Exploring the New Verification Infrastructure for Imperative Programs in Lean 4.22
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Summary
The article discusses the new verification infrastructure for proving properties of imperative programs in the upcoming Lean 4.22 release. It provides a first look at this feature, presents a simple example, and compares it to similar tools.
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In this post, I’ll take a first look at this feature, show a simple example of what it can do, and compare it to similar tools.
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