beta5

fix long overflow messages, IR register type error

.aiignore

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# An .aiignore file follows the same syntax as a .gitignore file.
+# .gitignore documentation: https://git-scm.com/docs/gitignore
+
+# you can ignore files
+.DS_Store
+*.log
+*.tmp
+*.bin
+*.prg
+
+# or folders
+dist/
+build/
+out/
+output/
+.gradle/
+.kotlin/

.github/workflows/all-ci.yml

@@ -20,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
           make -j4
           sudo make install          
 
-      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          java-version: 11
+          java-version: 17
           distribution: temurin
 
       - name: Build and test with Gradle

.gitignore

@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ build/
 dist/
 output/
 out/
+out-new/
+out-old/
 .*cache/
 *.directory
 *.prg
 *.bin
+*.p8ir
 *.labels.txt
 *.vm.txt
 *.vice-mon-list

.idea/kotlinc.xml

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@
     <option name="jvmTarget" value="11" />
   </component>
   <component name="KotlinCommonCompilerArguments">
-    <option name="apiVersion" value="2.1" />
-    <option name="languageVersion" value="2.1" />
+    <option name="apiVersion" value="2.2" />
+    <option name="languageVersion" value="2.2" />
   </component>
   <component name="KotlinCompilerSettings">
-    <option name="additionalArguments" value="-Xwhen-guards" />
+    <option name="additionalArguments" value="-Xwhen-guards -jvm-default=no-compatibility" />
   </component>
   <component name="KotlinJpsPluginSettings">
-    <option name="version" value="2.1.10" />
+    <option name="version" value="2.2.0" />
   </component>
 </project>

.idea/libraries/KotlinJavaRuntime.xml

@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="KotlinJavaRuntime" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:2.1.20" />
+    <properties maven-id="org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:2.2.20" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-2.1.20.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-2.1.20.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-2.2.20.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-2.2.20.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/annotations/13.0/annotations-13.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-2.1.20.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-2.2.20.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-2.1.20-javadoc.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-2.1.20-javadoc.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-2.2.20-javadoc.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-2.2.20-javadoc.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/annotations/13.0/annotations-13.0-javadoc.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-2.1.20-javadoc.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-2.2.20-javadoc.jar!/" />
     </JAVADOC>
     <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-2.1.20-sources.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-2.1.20-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-2.2.20-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-2.2.20-sources.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/annotations/13.0/annotations-13.0-sources.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/2.1.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-2.1.20-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/2.2.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-2.2.20-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
   </library>
 </component>

.idea/libraries/eclipse_lsp4j.xml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
     <CLASSES>
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/eclipse/lsp4j/org.eclipse.lsp4j/0.24.0/org.eclipse.lsp4j-0.24.0.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/eclipse/lsp4j/org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc/0.24.0/org.eclipse.lsp4j.jsonrpc-0.24.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.12.1/gson-2.12.1.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/google/errorprone/error_prone_annotations/2.36.0/error_prone_annotations-2.36.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/google/code/gson/gson/2.13.1/gson-2.13.1.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/google/errorprone/error_prone_annotations/2.38.0/error_prone_annotations-2.38.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />

.idea/libraries/io_kotest_assertions_core_jvm.xml

@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<component name="libraryTable">
-  <library name="io.kotest.assertions.core.jvm" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="io.kotest:kotest-assertions-core-jvm:5.9.1" />
-    <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/io/kotest/kotest-assertions-core-jvm/5.9.1/kotest-assertions-core-jvm-5.9.1.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/io/kotest/kotest-assertions-shared-jvm/5.9.1/kotest-assertions-shared-jvm-5.9.1.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/io/github/java-diff-utils/java-diff-utils/4.12/java-diff-utils-4.12.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/opentest4j/opentest4j/1.3.0/opentest4j-1.3.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.9.23/kotlin-stdlib-1.9.23.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/annotations/13.0/annotations-13.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/kotlinx-coroutines-jdk8/1.8.0/kotlinx-coroutines-jdk8-1.8.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-reflect/1.9.23/kotlin-reflect-1.9.23.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/io/kotest/kotest-common-jvm/5.9.1/kotest-common-jvm-5.9.1.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/io/kotest/kotest-assertions-api-jvm/5.9.1/kotest-assertions-api-jvm-5.9.1.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm/1.8.0/kotlinx-coroutines-core-jvm-1.8.0.jar!/" />
-    </CLASSES>
-    <JAVADOC />
-    <SOURCES />
-  </library>
-</component>

.idea/libraries/michael_bull_kotlin_result_jvm.xml

@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.0.1" />
+    <properties maven-id="com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.1.0" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/2.0.1/kotlin-result-jvm-2.0.1.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.9.22/kotlin-stdlib-1.9.22.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/2.1.0/kotlin-result-jvm-2.1.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.2.0/kotlin-stdlib-2.2.0.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/annotations/13.0/annotations-13.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/2.0.1/kotlin-result-jvm-2.0.1-javadoc.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.9.22/kotlin-stdlib-1.9.22-javadoc.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/2.1.0/kotlin-result-jvm-2.1.0-javadoc.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.2.0/kotlin-stdlib-2.2.0-javadoc.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/annotations/13.0/annotations-13.0-javadoc.jar!/" />
     </JAVADOC>
     <SOURCES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/2.0.1/kotlin-result-jvm-2.0.1-sources.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.9.22/kotlin-stdlib-1.9.22-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/2.1.0/kotlin-result-jvm-2.1.0-sources.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/2.2.0/kotlin-stdlib-2.2.0-sources.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/annotations/13.0/annotations-13.0-sources.jar!/" />
     </SOURCES>
   </library>

.idea/misc.xml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
           <option name="pkg" value="" />
           <option name="language" value="Java" />
           <option name="generateListener" value="false" />
+          <option name="generateVisitor" value="true" />
         </PerGrammarGenerationSettings>
       </list>
     </option>
@@ -25,4 +26,7 @@
   <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_21" default="true" project-jdk-name="openjdk-21" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
+  <component name="PythonCompatibilityInspectionAdvertiser">
+    <option name="version" value="3" />
+  </component>
 </project>

.idea/modules.xml

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/docs/docs.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/docs/docs.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/examples/examples.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/examples/examples.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/intermediate/intermediate.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/intermediate/intermediate.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/languageServer/languageServer.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/languageServer/languageServer.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/parser/parser.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/parser/parser.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/prog8.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/.idea/modules/prog8.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/simpleAst/simpleAst.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/simpleAst/simpleAst.iml" />

README.md

@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ What does Prog8 provide?
 - code often is smaller and faster than equivalent C code compiled with CC65 or even LLVM-MOS
 - modularity, symbol scoping, subroutines. No need for forward declarations.
 - various data types other than just bytes (16-bit words, floats, strings)
+- Structs and typed pointers
 - floating point math is supported on certain targets
 - access to most Kernal ROM routines as external subroutine definitions you can call normally
 - tight control over Zeropage usage
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ What does Prog8 provide?
 - high-level program optimizations
 - conditional branches that map 1:1 to cpu status flags
 - ``when`` statement to provide a concise jump table alternative to if/elseif chains
+- ``on .. goto`` statement for fast jump tables
 - ``in`` expression for concise and efficient multi-value/containment check 
 - ``defer`` statement to help write concise and robust subroutine cleanup logic
 - several specialized built-in functions such as ``lsb``, ``msb``, ``min``, ``max``, ``rol``, ``ror``
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ What does Prog8 provide?
 - "c64": Commodore-64  (6502 like CPU)
 - "c128": Commodore-128  (6502 like CPU - the Z80 cpu mode is not supported)
 - "pet32": Commodore PET (limited support)
-- via external configurable targets: Atari 800 XL, Neo6502, NES, C64OS, ...
+- via external configurable targets: Atari 800 XL, Neo6502, NES, C64 OS, Foenix F256, ...
 - If you only use standard kernal and prog8 library routines, it is possible to compile the *exact same program* for different machines (just change the compiler target flag)
 
 
@@ -191,3 +193,12 @@ For instance here's a well known space ship animated in 3D with hidden line remo
 in the CommanderX16 emulator:
 
 ![cobra3d](docs/source/_static/cobra3d.png)
+
+
+Performance comparison with various C compilers
+-----------------------------------------------
+
+Here is a performance comparison with various C compilers for the 6502/C64 so you can get
+an idea of how Prog8 stacks up.
+
+[comparison](benchmark-c/benchmark.md)

benchmark-c/benchmark.md

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# C-Bench-64 comparison
+
+Several benchmarks of https://thred.github.io/c-bench-64/
+have been ported to equivalent Prog8 code and the benchmark results have been penciled in in the graphs below.
+
+Maybe one day I'll try to integrate the prog8 data properly but their benchmark site is comparing C compilers, which Prog8 clearly is not.
+
+However conclusions so far (note: these are micro benchmarks so interpret the results as you will!)
+
+* Prog8 program size is consistently the smallest by a fair bit.
+* Prog8 execution speed places it more or less in the middle of the stack.
+
+Measured with Prog8 V12.0 .
+
+
+![crc8](result-crc8.png)
+
+![crc16](result-crc16.png)
+
+![crc32](result-crc32.png)
+
+![pow](result-pow.png)
+
+![sieve](result-sieve.png)
+
+![sieve-bit](result-sieve-bit.png)

benchmark-c/crc16.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+%import textio
+%import floats
+
+; note: Prog8 has a complete CRC16 routine in its library: math.crc16
+
+
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        txt.lowercase()
+        test.benchmark_name()
+        cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0)
+        test.benchmark()
+        txt.print_f(floats.time() / 60)
+        txt.print(" seconds\n")
+        void test.benchmark_check()
+        repeat {}
+    }    
+}
+
+test {
+
+    const uword EXPECTED = $ffd0
+    uword crc_result
+
+    sub benchmark_name()
+    {
+        txt.print("crc16.p8\n")
+        txt.print("Calculates the CRC16 of the C64 Kernal\n")
+    }
+
+    sub benchmark()
+    {
+        crc_result = CRC16($e000, $2000)
+    }
+    
+    sub benchmark_check() -> bool
+    {
+        txt.print("CRC=")
+        txt.print_uwhex(crc_result, true)
+
+        if crc_result == EXPECTED
+        {
+            txt.print(" [OK]")
+            return false
+        }
+
+        txt.print(" [FAIL] - expected ")
+        txt.print_uwhex(EXPECTED, true)
+        return true
+    }
+    
+    sub CRC16(^^ubyte data, uword length) -> uword {
+        ; CRC-16/XMODEM
+        uword crc
+
+        repeat length
+        {
+            crc ^= mkword(@(data),0)     ; currently there's no easy way to affect only the MSB of the variable
+
+            repeat 8
+            {
+                crc <<=1
+                if_cs
+                    crc ^= $1021
+            }
+            data++
+        }
+        return crc
+    }
+
+}

benchmark-c/crc32.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+%import textio
+%import floats
+
+; note: Prog8 has a complete CRC32 routine in its library: math.crc32
+
+
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        txt.lowercase()
+        test.benchmark_name()
+        cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0)
+        test.benchmark()
+        txt.print_f(floats.time() / 60)
+        txt.print(" seconds\n")
+        void test.benchmark_check()
+        repeat {}
+    }    
+}
+
+test {
+
+    const long EXPECTED = $e1fa84c6
+    long crc_result
+
+    sub benchmark_name()
+    {
+        txt.print("crc32.p8\n")
+        txt.print("Calculates the CRC32 of the C64 Kernal\n")
+    }
+
+    sub benchmark()
+    {
+        crc_result = CRC32($e000, $2000)
+    }
+    
+    sub benchmark_check() -> bool
+    {
+        txt.print("CRC=")
+        txt.print_ulhex(crc_result, true)
+
+        if crc_result == EXPECTED
+        {
+            txt.print(" [OK]")
+            return false
+        }
+
+        txt.print(" [FAIL] - expected ")
+        txt.print_ulhex(EXPECTED, true)
+        return true
+    }
+    
+    sub CRC32(^^ubyte data, uword length) -> long {
+        ; CRC-32/CKSUM
+        long crc
+
+        repeat length
+        {
+            crc ^= (@(data) as long)<<24     ; currently there's no easy way to affect only the MSB of the variable
+
+            repeat 8
+            {
+                crc <<=1
+                if_cs
+                    crc ^= $04c11db7
+            }
+            data++
+        }
+        crc ^= $ffffffff
+        return crc
+    }
+
+}

benchmark-c/crc8.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+%import textio
+%import floats
+
+
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        txt.lowercase()
+        test.benchmark_name()
+        cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0)
+        test.benchmark()
+        txt.print_f(floats.time() / 60)
+        txt.print(" seconds\n")
+        void test.benchmark_check()
+        repeat {}
+    }    
+}
+
+
+test {
+
+    sub benchmark_name()
+    {
+        txt.print("crc8.p8\n")
+        txt.print("Calculates the CRC8 of the C64 Kernal\n")
+    }
+
+    sub benchmark()
+    {
+        crc_result = CRC8($e000, $2000)
+    }
+    
+    sub benchmark_check() -> bool
+    {
+        txt.print("CRC=")
+        txt.print_ubhex(crc_result, true)
+
+        if crc_result == EXPECTED
+        {
+            txt.print(" [OK]")
+            return false
+        }
+
+        txt.print(" [FAIL] - expected ")
+        txt.print_ubhex(EXPECTED, true)
+        return true
+    }
+    
+
+    const ubyte EXPECTED = $a2
+    ubyte crc_result
+
+    sub CRC8(^^ubyte data, uword length) -> ubyte
+    {
+        ; CRC-8/GSM-A
+        ubyte crc
+
+        repeat length
+        {
+            crc ^= @(data)
+
+            repeat 8
+            {
+                if (crc & $80) != 0
+                    crc = (crc << 1) ^ $1d
+                else
+                    crc <<= 1
+            }
+            data++
+        }
+        return crc
+    }
+}

benchmark-c/pow.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+%import textio
+%import floats
+
+
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        txt.lowercase()
+        test.benchmark_name()
+        cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0)
+        test.benchmark()
+        txt.print_f(floats.time() / 60)
+        txt.print(" seconds\n")
+        void test.benchmark_check()
+        repeat {}
+    }    
+}
+
+test {
+
+    const ubyte N_ITER = 10
+    const ubyte SIZE = 32
+    float[SIZE] array
+
+    const float expected = 3614007361536.000000
+    const float epsilon = 10000000
+    float res
+
+    sub benchmark_name()
+    {
+        txt.print("pow.p8\n")
+        txt.print("Calculates floating point exponential (")
+        txt.print_uw(N_ITER)
+        txt.print(" iterations)\n")
+    }
+
+    sub benchmark()
+    {
+        ubyte i,j
+        res = 0
+        
+        for j in 0 to SIZE-1 {
+            array[j]=0
+        }
+
+        for i in 0 to N_ITER-1 {
+            for j in 0 to SIZE-1 {
+                array[j] += testpow(2.5 / ((i + 1) as float), j)
+            }
+        }
+        
+        for j in 0 to SIZE-1 {
+            res += array[j]
+        }
+    }
+
+    sub testpow(float x, ubyte y) -> float
+    {
+        float tmp = x
+    
+        if y == 0
+            return 1
+    
+        repeat y-1
+            tmp *= x
+    
+        return tmp
+    }
+
+
+    sub benchmark_check() -> bool
+    {
+        txt.print("res      = ")
+        txt.print_f(res)
+        float diff = expected - res;
+        txt.print("\nexpected = ")
+        txt.print_f(expected)
+        txt.print("\nepsilon  = ")
+        txt.print_f(epsilon)
+        txt.print("\ndiff     = ")
+        txt.print_f(diff)
+
+        if (diff < epsilon and diff > -epsilon)
+        {
+            txt.print(" [OK]\n")
+            return false
+        }
+
+        txt.print("[FAIL]\n")
+        return true
+    }
+    
+
+}

benchmark-c/sieve.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+%import textio
+%import floats
+
+
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        txt.lowercase()
+        test.benchmark_name()
+        cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0)
+        test.benchmark()
+        txt.print_f(floats.time() / 60)
+        txt.print(" seconds\n")
+        void test.benchmark_check()
+        repeat {}
+    }    
+}
+
+
+test {
+    const ubyte N_ITER = 10
+    const uword SIZE = 8191
+    const uword EXPECTED = 1900
+    uword prime_count
+    ^^bool @zp flags = memory("flags", SIZE, 0)
+
+    sub benchmark_name()
+    {
+        txt.print("sieve.c\n")
+        txt.print("Calculates the primes from 1 to ")
+        txt.print_uw(SIZE * 2 + 2)
+        txt.print(" (")
+        txt.print_ub(N_ITER)
+        txt.print(" iterations)\n")
+    }
+
+    sub benchmark()
+    {
+        repeat N_ITER
+            prime_count = sieve(SIZE)
+    }
+    
+    sub benchmark_check() -> bool
+    {
+        txt.print("count=")
+        txt.print_uw(prime_count)
+
+        if prime_count == EXPECTED
+        {
+            txt.print(" [OK]")
+            return false
+        }
+
+        txt.print(" [FAIL] - expected ")
+        txt.print_uw(EXPECTED)
+        return true
+    }
+
+    
+    sub sieve(uword size) -> uword 
+    {
+        uword i, prime, k
+        uword count = 1
+
+        for i in 0 to size-1
+            flags[i] = true
+
+        for i in 0 to size-1 
+        {
+            if flags[i]
+            {
+                prime = i + i + 3
+                k = i + prime
+                while k < size
+                {
+                    flags[k] = false
+                    k += prime
+                }
+                count++
+            }
+        }
+    
+        return count
+    }
+
+}

benchmark-c/sieve_bit.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+%import textio
+%import floats
+
+
+main {
+    sub start() {
+        txt.lowercase()
+        test.benchmark_name()
+        cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0)
+        test.benchmark()
+        txt.print_f(floats.time() / 60)
+        txt.print(" seconds\n")
+        void test.benchmark_check()
+        repeat {}
+    }    
+}
+
+
+test {
+    const ubyte N_ITER = 4
+    const uword SIZE = 16000
+    const uword EXPECTED = 3432
+    uword prime_count
+    ^^ubyte @zp flags = memory("flags", SIZE/8+1, 0)
+
+    sub benchmark_name()
+    {
+        txt.print("sieve_bit.p8\n")
+        txt.print("Calculates the primes from 1 to ")
+        txt.print_uw(SIZE * 2 + 2)
+        txt.print(" (")
+        txt.print_ub(N_ITER)
+        txt.print(" iterations)\n")
+    }
+
+    sub benchmark()
+    {
+        repeat N_ITER
+            prime_count = sieve(SIZE)
+    }
+    
+    sub benchmark_check() -> bool
+    {
+        txt.print("count=")
+        txt.print_uw(prime_count)
+
+        if prime_count == EXPECTED
+        {
+            txt.print(" [OK]")
+            return false
+        }
+
+        txt.print(" [FAIL] - expected ")
+        txt.print_uw(EXPECTED)
+        return true
+    }
+
+    ubyte[] bitv = [
+        $01,    
+        $02,
+        $04,
+        $08,
+        $10,
+        $20,
+        $40,
+        $80
+    ]
+
+    sub check_flag(uword idx) -> bool
+    {
+        return flags[idx / 8] & bitv[lsb(idx) & 7] != 0
+    }
+
+    sub clear_flag(uword idx)
+    {
+        flags[idx / 8] &= ~(bitv[lsb(idx) & 7])
+    }
+
+    
+    sub sieve(uword size) -> uword 
+    {
+        uword i, prime, k
+        uword count=1
+    
+        for i in 0 to (size / 8)
+            flags[i] = $ff
+
+        for i in 0 to size-1
+        {
+            if check_flag(i)
+            {
+                prime = i + i + 3
+                k = i + prime;
+                while k < size
+                {
+                    clear_flag(k)
+                    k += prime
+                }
+                count++
+            }
+        }
+
+   
+        return count
+    }
+
+}

benchmark-program/b_btree.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,234 @@
+; Binary Search Tree.
+; It's a simple implementation for test/demonstration purposes of the pointer support;
+; no balancing is done and memory is not freed when elements are removed.
+
+%import textio
+
+btree {
+
+    sub benchmark(uword max_time) -> uword {
+        txt.nl()
+        cbm.SETTIM(0,0,0)
+        uword score
+        while cbm.RDTIM16() < max_time {
+            bench_operations()
+            txt.chrout('.')
+            score++
+        }
+        txt.nl()
+        return score
+    }
+
+    sub bench_operations() {
+        arena.freeall()
+        btree.root = 0
+
+        for cx16.r0 in [321, 719, 194, 550, 187, 203, 520, 562, 221, 676, 97, 852, 273, 326, 589, 606, 275, 794, 63, 716]
+            btree.add(cx16.r0)
+
+        cx16.r0L = btree.size()
+        btree.process_tree_inorder()
+        btree.process_tree_preorder()
+
+        void btree.contains(203)
+        void btree.contains(204)
+        void btree.contains(605)
+        void btree.contains(606)
+
+        btree.remove(9999)
+        btree.remove(97)
+        btree.remove(187)
+        btree.remove(203)
+        btree.remove(275)
+        btree.remove(321)
+        btree.remove(520)
+        btree.remove(562)
+        btree.remove(606)
+        btree.remove(719)
+        btree.remove(794)
+
+        cx16.r0L = btree.size()
+        btree.process_tree_inorder()
+        btree.process_tree_preorder()
+    }
+
+    struct Node {
+        ^^Node left
+        ^^Node right
+        uword value
+    }
+
+    ^^Node root = 0
+
+    sub add(uword value) {
+        ^^Node node = arena.alloc(sizeof(Node))
+        node.value = value
+        node.left = node.right = 0
+
+        if root==0
+            root=node
+        else {
+            ^^Node parent = root
+            repeat {
+                if parent.value >= value {
+                    if parent.left!=0
+                        parent = parent.left
+                    else {
+                        parent.left = node
+                        return
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if parent.right!=0
+                        parent = parent.right
+                    else {
+                        parent.right = node
+                        return
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    sub contains(uword value) -> bool {
+        ^^Node r = root
+        while r!=0 {
+            if r.value==value
+                return true
+            if r.value>value
+                r = r.left
+            else
+                r = r.right
+        }
+        return false
+    }
+
+    sub size() -> ubyte {
+        ubyte count
+
+        if root!=0
+            count_node(root)
+
+        return count
+
+        sub count_node(^^Node r) {
+            count++
+            if r.left!=0 {
+                sys.pushw(r)
+                count_node(r.left)
+                r = sys.popw()
+            }
+            if r.right!=0 {
+                sys.pushw(r)
+                count_node(r.right)
+                r = sys.popw()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    sub remove(uword value) {
+        ; note: we don't deallocate the memory from the node, for simplicity sake
+        ^^Node n = root
+        ^^Node parent = 0
+        while n!=0 {
+            if n.value==value {
+                if n.left==0
+                    replacechild(parent, n, n.right)
+                else if n.right==0
+                    replacechild(parent, n, n.left)
+                else {
+                    ; Both left & right subtrees are present.
+                    ; N = node to delete.
+                    ;    Find N's successor S. (N's right subtree's minimum element)
+                    ;    Attach N's left subtree to S.left (S doesn't have a left child)
+                    ;    Attach N's right subtree to Parent in place of N.
+                    ^^Node successor = find_successor(n)
+                    successor.left = n.left
+                    replacechild(parent, n, n.right)
+                }
+                return
+            }
+            parent = n
+            if n.value>value
+                n = n.left
+            else
+                n = n.right
+        }
+
+        sub find_successor(^^Node p) -> ^^Node {
+            ^^Node succ = p
+            p = p.right
+            while p!=0 {
+                succ = p
+                p = p.left
+            }
+            return succ
+        }
+
+        sub replacechild(^^Node p, ^^Node child, ^^Node newchild) {
+            if p.left==child
+                p.left = newchild
+            else
+                p.right = newchild
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    sub process_tree_inorder() {
+        if root!=0
+            process_tree(root)
+
+        sub process_tree(^^Node r) {
+            if r.left!=0 {
+                sys.pushw(r)
+                process_tree(r.left)
+                r = sys.popw()
+            }
+            cx16.r0 = r.value
+            if r.right!=0 {
+                sys.pushw(r)
+                process_tree(r.right)
+                r = sys.popw()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    sub process_tree_preorder() {
+        if root!=0
+            process_tree(root,0)
+
+        sub process_tree(^^Node r, ubyte depth) {
+            cx16.r0 = r.value
+            if r.left!=0 {
+                sys.pushw(r)
+                sys.push(depth)
+                process_tree(r.left, depth+1)
+                depth = sys.pop()
+                r = sys.popw()
+            }
+            if r.right!=0 {
+                sys.pushw(r)
+                sys.push(depth)
+                process_tree(r.right, depth+1)
+                depth = sys.pop()
+                r = sys.popw()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+arena {
+    ; extremely trivial arena allocator (that never frees)
+    uword buffer = memory("arena", 2000, 0)
+    uword next = buffer
+
+    sub alloc(ubyte size) -> uword {
+        defer next += size
+        return next
+    }
+
+    sub freeall() {
+        next = buffer
+    }
+}

benchmark-program/benchmark.p8

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 %import b_textelite
 %import b_maze
 %import b_sprites
+%import b_btree
 
 %zeropage basicsafe
 %option no_sysinit
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ main {
         txt.color2(1, 6)
         txt.clear_screen()
 
-        txt.print("\n\n\n  prog8 compiler benchmark tests.\n")
+        txt.print("\n\n\n  prog8 compiler benchmark tests.\n\n  benchmark version v12\n\n")
         sys.wait(60)
 
         benchmark_number = 0
@@ -64,13 +65,9 @@ main {
         benchmark_number++
 
         announce_benchmark("circles with gfx_lores")
-        benchmark_score[benchmark_number]  = circles.draw(false, 300)
+        benchmark_score[benchmark_number]  = circles.draw(false, 400)
         benchmark_number++
 
-;        announce_benchmark("circles with kernal")
-;        benchmark_score[benchmark_number]  = circles.draw(true, 300)
-;        benchmark_number++
-
         announce_benchmark("text-elite")
         benchmark_score[benchmark_number]  = textelite.bench(120)
         benchmark_number++
@@ -79,28 +76,32 @@ main {
         benchmark_score[benchmark_number]  = animsprites.benchmark(300)
         benchmark_number++
 
+        announce_benchmark("btree-struct-pointers")
+        benchmark_score[benchmark_number]  = btree.benchmark(200)
+        benchmark_number++
+
         benchmark_names[benchmark_number] = 0
         benchmark_score[benchmark_number] = 0
 
         cx16.set_screen_mode(3)
         txt.uppercase()
         txt.color2(1, 6)
-        uword final_score
+        uword total_score
         benchmark_number = 0
-        txt.print("\nscore benchmark\n\n")
+        txt.print("\nscore benchmark (v12)\n\n")
         do {
             txt.spc()
             txt.print_uw(benchmark_score[benchmark_number])
             txt.column(6)
             txt.print(benchmark_names[benchmark_number])
-            final_score += benchmark_score[benchmark_number]
+            total_score += benchmark_score[benchmark_number]
             txt.nl()
             benchmark_number++
         } until benchmark_names[benchmark_number]==0
 
-        txt.print("\n\nfinal score : ")
-        txt.print_uw(final_score)
-        txt.nl()
+        txt.print("\n\ntotal score : ")
+        txt.print_uw(total_score)
+        txt.print(" (higher=better)\n")
 
         sub announce_benchmark(str name) {
             benchmark_names[benchmark_number] = name

build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmDefaultMode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.internal.config.LanguageFeature
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinVersion
 
 
 plugins {
-    kotlin("jvm") version "2.1.20"
+    kotlin("jvm") version "2.2.20"
 }
 
 allprojects {
@@ -18,6 +20,8 @@ allprojects {
         compilerOptions {
             freeCompilerArgs = listOf("-Xwhen-guards")
             jvmTarget = JvmTarget.JVM_11
+            jvmDefault = JvmDefaultMode.NO_COMPATIBILITY
+            // languageVersion.set(KotlinVersion.KOTLIN_2_3)
         }
         sourceSets.all {
             languageSettings {

codeCore/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
-
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm")
 }
@@ -7,7 +5,7 @@ plugins {
 dependencies {
     // should have no dependencies to other modules
     // implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
-    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.0.1")
+    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.1.0")
 }
 
 sourceSets {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/Globals.kt

@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@ import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.absolute
 
 
-// the automatically generated module where all string literals are interned to:
 const val INTERNED_STRINGS_MODULENAME = "prog8_interned_strings"
 
+val PROG8_CONTAINER_MODULES = arrayOf(INTERNED_STRINGS_MODULENAME)      // option to add more if needed one day
+
 // all automatically generated labels everywhere need to have the same label name prefix:
 const val GENERATED_LABEL_PREFIX = "p8_label_gen_"
 

codeCore/src/prog8/code/core/BuiltinFunctions.kt

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ class FSignature(val pure: Boolean,      // does it have side effects?
         val returns: ReturnConvention = when (returnType) {
             BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE -> ReturnConvention(returnType, RegisterOrPair.A)
             BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> ReturnConvention(returnType, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> ReturnConvention(returnType, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> ReturnConvention(returnType, RegisterOrPair.FAC1)
             in IterableDatatypes -> ReturnConvention(returnType!!, RegisterOrPair.AY)
             null -> ReturnConvention(null, null)
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ class FSignature(val pure: Boolean,      // does it have side effects?
                 when (val paramType = actualParamTypes.first()) {
                     BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE -> ReturnConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.A)
                     BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> ReturnConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+                    BaseDataType.LONG -> ReturnConvention(returnType, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
                     BaseDataType.FLOAT -> ReturnConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.FAC1)
                     in IterableDatatypes -> ReturnConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                     else -> ReturnConvention(paramType, null)
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class FSignature(val pure: Boolean,      // does it have side effects?
                 val paramConv = when(val paramType = actualParamTypes[0]) {
                     BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE -> ParamConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.A, false)
                     BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> ParamConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.AY, false)
+                    BaseDataType.LONG -> ParamConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, false)
                     BaseDataType.FLOAT -> ParamConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.AY, false)      // NOTE: for builtin functions, floating point arguments are passed by reference (so you get a pointer in AY)
                     in IterableDatatypes -> ParamConvention(paramType, RegisterOrPair.AY, false)
                     else -> ParamConvention(paramType, null, false)
@@ -88,20 +91,23 @@ class FSignature(val pure: Boolean,      // does it have side effects?
 val BuiltinFunctions: Map<String, FSignature> = mapOf(
     "setlsb"  to FSignature(false, null, FParam("variable", BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "setmsb"  to FSignature(false, null, FParam("variable", BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
-    "rol"     to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD)),
-    "ror"     to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD)),
-    "rol2"    to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD)),
-    "ror2"    to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD)),
-    "cmp"     to FSignature(false, null, FParam("value1", *IntegerDatatypes), FParam("value2", *NumericDatatypes)),  // cmp returns a status in the carry flag, but not a proper return value
+    "rol"     to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
+    "ror"     to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
+    "rol2"    to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
+    "ror2"    to FSignature(false, null, FParam("item", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
+    "cmp"     to FSignature(false, null, FParam("value1", *IntegerDatatypes), FParam("value2", *NumericDatatypes)),  // cmp returns result in the cpu status flags, but not asa proper return value
     "prog8_lib_stringcompare"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.BYTE, FParam("str1", BaseDataType.STR), FParam("str2", BaseDataType.STR)),
     "prog8_lib_square_byte"       to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "prog8_lib_square_word"       to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("value", BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.UWORD)),
+    "prog8_lib_structalloc"       to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD),
     "abs"           to FSignature(true, null, FParam("value", *NumericDatatypes)),
     "abs__byte"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.BYTE)),
     "abs__word"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("value", BaseDataType.WORD)),
+    "abs__long"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.LONG, FParam("value", BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "abs__float"    to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.FLOAT, FParam("value", BaseDataType.FLOAT)),
     "len"           to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("values", *IterableDatatypes)),
-    "sizeof"        to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("object", *BaseDataType.entries.toTypedArray())),
+    "sizeof"        to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("object", *(BaseDataType.entries - BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE).toTypedArray())),
+    "offsetof"      to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("field", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "sgn"           to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.BYTE, FParam("value", *NumericDatatypes)),
     "sqrt"          to FSignature(true, null, FParam("value", *NumericDatatypes)),
     "sqrt__ubyte"   to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
@@ -111,30 +117,42 @@ val BuiltinFunctions: Map<String, FSignature> = mapOf(
     "divmod__ubyte" to FSignature(false, null, FParam("dividend", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("divisor", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("quotient", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("remainder", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "divmod__uword" to FSignature(false, null, FParam("dividend", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("divisor", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("quotient", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("remainder", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
     "lsb"           to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
-    "lsw"           to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
+    "lsb__long"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "msb"           to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
+    "msb__long"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.LONG)),
+    "lsw"           to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "msw"           to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "mkword"        to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("msb", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("lsb", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
+    "mklong"        to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.LONG, FParam("msb", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("b2", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("b1", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("lsb", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
+    "mklong2"       to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.LONG, FParam("msw", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("lsw", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
     "clamp"         to FSignature(true, null, FParam("value", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("minimum", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("maximum", BaseDataType.BYTE)),
     "clamp__byte"   to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.BYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("minimum", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("maximum", BaseDataType.BYTE)),
     "clamp__ubyte"  to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("minimum", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("maximum", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "clamp__word"   to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.WORD, FParam("value", BaseDataType.WORD), FParam("minimum", BaseDataType.WORD), FParam("maximum", BaseDataType.WORD)),
     "clamp__uword"  to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("minimum", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("maximum", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
+    "clamp__long"   to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.LONG, FParam("value", BaseDataType.LONG), FParam("minimum", BaseDataType.LONG), FParam("maximum", BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "min"           to FSignature(true, null, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.BYTE)),
     "min__byte"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.BYTE, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.BYTE)),
     "min__ubyte"    to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "min__word"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.WORD, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.WORD), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.WORD)),
     "min__uword"    to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
+    "min__long"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.LONG, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.LONG), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "max"           to FSignature(true, null, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.BYTE)),
     "max__byte"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.BYTE, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.BYTE), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.BYTE)),
     "max__ubyte"    to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.UBYTE), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "max__word"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.WORD, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.WORD), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.WORD)),
     "max__uword"    to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
+    "max__long"     to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.LONG, FParam("val1", BaseDataType.LONG), FParam("val2", BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "peek"          to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
+    "peekbool"      to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.BOOL, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
     "peekw"         to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.UWORD, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
+    "peekl"         to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.LONG, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
     "peekf"         to FSignature(true, BaseDataType.FLOAT, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
-    "poke"          to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
-    "pokew"         to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD)),
+    "poke"          to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE)),
+    "pokebool"      to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.BOOL)),
+    "pokebowl"      to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.BOOL)),
+    "pokew"         to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD)),
+    "pokel"         to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.LONG)),
     "pokef"         to FSignature(false, null, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.FLOAT)),
     "pokemon"       to FSignature(false, BaseDataType.UBYTE, FParam("address", BaseDataType.UWORD), FParam("value", BaseDataType.UBYTE)),
     "rsave"         to FSignature(false, null),

codeCore/src/prog8/code/core/CompilationOptions.kt

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class CompilationOptions(val output: OutputType,
                          val noSysInit: Boolean,
                          val romable: Boolean,
                          val compTarget: ICompilationTarget,
+                         val compilerVersion: String,
                          // these are set later, based on command line arguments or options in the source code:
                          var loadAddress: UInt,
                          var memtopAddress: UInt,
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ class CompilationOptions(val output: OutputType,
                          var varsGolden: Boolean = false,
                          var slabsHighBank: Int? = null,
                          var slabsGolden: Boolean = false,
-                         var dontSplitWordArrays: Boolean = false,
                          var breakpointCpuInstruction: String? = null,
                          var ignoreFootguns: Boolean = false,
                          var outputDir: Path = Path(""),

codeCore/src/prog8/code/core/Conversions.kt

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ fun Number.toHex(): String {
     //  256..65536 -> "$0100".."$ffff"
     //  larger -> "$12345678"
     // negative values are prefixed with '-'.
-    val integer = this.toInt()
+    val integer = this.toLong()
     if(integer<0)
         return '-' + abs(integer).toHex()
     return when (integer) {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/core/Enumerations.kt

