./Ultimate.py --spec ../../sv-benchmarks/c/properties/no-overflow.prp --file ../../sv-benchmarks/c/array-industry-pattern/array_of_struct_ptr_cond_init.i --full-output --architecture 32bit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Checking for overflows Using default analysis Version d790fecc Calling Ultimate with: /usr/bin/java -Dosgi.configuration.area=/tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/data/config -Xmx15G -Xms4m -jar /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.6.800.v20240513-1750.jar -data @noDefault -ultimatedata /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/data -tc /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/config/AutomizerReach.xml -i ../../sv-benchmarks/c/array-industry-pattern/array_of_struct_ptr_cond_init.i -s /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/config/svcomp-Overflow-32bit-Automizer_Default.epf --cacsl2boogietranslator.entry.function main --witnessprinter.witness.directory /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1 --witnessprinter.witness.filename witness --witnessprinter.write.witness.besides.input.file false --witnessprinter.graph.data.specification CHECK( init(main()), LTL(G ! overflow) ) --witnessprinter.graph.data.producer Automizer --witnessprinter.graph.data.architecture 32bit --witnessprinter.graph.data.programhash d48e7f91c207323ca4789c990d64e958c1524faa33e5de2c1f0c6fd7803f4f2e --- Real Ultimate output --- This is Ultimate 0.3.0-dev-d790fec [2024-12-02 06:15:01,914 INFO L188 SettingsManager]: Resetting all preferences to default values... [2024-12-02 06:15:01,973 INFO L114 SettingsManager]: Loading settings from /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/config/svcomp-Overflow-32bit-Automizer_Default.epf [2024-12-02 06:15:01,978 WARN L101 SettingsManager]: Preference file contains the following unknown settings: [2024-12-02 06:15:01,978 WARN L103 SettingsManager]: * de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.core.Log level for class [2024-12-02 06:15:02,000 INFO L130 SettingsManager]: Preferences different from defaults after loading the file: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,001 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of UltimateCore differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,001 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Log level for class=de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.lib.smtlibutils.quantifier.QuantifierPusher=ERROR; [2024-12-02 06:15:02,002 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of Boogie Preprocessor differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,002 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Use memory slicer=true [2024-12-02 06:15:02,002 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of Boogie Procedure Inliner differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,002 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Ignore calls to procedures called more than once=ONLY_FOR_SEQUENTIAL_PROGRAMS [2024-12-02 06:15:02,002 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of BlockEncodingV2 differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,002 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Create parallel compositions if possible=false [2024-12-02 06:15:02,002 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Use SBE=true [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of CACSL2BoogieTranslator differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Pointer base address is valid at dereference=IGNORE [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * sizeof long=4 [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Overapproximate operations on floating types=true [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * sizeof POINTER=4 [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Check division by zero=IGNORE [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Pointer to allocated memory at dereference=IGNORE [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * If two pointers are subtracted or compared they have the same base address=IGNORE [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Check array bounds for arrays that are off heap=IGNORE [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Check absence of signed integer overflows=ASSERTandASSUME [2024-12-02 06:15:02,003 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Check unreachability of reach_error function=false [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * sizeof long double=12 [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Check if freed pointer was valid=false [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Behaviour of calls to undefined functions=OVERAPPROXIMATE_BEHAVIOUR [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Use constant arrays=true [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of IcfgBuilder differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Size of a code block=SequenceOfStatements [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Only consider context switches at boundaries of atomic blocks=true [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * SMT solver=External_DefaultMode [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Command for external solver=z3 SMTLIB2_COMPLIANT=true -memory:2024 -smt2 -in -t:4000 [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of RCFGBuilder differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,004 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Size of a code block=SequenceOfStatements [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Only consider context switches at boundaries of atomic blocks=true [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * SMT solver=External_DefaultMode [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Command for external solver=z3 SMTLIB2_COMPLIANT=true -memory:2024 -smt2 -in -t:4000 [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L151 