Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-year-1-of-the-computer-science-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2021/imperative-programming/3/a/solution

Use two finite integer lists , with the head of each list representing its stack top. Initially both are empty. A suitable abstract object interface is
trait DoubleStack {
  def pusha(x: Int): Unit
  def pushb(x: Int): Unit
  def popa: Int
  def popb: Int
  def isEmptya: Boolean
  def isEmptyb: Boolean
}
For the unbounded abstract data type, each push has no logical precondition. The postcondition of pusha(x) is and ; pushb(x) symmetrically gives and . The precondition of popa is , and its postcondition is return value , new state , and unchanged . The specification for popb exchanges . Each emptiness query leaves both lists unchanged and returns exactly whether its corresponding list is empty.
These frame conditions matter: an operation on one stack must preserve the other, not merely produce the right return value.

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