Jena; listDeclaredProperties semantics - jena

Let's consider a
(1) P Domain CSuper
(2) CSub subClassOf CSuper
Using Jena, I'm trying to list the declared properties for CSub. What I believe is that P mustn't be listed as a declared property for CSub. My justification: P is a declared property for CSub, iff CSub is a domain for P, from (1) CSuper is a domain for P which doesn't imply that CSub is also a domain; (1) means that if (x, y) is P, then x is CSuper, clearly x may (not) be CSub.
The surprising thing is that Jena is listing P as a declared property for CSub when using listDeclaredProperties method even using OntModelSpec.OWL_DL_MEM_RULE_INF or Pellet! Am I missing something?
Update:
What does a declared property for some class mean? Does it mean the classes that the property is a domain of them!

You want:
theClass.listDeclaredProperties(false);
From the documentation:
listDeclaredProperties() Equivalent to calling listDeclaredProperties(boolean) with default value direct = false.
direct - If true, restrict the properties returned to those directly associated with this class. If false, the properties of super-classes of this class will not be listed among the declared properties of this class.
I think you've misunderstood declared properties. This returns properties that a class may (or must) have. Suppose we have a class hierarchy:
A > B > C
and also:
P domain B
All Bs and Cs may have property P -- no contradiction there. However it's not true that all As may have property P -- the not-Bs are the problem.

Related

"??" ("if null") operator type resolution issue

Consider code below:
mixin M {}
abstract class I {}
class A = I with M;
class B = I with M;
void main() {
final A? a = A();
final B? b = B();
final I? i1 = a ?? b; // compilation error saying "A value of type 'Object?' can't be assigned to a variable of type 'I?'"
}
Could you please help me to understand why I am having compilation error using "??" operator.
Dart 2.19.0
The a ?? b expression needs to figure out a single type which represents the two possible resulting values, one of type A or one of type B?.
Rather than checking that both A and B? are assignable to I?, it tries to figure out the type of the result of a ?? b as a single type combining both A and B?, which means finding a supertype of both A and B.
To do that, it computes an upper bound using the language-specified "least upper bound" algorithm. (I quote the name, because it finds an upper bound, which is sometimes a least upper bound, but not always.)
The two types are:
A with immediate supertypes I and M, both of which have immediate supertype Object, which has supertype Object? (and all other top types).
B? with supertypes I?, M? and their supertype Object?.
The problem here is that while it can see that I and I? occur in those types, and it can therefore decide that I? is an upper bound,
it also finds M and M? and decides that M? is an upper bound,
and those two types are otherwise completely equivalent, they have the same length of the super-class chain up to Object and are not related to each other. Neither is a least upper bound. So the algorithm ignores them and look for something that's both shared and does not have another type of equal "depth from Object". And it finds Object?.
Which is not assignable to I.
This is a known shortcoming (among several) of the least upper bound algorithm in Dart, but it's a hard problem to solve optimally, because it's very, very easy for a class to introduce some internal private superclass, and sometimes that type then becomes the least upper bound of two public subclasses, leaving users scratching their head.
There are requests to do better, for example by not ignoring the context type, but changing the type inference has to be done very carefully. It can break existing code which has been fine-tuned to the current behavior.
There are no great workarounds here, but there are functional ones.
You will have to rewrite the code to ensure that the static type of the two branches do not both have the unnecessary M type in them.
Rather than down-casting the result to I? at the end, which requires a runtime type check, I'd up-cast the original values:
final I? i3 = a ?? (b as I?); // ignore: unnecessary_cast
That should be completely free up-casts, but may (will!) cause analyzer warnings that you'll have to ignore.
Compiler doesn't seem to recognise that objects a and b are of classes inherited of I in that case.
So the syntax does the same, but in the first case needs help with casting.
final I? i1 = (a ?? b) as I?;
This does not give an error.

Z3Py: How do I set boolean variable declared in List?

I have created a list of boolean variables like below:
lk=[Bool("a_0"), Bool("a_1"), Bool("a_2")]
I would like to initialize all these boolean variables to False.
If I write
for i in lk: i=False
It does not set variables a_0, a_1, a_2 to False.
How can I assign True or False values to variables declared in List in Z3Py? Help in this regard is highly appreciated.
The proper way to do this would be:
from z3 import *
lk = [Bool("a_0"), Bool("a_1"), Bool("a_2")]
s = Solver()
for i in lk:
s.add(i == False)
print(s.check())
print(s.model())
Note that we directly tell the solver that you want these variables to be set to False via the s.add calls. When I run this I get:
sat
[a_0 = False, a_1 = False, a_2 = False]
However, I suspect your actual intention is to "initialize" these variables, and later on change their value. This is not possible in z3py; you should not think of the values a_0, a_1, etc., as mutable variables like you'd have in regular Python: z3py is a "functional programming" environment, i.e., you cannot mutate declared variables. (Of course, you can assert constraints about them.)
If your intention is to model a programming language, where variables get declared, initialized, and mutated; you first have to convert to the so called SSA (static single assignment) form, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_single_assignment_form
There are other questions on stack-overflow that deal with similar issues. See this one, for instance: Z3py: Add value to computed result and make another check

