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diff --git a/examples/list.bend b/examples/list.bend
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+##############################
+# Author: Ematth, 2024
+##############################
+### Singly-Linked List Type Definition: ###
+
+# The List type is builtin, so we don't need to declare it.
+# But this is how it's defined in the builtins file.
+# type List:
+#   Nil
+#   Cons { head, ~tail }
+
+###########################################
+
+# List clear:
+# List l -> list l
+# clears all elements from list l. This is equivalent to initializing an empty list.
+List/clear = @l
+  []
+
+# List concat:
+# List l -> List l
+# combines two lists (l1, l2) from left to right.
+List/concat = @l1 @l2
+  match l1 {
+    List/Cons: (List/Cons l1.head (List/concat l1.tail l2))
+    List/Nil: l2
+  }
+
+# List add_front:
+# List l -> List l
+# adds a non-List element e to the front of list l.
+List/add_front = @l @e
+  match l {
+    List/Cons: (List/Cons e l)
+    List/Nil: (List/Cons e List/Nil)
+  }
+
+# List append (add_back):
+# List l -> List l
+# adds a non-list element e to the back of list l.
+List/append = @l @e
+  (List/concat l (List/Cons e List/Nil))
+
+# list sum:
+# List l -> uint
+# returns the sum of all items in the list. 
+List/sum = @l
+  match l {
+    List/Cons: (+ l.head (List/sum l.tail))
+    List/Nil: 0
+  }
+
+# List reverse:
+# List l -> List l
+# reverses the order of elements in list l.
+List/reverse/aux = @acc @l
+  match l {
+    List/Nil: acc
+    List/Cons: (List/reverse/aux (List/Cons l.head acc) l.tail)
+  }
+List/reverse = @l
+  (List/reverse/aux [] l)
+
+# List length:
+# List l -> uint
+# returns the number of elements in list l.
+List/len = @l
+  match l {
+    List/Nil: 0
+    List/Cons: (+ 1 (List/len l.tail))
+  }
+
+# List count:
+# List l -> uint -> uint
+# returns the number of instances of Some s in list l.
+List/count/aux = @acc @l @s
+  match l {
+    List/Nil: acc
+    List/Cons: use acc = switch (== l.head s) {
+      0: acc;
+      _: (+ acc 1);
+    }
+    (List/count/aux acc l.tail s)
+  }
+List/count = @l @s
+  (List/count/aux 0 l s)
+
+# List index:
+# List l -> Some s
+# returns the value of a specific list index i, or * if the index doesn't exist.
+List/index = @l @i
+  match l {
+    List/Cons: 
+      switch i {
+        0: l.head
+        _: (List/index l.tail (i-1))
+      }
+    List/Nil: *
+  }
+
+# List head:
+# List l -> Some s
+# returns the first item in the list, or [] if the list is empty.
+List/head = @l
+  match l {
+    List/Cons: l.head
+    List/Nil: []
+  }
+
+# List pop_front: 
+# List l -> List l
+# removes and discards the first item of list l.
+# The new list is returned, or [] if the list is empty.
+List/pop_front = @l
+  match l {
+    List/Cons: l.tail
+    List/Nil: []
+  }
+
+# List pop_back:
+# List l -> List l
+# removes and discards the the last item of list l.
+List/pop_back (List/Nil) = List/Nil
+List/pop_back (List/Cons x List/Nil) = List/Nil
+List/pop_back (List/Cons head tail) = (List/Cons head (List/pop_back tail))
+  
+# List remove:
+# List l -> Some s -> List l 
+# removes the first occurence of element e from list l.
+List/remove = @l @s
+  match l {
+    List/Cons:
+      switch (== l.head s) {
+        0: (List/Cons l.head (List/remove l.tail s))
+        _: l.tail
+      }
+    List/Nil: List/Nil
+  }
+
+# List split:
+# list l -> uint i -> (List l, list l)
+# splits list l into two lists (l1, l2) at index i.
+# the second list takes the element at index i during the split.
+List/split/aux = @acc @l @i
+  match l {
+    List/Cons: 
+      switch i {
+        0: (acc, l)
+        _: (List/split/aux (List/append acc l.head) l.tail i-1)
+      }
+    List/Nil: *
+  }
+List/split = @l @i
+  (List/split/aux [] l i)
+
+#################################
+
+def main:
+  return List/head([5, 4, 3, 2, 1])
+#  return List/sum([1, 2, 3])
+#  return List/split([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7], 3)
+#  return List/remove([1, 2, 1, 3], 1)
+#  return List/pop_back([1, 2, 3, 4])
+#  return List/pop_front([1, 2, 3])
+#  return List/index([5, 3, 6, 8, 2], 0)
+#  return List/clear([0, 2, 3])
+#  return List/count([1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 3, 1000], 4)
+#  return List/len([1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 4])
+#  return List/reverse([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
+#  return List/append([1, 2], 3)
+#  return List/add_front([2, 3], 1)
+#  return List/concat([1, 2], [3, 4])
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diff --git a/tests/snapshots/examples__list.bend.snap b/tests/snapshots/examples__list.bend.snap
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+---
+source: tests/golden_tests.rs
+input_file: examples/list.bend
+---
+5