simplify: remove an incorect SERE simplification

* src/ltlvisit/simplify.cc, doc/tl/tl.tex: Remove the rule.
* src/ltltest/reduc0.test: Add a regression test.
* src/ltltest/reduccmp.test: Adjust test cases for its removal.
* NEWS: Mention it.

NEWS

@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ New in spot 1.2.5a (not yet released)
 
   * Bug fixes:
 
+    - Remove one incorrect simplification rule for PSL discovered
+      via checks on random formulaes.  (The bug was very unlikely
+      to trigger on non-random formulas, because it requires a SERE
+      with an entire subexpression that is unsatisfiable.)
     - When the automaton resulting from the translation of a positive
       formula is deterministic, ltlcross will compute its complement
       to perform additional checks against other translations of the

doc/tl/tl.tex

@@ -1570,8 +1570,9 @@ Here are basic the rewritings for the weak closure and its negation:
   \nsere{r_1;r_2}&\equiv \nsere{r_1}\AND\nsere{r_2}\quad\text{if~}\varepsilon\VDash r_1\land\varepsilon\VDash r_2\\
   \sere{b;r}&\equiV b\AND\X\sere{r}&
   \nsere{b;r}&\equiV (\NOT b)\OR\X\nsere{r}\\
-  \sere{b\STAR{};r}&\equiv b\W\sere{r}&
+% These two would be correct only if $r$ is satisfiable.
-  \nsere{b\STAR{};r}&\equiv (\NOT b)\M\nsere{r}\\
+%  \sere{b\STAR{};r}&\equiv b\W\sere{r}&
+%  \nsere{b\STAR{};r}&\equiv (\NOT b)\M\nsere{r}\\
   \sere{b\STAR{\mvar{i}..\mvar{j}};r}&\equiV \underbrace{b\AND \X(b\ldots}_{\mathclap{i\text{~occurences of~}b}}\AND\X\sere{b\STAR{\mvar{0}..\mvar{j-i}}\CONCAT r})&
   \nsere{b\STAR{\mvar{i}..\mvar{j}};r}&\equiV \underbrace{(\NOT b)\OR \X((\NOT b)\ldots}_{\mathclap{i\text{~occurences of~}\NOT b}}\OR\X\nsere{b\STAR{\mvar{0}..\mvar{j-i}}\CONCAT r}) \\
   \sere{b\STAR{\mvar{i}..\mvar{j}}}&\equiV \underbrace{b\AND \X(b\AND \X(\ldots b))}_{i\text{~occurences of~}b}&

src/ltltest/reduc0.test

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# Copyright (C) 2013 Laboratoire de Recherche et
+# Copyright (C) 2013, 2014 Laboratoire de Recherche et
 # Développement de l'Epita (LRDE).
 #
 # This file is part of Spot, a model checking library.
@@ -24,3 +24,9 @@ set -e
 run 0 ../reduc 0 'XFa & FXa' 'XFa'
 run 0 ../reduc 0 '(Xf W 0) | X(f W 0)' 'XGf'
 
+# Two incorrect reductions.  Those used
+# to reduce respectively to a W (b && !b) and !a M (b || !b).
+# But both are wrong.  The reduction  {a*;r} = a W r  seems only
+# valid if r has a non-empty language.
+run 0 ../reduc 0 '{a[*];{b && !b}}'
+run 0 ../reduc 0 '!{a[*];{b && !b}}'

