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Extending B with Control Flow Breaks

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ZB 2003: Formal Specification and Development in Z and B (ZB 2003)

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This paper describes extensions of the B language concerning control flow breaks in implementations and specification of operations with exceptional behaviors. It does not claim to define those extensions in a pure formal and complete way. It is rather a presentation of what could be done and how it could be done. A syntax is proposed and proof obligations are defined using a weakest precondition calculus extended to deal with abrupt termination. Examples emphasizing the advantages of these extensions are also given.

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  1. Gemplus Research Lab, La Vigie, Avenue du Jujubier - ZI Athelia IV, 13705, La Ciotat CEDEX, France

    Lilian Burdy & Antoine Requet

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  1. Lilian Burdy
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  1. Laboratoire LSR-IMAG, CNRS, 681, rue de la Passerelle, BP 72, 38402, Saint-Martin-d’Heres Cedex, France

    Didier Bert

  2. CISM, London South Bank University, Borough Road, London, SE1 0AA, UK

    Jonathan P. Bowen

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of York, Heslington, York, YO10 5DD, UK

    Steve King

  4. Department of Computer Science, Åbo Akademi University, Lemminkäineng. 14 A, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Marina Waldén

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Burdy, L., Requet, A. (2003). Extending B with Control Flow Breaks. In: Bert, D., Bowen, J.P., King, S., Waldén, M. (eds) ZB 2003: Formal Specification and Development in Z and B. ZB 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2651. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44880-2_30

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