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diff --git a/tests/src/betree/Cargo.toml b/tests/src/betree/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+name = "betree"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Son Ho <hosonmarc@gmail.com>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+serde_json = "1.0.91"
+serde = { version = "1.0.152", features = ["derive"] }
+log = "0.4.17"
+env_logger = "0.8.4"
+
+# TODO: If we turn this package into a library, building the tests fails.
diff --git a/tests/src/betree/Makefile b/tests/src/betree/Makefile
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+.PHONY: all
+all: tests
+
+.PHONY: test
+test:
+	cargo rustc -- --test -Zpolonius
+	cd target/debug/ && ./betree
+
+.PHONY: clean
+clean:
+	cargo clean
diff --git a/tests/src/betree/README.md b/tests/src/betree/README.md
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+This project contains tests which require the Polonius borrow checker.
diff --git a/tests/src/betree/rust-toolchain b/tests/src/betree/rust-toolchain
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+[toolchain]
+channel = "nightly-2023-06-02"
+components = [ "rustc-dev", "llvm-tools-preview" ]
diff --git a/tests/src/betree/src/betree.rs b/tests/src/betree/src/betree.rs
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+//! The following module implements a minimal betree.
+//! We don't have loops for now, so we will need to update the code to remove
+//! the recursive functions at some point.
+//! We drew a lot of inspiration from the C++ [Be-Tree](https://github.com/oscarlab/Be-Tree).
+//! implementation.
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+use crate::betree_utils as utils;
+
+pub type NodeId = u64;
+pub type Key = u64;
+pub type Value = u64;
+
+type Map<K, V> = List<(K, V)>;
+
+/// We use linked lists for the maps from keys to messages/bindings
+pub(crate) enum List<T> {
+    Cons(T, Box<List<T>>),
+    Nil,
+}
+
+/// Every node has a unique identifier (the betree has a counter).
+/// Whenever we need to read/update the content of a node, we read/update
+/// the whole content from disk at once.
+///
+/// In order to make things simple, the content of each node is saved in
+/// a single file, identified by the node index. Also, we use json.
+///
+/// We don't reason about the content of the load/store node functions
+/// (which are assumed), while the purpose of this example is to illustrate the
+/// proof experience we have with Aeneas: we are not looking for performance here.
+///
+/// Rk.: in the future, we will directly use the functions from betree_utils
+/// and setup the translation to consider this module as assumed (i.e., no
+/// wrappers)
+fn load_internal_node(id: NodeId) -> InternalContent {
+    utils::load_internal_node(id)
+}
+
+/// See [load_internal_node].
+fn store_internal_node(id: NodeId, content: InternalContent) {
+    utils::store_internal_node(id, content)
+}
+
+/// See [load_internal_node].
+fn load_leaf_node(id: NodeId) -> LeafContent {
+    utils::load_leaf_node(id)
+}
+
+/// See [load_internal_node].
+fn store_leaf_node(id: NodeId, content: LeafContent) {
+    utils::store_leaf_node(id, content)
+}
+
+fn fresh_node_id(counter: &mut NodeId) -> NodeId {
+    let id = *counter;
+    *counter += 1;
+    id
+}
+
+/// We use this type to encode closures.
+/// See [Message::Upsert] and [upsert_update]
+pub enum UpsertFunState {
+    Add(u64),
+    Sub(u64),
+}
+
+/// A message - note that all those messages have to be linked to a key
+pub(crate) enum Message {
+    /// Insert a binding from value to key
+    Insert(Value),
+    /// Delete a binding from value to key
+    Delete,
+    /// [Upsert] is "query then update" (query a value, then update the binding
+    /// by using the result of the query). This is pretty expensive if we
+    /// actually *do* query, *then* update: queries are expensive, because
+    /// we potentially have to explore the tree in depth (and every time we
+    /// lookup a node, we have an expensive I/O operation).
+    /// Instead, we insert this [Upsert] message in the tree, which progressively
+    /// gets propagated to the children untils it gets applied (when we find an
+    /// [Insert], or when we reach a leaf).
+    ///
+    /// In practice, [Upsert] should store a closure. For now we don't have
+    /// support for function pointers and closures, so [Upsert] doesn't store
+    /// a closure and always applies the same update function. Note that the
+    /// [Value] stored in [Upsert] acts as a closure's state.
+    ///
+    /// The interest of this example is to split the proof in two:
+    /// 1. a very simple refinement proof (which is made simple by the fact that
+    ///    Aeneas takes care of the memory management proof obligations through
+    ///    the translation)
+    /// 2. a more complex functional proof.
+    /// We write a very general model of the b-epsilon tree, prove that it is
+    /// refined by the translated code in 1., then prove the general functional
+    /// correctness case once and for all in 2.
+    /// The idea is that once we add support for closures, we should be able to
+    /// update the Rust code, and all we would need to do on the proof side is
+    /// to update the refinement proof in 1., which should hopefully be
+    /// straightforward.
+    ///
+    /// Also note that if we don't have [Upsert], there is no point in using
+    /// b-epsilon trees, which have the particularity of storing messages:
+    /// b-trees and their variants work very well (and don't use messages).
+    ///
+    /// Note there is something interesting about the proofs we do for [Upsert].