Reformat a big C# file by order of Class Names, their properties , etc. ( need it to keep the auto generated files remain in the same order)

I tried format document but that just prettifies the code, is there a tool to reorder the appearance of the namespaces, classes, their properties in a file ( lexicographical or otherwise ) so that two autogenerated files can be textually compared to each other?
Human generated files don't have more than a class in a file, or they are hierarchical when there are many classes in the same file, so no need to resort the order of classes and their properties, but is there a tool to reformat and order a file by Class names, fields, properties, Method names and signatures?
The original problem is with updating WCF service, moves classes all over the Reference.cs file.
Edit :
To reproduce just update a WCF service and watch the Reference.cs file being completely juxtaposed, classes move up and down in the file. Trying to have a large autogenerated C# file sorted in unique way to enable textual comparison while the structure remains isomorphic to the original code.
Edit 2: Concrete example code
Suppose file is as below (psudo code)
Namespace S2
{
Class C2
Method M2
Property P2
Constructor CTOR2
Field F2
Method M1
Property P1
Field F1
Constructor CTOR1
}
Namespace S1
{
Class C1
Method M2
Property P2
Constructor CTOR2
Field F2
Method M1
Property P1
Field F1
Constructor CTOR1
}
then after sorted formatting it would be
Namespace S1
{
Class C1
Constructor CTOR1
Constructor CTOR2
Field F1
Field F2
Property P1
Property P2
Method M1
Method M2
}
Namespace S2
{
Class C2
Constructor CTOR1
Constructor CTOR2
Field F1
Field F2
Property P1
Property P2
Method M1
Method M2
}
Note : it doesnt matter what the order of properties, methods, fields are apearing, as long as after the sort they always apear in the same order.
is there a tool to reorder the appearance of the namespaces, classes,
their properties in a file ( lexicographical or otherwise ) so that
two autogenerated files can be textually compared to each other?
After spending a long time serching it, I found these:
1) Resharper extension and its Greenkeeper has stated this.
2) CodeMaid extension
But l am not sure whether these extensions meet all your requirements and if that still is not what you're looking for, I'm afraid what you want is not supported so far.
I recommend you could post a feature request in our User Voice forum(DC)----suggest a feature to share your idea.
Besides, you could share the link in this thread and anyone who is interested in this including us will vote it to get the attention of Microsoft as soon as possible.
Hope it could help you.

trying witness null: result of operation might violate subset type constraint

I've written a class that represents a binary relation on a set, S, with two fields: that set, S, and a second set of pairs of values drawn from S. The class defines a bunch of properties of relations, such as being single-valued (i.e., being a function, as defined in an "isFunction()" predicate). After the class definition I try to define some subset types. One is meant to define a subtype of these relations that are also actually "functions". It's not working, and it's a bit hard to decode the resulting error codes. Note that the Valid() and isFunction() predicates do declare "reads this;". Any ideas on where I should be looking? Is it that Dafny can't tell that the subset type is inhabited? Is there way to convince it that it is?
type func<T> = f: binRelOnS<T> | f.Valid() && f.isFunction()
[Dafny VSCode] trying witness null: result of operation might violate subset type constraint for 'binRelOnS'
Subset types and non-emptiness
A subset type definition of the form
type MySubset = x: BaseType | RHS(x)
introduces MySubset as a type that stands for those values x of type BaseType that satisfy the boolean expression RHS(x). Since every type in Dafny must be nonempty, there is a proof obligation to show that the type you declared has some member. Dafny may find some candidate values and will try to see if any one of them satisfies RHS. If the candidates don't, you get an error message like the one you saw. Sometimes, the error message will tell you which candidate values Dafny tried.
In your case, the only candidate value that Dafny tried is the value null. As James points out, the value null doesn't even get to first base, because the BaseType in your example is a type of non-null references. If you change binRelOnS<T> to binRelOnS?<T>, then null stands a chance of being a possible witness for showing your subset type to be nonempty.
User-supplied witnesses
Since Dafny is not too clever about coming up with candidate witnesses, you may have to supply one yourself. You do this by adding a witness clause at the end of the declaration. For example:
type OddInt = x: int | x % 2 == 1 witness 73
Since 73 satisfies the RHS constraint x % 2 == 1, Dafny accepts this type. In some programs, it can happen that the witness you have in mind is available only in ghost code. You can then write ghost witness instead of witness, which allows the subsequent expression to be ghost. A ghost witness can be used to convince the Dafny verifier that a type is nonempty, but it does not help the Dafny compiler in initializing variables of that type, so you will still need to initialize such variables yourself.
Using a witness clause, you could attempt to supply your own witness using your original definition of the subset type func. However, a witness clause takes an expression, not a statement, which means you are not able to use new. If you don't care about compiling your program and you're willing to trust yourself about the existence of the witness, you can declare a body-less function that promises to return a suitable witness:
type MySubset = x: BaseType | RHS(x) ghost witness MySubsetWitness()
function MySubsetWitness(): BaseType
ensures RHS(MySubsetWitness())
You'll either need ghost witness or function method. The function MySubsetWitness will forever be left without a body, so there's room for you to make a mistake about some value satisfying RHS.
The witness clause was introduced in Dafny version 2.0.0. The 2.0.0 release notes mention this, but apparently don't give much of an explanation. If you want to see more examples of witness, search for that keyword in the Dafny test suite.
Subset types of classes
In your example, if you change the base type to be a possibly-null reference type:
type func<T> = f: binRelOnS?<T> | f.Valid() && f.isFunction()
then your next problem will be that the RHS dereferences f. You can fix this by weakening your subset-type constraint as follows:
type func<T> = f: binRelOnS?<T> | f != null ==> f.Valid() && f.isFunction()
Now comes the part that may be a deal breaker. Subset types cannot depend on mutable state. This is because types are a very static notion (unlike specifications, which often depend on the state). It would be a disaster if a value could satisfy a type one moment and then, after some state change in the program, not satisfy the type. (Indeed, almost all type systems with subset/refinement/dependent types are for functional languages.) So, if your Valid or isFunction predicates have a reads clause, then you cannot define func in the way you have hoped. But, as long as both Valid and isFunction depend only on the values of const fields in the class, then no reads clause is needed and you are all set.
Rustan

