/* 
 * Architecture Lab: Part A 
 * 
 * High level specs for the functions that the students will rewrite
 * in Y86-64 assembly language
 */

/* $begin examples */
/* linked list element */
typedef struct ELE {
    long val;
    struct ELE *next;
} *list_ptr;

/* sum_list - Sum the elements of a linked list */
long sum_list(list_ptr ls)
{
    long val = 0;
    while (ls) {
	val += ls->val;
	ls = ls->next;
    }
    return val;
}

/* rsum_list - Recursive version of sum_list */
long rsum_list(list_ptr ls)
{
    if (!ls)
	return 0;
    else {
	long val = ls->val;
	long rest = rsum_list(ls->next);
	return val + rest;
    }
}

/* copy_block - Copy src to dest and return xor checksum of src */
long copy_block(long *src, long *dest, long len)
{
    long result = 0;
    while (len > 0) {
	long val = *src++;
	*dest++ = val;
	result ^= val;
	len--;
    }
    return result;
}
/* $end examples */