| Copyright | (c) Levent Erkok |
|---|---|
| License | BSD3 |
| Maintainer | erkokl@gmail.com |
| Stability | experimental |
| Safe Haskell | None |
| Language | Haskell2010 |
Documentation.SBV.Examples.BitPrecise.MultMask
Description
An SBV solution to the bit-precise puzzle of shuffling the bits in a 64-bit word in a custom order. The idea is to take a 64-bit value:
1.......2.......3.......4.......5.......6.......7.......8.......
And turn it into another 64-bit value, that looks like this:
12345678........................................................
We do not care what happens to the bits that are represented by dots. The problem is to do this with one mask and one multiplication.
Apparently this operation has several applications, including in programs that play chess of all things. We use SBV to find the appropriate mask and the multiplier.
Note that this is an instance of the program synthesis problem, where we "fill in the blanks" given a certain skeleton that satisfy a certain property, using quantified formulas.
Synopsis
- maskAndMult :: IO ()
Documentation
maskAndMult :: IO () Source #
Find the multiplier and the mask as described. We have:
>>>maskAndMultSatisfiable. Model: mask = 0x8080808080808080 :: Word64 mult = 0x0002040810204081 :: Word64
That is, any 64 bit value masked by the first and multiplied by the second
value above will have its bits at positions [7,15,23,31,39,47,55,63] moved
to positions [56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63] respectively.
NB. Depending on your z3 version, you might also get the following multiplier as the result: 0x8202040810204081. That value works just fine as well!
NB. Note the custom call to z3 with a specific tactic. A simple call to z3 unfortunately does not terminate quickly.