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+HAVE_STACK := $(shell command -v stack 2> /dev/null)
+ifdef HAVE_STACK
+HS_TO_COQ = stack exec hs-to-coq --
+else
+HS_TO_COQ = cabal new-run -v0 exe:hs-to-coq --
+endif
+SHELL = bash
+
+SRC=build-systems-ala-carte/src
+
+OUT=out
+
+RENAMED=renamed
+
+HS_SPEC=hs-spec
+
+# not all of these need to be handwritten. eventually we should be able to
+# generate some of these modules as hs-to-coq is improved.
+# see [notes.md] for discussion of issues
+
+# Handwritten modules (usually by modification of generated version)
+HANDMOD = \
+
+
+
+# Generated modules
+#
+# Build/Multi \ # Gives below error
+# COQC Build/Multi.v
+# File "./Build/Multi.v", line 35, characters 22-42:
+# Error:
+# In environment
+# k : Type
+# v : Type
+# H : Base.Eq_ k
+# The term "Base.Applicative" has type
+#  "forall f : Type -> Type, Base.Functor f -> Type"
+# while it is expected to have type "(Type -> Type) -> Type"
+# (universe inconsistency).# generated directly from GHC/libraries/$(SRC)
+#
+# Build/Utilities,
+# abandoned due to requiring algebraic-graphs dependency, which would add 2 more other deps
+# Also, hoping that the utils are mostly for the tests of correctness in tests/, and letting us still
+# translate the rest of the library's structures.
+#
+# Build/SelfTracking # Gives below error, primary issue is functions are partial here.
+# File "./Build/SelfTracking.v", line 40, characters 0-353:
+# Error: Unable to satisfy the following constraints:
+# UNDEFINED EVARS:
+#  ?X23==[f k v t H fetch key arg_0__ y |- Err.Default v] (parameter H of
+#          @Err.error) {?H}
+#  ?X28==[f k v t H fetch key
+#          (extract:=fun arg_0__ : Value v t =>
+#                    match arg_0__ with
+#                    | Mk_Value v => v
+#                    | ValueTask y =>
+#                        Err.error (Base.hs_string__ "Inconsistent fetch")
+#                    end) |- Base.Functor f] (parameter H of
+#          @Functor.op_zlzdzg__) {?H0}
+# TYPECLASSES:?X23 ?X28
+#
+# Build/SelfTracking/Typed # Has following extensions
+# {-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds, GADTs, RankNTypes, ScopedTypeVariables #-}
+# also then gives the following error in the Coq generated code for key:
+# Error: Cannot infer the type of a in environment:
+# Inductive Key k v s a : Type :=
+#   | Script : k -> Key k v s s
+#   | Value : k -> Key k v s v.
+MODULES = \
+   Build/Task \
+   Build/Store \
+   Build/Trace \
+   Build/Task/Monad \
+
+
+
+# Generated modules
+# generated directly from GHC/libraries/$(SRC)/tests
+TEST_MODULES = \
+
+# generated from drop-in/
+DROPIN =
+
+# also generated from drop-in/
+SPECIAL_MODULES =
+
+
+VFILES_GEN = $(addprefix $(OUT)/,$(addsuffix .v,$(MODULES)))
+VFILES_GEN_TEST = $(addprefix $(OUT)/,$(addsuffix .v,$(TEST_MODULES)))
+VFILES_MAN = $(addprefix $(OUT)/,$(addsuffix .v,$(HANDMOD)))
+VFILES_SPECIAL = $(addprefix $(OUT)/,$(addsuffix .v,$(SPECIAL_MODULES)))
+VFILES_DROPIN = $(addprefix $(OUT)/,$(addsuffix .v,$(DROPIN)))
+
+VFILES = $(VFILES_GEN_TEST) $(VFILES_GEN) $(VFILES_MAN) $(VFILES_SPECIAL) $(VFILES_DROPIN)
+
+all: vfiles coq
+
+vfiles: $(OUT)/edits  $(OUT)/README.md $(OUT)/_CoqProject $(VFILES)
+
+$(OUT)/_CoqProject : Makefile
+	mkdir -p $(OUT)
+	> $@
+	echo '-Q . ""' >> $@
+	echo '-Q ../../../base ""' >> $@