+    /// When we use [Insert] or [Delete], we remove the upserts which are pending
+    /// for the key, because there is no point in applying them (there would be
+    /// if we wanted to leverage the fact that the update functions we apply may
+    /// be stateful).
+    /// The consequence is that we don't observe potentially failing executions of
+    /// the update functions. At the opposite, the specification of [Upsert] is
+    /// "greedy": we see [Upsert] as query then update. This means that the
+    /// implementation refines the specification only if we make sure that the
+    /// update function used for the upsert doesn't fail on the input we give it
+    /// (all this can be seen in the specification we prove about the be-tree).
+    Upsert(UpsertFunState),
+}
+
+/// Internal node content.
+///
+/// An internal node contains a map from keys to pending messages
+///
+/// Invariants:
+/// - the pairs (key, message) are sorted so that the keys are in increasing order
+/// - for a given key, there can be:
+///   - no message
+///   - one insert or delete message
+///   - a list of upsert messages. In that case, the upsert message are sorted
+///     from the *first* to the *last* added in the betree.
+pub(crate) type InternalContent = Map<Key, Message>;
+
+/// Leaf node content.
+///
+/// A leaf node contains a map from keys to values.
+/// We store the bindings in order of increasing key.
+pub(crate) type LeafContent = Map<Key, Value>;
+
+/// Internal node. See [Node].
+///
+/// An internal node contains a stack of messages (stored on disk and thus
+/// absent from the node itself), and two children.
+///
+/// When transmitting messages to the children: the messages/bindings for the
+/// keys < pivot are given to the left child, and those for the keys >= pivot
+/// are given to the right child.
+///
+/// Note that in Be-Tree the internal nodes have lists of children, which
+/// allows to do even smarter things: if an internal node has too many
+/// messages, then:
+/// - either it can transmit big batches of those messages to some of its
+///   children, in which case it does
+/// - or it can't, in which case it splits, because otherwise we have too
+///   many unefficient updates to perform (the aim really is to amortize
+///   the cost of I/O, which is achieved by minimizing the number of
+///   accesses to node contents)
+struct Internal {
+    id: NodeId,
+    pivot: Key,
+    left: Box<Node>,
+    right: Box<Node>,
+}
+
+/// Leaf node. See [Node]
+///
+/// A leaf node contains bindings (stored on disk, and thus absent from the
+/// node itself).
+struct Leaf {
+    id: NodeId,
+    /// The number of bindings in the node
+    size: u64,
+}
+
+/// A node in the BeTree.
+///
+/// The node's content is stored on disk (and hence absent from the node itself).
+///
+/// Note that we don't have clean/dirty nodes: all node contents are immediately
+/// written on disk upon being updated.
+enum Node {
+    /// An internal node (with children).
+    Internal(Internal),
+    /// A leaf node.
+    Leaf(Leaf),
+}
+
+/// The parameters of a BeTree, which control when to flush or split.
+struct Params {
+    /// The minimum number of messages we flush to the children.
+    /// We wait to reach 2 * min_flush_size before flushing to children.
+    /// If one of the children doesn't receive a number of
+    /// messages >= min_flush_size, we keep those messages in the parent
+    /// node. Of course, at least one of the two children will receive
+    /// flushed messages: this gives us that an internal node has at most
+    /// 2 * min_flush_size pending messages - 1.
+    min_flush_size: u64,
+    /// The maximum number of bindings we can store in a leaf node (if we
+    /// reach this number, we split).
+    split_size: u64,
+}
+
+struct NodeIdCounter {
+    next_node_id: NodeId,
+}
+
+impl NodeIdCounter {
+    fn new() -> Self {
+        NodeIdCounter { next_node_id: 0 }
+    }
+
+    fn fresh_id(&mut self) -> NodeId {
+        let id = self.next_node_id;
+        self.next_node_id += 1;
+        id
+    }
+}
+
+/// The BeTree itself
+pub struct BeTree {
+    /// The parameters of the BeTree
+    params: Params,
+    /// Every node has a unique id: we keep a counter to generate fresh ids
+    node_id_cnt: NodeIdCounter,
+    /// The root of the tree
+    root: Node,
+}
+
+/// The update function used for [Upsert].
+/// Will be removed once we have closures (or at least function pointers).
+/// This function just computes a saturated sum.
+/// Also note that it takes an option as input, for the previous value:
+/// we draw inspiration from the C++ Be-Tree implemenation, where
+/// in case the binding is not present, the closure stored in upsert is
+/// given a default value.
