A Declarative Debugging System for Lazy Functional Logic Programs

We present a declarative debugger for lazy functional logic programs with polymorphic type discipline. Whenever a computed answer is considered wrong by the user (error symptom), the debugger locates a program fragment (function defining rule) responsible for the error. The notions of symptom and error have a declarative meaning w.r.t. to an intended program semantics. Debugging is performed by searching in a computation tree which is a logical representation of the computation. Following a known technique, our tool is based on a program transformation: transformed programs return computation trees along with the results expected by source programs. Our transformation is provably correct w.r.t. well-typing and program semantics. As additional improvements w.r.t. related approaches, we solve a previously open problem concerning the use of curried functions, and we provide a correct method for avoiding redundant questions to the user during debugging. A prototype implementation of the d...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: ENTCS
• Authors: Rafael Caballero, Mario Rodríguez-Artalejo
• Keywords: Computation Trees, ENTCS 2002, Lazy Functional Logic, Program Semantics