@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ enum class BaseDataType {
     STR,                // pass by reference
     ARRAY,              // pass by reference, subtype is the element type
     ARRAY_SPLITW,       // pass by reference, split word layout, subtype is the element type (restricted to word types)
+    POINTER,            // typed pointer, subtype is whatever type is pointed to
+    STRUCT_INSTANCE,    // the actual instance of a struct (not directly supported in the language yet, but we need its type)
+    ARRAY_POINTER,      // array of pointers (uwords), subtype is whatever type each element points to
     UNDEFINED;
 
 
@@ -26,6 +29,7 @@ enum class BaseDataType {
             this.isArray && other.isArray -> false
             this.isArray -> other != FLOAT
             this == STR -> other != FLOAT
+            this.isPointer -> other.isByteOrBool
             else -> true
         }
 
@@ -34,7 +38,8 @@ enum class BaseDataType {
             this == other -> true
             this.isArray && other.isArray -> true
             this.isByteOrBool -> other.isByteOrBool
-            this.isWord -> other.isWord
+            this.isWord -> other.isWord || other.isPointer
+            this.isPointer -> other.isWord
             this == STR && other== UWORD || this== UWORD && other== STR -> true
             this == STR && other.isArray -> true
             this.isArray && other == STR -> true
@@ -45,89 +50,170 @@ enum class BaseDataType {
 val BaseDataType.isByte get() = this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE)
 val BaseDataType.isByteOrBool get() = this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.BOOL)
 val BaseDataType.isWord get() = this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD)
+val BaseDataType.isLong get() = this == BaseDataType.LONG
 val BaseDataType.isInteger get() = this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG)
 val BaseDataType.isIntegerOrBool get() = this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.BOOL)
+val BaseDataType.isWordOrByteOrBool get() = this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.BOOL)
 val BaseDataType.isNumeric get() = this == BaseDataType.FLOAT || this.isInteger
 val BaseDataType.isNumericOrBool get() = this == BaseDataType.BOOL || this.isNumeric
 val BaseDataType.isSigned get() = this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.FLOAT)
-val BaseDataType.isArray get() = this == BaseDataType.ARRAY || this == BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW
-val BaseDataType.isSplitWordArray get() = this == BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW
-val BaseDataType.isIterable get() =  this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.ARRAY, BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW)
-val BaseDataType.isPassByRef get() = this.isIterable
-val BaseDataType.isPassByValue get() = !this.isIterable
+val BaseDataType.isArray get() = this == BaseDataType.ARRAY || this == BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW || this == BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER
+val BaseDataType.isPointer get() = this == BaseDataType.POINTER
+val BaseDataType.isStructInstance get() = this == BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE
+val BaseDataType.isPointerArray get() = this == BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER
+val BaseDataType.isSplitWordArray get() = this == BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW || this == BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER       // pointer arrays are also always stored as split uwords
+val BaseDataType.isIterable get() =  this in arrayOf(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.ARRAY, BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW, BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER)
+val BaseDataType.isPassByRef get() = this.isIterable && !this.isPointer
+val BaseDataType.isPassByValue get() = !this.isIterable || this.isPointer
 
 
-class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType?) {
+interface ISubType {
+    val scopedNameString: String
+    fun memsize(sizer: IMemSizer): Int
+    fun sameas(other: ISubType): Boolean
+    fun getFieldType(name: String): DataType?
+}
+
+class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType?, var subType: ISubType?, var subTypeFromAntlr: List<String>?=null) {
 
     init {
-        if(base.isArray) {
-            require(sub != null)
+        when {
+            base.isPointerArray -> {
+                require(sub!=null || subType!=null || subTypeFromAntlr!=null)
+            }
+            base.isArray -> {
+                require(sub != null && subType==null && subTypeFromAntlr==null)
                 if(base.isSplitWordArray)
                     require(sub == BaseDataType.UWORD || sub == BaseDataType.WORD)
             }
-        else if(base==BaseDataType.STR)
-            require(sub==BaseDataType.UBYTE) { "string subtype should be ubyte" }
-        else
-            require(sub == null) { "only string and array base types can have a subtype"}
+            base==BaseDataType.STR -> require(sub==BaseDataType.UBYTE) { "string subtype should be ubyte" }
+            base!=BaseDataType.POINTER -> require(sub == null) { "only string, array and pointer base types can have a subtype"}
+            else -> {
+                require(sub == null || (subType == null && subTypeFromAntlr == null)) {
+                    "sub and subtype can't both be set"
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
         if (this === other) return true
         if (other !is DataType) return false
-        return base == other.base && sub == other.sub
+        return base == other.base && sub == other.sub && (subType==other.subType || subType!!.sameas(other.subType!!))
     }
 
-    override fun hashCode(): Int = Objects.hash(base, sub)
+    override fun hashCode(): Int = Objects.hash(base, sub, subType)
+
+    fun setActualSubType(actualSubType: ISubType) {
+        subType = actualSubType
+        subTypeFromAntlr = null
+    }
 
     companion object {
 
-        val UBYTE = DataType(BaseDataType.UBYTE, null)
-        val BYTE = DataType(BaseDataType.BYTE, null)
-        val UWORD = DataType(BaseDataType.UWORD, null)
-        val WORD = DataType(BaseDataType.WORD, null)
-        val LONG = DataType(BaseDataType.LONG, null)
-        val FLOAT = DataType(BaseDataType.FLOAT, null)
-        val BOOL = DataType(BaseDataType.BOOL, null)
-        val STR = DataType(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.UBYTE)
-        val UNDEFINED = DataType(BaseDataType.UNDEFINED, null)
+        val UBYTE = DataType(BaseDataType.UBYTE, null, null)
+        val BYTE = DataType(BaseDataType.BYTE, null, null)
+        val UWORD = DataType(BaseDataType.UWORD, null, null)
+        val WORD = DataType(BaseDataType.WORD, null, null)
+        val LONG = DataType(BaseDataType.LONG, null, null)
+        val FLOAT = DataType(BaseDataType.FLOAT, null, null)
+        val BOOL = DataType(BaseDataType.BOOL, null, null)
+        val STR = DataType(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.UBYTE, null)
+        val UNDEFINED = DataType(BaseDataType.UNDEFINED, null, null)
 
         private val simpletypes = mapOf(
-            BaseDataType.UBYTE to DataType(BaseDataType.UBYTE, null),
-            BaseDataType.BYTE to DataType(BaseDataType.BYTE, null),
-            BaseDataType.UWORD to DataType(BaseDataType.UWORD, null),
-            BaseDataType.WORD to DataType(BaseDataType.WORD, null),
-            BaseDataType.LONG to DataType(BaseDataType.LONG, null),
-            BaseDataType.FLOAT to DataType(BaseDataType.FLOAT, null),
-            BaseDataType.BOOL to DataType(BaseDataType.BOOL, null),
-            BaseDataType.STR to DataType(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.UBYTE),
-            BaseDataType.UNDEFINED to DataType(BaseDataType.UNDEFINED, null)
+            BaseDataType.UBYTE to DataType(BaseDataType.UBYTE, null, null),
+            BaseDataType.BYTE to DataType(BaseDataType.BYTE, null, null),
+            BaseDataType.UWORD to DataType(BaseDataType.UWORD, null, null),
+            BaseDataType.WORD to DataType(BaseDataType.WORD, null, null),
+            BaseDataType.LONG to DataType(BaseDataType.LONG, null, null),
+            BaseDataType.FLOAT to DataType(BaseDataType.FLOAT, null, null),
+            BaseDataType.BOOL to DataType(BaseDataType.BOOL, null, null),
+            BaseDataType.STR to DataType(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.UBYTE, null),
+            BaseDataType.UNDEFINED to DataType(BaseDataType.UNDEFINED, null, null)
         )
 
-        fun forDt(dt: BaseDataType) = simpletypes.getValue(dt)
+        fun forDt(dt: BaseDataType): DataType {
+            if(dt.isStructInstance)
+                TODO("cannot use struct instance as a data type (yet) - use a pointer instead")
+            return simpletypes.getValue(dt)
+        }
 
         fun arrayFor(elementDt: BaseDataType, splitwordarray: Boolean=true): DataType {
+            require(!elementDt.isPointer) { "use other array constructor for arrays of pointers" }
             val actualElementDt = if(elementDt==BaseDataType.STR) BaseDataType.UWORD else elementDt      // array of strings is actually just an array of UWORD pointers
             return if(splitwordarray && actualElementDt.isWord)
-                DataType(BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW, actualElementDt)
+                DataType(BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW, actualElementDt, null)
             else {
-                if(actualElementDt.isNumericOrBool && actualElementDt != BaseDataType.LONG)
-                    DataType(BaseDataType.ARRAY, actualElementDt)
+                if(actualElementDt.isNumericOrBool)
+                    DataType(BaseDataType.ARRAY, actualElementDt, null)
                 else
-                    throw NoSuchElementException("invalid element dt $elementDt")
+                    throw NoSuchElementException("invalid basic element dt $elementDt")
             }
         }
+
+        fun arrayOfPointersTo(sub: BaseDataType): DataType = DataType(BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER, sub, null)
+        fun arrayOfPointersTo(structType: ISubType?): DataType = DataType(BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER, null, structType)
+        fun arrayOfPointersFromAntlrTo(sub: BaseDataType?, identifier: List<String>?): DataType =
+            DataType(BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER, sub, null, identifier)
+
+        fun pointer(base: BaseDataType): DataType = DataType(BaseDataType.POINTER, base, null)
+        fun pointer(dt: DataType): DataType = if(dt.isBasic)
+                DataType(BaseDataType.POINTER, dt.base, null)
+            else
+                DataType(BaseDataType.POINTER, null, dt.subType, dt.subTypeFromAntlr)
+        fun pointer(structType: ISubType): DataType = DataType(BaseDataType.POINTER, null, structType)
+        fun pointerFromAntlr(identifier: List<String>): DataType = DataType(BaseDataType.POINTER, null, null, identifier)
+        fun structInstance(type: ISubType?): DataType = DataType(BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE, sub=null, type)
+        fun structInstanceFromAntlr(struct: List<String>): DataType = DataType(BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE, null, null, subTypeFromAntlr = struct)
     }
 
+
     fun elementToArray(splitwords: Boolean = true): DataType {
         return if (base == BaseDataType.UWORD || base == BaseDataType.WORD || base == BaseDataType.STR) arrayFor(base, splitwords)
         else arrayFor(base, false)
     }
 
     fun elementType(): DataType =
-        if(base.isArray || base==BaseDataType.STR)
-            forDt(sub!!)
-        else
-            throw IllegalArgumentException("not an array")
+        when {
+            isPointerArray -> DataType(BaseDataType.POINTER, sub, subType)
+            base.isArray || base==BaseDataType.STR -> forDt(sub!!)
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("not an array")
+        }
+
+    fun typeForAddressOf(msb: Boolean): DataType {
+        if (isUndefined)
+            return if(msb) pointer(BaseDataType.UBYTE) else UWORD
+        else {
+            if (isBasic)
+                return pointer(base)
+            if (isString)
+                return pointer(BaseDataType.UBYTE)
+            if (isPointer)
+                return UWORD
+            if (isArray) {
+                if (msb || isSplitWordArray)
+                    return pointer(BaseDataType.UBYTE)
+                val elementDt = elementType()
+                require(elementDt.isBasic)
+                return pointer(elementDt)
+            }
+            if (subType != null)
+                return pointer(this)
+            return UWORD
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun dereference(): DataType {
+        require(isPointer || isUnsignedWord)
+        return when {
+            isUnsignedWord -> forDt(BaseDataType.UBYTE)
+            sub!=null -> forDt(sub)
+            subType!=null -> DataType(BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE, null, subType)
+            subTypeFromAntlr!=null -> DataType(BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE, null, null, subTypeFromAntlr)
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("cannot dereference this pointer type")
+        }
+    }
 
     override fun toString(): String = when(base) {
         BaseDataType.ARRAY -> {
@@ -138,6 +224,7 @@ class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType
                 BaseDataType.WORD -> "word[]"
                 BaseDataType.UBYTE -> "ubyte[]"
                 BaseDataType.UWORD -> "uword[]"
+                BaseDataType.LONG -> "long[]"
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid sub type")
             }
         }
@@ -148,6 +235,15 @@ class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid sub type")
             }
         }
+        BaseDataType.POINTER -> {
+            if(sub!=null) "^^${sub.name.lowercase()}" else if(subType!=null) "^^${subType!!.scopedNameString}" else "^^${subTypeFromAntlr}"
+        }
+        BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER -> {
+            if(sub!=null) "^^${sub.name.lowercase()}[] (split)" else if (subType!=null) "^^${subType!!.scopedNameString}[] (split)" else "^^${subTypeFromAntlr}[] (split)"
+        }
+        BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE -> {
+            sub?.name?.lowercase() ?: if (subType!=null) subType!!.scopedNameString else "$subTypeFromAntlr"
+        }
         else -> base.name.lowercase()
     }
 
@@ -160,6 +256,30 @@ class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType
         BaseDataType.LONG -> "long"
         BaseDataType.FLOAT -> "float"
         BaseDataType.STR -> "str"
+        BaseDataType.POINTER -> {
+            when {
+                sub!=null -> "^^${sub.name.lowercase()}"
+                subType!=null -> "^^${subType!!.scopedNameString}"
+                subTypeFromAntlr!=null -> "^^${subTypeFromAntlr!!.joinToString(".")}"
+                else -> "?????"
+            }
+        }
+        BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE -> {
+            when {
+                sub!=null -> sub.name.lowercase()
+                subType!=null -> subType!!.scopedNameString
+                subTypeFromAntlr!=null -> subTypeFromAntlr!!.joinToString(".")
+                else -> "?????"
+            }
+        }
+        BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER -> {
+            when {
+                sub!=null -> "^^${sub.name.lowercase()}["
+                subType!=null -> "^^${subType!!.scopedNameString}["
+                subTypeFromAntlr!=null -> "^^${subTypeFromAntlr!!.joinToString(".")}["
+                else -> "????? ["
+            }
+        }
         BaseDataType.ARRAY -> {
             when(sub) {
                 BaseDataType.UBYTE -> "ubyte["
@@ -167,6 +287,7 @@ class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType
                 BaseDataType.BOOL -> "bool["
                 BaseDataType.BYTE -> "byte["
                 BaseDataType.WORD -> "@nosplit word["
+                BaseDataType.LONG -> "long["
                 BaseDataType.FLOAT -> "float["
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid sub type")
             }
@@ -187,18 +308,37 @@ class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType
             BaseDataType.BOOL -> targetType.base == BaseDataType.BOOL
             BaseDataType.UBYTE -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.FLOAT)
             BaseDataType.BYTE -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.FLOAT)
-            BaseDataType.UWORD -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.FLOAT)
+            BaseDataType.UWORD -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.FLOAT, BaseDataType.POINTER, BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER)
             BaseDataType.WORD -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.FLOAT)
             BaseDataType.LONG -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.LONG, BaseDataType.FLOAT)
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.FLOAT)
-            BaseDataType.STR -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.UWORD)
+            BaseDataType.STR -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.STR, BaseDataType.UWORD) || (targetType.isPointer && targetType.sub==BaseDataType.UBYTE)
             BaseDataType.ARRAY, BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW -> targetType.base in arrayOf(BaseDataType.ARRAY, BaseDataType.ARRAY_SPLITW) && targetType.sub == sub
+            BaseDataType.POINTER -> {
+                when {
+                    targetType.base == BaseDataType.UWORD || targetType.base == BaseDataType.LONG -> true
+                    targetType.isPointer -> this.isUnsignedWord || this == targetType
+                    else -> false
+                }
+            }
+            BaseDataType.STRUCT_INSTANCE -> false        // we cannot deal with actual struct instances yet in any shape or form (only getting fields from it)
+            BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER -> false
             BaseDataType.UNDEFINED -> false
         }
 
     fun largerSizeThan(other: DataType): Boolean = base.largerSizeThan(other.base)
     fun equalsSize(other: DataType): Boolean = base.equalsSize(other.base)
 
+    // note: for pointer types, size() doesn't return the size of the pointer itself but the size of the thing it points to
+    fun size(memsizer: IMemSizer): Int = if(sub!=null) {
+            memsizer.memorySize(sub)
+        } else if(subType!=null) {
+            subType!!.memsize(memsizer)
+        } else {
+            memsizer.memorySize(base)
+        }
+
+    val isBasic = sub==null && subType==null && subTypeFromAntlr==null
     val isUndefined = base == BaseDataType.UNDEFINED
     val isByte = base.isByte
     val isUnsignedByte = base == BaseDataType.UBYTE
@@ -208,28 +348,35 @@ class DataType private constructor(val base: BaseDataType, val sub: BaseDataType
     val isUnsignedWord =  base == BaseDataType.UWORD
     val isSignedWord =  base == BaseDataType.WORD
     val isInteger = base.isInteger
+    val isWordOrByteOrBool = base.isWordOrByteOrBool
     val isIntegerOrBool = base.isIntegerOrBool
     val isNumeric = base.isNumeric
     val isNumericOrBool = base.isNumericOrBool
     val isSigned = base.isSigned
     val isUnsigned = !base.isSigned
     val isArray = base.isArray
-    val isBoolArray = base.isArray && sub == BaseDataType.BOOL
-    val isByteArray = base.isArray && (sub == BaseDataType.UBYTE || sub == BaseDataType.BYTE)
-    val isUnsignedByteArray = base.isArray && sub == BaseDataType.UBYTE
-    val isSignedByteArray = base.isArray && sub == BaseDataType.BYTE
-    val isWordArray = base.isArray && (sub == BaseDataType.UWORD || sub == BaseDataType.WORD)
-    val isUnsignedWordArray = base.isArray && sub == BaseDataType.UWORD
-    val isSignedWordArray = base.isArray && sub == BaseDataType.WORD
-    val isFloatArray = base.isArray && sub == BaseDataType.FLOAT
+    val isPointer = base.isPointer
+    val isPointerToByte = base.isPointer && sub?.isByteOrBool==true
+    val isPointerToWord = base.isPointer && sub?.isWord==true
+    val isStructInstance = base.isStructInstance
+    val isPointerArray = base.isPointerArray
+    val isBoolArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.BOOL
+    val isByteArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && (sub == BaseDataType.UBYTE || sub == BaseDataType.BYTE)
+    val isUnsignedByteArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.UBYTE
+    val isSignedByteArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.BYTE
+    val isWordArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && (sub == BaseDataType.UWORD || sub == BaseDataType.WORD)
+    val isUnsignedWordArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.UWORD
+    val isSignedWordArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.WORD
+    val isLongArray = base.isArray && sub == BaseDataType.LONG
+    val isFloatArray = base.isArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.FLOAT
     val isString = base == BaseDataType.STR
     val isBool = base == BaseDataType.BOOL
     val isFloat = base == BaseDataType.FLOAT
     val isLong = base == BaseDataType.LONG
     val isStringly = base == BaseDataType.STR || base == BaseDataType.UWORD || (base == BaseDataType.ARRAY && (sub == BaseDataType.UBYTE || sub == BaseDataType.BYTE))
     val isSplitWordArray = base.isSplitWordArray
-    val isSplitUnsignedWordArray = base.isSplitWordArray && sub == BaseDataType.UWORD
-    val isSplitSignedWordArray = base.isSplitWordArray && sub == BaseDataType.WORD
+    val isSplitUnsignedWordArray = base.isSplitWordArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.UWORD
+    val isSplitSignedWordArray = base.isSplitWordArray && !base.isPointerArray && sub == BaseDataType.WORD
     val isIterable =  base.isIterable
     val isPassByRef = base.isPassByRef
     val isPassByValue = base.isPassByValue
@@ -253,7 +400,9 @@ enum class RegisterOrPair {
     FAC2,
     // cx16 virtual registers:
     R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7,
-    R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15;
+    R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15,
+    // combined virtual registers to store 32 bits longs:
+    R0R1_32, R2R3_32, R4R5_32, R6R7_32, R8R9_32, R10R11_32, R12R13_32, R14R15_32;
 
     companion object {
         val names by lazy { entries.map { it.toString()} }
@@ -266,6 +415,18 @@ enum class RegisterOrPair {
         }
     }
 
+    fun startregname() = when(this) {
+        R0R1_32 -> "r0"
+        R2R3_32 -> "r2"
+        R4R5_32 -> "r4"
+        R6R7_32 -> "r6"
+        R8R9_32 -> "r8"
+        R10R11_32 -> "r10"
+        R12R13_32 -> "r12"
+        R14R15_32 -> "r14"
+        else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("must be a combined virtual register $this")
+    }
+
     fun asCpuRegister(): CpuRegister = when(this) {
         A -> CpuRegister.A
         X -> CpuRegister.X
@@ -279,11 +440,15 @@ enum class RegisterOrPair {
             BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BOOL -> "L"
             BaseDataType.BYTE -> "sL"
             BaseDataType.WORD -> "s"
-            BaseDataType.UWORD, null -> ""
-            else -> throw kotlin.IllegalArgumentException("invalid register param type")
+            BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.POINTER, null -> ""
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid register param type for cx16 virtual reg")
         }
         return listOf("cx16", name.lowercase()+suffix)
     }
+
+    fun isWord() = this==AX || this == AY || this==XY || this in Cx16VirtualRegisters
+    fun isLong() = this in combinedLongRegisters
+
 }       // only used in parameter and return value specs in asm subroutines
 
 enum class Statusflag {
@@ -319,6 +484,17 @@ val Cx16VirtualRegisters = arrayOf(
     RegisterOrPair.R12, RegisterOrPair.R13, RegisterOrPair.R14, RegisterOrPair.R15
 )
 
+val combinedLongRegisters = arrayOf(
+    RegisterOrPair.R0R1_32,
+    RegisterOrPair.R2R3_32,
+    RegisterOrPair.R4R5_32,
+    RegisterOrPair.R6R7_32,
+    RegisterOrPair.R8R9_32,
+    RegisterOrPair.R10R11_32,
+    RegisterOrPair.R12R13_32,
+    RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32
+)
+
 val CpuRegisters = arrayOf(
     RegisterOrPair.A, RegisterOrPair.X, RegisterOrPair.Y,
     RegisterOrPair.AX, RegisterOrPair.AY, RegisterOrPair.XY
@@ -354,6 +530,5 @@ enum class ZeropageWish {
 
 enum class SplitWish {
     DONTCARE,
-    SPLIT,
     NOSPLIT
 }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/core/ICompilationTarget.kt

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ interface ICompilationTarget: IStringEncoding, IMemSizer {
     var golden: GoldenRam
     val libraryPath: Path?
     val customLauncher: List<String>
-    val additionalAssemblerOptions: String?
+    val additionalAssemblerOptions: List<String>
     val defaultOutputType: OutputType
 
     fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions)

codeCore/src/prog8/code/core/MemoryRegions.kt

@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ abstract class Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions): MemoryAllocator(options) {
 
     abstract val SCRATCH_B1 : UInt      // temp storage for a single byte
     abstract val SCRATCH_REG : UInt     // temp storage for a register byte, must be B1+1
-    abstract val SCRATCH_W1 : UInt      // temp storage 1 for a word  $fb+$fc
-    abstract val SCRATCH_W2 : UInt      // temp storage 2 for a word  $fb+$fc
+    abstract val SCRATCH_W1 : UInt      // temp storage 1 for a word
+    abstract val SCRATCH_W2 : UInt      // temp storage 2 for a word
+    abstract val SCRATCH_PTR : UInt     // temp storage for a pointer
 
 
     // the variables allocated into Zeropage.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ abstract class Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions): MemoryAllocator(options) {
             for (reserved in options.zpReserved)
                 reserve(reserved)
 
-            free.removeAll(arrayOf(SCRATCH_B1, SCRATCH_REG, SCRATCH_W1, SCRATCH_W1 + 1u, SCRATCH_W2, SCRATCH_W2 + 1u))
+            free.removeAll(arrayOf(SCRATCH_B1, SCRATCH_REG, SCRATCH_W1, SCRATCH_W1 + 1u, SCRATCH_W2, SCRATCH_W2 + 1u, SCRATCH_PTR, SCRATCH_PTR+1u))
         }
     }
 
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ abstract class Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions): MemoryAllocator(options) {
         val size: Int =
                 when {
                     datatype.isIntegerOrBool -> options.compTarget.memorySize(datatype, null)
+                    datatype.isPointer -> options.compTarget.memorySize(datatype, null)
                     datatype.isString || datatype.isArray -> {
                         val memsize = options.compTarget.memorySize(datatype, numElements!!)
                         if(position!=null)
@@ -122,6 +124,7 @@ abstract class Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions): MemoryAllocator(options) {
                 datatype.isNumericOrBool -> VarAllocation(address, datatype, size)        // numerical variables in zeropage never have an initial value here because they are set in separate initializer assignments
                 datatype.isString -> VarAllocation(address, datatype, size)
                 datatype.isArray -> VarAllocation(address, datatype, size)
+                datatype.isPointer -> VarAllocation(address, datatype, size)
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid dt")
             }
         }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/C128Target.kt

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import prog8.code.target.zp.C128Zeropage
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 
-class C128Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+class C128Target: ICompilationTarget,
+    IStringEncoding by Encoder(true),
+    IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+
     override val name = NAME
     override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
     override val libraryPath = null
-    override val customLauncher: List<String> = emptyList()
-    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = null
+    override val customLauncher = emptyList<String>()
+    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = emptyList<String>()
     override val defaultOutputType = OutputType.PRG
 
     companion object {
@@ -28,10 +31,10 @@ class C128Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by N
     override val PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS = 0x1c01u
     override val PROGRAM_MEMTOP_ADDRESS = 0xc000u
 
-    override val BSSHIGHRAM_START = 0u    // TODO
-    override val BSSHIGHRAM_END = 0u      // TODO
-    override val BSSGOLDENRAM_START = 0u  // TODO
-    override val BSSGOLDENRAM_END = 0u    // TODO
+    override val BSSHIGHRAM_START = 0u    // TODO address?
+    override val BSSHIGHRAM_END = 0u      // TODO address?
+    override val BSSGOLDENRAM_START = 0u  // TODO address?
+    override val BSSGOLDENRAM_END = 0u    // TODO address?
 
     override lateinit var zeropage: Zeropage
     override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/C64Target.kt

@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ import java.io.IOException
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 
-class C64Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.Companion.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+class C64Target: ICompilationTarget,
+    IStringEncoding by Encoder(true),
+    IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+
     override val name = NAME
     override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
     override val libraryPath = null
-    override val customLauncher: List<String> = emptyList()
-    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = null
+    override val customLauncher = emptyList<String>()
+    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = emptyList<String>()
     override val defaultOutputType = OutputType.PRG
 
     companion object {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/ConfigFileTarget.kt

@@ -27,17 +27,18 @@ class ConfigFileTarget(
     override val defaultOutputType: OutputType,
     override val libraryPath: Path,
     override val customLauncher: List<String>,
-    override val additionalAssemblerOptions: String?,
+    override val additionalAssemblerOptions: List<String>,
     val ioAddresses: List<UIntRange>,
     val zpScratchB1: UInt,
     val zpScratchReg: UInt,
     val zpScratchW1: UInt,
     val zpScratchW2: UInt,
+    val zpScratchPtr: UInt,
     val virtualregistersStart: UInt,
     val zpFullsafe: List<UIntRange>,
     val zpKernalsafe: List<UIntRange>,
     val zpBasicsafe: List<UIntRange>
-): ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(8) {
+): ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder(true), IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(8) {
 
     companion object {
 
@@ -109,8 +110,6 @@ class ConfigFileTarget(
                     (customLauncherStr+"\n").lines().map { it.trimEnd() }
                 else emptyList()
             val assemblerOptionsStr = props.getProperty("assembler_options", "").trim()
-            val assemblerOptions = assemblerOptionsStr.ifBlank { null }
-
             val outputTypeString = props.getProperty("output_type", "PRG")
             val defaultOutputType = OutputType.valueOf(outputTypeString.uppercase())
 
@@ -128,12 +127,13 @@ class ConfigFileTarget(
                 defaultOutputType,
                 libraryPath,
                 customLauncher,
-                assemblerOptions,
+                if(assemblerOptionsStr=="") emptyList() else assemblerOptionsStr.split(" "),
                 ioAddresses,
                 props.getInteger("zp_scratch_b1"),
                 props.getInteger("zp_scratch_reg"),
                 props.getInteger("zp_scratch_w1"),
                 props.getInteger("zp_scratch_w2"),
+                props.getInteger("zp_scratch_ptr"),
                 props.getInteger("virtual_registers"),
                 zpFullsafe,
                 zpKernalsafe,
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ class ConfigFileTarget(
 
     override fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
         zeropage = ConfigurableZeropage(
-            zpScratchB1, zpScratchReg, zpScratchW1, zpScratchW2,
+            zpScratchB1, zpScratchReg, zpScratchW1, zpScratchW2, zpScratchPtr,
             virtualregistersStart,
             zpBasicsafe,
             zpKernalsafe,

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/Cx16Target.kt

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import prog8.code.target.zp.CX16Zeropage
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 
-class Cx16Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.Companion.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+class Cx16Target: ICompilationTarget,
+    IStringEncoding by Encoder(true),
+    IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+
     override val name = NAME
     override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
     override val libraryPath = null
-    override val customLauncher: List<String> = emptyList()
-    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = null
+    override val customLauncher = emptyList<String>()
+    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = emptyList<String>()
     override val defaultOutputType = OutputType.PRG
 
     companion object {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/Mflpt5.kt

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ data class Mflpt5(val b0: UByte, val b1: UByte, val b2: UByte, val b3: UByte, va
             // and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754-1985
 
             val flt = num.toDouble()
-            if (flt < FLOAT_MAX_NEGATIVE || flt > FLOAT_MAX_POSITIVE)
+            if (flt !in FLOAT_MAX_NEGATIVE..FLOAT_MAX_POSITIVE)
                 throw InternalCompilerException("floating point number out of 5-byte mflpt range: $this")
             if (flt == 0.0)
                 return zero

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/NormalMemSizer.kt

@@ -7,11 +7,14 @@ import prog8.code.core.IMemSizer
 internal class NormalMemSizer(val floatsize: Int): IMemSizer {
 
     override fun memorySize(dt: DataType, numElements: Int?): Int {
-        if(dt.isArray) {
+        if(dt.isPointerArray)
+            return 2 * numElements!!        // array of pointers is just array of uwords
+        else if(dt.isArray) {
             if(numElements==null) return 2      // treat it as a pointer size
             return when(dt.sub) {
                 BaseDataType.BOOL, BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE -> numElements
                 BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.STR -> numElements * 2
+                BaseDataType.LONG -> numElements * 4
                 BaseDataType.FLOAT-> numElements * floatsize
                 BaseDataType.UNDEFINED -> throw IllegalArgumentException("undefined has no memory size")
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid sub type")
@@ -25,7 +28,9 @@ internal class NormalMemSizer(val floatsize: Int): IMemSizer {
         return when {
             dt.isByteOrBool -> 1 * (numElements ?: 1)
             dt.isFloat -> floatsize * (numElements ?: 1)
-            dt.isLong -> throw IllegalArgumentException("long can not yet be put into memory")
+            dt.isLong -> 4 * (numElements ?: 1)
+            dt.isPointer -> 2  // pointer is just a uword
+            dt.isStructInstance -> dt.subType!!.memsize(this)
             dt.isUndefined -> throw IllegalArgumentException("undefined has no memory size")
             else -> 2 * (numElements ?: 1)
         }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/PETTarget.kt