SettingsManager]: Preferences of TraceAbstraction differ from their defaults: [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Compute Interpolants along a Counterexample=FPandBP [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Compute procedure contracts=false [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Positions where we compute the Hoare Annotation=LoopHeads [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Trace refinement strategy=CAMEL [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Command for external solver=z3 SMTLIB2_COMPLIANT=true -memory:2024 -smt2 -in [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Apply one-shot large block encoding in concurrent analysis=false [2024-12-02 06:15:02,005 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Automaton type used in concurrency analysis=PETRI_NET [2024-12-02 06:15:02,006 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Order on configurations for Petri net unfoldings=DBO [2024-12-02 06:15:02,006 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * SMT solver=External_ModelsAndUnsatCoreMode [2024-12-02 06:15:02,006 INFO L153 SettingsManager]: * Looper check in Petri net analysis=SEMANTIC Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator: Entry function -> main Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.witnessprinter: Witness directory -> /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1 Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.witnessprinter: Witness filename -> witness Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.witnessprinter: Write witness besides input file -> false Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.witnessprinter: Graph data specification -> CHECK( init(main()), LTL(G ! overflow) ) Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.witnessprinter: Graph data producer -> Automizer Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.witnessprinter: Graph data architecture -> 32bit Applying setting for plugin de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.witnessprinter: Graph data programhash -> d48e7f91c207323ca4789c990d64e958c1524faa33e5de2c1f0c6fd7803f4f2e [2024-12-02 06:15:02,243 INFO L75 nceAwareModelManager]: Repository-Root is: /tmp [2024-12-02 06:15:02,251 INFO L261 ainManager$Toolchain]: [Toolchain 1]: Applicable parser(s) successfully (re)initialized [2024-12-02 06:15:02,253 INFO L217 ainManager$Toolchain]: [Toolchain 1]: Toolchain selected. [2024-12-02 06:15:02,254 INFO L270 PluginConnector]: Initializing CDTParser... [2024-12-02 06:15:02,254 INFO L274 PluginConnector]: CDTParser initialized [2024-12-02 06:15:02,255 INFO L431 ainManager$Toolchain]: [Toolchain 1]: Parsing single file: /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/../../sv-benchmarks/c/array-industry-pattern/array_of_struct_ptr_cond_init.i [2024-12-02 06:15:04,854 INFO L533 CDTParser]: Created temporary CDT project at /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/data/b8fe930d4/5007ad0d76dc4fe9aefb70fa042ba211/FLAGf45cafdf7 [2024-12-02 06:15:05,057 INFO L384 CDTParser]: Found 1 translation units. [2024-12-02 06:15:05,057 INFO L180 CDTParser]: Scanning /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/sv-benchmarks/c/array-industry-pattern/array_of_struct_ptr_cond_init.i [2024-12-02 06:15:05,063 INFO L427 CDTParser]: About to delete temporary CDT project at /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/data/b8fe930d4/5007ad0d76dc4fe9aefb70fa042ba211/FLAGf45cafdf7 [2024-12-02 06:15:05,404 INFO L435 CDTParser]: Successfully deleted /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/data/b8fe930d4/5007ad0d76dc4fe9aefb70fa042ba211 [2024-12-02 06:15:05,405 INFO L299 ainManager$Toolchain]: ####################### [Toolchain 1] ####################### [2024-12-02 06:15:05,406 INFO L133 ToolchainWalker]: Walking toolchain with 6 elements. [2024-12-02 06:15:05,407 INFO L112 PluginConnector]: ------------------------CACSL2BoogieTranslator---------------------------- [2024-12-02 06:15:05,407 INFO L270 PluginConnector]: Initializing CACSL2BoogieTranslator... [2024-12-02 06:15:05,410 INFO L274 PluginConnector]: CACSL2BoogieTranslator initialized [2024-12-02 06:15:05,410 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer ACSLObjectContainerObserver from plugin CACSL2BoogieTranslator for "CDTParser AST 02.12 06:15:05" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:05,411 INFO L204 PluginConnector]: Invalid model from CACSL2BoogieTranslator for observer de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator.ACSLObjectContainerObserver@6aebc6ad and model type de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:05, skipping insertion in model container [2024-12-02 06:15:05,411 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer CACSL2BoogieTranslatorObserver from plugin CACSL2BoogieTranslator for "CDTParser AST 02.12 06:15:05" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:05,425 INFO L175 MainTranslator]: Built tables and reachable declarations [2024-12-02 06:15:05,564 INFO L210 PostProcessor]: Analyzing one entry point: main [2024-12-02 06:15:06,366 INFO L200 MainTranslator]: Completed pre-run [2024-12-02 06:15:06,379 INFO L210 PostProcessor]: Analyzing one entry point: main [2024-12-02 06:15:07,755 INFO L204 MainTranslator]: Completed translation [2024-12-02 06:15:07,756 INFO L201 PluginConnector]: Adding new model de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07 WrapperNode [2024-12-02 06:15:07,756 INFO L131 PluginConnector]: ------------------------ END CACSL2BoogieTranslator---------------------------- [2024-12-02 06:15:07,757 INFO L112 PluginConnector]: ------------------------Boogie Procedure Inliner---------------------------- [2024-12-02 06:15:07,757 INFO L270 PluginConnector]: Initializing Boogie Procedure Inliner... [2024-12-02 06:15:07,757 INFO L274 PluginConnector]: Boogie Procedure Inliner initialized [2024-12-02 06:15:07,761 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer TypeChecker from plugin Boogie Procedure Inliner for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:08,296 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer Inliner from plugin Boogie Procedure Inliner for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:10,385 INFO L138 Inliner]: procedures = 21, calls = 100020, calls flagged for inlining = 5, calls inlined = 5, statements flattened = 100072 [2024-12-02 06:15:10,385 INFO L131 PluginConnector]: ------------------------ END Boogie Procedure Inliner---------------------------- [2024-12-02 06:15:10,386 INFO L112 PluginConnector]: ------------------------Boogie Preprocessor---------------------------- [2024-12-02 06:15:10,386 INFO L270 PluginConnector]: Initializing Boogie Preprocessor... [2024-12-02 06:15:10,386 INFO L274 PluginConnector]: Boogie Preprocessor initialized [2024-12-02 06:15:10,394 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer EnsureBoogieModelObserver from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:10,394 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer TypeChecker from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:11,655 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer MemorySlicer from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:12,205 INFO L175 MemorySlicer]: Split 100010 memory accesses to 3 slices as follows [2, 100002, 6]. 100 percent of accesses are in the largest equivalence class. The 100002 initializations are split as follows [2, 100000, 0]. The 4 writes are split as follows [0, 1, 3]. [2024-12-02 06:15:12,205 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer ConstExpander from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:12,206 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer StructExpander from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,234 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer ReplaceArrayAssignments from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,298 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer UnstructureCode from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,363 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer FunctionInliner from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,442 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer LTLStepAnnotator from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,501 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer BoogieSymbolTableConstructor from plugin Boogie Preprocessor for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,814 INFO L131 PluginConnector]: ------------------------ END Boogie Preprocessor---------------------------- [2024-12-02 06:15:13,815 INFO L112 PluginConnector]: ------------------------RCFGBuilder---------------------------- [2024-12-02 06:15:13,815 INFO L270 PluginConnector]: Initializing RCFGBuilder... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,815 INFO L274 PluginConnector]: RCFGBuilder initialized [2024-12-02 06:15:13,816 INFO L184 PluginConnector]: Executing the observer RCFGBuilderObserver from plugin RCFGBuilder for "de.uni_freiburg.informatik.ultimate.plugins.generator.cacsl2boogietranslator AST 02.12 06:15:07" (1/1) ... [2024-12-02 06:15:13,821 INFO L173 SolverBuilder]: Constructing external solver with command: z3 SMTLIB2_COMPLIANT=true -memory:2024 -smt2 -in -t:4000 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,830 INFO L189 MonitoredProcess]: No working directory specified, using /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/z3 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,958 INFO L229 MonitoredProcess]: Starting monitored process 1 with /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/z3 SMTLIB2_COMPLIANT=true -memory:2024 -smt2 -in -t:4000 (exit command is (exit), workingDir is null) [2024-12-02 06:15:13,960 INFO L327 MonitoredProcess]: [MP /tmp/vcloud_worker_vcloud-master_on_vcloud-master/run_dir_c05653b6-93fb-4929-a945-e36dfa22e372/bin/uautomizer-verify-84ZbGMXZE1/z3 SMTLIB2_COMPLIANT=true -memory:2024 -smt2 -in -t:4000 (1)] Waiting until timeout for monitored process [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure read~$Pointer$#0 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure read~$Pointer$#1 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure read~$Pointer$#2 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~init~$Pointer$#0 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~init~$Pointer$#1 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~init~$Pointer$#2 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure #Ultimate.allocInit [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~init~int#0 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~init~int#1 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,982 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~init~int#2 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~$Pointer$#0 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~$Pointer$#1 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~$Pointer$#2 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~int#0 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~int#1 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure write~int#2 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure #Ultimate.allocOnHeap [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure ULTIMATE.start [2024-12-02 06:15:13,983 INFO L138 BoogieDeclarations]: Found implementation of procedure ULTIMATE.start [2024-12-02 06:15:13,984 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure read~int#0 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,984 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure read~int#1 [2024-12-02 06:15:13,984 INFO L130 BoogieDeclarations]: Found specification of procedure read~int#2 [2024-12-02 06:15:14,094 INFO L234 CfgBuilder]: Building ICFG [2024-12-02 06:15:14,095 INFO L260 CfgBuilder]: Building CFG for each procedure with an implementation