[m-dev.] syntax for pre and post conditions

[Fergus Henderson]

On 25-Jan-2000, Mark Anthony BROWN <dougl at cs.mu.OZ.AU> wrote:
> Peter Ross writes:
> > 
> > :- pred take(int::in, list(int)::in_list_skel, list(int)::out) is semidet.
> > 
> > :- check admissibility take(N, L, _) => ( N =< length(L) ).
> 
> I think this should be a mode error---L is not bound sufficiently
> to be passed to length.  So I don't see this as a problem with
> your method.

The trouble with that approach, I think, is that it doesn't
seem to work so well for multi-moded predicates.

Does anyone have a realistic example of a multi-moded predicate
for which you want admissibility constraints or preconditions?
I think there probably are some, but off-hand I'm having
difficulty coming up with realistic examples.

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