Problem 877
XOR-Equation A — XOR of ladder sequence s_{n+2}=(s_{n+1}<<1)^s_n up to N.
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Performance comparison
| Metric | Our solution | Best known |
| Time complexity | O(n) | O(n * k) |
| Space complexity | O(1) | O(n) |
| Approach | Flow solution | Key search and XOR decryption |
| Verdict | Unknown |
Flow source
# Project Euler 877
# XOR-Equation A — XOR of ladder sequence s_{n+2}=(s_{n+1}<<1)^s_n up to N.
function X(N: i64) -> i64 {
let mut s_prev: i64 = 0
let mut s_cur: i64 = 3
let mut acc: i64 = 0
while s_cur <= N {
acc = acc ^ s_cur
let next: i64 = (s_cur << 1) ^ s_prev
s_prev = s_cur
s_cur = next
}
return acc
}
function main() -> i32 {
printf("%lld\n", X(1000000000000000000))
return 0
}
Generated C
#include <stdint.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
/* Flow runtime helpers */
typedef struct flow_temp_node { struct flow_temp_node* next; } flow_temp_node;
static flow_temp_node* flow_temp_head = NULL;
static int flow_temp_atexit_set = 0;
__attribute__((unused)) static void flow_temp_free_all(void) {
while (flow_temp_head) {
flow_temp_node* n = flow_temp_head;
flow_temp_head = n->next;
free(n);
}
}
__attribute__((unused)) static void* flow_temp_alloc(size_t nbytes) {
flow_temp_node* node = (flow_temp_node*)malloc(sizeof(flow_temp_node) + nbytes);
if (!node) return NULL;
node->next = flow_temp_head;
flow_temp_head = node;
if (!flow_temp_atexit_set) {
flow_temp_atexit_set = 1;
atexit(flow_temp_free_all);
}
return (void*)(node + 1);
}
#ifndef FLOW_DIAG
#define FLOW_DIAG(msg) fprintf(stderr, "%s", (msg))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_LOG
#define FLOW_LOG(fmt, ...) printf(fmt, __VA_ARGS__)
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_LOG_EMPTY
#define FLOW_LOG_EMPTY(fmt) printf(fmt)
#endif
static char* flow_strcat(const char* a, const char* b) {
size_t la = strlen(a ? a : ""), lb = strlen(b ? b : "");
char* r = (char*)flow_temp_alloc(la + lb + 1);
if (!r) return NULL;
if (la) memcpy(r, a, la);
if (lb) memcpy(r + la, b, lb);
r[la + lb] = '\0';
return r;
}
#define __flow_in_arr(arr, val) __extension__ ({ \
int _found = 0; \
size_t _n = sizeof(arr)/sizeof((arr)[0]); \
for (size_t _i = 0; _i < _n; _i++) { \
if ((arr)[_i] == (val)) { _found = 1; break; } \
} _found; })
/* Unified fault handler (MISRA #279) — override with -DFLOW_FAULT_HANDLER=fn */
#ifndef FLOW_FAULT_HANDLER
__attribute__((unused)) static inline void flow_fault_handler(const char* msg) {
fprintf(stderr, "flow: %s\n", msg ? msg : "fault");
abort();
#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)
__builtin_unreachable();
#endif
}
#else
#define flow_fault_handler FLOW_FAULT_HANDLER
#endif
#define flow_div_by_zero_handler() flow_fault_handler("division by zero")
#define flow_shift_ub_handler() flow_fault_handler("invalid shift (amount out of range or left-shift of negative)")
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_DIV
#define FLOW_CHECKED_DIV(L, R) (((R) != 0) ? ((L) / (R)) : (flow_div_by_zero_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_MOD
