module CString

  use mach.int.Int
  use mach.int.Byte
  use export array.Array
  use array.ArrayEq

  type char = byte
  type cstring = array char

  exception Break

  let (=) (s1 s2: cstring) : bool
    ensures {result <-> array_eq s1 s2}
  = if s1.length <> s2.length then false else
      try
        let ref i = 0 in
        while i < s1.length do
          variant   { s1.length - i }
          invariant { 0 <= i <= s1.length }
          invariant { forall j. 0 <= j < i -> s1[j] = s2[j] }
          if s1[i] <> s2[i] then raise Break;
          i <- i + 1
        done;
        true
      with Break -> false end

  let function concat (s1 s2: cstring) : cstring
    ensures { result.length = s1.length + s2.length }
    ensures { forall i. 0 <= i < s1.length -> result[i] = s1[i] }
    ensures { forall i. s1.length <= i < result.length ->
                          result[i] = s2[i - s1.length] }
  = let r = make (s1.length + s2.length) 0 in
    let ref i = 0 in
    while i < s1.length do
      variant   { s1.length - i }
      invariant { 0 <= i <= s1.length }
      invariant { forall j. 0 <= j < i -> r[j] = s1[j] }
      r[i] <- s1[i];
      i <- i + 1
    done;
    while i < s1.length + s2.length do
      variant   { s1.length + s2.length - i }
      invariant { s1.length <= i <= s1.length + s2.length }
      invariant { forall j. 0 <= j < s1.length -> r[j] = s1[j]}
      invariant { forall j. s1.length <= j < i -> r[j] = s2[j - s1.length] }
      r[i] <- s2[i - s1.length];
      i <- i + 1
    done;
    r

  (* use string.String
  use string.Char

  val function of_string (s: string) : cstring
    ensures { String.length s = Array.length result }
    ensures { forall i. 0 <= i < String.length s ->
                Array.([]) result i = code (Char.get s i) }
  meta coercion function of_string *)

end