Routines can be declared `preserved`.

HISTORY.md

@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ History of SixtyPical
     approximates the set of routines which are not called
     by any other routine, with an eye to omitting them from
     the final executable.
+*   A routine can be declared `preserved`, which prevents a
+    compiler from omitting it from the final executable, even
+    if it determines it is not called by any other routine.
 *   The `dcc6502-adapter` test adapter was updated to conform
     to the output of the latest version of `dcc6502`.
 

src/sixtypical/callgraph.py

@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ def construct_callgraph(program):
             potential_calls = node['potentially-calls']
             if routine.name in potential_calls:
                 potentially_called_by.append(name)
-        if getattr(routine, 'explicitly_marked_as_called', None) or routine.name == 'main':
-            potentially_called_by.append('*marked*')
+        if getattr(routine, 'preserved', None) or routine.name == 'main':
+            potentially_called_by.append('*preserved*')
         graph[routine.name]['potentially-called-by'] = potentially_called_by
 
     return graph

src/sixtypical/parser.py

@@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ class Parser(object):
             name = self.scanner.token
             self.scanner.scan()
             self.current_routine_name = name
+            preserved = False
+            if self.scanner.consume('preserved'):
+                preserved = True
             type_, routine = self.routine(name)
             self.declare(name, routine, type_)
+            routine.preserved = preserved
             routines.append(routine)
             self.current_routine_name = None
         self.scanner.check_type('EOF')

tests/SixtyPical Callgraph.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ called.
 
 The `main` routine is always called.  The thing that it will
 be called by is the system, but the callgraph analyzer will
-simply consider it to be "marked as called".
+simply consider it to be "marked as preserved".
 
     | define main routine
     | {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ simply consider it to be "marked as called".
     = {
     =     "main": {
     =         "potentially-called-by": [
-    =             "*marked*"
+    =             "*preserved*"
     =         ],
     =         "potentially-calls": []
     =     }
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ If a routine is called by another routine, this fact will be noted.
     = {
     =     "main": {
     =         "potentially-called-by": [
-    =             "*marked*"
+    =             "*preserved*"
     =         ],
     =         "potentially-calls": [
     =             "other"
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ the final executable.
     = {
     =     "main": {
     =         "potentially-called-by": [
-    =             "*marked*"
+    =             "*preserved*"
     =         ],
     =         "potentially-calls": []
     =     },
@@ -78,6 +78,35 @@ the final executable.
     =     }
     = }
 
+If a routine is not called by another routine, but it is declared
+explicitly as `preserved`, then it will not be considered unused,
+and a compiler or linker will not be permitted to omit it from
+the final executable.  This is useful for interrupt routines and
+such that really are used by some part of the system, even if not
+directly by another SixtyPical routine.
+
+    | define main routine
+    | {
+    | }
+    | 
+    | define other preserved routine
+    | {
+    | }
+    = {
+    =     "main": {
+    =         "potentially-called-by": [
+    =             "*preserved*"
+    =         ],
+    =         "potentially-calls": []
+    =     },
+    =     "other": {
+    =         "potentially-called-by": [
+    =             "*preserved*"
+    =         ],
+    =         "potentially-calls": []
+    =     }
+    = }
+
 If two routines potentially call each other, this will be noted,
 even if nothing else potentially calls either of those routines.
 This may change in the future.
@@ -98,7 +127,7 @@ This may change in the future.
     = {
     =     "main": {
     =         "potentially-called-by": [
-    =             "*marked*"
+    =             "*preserved*"
     =         ],
     =         "potentially-calls": []
     =     },

tests/SixtyPical Syntax.md

@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ Extern routines
     |   @ 65487
     = ok
 
+Preserved routine.
+
+    | define main routine {
+    |     ld a, $ff
+    |     add a, $01
+    | }
+    | define foo preserved routine {
+    |     ld a, 0
+    |     add a, 1
+    | }
+    = ok
+
 Trash.
 
     | define main routine {