#define FLOW_CHECKED_MOD(L, R) (((R) != 0) ? ((L) % (R)) : (flow_div_by_zero_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_SHL
#define FLOW_CHECKED_SHL(L, R) ((((R) >= 0) && ((unsigned long long)(R) < (sizeof(L) * 8ull)) && ((L) >= 0)) ? ((L) << (R)) : (flow_shift_ub_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#ifndef FLOW_CHECKED_SHR
#define FLOW_CHECKED_SHR(L, R) ((((R) >= 0) && ((unsigned long long)(R) < (sizeof(L) * 8ull))) ? ((L) >> (R)) : (flow_shift_ub_handler(), (L) * 0))
#endif
#include <math.h>
void* _ui_state = NULL;
static inline float i32_to_f32(int32_t v) { return (float)v; }
/* Host stub for @gpu kernels (device codegen replaces this). */
static inline int32_t gpu_thread_id(void) { return 0; }
int64_t X_i64(int64_t N);
int32_t main(void);
int64_t X_i64(int64_t N) {
int64_t s_prev = 0;
int64_t s_cur = 3;
int64_t acc = 0;
while (s_cur <= N) {
acc = (acc ^ s_cur);
int64_t next = (FLOW_CHECKED_SHL((s_cur), (1)) ^ s_prev);
s_prev = s_cur;
s_cur = next;
}
return acc;
}
int32_t main(void) {
printf("%lld\n", X_i64(1000000000000000000));
return 0;
}
Generated MLIR
module {
llvm.func @printf(!llvm.ptr, ...) -> i32
llvm.mlir.global internal constant @str_0("%lld\n\00") {addr_space = 0 : i32} : !llvm.array<6 x i8>
func.func @X(%arg0: i64) -> i64 {
%0 = arith.constant 0 : i32
%1 = arith.extsi %0 : i32 to i64
%2 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i64) : i64
%3 = llvm.alloca %2 x i64 : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
llvm.store %1, %3 : i64, !llvm.ptr
%4 = arith.constant 3 : i32
%5 = arith.extsi %4 : i32 to i64
%6 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i64) : i64
%7 = llvm.alloca %6 x i64 : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
llvm.store %5, %7 : i64, !llvm.ptr
%8 = arith.constant 0 : i32
%9 = arith.extsi %8 : i32 to i64
%10 = llvm.mlir.constant(1 : i64) : i64
%11 = llvm.alloca %10 x i64 : (i64) -> !llvm.ptr
llvm.store %9, %11 : i64, !llvm.ptr
cf.br ^bb0
^bb0:
%12 = llvm.load %7 : !llvm.ptr -> i64
%13 = arith.cmpi sle, %12, %arg0 : i64
cf.cond_br %13, ^bb1, ^bb2
^bb1:
%14 = llvm.load %11 : !llvm.ptr -> i64
%15 = llvm.load %7 : !llvm.ptr -> i64
%16 = arith.xori %14, %15 : i64
llvm.store %16, %11 : i64, !llvm.ptr
%17 = llvm.load %7 : !llvm.ptr -> i64
%18 = arith.constant 1 : i32
%20 = arith.extsi %18 : i32 to i64
%19 = arith.shli %17, %20 : i64
%21 = llvm.load %3 : !llvm.ptr -> i64
%22 = arith.xori %19, %21 : i64
%23 = llvm.load %7 : !llvm.ptr -> i64
llvm.store %23, %3 : i64, !llvm.ptr
llvm.store %22, %7 : i64, !llvm.ptr
cf.br ^bb0
^bb2:
%24 = llvm.load %11 : !llvm.ptr -> i64
func.return %24 : i64
}
func.func @main() -> i32 {
%25 = llvm.mlir.addressof @str_0 : !llvm.ptr
%27 = arith.constant 999999995705032704 : i32
%28 = arith.extsi %27 : i32 to i64
%26 = func.call @X(%28) : (i64) -> i64
%29 = llvm.call @printf(%25, %26) vararg(!llvm.func<i32 (ptr, ...)>) : (!llvm.ptr, i64) -> i32
%30 = arith.constant 0 : i32
func.return %30 : i32
}
}