Syntax and Handlers for Operations with Scopes

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• Maciej Piróg
• Friday 02 June 2017, 14:00-15:00
• FW26.

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We propose a model of syntax with scoped operations, which are relevant to calculi with algebraic operations and handlers. A scoped operation (such as “catch” used to handle exceptions) encompasses pieces of syntax that, unlike arguments of algebraic operations, do not commute with global substitution. In this setting, a handler can be understood as an interpretation of a scoped operation. We propose two equivalent categorical models. One arises from the initial-algebra semantics in the category of endofunctors, generalising Ghani et al.’s monad of explicit substitutions, while the other arises from algebras over a category of indexed objects, in the style of Fiore et ’s formalisation of syntax with binders using algebras over presheaves.

Joint work with Tom Schrijvers, Nicolas Wu, and Mauro Jaskelioff.

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