+	echo '-Q ../../transformers/lib ""' >> $@
+	echo $(addsuffix .v,$(HANDMOD)) >> $@
+	echo $(addsuffix .v,$(MODULES)) >> $@
+	echo $(addsuffix .v,$(SPECIAL_MODULES)) >> $@
+	echo $(addsuffix .v,$(DROPIN)) >> $@
+
+$(OUT)/Makefile: $(OUT)/_CoqProject $(VFILES)
+	cd $(OUT); coq_makefile -f _CoqProject -o Makefile
+
+$(OUT)/edits: $(OUT)/README.md
+	ln -fs ../edits $(OUT)/edits
+
+$(OUT)/README.md:
+	mkdir -p $(OUT)
+	> $@
+	echo 'This directory contains a Coq’ified version of the Haskell $(SRC) library' >> $@
+	echo 'Do not edit files here! Instead, look in `examples/$(SRC)`.' >> $@
+
+
+coq: $(OUT)/Makefile $(VFILES)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(OUT) -f Makefile OPT=$(COQFLAGS)
+
+  # --dependency-dir deps/ \
+  #
+  #
+HS_TO_COQ_OPTS := \
+  -e ../../base/edits \
+  -e edits \
+  --iface-dir ../../base \
+  -e ../transformers/edits  --iface-dir ../transformers/lib   \
+  --iface-dir $(OUT) \
+  -N \
+  -i $(SRC) \
+  -i $(SRC)/tests \
+  -i $(SRC)/dist-install/build \
+  -I $(SRC)/include \
+  -o $(OUT) \
+
+
+.SECONDEXPANSION:
+$(VFILES_GEN): $(OUT)/%.v : $$(wildcard module-edits/$$*/preamble.v) $$(wildcard module-edits/$$*/midamble.v)  $$(wildcard module-edits/$$*/edits) $(wildcard module-edits/$$*/flags) edits
+	$(HS_TO_COQ) $(addprefix -e , $(wildcard module-edits/$*/edits)) \
+	             $(addprefix -p , $(wildcard module-edits/$*/preamble.v)) \
+	             $(addprefix --midamble , $(wildcard module-edits/$*/midamble.v)) \
+		     $(HS_TO_COQ_OPTS) \
+	             $(addprefix `cat , $(addsuffix ` , $(wildcard module-edits/$*/flags))) \
+	             $(wildcard $(SRC)/$*.hs) $(wildcard $(SRC)/tests/$*.hs)
+	test -e $@
+
+$(VFILES_DROPIN): $(OUT)/%.v : module-edits/%/edits edits module-edits/%/preamble.v drop-in/%.hs
+	$(HS_TO_COQ) -e module-edits/$*/edits \
+	             $(HS_TO_COQ_OPTS) \
+	             drop-in/$*.hs
+
+.SECONDEXPANSION:
+$(VFILES_MAN): $(OUT)/%.v : manual/%.v
+	mkdir -p "$$(dirname $(OUT)/$*.v)"
+	rm -f $@
+	lndir ../manual $(OUT)/
+
+%.h2ci: %.v
+	test -e $@
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(OUT) $(RENAMED) $(HS_SPEC)
+	rm -f counts.pdf *.aux *.log
+
+todo:
+	grep -a Axiom $(OUT)/*.v $(OUT)/*/*.v $(OUT)/*/*/*.v
+	grep -a Admitted $(OUT)/*.v $(OUT)/*/*.v $(OUT)/*/*/*.v
+	grep -a errorWithout $(OUT)/*.v $(OUT)/*/*.v $(OUT)/*/*/*.v
+	grep -a Parameter $(OUT)/*.v $(OUT)/*/*.v $(OUT)/*/*/*.v
+
+counts.pdf: counts.fig
+	pdflatex counts
+
+counts.fig: Makefile $(VFILES)
+	(echo "\\begin{tabular}{lllll}"; \
+    echo "Module & Defs & Class & Insts & Skipped\\\\"; \
+    echo "\\multicolumn{4}{l}{\emph{Generated modules}}\\\\"; \
+	 for i in  $(MODULES) $(DROPIN) ; \
+       do (echo $$i; echo "&"; grep -a "Definition" $(OUT)/$$i.v | wc -l ; echo "&"; \
+           grep -a "Class" $(OUT)/$$i.v | wc -l;  echo "&"; \
+           grep -a "Instance" $(OUT)/$$i.v | wc -l;  echo "&"; \
+           grep -a "skip" module-edits/$$i/edits | wc -l;  echo "\\\\" ) done; \
+    echo "\\\\"; \
+    echo "\\multicolumn{4}{l}{\emph{Manually adapted modules}}\\\\"; \
+	 for i in  $(HANDMOD) ; \
+       do (echo $$i; echo "&"; grep -a "Definition" $(OUT)/$$i.v | wc -l ;  echo "&"; \
+           grep -a "Class" $(OUT)/$$i.v | wc -l ;  echo "&"; \
+           grep -a "Instance" $(OUT)/$$i.v| wc -l; echo "\\\\" ) done; \
+	 echo "\\end{tabular}") > counts.fig