+pub fn upsert_update(prev: Option<Value>, st: UpsertFunState) -> Value {
+    // We just compute the sum, until it saturates
+    match prev {
+        Option::None => {
+            match st {
+                UpsertFunState::Add(v) => {
+                    // We consider the default value is 0, so we return 0 + v
+                    // (or we could fail - it doesn't really matter)
+                    v
+                }
+                UpsertFunState::Sub(_) => {
+                    // Same logic as for [sub], but this time we saturate at 0
+                    0
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        Option::Some(prev) => {
+            match st {
+                UpsertFunState::Add(v) => {
+                    // Note that Aeneas is a bit conservative about the max_usize
+                    let margin = u64::MAX - prev;
+                    // Check if we saturate
+                    if margin >= v {
+                        prev + v
+                    } else {
+                        u64::MAX
+                    }
+                }
+                UpsertFunState::Sub(v) => {
+                    // Check if we saturate
+                    if prev >= v {
+                        prev - v
+                    } else {
+                        0
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> List<T> {
+    fn len(&self) -> u64 {
+        match self {
+            List::Nil => 0,
+            List::Cons(_, tl) => 1 + tl.len(),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Split a list at a given length
+    fn split_at(self, n: u64) -> (List<T>, List<T>) {
+        if n == 0 {
+            (List::Nil, self)
+        } else {
+            match self {
+                List::Nil => unreachable!(),
+                List::Cons(hd, tl) => {
+                    let (ls0, ls1) = tl.split_at(n - 1);
+                    (List::Cons(hd, Box::new(ls0)), ls1)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Push an element at the front of the list.
+    fn push_front(&mut self, x: T) {
+        // Move under borrows: annoying...
+        let tl = std::mem::replace(self, List::Nil);
+        *self = List::Cons(x, Box::new(tl));
+    }
+
+    /// Pop the element at the front of the list
+    fn pop_front(&mut self) -> T {
+        // Move under borrows: annoying...
+        let ls = std::mem::replace(self, List::Nil);
+        match ls {
+            List::Nil => panic!(),
+            List::Cons(x, tl) => {
+                *self = *tl;
+                x
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn hd(&self) -> &T {
+        match self {
+            List::Nil => panic!(),
+            List::Cons(hd, _) => hd,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Map<Key, T> {
+    fn head_has_key(&self, key: Key) -> bool {
+        match self {
+            List::Nil => false,
+            List::Cons(hd, _) => hd.0 == key,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Partition the map between two maps:
+    /// - a first map where the keys < pivot
+    /// - a second map where the keys >= pivot
+    /// Note that the bindings in the map are supposed to be sorted in
+    /// order of increasing keys.
+    fn partition_at_pivot(self, pivot: Key) -> (Map<Key, T>, Map<Key, T>) {
+        match self {
+            List::Nil => (List::Nil, List::Nil),
+            List::Cons(hd, tl) => {
+                if hd.0 >= pivot {
+                    (List::Nil, List::Cons(hd, tl))
+                } else {
+                    let (ls0, ls1) = tl.partition_at_pivot(pivot);
+                    (List::Cons(hd, Box::new(ls0)), ls1)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Leaf {
+    /// Split a leaf into an internal node with two children.
+    ///
+    /// The leaf should have exactly 2 * split_size elements.
+    /// Also, we use the fact that the keys are sorted in increasing order.
+    fn split(
+        &self,
+        content: Map<Key, Value>,
+        params: &Params,
+        node_id_cnt: &mut NodeIdCounter,
+    ) -> Internal {
+        // Split the content
+        let (content0, content1) = content.split_at(params.split_size);
+        // Get the pivot
+        let pivot = content1.hd().0;
+        // Create the two nodes
+        let id0 = node_id_cnt.fresh_id();
+        let id1 = node_id_cnt.fresh_id();
+        let left = Leaf {
+            id: id0,
+            size: params.split_size,
+        };
+        let right = Leaf {
+            id: id1,
+            size: params.split_size,
+        };
+        // Store the content
+        store_leaf_node(id0, content0);
+        store_leaf_node(id1, content1);
+        // Return
+        Internal {
+            id: self.id,
+            pivot,
+            left: Box::new(Node::Leaf(left)),
+            right: Box::new(Node::Leaf(right)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Internal {
+    /// Small utility: lookup a value in the children nodes.
+    fn lookup_in_children(&mut self, key: Key) -> Option<Value> {
+        if key < self.pivot {
+            self.left.lookup(key)
+        } else {
+            self.right.lookup(key)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Flush the messages in an internal node to its children.
+    /// Note that when flushing, we send messages to a child only if there
+    /// are more than min_flush_size messages to send. Also, we flush only
+    /// if the number of messages in the current node is >= 2* num_flush_size.
+    ///
+    /// The function returns the messages we couldn't flush to the children
+    /// nodes.
+    fn flush<'a>(
+        &'a mut self,
+        params: &Params,
+        node_id_cnt: &'a mut NodeIdCounter,
+        content: Map<Key, Message>,
+    ) -> Map<Key, Message> {
+        // Partition the messages
+        let (msgs_left, msgs_right) = content.partition_at_pivot(self.pivot);
+        // Check if we need to flush to the left child
+        let len_left = msgs_left.len();
+        if len_left >= params.min_flush_size {
+            // Flush to the left
+            self.left.apply_messages(params, node_id_cnt, msgs_left);
+            // Check if we need to flush to the right
+            let len_right = msgs_right.len();
+            if len_right >= params.min_flush_size {
+                self.right.apply_messages(params, node_id_cnt, msgs_right);
+                // No messages remain in the current node
+                List::Nil
+            } else {
+                // We keep the messages which belong to the right node
+                msgs_right
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Don't flush to the left: we necessarily flush to the right
+            self.right.apply_messages(params, node_id_cnt, msgs_right);
+            // We keep the messages which belong to the left node
+            msgs_left
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Node {
+    /// Apply a list of message to ourselves: leaf node case
+    fn apply_messages_to_leaf<'a>(
+        bindings: &'a mut Map<Key, Value>,
+        new_msgs: List<(Key, Message)>,
+    ) {
+        match new_msgs {
+            List::Nil => (),
+            List::Cons(new_msg, new_msgs_tl) => {
+                Node::apply_to_leaf(bindings, new_msg.0, new_msg.1);
+                Node::apply_messages_to_leaf(bindings, *new_msgs_tl);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a message to ourselves: leaf node case
+    ///
+    /// This simply updates the bindings.
