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Block Memory Functions
This library contains functions for accessing data in blocks of memory.
A block consists of up to 65,535 contiguous bytes. This allows for the
storage, retrieval, and manipulation of data exceeding the maximum
array length of 255.
These functions assume that a block is divided into equally sized segments
of up to 255 bytes in length. Data in the block is accessed by copying
data into and out of arrays with the same length as the segment size.
A segment consists of a string field, which is used as a key, followed
by a number of individual bytes. For example, the segments in a variable
table might be 9 bytes long, consisting of a 7 byte variable name string
(6 characters plus a terminator), the variable type (at index 7) and
the variable length (at index 8).
Usage: at the beginning of the program use the directives
#include <stddef.h02>
#include <memory.h02>
#include <string.h02>
#include <block.h02>
The following application functions are defined:
blkbgn(&b); Block Begin: Set beginning of block to address b.
The beginning of a block is the first byte of memory
in the block.
Although a block usually begins on a 256 byte
boundary, this is not required.
Note: Sets variables blkslo and blkshi.
blkend(&e); Block End: Set end of block to address b. The end of
a block is the byte after the last byte of memory in
the block.
Although a block usually ends on a 256 byte
boundary, this is not required.
Note: Sets variables blkelo and blkehi.
blkseg(n); Block Segment: Set block segment size to n.
Required before calls any calls that manipulate
block segments.
Note: Sets blklen to n.
blkset(c); Block Set: Fills entire block with character c,
leaving block pointer at end of block.
Should be called with an argument of 0, to initialize
a block before use.
blkrst(); Block Reset: Sets block segment pointer to block
begin address.
This routine is called before populating a block with
calls to the blkput function.
blkptr(&d); Block Pointer: Sets the block pointer to the address
of b.
Does not validate that the address is within the
beginning and ending address of the block.
Note: Sets variables blkslo and blkshi.
blknxt(); Block Next: Moves block pointer forward by the segment
length set by a prior blkseg call.
If the block pointer is moved past the end of the
block, or the segmebt length is set to 0, a value of
#TRUE is returned. Otherwise, a value of #FALSE is
returned.
blkprv(); Block Previous: Moves block pointer backward by the
segment length set by a prior blkseg call.
If the block pointer is moved past the beginning of
the block, or the segmebt length is set to 0, a value
of #TRUE is returned. Otherwise, a value of #FALSE is
returned.
blkput(n ,&m); Block Put: Copies n bytes of array m to a block at the
current pointer location, and moves block the pointer
forward by the segment length set by a prior blkseg
call.
If the appended bytes would overflow the end of the
block, no bytes are copied and a value of #FALSE is
returned. Otherwise, the bytes are copied and a value
of #TRUE is returned.
Note: Sets dstlo and dsthi to blklo and blkhi prior
to the copy, updates blklo and blkhi, then calls
the memcpy function.
blkget(n ,&m); Block Get: Copies n bytes from a block at the current
pointer location to array m, and moves the pointer
forward by the segment length set by a prior blkseg
call.
If the copied bytes would overflow the end of the
block, no bytes are copied and a value #FALSE is
returned. Otherwise, the bytes are copied and a value
of #TRUE is returned.
Note: Sets dstlo and dsthi to the address of m,
srclo and srchi to blklo and blkhi prior to the
copy, updates blkslo and blkshi, then calls the
memcpy function.
blkswp(n); Block Swap: Swaps n bytes of array m with the current
block segment (pointed to by the block pointer. The
block pointer is not changed.
Requires a prior call to the memdst function specifying
an array at least n bytes long, which is used for
temporary storage.
Note: Sets temp0 to n, copies blklo and blkhi to dstlo,
and dsthi, and calls memswp.
blkmem(n ,&m); Block Memory search: Search block for n byte long
segment matching array m.
If a matching segment is found, the value #TRUE is
returned and the destination pointer is set to the
address of the matching segment, allowing it to be
overwritten with a subsequent memcpy call. Otherwise,
the value #FALSE is returned.
Note: Sets srclo and srchi to the address of m,
dstlo and dsthi to the address of the matching segment,
and temp0 to n. Does not change the block pointer.
blkstr(n ,&s); Block String Search: Search block for n byte long
segments beginning with string s.
If a matching segment is found, the value 255 (true)
is returned and the segment is copied to the array set
by a prior memdst call. Otherwise, the value 0 (false)
is returned.
Note: Sets srclo and srchi to the address of the
segment, temp0 to n, and copies dstlo and dsthi to
temp1 and temp2. Does not change the block pointer.
blksrt(&m); Block Sort: Sort segments in block by initial string,
using array m as temporary storage.
Segments are sorted in alphabetical order, with segment
length set by a prior blkseg call, and sorting stops at
the first segment that begins with an empty string (the
first byte is 0), leaving the block pointer at that
segment.
Note: Uses the selection sort algorithm. Sets temp1
and temp2 to the address of array m.
blkdst(); Block Destination: Sets the destination pointer to the
block segment pointer.
This is a utility function called by other functions in
this module.
Note: Sets dstlo and dsthi to blklo and blkhi.
Note: This library expects the following functions to be defined
setdst(&s); Set destination string pointer
setsrc(&s); Set source string pointer and initialize index
memcmp Compare memory
memcpy Copy memory
memsrc Set memory source and count
strcml Compare string (alternate entry point)
along with the zero page variable pairs
srclo, srchi Source String Pointer
dstlo, dsthi Destination String Pointer
blklo, blkhi Block Pointer
the static variable
blkslo, blkshi Block Start Address
blkelo, blkehi Block End Address
blklen Block Segment Length
as well as the transient variables
temp0, temp1, temp2 Temporary storage