@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ import prog8.code.target.zp.PETZeropage
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 
-class PETTarget: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.Companion.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+class PETTarget: ICompilationTarget,
+    IStringEncoding by Encoder(true),
+    IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(Mflpt5.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+
     override val name = NAME
     override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
     override val libraryPath = null
-    override val customLauncher: List<String> = emptyList()
-    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = null
+    override val customLauncher = emptyList<String>()
+    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = emptyList<String>()
     override val defaultOutputType = OutputType.PRG
 
     companion object {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/VMTarget.kt

@@ -3,16 +3,20 @@ package prog8.code.target
 import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.code.target.encodings.Encoder
 import java.nio.file.Path
+import kotlin.io.path.extension
 import kotlin.io.path.isReadable
 import kotlin.io.path.name
 import kotlin.io.path.readText
 
-class VMTarget: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+class VMTarget: ICompilationTarget,
+    IStringEncoding by Encoder(false),
+    IMemSizer by NormalMemSizer(FLOAT_MEM_SIZE) {
+
     override val name = NAME
     override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.ISO
     override val libraryPath = null
-    override val customLauncher: List<String> = emptyList()
-    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = null
+    override val customLauncher = emptyList<String>()
+    override val additionalAssemblerOptions = emptyList<String>()
     override val defaultOutputType = OutputType.PRG
 
     companion object {
@@ -70,17 +74,12 @@ class VMTarget: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by Nor
 
         // to not have external module dependencies in our own module, we launch the virtual machine via reflection
         val vm = Class.forName("prog8.vm.VmRunner").getDeclaredConstructor().newInstance() as IVirtualMachineRunner
-        val filename = programNameWithPath.name
-        if(programNameWithPath.isReadable()) {
-            vm.runProgram(programNameWithPath.readText(), quiet)
-        } else {
-            val withExt = programNameWithPath.resolveSibling("$filename.p8ir")
+        val withExt = if(programNameWithPath.extension=="p8ir") programNameWithPath else programNameWithPath.resolveSibling("${programNameWithPath.name}.p8ir")
         if(withExt.isReadable())
             vm.runProgram(withExt.readText(), quiet)
         else
             throw java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException(withExt.name, null, "not a .p8ir file")
     }
-    }
 
     override fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean = false
 
@@ -88,31 +87,6 @@ class VMTarget: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by Nor
         zeropage = VirtualZeropage(compilerOptions)
         golden = GoldenRam(compilerOptions, UIntRange.EMPTY)
     }
-
-    override fun memorySize(dt: DataType, numElements: Int?): Int {
-        if(dt.isArray) {
-            if(numElements==null) return 2      // treat it as a pointer size
-            return when(dt.sub) {
-                BaseDataType.BOOL, BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE -> numElements
-                BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD, BaseDataType.STR -> numElements * 2
-                BaseDataType.FLOAT-> numElements * FLOAT_MEM_SIZE
-                BaseDataType.UNDEFINED -> throw IllegalArgumentException("undefined has no memory size")
-                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid sub type")
-            }
-        }
-        else if (dt.isString) {
-            return numElements        // treat it as the size of the given string with the length
-                ?: 2    // treat it as the size to store a string pointer
-        }
-
-        return when {
-            dt.isByteOrBool -> 1 * (numElements ?: 1)
-            dt.isFloat -> FLOAT_MEM_SIZE * (numElements ?: 1)
-            dt.isLong -> throw IllegalArgumentException("long can not yet be put into memory")
-            dt.isUndefined -> throw IllegalArgumentException("undefined has no memory size")
-            else -> 2 * (numElements ?: 1)
-        }
-    }
 }
 
 
@@ -130,4 +104,6 @@ private class VirtualZeropage(options: CompilationOptions): Zeropage(options) {
         get() = throw IllegalStateException("virtual shouldn't use this zeropage variable")
     override val SCRATCH_W2: UInt
         get() = throw IllegalStateException("virtual shouldn't use this zeropage variable")
+    override val SCRATCH_PTR: UInt
+        get() = throw IllegalStateException("virtual shouldn't use this zeropage variable")
 }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/encodings/AtasciiEncoding.kt

@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ object AtasciiEncoding {
     fun encode(str: String): Result<List<UByte>, CharConversionException> {
         val mapped = str.map { chr ->
             when (chr) {
+                '\r' -> 0x9bu
                 '\u0000' -> 0u
                 in '\u8000'..'\u80ff' -> {
                     // special case: take the lower 8 bit hex value directly

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/encodings/C64osEncoding.kt

@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ object C64osEncoding {
             val screencode = encodingC64os[chr]
             return screencode?.toUByte() ?: when (chr) {
                 '\u0000' -> 0u
+                '\n' -> 13u
                 in '\u8000'..'\u80ff' -> {
                     // special case: take the lower 8 bit hex value directly
                     (chr.code - 0x8000).toUByte()

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/encodings/Encoder.kt

@@ -5,19 +5,19 @@ import prog8.code.core.Encoding
 import prog8.code.core.IStringEncoding
 import prog8.code.core.InternalCompilerException
 
-object Encoder: IStringEncoding {
+class Encoder(val newlineToCarriageReturn: Boolean): IStringEncoding {
     override val defaultEncoding: Encoding = Encoding.ISO
 
     override fun encodeString(str: String, encoding: Encoding): List<UByte> {
         val coded = when(encoding) {
             Encoding.PETSCII -> PetsciiEncoding.encodePetscii(str, true)
             Encoding.SCREENCODES -> PetsciiEncoding.encodeScreencode(str, true)
-            Encoding.ISO -> IsoEncoding.encode(str)
-            Encoding.ATASCII -> AtasciiEncoding.encode(str)
-            Encoding.ISO5 -> IsoCyrillicEncoding.encode(str)
-            Encoding.ISO16 -> IsoEasternEncoding.encode(str)
+            Encoding.ISO -> IsoEncoding.encode(str, newlineToCarriageReturn)
+            Encoding.ISO5 -> IsoCyrillicEncoding.encode(str, newlineToCarriageReturn)
+            Encoding.ISO16 -> IsoEasternEncoding.encode(str, newlineToCarriageReturn)
             Encoding.CP437 -> Cp437Encoding.encode(str)
-            Encoding.KATAKANA -> KatakanaEncoding.encode(str)
+            Encoding.KATAKANA -> KatakanaEncoding.encode(str, newlineToCarriageReturn)
+            Encoding.ATASCII -> AtasciiEncoding.encode(str)
             Encoding.C64OS -> C64osEncoding.encode(str)
             else -> throw InternalCompilerException("unsupported encoding $encoding")
         }
@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@ object Encoder: IStringEncoding {
         val decoded = when(encoding) {
             Encoding.PETSCII -> PetsciiEncoding.decodePetscii(bytes, true)
             Encoding.SCREENCODES -> PetsciiEncoding.decodeScreencode(bytes, true)
-            Encoding.ISO -> IsoEncoding.decode(bytes)
-            Encoding.ATASCII -> AtasciiEncoding.decode(bytes)
-            Encoding.ISO5 -> IsoCyrillicEncoding.decode(bytes)
-            Encoding.ISO16 -> IsoEasternEncoding.decode(bytes)
+            Encoding.ISO -> IsoEncoding.decode(bytes, newlineToCarriageReturn)
+            Encoding.ISO5 -> IsoCyrillicEncoding.decode(bytes, newlineToCarriageReturn)
+            Encoding.ISO16 -> IsoEasternEncoding.decode(bytes, newlineToCarriageReturn)
             Encoding.CP437 -> Cp437Encoding.decode(bytes)
-            Encoding.KATAKANA -> KatakanaEncoding.decode(bytes)
+            Encoding.KATAKANA -> KatakanaEncoding.decode(bytes, newlineToCarriageReturn)
+            Encoding.ATASCII -> AtasciiEncoding.decode(bytes)
             Encoding.C64OS -> C64osEncoding.decode(bytes)
             else -> throw InternalCompilerException("unsupported encoding $encoding")
         }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/encodings/IsoEncoding.kt

@@ -6,14 +6,16 @@ import com.github.michaelbull.result.Result
 import java.io.CharConversionException
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
 
+
 open class IsoEncodingBase(charsetName: String) {
     val charset: Charset = Charset.forName(charsetName)
 
-    fun encode(str: String): Result<List<UByte>, CharConversionException> {
+    fun encode(str: String, newlineToCarriageReturn: Boolean): Result<List<UByte>, CharConversionException> {
         return try {
             val mapped = str.map { chr ->
                 when (chr) {
                     '\u0000' -> 0u
+                    '\n' -> if(newlineToCarriageReturn) 13u else 10u
                     in '\u8000'..'\u80ff' -> {
                         // special case: take the lower 8 bit hex value directly
                         (chr.code - 0x8000).toUByte()
@@ -27,9 +29,14 @@ open class IsoEncodingBase(charsetName: String) {
         }
     }
 
-    fun decode(bytes: Iterable<UByte>): Result<String, CharConversionException> {
+    fun decode(bytes: Iterable<UByte>, newlineToCarriageReturn: Boolean): Result<String, CharConversionException> {
         return try {
-            Ok(String(bytes.map { it.toByte() }.toByteArray(), charset))
+            Ok(String(bytes.map {
+                when(it) {
+                    13u.toUByte() -> if(newlineToCarriageReturn) 10 else 13
+                    else -> it.toByte()
+                }
+            }.toByteArray(), charset))
         } catch (ce: CharConversionException) {
             Err(ce)
         }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/encodings/KatakanaEncoding.kt

@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ object JapaneseCharacterConverter {
 object KatakanaEncoding {
     val charset: Charset = Charset.forName("JIS_X0201")
 
-    fun encode(str: String): Result<List<UByte>, CharConversionException> {
+    fun encode(str: String, newlineToCarriageReturn: Boolean): Result<List<UByte>, CharConversionException> {
         return try {
             val mapped = str.map { chr ->
                 when (chr) {
+                    '\n' -> if(newlineToCarriageReturn) 13u else 10u
 
                     '\u0000' -> 0u
                     '\u00a0' -> 0xa0u // $a0 isn't technically a part of JIS X 0201 spec, and so we need to handle this ourselves
@@ -112,9 +113,14 @@ object KatakanaEncoding {
         }
     }
 
-    fun decode(bytes: Iterable<UByte>): Result<String, CharConversionException> {
+    fun decode(bytes: Iterable<UByte>, newlineToCarriageReturn: Boolean): Result<String, CharConversionException> {
         return try {
-            Ok(String(bytes.map { it.toByte() }.toByteArray(), charset))
+            Ok(String(bytes.map {
+                when(it) {
+                    13u.toUByte() -> if(newlineToCarriageReturn) 10 else 13
+                    else -> it.toByte()
+                }
+            }.toByteArray(), charset))
         } catch (ce: CharConversionException) {
             Err(ce)
         }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/encodings/PetsciiEncoding.kt

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ object PetsciiEncoding {
         '\ufffe',    //       0x07 -> UNDEFINED
         '\uf118',    //       0x08 -> DISABLE CHARACTER SET SWITCHING (CUS)
         '\uf119',    //       0x09 -> ENABLE CHARACTER SET SWITCHING (CUS)
-        '\ufffe',    //       0x0A -> UNDEFINED
+        '\n',        //       0x0A -> LINE FEED (RETURN)
         '\ufffe',    //       0x0B -> UNDEFINED
         '\ufffe',    //       0x0C -> UNDEFINED
         '\n'    ,    //       0x0D -> LINE FEED (RETURN)
@@ -1117,6 +1117,8 @@ object PetsciiEncoding {
             val screencode = if(lowercase) encodingScreencodeLowercase[chr] else encodingScreencodeUppercase[chr]
             return screencode?.toUByte() ?: when (chr) {
                 '\u0000' -> 0u
+                '\n' -> 141u
+                '\r' -> 141u
                 in '\u8000'..'\u80ff' -> {
                     // special case: take the lower 8 bit hex value directly
                     (chr.code - 0x8000).toUByte()

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/zp/C128Zeropage.kt

@@ -14,14 +14,9 @@ class C128Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
     override val SCRATCH_REG = 0x75u     // temp storage for a register byte, must be B1+1
     override val SCRATCH_W1 = 0xfbu      // temp storage 1 for a word  $fb+$fc
     override val SCRATCH_W2 = 0xfdu      // temp storage 2 for a word  $fd+$fe
+    override val SCRATCH_PTR = 0x0bu     // temp storage for a pointer $0b+$0c
 
     init {
-        if (options.floats) {
-            throw InternalCompilerException("C128 target doesn't yet support floating point routines")
-            // note: in git commit labeled 'c128: remove floats module' the floats.p8 and floats.asm files are removed,
-            //       they could be retrieved again at a later time if the compiler somehow *does* store the fp variables in bank1.
-        }
-
         if (options.floats && options.zeropage !in arrayOf(
                 ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE,
                 ZeropageType.BASICSAFE,

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/zp/C64Zeropage.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class C64Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
     override val SCRATCH_REG = 0x03u     // temp storage for a register byte, must be B1+1
     override val SCRATCH_W1 = 0xfbu      // temp storage 1 for a word  $fb+$fc
     override val SCRATCH_W2 = 0xfdu      // temp storage 2 for a word  $fd+$fe
+    override val SCRATCH_PTR = 0x9bu     // temp storage for a pointer $9b+$9c
 
 
     init {
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ class C64Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
 
         if (options.zeropage == ZeropageType.FULL) {
             free.addAll(0x02u..0xffu)
-            free.removeAll(arrayOf(SCRATCH_B1, SCRATCH_REG, SCRATCH_W1, SCRATCH_W1+1u, SCRATCH_W2, SCRATCH_W2+1u))
             free.removeAll(arrayOf(0xa0u, 0xa1u, 0xa2u, 0x91u, 0xc0u, 0xc5u, 0xcbu, 0xf5u, 0xf6u))        // these are updated by IRQ
         } else {
             if (options.zeropage == ZeropageType.KERNALSAFE || options.zeropage == ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE) {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/zp/CX16Zeropage.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class CX16Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
     override val SCRATCH_REG = 0x7bu     // temp storage for a register byte, must be B1+1
     override val SCRATCH_W1 = 0x7cu      // temp storage 1 for a word  $7c+$7d
     override val SCRATCH_W2 = 0x7eu      // temp storage 2 for a word  $7e+$7f
+    override val SCRATCH_PTR = 0x22u     // temp storage for a pointer $22+$23
 
 
     init {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/zp/ConfigurableZeropage.kt

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ class ConfigurableZeropage(
     override val SCRATCH_REG: UInt,     // temp storage for a register byte, must be B1+1
     override val SCRATCH_W1: UInt,      // temp storage 1 for a word
     override val SCRATCH_W2: UInt,      // temp storage 2 for a word
+    override val SCRATCH_PTR: UInt,     // temp storage for a pointer
+
     val virtualRegistersStart: UInt,        // location of 32 bytes for the r0-r15 virtual registers
     basicsafe: List<UIntRange>,
     kernalsafe: List<UIntRange>,
@@ -19,7 +21,7 @@ class ConfigurableZeropage(
 
     init {
         if (options.floats) {
-            TODO("floats")
+            TODO("floats in configurable target zp")
         }
 
         if(SCRATCH_REG!=SCRATCH_B1+1u)
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ class ConfigurableZeropage(
             ZeropageType.FULL -> fullsafe.forEach { free.addAll(it) }
             ZeropageType.BASICSAFE -> basicsafe.forEach { free.addAll(it) }
             ZeropageType.KERNALSAFE -> kernalsafe.forEach { free.addAll(it) }
-            ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE -> TODO("floatsafe")
+            ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE -> TODO("floatsafe in configurable target zp")
         }
 
         val distinctFree = free.distinct()

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/zp/PETZeropage.kt

@@ -14,12 +14,9 @@ class PETZeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
     override val SCRATCH_REG = 0xb4u     // temp storage for a register byte, must be B1+1
     override val SCRATCH_W1 = 0xb6u      // temp storage 1 for a word
     override val SCRATCH_W2 = 0xb8u      // temp storage 2 for a word
+    override val SCRATCH_PTR = 0xb1u     // temp storage for a pointer $b1+$b2
 
     init {
-        if (options.floats) {
-            throw InternalCompilerException("PET target doesn't yet support floating point routines")
-        }
-
         if (options.floats && options.zeropage !in arrayOf(
                 ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE,
                 ZeropageType.BASICSAFE,
@@ -38,7 +35,7 @@ class PETZeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
             }
             ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE,
             ZeropageType.BASICSAFE -> {
-                free.addAll(0xb3u..0xbau)       // TODO more?
+                free.addAll(0xb1u..0xbau)       // TODO more?
             }
             ZeropageType.DONTUSE -> {
                 free.clear()  // don't use zeropage at all

codeGenCpu6502/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
-
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm")
 }
@@ -9,12 +7,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":simpleAst"))
     // implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
-    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.0.1")
+    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.1.0")
 
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5-jvm:5.9.1")
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-framework-datatest:5.9.1")
-    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.1")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher")
 }
 
 sourceSets {

codeGenCpu6502/codeGenCpu6502.iml

@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeCore" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="simpleAst" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.assertions.core.jvm" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.runner.junit5.jvm" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.framework.datatest" level="project" />
   </component>

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AsmOptimizer.kt

@@ -73,6 +73,13 @@ internal fun optimizeAssembly(lines: MutableList<String>, machine: ICompilationT
         numberOfOptimizations++
     }
 
+    mods = optimizeAddWordToSameVariableOrExtraRegisterLoadInWordStore(linesByFourteen)
+    if(mods.isNotEmpty()) {
+        apply(mods, lines)
+        linesByFourteen = getLinesBy(lines, 14)
+        numberOfOptimizations++
+    }
+
     return numberOfOptimizations
 }
 
@@ -408,7 +415,7 @@ private fun optimizeStoreLoadSame(
                     // a branch instruction follows, we can only remove the load instruction if
                     // another load instruction of the same register precedes the store instruction
                     // (otherwise wrong cpu flags are used)
-                    val loadinstruction = second.substring(0, 3)
+                    val loadinstruction = second.take(3)
                     lines[0].value.trimStart().startsWith(loadinstruction)
                 }
                 else {
@@ -446,15 +453,30 @@ private fun optimizeStoreLoadSame(
 
 
         // lda X + sta X,  ldy X + sty X,   ldx X + stx X  -> the second instruction can be eliminated
-        if ((first.startsWith("lda ") && second.startsWith("sta ")) ||
-            (first.startsWith("ldx ") && second.startsWith("stx ")) ||
-            (first.startsWith("ldy ") && second.startsWith("sty "))
+        if (first.startsWith("lda ") && second.startsWith("sta ") ||
+            first.startsWith("ldx ") && second.startsWith("stx ") ||
+            first.startsWith("ldy ") && second.startsWith("sty ")
         ) {
             val firstLoc = first.substring(4).trimStart()
             val secondLoc = second.substring(4).trimStart()
             if (firstLoc == secondLoc)
                 mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, true, null))
         }
+
+        //  all 3 registers:  lda VALUE + sta SOMEWHERE + lda VALUE  -> last load can be eliminated IF NOT IO ADDRESS
+        if (first.startsWith("lda ") && second.startsWith("sta ") && third.startsWith("lda ") ||
+            first.startsWith("ldx ") && second.startsWith("stx ") && third.startsWith("ldx ") ||
+            first.startsWith("ldy ") && second.startsWith("sty ") && third.startsWith("ldy ")
+        ) {
+            val firstVal = first.substring(4).trimStart()
+            val thirdVal = third.substring(4).trimStart()
+            if (firstVal == thirdVal) {
+                val address = getAddressArg(third, symbolTable)
+                if (address != null && !machine.isIOAddress(address)) {
+                    mods.add(Modification(lines[3].index, true, null))
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
     return mods
 }
@@ -512,6 +534,7 @@ private fun optimizeJsrRtsAndOtherCombinations(linesByFour: Sequence<List<Indexe
     // rts + jmp -> remove jmp
     // rts + bxx -> remove bxx
     // lda  + cmp #0 -> remove cmp,  same for cpy and cpx.
+    // bra/jmp + bra/jmp -> remove second bra/jmp   (bra bra / jmp jmp are not removed because this is likely a jump table!)
     // and some other optimizations.
 
     val mods = mutableListOf<Modification>()
@@ -567,6 +590,15 @@ private fun optimizeJsrRtsAndOtherCombinations(linesByFour: Sequence<List<Indexe
                     }
                 }
             }
+
+            // only remove bra followed by jmp or jmp followed by bra
+            // bra bra or jmp jmp is likely part of a jump table, which should keep all entries!
+            if((" bra" in first || "\tbra" in first) && (" jmp" in second || "\tjmp" in second)) {
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[1].index, true, null))
+            }
+            if((" jmp" in first || "\tjmp" in first) && (" bra" in second || "\tbra" in second)) {
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[1].index, true, null))
+            }
         }
 
         /*
@@ -684,23 +716,32 @@ private fun optimizeUselessPushPopStack(linesByFour: Sequence<List<IndexedValue<
         optimize('x', lines)
         optimize('y', lines)
 
-        val first = lines[1].value.trimStart()
-        val second = lines[2].value.trimStart()
-        val third = lines[3].value.trimStart()
+        val first = lines[0].value.trimStart()
+        val second = lines[1].value.trimStart()
+        val third = lines[2].value.trimStart()
+        val fourth = lines[3].value.trimStart()
 
         // phy + ldy + pla -> tya + ldy
         // phx + ldx + pla -> txa + ldx
         // pha + lda + pla -> nop
+        // pha + tya + tay + pla -> nop
+        // pha + txa + tax + pla -> nop
         when (first) {
             "phy" if second.startsWith("ldy ") && third=="pla" -> {
-                mods.add(Modification(lines[3].index, true, null))
-                mods.add(Modification(lines[1].index, false, "  tya"))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, true, null))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[0].index, false, "  tya"))
             }
             "phx" if second.startsWith("ldx ") && third=="pla" -> {
-                mods.add(Modification(lines[3].index, true, null))
-                mods.add(Modification(lines[1].index, false, "  txa"))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, true, null))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[0].index, false, "  txa"))
             }
             "pha" if second.startsWith("lda ") && third=="pla" -> {
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[0].index, true, null))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[1].index, true, null))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, true, null))
+            }
+            "pha" if ((second=="tya" && third=="tay") || (second=="txa" && third=="tax")) && fourth=="pla" -> {
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[0].index, true, null))
                 mods.add(Modification(lines[1].index, true, null))
                 mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, true, null))
                 mods.add(Modification(lines[3].index, true, null))
@@ -712,7 +753,6 @@ private fun optimizeUselessPushPopStack(linesByFour: Sequence<List<IndexedValue<
     return mods
 }
 
-
 private fun optimizeTSBtoRegularOr(linesByFour: Sequence<List<IndexedValue<String>>>): List<Modification> {
     // Asm peephole:   lda var2 / tsb var1 / lda var1  Replace this with this to save 1 cycle:   lda var1 / ora var2 / sta var1
     val mods = mutableListOf<Modification>()
@@ -757,3 +797,120 @@ private fun optimizeUnneededTempvarInAdd(linesByFour: Sequence<List<IndexedValue
 
     return mods
 }
+
+private fun optimizeAddWordToSameVariableOrExtraRegisterLoadInWordStore(linesByFourteen: Sequence<List<IndexedValue<String>>>): List<Modification> {
+    /*
+        ; FIRST SEQUYENCE: P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR += AY :
+        clc
+        adc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR
+        pha
+        tya
+        adc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR+1
+        tay
+        pla
+        sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR
+        sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR+1
+
+	    ->
+
+        clc
+    	adc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR
+    	sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR
+    	tya
+    	adc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR+1
+    	sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR+1
+
+
+    	also SECOND SEQUENCE:
+
+        ldx  VALUE/  ldy  VALUE
+	    sta  SOMEWHERE_WITHOUT_,x_OR_,y
+	    txa /   tya
+    	ldy  #1
+    	sta  SOMEWHERE
+     	 -->
+    	sta  SOMEWHERE_WITHOUT_,x_OR_,y
+    	lda  VALUE
+    	ldy  #1
+    	sta  SOMEWHERE
+
+
+        also THIRD SEQUENCE:
+
+        ldx  VALUE
+	    ldy  #0
+	    sta  SOMEWHERE_WITHOUT_,x
+	    txa
+	    iny
+	    sta  SOMEWHERE
+         -->
+	    ldy  #0
+	    sta  SOMEWHERE_WITHOUT_,x
+	    lda  VALUE
+	    iny
+	    sta  SOMEWHERE
+    */
+    val mods = mutableListOf<Modification>()
+    for (lines in linesByFourteen) {
+        val first = lines[0].value.trimStart()
+        val second = lines[1].value.trimStart()
+        val third = lines[2].value.trimStart()
+        val fourth = lines[3].value.trimStart()
+        val fifth = lines[4].value.trimStart()
+        val sixth = lines[5].value.trimStart()
+        val seventh = lines[6].value.trimStart()
+        val eight = lines[7].value.trimStart()
+        val ninth = lines[8].value.trimStart()
+
+        // FIRST SEQUENCE
+        if(first=="clc" && second.startsWith("adc") && third=="pha" && fourth=="tya" &&
+            fifth.startsWith("adc") && sixth=="tay" && seventh=="pla" && eight.startsWith("sta") && ninth.startsWith("sty")) {
+            val var2 = second.substring(4)
+            val var5 = fifth.substring(4).substringBefore('+')
+            val var8 = eight.substring(4)
+            val var9 = ninth.substring(4).substringBefore('+')
+            if(var2==var5 && var2==var8 && var2==var9) {
+                if(fifth.endsWith("$var5+1") && ninth.endsWith("$var9+1")) {
+                    mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, false, "  sta  $var2"))
+                    mods.add(Modification(lines[5].index, false, "  sta  $var2+1"))
+                    mods.add(Modification(lines[6].index, true, null))
+                    mods.add(Modification(lines[7].index, true, null))
+                    mods.add(Modification(lines[8].index, true, null))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // SECOND SEQUENCE
+        if(first.startsWith("ldx ") && second.startsWith("sta ") &&
+            third=="txa" && fourth.startsWith("ldy ") && fifth.startsWith("sta ")
+        ) {
+            if(",x" !in second) {
+                val value = first.substring(4)
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[0].index, true, null))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, false, "  lda  $value"))
+            }
+        }
+        if(first.startsWith("ldy ") && second.startsWith("sta ") &&
+            third=="tya" && fourth.startsWith("ldy ") && fifth.startsWith("sta ")
+        ) {
+            if(",y" !in second) {
+                val value = first.substring(4)
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[0].index, true, null))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[2].index, false, "  lda  $value"))
+            }
+        }
+
+        // THIRD SEQUENCE
+        if(first.startsWith("ldx ") && second.startsWith("ldy ") && third.startsWith("sta ") &&
+            fourth=="txa" && fifth=="iny" && sixth.startsWith("sta ")
+        ) {
+            if(",x" !in third) {
+                val value = first.substring(4)
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[0].index, true, null))
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[3].index, false, "  lda  $value"))
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+    return mods
+}

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/AssemblyProgram.kt

@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ internal class AssemblyProgram(
 
         val assemblerCommand: List<String>
 
+        fun addRemainingOptions(command: MutableList<String>, program: Path, assembly: Path): List<String> {
+            if(options.compTarget.additionalAssemblerOptions.isNotEmpty())
+                command.addAll(options.compTarget.additionalAssemblerOptions)
+
+            command.addAll(listOf("--output", program.toString(), assembly.toString()))
+            return command
+        }
+
         when(options.output) {
             OutputType.PRG -> {
                 // CBM machines .prg generation.
@@ -47,8 +55,7 @@ internal class AssemblyProgram(
                     command.add("--list=$listFile")
                 }
 
-                command.addAll(listOf("--output", prgFile.toString(), assemblyFile.toString()))
-                assemblerCommand = command
+                assemblerCommand = addRemainingOptions(command, prgFile, assemblyFile)
                 if(!options.quiet)
                     println("\nCreating prg for target ${compTarget.name}.")
             }
@@ -69,8 +76,7 @@ internal class AssemblyProgram(
                 if(options.asmListfile)
                     command.add("--list=$listFile")
 
-                command.addAll(listOf("--output", xexFile.toString(), assemblyFile.toString()))
-                assemblerCommand = command
+                assemblerCommand = addRemainingOptions(command,xexFile, assemblyFile)
                 if(!options.quiet)
                     println("\nCreating xex for target ${compTarget.name}.")
             }
@@ -90,8 +96,7 @@ internal class AssemblyProgram(
                 if(options.asmListfile)
                     command.add("--list=$listFile")
 
-                command.addAll(listOf("--output", binFile.toString(), assemblyFile.toString()))
-                assemblerCommand = command
+                assemblerCommand = addRemainingOptions(command, binFile, assemblyFile)
                 if(!options.quiet)
                     println("\nCreating raw binary for target ${compTarget.name}.")
             }
@@ -122,14 +127,10 @@ internal class AssemblyProgram(
                     command.add("--nostart")       // should be headerless bin, because basic has problems doing a normal LOAD"lib",8,1 - need to use BLOAD
                 }
 
-                command.addAll(listOf("--output", binFile.toString(), assemblyFile.toString()))
-                assemblerCommand = command
+                assemblerCommand = addRemainingOptions(command, binFile, assemblyFile)
             }
         }
 
-        if(options.compTarget.additionalAssemblerOptions!=null)
-            assemblerCommand.add(options.compTarget.additionalAssemblerOptions!!)
-
         val proc = ProcessBuilder(assemblerCommand)
         if(!options.quiet)
             proc.inheritIO()

