(** Folding a function over a list *)
Section LIST_FOLD.
Variables A B: Type.
Variable f: A -> B -> B.
(** This is exactly [List.fold_left] from Coq's standard library, with [f] taking arguments in a different order. *)
Fixpoint list_fold_left (accu: B) (l: list A) : B :=
match l with nil => accu | x :: l' => list_fold_left (f x accu) l' end.
(** This is exactly [List.fold_right] from Coq's standard library, except that it runs in constant stack space. *)
Definition list_fold_right (l: list A) (base: B) : B :=
list_fold_left base (List.rev' l).
Remark list_fold_left_app:
forall l1 l2 accu,
list_fold_left accu (l1 ++ l2) = list_fold_left (list_fold_left accu l1) l2.

Lemma list_fold_right_eq:
forall l base,
list_fold_right l base =
match l with nil => base | x :: l' => f x (list_fold_right l' base) end.