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LIBCVC4(3) CVC4 Library Interfaces LIBCVC4(3)

libcvc4 - a library interface for the CVC4 theorem prover

A small program like:

#include <iostream>
#include "expr/expr_manager.h"
#include "smt/smt_engine.h"
using namespace CVC4;
int main() {

ExprManager em;
SmtEngine smt(&em);
Expr onePlusTwo = em.mkExpr(kind::PLUS,
em.mkConst(Rational(1)),
em.mkConst(Rational(2)));
std::cout << language::SetLanguage(language::output::LANG_CVC4)
<< smt.getInfo("name")
<< " says that 1 + 2 = "
<< smt.simplify(onePlusTwo)
<< std::endl;
return 0; }

gives the output:

"cvc4" says that 1 + 2 = 3

The main classes of interest in CVC4's API are ExprManager, SmtEngine, and a few related ones like Expr and Type.

The ExprManager is used to build up expressions and types, and the SmtEngine is used primarily to make assertions, check satisfiability/validity, and extract models and proofs.

cvc4(1), libcvc4parser(3)

Additionally, the CVC4 wiki contains useful information about the design and internals of CVC4. It is maintained at http://cvc4.cs.stanford.edu/wiki/.

2022-10-29 CVC4 release CVC4_RELEASE_STRING