+    fn apply_to_leaf<'a>(bindings: &'a mut Map<Key, Value>, key: Key, new_msg: Message) {
+        // Retrieve a mutable borrow to the position of the binding, if there is
+        // one, or to the end of the list
+        let bindings = Node::lookup_mut_in_bindings(key, bindings);
+        // Check if we point to a binding which has the key we are looking for
+        if bindings.head_has_key(key) {
+            // We need to pop the binding, and may need to reuse the
+            // previous value (for an upsert)
+            let hd = bindings.pop_front();
+            // Match over the message
+            match new_msg {
+                Message::Insert(v) => {
+                    bindings.push_front((key, v));
+                }
+                Message::Delete => {
+                    // Nothing to do: we popped the binding
+                    ()
+                }
+                Message::Upsert(s) => {
+                    let v = upsert_update(Option::Some(hd.1), s);
+                    bindings.push_front((key, v));
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // Key not found: simply insert
+            match new_msg {
+                Message::Insert(v) => {
+                    bindings.push_front((key, v));
+                }
+                Message::Delete => {
+                    // Nothing to do
+                    ()
+                }
+                Message::Upsert(s) => {
+                    let v = upsert_update(Option::None, s);
+                    bindings.push_front((key, v));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a list of message to ourselves: internal node case
+    fn apply_messages_to_internal<'a>(
+        msgs: &'a mut Map<Key, Message>,
+        new_msgs: List<(Key, Message)>,
+    ) {
+        match new_msgs {
+            List::Nil => (),
+            List::Cons(new_msg, new_msgs_tl) => {
+                Node::apply_to_internal(msgs, new_msg.0, new_msg.1);
+                Node::apply_messages_to_internal(msgs, *new_msgs_tl);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a message to ourselves: internal node case
+    ///
+    /// This basically inserts a message in a messages stack. However,
+    /// we may need to filter previous messages: for insert, if we insert an
+    /// [Insert] in a stack which contains an [Insert] or a [Delete] for the
+    /// same key, we replace this old message with the new one.
+    fn apply_to_internal<'a>(msgs: &'a mut Map<Key, Message>, key: Key, new_msg: Message) {
+        // Lookup the first message for [key] (if there is no message for [key],
+        // we get a mutable borrow to the position in the list where we need
+        // to insert the new message).
+        let msgs = Node::lookup_first_message_for_key(key, msgs);
+        // What we do is not the same, depending on whether there is already
+        // a message or not.
+        if msgs.head_has_key(key) {
+            // We need to check the current message
+            match new_msg {
+                Message::Insert(_) | Message::Delete => {
+                    // If [Insert] or [Delete]: filter the current
+                    // messages, and insert the new one
+                    Node::filter_messages_for_key(key, msgs);
+                    msgs.push_front((key, new_msg));
+                }
+                Message::Upsert(s) => {
+                    // If [Update]: we need to take into account the
+                    // previous messages.
+                    match msgs.hd().1 {
+                        Message::Insert(prev) => {
+                            // There should be exactly one [Insert]:
+                            // pop it, compute the result of the [Upsert]
+                            // and insert this result
+                            let v = upsert_update(Option::Some(prev), s);
+                            let _ = msgs.pop_front();
+                            msgs.push_front((key, Message::Insert(v)));
+                        }
+                        Message::Delete => {
+                            // There should be exactly one [Delete]
+                            // message : pop it, compute the result of
+                            // the [Upsert], and insert this result
+                            let _ = msgs.pop_front();
+                            let v = upsert_update(Option::None, s);
+                            msgs.push_front((key, Message::Insert(v)));
+                        }
+                        Message::Upsert(_) => {
+                            // There may be several msgs upserts:
+                            // we need to insert the new message at
+                            // the end of the list of upserts (so
+                            // that later we can apply them all in
+                            // proper order).
