A Rocq-mechanized semantics for JavaScript regex with backtracking, proven equivalent to an ECMAScript embedding, then used to verify contextual equivalence of rewrites and to prove correctness of the PikeVM algorithm.
In Proceedings of the XXVII Brazilian Symposium on Programming Languages, SBLP 2023, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil, September 25-29
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Formal Verification for JavaScript Regular Expressions: a Proven Semantics and its Applications (Extended Version)
A Rocq-mechanized semantics for JavaScript regex with backtracking, proven equivalent to an ECMAScript embedding, then used to verify contextual equivalence of rewrites and to prove correctness of the PikeVM algorithm.