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen.kt

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
+import prog8.code.StMemorySlabBlockName
+import prog8.code.StStructInstanceBlockName
+import prog8.code.SymbolTable
 import prog8.code.ast.*
 import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.*
@@ -24,15 +27,18 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         val sscope = fcall.definingISub()
 
         when (fcall.name) {
-            "lsw" -> throw AssemblyError("lsw() should have been removed or replaced by a const value")
-            "msw" -> throw AssemblyError("msw() should have been removed or replaced by a const value")
+            "msw" -> funcMsw(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "lsw" -> funcLsw(fcall, resultRegister)
             "msb" -> funcMsb(fcall, resultRegister)
-            "lsb" -> funcLsb(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "msb__long" -> funcMsbLong(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "lsb" -> funcLsb(fcall, resultRegister, false)
+            "lsb__long" -> funcLsb(fcall, resultRegister, true)
             "mkword" -> funcMkword(fcall, resultRegister)
-            "clamp__byte", "clamp__ubyte", "clamp__word", "clamp__uword" -> funcClamp(fcall, resultRegister)
-            "min__byte", "min__ubyte", "min__word", "min__uword" -> funcMin(fcall, resultRegister)
-            "max__byte", "max__ubyte", "max__word", "max__uword" -> funcMax(fcall, resultRegister)
-            "abs__byte", "abs__word", "abs__float" -> funcAbs(fcall, resultRegister, sscope)
+            "mklong", "mklong2" -> funcMklong(fcall)  // result is in R14:R15
+            "clamp__byte", "clamp__ubyte", "clamp__word", "clamp__uword", "clamp__long" -> funcClamp(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "min__byte", "min__ubyte", "min__word", "min__uword", "min__long" -> funcMin(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "max__byte", "max__ubyte", "max__word", "max__uword", "max__long" -> funcMax(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "abs__byte", "abs__word", "abs__long", "abs__float" -> funcAbs(fcall, resultRegister, sscope)
             "sgn" -> funcSgn(fcall, resultRegister, sscope)
             "sqrt__ubyte", "sqrt__uword", "sqrt__float" -> funcSqrt(fcall, resultRegister, sscope)
             "divmod__ubyte" -> funcDivmod(fcall)
@@ -45,9 +51,12 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             "setmsb" -> funcSetLsbMsb(fcall, true)
             "memory" -> funcMemory(fcall, discardResult, resultRegister)
             "peekw" -> funcPeekW(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "peekl" -> funcPeekL(fcall, resultRegister)
             "peekf" -> funcPeekF(fcall, resultRegister)
+            "peekbool" -> funcPeekBool(fcall, resultRegister)
             "peek" -> throw AssemblyError("peek() should have been replaced by @()")
             "pokew" -> funcPokeW(fcall)
+            "pokel" -> funcPokeL(fcall)
             "pokef" -> funcPokeF(fcall)
             "pokemon" -> {
                 val memread = PtMemoryByte(fcall.position)
@@ -60,12 +69,14 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 asmgen.out("  pla")
             }
             "poke" -> throw AssemblyError("poke() should have been replaced by @()")
+            "pokebool" -> funcPokeBool(fcall)
             "rsave" -> funcRsave()
             "rrestore" -> funcRrestore()
             "cmp" -> funcCmp(fcall)
             "callfar" -> funcCallFar(fcall, resultRegister)
             "callfar2" -> funcCallFar2(fcall, resultRegister)
             "call" -> funcCall(fcall)
+            "prog8_lib_structalloc" -> funcStructAlloc(fcall, discardResult, resultRegister)
             "prog8_lib_stringcompare" -> funcStringCompare(fcall, resultRegister)
             "prog8_lib_square_byte" -> funcSquare(fcall, BaseDataType.UBYTE, resultRegister)
             "prog8_lib_square_word" -> funcSquare(fcall, BaseDataType.UWORD, resultRegister)
@@ -340,9 +351,37 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 }
             } else
                 throw AssemblyError("args for cmp() should have same dt")
-        } else {
-            // arg1 is a word
+        } else if(arg1.type.isWord) {
             if(arg2.type.isWord) {
+                if(arg1.type.isSigned) {
+                    when (arg2) {
+                        is PtIdentifier -> {
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                sec
+                                sbc  ${asmgen.asmVariableName(arg2)}
+                                tya
+                                sbc  ${asmgen.asmVariableName(arg2)}+1""")
+                        }
+                        is PtBool -> TODO("word compare against bool  ${arg2.position}")
+                        is PtNumber -> {
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                sec
+                                sbc  #<${arg2.number.toInt()}
+                                tya
+                                sbc  #>${arg2.number.toInt()}""")
+                        }
+                        else -> {
+                            asmgen.assignWordOperandsToAYAndVar(arg1, arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1")
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                sec
+                                sbc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
+                                tya
+                                sbc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1""")
+                        }
+                    }
+                } else {
                     when (arg2) {
                         is PtIdentifier -> {
                             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.AY)
@@ -370,6 +409,52 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
 +""")
                         }
                     }
+                }
+            } else
+                throw AssemblyError("args for cmp() should have same dt")
+        } else if(arg1.type.isLong) {
+            if(arg2.type.isLong) {
+                if(arg1 is PtIdentifier && arg2 is PtNumber) {
+                    val var1 = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg1)
+                    val hex = arg2.number.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        sec
+                        lda  $var1
+                        sbc  #$${hex.substring(6, 8)}
+                        lda  $var1+1
+                        sbc  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                        lda  $var1+2
+                        sbc  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                        lda  $var1+3
+                        sbc  #$${hex.take(2)}""")
+                } else if(arg1 is PtIdentifier && arg2 is PtIdentifier) {
+                    val var1 = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg1)
+                    val var2 = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg2)
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        sec
+                        lda  $var1
+                        sbc  $var2
+                        lda  $var1+1
+                        sbc  $var2+1
+                        lda  $var1+2
+                        sbc  $var2+2
+                        lda  $var1+3
+                        sbc  $var2+3""")
+                } else {
+                    // cmp() doesn't return a value and as such can't be used in an expression, so no need to save the temp registers' original values
+                    assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg2, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, true)
+                    assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.R12R13_32, true)
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        sec
+                        lda  cx16.r12
+                        sbc  cx16.r14
+                        lda  cx16.r12+1
+                        sbc  cx16.r14+1
+                        lda  cx16.r12+2
+                        sbc  cx16.r14+2
+                        lda  cx16.r12+3
+                        sbc  cx16.r14+3""")
+                }
             } else
                 throw AssemblyError("args for cmp() should have same dt")
         }
@@ -380,8 +465,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             throw AssemblyError("should not discard result of memory allocation at $fcall")
         val name = (fcall.args[0] as PtString).value
         require(name.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() || it=='_' }) {"memory name should be a valid symbol name ${fcall.position}"}
-        val slabname = PtIdentifier("prog8_slabs.prog8_memoryslab_$name", DataType.UWORD, fcall.position)
-        val addressOf = PtAddressOf(fcall.position)
+
+        val slabname = PtIdentifier("$StMemorySlabBlockName.memory_$name", DataType.UWORD, fcall.position)
+        val addressOf = PtAddressOf(DataType.pointer(BaseDataType.UBYTE), false, fcall.position)
         addressOf.add(slabname)
         addressOf.parent = fcall
         val src = AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION, program, asmgen, DataType.UWORD, expression = addressOf)
@@ -390,6 +476,22 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assign, fcall.definingISub())
     }
 
+    private fun funcStructAlloc(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, discardResult: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
+        if(discardResult)
+            throw AssemblyError("should not discard result of struct allocation at $fcall")
+        // ... don't need to pay attention to args here because struct instance is put together elsewhere we just have to get a pointer to it
+        val prefix = if(fcall.args.isEmpty()) "${StStructInstanceBlockName}_bss" else StStructInstanceBlockName
+        val labelname = PtIdentifier("$prefix.${SymbolTable.labelnameForStructInstance(fcall)}", fcall.type, fcall.position)
+        val addressOf = PtAddressOf(fcall.type, true, fcall.position)
+        addressOf.add(labelname)
+        addressOf.parent = fcall
+        val src = AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION, program, asmgen, fcall.type, expression = addressOf)
+        val target = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, fcall.position, null, asmgen)
+        val assign = AsmAssignment(src, listOf(target), program.memsizer, fcall.position)
+        asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assign, fcall.definingISub())
+    }
+
+
     private fun funcSqrt(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: IPtSubroutine?) {
         translateArguments(fcall, scope)
         when(fcall.args[0].type.base) {
@@ -401,6 +503,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sqrt16_into_A")
                 assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, fcall.position, scope, asmgen), CpuRegister.A, false, false)
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> TODO("sqrt LONG ${fcall.position}")
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                 asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_sqrt_into_FAC1")
                 assignAsmGen.assignFAC1float(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true, fcall.position, scope, asmgen))
@@ -415,8 +518,11 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             BaseDataType.UBYTE -> {
                 when (what) {
                     is PtArrayIndexer -> {
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
+
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         asmgen.out("  lda  ${varname},x |  lsr  a |  bcc  + |  ora  #$80 |+  |  sta  ${varname},x")
                     }
                     is PtMemoryByte -> {
@@ -438,8 +544,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             BaseDataType.UWORD -> {
                 when (what) {
                     is PtArrayIndexer -> {
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         if(what.splitWords)
                             asmgen.out("  lsr  ${varname}_msb,x |  ror  ${varname}_lsb,x |  bcc  + |  lda  ${varname}_msb,x |  ora  #$80 |  sta  ${varname}_msb,x |+ ")
                         else
@@ -452,6 +560,26 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
                 }
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                // a bit strange, rotating a signed type, but it has to do for now
+                when(what) {
+                    is PtArrayIndexer -> TODO("ror2 long array ${what.position}")
+                    is PtIdentifier -> {
+                        val variable = asmgen.asmVariableName(what)
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            lsr  $variable+3
+                            ror  $variable+2
+                            ror  $variable+1
+                            ror  $variable
+                            bcc  +
+                            lda  $variable+3
+                            ora  #$80
+                            sta  $variable+3
++""")
+                    }
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
+                }
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
         }
     }
@@ -465,7 +593,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  php")   // save Carry
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  plp")
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         asmgen.out("  ror  ${varname},x")
                     }
                     is PtMemoryByte -> {
@@ -498,7 +629,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  php")   // save Carry
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  plp")
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         if(what.splitWords)
                             asmgen.out("  ror  ${varname}_msb,x |  ror  ${varname}_lsb,x")
                         else
@@ -511,6 +644,17 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
                 }
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                // a bit strange, rotating a signed type, but it has to do for now
+                when(what) {
+                    is PtArrayIndexer -> TODO("ror long array ${what.position}")
+                    is PtIdentifier -> {
+                        val variable = asmgen.asmVariableName(what)
+                        asmgen.out("  ror  $variable+3 |  ror  $variable+2 |  ror  $variable+1 |  ror  $variable")
+                    }
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
+                }
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
         }
     }
@@ -521,8 +665,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             BaseDataType.UBYTE -> {
                 when (what) {
                     is PtArrayIndexer -> {
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         asmgen.out("  lda  ${varname},x |  cmp  #$80 |  rol  a |  sta  ${varname},x")
                     }
                     is PtMemoryByte -> {
@@ -545,7 +691,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 when (what) {
                     is PtArrayIndexer -> {
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         if(what.splitWords)
                             asmgen.out("  asl  ${varname}_lsb,x |  rol  ${varname}_msb,x |  bcc  + |  inc  ${varname}_lsb,x |+")
                         else
@@ -558,6 +706,24 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
                 }
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                // a bit strange, rotating a signed type, but it has to do for now
+                when(what) {
+                    is PtArrayIndexer -> TODO("rol2 long array ${what.position}")
+                    is PtIdentifier -> {
+                        val variable = asmgen.asmVariableName(what)
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            asl  $variable
+                            rol  $variable+1
+                            rol  $variable+2
+                            rol  $variable+3
+                            bcc  +
+                            inc  $variable
++""")
+                    }
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
+                }
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
         }
     }
@@ -571,7 +737,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  php")   // save Carry
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  plp")
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         asmgen.out("  rol  ${varname},x")
                     }
                     is PtMemoryByte -> {
@@ -604,7 +772,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  php")   // save Carry
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(what, CpuRegister.X)
                         if(!what.index.isSimple()) asmgen.out("  plp")
-                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable)
+                        if(what.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${what.position}")
+                        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(what.variable!!)
                         if(what.splitWords)
                             asmgen.out("  rol  ${varname}_lsb,x |  rol  ${varname}_msb,x")
                         else
@@ -617,6 +787,17 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
                 }
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                // a bit strange, rotating a signed type, but it has to do for now
+                when(what) {
+                    is PtArrayIndexer -> TODO("rol long array ${what.position}")
+                    is PtIdentifier -> {
+                        val variable = asmgen.asmVariableName(what)
+                        asmgen.out("  rol  $variable |  rol  $variable+1 |  rol  $variable+2 |  rol  $variable+3")
+                    }
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
+                }
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
         }
     }
@@ -633,7 +814,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 val elementSize: Int
                 val msbAdd: Int
                 if(indexer.splitWords) {
-                    val arrayVariable = indexer.variable
+                    val arrayVariable = indexer.variable ?: TODO("support for ptr indexing ${indexer.position}")
                     indexer.children[0] = PtIdentifier(arrayVariable.name + if(msb) "_msb" else "_lsb", DataType.arrayFor(BaseDataType.UBYTE, false), arrayVariable.position)
                     indexer.children[0].parent = indexer
                     elementSize = 1
@@ -688,6 +869,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             BaseDataType.BYTE -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sign_b_into_A")
             BaseDataType.UWORD -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sign_uw_into_A")
             BaseDataType.WORD -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sign_w_into_A")
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sign_l_r14r15_into_A")          // note: long arg is stored in R14:R15
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_sign_f_into_A")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type $dt")
         }
@@ -706,6 +888,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_w_into_AY")
                 assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, fcall.position, scope, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_l_into_R14R15")
+                assignAsmGen.assignRegisterLong(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, true, fcall.position, scope, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
+            }
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                 asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_abs_f_into_FAC1")
                 assignAsmGen.assignFAC1float(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true, fcall.position, scope, asmgen))
@@ -739,7 +925,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 asmgen.assignConstFloatToPointerAY(number)
             }
             else -> {
-                val tempvar = asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.FLOAT)
+                val tempvar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.FLOAT, false, fcall)
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[1], tempvar, DataType.FLOAT)
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.AY)
                 asmgen.out("""
@@ -754,6 +940,65 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         }
     }
 
+    private fun funcPokeBool(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall) {
+        when(val addrExpr = fcall.args[0]) {
+            is PtNumber -> {
+                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.A)
+                val addr = addrExpr.number.toHex()
+                asmgen.out("  sta  $addr")
+                return
+            }
+            is PtIdentifier -> {
+                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(addrExpr)
+                if(asmgen.isZpVar(addrExpr)) {
+                    // pointervar is already in the zero page, no need to copy
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.A)
+                    asmgen.storeIndirectByteReg(CpuRegister.A, varname, 0u, false, false)
+                    return
+                }
+            }
+            is PtBinaryExpression -> {
+                val result = asmgen.pointerViaIndexRegisterPossible(addrExpr)
+                val pointer = result?.first as? PtIdentifier
+                if(result!=null && pointer!=null && asmgen.isZpVar(pointer)) {
+                    // can do ZP,Y indexing
+                    val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(pointer)
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(result.second, RegisterOrPair.Y)
+                    asmgen.saveRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, false)
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.A)
+                    asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, true)
+                    asmgen.out("  sta  ($varname),y")
+                    return
+                } else if(addrExpr.operator=="+" && addrExpr.left is PtIdentifier) {
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(addrExpr.right, RegisterOrPair.AY, false)
+                    val ptrName = asmgen.asmVariableName(addrExpr.left as PtIdentifier)
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        clc
+                        adc  $ptrName
+                        sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2
+                        tya
+                        adc  $ptrName+1
+                        sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1""")
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.A)      // TODO *could* overwerite SCRATCH_W2 if it's a compliated expression...
+                    asmgen.storeIndirectByteReg(CpuRegister.A, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2", 0u, false, false)
+                    return
+                }
+            }
+            else -> { /* fall through */ }
+        }
+
+        // fall through method:
+        if(fcall.args[1].isSimple()) {
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[0], "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", DataType.UWORD)
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.A)
+        }  else {
+            asmgen.pushCpuStack(BaseDataType.UBYTE, fcall.args[1])
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[0], "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", DataType.UWORD)
+            asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.A, false)
+        }
+        asmgen.storeIndirectByteReg(CpuRegister.A, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", 0u, false, false)
+    }
+
     private fun funcPokeW(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall) {
         when(val addrExpr = fcall.args[0]) {
             is PtNumber -> {
@@ -767,20 +1012,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 if(asmgen.isZpVar(addrExpr)) {
                     // pointervar is already in the zero page, no need to copy
                     asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.AX)
-                    if (asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.CPU65C02)) {
-                        asmgen.out("""
-                            sta  ($varname)
-                            txa
-                            ldy  #1
-                            sta  ($varname),y""")
-                    } else {
-                        asmgen.out("""
-                            ldy  #0
-                            sta  ($varname),y
-                            txa
-                            iny
-                            sta  ($varname),y""")
-                    }
+                    asmgen.storeIndirectWordReg(RegisterOrPair.AX, varname, 0u)
                     return
                 }
             }
@@ -800,6 +1032,20 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             iny
                             sta  ($varname),y""")
                     return
+                } else if(addrExpr.operator=="+" && addrExpr.left is PtIdentifier) {
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(addrExpr.right, RegisterOrPair.AY, false)
+                    val ptrName = asmgen.asmVariableName(addrExpr.left as PtIdentifier)
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        clc
+                        adc  $ptrName
+                        sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2
+                        tya
+                        adc  $ptrName+1
+                        sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1""")
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.AY)      // TODO *could* overwerite SCRATCH_W2 if it's a compliated expression...
+                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_pokew_scratchW2")
+                    //asmgen.storeIndirectWordReg(RegisterOrPair.AY, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2", 0u)
+                    return
                 }
             }
             else -> { /* fall through */ }
@@ -810,12 +1056,65 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_pokew")
     }
 
+    private fun funcPokeL(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall) {
+        // TODO optimize for the simple cases
+        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.AY)
+        asmgen.saveRegisterStack(CpuRegister.A, false)
+        asmgen.saveRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, false)
+        // it's a statement so no need to preserve R14:R15
+        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, true)
+        asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, false)
+        asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.A, false)
+        asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_pokel")
+    }
+
     private fun funcPeekF(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.AY)
         asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.MOVFM")
         if(resultRegister!=null) {
             assignAsmGen.assignFAC1float(
-                AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, DataType.FLOAT, fcall.definingISub(), fcall.position))
+                AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, DataType.FLOAT, fcall.definingISub(), register=resultRegister, position=fcall.position))
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPeekBool(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
+        fun fallback() {
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.AY)
+            asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_peek")
+        }
+        when(val addrExpr = fcall.args[0]) {
+            is PtNumber -> {
+                val addr = addrExpr.number.toHex()
+                asmgen.out("  lda  $addr")
+            }
+            is PtIdentifier -> {
+                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(addrExpr)
+                if(asmgen.isZpVar(addrExpr))
+                    asmgen.loadIndirectByte(varname, 0u)
+                else
+                    fallback()
+            }
+            is PtBinaryExpression -> {
+                val result = asmgen.pointerViaIndexRegisterPossible(addrExpr)
+                val pointer = result?.first as? PtIdentifier
+                if(result!=null && pointer!=null && asmgen.isZpVar(pointer)) {
+                    // can do ZP,Y indexing
+                    val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(pointer)
+                    asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(result.second, RegisterOrPair.Y)
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  ($varname),y")
+                } else if(addrExpr.operator=="+" && addrExpr.left is PtIdentifier) {
+                    readValueFromPointerPlusOffset(addrExpr.left as PtIdentifier, addrExpr.right, BaseDataType.BOOL)
+                } else fallback()
+            }
+            else -> fallback()
+        }
+
+        when(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A) {
+            RegisterOrPair.A -> {}
+            RegisterOrPair.X -> asmgen.out("  tax")
+            RegisterOrPair.Y -> asmgen.out("  tay")
+            in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> asmgen.out("  sta  cx16.${resultRegister.toString().lowercase()}")
+            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
         }
     }
 
@@ -831,25 +1130,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             }
             is PtIdentifier -> {
                 val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(addrExpr)
-                if(asmgen.isZpVar(addrExpr)) {
-                    // pointervar is already in the zero page, no need to copy
-                    if (asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.CPU65C02)) {
-                        asmgen.out("""
-                            ldy  #1
-                            lda  ($varname),y
-                            tay
-                            lda  ($varname)""")
-                    } else {
-                        asmgen.out("""
-                            ldy  #0
-                            lda  ($varname),y
-                            tax
-                            iny
-                            lda  ($varname),y
-                            tay
-                            txa""")
-                    }
-                } else fallback()
+                if(asmgen.isZpVar(addrExpr))
+                    asmgen.loadIndirectWord(varname, 0u)
+                else
+                    fallback()
             }
             is PtBinaryExpression -> {
                 val result = asmgen.pointerViaIndexRegisterPossible(addrExpr)
@@ -865,6 +1149,8 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                         lda  ($varname),y
                         tay
                         txa""")
+                } else if(addrExpr.operator=="+" && addrExpr.left is PtIdentifier) {
+                    readValueFromPointerPlusOffset(addrExpr.left as PtIdentifier, addrExpr.right, BaseDataType.UWORD)
                 } else fallback()
             }
             else -> fallback()
@@ -882,6 +1168,36 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         }
     }
 
+    private fun readValueFromPointerPlusOffset(ptr: PtIdentifier, offset: PtExpression, dt: BaseDataType) {
+        val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(ptr)
+        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(offset, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+        asmgen.out("""
+            clc
+            adc  $varname
+            sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
+            tya
+            adc  $varname+1
+            sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1""")
+        if (dt.isByteOrBool) {
+            if(asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.CPU65C02)) {
+                asmgen.out("  lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1)")
+            } else {
+                asmgen.out("  ldy  #0 |  lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y")
+            }
+        } else if(dt.isWord) {
+            asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_peekw.from_scratchW1")
+        } else throw AssemblyError("unsupported type for peek $dt")
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPeekL(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
+        // TODO optimize for the simple cases
+        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.AY)
+        asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_peekl")
+        val targetReg = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, true, fcall.position, fcall.definingISub(), asmgen)
+        assignAsmGen.assignRegisterLong(targetReg, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
+    }
+
+
     private fun funcClamp(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
         val signed = fcall.type.isSigned
         when {
@@ -901,6 +1217,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 val targetReg = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, signed, fcall.position, fcall.definingISub(), asmgen)
                 assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(targetReg, RegisterOrPair.AY)
             }
+            fcall.type.isLong -> {
+                TODO("clamp long  ${fcall.position}")
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid dt")
         }
     }
@@ -957,6 +1276,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 val targetReg = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, signed, fcall.position, fcall.definingISub(), asmgen)
                 asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.AY, targetReg)
             }
+            fcall.type.isLong -> {
+                TODO("min long  ${fcall.position}")
+            }
             else -> {
                 throw AssemblyError("min float not supported")
             }
@@ -965,20 +1287,29 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
 
     private fun funcMax(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
         val signed = fcall.type.isSigned
-        if(fcall.type.isByte) {
+        when {
+            fcall.type.isByte -> {
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[0], "P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", fcall.type)     // left
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.A)          // right
                 asmgen.out("  cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
-            if(signed) asmgen.out("  bpl  +") else asmgen.out("  bcs  +")
+                if (signed) asmgen.out("  bpl  +") else asmgen.out("  bcs  +")
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1
-+""")
-            val targetReg = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, signed, fcall.position, fcall.definingISub(), asmgen)
++"""
+                )
+                val targetReg = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(
+                    resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A,
+                    signed,
+                    fcall.position,
+                    fcall.definingISub(),
+                    asmgen
+                )
                 asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.A, targetReg)
-        } else if(fcall.type.isWord) {
+            }
+            fcall.type.isWord -> {
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[0], "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", fcall.type)     // left
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[1], "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2", fcall.type)     // right
-            if(signed) {
+                if (signed) {
                     asmgen.out("""
                         lda  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
                         ldy  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
@@ -1010,12 +1341,57 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                         ldy  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1
 +""")
                 }
-            val targetReg = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, signed, fcall.position, fcall.definingISub(), asmgen)
+                val targetReg = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(
+                    resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY,
+                    signed,
+                    fcall.position,
+                    fcall.definingISub(),
+                    asmgen
+                )
                 asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.AY, targetReg)
-        } else {
+            }
+            fcall.type.isLong -> {
+                TODO("max long  ${fcall.position}")
+            }
+            else -> {
                 throw AssemblyError("max float not supported")
             }
         }
+    }
+
+    private fun funcMklong(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall) {
+        // result long in R14:R15   (r14=lsw, r15=msw)
+
+        fun isArgRegister(expression: PtExpression, reg: RegisterOrPair): Boolean {
+            if(expression !is PtIdentifier)
+                return false
+            return expression.name.startsWith("cx16.${reg.name.lowercase()}")
+        }
+
+        if(fcall.args.size==2) {
+            // mklong2(msw, lsw)
+            if(isArgRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.R14) || isArgRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.R15) ||
+                isArgRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.R14) || isArgRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.R15)) {
+                error("cannot use R14 and/or R15 as arguments for mklong2 because the result should go into R0:R1 ${fcall.position}")
+            } else {
+                assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[0], "cx16.r15", DataType.UWORD)
+                assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[1], "cx16.r14", DataType.UWORD)
+            }
+        } else {
+            // mklong(msb, b2, b1, lsb)
+            if(isArgRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.R14) || isArgRegister(fcall.args[0], RegisterOrPair.R15) ||
+                isArgRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.R14) || isArgRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.R15) ||
+                isArgRegister(fcall.args[2], RegisterOrPair.R14) || isArgRegister(fcall.args[2], RegisterOrPair.R15) ||
+                isArgRegister(fcall.args[3], RegisterOrPair.R14) || isArgRegister(fcall.args[3], RegisterOrPair.R15)) {
+                error("cannot use R14 and/or R15 as arguments for mklong because the result should go into R14:R15 ${fcall.position}")
+            } else {
+                assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[0], "cx16.r15H", DataType.UBYTE)
+                assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[1], "cx16.r15L", DataType.UBYTE)
+                assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[2], "cx16.r14H", DataType.UBYTE)
+                assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToVariable(fcall.args[3], "cx16.r14L", DataType.UBYTE)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
     private fun funcMkword(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
         val reg = resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY
@@ -1084,10 +1460,43 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         }
     }
 
+    private fun funcMsbLong(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
+        val arg = fcall.args.single()
+        if (!arg.type.isLong)
+            throw AssemblyError("msb__long requires long argument")
+        if (arg is PtNumber)
+            throw AssemblyError("msb(const) should have been const-folded away")
+
+        if (arg is PtIdentifier) {
+            val sourceName = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg)
+            when(resultRegister) {
+                null, RegisterOrPair.A -> asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+3")
+                RegisterOrPair.X -> asmgen.out("  ldx  $sourceName+3")
+                RegisterOrPair.Y -> asmgen.out("  ldy  $sourceName+3")
+                RegisterOrPair.AX -> asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+3 |  ldx  #0")
+                RegisterOrPair.AY -> asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+3 |  ldy  #0")
+                RegisterOrPair.XY -> asmgen.out("  ldx  $sourceName+3 |  ldy  #0")
+                in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
+                    val regname = resultRegister.name.lowercase()
+                    if(asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.CPU65C02))
+                        asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+3 |  sta  cx16.$regname |  stz  cx16.$regname+1")
+                    else
+                        asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+3 |  sta  cx16.$regname |  lda  #0 |  sta  cx16.$regname+1")
+                }
+                in combinedLongRegisters -> {
+                    TODO("msb__long into long register ${fcall.position}")
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
+            }
+        } else {
+            TODO("msb__long from $arg  ${fcall.position}")
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun funcMsb(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
         val arg = fcall.args.single()
         if (!arg.type.isWord)
-            throw AssemblyError("msb required word argument")
+            throw AssemblyError("msb requires word argument")
         if (arg is PtNumber)
             throw AssemblyError("msb(const) should have been const-folded away")
         if (arg is PtIdentifier) {
@@ -1106,13 +1515,18 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     else
                         asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+1 |  sta  cx16.$regname |  lda  #0 |  sta  cx16.$regname+1")
                 }
+                in combinedLongRegisters -> {
+                    TODO("msb into long register ${fcall.position}")
+                }
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
             }
         } else {
             if(arg is PtArrayIndexer && resultRegister in arrayOf(null, RegisterOrPair.A, RegisterOrPair.Y, RegisterOrPair.X)) {
                 // just read the msb byte out of the word array
                 if(arg.splitWords) {
-                    val arrayVar = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable)+"_msb"
+                    if(arg.variable==null)
+                        TODO("support for ptr indexing ${arg.position}")
+                    val arrayVar = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable!!)+"_msb"
                     when(resultRegister) {
                         null, RegisterOrPair.A -> {
                             asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(arg, CpuRegister.Y)
@@ -1129,7 +1543,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                         else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
                     }
                 } else {
-                    val arrayVar = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable)
+                    if(arg.variable==null)
+                        TODO("support for ptr indexing ${arg.position}")
+                    val arrayVar = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable!!)
                     when(resultRegister) {
                         null, RegisterOrPair.A -> {
                             asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(arg, CpuRegister.Y)
@@ -1178,15 +1594,21 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                     asmgen.out("  sty  ${reg}L |  lda  #0 |  sta  ${reg}H |  lda  ${reg}L")
                 }
+                in combinedLongRegisters -> {
+                    TODO("msb into long register ${fcall.position}")
+                }
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private fun funcLsb(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
+    private fun funcLsb(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, fromLong: Boolean) {
         val arg = fcall.args.single()
-        if (!arg.type.isWord)
-            throw AssemblyError("lsb required word argument")
+        if(fromLong) {
+            if (!arg.type.isLong) throw AssemblyError("lsb__long requires long")
+        } else {
+            if (!arg.type.isWord) throw AssemblyError("lsb requires word")
+        }
         if (arg is PtNumber)
             throw AssemblyError("lsb(const) should have been const-folded away")
 
@@ -1206,12 +1628,18 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     else
                         asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName |  sta  cx16.$regname |  lda  #0 |  sta  cx16.$regname+1")
                 }
+                in combinedLongRegisters -> {
+                    TODO("lsb into long register ${fcall.position}")
+                }
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
             }
         } else {
             if(arg is PtArrayIndexer && resultRegister in arrayOf(null, RegisterOrPair.A, RegisterOrPair.Y, RegisterOrPair.X)) {
                 // just read the lsb byte out of the word array
-                val arrayVar = if(arg.splitWords) asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable)+"_lsb" else asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable)
+                if(arg.variable==null)
+                    TODO("support for ptr indexing ${arg.position}")
+
+                val arrayVar = if(arg.splitWords) asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable!!)+"_lsb" else asmgen.asmVariableName(arg.variable!!)
                 when(resultRegister) {
                     null, RegisterOrPair.A -> {
                         asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(arg, CpuRegister.Y)
@@ -1261,11 +1689,87 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                     asmgen.out("  sta  ${reg}L |  ldy  #0 |  sty  ${reg}H |  cmp  #0")
                 }
+                in combinedLongRegisters -> {
+                    TODO("lsb into long register ${fcall.position}")
+                }
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
             }
         }
     }
 
+    private fun funcMsw(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
+        val arg = fcall.args.single()
+        if (!arg.type.isLong)
+            throw AssemblyError("msw requires long argument")
+        if (arg is PtNumber)
+            throw AssemblyError("msw(const) should have been const-folded away")
+        if (arg is PtIdentifier) {
+            val sourceName = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg)
+            when(resultRegister) {
+                RegisterOrPair.AX -> asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+2 |  ldx  $sourceName+3")
+                null, RegisterOrPair.AY -> asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+2 |  ldy  $sourceName+3")
+                RegisterOrPair.XY -> asmgen.out("  ldx  $sourceName+2 |  ldy  $sourceName+3")
+                in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
+                    val regname = resultRegister.name.lowercase()
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName+2 |  sta  cx16.$regname |  lda  $sourceName+3 |  sta  cx16.$regname+1")
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
+            }
+        } else {
+            // TODO can't efficiently preserve R14:R15 on the stack because the result of the routine is likely to be in CPU registers,
+            //      which in turn would be clobbered by popping stuff from the stack...
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, true)
+            when(resultRegister) {
+                RegisterOrPair.AX -> asmgen.out("  lda  cx16.r15 |  ldx  cx16.r15+1")
+                null, RegisterOrPair.AY -> asmgen.out("  lda  cx16.r15 |  ldy  cx16.r15+1")
+                RegisterOrPair.XY -> asmgen.out("  ldx  cx16.r15 |  ldy  cx16.r15+1")
+                in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
+                    val regname = resultRegister.name.lowercase()
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  cx16.r15 |  sta  cx16.$regname |  lda  cx16.r15+1 |  sta  cx16.$regname+1")
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun funcLsw(fcall: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
+        val arg = fcall.args.single()
+        if (!arg.type.isLong)
+            throw AssemblyError("lsw requires long argument")
+        if (arg is PtNumber)
+            throw AssemblyError("lsw(const) should have been const-folded away")
+        if (arg is PtIdentifier) {
+            val sourceName = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg)
+            when(resultRegister) {
+                RegisterOrPair.AX -> asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName |  ldx  $sourceName+1")
+                null, RegisterOrPair.AY -> asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName |  ldy  $sourceName+1")
+                RegisterOrPair.XY -> asmgen.out("  ldx  $sourceName |  ldy  $sourceName+1")
+                in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
+                    val regname = resultRegister.name.lowercase()
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  $sourceName |  sta  cx16.$regname |  lda  $sourceName+1 |  sta  cx16.$regname+1")
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
+            }
+        } else {
+            // TODO can't efficiently preserve R14:R15 on the stack because the result of the routine is likely to be in CPU registers,
+            //      which in turn would be clobbered by popping stuff from the stack...
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, true)
+            when(resultRegister) {
+                RegisterOrPair.AX -> asmgen.out("  lda  cx16.r14 |  ldx  cx16.r14+1")
+                null, RegisterOrPair.AY -> asmgen.out("  lda  cx16.r14 |  ldy  cx16.r14+1")
+                RegisterOrPair.XY -> asmgen.out("  ldx  cx16.r14 |  ldy  cx16.r14+1")
+                in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
+                    if(resultRegister!=RegisterOrPair.R14) {
+                        val regname = resultRegister.name.lowercase()
+                        asmgen.out("  lda  cx16.r14 |  sta  cx16.$regname |  lda  cx16.r14+1 |  sta  cx16.$regname+1")
+                    }
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg")
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
     private fun translateArguments(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, scope: IPtSubroutine?) {
         val signature = BuiltinFunctions.getValue(call.name)
         val callConv = signature.callConvention(call.args.map {
@@ -1276,7 +1780,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         fun getSourceForFloat(value: PtExpression): AsmAssignSource {
             return when (value) {
                 is PtIdentifier -> {
-                    val addr = PtAddressOf(value.position)
+                    val addr = PtAddressOf(DataType.pointer(BaseDataType.FLOAT), false, value.position)
                     addr.add(value)
                     addr.parent = call
                     AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(addr, program, asmgen)
@@ -1290,7 +1794,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
 
                     asmgen.subroutineExtra(scope).usedFloatEvalResultVar2 = true
                     val variable = PtIdentifier(subroutineFloatEvalResultVar2, DataType.FLOAT, value.position)
-                    val addr = PtAddressOf(value.position)
+                    val addr = PtAddressOf(DataType.pointer(BaseDataType.FLOAT), false, value.position)
                     addr.add(variable)
                     addr.parent = call
                     asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(value, asmgen.asmVariableName(variable), DataType.FLOAT)
@@ -1308,9 +1812,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     val varname = "prog8_lib.func_${call.name}._arg_${paramName}"
                     val src = when  {
                         conv.dt==BaseDataType.FLOAT -> getSourceForFloat(value)
+                        conv.dt==BaseDataType.LONG -> TODO("LONG argument for builtin func ${call.position}")
                         conv.dt.isPassByRef -> {
                             // put the address of the argument in AY
-                            val addr = PtAddressOf(value.position)
+                            val addr = PtAddressOf(DataType.forDt(conv.dt).typeForAddressOf(false), false, value.position)
                             addr.add(value)
                             addr.parent = call
                             AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(addr, program, asmgen)
@@ -1326,9 +1831,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 conv.reg != null -> {
                     val src = when {
                         conv.dt==BaseDataType.FLOAT -> getSourceForFloat(value)
+                        conv.dt==BaseDataType.LONG -> AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(value, program, asmgen)
                         conv.dt.isPassByRef -> {
                             // put the address of the argument in AY
-                            val addr = PtAddressOf(value.position)
+                            val addr = PtAddressOf(DataType.forDt(conv.dt).typeForAddressOf(false), false,value.position)
                             addr.add(value)
                             addr.parent = call
                             AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(addr, program, asmgen)
@@ -1337,7 +1843,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(value, program, asmgen)
                         }
                     }
-                    val tgt = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(conv.reg!!, false, value.position, null, asmgen)
+                    val tgt = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(conv.reg!!, conv.dt.isSigned, value.position, null, asmgen)
                     val assign = AsmAssignment(src, listOf(tgt), program.memsizer, value.position)
                     asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assign, scope)
                 }

