class credit_account : public account { 
credit_account
public: credit_account(float x) { _maxcredit = x; _credit = 0; } float balance() { return _balance + _credit; } float credit(float x) { require( x + _credit <= _maxcredit ); hold(); _credit += x; promise( _credit = old_credit + x ); promise( _balance = old_balance); promise( invariant() ); } void reduce(float x) { require( 0 <= x && x <= _credit ); hold(); _credit -= x; promise( _credit = old_credit - x ); promise( _balance = old_balance ); promise( invariant() ); } bool invariant() { return _credit <= _maxcredit && account::invariant(); } protected: float _maxcredit, _credit; float old_credit; void hold() { old_credit = _credit; account::hold(); } };

slide: Refining the account contract