(** Memory states are accessed by addresses [b, ofs]: pairs of a block
  identifier [b] and a byte offset [ofs] within that block.
  Each address is associated to permissions, also known as access rights.
  The following permissions are expressible:
- Freeable (exclusive access): all operations permitted
- Writable: load, store and pointer comparison operations are permitted,
  but freeing is not.
- Readable: only load and pointer comparison operations are permitted.
- Nonempty: valid, but only pointer comparisons are permitted.
- Empty: not yet allocated or previously freed; no operation permitted.

The first four cases are represented by the following type of permissions.
Being empty is represented by the absence of any permission.
*)

Inductive permission: Type :=
  | Freeable: permission
  | Writable: permission
  | Readable: permission
  | Nonempty: permission.(** Memory states are accessed by addresses [b, ofs]: pairs of a block
  identifier [b] and a byte offset [ofs] within that block.
  Each address is associated to permissions, also known as access rights.
  The following permissions are expressible:
- Freeable (exclusive access): all operations permitted
- Writable: load, store and pointer comparison operations are permitted,
  but freeing is not.
- Readable: only load and pointer comparison operations are permitted.
- Nonempty: valid, but only pointer comparisons are permitted.
- Empty: not yet allocated or previously freed; no operation permitted.

The first four cases are represented by the following type of permissions.
Being empty is represented by the absence of any permission.
*)

Inductive permission: Type :=
  | Freeable: permission
  | Writable: permission
  | Readable: permission
  | Nonempty: permission.(** Memory states are accessed by addresses [b, ofs]: pairs of a block
  identifier [b] and a byte offset [ofs] within that block.
  Each address is associated to permissions, also known as access rights.
  The following permissions are expressible:
- Freeable (exclusive access): all operations permitted
- Writable: load, store and pointer comparison operations are permitted,
  but freeing is not.
- Readable: only load and pointer comparison operations are permitted.
- Nonempty: valid, but only pointer comparisons are permitted.
- Empty: not yet allocated or previously freed; no operation permitted.

The first four cases are represented by the following type of permissions.
Being empty is represented by the absence of any permission.
*)

Inductive permission: Type :=
  | Freeable: permission
  | Writable: permission
  | Readable: permission
  | Nonempty: permission.(** Memory states are accessed by addresses [b, ofs]: pairs of a block
  identifier [b] and a byte offset [ofs] within that block.
  Each address is associated to permissions, also known as access rights.
  The following permissions are expressible:
- Freeable (exclusive access): all operations permitted
- Writable: load, store and pointer comparison operations are permitted,
  but freeing is not.
- Readable: only load and pointer comparison operations are permitted.
- Nonempty: valid, but only pointer comparisons are permitted.
- Empty: not yet allocated or previously freed; no operation permitted.

The first four cases are represented by the following type of permissions.
Being empty is represented by the absence of any permission.
*)

Inductive permission: Type :=
  | Freeable: permission
  | Writable: permission
  | Readable: permission
  | Nonempty: permission.(** Memory states are accessed by addresses [b, ofs]: pairs of a block
  identifier [b] and a byte offset [ofs] within that block.
  Each address is associated to permissions, also known as access rights.
  The following permissions are expressible:
- Freeable (exclusive access): all operations permitted
- Writable: load, store and pointer comparison operations are permitted,
  but freeing is not.
- Readable: only load and pointer comparison operations are permitted.
- Nonempty: valid, but only pointer comparisons are permitted.
- Empty: not yet allocated or previously freed; no operation permitted.

The first four cases are represented by the following type of permissions.
Being empty is represented by the absence of any permission.
*)

Inductive permission: Type :=
  | Freeable: permission
  | Writable: permission
  | Readable: permission
  | Nonempty: permission.(** In the list, each permission implies the other permissions further down the
    list.  We reflect this fact by the following order over permissions. *)

Inductive perm_order: permission -> permission -> Prop :=
  | perm_refl:  forall p, perm_order p p
  | perm_F_any: forall p, perm_order Freeable p
  | perm_W_R:   perm_order Writable Readable
  | perm_any_N: forall p, perm_order p Nonempty.(** In the list, each permission implies the other permissions further down the
    list.  We reflect this fact by the following order over permissions. *)

Inductive perm_order: permission -> permission -> Prop :=
  | perm_refl:  forall p, perm_order p p
  | perm_F_any: forall p, perm_order Freeable p
  | perm_W_R:   perm_order Writable Readable
  | perm_any_N: forall p, perm_order p Nonempty.(** In the list, each permission implies the other permissions further down the
    list.  We reflect this fact by the following order over permissions. *)

Inductive perm_order: permission -> permission -> Prop :=
  | perm_refl:  forall p, perm_order p p
  | perm_F_any: forall p, perm_order Freeable p
  | perm_W_R:   perm_order Writable Readable
  | perm_any_N: forall p, perm_order p Nonempty.(** In the list, each permission implies the other permissions further down the
    list.  We reflect this fact by the following order over permissions. *)

Inductive perm_order: permission -> permission -> Prop :=
  | perm_refl:  forall p, perm_order p p
  | perm_F_any: forall p, perm_order Freeable p
  | perm_W_R:   perm_order Writable Readable
  | perm_any_N: forall p, perm_order p Nonempty.(** In the list, each permission implies the other permissions further down the
    list.  We reflect this fact by the following order over permissions. *)

Inductive perm_order: permission -> permission -> Prop :=
  | perm_refl:  forall p, perm_order p p
  | perm_F_any: forall p, perm_order Freeable p
  | perm_W_R:   perm_order Writable Readable
  | perm_any_N: forall p, perm_order p Nonempty.

Lemma perm_order_trans: forall p1 p2 p3, perm_order p1 p2 -> perm_order p2 p3 -> perm_order p1 p3.