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ForLoopsAsmGen.kt

@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ internal class ForLoopsAsmGen(
         if(asmgen.options.romable) {
             // cannot use self-modifying code, cannot use cpu stack (because loop can be interrupted halfway)
             // so we need to store the loop end value in a newly allocated temporary variable
-            val toValueVar = asmgen.getTempVarName(iterableDt.elementType().base)
+            val toValueVar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(iterableDt.elementType().base, false, range)
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(range.to, RegisterOrPair.A)
             asmgen.out("  sta  $toValueVar")
             // pre-check for end already reached
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ $modifiedLabel  cmp  #0     ; modified
         if(asmgen.options.romable) {
             // cannot use self-modifying code, cannot use cpu stack (because loop can be interrupted halfway)
             // so we need to store the loop end value in a newly allocated temporary variable
-            val toValueVar = asmgen.getTempVarName(iterableDt.elementType().base)
+            val toValueVar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(iterableDt.elementType().base, false, range)
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(range.to, RegisterOrPair.AY)
             precheckFromToWord(iterableDt, stepsize, varname, endLabel)
             asmgen.out("  sta  $toValueVar")
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ $endLabel""")
         val modifiedLabel2 = asmgen.makeLabel("for_modifiedb")
         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(range.to, RegisterOrPair.AY)
         precheckFromToWord(iterableDt, stepsize, varname, endLabel)
+        asmgen.romableError("self-modifying code (forloop over words range)", stmt.position)  // TODO fix romable; there is self-modifying code below
         asmgen.out("""
                 sty  $modifiedLabel+1
                 sta  $modifiedLabel2+1
@@ -442,7 +443,6 @@ $modifiedLabel  sbc  #0    ; modified
                 eor  #$80
 +               bpl  $loopLabel                
 $endLabel""")
-        asmgen.romableError("self-modifying code (forloop over words range)", stmt.position)  // TODO fix romable
     }
 
     private fun precheckFromToWord(iterableDt: DataType, stepsize: Int, fromVar: String, endLabel: String) {
@@ -500,15 +500,15 @@ $endLabel""")
         val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.add(endLabel)
         val iterableName = asmgen.asmVariableName(ident)
-        val numElements = when(val symbol = asmgen.symbolTable.lookup(ident.name)) {
+        val numElements: UInt = when(val symbol = asmgen.symbolTable.lookup(ident.name)) {
             is StStaticVariable -> symbol.length!!
             is StMemVar -> symbol.length!!
-            else -> 0
+            else -> 0u
         }
-        when {
-            iterableDt.isString -> {
+
+        fun iterateStrings() {
             if(asmgen.options.romable) {
-                    val indexVar = asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.UBYTE)
+                val indexVar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.UBYTE, false, stmt)
                 asmgen.out("""
                         ldy  #0
                         sty  $indexVar
@@ -538,15 +538,19 @@ $indexVar   .byte  0
 $endLabel""")
             }
         }
-            iterableDt.isByteArray || iterableDt.isBoolArray -> {
-                val indexVar = if(asmgen.options.romable) asmgen.getTempVarName(iterableDt.elementType().base) else asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
+
+        fun iterateBytes() {
+            val indexVar = if(asmgen.options.romable)
+                asmgen.createTempVarReused(iterableDt.elementType().base, false, stmt)
+            else
+                asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
             asmgen.out("""
                     ldy  #0
 $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                     lda  $iterableName,y
                     sta  ${asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.variable)}""")
             asmgen.translate(stmt.statements)
-                if(numElements<=255) {
+            if(numElements<=255u) {
                 asmgen.out("""
                         ldy  $indexVar
                         iny
@@ -562,7 +566,7 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                         beq  $endLabel""")
             }
             if(!asmgen.options.romable) {
-                    if(numElements>=16) {
+                if(numElements>=16u) {
                     // allocate index var on ZP if possible, otherwise inline
                     val result = zeropage.allocate(indexVar, DataType.UBYTE, null, stmt.position, asmgen.errors)
                     result.fold(
@@ -575,8 +579,12 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
             }
             asmgen.out(endLabel)
         }
-            iterableDt.isSplitWordArray -> {
-                val indexVar = if(asmgen.options.romable) asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.UBYTE) else asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
+
+        fun iterateSplitWords() {
+            val indexVar = if(asmgen.options.romable)
+                asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.UBYTE, false, stmt)
+            else
+                asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
             val loopvarName = asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.variable)
             asmgen.out("""
                     ldy  #0
@@ -586,7 +594,7 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                     lda  ${iterableName}_msb,y
                     sta  $loopvarName+1""")
             asmgen.translate(stmt.statements)
-                if(numElements<=255) {
+            if(numElements<=255u) {
                 asmgen.out("""
                         ldy  $indexVar
                         iny
@@ -602,7 +610,7 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                         beq  $endLabel""")
             }
             if(!asmgen.options.romable) {
-                    if(numElements>=16) {
+                if(numElements>=16u) {
                     // allocate index var on ZP if possible, otherwise inline
                     val result = zeropage.allocate(indexVar, DataType.UBYTE, null, stmt.position, asmgen.errors)
                     result.fold(
@@ -615,9 +623,12 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
             }
             asmgen.out(endLabel)
         }
-            iterableDt.isWordArray -> {
-                val length = numElements * 2
-                val indexVar = if(asmgen.options.romable) asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.UBYTE) else asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
+
+        fun iterateWords(actuallyLongs: Boolean = false) {
+            val indexVar = if(asmgen.options.romable)
+                asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.UBYTE, false, stmt)
+            else
+                asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
             val loopvarName = asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.variable)
             asmgen.out("""
                     ldy  #0
@@ -626,17 +637,48 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                     sta  $loopvarName
                     lda  $iterableName+1,y
                     sta  $loopvarName+1""")
+            if(actuallyLongs) {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $iterableName+2,y
+                    sta  $loopvarName+2
+                    lda  $iterableName+3,y
+                    sta  $loopvarName+3""")
+            }
             asmgen.translate(stmt.statements)
-                if(length<=127) {
+            if(numElements<=127u) {
+                if(actuallyLongs) {
                     asmgen.out("""
                         ldy  $indexVar
                         iny
                         iny
-                        cpy  #$length
+                        iny
+                        iny
+                        cpy  #${numElements*4u}
                         beq  $endLabel
                         bne  $loopLabel""")
                 } else {
-                    // length is 128 words, 256 bytes
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        ldy  $indexVar
+                        iny
+                        iny
+                        cpy  #${numElements*2u}
+                        beq  $endLabel
+                        bne  $loopLabel""")
+                }
+            } else {
+                if(actuallyLongs) {
+                    // array size is 64 longs, 256 bytes
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        ldy  $indexVar
+                        iny
+                        iny
+                        iny
+                        iny
+                        bne  $loopLabel
+                        beq  $endLabel""")
+
+                } else {
+                    // array size is 128 words, 256 bytes
                     asmgen.out("""
                         ldy  $indexVar
                         iny
@@ -644,8 +686,9 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                         bne  $loopLabel
                         beq  $endLabel""")
                 }
+            }
             if(!asmgen.options.romable) {
-                    if(length>=16) {
+                if(numElements>=16u) {
                     // allocate index var on ZP if possible, otherwise inline
                     val result = zeropage.allocate(indexVar, DataType.UBYTE, null, stmt.position, asmgen.errors)
                     result.fold(
@@ -658,9 +701,14 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
             }
             asmgen.out(endLabel)
         }
-            iterableDt.isFloatArray -> {
-                throw AssemblyError("for loop with floating point variables is not supported")
-            }
+
+        when {
+            iterableDt.isString -> iterateStrings()
+            iterableDt.isByteArray || iterableDt.isBoolArray -> iterateBytes()
+            iterableDt.isSplitWordArray -> iterateSplitWords()
+            iterableDt.isWordArray -> iterateWords()
+            iterableDt.isLongArray -> iterateWords(true)
+            iterableDt.isFloatArray -> throw AssemblyError("for loop with floating point variables is not supported")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("can't iterate over $iterableDt")
         }
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.removeLast()

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/FunctionCallAsmGen.kt

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram, private val as
         // we consider them NOT to be optimized into (possibly different) CPU registers.
         // Just load them in whatever the register spec says.
         return when (params.size) {
-            1 -> params[0].type.isIntegerOrBool && params[0].register == null
+            1 -> params[0].register == null && (params[0].type.isWordOrByteOrBool || params[0].type.isPointer)
             2 -> params[0].type.isByteOrBool && params[1].type.isByteOrBool && params[0].register == null && params[1].register == null
             else -> false
         }
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram, private val as
         val symbol = asmgen.symbolTable.lookup(call.name)!!
         if(symbol.type == StNodeType.LABEL) {
             require(call.void)
-            asmgen.out("  jsr  ${asmgen.asmSymbolName(symbol.scopedName)}")
+            asmgen.out("  jsr  ${asmgen.asmSymbolName(symbol.scopedNameString)}")
             return
         }
 
@@ -139,15 +139,16 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram, private val as
             }
         }
         else if(sub is PtSub) {
-            if(optimizeIntArgsViaCpuRegisters(sub.parameters)) {
+            val parameters = sub.signature.children.filterIsInstance<PtSubroutineParameter>()
+            if(optimizeIntArgsViaCpuRegisters(parameters)) {
                 // Note that if the args fit into cpu registers, we don't concern ourselves here
                 // if they should be put into regular subroutine parameter variables, or the R0-R15 register variables.
                 // That is now up to the subroutine itself.
                 useCpuRegistersForArgs(call.args, sub)
             } else {
                 // arguments via variables
-                val paramValues = sub.parameters.zip(call.args)
-                val (normalParams, registerParams) = paramValues.partition { it.first.register == null }
+                val paramValues = parameters.zip(call.args)
+                val (normalParams, registerParams) = paramValues.partition { (it.first.register == null) }
                 if (normalParams.isNotEmpty()) {
                     for (p in normalParams)
                         argumentViaVariable(sub, p.first, p.second)
@@ -166,7 +167,7 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram, private val as
     }
 
     private fun useCpuRegistersForArgs(args: List<PtExpression>, sub: PtSub) {
-        val params = sub.parameters
+        val params = sub.signature.children.filterIsInstance<PtSubroutineParameter>()
         when(params.size) {
             1 -> {
                 val register = if (params[0].type.isByteOrBool) RegisterOrPair.A else RegisterOrPair.AY
@@ -205,8 +206,11 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram, private val as
             is PtBuiltinFunctionCall -> {
                 if (arg.name in arrayOf("lsb", "msb", "lsw", "msw"))
                     return usesOtherRegistersWhileEvaluating(arg.args[0])
-                if (arg.name == "mkword")
+                if (arg.name == "mkword" || arg.name == "mklong2")
                     return usesOtherRegistersWhileEvaluating(arg.args[0]) || usesOtherRegistersWhileEvaluating(arg.args[1])
+                if (arg.name == "mklong")
+                    return usesOtherRegistersWhileEvaluating(arg.args[0]) || usesOtherRegistersWhileEvaluating(arg.args[1]) ||
+                           usesOtherRegistersWhileEvaluating(arg.args[2]) || usesOtherRegistersWhileEvaluating(arg.args[3])
                 return !arg.isSimple()
             }
             is PtAddressOf -> false
@@ -332,14 +336,14 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram, private val as
             } else {
                 val scope = value.definingISub()
                 val target: AsmAssignTarget =
-                    if(parameter.value.type.isByte && (register==RegisterOrPair.AX || register == RegisterOrPair.AY || register==RegisterOrPair.XY || register in Cx16VirtualRegisters))
+                    if(parameter.value.type.isByte && register.isWord())
                         AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, parameter.value.type, scope, value.position, register = register)
                     else {
                         AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(register, parameter.value.type.isSigned, value.position, scope, asmgen)
                     }
                 val src = if(value.type.isPassByRef) {
                     if(value is PtIdentifier) {
-                        val addr = PtAddressOf(Position.DUMMY)
+                        val addr = PtAddressOf(value.type.typeForAddressOf(false), false, Position.DUMMY)
                         addr.add(value)
                         addr.parent = scope as PtNode
                         AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(addr, program, asmgen).adjustSignedUnsigned(target)

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/IfElseAsmGen.kt

@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ import prog8.code.ast.*
 import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.AsmAssignTarget
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.AssignmentAsmGen
+import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.PointerAssignmentsGen
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.TargetStorageKind
 
 internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             private val st: SymbolTable,
                             private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal,
+                            private val pointergen: PointerAssignmentsGen,
                             private val assignmentAsmGen: AssignmentAsmGen,
                             private val errors: IErrorReporter) {
 
@@ -38,13 +40,13 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 // use a BIT instruction to test for bit 7 or 6 set/clear
                 val (testBitSet, variable, bitmask) = useBIT
                 return translateIfBIT(stmt, jumpAfterIf, testBitSet, variable, bitmask)
-                return
             }
 
             val rightDt = compareCond.right.type
             return when {
                 rightDt.isByteOrBool -> translateIfByte(stmt, jumpAfterIf)
-                rightDt.isWord -> translateIfWord(stmt, compareCond, jumpAfterIf)
+                rightDt.isWord || rightDt.isPointer -> translateIfWord(stmt, compareCond, jumpAfterIf)
+                rightDt.isLong -> translateIfLong(stmt, compareCond, jumpAfterIf)
                 rightDt.isFloat -> translateIfFloat(stmt, compareCond, jumpAfterIf)
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
             }
@@ -64,6 +66,16 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             }
         }
 
+        val dereference = stmt.condition as? PtPointerDeref
+        if(dereference!=null) {
+            val (zpPtrVar, offset) = pointergen.deref(dereference)
+            asmgen.loadIndirectByte(zpPtrVar, offset)
+            return if (jumpAfterIf != null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("bne", "beq", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("beq", stmt)
+        }
+
         throw AssemblyError("weird non-boolean condition node type ${stmt.condition} at ${stmt.condition.position}")
     }
 
@@ -87,6 +99,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 if(testForBitSet) {
                     if(jumpAfterIf!=null) {
                         val target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jumpAfterIf)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         branch("bmi", target)
                     }
                     else
@@ -94,6 +107,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 } else {
                     if(jumpAfterIf!=null) {
                         val target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jumpAfterIf)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         branch("bpl", target)
                     }
                     else
@@ -107,6 +121,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 if(testForBitSet) {
                     if(jumpAfterIf!=null) {
                         val target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jumpAfterIf)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         branch("bvs", target)
                     }
                     else
@@ -114,6 +129,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 } else {
                     if(jumpAfterIf!=null) {
                         val target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jumpAfterIf)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         branch("bvc", target)
                     }
                     else
@@ -146,6 +162,93 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             translateIfElseBodies("beq", ifElse)
     }
 
+    private fun translateIfElseBodiesSignedByte(elseConditional: String, value: PtExpression, stmt: PtIfElse) {
+        fun branchElse(label: String) {
+            when (elseConditional) {
+                "<" -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        bvc  +
+                        eor  #$80
++                       bpl  $label""")
+                }
+                ">=" -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        bvc  +
+                        eor  #$80
++                       bmi  $label""")
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("wrong conditional $elseConditional")
+            }
+        }
+        val afterIfLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("afterif")
+        asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(value, true)
+        if(stmt.hasElse()) {
+            // if and else blocks
+            val elseLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("else")
+            branchElse(elseLabel)
+            asmgen.translate(stmt.ifScope)
+            asmgen.jmp(afterIfLabel)
+            asmgen.out(elseLabel)
+            asmgen.translate(stmt.elseScope)
+        } else {
+            // no else block
+            branchElse(afterIfLabel)
+            asmgen.translate(stmt.ifScope)
+        }
+        asmgen.out(afterIfLabel)
+    }
+
+    private fun translateJumpElseBodiesSignedByte(elseConditional: String, value: PtExpression, jump: PtJump, elseBlock: PtNodeGroup) {
+        fun branchTarget(label: String) {
+            when (elseConditional) {
+                "<" -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        bvc  +
+                        eor  #$80
++                       bmi  $label""")
+                }
+                ">=" -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        bvc  +
+                        eor  #$80
++                       bpl  $label""")
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("wrong conditional $elseConditional")
+            }
+        }
+        fun branchElse(label: String) {
+            when (elseConditional) {
+                "<" -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        bvc  +
+                        eor  #$80
++                       bpl  $label""")
+                }
+                ">=" -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        bvc  +
+                        eor  #$80
++                       bmi  $label""")
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("wrong conditional $elseConditional")
+            }
+        }
+
+        var target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump, false)
+        asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(value, true)
+        if(target.indirect) {
+            branchElse("+")
+            if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
+                target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+            asmgen.jmp(target.asmLabel, target.indirect, target.indexedX)
+            asmgen.out("+")
+        } else {
+            require(!target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
+            branchTarget(target.asmLabel)
+        }
+        asmgen.translate(elseBlock)
+    }
+
     private fun translateIfElseBodies(elseBranchInstr: String, stmt: PtIfElse) {
         // comparison value is already in A
         val afterIfLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("afterif")
@@ -172,9 +275,8 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             asmgen.out("  $falseBranch  +")
             if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                 target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
-            asmgen.out("""
-                jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
-+""")
+            asmgen.jmp(target.asmLabel, target.indirect, target.indexedX)
+            asmgen.out("+")
         } else {
             require(!target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
             asmgen.out("  $branchInstr  ${target.asmLabel}")
@@ -210,38 +312,9 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     translateIfElseBodies("beq", stmt)
             }
             "<" -> translateByteLess(stmt, signed, jumpAfterIf)
-            "<=" -> {
-                // X<=Y -> Y>=X (reverse of >=)
-                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(condition.right, RegisterOrPair.A, signed)
-                asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.left, false)
-                return if(signed) {
-                    if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
-                        translateJumpElseBodies("bpl", "bmi", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
-                    else
-                        translateIfElseBodies("bmi", stmt)
-                } else {
-                    if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
-                        translateJumpElseBodies("bcs", "bcc", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
-                    else
-                        translateIfElseBodies("bcc", stmt)
-                }
-            }
+            "<=" -> translateByteLessEqual(stmt, signed, jumpAfterIf)
             ">" -> translateByteGreater(stmt, signed, jumpAfterIf)
-            ">=" -> {
-                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(condition.left, RegisterOrPair.A, signed)
-                asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.right, false)
-                return if(signed) {
-                    if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
-                        translateJumpElseBodies("bpl", "bmi", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
-                    else
-                        translateIfElseBodies("bmi", stmt)
-                } else {
-                    if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
-                        translateJumpElseBodies("bcs", "bcc", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
-                    else
-                        translateIfElseBodies("bcc", stmt)
-                }
-            }
+            ">=" -> translateByteGreaterEqual(stmt, signed, jumpAfterIf)
             in LogicalOperators -> {
                 val regAtarget = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, DataType.BOOL, stmt.definingISub(), condition.position, register=RegisterOrPair.A)
                 if (assignmentAsmGen.optimizedLogicalExpr(condition, regAtarget)) {
@@ -287,6 +360,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             asmgen.out("  bmi  + |  beq +")
                             if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                                 target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jumpAfterIf)
+                            require(!target.indexedX)
                             asmgen.out("""
                                 jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -354,6 +428,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             asmgen.out("  bmi  + |  bne  ++")
                             if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                                 target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jumpAfterIf)
+                            require(!target.indexedX)
                             asmgen.out("""
 +                               jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -402,13 +477,13 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
     private fun translateByteLess(stmt: PtIfElse, signed: Boolean, jumpAfterIf: PtJump?) {
         val condition = stmt.condition as PtBinaryExpression
         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(condition.left, RegisterOrPair.A, signed)
-        asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.right, false)
         if(signed) {
             if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
-                translateJumpElseBodies("bmi", "bpl", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
+                translateJumpElseBodiesSignedByte("<", condition.right, jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
             else
-                translateIfElseBodies("bpl", stmt)
+                translateIfElseBodiesSignedByte("<", condition.right, stmt)
         } else {
+            asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.right, false)
             if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
                 translateJumpElseBodies("bcc", "bcs", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
             else
@@ -416,16 +491,33 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         }
     }
 
+    private fun translateByteLessEqual(stmt: PtIfElse, signed: Boolean, jumpAfterIf: PtJump?) {
+        // X<=Y -> Y>=X (reverse of >=)
+        val condition = stmt.condition as PtBinaryExpression
+        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(condition.right, RegisterOrPair.A, signed)
+        return if(signed) {
+            if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
+                translateJumpElseBodiesSignedByte(">=", condition.left, jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodiesSignedByte(">=", condition.left, stmt)
+        } else {
+            asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.left, false)
+            if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("bcs", "bcc", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("bcc", stmt)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun translateByteGreater(stmt: PtIfElse, signed: Boolean, jumpAfterIf: PtJump?) {
         val condition = stmt.condition as PtBinaryExpression
         if(signed) {
             // X>Y --> Y<X
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(condition.right, RegisterOrPair.A, true)
-            asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.left, true)
             if (jumpAfterIf != null)
-                translateJumpElseBodies("bmi", "bpl", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
+                translateJumpElseBodiesSignedByte("<", condition.left, jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
             else
-                translateIfElseBodies("bpl", stmt)
+                translateIfElseBodiesSignedByte("<", condition.left, stmt)
         } else {
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(condition.left, RegisterOrPair.A)
             asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.right, false)
@@ -435,6 +527,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     asmgen.out("  bcc  + |  beq  +")
                     if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                         target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jumpAfterIf)
+                    require(!target.indexedX)
                     asmgen.out("""
                         jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -466,6 +559,46 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
         }
     }
 
+    private fun translateByteGreaterEqual(stmt: PtIfElse, signed: Boolean, jumpAfterIf: PtJump?) {
+        val condition = stmt.condition as PtBinaryExpression
+        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(condition.left, RegisterOrPair.A, signed)
+        return if(signed) {
+            if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
+                translateJumpElseBodiesSignedByte(">=", condition.right, jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodiesSignedByte(">=", condition.right, stmt)
+        } else {
+            asmgen.cmpAwithByteValue(condition.right, false)
+            if(jumpAfterIf!=null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("bcs", "bcc", jumpAfterIf, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("bcc", stmt)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun translateIfLong(stmt: PtIfElse, condition: PtBinaryExpression, jumpAfterIf: PtJump?) {
+        val constValue = condition.right.asConstInteger()
+        if(constValue==0) {
+            // optimized comparisons with zero
+            return when (condition.operator) {
+                "==" -> longEqualsZero(condition.left, false, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+                "!=" -> longEqualsZero(condition.left, true, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+                "<" -> longLessZero(condition.left, false, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+                "<=" -> longLessZero(condition.left, true, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+                ">" -> longGreaterZero(condition.left, false, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+                ">=" -> longGreaterZero(condition.left, true, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("expected comparison operator")
+            }
+        }
+
+        return when (condition.operator) {
+            "==" -> longEqualsValue(condition.left, condition.right, false, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+            "!=" -> longEqualsValue(condition.left, condition.right, true, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+            "<", "<=", ">", ">=" -> compareLongValues(condition.left, condition.operator, condition.right, jumpAfterIf, stmt)
+            else -> throw AssemblyError("expected comparison operator")
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun translateIfWord(stmt: PtIfElse, condition: PtBinaryExpression, jumpAfterIf: PtJump?) {
         val signed = condition.left.type.isSigned
         val constValue = condition.right.asConstInteger()
@@ -497,7 +630,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
     private fun wordGreaterEqualsZero(value: PtExpression, signed: Boolean, jump: PtJump?, stmt: PtIfElse) {
         // special case for word>=0
         if(signed) {
-            loadAndCmp0MSB(value)
+            loadAndCmp0MSB(value, false)
             if (jump != null)
                 translateJumpElseBodies("bpl", "bmi", jump, stmt.elseScope)
             else
@@ -510,7 +643,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
     private fun wordLessZero(value: PtExpression, signed: Boolean, jump: PtJump?, stmt: PtIfElse) {
         // special case for word<0
         if(signed) {
-            loadAndCmp0MSB(value)
+            loadAndCmp0MSB(value, false)
             if (jump != null)
                 translateJumpElseBodies("bmi", "bpl", jump, stmt.elseScope)
             else
@@ -536,6 +669,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
 +                           bpl  +""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
                             jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -591,6 +725,7 @@ internal class IfElseAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             bcs  +""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
 _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -668,6 +803,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +                           bpl  +""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
                            jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -722,6 +858,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                             bcc  +""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
                             jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -781,33 +918,44 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
     }
 
 
-    private fun loadAndCmp0MSB(value: PtExpression) {
+    private fun loadAndCmp0MSB(value: PtExpression, long: Boolean) {
         when(value) {
             is PtArrayIndexer -> {
-                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable)
+                if(value.variable==null)
+                    TODO("support for ptr indexing ${value.position}")
+                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable!!)
                 asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(value, CpuRegister.Y)
-                if(value.splitWords)
+                if(value.splitWords) {
+                    require(!long)
                     asmgen.out("  lda  ${varname}_msb,y")
+                }
+                else if(long)
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  $varname+3,y")
                 else
                     asmgen.out("  lda  $varname+1,y")
             }
             is PtIdentifier -> {
                 val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value)
+                if(long)
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  $varname+3")
+                else
                     asmgen.out("  lda  $varname+1")
             }
             is PtAddressOf -> {
+                require(!long)
                 if(value.isFromArrayElement) {
                     asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.AY, true)
                     asmgen.out("  cpy  #0")
                 } else {
-                    var varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.identifier)
-                    if(value.identifier.type.isSplitWordArray) {
+                    var varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.identifier!!)
+                    if(value.identifier!!.type.isSplitWordArray) {
                         varname += if(value.isMsbForSplitArray) "_msb" else "_lsb"
                     }
                     asmgen.out("  lda  #>$varname")
                 }
             }
             else -> {
+                require(!long)
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.AY, true)
                 asmgen.out("  cpy  #0")
             }
@@ -830,6 +978,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                             bne  ++""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
 +                           jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -878,8 +1027,10 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
             if(value is PtIdentifier)
                 return compareLsbMsb(value.name, value.name+"+1")
             if(value is PtArrayIndexer) {
+                if(value.variable==null)
+                    TODO("support for ptr indexing ${value.position}")
                 val constIndex = value.index.asConstInteger()
-                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable)
+                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable!!)
                 if(constIndex!=null) {
                     if(value.splitWords) {
                         return compareLsbMsb("${varname}_lsb+$constIndex", "${varname}_msb+$constIndex")
@@ -909,6 +1060,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                         bne  ++""")
                     if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                         target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                    require(!target.indexedX)
                     asmgen.out("""
 +                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -974,6 +1126,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                             beq  ++""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
 +                           jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1023,8 +1176,10 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
             if(value is PtIdentifier)
                 return compareLsbMsb(value.name, value.name+"+1")
             if(value is PtArrayIndexer) {
+                if(value.variable==null)
+                    TODO("support for ptr indexing ${value.position}")
                 val constIndex = value.index.asConstInteger()
-                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable)
+                val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable!!)
                 if(constIndex!=null) {
                     if(value.splitWords) {
                         return compareLsbMsb("${varname}_lsb+$constIndex", "${varname}_msb+$constIndex")
@@ -1054,6 +1209,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                         beq  ++""")
                     if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                         target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                    require(!target.indexedX)
                     asmgen.out("""
 +                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1103,6 +1259,63 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
         }
     }
 
+    private fun longEqualsZero(value: PtExpression, notEquals: Boolean, jump: PtJump?, stmt: PtIfElse) {
+        if(value is PtIdentifier) {
+            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(value)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  $varname
+                ora  $varname+1
+                ora  $varname+2
+                ora  $varname+3""")
+        } else {
+            asmgen.pushLongRegisters(RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, 1)
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, value.type.isSigned)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  cx16.r14
+                ora  cx16.r14+1
+                ora  cx16.r14+2
+                ora  cx16.r14+3
+                sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG""")
+            asmgen.popLongRegisters(RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, 1)
+            asmgen.out("  lda  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG  ; restore flags")
+        }
+        if(notEquals) {
+            if (jump != null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("bne", "beq", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("beq", stmt)
+        } else {
+            if (jump != null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("beq", "bne", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("bne", stmt)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun longLessZero(value: PtExpression, lessEquals: Boolean, jump: PtJump?, stmt: PtIfElse) {
+        if(lessEquals) {
+            TODO("long <= 0 ${value.position}")
+        } else {
+            loadAndCmp0MSB(value, true)
+            if (jump != null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("bmi", "bpl", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("bpl", stmt)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun longGreaterZero(value: PtExpression, lessEquals: Boolean, jump: PtJump?, stmt: PtIfElse) {
+        if(lessEquals) {
+            TODO("long >= 0 ${value.position}")
+        } else {
+            loadAndCmp0MSB(value, true)
+            if (jump != null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("bpl", "bmi", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("bmi", stmt)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun wordEqualsZero(value: PtExpression, notEquals: Boolean, signed: Boolean, jump: PtJump?, stmt: PtIfElse) {
 
         // special case for (u)word == 0
@@ -1136,7 +1349,9 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                 is PtArrayIndexer -> {
                     val constIndex = value.index.asConstInteger()
                     if(constIndex!=null) {
-                        val varName = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable)
+                        if(value.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${value.position}")
+                        val varName = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable!!)
                         if(value.splitWords) {
                             return translateLoadFromVarSplitw(varName, constIndex, "bne", "beq")
                         }
@@ -1157,7 +1372,9 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                 is PtArrayIndexer -> {
                     val constIndex = value.index.asConstInteger()
                     if (constIndex != null) {
-                        val varName = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable)
+                        if(value.variable==null)
+                            TODO("support for ptr indexing ${value.position}")
+                        val varName = asmgen.asmVariableName(value.variable!!)
                         if(value.splitWords) {
                             return translateLoadFromVarSplitw(varName, constIndex, "beq", "bne")
                         }
@@ -1176,6 +1393,140 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
         }
     }
 
