(** {1 Russian peasant multiplication} Multiply two integers a and b using only addition, multiplication by 2, and division by 2. Note: this is exactly the same algorithm as exponentiation by squaring with power/*/1 being replaced by */+/0. *) module BinaryMultiplication use mach.int.Int use ref.Ref let binary_mult (a b: int) : int requires { b >= 0 } ensures { result = a * b } = let x = ref a in let y = ref b in let z = ref 0 in while !y <> 0 do invariant { 0 <= !y } invariant { !z + !x * !y = a * b } variant { !y } if !y % 2 = 1 then z := !z + !x; x := 2 * !x; y := !y / 2 done; !z end (** Now using machine integers. Assuming that the product fits in machine integers, we can still verify the code. The only exception is when `a*b = min_int`. The code below makes no assumption on the sign of `b`. Instead, it uses the fact that `!y % 2` has the sign of `!y` so that `!x` is either added to or subtracted from the result. *) module BinaryMultiplication63 use int.Int use int.Abs use mach.int.Int63 use ref.Ref let binary_mult (a b: int63) : int63 requires { min_int < a * b <= max_int } ensures { result = a * b } = let x = ref a in let y = ref b in let z = ref 0 in while !y <> 0 do invariant { if a*b >= 0 then !x * !y >= 0 && !z >= 0 else !x * !y <= 0 && !z <= 0 } invariant { !z + !x * !y = a * b } variant { abs !y } z := !z + !x * (!y % 2); y := !y / 2; (* be careful not to make the very last multiplication *) if !y <> 0 then x := 2 * !x done; !z end