Experience Report: Smuggling a Little Bit of Coq Inside a CAD Development Context (Extended Abstract)

Abstract

While the use of formal verification techniques is well established in the development of mission-critical software, it is still rare in the production of most other kinds of software. We share our experience that a formal verification tool such as Coq can be very useful and practical in the context of off-the-shelf software development -- CAD in particular -- at least in some occasions. The emphasis is on 3 main areas: factors that can enable the use of Coq in an industrial context; some typical examples of tasks, where Coq can offer an advantage; examples of issues to overcome - and some non-issues - when integrating Coq in a standard development process.