Type extensions and members visiblity in F#

F# has feature called "Type extension" that gives a developer ability to extend existing types.
There is two types of extensions: intrinsic extension and optional extension. First one is similar to partial types in C# and second one is something similar to method extension (but more powerful).
To use intrinsic extension we should put two declarations into the same file. In this case compiler will merge two definitions into one final type (i.e. this is two "parts" of one type).
The issue is that those two types has different access rules for different members and values:
// SampleType.fs
// "Main" declaration
type SampleType(a: int) =
let f1 = 42
let func() = 42
[<DefaultValue>]
val mutable f2: int
member private x.f3 = 42
static member private f4 = 42
member private this.someMethod() =
// "Main" declaration has access to all values (a, f1 and func())
// as well as to all members (f2, f3, f4)
printf "a: %d, f1: %d, f2: %d, f3: %d, f4: %d, func(): %d"
a f1 this.f2 this.f3 SampleType.f4 (func())
// "Partial" declaration
type SampleType with
member private this.anotherMethod() =
// But "partial" declaration has no access to values (a, f1 and func())
// and following two lines won't compile
//printf "a: %d" a
//printf "f1: %d" f1
//printf "func(): %d" (func())
// But has access to private members (f2, f3 and f4)
printf "f2: %d, f3: %d, f4: %d"
this.f2 this.f3 SampleType.f4
I read F# specification but didn't find any ideas why F# compiler differentiate between value and member declarations.
In 8.6.1.3 section of F# spec said that "The functions and values defined by instance definitions are lexically scoped (and thus implicitly private) to the object being defined.". Partial declaration has all access to all private members (static and instance). My guess is that by "lexical scope" specification authors specifically mean only "main" declaration but this behavior seems weird to me.
The question is: is this behavior intentional and what rationale behind it?
This is a great question! As you pointed out, the specification says that "local values are lexically scoped to the object being defined", but looking at the F# specification, it does not actually define what lexical scoping means in this case.
As your sample shows, the current behavior is that the lexical scope of object definition is just the primary type definition (excluding intrinsic extensions). I'm not too surprised by that, but I see that the other interpretation would make sense too...
I think a good reason for this is that the two kinds of extensions should behave the same (as much as possible) and you should be able to refactor your code from using one to using the other as you need. The two kinds only differ in how they are compiled under the cover. This property would be broken if one kind allowed access to lexical scope while the other did not (because, extension members technically cannot do that).
That said, I think this could be (at least) clarified in the specification. The best way to report this is to send email to fsbugs at microsoft dot com.
I sent this question to fsbugs at microsoft dot com and got following answer from Don Syme:
Hi Sergey,
Yes, the behaviour is intentional. When you use “let” in the class scope the identifier has lexical scope over the type definition. The value may not even be placed in a field – for example if a value is not captured by any methods then it becomes local to the constructor. This analysis is done locally to the class.
I understand that you expect the feature to work like partial classes in C#. However it just doesn’t work that way.
I think term "lexical scope" should be define more clearly in the spec, because otherwise current behavior would be surprising for other developers as well.
Many thanks to Don for his response!

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