src/ltltest/reduccmp.test

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 # Check LTL reductions
 
 . ./defs || exit 1
+
 set -e
 
 cat >common.txt <<EOF
@@ -375,14 +376,14 @@ G(GFc|GFd|FGe|FGf), F(GF(c|d)|Ge|Gf)
 {a:b*:c:d*}<>->e, a & ((c & (e M d)) M b)
 {a|b*|c|d*}<>->e, ((a | c) & e) | (e M b) | (e M d)
 {{[*0]|a};b;{[*0]|a};c;e[*]}<>->f, {{[*0]|a};b;{[*0]|a}}<>->X(c&(f|X(f M e)))
-{a;b[*];c[*];e;f*}, a & X(b W (c W e))
+{a;b[*];c[*];e;f*}, a & X({b*;c*;e})
-{a;b*;(a* && (b;c));c*}, a & X(b W {a[*] && {b;c}})
+{a;b*;(a* && (b;c));c*}, a & X({b*;(a* && (b;c))})
 {a;a;b[*2..];b}, a & X(a & X(b & X(b & Xb)))
 !{a;a;b[*2..];b}, !a | X(!a | X(!b | X(!b | X!b)))
-!{a;b[*];c[*];e;f*}, !a | X(!b M (!c M !e))
+!{a;c[*];e;f*}, !a | X!{c[*];e}
-!{a;b*;(a* && (b;c));c*}, !a | X(!b M !{a[*] && {b;c}})
+!{a;b*;(a* && (b;c));c*}, !a | X(!{b*;(a* && (b;c))})
-{(a;c*;d)|(b;c)}, (a & X(c W d)) | (b & Xc)
+{(a;c*;d)|(b;c)}, (a & X{c*;d}) | (b & Xc)
-!{(a;c*;d)|(b;c)}, (X(!c M !d) | !a) & (X!c | !b)
+!{(a;c*;d)|(b;c)}, (X(!{c*;d}) | !a) & (X!c | !b)
 (Xc R b) & (Xc W 0), b & XGc
 {{c*|1}[*0..1]}<>-> v, {{c[+]|1}[*0..1]}<>-> v
 {{b*;c*}[*3..5]}<>-> v, {{b*;c*}[*0..5]} <>-> v

src/ltlvisit/simplify.cc

@@ -1592,10 +1592,10 @@ namespace spot
 
 		  // Some term does not accept the empty word.
 		  unsigned end = mo->size() - 1;
-		  // {b₁;b₂;b₃*;e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂;e₂;e₃;e₄}
+		  // {b₁;b₂;e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂;e₂;e₃;e₄}
-		  //    = b₁&X(b₂&X(b₃ W {e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂}))
+		  //    = b₁&X(b₂&X({e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂}))
-		  // !{b₁;b₂;b₃*;e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂;e₂;e₃;e₄}
+		  // !{b₁;b₂;e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂;e₂;e₃;e₄}
-		  //    = !b₁|X(!b₂|X(!b₃ M !{e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂}))
+		  //    = !b₁|X(!b₂|X(!{e₁;f₁;e₂;f₂}))
 		  // if e denotes a term that accepts [*0]
 		  // and b denotes a Boolean formula.
 		  while (mo->nth(end)->accepts_eword())
@@ -1604,9 +1604,7 @@ namespace spot
 		  while (start <= end)
 		    {
 		      const formula* r = mo->nth(start);
-		      const bunop* es = is_KleenStar(r);
+		      if (r->is_boolean() && !opt_.reduce_size_strictly)
-		      if ((r->is_boolean() && !opt_.reduce_size_strictly)
-			  || (es && es->child()->is_boolean()))
 			++start;
 		      else
 			break;
@@ -1652,21 +1650,6 @@ namespace spot
 				tail =
 				  multop::instance(multop::And, e, tail);
 			    }
-			  // {b*;f} = b W {f}
-			  // !{b*;f} = !b M !{f}
-			  else
-			    {
-			      const bunop* es = is_KleenStar(e);
-			      assert(es);
-			      const formula* c = es->child()->clone();
-			      if (doneg)
-				tail =
-				  binop::instance(binop::M,
-						  unop::instance(unop::Not, c),
-						  tail);
-			      else
-				tail = binop::instance(binop::W, c, tail);
-			    }
 			}
 		      mo->destroy();
 		      result_ = recurse_destroy(tail);