+                            let msgs = Node::lookup_first_message_after_key(key, msgs);
+                            msgs.push_front((key, Message::Upsert(s)));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // No pending message for [key]: simply add the new message
+            msgs.push_front((key, new_msg))
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a message to ourselves
+    fn apply<'a>(
+        &'a mut self,
+        params: &Params,
+        node_id_cnt: &'a mut NodeIdCounter,
+        key: Key,
+        new_msg: Message,
+    ) {
+        let msgs = List::Cons((key, new_msg), Box::new(List::Nil));
+        self.apply_messages(params, node_id_cnt, msgs);
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a list of messages to ourselves
+    fn apply_messages<'a>(
+        &'a mut self,
+        params: &Params,
+        node_id_cnt: &'a mut NodeIdCounter,
+        msgs: List<(Key, Message)>,
+    ) {
+        match self {
+            Node::Leaf(node) => {
+                // Load the content from disk
+                let mut content = load_leaf_node(node.id);
+                // Insert
+                Node::apply_messages_to_leaf(&mut content, msgs);
+                // Check if we need to split - in the future, we might want to
+                // do something smarter to compute the number of messages
+                let len = content.len();
+                if len >= 2 * params.split_size {
+                    // Split
+                    let new_node = node.split(content, params, node_id_cnt);
+                    // Store the content to disk
+                    store_leaf_node(node.id, List::Nil);
+                    // Update the node
+                    *self = Node::Internal(new_node);
+                } else {
+                    // Update the size if necessary
+                    node.size = len;
+                    // Store the content to disk
+                    store_leaf_node(node.id, content);
+                }
+            }
+            Node::Internal(node) => {
+                // Load the content from disk
+                let mut content = load_internal_node(node.id);
+                // Insert
+                Node::apply_messages_to_internal(&mut content, msgs);
+                // Check if we need to flush - in the future, we might want to
+                // do something smarter to compute the number of messages
+                let num_msgs = content.len();
+                if num_msgs >= params.min_flush_size {
+                    content = node.flush(params, node_id_cnt, content);
+                }
+                // Store the content to disk
+                store_internal_node(node.id, content)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Lookup a value in a list of bindings.
+    /// Note that the values should be stored in order of increasing key.
+    fn lookup_in_bindings(key: Key, bindings: &Map<Key, Value>) -> Option<Value> {
+        match bindings {
+            List::Nil => Option::None,
+            List::Cons(hd, tl) => {
+                if hd.0 == key {
+                    Option::Some(hd.1)
+                } else if hd.0 > key {
+                    Option::None
+                } else {
+                    Node::lookup_in_bindings(key, tl)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Lookup a value in a list of bindings, and return a borrow to the position
+    /// where the value is (or should be inserted, if the key is not in the bindings).
+    fn lookup_mut_in_bindings<'a>(
+        key: Key,
+        bindings: &'a mut Map<Key, Value>,
+    ) -> &'a mut Map<Key, Value> {
+        match bindings {
+            List::Nil => bindings,
+            List::Cons(hd, tl) => {
+                // This requires Polonius
+                if hd.0 >= key {
+                    bindings
+                } else {
+                    Node::lookup_mut_in_bindings(key, tl)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Filter all the messages which concern [key].
+    ///
+    /// Note that the stack of messages must start with a message for [key]:
+    /// we stop filtering at the first message which is not about [key].
+    fn filter_messages_for_key<'a>(key: Key, msgs: &'a mut Map<Key, Message>) {
+        match msgs {
+            List::Nil => (),
+            List::Cons((k, _), _) => {
+                if *k == key {
+                    msgs.pop_front();
+                    Node::filter_messages_for_key(key, msgs);
+                } else {
+                    // Stop
+                    ()
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn lookup_first_message_after_key<'a>(
+        key: Key,
+        msgs: &'a mut Map<Key, Message>,
+    ) -> &'a mut Map<Key, Message> {
+        match msgs {
+            List::Nil => msgs,
+            List::Cons((k, _), next_msgs) => {
+                if *k == key {
+                    Node::lookup_first_message_after_key(key, next_msgs)
+                } else {
+                    msgs
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the value bound to a key.
+    /// Note that while looking for the binding, we might reorganize the
+    /// internals of the betree to apply or flush messages: hence the mutable
+    /// borrow.
+    fn lookup<'a>(&'a mut self, key: Key) -> Option<Value> {
+        match self {
+            Node::Leaf(node) => {
+                // Load the node content
+                let bindings = load_leaf_node(node.id);
+                // Just lookup the binding in the map
+                Node::lookup_in_bindings(key, &bindings)
+            }
+            Node::Internal(node) => {
+                // Load the node content
+                let mut msgs = load_internal_node(node.id);
+                // Look for the first message pending for the key.
+                // Note that we maintain the following invariants:
+                // - if there are > 1 messages, they must be upsert messages only
+                // - the upsert messages are sorted from the *first* added to the
+                //   *last* added to the betree.
+                // Also note that if there are upsert messages, we have to apply
+                // them immediately.
+                //
+                // Rk.: [lookup_first_message_for_key] below returns a borrow to
+                // the portion of the list we will update (if we have upserts,
+                // we will apply the messages, filter them while doing so,
+                // insert an [Insert] message, etc.). Should be interesting
+                // to see how the proof experience with the backward functions
+                // is at this for this piece of code. Note that this was inpired
+                // by Be-Tree.
+                // Also, can't wait to see how all this will work with loops.
+                let pending = Node::lookup_first_message_for_key(key, &mut msgs);
+                match pending {
+                    List::Nil => {
+                        // Nothing: dive into the children
+                        node.lookup_in_children(key)
+                    }
+                    List::Cons((k, msg), _) => {
+                        // Check if the borrow which points inside the messages
+                        // stack points to a message for [key]
+                        if *k != key {
+                            // Note the same key: dive into the children
+                            node.lookup_in_children(key)
+                        } else {
+                            // Same key: match over the message for this key
+                            match msg {
+                                Message::Insert(v) => Some(*v),
+                                Message::Delete => None,
+                                Message::Upsert(_) => {
+                                    // There are pending upserts: we have no choice but to
+                                    // apply them.
