Theory Letrec

(*  Title:      HOL/HOLCF/ex/Letrec.thy
    Author:     Brian Huffman
*)

section ‹Recursive let bindings›

theory Letrec
imports HOLCF
begin

definition
  CLetrec :: "('a::pcpo  'a × 'b::pcpo)  'b" where
  "CLetrec = (Λ F. snd (F(μ x. fst (Fx))))"

nonterminal recbinds and recbindt and recbind

syntax
  "_recbind"  :: "[logic, logic]  recbind"         ("(2_ =/ _)" 10)
  ""          :: "recbind  recbindt"               ("_")
  "_recbindt" :: "[recbind, recbindt]  recbindt"   ("_,/ _")
  ""          :: "recbindt  recbinds"              ("_")
  "_recbinds" :: "[recbindt, recbinds]  recbinds"  ("_;/ _")
  "_Letrec"   :: "[recbinds, logic]  logic"        ("(Letrec (_)/ in (_))" 10)

translations
  (recbindt) "x = a, (y,ys) = (b,bs)" == (recbindt) "(x,y,ys) = (a,b,bs)"
  (recbindt) "x = a, y = b"          == (recbindt) "(x,y) = (a,b)"

translations
  "_Letrec (_recbinds b bs) e" == "_Letrec b (_Letrec bs e)"
  "Letrec xs = a in (e,es)"    == "CONST CLetrec(Λ xs. (a,e,es))"
  "Letrec xs = a in e"         == "CONST CLetrec(Λ xs. (a,e))"

end