(** * Memory values *)

(** A ``memory value'' is a byte-sized quantity that describes the current
  content of a memory cell.  It can be either:
- a concrete 8-bit integer;
- a byte-sized fragment of an opaque value;
- the special constant [Undef] that represents uninitialized memory.
*)

(** Values stored in memory cells. *)

Inductive memval: Type :=
  | Undef: memval
  | Byte: byte -> memval
  | Fragment: val -> quantity -> nat -> memval.(** * Memory values *)

(** A ``memory value'' is a byte-sized quantity that describes the current
  content of a memory cell.  It can be either:
- a concrete 8-bit integer;
- a byte-sized fragment of an opaque value;
- the special constant [Undef] that represents uninitialized memory.
*)

(** Values stored in memory cells. *)

Inductive memval: Type :=
  | Undef: memval
  | Byte: byte -> memval
  | Fragment: val -> quantity -> nat -> memval.(** * Memory values *)

(** A ``memory value'' is a byte-sized quantity that describes the current
  content of a memory cell.  It can be either:
- a concrete 8-bit integer;
- a byte-sized fragment of an opaque value;
- the special constant [Undef] that represents uninitialized memory.
*)

(** Values stored in memory cells. *)

Inductive memval: Type :=
  | Undef: memval
  | Byte: byte -> memval
  | Fragment: val -> quantity -> nat -> memval.(** * Memory values *)

(** A ``memory value'' is a byte-sized quantity that describes the current
  content of a memory cell.  It can be either:
- a concrete 8-bit integer;
- a byte-sized fragment of an opaque value;
- the special constant [Undef] that represents uninitialized memory.
*)

(** Values stored in memory cells. *)

Inductive memval: Type :=
  | Undef: memval
  | Byte: byte -> memval
  | Fragment: val -> quantity -> nat -> memval.(** * Encoding and decoding integers *)

(** We define functions to convert between integers and lists of bytes
  of a given length *)

Fixpoint bytes_of_int (n: nat) (x: Z) {struct n}: list byte :=
  match n with
  | O => nil
  | S m => Byte.repr x :: bytes_of_int m (x / 256)
  end.Fixpoint int_of_bytes (l: list byte): Z :=
  match l with
  | nil => 0
  | b :: l' => Byte.unsigned b + int_of_bytes l' * 256
  end.Definition rev_if_be (l: list byte) : list byte :=
  if Archi.big_endian then List.rev l else l.Definition encode_int (sz: nat) (x: Z) : list byte :=
  rev_if_be (bytes_of_int sz x).Definition decode_int (b: list byte) : Z :=
  int_of_bytes (rev_if_be b).

Lemma encode_int_length: forall sz x, length(encode_int sz x) = sz.