+                                    //
+                                    // Rk.: rather than calling [lookup], we could actually
+                                    // go down the tree accumulating upserts. On the other
+                                    // hand, the key is now "hotter", so it is not a bad
+                                    // idea to keep it as close to the root as possible.
+                                    // Note that what we do is what Be-Tree does.
+                                    //
+                                    // First, lookup the value from the children.
+                                    let v = node.lookup_in_children(key);
+                                    // Apply the pending updates, and replace them with
+                                    // an [Insert] containing the updated value.
+                                    //
+                                    // Rk.: Be-Tree doesn't seem to store the newly computed
+                                    // value, which I don't understand.
+                                    let v = Node::apply_upserts(pending, v, key);
+                                    // Update the node content
+                                    store_internal_node(node.id, msgs);
+                                    // Return the value
+                                    Option::Some(v)
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Return a mutable borrow to the first message whose key is <= than [key].
+    /// If the key is [key], then it is the first message about [key].
+    /// Otherwise, it gives us a mutable borrow to the place where we need
+    /// to insert new messages (note that the borrow may point to the end
+    /// of the list).
+    fn lookup_first_message_for_key<'a>(
+        key: Key,
+        msgs: &'a mut Map<Key, Message>,
+    ) -> &'a mut Map<Key, Message> {
+        match msgs {
+            List::Nil => msgs,
+            List::Cons(x, next_msgs) => {
+                // Rk.: we need Polonius here
+                // We wouldn't need Polonius if directly called the proper
+                // function to make the modifications here (because we wouldn't
+                // need to return anything). However, it would not be very
+                // idiomatic, especially with regards to the fact that we will
+                // rewrite everything with loops at some point.
+                if x.0 >= key {
+                    msgs
+                } else {
+                    Node::lookup_first_message_for_key(key, next_msgs)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply the upserts from the current messages stack to a looked up value.
+    ///
+    /// The input mutable borrow must point to the first upsert message in the
+    /// messages stack of the current node. We remove the messages from the stack
+    /// while applying them.
+    /// Note that if there are no more upserts to apply, then the value must be
+    /// `Some`. Also note that we use the invariant that in the message stack,
+    /// upsert messages are sorted from the first to the last to apply.
+    fn apply_upserts(msgs: &mut Map<Key, Message>, prev: Option<Value>, key: Key) -> Value {
+        if msgs.head_has_key(key) {
+            // Pop the front message.
+            // Note that it *must* be an upsert.
+            let msg = msgs.pop_front();
+            match msg.1 {
+                Message::Upsert(s) => {
+                    // Apply the update
+                    let v = upsert_update(prev, s);
+                    let prev = Option::Some(v);
+                    // Continue
+                    Node::apply_upserts(msgs, prev, key)
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    // Unreachable: we can only have [Upsert] messages
+                    // for the key
+                    unreachable!();
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            // We applied all the upsert messages: simply put an [Insert]
+            // message and return the value.
+            let v = prev.unwrap();
+            msgs.push_front((key, Message::Insert(v)));
+            return v;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl BeTree {
+    pub fn new(min_flush_size: u64, split_size: u64) -> Self {
+        let mut node_id_cnt = NodeIdCounter::new();
+        let id = node_id_cnt.fresh_id();
+        let root = Node::Leaf(Leaf { id, size: 0 });
+        store_leaf_node(id, List::Nil);
+        let params = Params {
+            min_flush_size,
+            split_size,
+        };
+        BeTree {
+            params,
+            node_id_cnt,
+            root,
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a message to the tree.
+    ///
+    /// This is an auxiliary function.
+    fn apply(&mut self, key: Key, msg: Message) {
+        self.root
+            .apply(&self.params, &mut self.node_id_cnt, key, msg)
+    }
+
+    /// Insert a binding from [key] to [value]
+    pub fn insert(&mut self, key: Key, value: Value) {
+        let msg = Message::Insert(value);
+        self.apply(key, msg);
+    }
+
+    /// Delete the bindings for [key]
+    pub fn delete(&mut self, key: Key) {
+        let msg = Message::Delete;
+        self.apply(key, msg);
+    }
+
+    /// Apply a query-update
+    pub fn upsert(&mut self, key: Key, upd: UpsertFunState) {
+        let msg = Message::Upsert(upd);
+        self.apply(key, msg);
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the value bound to a key.
+    /// Note that while looking for the binding, we might reorganize the
+    /// internals of the betree to apply or flush messages: hence the mutable
+    /// borrow.