+    private fun longEqualsValue(
+        left: PtExpression,
+        right: PtExpression,
+        notEquals: Boolean,
+        jump: PtJump?,
+        stmt: PtIfElse
+    ) {
+        val constRight = right.asConstInteger()
+        val variableRight = (right as? PtIdentifier)?.name
+
+        if(left is PtIdentifier) {
+            val leftvar = asmgen.asmVariableName(left)
+            if(constRight!=null) {
+                val hex = constRight.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $leftvar
+                    cmp  #$${hex.substring(6,8)}
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  $leftvar+1
+                    cmp  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  $leftvar+2
+                    cmp  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  $leftvar+3
+                    cmp  #$${hex.take(2)}
++""")
+            } else if(variableRight!=null) {
+                require(right.type.isLong)
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  #<$leftvar
+                    ldy  #>$leftvar
+                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
+                    sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
+                    lda  #<$variableRight
+                    ldy  #>$variableRight
+                    jsr  prog8_lib.long_not_equals""")
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            // TODO cannot easily preserve R14:R15 on stack because we need the status flags of the comparison in between...
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(left, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, left.type.isSigned)
+            if(constRight!=null) {
+                val hex = constRight.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  cx16.r14
+                    cmp  #$${hex.substring(6,8)}
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  cx16.r14+1
+                    cmp  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  cx16.r14+2
+                    cmp  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  cx16.r14+3
+                    cmp  #$${hex.take(2)}
++""")
+            } else if(variableRight!=null) {
+                require(right.type.isLong)
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  cx16.r14
+                    cmp  $variableRight
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  cx16.r14+1
+                    cmp  $variableRight+1
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  cx16.r14+2
+                    cmp  $variableRight+2
+                    bne  +
+                    lda  cx16.r14+3
+                    cmp  $variableRight+3
++""")
+            } else {
+                TODO("long == value expression ${right.position}")
+            }
+        }
+
+        if(notEquals) {
+            if (jump != null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("bne", "beq", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("beq", stmt)
+        } else {
+            if (jump != null)
+                translateJumpElseBodies("beq", "bne", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+            else
+                translateIfElseBodies("bne", stmt)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun compareLongValues(
+        left: PtExpression,
+        operator: String,
+        right: PtExpression,
+        jump: PtJump?,
+        stmt: PtIfElse
+    ) {
+        // this comparison is not part of an expression but part of an if statement, there's no need to save the previous values of the temp registers
+        if(operator=="<" || operator ==">=") {
+            assignmentAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(right, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, left.type.isSigned)
+            assignmentAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(left, RegisterOrPair.R12R13_32, left.type.isSigned)
+        } else {
+            // flip operands
+            assignmentAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(left, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, left.type.isSigned)
+            assignmentAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(right, RegisterOrPair.R12R13_32, left.type.isSigned)
+        }
+        asmgen.out("""
+            sec
+            lda  cx16.r12
+            sbc  cx16.r14
+            lda  cx16.r12+1
+            sbc  cx16.r14+1
+            lda  cx16.r12+2
+            sbc  cx16.r14+2
+            lda  cx16.r12+3
+            sbc  cx16.r14+3""")
+        when(operator) {
+            "<", ">" -> {
+                if (jump != null)
+                    translateJumpElseBodies("bmi", "bpl", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+                else
+                    translateIfElseBodies("bpl", stmt)
+            }
+            ">=", "<=" -> {
+                if (jump != null)
+                    translateJumpElseBodies("bpl", "bmi", jump, stmt.elseScope)
+                else
+                    translateIfElseBodies("bmi", stmt)
+            }
+            else -> throw RuntimeException("invalid operator $operator")
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun wordEqualsValue(
         left: PtExpression,
         right: PtExpression,
@@ -1197,6 +1548,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                         beq  ++""")
                     if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                         target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                    require(!target.indexedX)
                     asmgen.out("""
 +                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1249,6 +1601,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                         bne  +""")
                     if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                         target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                    require(!target.indexedX)
                     asmgen.out("""
                         jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1303,6 +1656,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                             beq  ++""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
 +                           jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1362,6 +1716,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                             bne  +""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
                             jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1424,6 +1779,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                             beq  ++""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
 +                           jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1482,6 +1838,7 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                             bne  +""")
                         if(target.needsExpressionEvaluation)
                             target = asmgen.getJumpTarget(jump)
+                        require(!target.indexedX)
                         asmgen.out("""
                             jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
 +""")
@@ -1532,8 +1889,10 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
         fun translateEqualsArray(left: PtArrayIndexer, right: PtExpression) {
             val constIndex = left.index.asConstInteger()
             if(constIndex!=null) {
+                if(left.variable==null)
+                    TODO("support for ptr indexing ${left.position}")
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(right, RegisterOrPair.AY, signed)
-                val varName = asmgen.asmVariableName(left.variable)
+                val varName = asmgen.asmVariableName(left.variable!!)
                 if(left.splitWords) {
                     return if(notEquals)
                         translateAYNotEquals("${varName}_lsb+$constIndex", "${varName}_msb+$constIndex")
@@ -1596,13 +1955,13 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                     }
                 }
                 is PtAddressOf -> {
-                    if(left.isFromArrayElement)
+                    if(left.isFromArrayElement) {
                         fallbackTranslateForSimpleCondition(stmt)
-                    else {
-                        val varname = if(left.identifier.type.isSplitWordArray) {
-                            if(left.isMsbForSplitArray) left.identifier.name+"_msb" else left.identifier.name+"_lsb"
                     } else {
-                            left.identifier.name
+                        val varname = if(left.identifier!!.type.isSplitWordArray) {
+                            if(left.isMsbForSplitArray) left.identifier!!.name+"_msb" else left.identifier!!.name+"_lsb"
+                        } else {
+                            left.identifier!!.name
                         }
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(right, RegisterOrPair.AY, signed)
                         translateAYNotEquals("#<$varname", "#>$varname")
@@ -1648,13 +2007,13 @@ _jump                       jmp  (${target.asmLabel})
                     }
                 }
                 is PtAddressOf -> {
-                    if(left.isFromArrayElement)
+                    if(left.isFromArrayElement) {
                         fallbackTranslateForSimpleCondition(stmt)
-                    else {
-                        val varname = if(left.identifier.type.isSplitWordArray) {
-                            if(left.isMsbForSplitArray) left.identifier.name+"_msb" else left.identifier.name+"_lsb"
                     } else {
-                            left.identifier.name
+                        val varname = if(left.identifier!!.type.isSplitWordArray) {
+                            if(left.isMsbForSplitArray) left.identifier!!.name+"_msb" else left.identifier!!.name+"_lsb"
+                        } else {
+                            left.identifier!!.name
                         }
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(right, RegisterOrPair.AY, signed)
                         translateAYEquals("#<$varname", "#>$varname")

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/IfExpressionAsmGen.kt

@@ -9,34 +9,94 @@ import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.TargetStorageKind
 internal class IfExpressionAsmGen(private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal, private val assignmentAsmGen: AssignmentAsmGen, private val errors: IErrorReporter) {
 
     internal fun assignIfExpression(target: AsmAssignTarget, expr: PtIfExpression) {
-        require(target.datatype==expr.type || target.datatype.isUnsignedWord && expr.type.isString)
+        require(target.datatype==expr.type ||
+                target.datatype.isUnsignedWord && (expr.type.isString || expr.type.isPointer) ||
+                target.datatype.isPointer && (expr.type.isUnsignedWord || expr.type.isPointer || expr.type.isString))
         val falseLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("ifexpr_false")
         val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("ifexpr_end")
         evalIfExpressionConditonAndBranchWhenFalse(expr.condition, falseLabel)
-        when {
-            expr.type.isByteOrBool -> {
+
+        if(expr.type.isByteOrBool) {
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.truevalue, RegisterOrPair.A)
             asmgen.jmp(endLabel)
             asmgen.out(falseLabel)
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.falsevalue, RegisterOrPair.A)
             asmgen.out(endLabel)
             assignmentAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(target, CpuRegister.A, false, false)
-            }
-            expr.type.isWord || expr.type.isString -> {
-                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.truevalue, RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                asmgen.jmp(endLabel)
-                asmgen.out(falseLabel)
-                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.falsevalue, RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                asmgen.out(endLabel)
-                assignmentAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(target, RegisterOrPair.AY)
-            }
-            expr.type.isFloat -> {
+        } else if(expr.type.isFloat) {
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.truevalue, RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true)
             asmgen.jmp(endLabel)
             asmgen.out(falseLabel)
             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.falsevalue, RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true)
             asmgen.out(endLabel)
             asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.FAC1, target)
+        } else {
+            asmgen.assignExpressionTo(expr.truevalue, target)
+            asmgen.jmp(endLabel)
+            asmgen.out(falseLabel)
+            asmgen.assignExpressionTo(expr.falsevalue, target)
+            asmgen.out(endLabel)
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal fun assignBranchCondExpression(target: AsmAssignTarget, expr: PtBranchCondExpression) {
+        require(target.datatype==expr.type ||
+                target.datatype.isUnsignedWord && (expr.type.isString || expr.type.isPointer) ||
+                target.datatype.isPointer && (expr.type.isUnsignedWord || expr.type.isPointer || expr.type.isString))
+
+        if(target.kind==TargetStorageKind.REGISTER && target.datatype.isUnsignedByte && target.register==RegisterOrPair.A) {
+            if(expr.condition==BranchCondition.CC) {
+                if(expr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==0 && expr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==1) {
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  rol a")
+                    return
+                }
+                else if(expr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==1 && expr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==0) {
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  rol a |  eor  #1")
+                    return
+                }
+            }
+            else if(expr.condition==BranchCondition.CS) {
+                if(expr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==0 && expr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==1) {
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  rol a |  eor  #1")
+                    return
+                }
+                else if(expr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==1 && expr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==0) {
+                    asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  rol a")
+                    return
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        val trueLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("branchexpr_true")
+        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("branchexpr_end")
+        val branch = asmgen.branchInstruction(expr.condition, false)
+
+        asmgen.out("  $branch  $trueLabel")
+
+        when {
+            expr.type.isByteOrBool -> {
+                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.falsevalue, RegisterOrPair.A)
+                asmgen.jmp(endLabel)
+                asmgen.out(trueLabel)
+                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.truevalue, RegisterOrPair.A)
+                asmgen.out(endLabel)
+                assignmentAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(target, CpuRegister.A, false, false)
+            }
+            expr.type.isWord || expr.type.isString -> {
+                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.falsevalue, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+                asmgen.jmp(endLabel)
+                asmgen.out(trueLabel)
+                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.truevalue, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+                asmgen.out(endLabel)
+                assignmentAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(target, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+            }
+            expr.type.isFloat -> {
+                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.falsevalue, RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true)
+                asmgen.jmp(endLabel)
+                asmgen.out(trueLabel)
+                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr.truevalue, RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true)
+                asmgen.out(endLabel)
+                asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.FAC1, target)
             }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
         }
@@ -49,6 +109,7 @@ internal class IfExpressionAsmGen(private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal, privat
                 return when {
                     rightDt.isByteOrBool -> translateIfExpressionByteConditionBranch(condition, falseLabel)
                     rightDt.isWord -> translateIfExpressionWordConditionBranch(condition, falseLabel)
+                    rightDt.isLong -> translateIfExpressionLongConditionBranch(condition, falseLabel)
                     rightDt.isFloat -> translateIfExpressionFloatConditionBranch(condition, falseLabel)
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
                 }
@@ -135,6 +196,36 @@ internal class IfExpressionAsmGen(private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal, privat
         asmgen.out("  beq  $falseLabel")
     }
 
+    private fun translateIfExpressionLongConditionBranch(condition: PtBinaryExpression, falseLabel: String) {
+        // TODO can we reuse this whole thing from IfElse ?
+        val constValue = condition.right.asConstInteger()
+        if(constValue!=null) {
+            if (constValue == 0) {
+                when (condition.operator) {
+                    "==" -> return translateLongExprIsZero(condition.left, falseLabel)
+                    "!=" -> return translateLongExprIsNotZero(condition.left, falseLabel)
+                }
+            }
+            if (constValue != 0) {
+                when (condition.operator) {
+                    "==" -> return translateLongExprEqualsNumber(condition.left, constValue, falseLabel)
+                    "!=" -> return translateLongExprNotEqualsNumber(condition.left, constValue, falseLabel)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        val variable = condition.right as? PtIdentifier
+        if(variable!=null) {
+            when (condition.operator) {
+                "==" -> return translateLongExprEqualsVariable(condition.left, variable, falseLabel)
+                "!=" -> return translateLongExprNotEqualsVariable(condition.left, variable, falseLabel)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // TODO don't store condition as expression result but just use the flags, like a normal PtIfElse translation does
+        asmgen.assignConditionValueToRegisterAndTest(condition)
+        asmgen.out("  beq  $falseLabel")
+    }
+
     private fun translateIfExpressionFloatConditionBranch(condition: PtBinaryExpression, elseLabel: String) {
         val constValue = (condition.right as? PtNumber)?.number
         if(constValue==0.0) {
@@ -274,6 +365,91 @@ internal class IfExpressionAsmGen(private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal, privat
         }
     }
 
+    private fun translateLongExprEqualsNumber(expr: PtExpression, number: Int, falseLabel: String) {
+        // if L==number
+        // TODO reuse code from ifElse?
+        val hex = number.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+        if(expr is PtIdentifier) {
+            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(expr)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  $varname
+                cmp  #$${hex.substring(6, 8)}
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  $varname+1
+                cmp  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  $varname+2
+                cmp  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  $varname+3
+                cmp  #$${hex.take(2)}
+                bne  $falseLabel""")
+        } else {
+            // TODO cannot easily preserve R14:R15 on stack because we need the status flags of the comparison in between...
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  cx16.r14
+                cmp  #$${hex.substring(6, 8)}
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  cx16.r14+1
+                cmp  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  cx16.r14+2
+                cmp  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  cx16.r14+3
+                cmp  #$${hex.take(2)}
+                bne  $falseLabel""")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun translateLongExprEqualsVariable(expr: PtExpression, variable: PtIdentifier, falseLabel: String) {
+        // if L==variable
+        // TODO reuse code from ifElse?
+        val varname2 = asmgen.asmVariableName(variable)
+        if(expr is PtIdentifier) {
+            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(expr)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  $varname
+                cmp  $varname2
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  $varname+1
+                cmp  $varname2+1
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  $varname+2
+                cmp  $varname2+2
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  $varname+3
+                cmp  $varname2+3
+                bne  $falseLabel""")
+        } else {
+            // TODO cannot easily preserve R14:R15 on stack because we need the status flags of the comparison in between...
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  cx16.r14
+                cmp  $varname2
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  cx16.r14+1
+                cmp  $varname2+1
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  cx16.r14+2
+                cmp  $varname2+2
+                bne  $falseLabel
+                lda  cx16.r14+3
+                cmp  $varname2+3
+                bne  $falseLabel""")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun translateLongExprNotEqualsNumber(expr: PtExpression, number: Int, falseLabel: String) {
+        TODO("if expression LONG != number ${expr.position}")
+    }
+
+    private fun translateLongExprNotEqualsVariable(expr: PtExpression, variable: PtIdentifier, falseLabel: String) {
+        // if L!=variable
+        TODO("if expression LONG != variable ${expr.position}")
+    }
+
     private fun translateWordExprIsNotZero(expr: PtExpression, falseLabel: String) {
         // if w!=0
         // TODO reuse code from ifElse?
@@ -304,6 +480,56 @@ internal class IfExpressionAsmGen(private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal, privat
         }
     }
 
+    private fun translateLongExprIsZero(expr: PtExpression, falseLabel: String) {
+        // if L==0
+        // TODO reuse code from ifElse?
+        if(expr is PtIdentifier) {
+            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(expr)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  $varname
+                ora  $varname+1
+                ora  $varname+2
+                ora  $varname+3
+                bne  $falseLabel""")
+        } else {
+            asmgen.pushLongRegisters(RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, 1)
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  cx16.r14
+                ora  cx16.r14+1
+                ora  cx16.r14+2
+                ora  cx16.r14+3
+                sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG""")
+            asmgen.popLongRegisters(RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, 1)
+            asmgen.out("  lda  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG |  bne  $falseLabel")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun translateLongExprIsNotZero(expr: PtExpression, falseLabel: String) {
+        // if L!=0
+        // TODO reuse code from ifElse?
+        if(expr is PtIdentifier) {
+            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(expr)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  $varname
+                ora  $varname+1
+                ora  $varname+2
+                ora  $varname+3
+                beq  $falseLabel""")
+        } else {
+            asmgen.pushLongRegisters(RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, 1)
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32)
+            asmgen.out("""
+                lda  cx16.r14
+                ora  cx16.r14+1
+                ora  cx16.r14+2
+                ora  cx16.r14+3
+                sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG""")
+            asmgen.popLongRegisters(RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, 1)
+            asmgen.out("  lda  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG |  beq  $falseLabel")
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun translateIfCompareWithZeroByteBranch(condition: PtBinaryExpression, signed: Boolean, falseLabel: String) {
         // optimized code for byte comparisons with 0
 

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/ProgramAndVarsGen.kt

@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 asmgen.out("${flt.value}\t.byte  $floatFill  ; float $floatvalue")
             }
 
+            structInstances2asm()
             memorySlabs()
-            tempVars()
             footer()
         }
     }
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         asmgen.out("P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG = ${zp.SCRATCH_REG}")
         asmgen.out("P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1 = ${zp.SCRATCH_W1}    ; word")
         asmgen.out("P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2 = ${zp.SCRATCH_W2}    ; word")
+        asmgen.out("P8ZP_SCRATCH_PTR = ${zp.SCRATCH_PTR}  ; word")
         if(compTarget.name=="c64") {
             if(options.floats)
                 asmgen.out("PROG8_C64_BANK_CONFIG=31  ; basic+IO+kernal")
@@ -208,40 +209,20 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
 
     private fun memorySlabs() {
         if(symboltable.allMemorySlabs.isNotEmpty()) {
-            asmgen.out("; memory slabs\n  .section slabs_BSS")
-            asmgen.out("prog8_slabs\t.block")
+            asmgen.out("; memory slabs\n  .section BSS_SLABS")
+            asmgen.out("$StMemorySlabBlockName\t.block")
             for (slab in symboltable.allMemorySlabs) {
                 if (slab.align > 1u)
                     asmgen.out("\t.align  ${slab.align.toHex()}")
                 asmgen.out("${slab.name}\t.fill  ${slab.size}")
             }
-            asmgen.out("\t.bend\n  .send slabs_BSS")
+            asmgen.out("\t.bend\n  .send BSS_SLABS")
         }
     }
 
-    private fun tempVars() {
-        asmgen.out("; expression temp vars\n  .section BSS")
-        for((dt, count) in asmgen.tempVarsCounters) {
-            if(count>0) {
-                for(num in 1..count) {
-                    val name = asmgen.buildTempVarName(dt, num)
-                    when (dt) {
-                        BaseDataType.BOOL  -> asmgen.out("$name    .byte  ?")
-                        BaseDataType.BYTE  -> asmgen.out("$name    .char  ?")
-                        BaseDataType.UBYTE -> asmgen.out("$name    .byte  ?")
-                        BaseDataType.WORD  -> asmgen.out("$name    .sint  ?")
-                        BaseDataType.UWORD -> asmgen.out("$name    .word  ?")
-                        BaseDataType.FLOAT -> asmgen.out("$name    .fill  ${options.compTarget.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE}")
-                        BaseDataType.LONG -> throw AssemblyError("should not have a variable with long dt only constants")
-                        else -> throw AssemblyError("weird dt for extravar $dt")
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        asmgen.out("  .send BSS")
-    }
-
     private fun footer() {
+        asmgen.out("  .dsection STRUCTINSTANCES\n")
+
         var relocateBssVars = false
         var relocateBssSlabs = false
         var relocatedBssStart = 0u
@@ -297,14 +278,14 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         asmgen.out("PROG8_VARSHIGH_RAMBANK = ${options.varsHighBank ?: 1}")
         if(relocateBssVars) {
             if(!relocateBssSlabs)
-                asmgen.out("  .dsection slabs_BSS")
+                asmgen.out("  .dsection BSS_SLABS")
             asmgen.out("prog8_program_end\t; end of program label for progend()")
             asmgen.out("  * = ${relocatedBssStart.toHex()}")
             asmgen.out("  .dsection BSS_NOCLEAR")
             asmgen.out("prog8_bss_section_start")
             asmgen.out("  .dsection BSS")
             if(relocateBssSlabs)
-                asmgen.out("  .dsection slabs_BSS")
+                asmgen.out("  .dsection BSS_SLABS")
             asmgen.out("  .cerror * > ${relocatedBssEnd.toHex()}, \"too many variables/data for BSS section\"")
             asmgen.out("prog8_bss_section_size = * - prog8_bss_section_start")
         } else {
@@ -313,12 +294,12 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             asmgen.out("  .dsection BSS")
             asmgen.out("prog8_bss_section_size = * - prog8_bss_section_start")
             if(!relocateBssSlabs)
-                asmgen.out("  .dsection slabs_BSS")
+                asmgen.out("  .dsection BSS_SLABS")
             asmgen.out("prog8_program_end\t; end of program label for progend()")
             if(relocateBssSlabs) {
                 asmgen.out("  * = ${relocatedBssStart.toHex()}")
-                asmgen.out("  .dsection slabs_BSS")
-                asmgen.out("  .cerror * > ${relocatedBssEnd.toHex()}, \"too many data for slabs_BSS section\"")
+                asmgen.out("  .dsection BSS_SLABS")
+                asmgen.out("  .cerror * > ${relocatedBssEnd.toHex()}, \"too many data for BSS_SLABS section\"")
             }
         }
 
@@ -351,10 +332,9 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         if (initializers.isNotEmpty()) {
             asmgen.out("prog8_init_vars\t.block")
             initializers.forEach { assign ->
-                if((assign.value as? PtNumber)?.number != 0.0 || allocator.isZpVar(assign.target.identifier!!.name))
+                val constvalue = assign.value as? PtNumber
+                if(constvalue==null || constvalue.number!=0.0 || allocator.isZpVar(assign.target.identifier!!.name))
                     asmgen.translate(assign)
-                else
-                    throw AssemblyError("non-zp variable should not be initialized to zero; it will be zeroed as part of BSS clear")
                 // the other variables that should be set to zero are done so as part of the BSS section clear.
             }
             asmgen.out("  rts\n  .bend")
@@ -372,7 +352,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         val varsInBlock = getVars(scope)
 
         // Zeropage Variables
-        val varnames = varsInBlock.filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR }.map { it.value.scopedName }.toSet()
+        val varnames = varsInBlock.filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR }.map { it.value.scopedNameString }.toSet()
         zeropagevars2asm(varnames)
 
         // MemDefs and Consts
@@ -386,11 +366,94 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
 
         // normal statically allocated variables
         val variables = varsInBlock
-            .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR && !allocator.isZpVar(it.value.scopedName) }
+            .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR && !allocator.isZpVar(it.value.scopedNameString) }
             .map { it.value as StStaticVariable }
         nonZpVariables2asm(variables)
     }
 
+    private fun asmTypeString(dt: DataType): String {
+        return when {
+            dt.isBool || dt.isUnsignedByte -> ".byte"
+            dt.isSignedByte -> ".char"
+            dt.isUnsignedWord || dt.isPointer -> ".word"
+            dt.isSignedWord -> ".sint"
+            dt.isLong -> ".dint"
+            dt.isFloat -> ".byte"
+            else -> {
+                throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun structInstances2asm() {
+
+        fun initValues(instance: StStructInstance): List<String> {
+            val structtype: StStruct = symboltable.lookup(instance.structName) as StStruct
+            return structtype.fields.zip(instance.initialValues).map { (field, value) ->
+                if(field.first.isFloat) {
+                    "["+compTarget.getFloatAsmBytes(value.number!!)+"]"
+                } else {
+                    when {
+                        value.number!=null -> {
+                            if(field.first.isPointer)
+                                "$"+value.number!!.toInt().toString(16)
+                            else if(field.first.isInteger)
+                                value.number!!.toInt().toString()
+                            else
+                                value.number.toString()
+                        }
+                        value.addressOfSymbol!=null -> value.addressOfSymbol!!
+                        value.boolean!=null -> if(value.boolean==true) "1" else "0"
+                        else -> throw AssemblyError("weird struct initial value $value")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+
+        asmgen.out("; struct types")
+        symboltable.allStructInstances.distinctBy { it.structName }.forEach {
+            val structtype: StStruct = symboltable.lookup(it.structName) as StStruct
+            val structargs = structtype.fields.withIndex().joinToString(",") { field -> "f${field.index}" }
+            asmgen.out("${it.structName}    .struct $structargs\n")
+            structtype.fields.withIndex().forEach { (index, field) ->
+                val dt = field.first
+                val varname = "f${index}"
+                val type = asmTypeString(dt)
+                asmgen.out("p8v_${field.second}  $type  \\$varname")        // note: struct field symbol prefixing done here because that is a lot simpler than fixing up all expressions in the AST
+            }
+            asmgen.out("    .endstruct\n")
+        }
+
+        val (instancesNoInit, instances) = symboltable.allStructInstances.partition { it.initialValues.isEmpty() }
+        asmgen.out("; struct instances without initialization values, as BSS zeroed at startup\n")
+        asmgen.out("    .section BSS\n")
+        asmgen.out("${StStructInstanceBlockName}_bss  .block\n")
+        instancesNoInit.forEach {
+            val structtype: StStruct = symboltable.lookup(it.structName) as StStruct
+            val zerovalues = structtype.fields.map { field ->
+                if(field.first.isFloat) {
+                    val floatbytes = List(compTarget.memorySize(BaseDataType.FLOAT)) { "?" }
+                    "[${floatbytes.joinToString(",")}]"
+                }
+                else "?"
+            }
+            asmgen.out("${it.name}    .dstruct  ${it.structName}, ${zerovalues.joinToString(",")}\n")
+        }
+        asmgen.out("    .endblock\n")
+        asmgen.out("    .send BSS\n")
+
+        asmgen.out("; struct instances with initialization values\n")
+        asmgen.out("    .section STRUCTINSTANCES\n")
+        asmgen.out("$StStructInstanceBlockName  .block\n")
+        instances.forEach {
+            val instancename = it.name.substringAfter('.')
+            asmgen.out("$instancename    .dstruct  ${it.structName}, ${initValues(it).joinToString(",")}\n")
+        }
+        asmgen.out("    .endblock\n")
+        asmgen.out("    .send STRUCTINSTANCES\n")
+    }
+
     internal fun translateAsmSubroutine(sub: PtAsmSub) {
         if(sub.inline) {
             return      // subroutine gets inlined at call site.
@@ -440,7 +503,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         val varsInSubroutine = getVars(scope)
 
         // Zeropage Variables
-        val varnames = varsInSubroutine.filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR }.map { it.value.scopedName }.toSet()
+        val varnames = varsInSubroutine.filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR }.map { it.value.scopedNameString }.toSet()
         zeropagevars2asm(varnames)
 
         // MemDefs and Consts
@@ -458,7 +521,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         if((sub.name=="start" || sub.name=="p8s_start") && (sub.definingBlock()!!.name=="main" || sub.definingBlock()!!.name=="p8b_main"))
             entrypointInitialization()
 
-        val params = sub.parameters
+        val params = sub.signature.children.filterIsInstance<PtSubroutineParameter>()
         if(functioncallAsmGen.optimizeIntArgsViaCpuRegisters(params)) {
             asmgen.out("; simple int arg(s) passed via cpu register(s)")
 
@@ -494,14 +557,15 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         sub.children.forEach { asmgen.translate(it) }
 
         asmgen.out("; variables")
-        asmgen.out("    .section BSS")
+        asmgen.out("    .section BSS_NOCLEAR")      // these extra vars are initialized before use
         val asmGenInfo = asmgen.subroutineExtra(sub)
         for((dt, name, addr) in asmGenInfo.extraVars) {
             if(addr!=null)
                 asmgen.out("$name = $addr")
             else when(dt) {
-                BaseDataType.UBYTE -> asmgen.out("$name    .byte  ?")
-                BaseDataType.UWORD -> asmgen.out("$name    .word  ?")
+                BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.BOOL -> asmgen.out("$name    .byte  ?")
+                BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> asmgen.out("$name    .word  ?")
+                BaseDataType.LONG -> asmgen.out("$name    .sint  ?")
                 BaseDataType.FLOAT -> asmgen.out("$name    .fill  ${options.compTarget.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE}")
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("weird dt for extravar $dt")
             }
@@ -510,11 +574,11 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             asmgen.out("$subroutineFloatEvalResultVar1    .fill  ${options.compTarget.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE}")
         if(asmGenInfo.usedFloatEvalResultVar2)
             asmgen.out("$subroutineFloatEvalResultVar2    .fill  ${options.compTarget.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE}")
-        asmgen.out("  .send BSS")
+        asmgen.out("  .send BSS_NOCLEAR")
 
         // normal statically allocated variables
         val variables = varsInSubroutine
-            .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR && !allocator.isZpVar(it.value.scopedName) }
+            .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR && !allocator.isZpVar(it.value.scopedNameString) }
             .map { it.value as StStaticVariable }
         nonZpVariables2asm(variables)
 
@@ -569,12 +633,12 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
 
         stringVarsWithInitInZp.forEach {
             val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.name)+"_init_value"
-            outputStringvar(varname, 0, it.value.second, it.value.first)
+            outputStringvar(varname, 0u, it.value.second, it.value.first)
         }
 
         arrayVarsWithInitInZp.forEach {
             val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.name)+"_init_value"
-            arrayVariable2asm(varname, it.alloc.dt, 0, it.value, null)
+            arrayVariable2asm(varname, it.alloc.dt, 0u, it.value, null)
         }
 
         asmgen.out("+")
@@ -638,22 +702,37 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         val (varsNoInit, varsWithInit) = variables.partition { it.uninitialized }
         if(varsNoInit.isNotEmpty()) {
             asmgen.out("; non-zeropage variables")
-            asmgen.out("  .section BSS")
-            val (notAligned, aligned) = varsNoInit.partition { it.align==0 }
+            val (dirty, clean) = varsNoInit.partition { it.dirty }
+
+            fun generate(section: String, variables: List<StStaticVariable>) {
+                asmgen.out("  .section $section")
+                val (notAligned, aligned) = variables.partition { it.align == 0u }
                 notAligned.sortedWith(compareBy<StStaticVariable> { it.name }.thenBy { it.dt.base }).forEach {
                     uninitializedVariable2asm(it)
                 }
-            aligned.sortedWith(compareBy<StStaticVariable> { it.align }.thenBy { it.name }.thenBy { it.dt.base }).forEach {
-                uninitializedVariable2asm(it)
+                aligned.sortedWith(compareBy<StStaticVariable> { it.align }.thenBy { it.name }.thenBy { it.dt.base })
+                    .forEach { uninitializedVariable2asm(it) }
+                asmgen.out("  .send $section")
+            }
+
+            if(clean.isNotEmpty()) {
+                // clean vars end up in BSS so they're at least cleared to 0 at startup
+                generate("BSS", clean)
+            }
+            if(dirty.isNotEmpty()) {
+                // Dirty vars actually are ALSO are put into BSS so they're cleared to 0 at program startup,
+                // but NOT at each entry of the subroutine they're declared in.
+                // This saves the STZ's instructions in the subroutine, while still having deterministic start state.
+                // So there is no actual difference here when compared to the way non-dirty variables are allocated.
+                generate("BSS", dirty)
             }
-            asmgen.out("  .send BSS")
         }
 
         if(varsWithInit.isNotEmpty()) {
             asmgen.out("; non-zeropage variables with init value")
             val (stringvars, othervars) = varsWithInit.sortedBy { it.name }.partition { it.dt.isString }
-            val (notAlignedStrings, alignedStrings) = stringvars.partition { it.align==0 }
-            val (notAlignedOther, alignedOther) = othervars.partition { it.align==0 }
+            val (notAlignedStrings, alignedStrings) = stringvars.partition { it.align==0u }
+            val (notAlignedOther, alignedOther) = othervars.partition { it.align==0u }
             notAlignedStrings.forEach {
                 outputStringvar(
                     it.name,
@@ -697,26 +776,31 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             dt.isSignedByte -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.char  ?")
             dt.isUnsignedWord -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.word  ?")
             dt.isSignedWord -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.sint  ?")
+            dt.isLong -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.dint  ?")
             dt.isFloat -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.fill  ${compTarget.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE}")
             dt.isSplitWordArray -> {
                 alignVar(variable.align)
-                val numbytesPerHalf = compTarget.memorySize(variable.dt, variable.length!!) / 2
+                val numbytesPerHalf = compTarget.memorySize(variable.dt, variable.length!!.toInt()) / 2
                 asmgen.out("${variable.name}_lsb\t.fill  $numbytesPerHalf")
                 asmgen.out("${variable.name}_msb\t.fill  $numbytesPerHalf")
             }
             dt.isArray -> {
                 alignVar(variable.align)
-                val numbytes = compTarget.memorySize(variable.dt, variable.length!!)
+                val numbytes = compTarget.memorySize(variable.dt, variable.length!!.toInt())
                 asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.fill  $numbytes")
             }
+            dt.isPointer -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.word  ?")        // a pointer is just an uword address
+            dt.isPointerArray -> {
+                TODO("pointers are not supported yet for uninitialized array ${variable.astNode?.position}")
+            }
             else -> {
                 throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private fun alignVar(align: Int) {
-        if(align > 1)
+    private fun alignVar(align: UInt) {
+        if(align > 1u)
             asmgen.out("  .align  ${align.toHex()}")
     }
 
@@ -741,6 +825,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
 //            dt.isSignedByte -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.char  $initialValue")
 //            dt.isUnsignedWord -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.word  ${initialValue.toHex()}")
 //            dt.isSignedWord -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.sint  $initialValue")
+//            dt.isLong -> asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.dint  $initialValue")
 //            dt.isFloat -> {
 //                if(initialValue==0) {
 //                    asmgen.out("${variable.name}\t.byte  0,0,0,0,0  ; float")
@@ -753,7 +838,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 throw AssemblyError("all string vars should have been interned into prog")
             }
             dt.isArray -> {
-                arrayVariable2asm(variable.name, variable.dt, variable.align, variable.initializationArrayValue, variable.length)
+                arrayVariable2asm(variable.name, variable.dt, variable.align, variable.initializationArrayValue, variable.length?.toInt())
             }
             else -> {
                 throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
@@ -761,7 +846,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         }
     }
 
-    private fun arrayVariable2asm(varname: String, dt: DataType, align: Int, value: StArray?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?) {
+    private fun arrayVariable2asm(varname: String, dt: DataType, align: UInt, value: StArray?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?) {
         alignVar(align)
         when {
             dt.isUnsignedByteArray || dt.isBoolArray -> {
@@ -785,7 +870,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 }
             }
             dt.isSplitWordArray -> {
-                if(dt.elementType().isUnsignedWord) {
+                if(dt.elementType().isUnsignedWord || dt.elementType().isPointer) {
                     val data = makeArrayFillDataUnsigned(dt, value, orNumberOfZeros)
                     asmgen.out("_array_$varname := ${data.joinToString()}")
                     asmgen.out("${varname}_lsb\t.byte <_array_$varname")
@@ -817,6 +902,16 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                         asmgen.out("  .sint  " + chunk.joinToString())
                 }
             }
+            dt.isLongArray -> {
+                val data = makeArrayFillDataSigned(dt, value, orNumberOfZeros)
+                if (data.size <= 16)
+                    asmgen.out("$varname\t.dint  ${data.joinToString()}")
+                else {
+                    asmgen.out(varname)
+                    for (chunk in data.chunked(16))
+                        asmgen.out("  .dint  " + chunk.joinToString())
+                }
+            }
             dt.isFloatArray -> {
                 val array = value ?: zeroFilledArray(orNumberOfZeros!!)
                 val floatFills = array.map {
@@ -833,7 +928,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
     private fun zeroFilledArray(numElts: Int): StArray {
         val values = mutableListOf<StArrayElement>()
         repeat(numElts) {
-            values.add(StArrayElement(0.0, null, null))
+            values.add(StArrayElement(0.0, null, null,null,null))
         }
         return values
     }
@@ -863,7 +958,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             }
     }
 
