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A Certified Refactoring Engine

Sultana, Nik, Thompson, Simon (2008) A Certified Refactoring Engine. In: Achten, P. and Koopman, P. and Morazán, M.T., eds. Draft Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming (TFP). . (KAR id:23987)

Abstract

The paper surveys how software tools such as refactoring systems can be validated, and introduces a new mechanism, namely the extraction of a refactoring engine for a functional programming language from an Isabelle/HOL theory in which it is verified. This research is a first step in a programme to construct certified programming tools from verified theories. We also provide some empirical evidence of how refactoring can be of significant benefit in reshaping automatically-generated program code for use in larger systems.

Item Type: Conference or workshop item (UNSPECIFIED)
Uncontrolled keywords: refactoring, verification, Isabelle, program extraction, proof
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Mark Wheadon
Date Deposited: 29 Mar 2010 12:09 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:02 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/23987 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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