(* Some notation for array lookups *)
Notation "f '#' i " := (arrayLookup _ f i) (at level 70) : array_scope.(* A special case for array lookup when the range is lists -- returns nil instead of None when not found.  This is useful for multidimensional arrays. *)
Definition arrayLookupList(A B : Set)(eqd : EqDec A)(ls : list (A * (list B)))(a : A) :=
    match (arrayLookup _ ls a) with
      | None => nil
      | Some ls => ls
    end.Fixpoint arrayLookupOpt(A B : Set)(eqd : EqDec A)(ls : list (option (A * B)))(a : A) :=
  match ls with
    | nil => None
      | o :: ls' =>
        match o with
          | None => arrayLookupOpt _ ls' a
          | Some (a', b') =>
            if (eqb a a') then (Some b') else (arrayLookupOpt _ ls' a)
        end
  end.

Theorem list_pred_impl_arrayLookup : forall (A B C : Set) P (eqda : EqDec A)(ls1 : list (A * B))(ls2 : list (A * C)), list_pred (fun x y => fst x = fst y /\ P (snd x) (snd y)) ls1 ls2 -> (forall v z, arrayLookup _ ls1 v = Some z -> exists z', arrayLookup _ ls2 v = Some z' /\ P z z') /\ (forall v, arrayLookup _ ls1 v = None -> arrayLookup _ ls2 v = None).