extern praxi 和 extern castfn 在表现力上有什么区别吗?

Is there any difference in expressiveness between an extern praxi and an extern castfn?

考虑:

#include "share/atspre_staload.hats"

fun only_zero(n: int(0)): void =
        println!("This is definitely zero: ", n)

fun less_than{n,m:int | n < m}(n: int(n), m: int(m)): void =
        println!(n, " is less than ", m)

implement main0() = (
        only_zero(zeroify(n));
        only_zero(m);
        less_than(b, a);
        less_than(f, e) where { val (f, e) = make_less_than((d, c)) };
) where {
        val n = 5
        val m = ~5
        val (a, b, c, d) = (1, 2, 3, 4)
        extern castfn zeroify{n:int}(n: int(n)): int(0)
        extern praxi lemma_this_is_zero{n:int}(n: int(n)): [n == 0] void
        extern castfn make_less_than{n,m:int}(t: (int(n), int(m))): [o,p:int | o < p] (int(o), int(p))
        extern praxi lemma_less_than{n,m:int}(n: int(n), m: int(m)): [n < m] void
        prval _ = lemma_this_is_zero(m)
}

它有这个输出:

This is definitely zero: 5
This is definitely zero: -5
2 is less than 1
4 is less than 3

是否存在需要其中之一而不是另一个的情况?

如果使用'castfn',您需要确保在目标语言中有相应的implicit转换函数。例如,如果 C 是目标语言,则 int2double 是一个 castfn。

另一方面,praxi/prfun被完全擦除,在生成的代码中没有任何痕迹。

我会说 praxi/prfun 更笼统,但 int2double 绝对不是 praxi/prfun。