-    private fun outputStringvar(varname: String, align: Int, encoding: Encoding, value: String) {
+    private fun outputStringvar(varname: String, align: UInt, encoding: Encoding, value: String) {
         alignVar(align)
         asmgen.out("$varname\t; $encoding:\"${value.escape().replace("\u0000", "<NULL>")}\"", false)
         val bytes = compTarget.encodeString(value, encoding).plus(0.toUByte())
@@ -891,7 +986,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                     val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                     "$"+number.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
                 }
-            dt.isArray && dt.elementType().isUnsignedWord -> array.map {
+            dt.isArray && (dt.elementType().isUnsignedWord || dt.elementType().isPointer) -> array.map {
                 if(it.number!=null) {
                     "$" + it.number!!.toInt().toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
                 }
@@ -903,9 +998,16 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                     else
                         asmgen.asmSymbolName(addrOfSymbol)
                 }
-                else
+                else if(it.structInstance!=null) {
+                    asmgen.asmSymbolName("${StStructInstanceBlockName}.${it.structInstance!!}")
+                }
+                else if(it.structInstanceUninitialized!=null) {
+                    asmgen.asmSymbolName("${StStructInstanceBlockName}_bss.${it.structInstanceUninitialized!!}")
+                }
+                else {
                     throw AssemblyError("weird array elt")
                 }
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid dt")
         }
     }
@@ -928,11 +1030,11 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                     else
                         "-$$hexnum"
                 }
-            dt.isArray && dt.elementType().isUnsignedWord -> array.map {
+            dt.isArray && (dt.elementType().isUnsignedWord || dt.elementType().isPointer) -> array.map {
                 val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                 "$" + number.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
             }
-            dt.isArray && dt.elementType().isSignedWord -> array.map {
+            dt.isSignedWordArray -> array.map {
                 val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                 val hexnum = number.absoluteValue.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
                 if(number>=0)
@@ -940,6 +1042,14 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 else
                     "-$$hexnum"
             }
+            dt.isLongArray -> array.map {
+                val number = it.number!!.toInt()
+                val hexnum = number.absoluteValue.toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                if(number>=0)
+                    "$$hexnum"
+                else
+                    "-$$hexnum"
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid dt")
         }
     }

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/VariableAllocator.kt

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val symboltable: SymbolTable,
         val varsRequiringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.REQUIRE_ZEROPAGE }
         val varsPreferringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.PREFER_ZEROPAGE }
         val varsNotZp = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.NOT_IN_ZEROPAGE }
-        val (varsDontCareWithoutAlignment, varsDontCareWithAlignment) = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.DONTCARE }.partition { it.align == 0 }
+        val (varsDontCareWithoutAlignment, varsDontCareWithAlignment) = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.DONTCARE }.partition { it.align == 0u }
         require(varsDontCareWithAlignment.size + varsDontCareWithoutAlignment.size + varsRequiringZp.size + varsPreferringZp.size + varsNotZp.size == numberOfAllocatableVariables)
 
         var numVariablesAllocatedInZP = 0
@@ -60,9 +60,9 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val symboltable: SymbolTable,
 
         varsRequiringZp.forEach { variable ->
             val result = zeropage.allocate(
-                variable.scopedName,
+                variable.scopedNameString,
                 variable.dt,
-                variable.length,
+                variable.length?.toInt(),
                 variable.astNode?.position ?: Position.DUMMY,
                 errors
             )
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val symboltable: SymbolTable,
         if(errors.noErrors()) {
             varsPreferringZp.forEach { variable ->
                 val result = zeropage.allocate(
-                    variable.scopedName,
+                    variable.scopedNameString,
                     variable.dt,
-                    variable.length,
+                    variable.length?.toInt(),
                     variable.astNode?.position ?: Position.DUMMY,
                     errors
                 )
@@ -92,16 +92,16 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val symboltable: SymbolTable,
             // try to allocate the "don't care" interger variables into the zeropage until it is full.
             // TODO some form of intelligent priorization? most often used variables first? loopcounter vars first? ...?
             if(errors.noErrors()) {
-                val sortedList = varsDontCareWithoutAlignment.sortedByDescending { it.scopedName }
+                val sortedList = varsDontCareWithoutAlignment.sortedByDescending { it.scopedNameString }
                 for (variable in sortedList) {
-                    if(variable.dt.isIntegerOrBool) {
+                    if(variable.dt.isIntegerOrBool || variable.dt.isPointer) {
                         if(zeropage.free.isEmpty()) {
                             break
                         } else {
                             val result = zeropage.allocate(
-                                variable.scopedName,
+                                variable.scopedNameString,
                                 variable.dt,
-                                variable.length,
+                                variable.length?.toInt(),
                                 variable.astNode?.position ?: Position.DUMMY,
                                 errors
                             )

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/assignment/AnyExprAsmGen.kt

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ internal class AnyExprAsmGen(
     private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal
 ) {
     fun assignAnyExpressionUsingStack(expr: PtBinaryExpression, assign: AsmAssignment): Boolean {
+        if(expr.operator==".")
+            throw AssemblyError("pointer deref expression should have been handled elsewhere ${expr.position}")
         when {
             expr.type.isByteOrBool -> {
                 if(expr.left.type.isByteOrBool && expr.right.type.isByteOrBool)
@@ -40,12 +42,24 @@ internal class AnyExprAsmGen(
                 }
                 throw AssemblyError("expression should have been handled otherwise: word ${expr.operator} at ${expr.position}")
             }
+            expr.type.isLong -> {
+                require(expr.left.type.isLong && expr.right.type.isLong) {
+                    "both operands must be longs"
+                }
+                throw AssemblyError("expression should have been handled otherwise: long ${expr.operator} at ${expr.position}")
+            }
             expr.type.isFloat -> {
                 require(expr.left.type.isFloat && expr.right.type.isFloat) {
                     "both operands must be floats"
                 }
                 return assignFloatBinExpr(expr, assign)
             }
+            expr.type.isPointer -> {
+                require((expr.left.type.isPointer || expr.left.type.isUnsignedWord) && (expr.right.type.isPointer || expr.right.type.isUnsignedWord)) {
+                    "both operands must be pointers or uwords"
+                }
+                throw AssemblyError("expression should have been handled otherwise: pointer ${expr.operator} at ${expr.position}")
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird expression type in assignment")
         }
     }
@@ -171,7 +185,7 @@ internal class AnyExprAsmGen(
                 asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.A, assign.target)
                 return true
             }
-            else -> TODO("float expression operator ${expr.operator}")
+            else -> TODO("float expression operator ${expr.operator}  ${expr.position}")
         }
     }
 

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/assignment/AsmAssignment.kt

@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.AsmGen6502Internal
 
 
 internal enum class TargetStorageKind {
-    VARIABLE,
+    VARIABLE,       // non-pointer variable
     ARRAY,
     MEMORY,
     REGISTER,
+    POINTER,
     VOID              // assign nothing - used in multi-value assigns for void placeholders
 }
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
                                val array: PtArrayIndexer? = null,
                                val memory: PtMemoryByte? = null,
                                val register: RegisterOrPair? = null,
+                               val pointer: PtPointerDeref? = null,
                                val origAstTarget: PtAssignTarget? = null
                                )
 {
@@ -39,13 +41,24 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
     val asmVarname: String by lazy {
         if (array == null)
             variableAsmName!!
-        else
-            asmgen.asmVariableName(array.variable)
+        else {
+            if(array.variable==null)
+                TODO("asmVarname for array with pointer $position")
+            asmgen.asmVariableName(array.variable!!)
+        }
     }
 
     init {
         if(register!=null && !datatype.isNumericOrBool)
             throw AssemblyError("must be numeric type")
+        if(kind==TargetStorageKind.REGISTER)
+            require(register!=null)
+        else
+            require(register==null)
+        if(kind==TargetStorageKind.POINTER)
+            require(pointer!=null)
+        if(pointer!=null)
+            require(kind==TargetStorageKind.POINTER)
     }
 
     companion object {
@@ -77,6 +90,7 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
                     }
                     array != null -> return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.ARRAY, asmgen, type, definingSub, target.position, array = array, origAstTarget =  this)
                     memory != null -> return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.MEMORY, asmgen, type, definingSub, target.position, memory =  memory, origAstTarget =  this)
+                    pointerDeref != null -> return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.POINTER, asmgen, type, definingSub, target.position, pointer = pointerDeref, origAstTarget =  this)
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target")
                 }
             }
@@ -100,25 +114,17 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
                     RegisterOrPair.FAC2 -> {
                         AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, DataType.FLOAT, scope, pos, register = registers)
                     }
-                    RegisterOrPair.R0,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R1,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R2,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R3,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R4,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R5,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R6,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R7,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R8,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R9,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R10,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R11,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R12,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R13,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R14,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R15 -> {
+                    in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
                         val dt = if(signed) DataType.WORD else DataType.UWORD
                         AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, dt, scope, pos, register = registers)
                     }
+                    in combinedLongRegisters -> {
+                        val dt = if(signed) DataType.LONG
+                            else
+                                TODO("unsigned long $pos")
+                        AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, dt, scope, pos, register = registers)
+                    }
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird register $registers")
                 }
     }
 
@@ -134,11 +140,14 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
                 left is PtIdentifier && left.name==scopedName
             }
             TargetStorageKind.ARRAY -> {
-                left is PtArrayIndexer && left isSameAs array!! && left.splitWords==array.splitWords
+                left is PtArrayIndexer && left isSameAs array!! && left.splitWords==array.splitWords && (left.pointerderef==null && array.pointerderef==null || left.pointerderef!! isSameAs array.pointerderef!!)
             }
             TargetStorageKind.MEMORY -> {
                 left isSameAs memory!!
             }
+            TargetStorageKind.POINTER -> {
+                TODO("is pointer deref target same as expression? ${this.position}")
+            }
             TargetStorageKind.REGISTER -> false
             TargetStorageKind.VOID -> false
         }
@@ -160,8 +169,11 @@ internal class AsmAssignSource(val kind: SourceStorageKind,
     val asmVarname: String
         get() = if(array==null)
             variableAsmName!!
-        else
-            asmgen.asmVariableName(array.variable)
+        else {
+            if(array.variable==null)
+                TODO("asmVarname for array with pointer")
+            asmgen.asmVariableName(array.variable!!)
+        }
 
     companion object {
         fun fromAstSource(value: PtExpression, program: PtProgram, asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal): AsmAssignSource {
@@ -203,7 +215,7 @@ internal class AsmAssignSource(val kind: SourceStorageKind,
                     val symbol = asmgen.symbolTable.lookup(value.name) ?: throw AssemblyError("lookup error ${value.name}")
                     val sub = symbol.astNode as IPtSubroutine
                     val returnType =
-                        if(sub is PtSub && sub.returns.size>1)
+                        if(sub is PtSub && sub.signature.returns.size>1)
                             DataType.UNDEFINED      // TODO list of types instead?
                         else
                             sub.returnsWhatWhere().firstOrNull { rr -> rr.first.registerOrPair != null || rr.first.statusflag!=null }?.second

codeGenCpu6502/src/prog8/codegen/cpu6502/assignment/AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.VariableAllocator
 internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                            private val assignmentAsmGen: AssignmentAsmGen,
                                            private val asmgen: AsmGen6502Internal,
+                                           private val ptrgen: PointerAssignmentsGen,
                                            private val allocator: VariableAllocator
 ) {
     fun translate(assign: AsmAugmentedAssignment, scope: IPtSubroutine?) {
@@ -84,33 +85,45 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             }
                         }
                     }
-                    target.datatype.isWord -> {
+                    target.datatype.isWord || target.datatype.isPointer -> {
                         val block = target.origAstTarget?.definingBlock()
+                        val targetDt = if(target.datatype.isWord) target.datatype else DataType.UWORD   // pointers themselves that get a new value are just treated as UWORD variables
                         when(value.kind) {
-                            SourceStorageKind.LITERALBOOLEAN -> inplacemodificationWordWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, value.boolean!!.asInt(), block)
-                            SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationWordWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, value.number!!.number.toInt(), block)
-                            SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationWordWithVariable(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, value.asmVarname, value.datatype, block)
-                            SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> inplacemodificationWordWithVariable(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, regName(value), value.datatype, block)
-                            SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> inplacemodificationWordWithMemread(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, value.memory!!)
-                            SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> inplacemodificationWordWithValue(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, value.array!!, block)
+                            SourceStorageKind.LITERALBOOLEAN -> inplacemodificationWordWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, value.boolean!!.asInt(), block)
+                            SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationWordWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, value.number!!.number.toInt(), block)
+                            SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationWordWithVariable(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, value.asmVarname, value.datatype, block)
+                            SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> inplacemodificationWordWithVariable(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, regName(value), value.datatype, block)
+                            SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> inplacemodificationWordWithMemread(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, value.memory!!)
+                            SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> inplacemodificationWordWithValue(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, value.array!!, block)
                             SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
                                 if(value.expression is PtTypeCast) {
                                     if (tryInplaceModifyWithRemovedRedundantCast(value.expression, target, operator)) return
-                                    inplacemodificationWordWithValue(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, value.expression, block)
+                                    inplacemodificationWordWithValue(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, value.expression, block)
                                 }
                                 else {
-                                    inplacemodificationWordWithValue(target.asmVarname, target.datatype, operator, value.expression!!, block)
+                                    inplacemodificationWordWithValue(target.asmVarname, targetDt, operator, value.expression!!, block)
                                 }
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                    target.datatype.isLong -> {
+                        when(value.kind) {
+                            SourceStorageKind.LITERALBOOLEAN -> inplacemodificationLongWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, operator, value.boolean!!.asInt())
+                            SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationLongWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, operator, value.number!!.number.toInt())
+                            SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationLongWithVariable(target.asmVarname, operator, value.asmVarname)
+                            SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> inplacemodificationLongWithExpression(target.asmVarname, operator, value.expression!!)
+                            SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> TODO("32 bits register inplace modification? ${target.position}")
+                            SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> TODO("inplace modify long with array ${target.position}")
+                            SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into long ${target.position}")
+                        }
+                    }
                     target.datatype.isFloat -> {
                         when(value.kind) {
                             SourceStorageKind.LITERALBOOLEAN -> inplacemodificationFloatWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, operator, value.boolean!!.asInt().toDouble())
                             SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationFloatWithLiteralval(target.asmVarname, operator, value.number!!.number)
                             SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationFloatWithVariable(target.asmVarname, operator, value.asmVarname)
                             SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> inplacemodificationFloatWithVariable(target.asmVarname, operator, regName(value))
-                            SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into float")
+                            SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into float ${target.position}")
                             SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> inplacemodificationFloatWithValue(target.asmVarname, operator, value.array!!)
                             SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
                                 if(value.expression is PtTypeCast) {
@@ -154,7 +167,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationBytePointerWithLiteralval(pointer, operator, value.number!!.number.toInt())
                             SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationBytePointerWithVariable(pointer, operator, value.asmVarname)
                             SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> inplacemodificationBytePointerWithVariable(pointer, operator, regName(value))
-                            SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into pointer")
+                            SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into pointer ${target.position}")
                             SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> inplacemodificationBytePointerWithValue(pointer, operator, value.array!!)
                             SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
                                 if(value.expression is PtTypeCast) {
@@ -205,7 +218,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                 asmgen.out("  ldx  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
                             }
                             SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
-                                val tempVar = asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.UBYTE)
+                                val tempVar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.UBYTE, false, memory)
                                 asmgen.out("  sta  $tempVar")
                                 if(value.expression is PtTypeCast)
                                     inplacemodificationByteWithValue(tempVar, DataType.UBYTE, operator, value.expression)
@@ -224,7 +237,13 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 }
             }
             TargetStorageKind.ARRAY -> {
-                val indexNum = target.array!!.index as? PtNumber
+                val deref = target.array!!.pointerderef
+                if(deref!=null) {
+                    TODO("inplace modification array indexed pointer deref ${target.position}")
+                    return
+                }
+                val targetArrayVar = target.array.variable!!
+                val indexNum = target.array.index as? PtNumber
                 if (indexNum!=null) {
                     val index = indexNum.number.toInt()
                     if(target.array.splitWords) {
@@ -283,13 +302,32 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             }
                         }
 
+                        target.datatype.isLong -> {
+                            when(value.kind) {
+                                SourceStorageKind.LITERALBOOLEAN -> inplacemodificationLongWithLiteralval(targetVarName, operator, value.boolean!!.asInt())
+                                SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationLongWithLiteralval(targetVarName, operator, value.number!!.number.toInt())
+                                SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationLongWithVariable(targetVarName, operator, value.asmVarname)
+                                SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> inplacemodificationLongWithVariable(targetVarName, operator, regName(value))
+                                SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("inplace long modifiication ${target.position}")
+                                SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> TODO("inplace long modifiication ${target.position}")
+                                SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
+                                    if(value.expression is PtTypeCast) {
+                                        if (tryInplaceModifyWithRemovedRedundantCast(value.expression, target, operator)) return
+                                        TODO("inplace long modifiication ${target.position}")
+                                    } else {
+                                        TODO("inplace long modifiication ${target.position}")
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+
                         target.datatype.isFloat -> {
                             when(value.kind) {
                                 SourceStorageKind.LITERALBOOLEAN -> inplacemodificationFloatWithLiteralval(targetVarName, operator, value.boolean!!.asInt().toDouble())
                                 SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationFloatWithLiteralval(targetVarName, operator, value.number!!.number)
                                 SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationFloatWithVariable(targetVarName, operator, value.asmVarname)
                                 SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> inplacemodificationFloatWithVariable(targetVarName, operator, regName(value))
-                                SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into float array")
+                                SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into float array ${target.position}")
                                 SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> inplacemodificationFloatWithValue(targetVarName, operator, value.array!!)
                                 SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
                                     if(value.expression is PtTypeCast) {
@@ -301,7 +339,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-
+                        target.datatype.isPointer -> TODO("inplace modification of pointer array ${target.position}")
                         else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type to do in-place modification on ${target.datatype}")
                     }
                 }
@@ -320,7 +358,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                 return
                             asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(target.array, CpuRegister.Y)
                             asmgen.saveRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, false)
-                            asmgen.out("  lda  ${target.array.variable.name},y")
+                            asmgen.out("  lda  ${targetArrayVar.name},y")
                             when(value.kind) {
                                 SourceStorageKind.LITERALBOOLEAN -> {
                                     inplacemodificationRegisterAwithVariable(operator, "#${value.boolean!!.asInt()}", target.datatype.isSigned)
@@ -356,7 +394,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                 }
 
                                 SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
-                                    val tempVar = asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.UBYTE)
+                                    val tempVar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.UBYTE, false, target.array)
                                     asmgen.out("  sta  $tempVar")
                                     if(value.expression is PtTypeCast)
                                         inplacemodificationByteWithValue(tempVar, target.datatype, operator, value.expression)
@@ -366,7 +404,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                     asmgen.out("  lda  $tempVar")
                                 }
                             }
-                            asmgen.out("  sta  ${target.array.variable.name},y")
+                            asmgen.out("  sta  ${targetArrayVar.name},y")
                         }
 
                         target.datatype.isWord -> {
@@ -377,11 +415,11 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(target.array, CpuRegister.Y)
                             asmgen.saveRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, false)
                             if(target.array.splitWords) {
-                                asmgen.out("  lda  ${target.array.variable.name}_lsb,y")
-                                asmgen.out("  ldx  ${target.array.variable.name}_msb,y")
+                                asmgen.out("  lda  ${targetArrayVar.name}_lsb,y")
+                                asmgen.out("  ldx  ${targetArrayVar.name}_msb,y")
                             } else {
-                                asmgen.out("  lda  ${target.array.variable.name},y")
-                                asmgen.out("  ldx  ${target.array.variable.name}+1,y")
+                                asmgen.out("  lda  ${targetArrayVar.name},y")
+                                asmgen.out("  ldx  ${targetArrayVar.name}+1,y")
                             }
                             val block = target.origAstTarget?.definingBlock()
                             when(value.kind) {
@@ -439,7 +477,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                 }
 
                                 SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
-                                    val tempVar = asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.UWORD)
+                                    val tempVar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.UWORD, false, target.array)
                                     asmgen.out("  sta  $tempVar |  stx  $tempVar+1")
                                     if(value.expression is PtTypeCast)
                                         inplacemodificationWordWithValue(tempVar, target.datatype, operator, value.expression, block)
@@ -450,14 +488,14 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                             }
                             asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, true)
                             if(target.array.splitWords)
-                                asmgen.out("  sta  ${target.array.variable.name}_lsb,y |  txa |  sta  ${target.array.variable.name}_msb,y")
+                                asmgen.out("  sta  ${targetArrayVar.name}_lsb,y |  txa |  sta  ${targetArrayVar.name}_msb,y")
                             else
-                                asmgen.out("  sta  ${target.array.variable.name},y |  txa |  sta  ${target.array.variable.name}+1,y")
+                                asmgen.out("  sta  ${targetArrayVar.name},y |  txa |  sta  ${targetArrayVar.name}+1,y")
                         }
 
                         target.datatype.isFloat -> {
                             // copy array value into tempvar
-                            val tempvar = asmgen.getTempVarName(BaseDataType.FLOAT)
+                            val tempvar = asmgen.createTempVarReused(BaseDataType.FLOAT, false, target.array)
                             asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(target.array, CpuRegister.A)
                             asmgen.out("""
                                                 ldy  #>${target.asmVarname}
@@ -480,7 +518,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                 SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> inplacemodificationFloatWithLiteralval(tempvar, operator, value.number!!.number)
                                 SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE -> inplacemodificationFloatWithVariable(tempvar, operator, value.asmVarname)
                                 SourceStorageKind.REGISTER -> inplacemodificationFloatWithVariable(tempvar, operator, regName(value))
-                                SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into float")
+                                SourceStorageKind.MEMORY -> TODO("memread into float ${target.position}")
                                 SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> inplacemodificationFloatWithValue(tempvar, operator, value.array!!)
                                 SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> {
                                     if(value.expression is PtTypeCast) {
@@ -504,18 +542,467 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                                                 pla  ; restore array ptr lsb
                                                 jsr  floats.copy_float""")
                         }
-
+                        target.datatype.isPointer -> ptrgen.inplaceModification(PtrTarget(target), operator, value)
                         else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type to do in-place modification on ${target.datatype}")
                     }
                 }
             }
+            TargetStorageKind.POINTER -> ptrgen.inplaceModification(PtrTarget(target), operator, value)
             TargetStorageKind.REGISTER -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for reg in-place modification")
             TargetStorageKind.VOID -> { /* do nothing */ }
         }
     }
 
+    internal fun inplacemodificationLongWithExpression(targetVar: String, operator: String, value: PtExpression) {
+        // it's not an expression so no need to preserve R14:R15
+        assignmentAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.R14R15_32, value.type.isSigned)
+        inplacemodificationLongWithVariable(targetVar, operator, "cx16.r14")
+    }
+
+    internal fun inplacemodificationLongWithVariable(targetVar: String, operator: String, sourceVar: String) {
+        when(operator) {
+            "+" -> {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    clc
+                    lda  $targetVar
+                    adc  $sourceVar
+                    sta  $targetVar
+                    lda  $targetVar+1
+                    adc  $sourceVar+1
+                    sta  $targetVar+1
+                    lda  $targetVar+2
+                    adc  $sourceVar+2
+                    sta  $targetVar+2
+                    lda  $targetVar+3
+                    adc  $sourceVar+3
+                    sta  $targetVar+3""")
+            }
+            "-" -> {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    sec
+                    lda  $targetVar
+                    sbc  $sourceVar
+                    sta  $targetVar
+                    lda  $targetVar+1
+                    sbc  $sourceVar+1
+                    sta  $targetVar+1
+                    lda  $targetVar+2
+                    sbc  $sourceVar+2
+                    sta  $targetVar+2
+                    lda  $targetVar+3
+                    sbc  $sourceVar+3
+                    sta  $targetVar+3""")
+            }
+            "<<" -> {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    ldy  $sourceVar
+-                   asl  $targetVar
+                    rol  $targetVar+1
+                    rol  $targetVar+2
+                    rol  $targetVar+3
+                    dey
+                    bne  -""")
+            }
+            ">>" -> {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    ldy  $sourceVar
+-                   lda  $targetVar+3
+                    asl  a    ; save sign bit
+                    ror  $targetVar+3
+                    ror  $targetVar+2
+                    ror  $targetVar+1
+                    ror  $targetVar
+                    dey
+                    bne  -""")
+            }
+            "|" -> {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $targetVar
+                    ora  $sourceVar
+                    sta  $targetVar  
+                    lda  $targetVar+1
+                    ora  $sourceVar+1
+                    sta  $targetVar+1
+                    lda  $targetVar+2
+                    ora  $sourceVar+2
+                    sta  $targetVar+2
+                    lda  $targetVar+3
+                    ora  $sourceVar+3
+                    sta  $targetVar+3""")
+            }
+            "&" -> {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $targetVar
+                    and  $sourceVar
+                    sta  $targetVar  
+                    lda  $targetVar+1
+                    and  $sourceVar+1
+                    sta  $targetVar+1
+                    lda  $targetVar+2
+                    and  $sourceVar+2
+                    sta  $targetVar+2
+                    lda  $targetVar+3
+                    and  $sourceVar+3
+                    sta  $targetVar+3""")
+            }
+            "^" -> {
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $targetVar
+                    eor  $sourceVar
+                    sta  $targetVar  
+                    lda  $targetVar+1
+                    eor  $sourceVar+1
+                    sta  $targetVar+1
+                    lda  $targetVar+2
+                    eor  $sourceVar+2
+                    sta  $targetVar+2
+                    lda  $targetVar+3
+                    eor  $sourceVar+3
+                    sta  $targetVar+3""")
+            }
+            else -> {
+                TODO("in-place modify LONG with variable")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal fun inplacemodificationLongWithLiteralval(variable: String, operator: String, value: Int) {
+
+        fun inplaceLongShiftLeft() {
+            when {
+                value in 0..2 -> {
+                    repeat(value) {
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            asl  $variable
+                            rol  $variable+1
+                            rol  $variable+2
+                            rol  $variable+3""")
+                    }
+                }
+                value in 3..7 -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        ldy  #$value
+-                       asl  $variable
+                        rol  $variable+1
+                        rol  $variable+2
+                        rol  $variable+3
+                        dey
+                        bne  -""")
+                }
+                value == 8 -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  $variable+2
+                        sta  $variable+3
+                        lda  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+2
+                        lda  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable""")
+                }
+                value in 9..15 -> {
+                    val shift = value - 8
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  $variable+2
+                        sta  $variable+3
+                        lda  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+2
+                        lda  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable
+                        ldy  #$shift
+-                       asl  $variable+1
+                        rol  $variable+2
+                        rol  $variable+3
+                        dey
+                        bne  -""")
+                }
+                value == 16 -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+3
+                        lda  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+2
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1""")
+                }
+                value in 17..23 -> {
+                    val shift = value-16
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+3
+                        lda  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+2
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1
+                        ldy  #$shift
+-                       asl  $variable+2
+                        rol  $variable+3
+                        dey
+                        bne  -""")
+                }
+                value == 24 -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+3
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+2""")
+                }
+                value <= 31 -> {
+                    val shift = value-24
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  $variable
+                        ldy  #$shift
+-                       asl  a
+                        dey
+                        bne  -
+                        sta  $variable+3
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+2""")
+                }
+                else -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+2
+                        sta  $variable+3""")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        fun inplaceLongShiftRight() {
+            when {
+                value in 0..2 -> {
+                    repeat(value) {
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            lda  $variable+3
+                            asl  a      ; save sign bit
+                            ror  $variable+3
+                            ror  $variable+2
+                            ror  $variable+1
+                            ror  $variable""")
+                    }
+                }
+                // TODO optimize for more cases 8, 16, 24 etc but don't forget to take the sign bit into account!
+                value <= 31 -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        ldy  #$value
+-                       lda  $variable+3
+                        asl  a      ; save sign bit
+                        ror  $variable+3
+                        ror  $variable+2
+                        ror  $variable+1
+                        ror  $variable
+                        dey
+                        bne  -""")
+                }
+                else -> {
+                    asmgen.out("""
+                        lda  #0
+                        sta  $variable
+                        sta  $variable+1
+                        sta  $variable+2
+                        sta  $variable+3""")
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        when(operator) {
+            "+" -> {
+                when(value) {
+                    0 -> {}
+                    1 -> {
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            inc  $variable
+                            bne  +
+                            inc  $variable+1
+                            bne  +
+                            inc  $variable+2
+                            bne  +
+                            inc  $variable+3
++""")
+                    }
+                    else -> {
+                        if(value in 1..255) {
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                clc
+                                lda  $variable
+                                adc  #$value
+                                sta  $variable
+                                bcc  +
+                                inc  $variable+1
+                                bne  +
+                                inc  $variable+2
+                                bne  +
+                                inc  $variable+3
++""")
+                        } else if(value in 1..65535) {
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                clc
+                                lda  $variable
+                                adc  #<$value
+                                sta  $variable
+                                lda  $variable+1
+                                adc  #>$value
+                                sta  $variable+1
+                                bcc  +
+                                inc  $variable+2
+                                bne  +
+                                inc  $variable+3
++""")
+                        } else {
+                            val hex = value.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                clc
+                                lda  $variable
+                                adc  #$${hex.substring(6,8)}
+                                sta  $variable
+                                lda  $variable+1
+                                adc  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                                sta  $variable+1
+                                lda  $variable+2
+                                adc  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                                sta  $variable+2
+                                lda  $variable+3
+                                adc  #$${hex.take(2)}
+                                sta  $variable+3""")
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            "-" -> {
+                when(value) {
+                    0 -> {}
+                    1 -> {
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            lda  $variable
+                            bne  +
+                            dec  $variable+1
+                            bne  +
+                            dec  $variable+2
+                            bne  +
+                            dec  $variable+3
++                           dec  $variable""")
+                    }
+                    else -> {
+                        if(value in 1..255) {
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                lda  $variable
+                                sec
+                                sbc  #$value
+                                sta  $variable
+                                bcs  +
+                                dec  $variable+1
+                                bne  +
+                                dec  $variable+2
+                                bne  +
+                                dec  $variable+3
++""")
+                        } else if(value in 1..65535) {
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                lda  $variable
+                                sec
+                                sbc  #<$value
+                                sta  $variable
+                                lda  $variable+1
+                                sbc  #>$value
+                                sta  $variable+1
+                                bcs  +
+                                dec  $variable+2
+                                bne  +
+                                dec  $variable+3
++""")
+                        } else {
+                            val hex = value.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                sec
+                                lda  $variable
+                                sbc  #$${hex.substring(6,8)}
+                                sta  $variable
+                                lda  $variable+1
+                                sbc  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                                sta  $variable+1
+                                lda  $variable+2
+                                sbc  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                                sta  $variable+2
+                                lda  $variable+3
+                                sbc  #$${hex.take(2)}
+                                sta  $variable+3""")
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            "<<" -> if (value > 0) inplaceLongShiftLeft()
+            ">>" -> if (value > 0) inplaceLongShiftRight()
+            "|" -> {
+                val hex = value.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $variable
+                    ora  #$${hex.substring(6,8)}
+                    sta  $variable  
+                    lda  $variable+1
+                    ora  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                    sta  $variable+1
+                    lda  $variable+2
+                    ora  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                    sta  $variable+2
+                    lda  $variable+3
+                    ora  #$${hex.take(2)}
+                    sta  $variable+3""")
+            }
+            "&" -> {
+                val hex = value.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $variable
+                    and  #$${hex.substring(6,8)}
+                    sta  $variable  
+                    lda  $variable+1
+                    and  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                    sta  $variable+1
+                    lda  $variable+2
+                    and  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                    sta  $variable+2
+                    lda  $variable+3
+                    and  #$${hex.take(2)}
+                    sta  $variable+3""")
+            }
+            "^" -> {
+                val hex = value.toUInt().toString(16).padStart(8, '0')
+                asmgen.out("""
+                    lda  $variable
+                    eor  #$${hex.substring(6,8)}
+                    sta  $variable  
+                    lda  $variable+1
+                    eor  #$${hex.substring(4, 6)}
+                    sta  $variable+1
+                    lda  $variable+2
+                    eor  #$${hex.substring(2, 4)}
+                    sta  $variable+2
+                    lda  $variable+3
+                    eor  #$${hex.take(2)}
+                    sta  $variable+3""")
+            }
+            else -> {
+                TODO("inplace long $operator $value")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun tryIndexedIncDec(array: PtArrayIndexer, operator: String): Boolean {
-        val arrayvar = asmgen.asmVariableName(array.variable)
+        val arrayVar = array.variable
+        if(arrayVar==null) {
+            TODO("indexed inc/dec on pointer ${array.position}")
+            return false
+        }
+        val arrayvar = asmgen.asmVariableName(arrayVar)
         when {
             array.type.isByte -> {
                 asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(array, CpuRegister.X)
@@ -571,6 +1058,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 asmgen.out(if(operator=="+") "  jsr  floats.inc_var_f" else "  jsr  floats.dec_var_f")
                 return true
             }
+            array.type.isPointer -> TODO("indexed inc/dec on pointer ${array.position}")
             else -> return false
         }
     }
@@ -884,7 +1372,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
     }
 