+    pub fn lookup<'a>(&'a mut self, key: Key) -> Option<Value> {
+        self.root.lookup(key)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use crate::betree::*;
+    use std::collections::HashMap;
+    use std::fmt::{Display, Error, Formatter};
+    use std::vec::Vec;
+
+    struct Maps {
+        betree: BeTree,
+        refmap: HashMap<Key, Value>,
+    }
+
+    impl Maps {
+        fn insert(&mut self, k: Key, v: Value) {
+            log::trace!("insert: {} -> {}", k, v);
+            self.betree.insert(k, v);
+            self.refmap.insert(k, v);
+        }
+
+        fn delete(&mut self, k: Key) {
+            log::trace!("delete: {}", k);
+            self.betree.delete(k);
+            self.refmap.remove(&k);
+        }
+
+        /// This function doesn't return a value: it simply checks that the
+        /// b-epsilon tree and the reference map have the same bindings.
+        fn lookup(&mut self, k: Key) {
+            let v0 = self.betree.lookup(k);
+            let v1 = self.refmap.get(&k).map(|x| *x);
+            log::trace!("lookup {k}: betree: {:?}, ref: {:?}", v0, v1);
+            assert!(v0 == v1);
+        }
+
+        /// Only testing the addition (the choice of the update function doesn't
+        /// make much difference)
+        fn upsert(&mut self, k: Key, v: Value) {
+            log::trace!("upsert: {} -> add({})", k, v);
+            self.betree.upsert(k, UpsertFunState::Add(v));
+            let prev = self.refmap.get(&k).map(|x| *x);
+            let nv = upsert_update(prev, UpsertFunState::Add(v));
+            self.refmap.insert(k, nv);
+        }
+
+        /// Check that all the bindings in the betree give the same result as the
+        /// reference.
+        ///
+        /// Rk.: looking up actually updates the b-epsilon tree.
+        fn check_equal(&mut self) {
+            let keys: Vec<Key> = self.refmap.keys().map(|k| *k).collect();
+            for k in keys {
+                self.lookup(k);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Display for Map<Key, Value> {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+            match self {
+                List::Nil => write!(f, ""),
+                List::Cons(hd, tl) => {
+                    write!(f, "{} -> {}, ", hd.0, hd.1).unwrap();
+                    tl.fmt(f)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Display for UpsertFunState {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+            match self {
+                UpsertFunState::Add(v) => write!(f, "add({})", v),
+                UpsertFunState::Sub(v) => write!(f, "sub({})", v),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Display for Message {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+            match self {
+                Message::Insert(v) => write!(f, "insert({})", v),
+                Message::Delete => write!(f, "delete"),
+                Message::Upsert(v) => write!(f, "upsert({})", v),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Display for Map<Key, Message> {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+            match self {
+                List::Nil => write!(f, ""),
+                List::Cons(hd, tl) => {
+                    write!(f, "{} -> {}, ", hd.0, hd.1).unwrap();
+                    tl.fmt(f)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Node {
+        fn fmt(&self, indent: &String, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+            match self {
+                Node::Leaf(node) => {
+                    let content = load_leaf_node(node.id);
+                    write!(f, "{}{}: [{}]", indent, node.id, content)
+                }
+                Node::Internal(node) => {
+                    let content = load_internal_node(node.id);
+                    let indent1 = format!("{}  ", indent).to_string();
+                    write!(
+                        f,
+                        "{}{{\n{}{},\n{}[{}],",
+                        indent, indent, node.id, indent, &content
+                    )
+                    .unwrap();
+                    write!(f, "\n{}", indent1).unwrap();
+                    node.left.fmt(&indent1, f).unwrap();
+                    write!(f, "\n{}", indent1).unwrap();
+                    node.right.fmt(&indent1, f).unwrap();
+                    write!(f, "\n{}}}", indent)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl Display for BeTree {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), Error> {
+            self.root.fmt(&"".to_string(), f)
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test1() {
+        // Initialize the logger
+        env_logger::init();
+
+        let mut m = Maps {
+            betree: BeTree::new(5, 5),
+            refmap: HashMap::new(),
+        };
+        let num_keys = 100;
+
+        // Insert bindings
+        for k in 0..num_keys {
+            let v = 2 * k + 1;
+            m.insert(k, v);
+            log::trace!("\n{}", &m.betree);
+        }
+
+        // Make various queries
+        for kb in 0..(10 * num_keys) {
+            let k = kb % num_keys;
+            match k % 4 {
+                0 => {
+                    let v = 3 * k + 2;
+                    m.insert(k, v);
+                }
+                1 => {
+                    m.delete(k);
+                }
+                2 => {
+                    let v = kb % 7;
+                    m.upsert(k, v);
+                }
+                3 => {
+                    m.lookup(k);
+                }
+                _ => {
+                    unreachable!();
+                }
+            }
+            log::trace!("\n{}", &m.betree);
+        }
+
+        // Check that the b-epsilon tree didn't diverge (we check twice,
+        // because looking up performs updates that we also want to test)
+        m.check_equal();
+        m.check_equal();
+    }
+    fn range_insert(tree: &mut BeTree, start: Key, end: Key) {
+        for k in start..end {
+            tree.insert(k, 2 * k + 1);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/betree/src/betree_utils.rs b/tests/src/betree/src/betree_utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd269f4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/betree/src/betree_utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+//! The following module implements utilities for [betree.rs].
+//! Those utilities are only used for serialization/deserialization (we don't
+//! reason about them).
+//!
+//! The issue is that we can't derive serialization/deserialization
+//! implementations directly in betree.rs, otherwise we can't translate.
