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(** Right-to-left iterator on lists *)
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Section Fold_Right_Recursor.
Variables (A : Type) (B : Type).
Variable f : B -> A -> A.
Variable a0 : A.
Fixpoint fold_right (l:list B) : A :=
match l with
| [] => a0
| b :: l => f b (fold_right l)
end.
End Fold_Right_Recursor.

(* Specifications: *)
Lemma fold_right_app : forall (A B:Type)(f:A->B->B) l l' i,
fold_right f i (l++l') = fold_right f (fold_right f i l') l.
Lemma fold_left_rev_right : forall (A B:Type)(f:A->B->B) l i,
fold_right f i (rev l) = fold_left (fun x y => f y x) l i.
Theorem fold_symmetric :
forall (A : Type) (f : A -> A -> A),
(forall x y z : A, f x (f y z) = f (f x y) z) ->
forall (a0 : A), (forall y : A, f a0 y = f y a0) ->
forall (l : list A), fold_left f l a0 = fold_right f a0 l.