spot/src/ltlvisit/snf.hh

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#pragma once

#include "ltlast/formula.hh"
#include <unordered_map>

namespace spot
{
  namespace ltl
  {

    typedef std::unordered_map<formula, formula> snf_cache;

    /// Helper to rewrite a sere in Star Normal Form.
    ///
    /// This should only be called on children of a Star operator.  It
    /// corresponds to the E° operation defined in the following
    /// paper.
    ///
    /** \verbatim
        @Article{	  bruggeman.96.tcs,
          author	= {Anne Br{\"u}ggemann-Klein},
          title		= {Regular Expressions into Finite Automata},
          journal	= {Theoretical Computer Science},
          year		= {1996},
          volume	= {120},
          pages		= {87--98}
        }
        \endverbatim */
    ///
    /// \param sere the SERE to rewrite
    /// \param cache an optional cache
    SPOT_API formula
    star_normal_form(formula sere, snf_cache* cache = nullptr);

    /// A variant of star_normal_form() for r[*0..j] where j < ω.
    SPOT_API formula
    star_normal_form_bounded(formula sere, snf_cache* cache = nullptr);
  }
}