy Assertions

Chitil, Olaf and McNeill, Dan and Runciman, Colin (2004) Lazy Assertions. In: Trinder, Phil and Michaelson, Greg and Pena, Ricardo, eds. Implementation of Functional Languages 15th International Workshop. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer, Berlin, Germany, pp. 1-19. ISBN 978-3-540-23727-3. E-ISBN 978-3-540-27861-0. (doi:10.1007/978-3-540-27861-0_1) (KAR id:14056)

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Abstract

Assertions test expected properties of run-time values without disrupting the normal working of a program. So in a lazy functional language assertions should be lazy - not forcing evaluation, but only examining what is evaluated by other parts of the program. We explore the subtle semantics of lazy assertions and describe sequential and concurrent variants of a method for checking lazy assertions. All variants are implemented in Haskell.

Item Type:	Book section
DOI/Identification number:	10.1007/978-3-540-27861-0_1
Uncontrolled keywords:	Haskell, lazy functional programming, testing
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Institutional Unit:	Schools > School of Computing
Former Institutional Unit:	Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User:	Olaf Chitil
Date Deposited:	24 Nov 2008 18:01 UTC
Last Modified:	20 May 2025 10:04 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/14056 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Chitil, Olaf.

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