Practice Return Operations Implementation (5.3.4)

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Question 1.
What does the stack pointer do during a procedure call?
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Think of it as a tracker of where the last item was stored.
Question 2.
Name the first action taken during a procedure call.
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What comes first in the SCR framework?
3Question 3.
What happens when a procedure is called?
- Context is saved
- Registers are cleared
- Program execution halts
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Think of SCR.
4Question 4.
True or False: The stack pointer increments when pushing values to the stack.
- True
- False
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Remember how stacks work!
Question 5.
Consider a scenario where a procedure A calls procedure B, which then calls procedure C. Describe how values are saved and restored at each step.
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Think through the layers of context that need to be maintained.
Question 6.
If an error occurs before the return instruction in Procedure A is executed, explain the potential consequences.
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Consider what happens when context isn't properly handled.

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