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Main Author: Pitts, Andrew M.
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08990
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contents When using interactive theorem provers based on dependent type theory to define and reason about languages involving binding constructs, we advocate the use of a well-scoped version of the locally nameless method of representing syntax. This paper describes generic code parameterized by a Plotkin-style binding signature for this style of syntax representation within the Agda theorem prover, gives a proof of its adequacy with respect to naive nameful syntax modulo alpha-conversion and discusses some examples of its use.
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spellingShingle Well-Scoped Locally Nameless Representation of Syntax
Pitts, Andrew M.
Logic in Computer Science
F.4.1; D.3.1
When using interactive theorem provers based on dependent type theory to define and reason about languages involving binding constructs, we advocate the use of a well-scoped version of the locally nameless method of representing syntax. This paper describes generic code parameterized by a Plotkin-style binding signature for this style of syntax representation within the Agda theorem prover, gives a proof of its adequacy with respect to naive nameful syntax modulo alpha-conversion and discusses some examples of its use.
title Well-Scoped Locally Nameless Representation of Syntax
topic Logic in Computer Science
F.4.1; D.3.1
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08990