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+#lang racket
+(require "../lib.rkt")
+(provide (all-defined-out))
+
+;; The Simply-Typed Lambda Calculus
+
+;; Checks an expression for syntactic well-formedness.
+(define (stlc/expr? expr)
+ (match expr
+ [x #:when (symbol? x) #t]
+ [`(,e1 ,e2) (and (stlc/expr? e1) (stlc/expr? e2))]
+ [`(λ (,x : ,t) ,e) (and (symbol? x) (stlc/type? t) (stlc/expr? e))]
+ [_ #f]))
+
+;; Checks a type for syntactic well-formedness.
+(define (stlc/type? type)
+ (match type
+ [t #:when (symbol? t) #t]
+ [`(,t1 → ,t2) (and (stlc/type? t1) (stlc/type? t2))]
+ [_ #f]))
+
+;; Checks a value for syntactic well-formedness.
+(define (stlc/value? value)
+ (match value
+ [x #:when (symbol? x) #t]
+ [`(,v1 ,v2) (and (stlc/value? v1) (stlc/value? v2))]
+ [`(λ ,x ,e ,env) (and (symbol? x) (stlc/expr? e) (dict? env))]
+ [_ #f]))
+
+;; Interprets an expression down to a value, in a given context.
+(define/contract (interpret expr [Γ #hash()])
+ (->* (stlc/expr?) (dict?) stlc/value?)
+ (match expr
+ [x #:when (dict-has-key? Γ x) (dict-ref Γ x)]
+ [f #:when (symbol? f) f]
+ [`(λ (,x : ,t) ,e) `(λ ,x ,e ,Γ)]
+ [`(,e1 ,e2)
+ (match (interpret e1 Γ)
+ [`(λ ,x ,e ,env) (interpret e (dict-set env x (interpret e2 Γ)))]
+ [e `(,e ,(interpret e2 Γ))])]))
+
+;; Checks an expression against some type, in a given context.
+(define/contract (check expr with [Γ #hash()])
+ (->* (stlc/expr? stlc/type?) (dict?) boolean?)
+ (match expr
+ [`(λ (,x : ,t) ,e)
+ (match with
+ [`(,t1 → ,t2)
+ (and (equal? t t1) (check e t2 (dict-set Γ x t)))]
+ [_ #f])]
+ [_ (equal? with (infer with Γ))]))
+
+;; Infers a type from some expression, in a given context.
+(define/contract (infer expr [Γ #hash()])
+ (->* (stlc/expr?) (dict?) stlc/type?)
+ (match expr
+ [x #:when (dict-has-key? Γ x) (dict-ref Γ x)]
+ [f #:when (symbol? f)
+ (err (format "attempting to infer type of free variable ~a" f))]
+ [`(λ (,x : ,t) ,e)
+ `(,t → ,(infer e (dict-set Γ x t)))]
+ [`(,e1 ,e2)
+ (match (infer e1 Γ)
+ [`(,t1 → ,t2)
+ (if (check e2 t1 Γ) t2
+ (err (format "inferred argument type ~a does not match arg ~a" t1 e2)))]
+ [t (err (format "expected → type on application body, got ~a" t))])]))