+//! We could have hacked in Aeneas to skip those implementations, but I'd
+//! rather put a little bit of engineering time into this file, while thinking
+//! about a cleaner way of doing this in general. The following file is not
+//! difficult to write and maintain anyway.
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+use crate::betree::{
+    InternalContent, Key, LeafContent, List, Message, NodeId, UpsertFunState, Value,
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::vec::Vec;
+
+/// Note that I tried using Serde's facilities to define serialization/
+/// deserialization functions for external types, but it proved cumbersome
+/// for the betree case.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub enum UpsertFunStateSerde {
+    Add(u64),
+    Sub(u64),
+}
+
+impl UpsertFunStateSerde {
+    fn to_state(self) -> UpsertFunState {
+        match self {
+            UpsertFunStateSerde::Add(v) => UpsertFunState::Add(v),
+            UpsertFunStateSerde::Sub(v) => UpsertFunState::Sub(v),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn from_state(msg: UpsertFunState) -> Self {
+        match msg {
+            UpsertFunState::Add(v) => UpsertFunStateSerde::Add(v),
+            UpsertFunState::Sub(v) => UpsertFunStateSerde::Sub(v),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Same remark as for [UpsertFunStateSerde]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+enum MessageSerde {
+    Insert(Value),
+    Delete,
+    Upsert(UpsertFunStateSerde),
+}
+
+impl MessageSerde {
+    fn to_msg(self) -> Message {
+        match self {
+            MessageSerde::Insert(v) => Message::Insert(v),
+            MessageSerde::Delete => Message::Delete,
+            MessageSerde::Upsert(v) => Message::Upsert(v.to_state()),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn from_msg(msg: Message) -> Self {
+        match msg {
+            Message::Insert(v) => MessageSerde::Insert(v),
+            Message::Delete => MessageSerde::Delete,
+            Message::Upsert(v) => MessageSerde::Upsert(UpsertFunStateSerde::from_state(v)),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// For some reason, I don't manage to make that in an impl...
+pub(crate) fn list_from_vec<T>(mut v: Vec<T>) -> List<T> {
+    // We need to reverse
+    v.reverse();
+    let mut l = List::Nil;
+    for x in v.into_iter() {
+        l = List::Cons(x, Box::new(l));
+    }
+    l
+}
+
+// For some reason, I don't manage to make that in an impl...
+pub(crate) fn list_to_vec<T>(mut l: List<T>) -> Vec<T> {
+    let mut v = Vec::new();
+    loop {
+        match l {
+            List::Nil => break,
+            List::Cons(hd, tl) => {
+                v.push(hd);
+                l = *tl;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    v
+}
+
+/// See the equivalent function in betree.rs
+pub(crate) fn load_internal_node(id: NodeId) -> InternalContent {
+    // Open the file
+    std::fs::create_dir_all("tmp").unwrap();
+    let filename = format!("tmp/node{}", id).to_string();
+    // Read
+    let f = File::open(filename).unwrap();
+    // Serde makes things easy
+    let c: Vec<(Key, MessageSerde)> = serde_json::from_reader(&f).unwrap();
+    let c: Vec<(Key, Message)> = c
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(key, msg)| (key, msg.to_msg()))
+        .collect();
+    // Convert
+    list_from_vec(c)
+}
+
+/// See the equivalent function in betree.rs
+pub(crate) fn store_internal_node(id: NodeId, content: InternalContent) {
+    // Open the file
+    std::fs::create_dir_all("tmp").unwrap();
+    let filename = format!("tmp/node{}", id).to_string();
+    // Write
+    let f = File::create(filename).unwrap();
+    // Convert
+    let v: Vec<(Key, Message)> = list_to_vec(content);
+    let v: Vec<(Key, MessageSerde)> = v
+        .into_iter()
+        .map(|(k, msg)| (k, MessageSerde::from_msg(msg)))
+        .collect();
+    // Serde makes things easy
+    serde_json::to_writer(&f, &v).unwrap();
+}
+
+/// See the equivalent function in betree.rs
+pub(crate) fn load_leaf_node(id: NodeId) -> LeafContent {
+    // Open the file
+    std::fs::create_dir_all("tmp").unwrap();
+    let filename = format!("tmp/node{}", id).to_string();
+    // Read
+    let f = File::open(filename).unwrap();
+    // Serde makes things easy
+    let c: Vec<(Key, Value)> = serde_json::from_reader(&f).unwrap();
+    // Convert
+    list_from_vec(c)
+}
+
+/// See the equivalent function in betree.rs
+pub(crate) fn store_leaf_node(id: NodeId, content: LeafContent) {
+    // Open the file
+    std::fs::create_dir_all("tmp").unwrap();
+    let filename = format!("tmp/node{}", id).to_string();
+    // Write
+    let f = File::create(filename).unwrap();
+    // Convert
+    let v: Vec<(Key, Value)> = list_to_vec(content);
+    // Serde makes things easy
+    serde_json::to_writer(&f, &v).unwrap();
+}
diff --git a/tests/src/betree/src/main.rs b/tests/src/betree/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64e9f7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/src/betree/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+mod betree;
+mod betree_utils;
+
+fn main() {}