     private fun tryInplaceModifyWithRemovedRedundantCast(value: PtTypeCast, target: AsmAssignTarget, operator: String): Boolean {
-        if (target.datatype == value.type) {
+        if (target.datatype == value.type || (target.datatype.isPointer && value.type.isWord)) {
             val childDt = value.value.type
             if (!value.type.isFloat && (value.type.equalsSize(childDt) || value.type.largerSizeThan(childDt))) {
                 // this typecast is redundant here; the rest of the code knows how to deal with the uncasted value.
@@ -910,7 +1398,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
             "-" -> asmgen.out("  sec |  sbc  $otherName")
             "*" -> asmgen.out("  ldy  $otherName |  jsr  prog8_math.multiply_bytes")
             "/" -> asmgen.out("  ldy  $otherName |  jsr  prog8_math.divmod_ub_asm |  tya")
-            "%" -> asmgen.out("  ldy  $otherName |  jsr  prog8_math.divmod_ub_asm")
+            "%" -> asmgen.out("  ldy  $otherName |  jsr  prog8_math.remainder_ub_asm")
             "<<" -> {
                 asmgen.out("""
                         ldy  $otherName
@@ -951,7 +1439,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
 +""")
             }
             // pretty uncommon, who's going to assign a comparison boolean expression to a pointer?
-            "<", "<=", ">", ">=" -> TODO("byte-var-to-pointer comparisons")
+            "<", "<=", ">", ">=" -> TODO("byte-var-to-pointer comparisons ${pointervar.position}")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
         }
         asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName, false)
@@ -972,7 +1460,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     } else {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(pointervar, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                         asmgen.out("  sta  (+) + 1 |  sty  (+) + 2")
-                        asmgen.out("+\tinc  ${'$'}ffff\t; modified")
+                        asmgen.out($$"+\tinc  $ffff\t; modified")
                     }
                 } else {
                     val sourceName = asmgen.loadByteFromPointerIntoA(pointervar)
@@ -992,7 +1480,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                     } else {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(pointervar, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                         asmgen.out("  sta  (+) + 1 |  sty  (+) + 2")
-                        asmgen.out("+\tdec  ${'$'}ffff\t; modified")
+                        asmgen.out($$"+\tdec  $ffff\t; modified")
                     }
                 } else {
                     val sourceName = asmgen.loadByteFromPointerIntoA(pointervar)
@@ -1019,7 +1507,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 val sourceName = asmgen.loadByteFromPointerIntoA(pointervar)
                 if(value==0)
                     throw AssemblyError("division by zero")
-                asmgen.out("  ldy  #$value |  jsr  prog8_math.divmod_ub_asm")
+                asmgen.out("  ldy  #$value |  jsr  prog8_math.remainder_ub_asm")
                 asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName, false)
             }
             "<<" -> {
@@ -1074,7 +1562,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: PtProgram,
                 asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName, false)
             }
             // pretty uncommon, who's going to assign a comparison boolean expression to a pointer?:
-            "<", "<=", ">", ">=" -> TODO("byte-litval-to-pointer comparisons")
+            "<", "<=", ">", ">=" -> TODO("byte-litval-to-pointer comparisons ${pointervar.position}")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
         }
     }
@@ -1125,11 +1613,18 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
         }
 
         if(value is PtArrayIndexer && value.isSimple()) {
+
+            val valueVar = value.variable
+            if(valueVar==null) {
+                TODO("inplace modification on pointer ${value.position}")
+                return
+            }
+
             // use the already existing optimized codegen for regular assignments  x += array[index]
             val binexpr = PtBinaryExpression(operator, dt, value.position)
             binexpr.add(PtIdentifier(name, dt, value.position))
             val arrayValue = PtArrayIndexer(value.type, value.position)
-            arrayValue.add(value.variable)
+            arrayValue.add(valueVar)
             arrayValue.add(value.index)
             binexpr.add(arrayValue)
             binexpr.parent = value
@@ -1190,7 +1685,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
             "%" -> {
                 if(signed)
                     throw AssemblyError("remainder of signed integers is not properly defined/implemented, use unsigned instead")
-                asmgen.out("  ldy  $variable  |  jsr  prog8_math.divmod_ub_asm")
+                asmgen.out("  ldy  $variable  |  jsr  prog8_math.remainder_ub_asm")
             }
             "<<" -> {
                 asmgen.out("""
@@ -1363,7 +1858,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
             "%" -> {
                 if(signed)
                     throw AssemblyError("remainder of signed integers is not properly defined/implemented, use unsigned instead")
-                asmgen.out("  tay |  lda  $variable  |  jsr  prog8_math.divmod_ub_asm")
+                asmgen.out("  tay |  lda  $variable  |  jsr  prog8_math.remainder_ub_asm")
             }
             "<<" -> {
                 asmgen.out("""
@@ -1534,7 +2029,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  $name
                     ldy  #$value
-                    jsr  prog8_math.divmod_ub_asm
+                    jsr  prog8_math.remainder_ub_asm
                     sta  $name""")
             }
             "<<" -> {
@@ -1829,7 +2324,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                 if(value in asmgen.optimizedWordMultiplications) {
                     asmgen.out("  lda  $lsb |  ldy  $msb |  jsr  prog8_math.mul_word_$value |  sta  $lsb |  sty  $msb")
                 } else {
-                    if(block?.options?.veraFxMuls==true)
+                    if(block?.options?.veraFxMuls==true) {
                         // cx16 verafx hardware mul
                         asmgen.out("""
                             lda  $lsb
@@ -1840,9 +2335,10 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                             ldy  #>$value
                             sta  cx16.r1
                             sty  cx16.r1+1
-                            jsr  verafx.muls
+                            jsr  verafx.muls16
                             sta  $lsb
                             sty  $msb""")
+                    }
                     else
                         asmgen.out("""
                             lda  $lsb
@@ -1921,18 +2417,16 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                             asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  sta  $lsb")
                     }
                     value==7 -> {
-                        // optimized shift left 7 (*128) by first swapping the lsb/msb and then doing just one final shift
+                        // optimized shift left 7 (*128) by swapping the lsb/msb and then doing just one final shift
                         asmgen.out("""
                             ; shift left 7
                             lsr  $msb
-                            php     ; save carry
                             lda  $lsb
+                            ror  a
                             sta  $msb
                             lda  #0
-                            sta  $lsb
-                            plp     ; restore carry
-                            ror  $msb
-                            ror  $lsb""")
+                            ror  a
+                            sta  $lsb""")
                     }
                     value>3 -> asmgen.out("""
                         ldy  #$value
@@ -2258,7 +2752,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
 
     private fun inplacemodificationWordWithVariable(name: String, dt: DataType, operator: String, otherName: String, valueDt: DataType, block: PtBlock?) {
         require(dt.isWord)
-        require(valueDt.isInteger)
+        require(valueDt.isInteger || valueDt.isPointer)
         when {
             valueDt.isByte -> {
                 // the other variable is a BYTE type so optimize for that
@@ -2329,9 +2823,10 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                                 ldy  $name+1
                                 sta  cx16.r0
                                 sty  cx16.r0+1
-                                jsr  verafx.muls
+                                jsr  verafx.muls16
                                 sta  $name
                                 sty  $name+1""")
+
                         } else {
                             if(valueDt.isUnsignedByte) {
                                 asmgen.out("  lda  $otherName |  sta  prog8_math.multiply_words.multiplier")
@@ -2468,13 +2963,13 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
                 }
             }
-            valueDt.isWord -> {
+            valueDt.isWord || valueDt.isPointer -> {
                 // the value is a proper 16-bit word, so use both bytes of it.
                 when (operator) {
                     "+" -> asmgen.out("  lda  $name |  clc |  adc  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  adc  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
                     "-" -> asmgen.out("  lda  $name |  sec |  sbc  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  sbc  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
                     "*" -> {
-                        if(block?.options?.veraFxMuls==true)
+                        if(block?.options?.veraFxMuls==true) {
                             // cx16 verafx hardware muls
                             asmgen.out("""
                                 lda  $name
@@ -2485,9 +2980,10 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                                 ldy  $otherName+1
                                 sta  cx16.r1
                                 sty  cx16.r1+1
-                                jsr  verafx.muls
+                                jsr  verafx.muls16
                                 sta  $name
                                 sty  $name+1""")
+                        }
                         else
                             asmgen.out("""
                                 lda  $otherName
@@ -2678,7 +3174,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
     private fun inplacemodificationWordWithValue(name: String, dt: DataType, operator: String, value: PtExpression, block: PtBlock?) {
         require(dt.isWord)
         fun multiplyVarByWordInAX() {
-            if(block?.options?.veraFxMuls==true)
+            if(block?.options?.veraFxMuls==true) {
                 // cx16 verafx hardware muls
                 asmgen.out("""
                     sta  cx16.r1
@@ -2687,9 +3183,10 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                     ldx  $name+1
                     sta  cx16.r0
                     stx  cx16.r0+1
-                    jsr  verafx.muls
+                    jsr  verafx.muls16
                     sta  $name
                     sty  $name+1""")
+            }
             else
                 asmgen.out("""
                     sta  prog8_math.multiply_words.multiplier
@@ -2890,7 +3387,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
                 }
             }
-            valueDt.isWord -> {
+            valueDt.isWord || valueDt.isPointer -> {
                 // the value is a proper 16-bit word, so use both bytes of it.
 
                 if(value is PtArrayIndexer && value.isSimple()) {
@@ -2905,7 +3402,12 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                         "-" -> {
                             if(value.index.type.isByte) {
                                 // it's an array indexed by a byte so we can use sbc array,y
-                                val arrayname = value.variable.name
+                                val valueVar = value.variable
+                                if(valueVar==null) {
+                                    TODO("inplace modification on pointer ${value.position}")
+                                    return
+                                }
+                                val arrayname = valueVar.name
                                 asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(value, CpuRegister.Y)
                                 if(value.splitWords) {
                                     asmgen.out("""
@@ -2978,7 +3480,7 @@ $shortcutLabel:""")
                         if(value is PtNumber && value.number<=255) {
                             TODO("shift a word var by ${value.number}")
                         } else {
-                            throw AssemblyError("shift by a word value not supported, max is a byte")
+                            throw AssemblyError("bit shift value can not be larger than a byte")
                         }
                     }
                     "&" -> {

codeGenCpu6502/test/Dummies.kt

@@ -5,17 +5,21 @@ import prog8.code.core.*
 
 internal object DummyMemsizer : IMemSizer {
     override fun memorySize(dt: DataType, numElements: Int?): Int {
-        if(dt.isArray) {
+        if(dt.isPointerArray)
+            return 2 * numElements!!
+        else if(dt.isArray) {
             require(numElements != null)
             return when(dt.sub) {
                 BaseDataType.BOOL, BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UBYTE -> numElements
                 BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> numElements*2
+                BaseDataType.LONG -> numElements*4
                 BaseDataType.FLOAT -> numElements*5
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid sub type")
             }
         }
         return when {
             dt.isByteOrBool -> 1 * (numElements ?: 1)
+            dt.isLong -> 4 * (numElements ?: 1)
             dt.isFloat -> 5 * (numElements ?: 1)
             else -> 2 * (numElements ?: 1)
         }

codeGenCpu6502/test/TestCodegen.kt

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class TestCodegen: FunSpec({
             noSysInit = false,
             romable = false,
             compTarget = target,
+            compilerVersion="99.99",
             loadAddress = target.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS,
             memtopAddress = 0xffffu
         )
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ class TestCodegen: FunSpec({
             DataType.UBYTE,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ class TestCodegen: FunSpec({
             DataType.arrayFor(BaseDataType.UBYTE),
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             3u,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -76,6 +79,7 @@ class TestCodegen: FunSpec({
             DataType.arrayFor(BaseDataType.UBYTE),
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             3u,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -85,6 +89,7 @@ class TestCodegen: FunSpec({
             DataType.WORD,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY

codeGenExperimental/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
-
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm")
 }
@@ -11,7 +9,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":codeGenIntermediate"))
     // implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
-    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.0.1")
+    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.1.0")
 }
 
 sourceSets {

codeGenIntermediate/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
-
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm")
 }
@@ -11,12 +9,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":intermediate"))
     // implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
-    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.0.1")
+    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.1.0")
 
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5-jvm:5.9.1")
-    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.1")
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-framework-datatest:5.9.1")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher")
 }
 
 sourceSets {

codeGenIntermediate/codeGenIntermediate.iml

@@ -13,9 +13,8 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeCore" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="simpleAst" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intermediate" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.assertions.core.jvm" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.runner.junit5.jvm" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.framework.datatest" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.framework.datatest" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/intermediate/BuiltinFuncGen.kt

@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 package prog8.codegen.intermediate
 
+import prog8.code.StMemorySlabBlockName
+import prog8.code.StStructInstanceBlockName
+import prog8.code.SymbolTable
 import prog8.code.ast.*
 import prog8.code.core.AssemblyError
 import prog8.code.core.BaseDataType
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
 import prog8.intermediate.*
 
 
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
 
     fun translate(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
         return when(call.name) {
-            "abs__byte", "abs__word", "abs__float" -> funcAbs(call)
+            "abs__byte", "abs__word", "abs__long", "abs__float" -> funcAbs(call)
             "cmp" -> funcCmp(call)
             "sgn" -> funcSgn(call)
             "sqrt__ubyte", "sqrt__uword", "sqrt__float" -> funcSqrt(call)
@@ -20,22 +24,30 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
             "callfar" -> funcCallfar(call)
             "callfar2" -> funcCallfar2(call)
             "call" -> funcCall(call)
-            "lsw" -> throw AssemblyError("lsw() should have been removed or replaced by a const value")
-            "msw" -> throw AssemblyError("msw() should have been removed or replaced by a const value")
-            "msb" -> funcMsb(call)
-            "lsb" -> funcLsb(call)
+            "msw" -> funcMsw(call)
+            "lsw" -> funcLsw(call)
+            "msb" -> funcMsb(call, false)
+            "msb__long" -> funcMsb(call, true)
+            "lsb" -> funcLsb(call, false)
+            "lsb__long" -> funcLsb(call, true)
             "memory" -> funcMemory(call)
             "peek" -> funcPeek(call, IRDataType.BYTE)
+            "peekbool" -> funcPeek(call, IRDataType.BYTE)
             "peekw" -> funcPeek(call, IRDataType.WORD)
+            "peekl" -> funcPeek(call, IRDataType.LONG)
             "peekf" -> funcPeek(call, IRDataType.FLOAT)
             "poke" -> funcPoke(call, IRDataType.BYTE)
+            "pokebool" -> funcPoke(call, IRDataType.BYTE)
+            "pokebowl" -> funcPoke(call, IRDataType.BYTE)
             "pokew" -> funcPoke(call, IRDataType.WORD)
+            "pokel" -> funcPoke(call, IRDataType.LONG)
             "pokef" -> funcPoke(call, IRDataType.FLOAT)
             "pokemon" -> funcPokemon(call)
             "mkword" -> funcMkword(call)
-            "clamp__byte", "clamp__ubyte", "clamp__word", "clamp__uword" -> funcClamp(call)
-            "min__byte", "min__ubyte", "min__word", "min__uword" -> funcMin(call)
-            "max__byte", "max__ubyte", "max__word", "max__uword" -> funcMax(call)
+            "mklong", "mklong2" -> funcMklong(call)
+            "clamp__byte", "clamp__ubyte", "clamp__word", "clamp__uword", "clamp__long" -> funcClamp(call)
+            "min__byte", "min__ubyte", "min__word", "min__uword", "min__long" -> funcMin(call)
+            "max__byte", "max__ubyte", "max__word", "max__uword", "max__long" -> funcMax(call)
             "setlsb" -> funcSetLsbMsb(call, false)
             "setmsb" -> funcSetLsbMsb(call, true)
             "rol" -> funcRolRor(call)
@@ -45,6 +57,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
             "prog8_lib_stringcompare" -> funcStringCompare(call)
             "prog8_lib_square_byte" -> funcSquare(call, IRDataType.BYTE)
             "prog8_lib_square_word" -> funcSquare(call, IRDataType.WORD)
+            "prog8_lib_structalloc" -> funcStructAlloc(call)
+            "sizeof" -> throw AssemblyError("sizeof must have been replaced with a constant")
+            "offsetof" -> throw AssemblyError("offsetof must have been replaced with a constant")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("missing builtinfunc for ${call.name}")
         }
     }
@@ -194,6 +209,17 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
                 result += IRCodeChunk(notNegativeLabel, null)
                 return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.WORD, tr.resultReg, -1)
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                val notNegativeLabel = codeGen.createLabelName()
+                val compareReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.LONG)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADR, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=compareReg, reg2=tr.resultReg)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.BSTPOS, labelSymbol = notNegativeLabel)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.NEG, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=tr.resultReg)
+                }
+                result += IRCodeChunk(notNegativeLabel, null)
+                return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.LONG, tr.resultReg, -1)
+            }
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                 val resultFpReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
                 addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.FABS, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = resultFpReg, fpReg2 = tr.resultFpReg), null)
@@ -206,7 +232,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
     private fun funcSgn(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val tr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single())
-        val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(tr.dt)
+        val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
 
         if(tr.dt==IRDataType.FLOAT) {
             addToResult(result, tr, -1, tr.resultFpReg)
@@ -243,6 +269,14 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
                 }
                 return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.BYTE, resultReg, -1)
             }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
+                val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)     // sqrt of a long still produces just a word result
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.SQRT, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=resultReg, reg2=tr.resultReg)
+                }
+                return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.WORD, resultReg, -1)
+            }
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                 addToResult(result, tr, -1, tr.resultFpReg)
                 val resultFpReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
@@ -273,6 +307,52 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
         return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.WORD, resultReg, -1)
     }
 
+    private fun funcMklong(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.LONG)
+        if(call.args.size==2) {
+            // mklong2(word, word)
+            if((call.args[0] as? PtNumber)?.number == 0.0) {
+                // msw is 0, use EXT
+                val lswTr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1])
+                addToResult(result, lswTr, lswTr.resultReg, -1)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultReg, reg2 = lswTr.resultReg), null)
+            } else {
+                val mswTr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0])
+                addToResult(result, mswTr, mswTr.resultReg, -1)
+                val lswTr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1])
+                addToResult(result, lswTr, lswTr.resultReg, -1)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.CONCAT, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultReg, reg2 = mswTr.resultReg, reg3 = lswTr.resultReg), null)
+            }
+        } else {
+            // mklong(msb, b3, b2, lsb)
+            if((call.args[0] as? PtNumber)?.number == 0.0 && (call.args[1] as? PtNumber)?.number == 0.0 && (call.args[2] as? PtNumber)?.number == 0.0) {
+                // use EXT.b + EXT.w
+                val lsbTr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[3])
+                addToResult(result, lsbTr, lsbTr.resultReg, -1)
+                val wordReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=wordReg, reg2 = lsbTr.resultReg), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultReg, reg2 = wordReg), null)
+            } else {
+                val msbTr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0])
+                val b2Tr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1])
+                val b1Tr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[2])
+                val lsbTr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[3])
+                addToResult(result, msbTr, msbTr.resultReg, -1)
+                addToResult(result, b2Tr, b2Tr.resultReg, -1)
+                addToResult(result, b1Tr, b1Tr.resultReg, -1)
+                addToResult(result, lsbTr, lsbTr.resultReg, -1)
+                val lswReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                val mswReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.CONCAT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=mswReg, reg2 = msbTr.resultReg, reg3 = b2Tr.resultReg), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.CONCAT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=lswReg, reg2 = b1Tr.resultReg, reg3 = lsbTr.resultReg), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.CONCAT, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultReg, reg2 = mswReg, reg3 = lswReg), null)
+            }
+
+        }
+        return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.LONG, resultReg, -1)
+    }
+
     private fun funcClamp(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val type = irType(call.type)
@@ -297,6 +377,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
                 BaseDataType.BYTE -> IMSyscall.CLAMP_BYTE
                 BaseDataType.UWORD -> IMSyscall.CLAMP_UWORD
                 BaseDataType.WORD -> IMSyscall.CLAMP_WORD
+                BaseDataType.LONG -> IMSyscall.CLAMP_LONG
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid dt")
             }
             result += codeGen.makeSyscall(syscall, listOf(
@@ -493,30 +574,62 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
         val name = (call.args[0] as PtString).value
         val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
         val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
-        code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultReg, labelSymbol = "prog8_slabs.prog8_memoryslab_$name")
-        return ExpressionCodeResult(code, IRDataType.BYTE, resultReg, -1)
+        code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultReg, labelSymbol = "$StMemorySlabBlockName.memory_$name")
+        return ExpressionCodeResult(code, IRDataType.WORD, resultReg, -1)
     }
 
-    private fun funcLsb(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
+    private fun funcStructAlloc(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+        val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+        val labelname = SymbolTable.labelnameForStructInstance(call)
+        code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultReg, labelSymbol = "${StStructInstanceBlockName}.$labelname")
+        return ExpressionCodeResult(code, IRDataType.WORD, resultReg, -1)
+    }
+
+    private fun funcLsb(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, fromLong: Boolean): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val tr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single())
         addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
         val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
-        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIG, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
+        if(fromLong)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGB, IRDataType.LONG, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
+        else
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGB, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
         // note: if a word result is needed, the upper byte is cleared by the typecast that follows. No need to do it here.
         return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.BYTE, resultReg, -1)
     }
 
-    private fun funcMsb(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
+    private fun funcLsw(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        val tr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single())
+        addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
+        val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGW, IRDataType.LONG, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
+        return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.WORD, resultReg, -1)
+    }
+
+    private fun funcMsb(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, fromLong: Boolean): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val tr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single())
         addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
         val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
-        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.MSIG, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
+        if(fromLong)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.MSIGB, IRDataType.LONG, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
+        else
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.MSIGB, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
         // note: if a word result is needed, the upper byte is cleared by the typecast that follows. No need to do it here.
         return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.BYTE, resultReg, -1)
     }
 
+    private fun funcMsw(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        val tr = exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single())
+        addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
+        val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.MSIGW, IRDataType.LONG, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = tr.resultReg), null)
+        return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.WORD, resultReg, -1)
+    }
+
     private fun funcRolRor(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val arg = call.args[0]
@@ -544,7 +657,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
         val arr = (arg as? PtArrayIndexer)
         val index = arr?.index?.asConstInteger()
         if(arr!=null && index!=null) {
-            val variable = arr.variable.name
+            if(arr.variable==null)
+                TODO("support for ptr indexing ${arr.position}")
+            val variable = arr.variable!!.name
             if(arr.splitWords) {
                 result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
                     when(opcodeMemAndReg.first) {
@@ -613,7 +728,9 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
                 if(target.splitWords) {
                     // lsb/msb in split arrays, element index 'size' is always 1
                     val constIndex = target.index.asConstInteger()
-                    val varName = target.variable.name + if(msb) "_msb" else "_lsb"
+                    if(target.variable==null)
+                        TODO("support for ptr indexing ${target.position}")
+                    val varName = target.variable!!.name + if(msb) "_msb" else "_lsb"
                     if(isConstZeroValue) {
                         if(constIndex!=null) {
                             val offsetReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
@@ -647,6 +764,8 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
                     }
                 }
                 else {
+                    val targetVariable = target.variable ?: TODO("support for ptr indexing ${target.position}")
+
                     val eltSize = codeGen.program.memsizer.memorySize(target.type, null)
                     val constIndex = target.index.asConstInteger()
                     if(isConstZeroValue) {
@@ -655,17 +774,17 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
                             val offset = eltSize*constIndex + if(msb) 1 else 0
                             result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
                                 it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=offsetReg, immediate = offset)
-                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=offsetReg, labelSymbol = target.variable.name)
+                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=offsetReg, labelSymbol = targetVariable.name)
                             }
                         } else {
                             val indexTr = exprGen.translateExpression(target.index)
                             addToResult(result, indexTr, indexTr.resultReg, -1)
                             result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
                                 if(eltSize>1)
-                                    it += codeGen.multiplyByConst(IRDataType.BYTE, indexTr.resultReg, eltSize)
+                                    it += codeGen.multiplyByConst(DataType.UBYTE, indexTr.resultReg, eltSize)
                                 if(msb)
                                     it += IRInstruction(Opcode.INC, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=indexTr.resultReg)
-                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=indexTr.resultReg, labelSymbol = target.variable.name)
+                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=indexTr.resultReg, labelSymbol = targetVariable.name)
                             }
                         }
                     } else {
@@ -676,17 +795,17 @@ internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGe
                             val offset = eltSize*constIndex + if(msb) 1 else 0
                             result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
                                 it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=offsetReg, immediate = offset)
-                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=valueTr.resultReg, reg2=offsetReg, labelSymbol = target.variable.name)
+                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=valueTr.resultReg, reg2=offsetReg, labelSymbol = targetVariable.name)
                             }
                         } else {
                             val indexTr = exprGen.translateExpression(target.index)
                             addToResult(result, indexTr, indexTr.resultReg, -1)
                             result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
                                 if(eltSize>1)
-                                    it += codeGen.multiplyByConst(IRDataType.BYTE, indexTr.resultReg, eltSize)
+                                    it += codeGen.multiplyByConst(DataType.UBYTE, indexTr.resultReg, eltSize)
                                 if(msb)
                                     it += IRInstruction(Opcode.INC, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=indexTr.resultReg)
-                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=valueTr.resultReg, reg2=indexTr.resultReg, labelSymbol = target.variable.name)
+                                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=valueTr.resultReg, reg2=indexTr.resultReg, labelSymbol = targetVariable.name)
                             }
                         }
                     }

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/intermediate/ExpressionGen.kt

@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
 package prog8.codegen.intermediate
 
-import prog8.code.StExtSub
-import prog8.code.StNode
-import prog8.code.StNodeType
-import prog8.code.StSub
+import prog8.code.*
 import prog8.code.ast.*
-import prog8.code.core.AssemblyError
-import prog8.code.core.BaseDataType
-import prog8.code.core.Cx16VirtualRegisters
-import prog8.code.core.Statusflag
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.intermediate.*
 
 
@@ -89,15 +83,111 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
             is PtArrayIndexer -> translate(expr)
             is PtBinaryExpression -> translate(expr)
             is PtIfExpression -> translate(expr)
+            is PtBranchCondExpression -> translate(expr)
             is PtBuiltinFunctionCall -> codeGen.translateBuiltinFunc(expr)
             is PtFunctionCall -> translate(expr)
             is PtContainmentCheck -> translate(expr)
+            is PtPointerDeref -> translate(expr)
             is PtRange,
             is PtArray,
             is PtString -> throw AssemblyError("range/arrayliteral/string should no longer occur as expression")
         }
     }
 
+    private fun translate(deref: PtPointerDeref): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        var pointerReg: Int
+
+        if(deref.startpointer.type.isStructInstance) {
+            TODO("translate structinstance deref??? ${deref.position}")
+/*
+            val arrayIndexer = deref.startpointer as? PtArrayIndexer
+            if(arrayIndexer==null)
+                throw AssemblyError("when start pointer is struct instance, array indexer is expected PTR[x]")
+            // first evaluate the adress of POINTER[x].a
+            // which is: value in pointer + x*sizeof(struct) + offsetof(a)
+            // then use traverseDerefChainToCalculateFinalAddress on b.c.d.field
+            val struct = deref.startpointer.type.subType as StStruct
+            val chain = ArrayDeque(deref.chain)
+            val firstField = struct.getField(chain.removeFirst(), codeGen.program.memsizer)
+            val pointerTr = translateExpression(arrayIndexer.variable)
+            result += pointerTr.chunks
+            pointerReg = pointerTr.resultReg
+            val constIndex = arrayIndexer.index.asConstInteger()
+            if(constIndex!=null) {
+                val offset = constIndex * struct.size.toInt()
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, immediate = offset), null)
+            } else {
+                val indexTr = translateExpression(arrayIndexer.index)
+                result += indexTr.chunks
+                // multiply the index by the size of the struct and add that to the pointer, then add the offset of the field,
+                // and retrieve the pointer value that is stored there, or the actual value if it's a pointer to simple type
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    val indexReg: Int
+                    if(arrayIndexer.index.type.isByte) {
+                        // extend array index to word
+                        indexReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.BYTE, indexReg, indexTr.resultReg)
+                    } else {
+                        indexReg = indexTr.resultReg
+                    }
+                    it += codeGen.multiplyByConst(DataType.UWORD, indexReg, struct.size.toInt())
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADDR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, reg2 = indexReg)
+                }
+            }
+
+            result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, immediate = firstField.second.toInt())
+                if (firstField.first.isPointer) {
+                    // get the address stored in the pointer and use that for the rest of the chain
+                    // LOADI has an exception to allo reg1 and reg2 to be the same, so we can avoid using extra temporary registers and LOADS
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, reg2 = pointerReg)
+                } else {
+                    require(chain.isEmpty())
+                    // it's a pointer to a simple value, so keep the pointer as-is
+                }
+            }
+
+
+            // now use traverseDerefChainToCalculateFinalAddress on b.c.d and finally field  or on b.c.d.field if field isn't a field.
+            val derefField = if(deref.type.isPointer) null else chain.removeLastOrNull()
+            actualDeref = PtPointerDeref(deref.type, chain, derefField, deref.position)
+            actualDeref.add(arrayIndexer.variable)
+*/
+        } else {
+            val tr = translateExpression(deref.startpointer)
+            result += tr.chunks
+            pointerReg = tr.resultReg
+        }
+
+        val (instructions, offset) = traverseRestOfDerefChainToCalculateFinalAddress(deref, pointerReg)
+        result += instructions
+        if(offset<=0u) {
+            val irdt = irType(deref.type)
+            return if(deref.type.isFloat) {
+                val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = resultReg, reg1 = pointerReg), null)
+                ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.FLOAT, -1, resultReg)
+            } else {
+                val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(irdt)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, irdt, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = pointerReg), null)
+                ExpressionCodeResult(result, irdt, resultReg, -1)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // load field with offset
+        return if(deref.type.isFloat) {
+            val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADFIELD, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = resultReg, reg1 = pointerReg, immediate = offset.toInt()), null)
+            ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.FLOAT, -1, resultReg)
+        } else {
+            val irdt = irType(deref.type)
+            val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(irdt)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADFIELD, irdt, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = pointerReg, immediate = offset.toInt()), null)
+            ExpressionCodeResult(result, irdt, resultReg, -1)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun translate(ifExpr: PtIfExpression): ExpressionCodeResult {
 
         if((ifExpr.condition as? PtPrefix)?.operator=="not")
@@ -164,48 +254,142 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun translate(branchExpr: PtBranchCondExpression): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        val trueTr = translateExpression(branchExpr.truevalue)
+        val falseTr = translateExpression(branchExpr.falsevalue)
+        val trueLabel = codeGen.createLabelName()
+        val endLabel = codeGen.createLabelName()
+        val irDt = irType(branchExpr.type)
+
+        if(branchExpr.condition==BranchCondition.CC && irDt==IRDataType.BYTE) {
+            if(branchExpr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==0 && branchExpr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==1) {
+                result.add(IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg, immediate = 0)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ROXL, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg)
+                })
+                return ExpressionCodeResult(result, irDt, trueTr.resultReg, -1)
+            }
+            else if(branchExpr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==1 && branchExpr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==0) {
+                result.add(IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg, immediate = 0)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ROXL, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.XOR, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg, immediate = 1)
+                })
+                return ExpressionCodeResult(result, irDt, trueTr.resultReg, -1)
+            }
+        }
+        else if(branchExpr.condition==BranchCondition.CS) {
+            if(branchExpr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==0 && branchExpr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==1) {
+                result.add(IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg, immediate = 0)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ROXL, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.XOR, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg, immediate = 1)
+                })
+                return ExpressionCodeResult(result, irDt, trueTr.resultReg, -1)
+            }
+            else if(branchExpr.truevalue.asConstInteger()==1 && branchExpr.falsevalue.asConstInteger()==0) {
+                result.add(IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg, immediate = 0)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ROXL, irDt, reg1=trueTr.resultReg)
+                })
+                return ExpressionCodeResult(result, irDt, trueTr.resultReg, -1)
+            }
+        }
+
+        val branchInstr = codeGen.IRBranchInstr(branchExpr.condition, trueLabel)
+        addInstr(result, branchInstr, null)
+
+        if (irDt != IRDataType.FLOAT) {
+            addToResult(result, falseTr, trueTr.resultReg, -1)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = endLabel), null)
+            result += IRCodeChunk(trueLabel, null)
+            addToResult(result, trueTr, trueTr.resultReg, -1)
+            result += IRCodeChunk(endLabel, null)
+            return ExpressionCodeResult(result, irDt, trueTr.resultReg, -1)
+        } else {
+            addToResult(result, falseTr, -1, trueTr.resultFpReg)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = endLabel), null)
+            result += IRCodeChunk(trueLabel, null)
+            addToResult(result, trueTr, -1, trueTr.resultFpReg)
+            result += IRCodeChunk(endLabel, null)
+            return ExpressionCodeResult(result, irDt, -1, trueTr.resultFpReg)
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun translate(expr: PtAddressOf): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val vmDt = irType(expr.type)
-        val symbol = expr.identifier.name
         // note: LOAD <symbol>  gets you the address of the symbol, whereas LOADM <symbol> would get you the value stored at that location
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
-        val resultRegister = codeGen.registers.next(vmDt)
+        val identifier = expr.identifier
 
         fun loadAddressOfArrayLabel(reg: Int) {
             if (expr.isMsbForSplitArray) {
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1 = reg, labelSymbol = symbol + "_msb"), null)
-            } else if (expr.identifier.type.isSplitWordArray) {
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1 = reg, labelSymbol = identifier!!.name + "_msb"), null)
+            } else if (identifier!!.type.isSplitWordArray) {
                 // the _lsb split array comes first in memory
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1 = reg, labelSymbol = symbol + "_lsb"), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1 = reg, labelSymbol = identifier.name + "_lsb"), null)
             } else
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1 = reg, labelSymbol = symbol), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1 = reg, labelSymbol = identifier.name), null)
         }
 
         if(expr.isFromArrayElement) {
             val indexTr = translateExpression(expr.arrayIndexExpr!!)
             addToResult(result, indexTr, indexTr.resultReg, -1)
-            val indexWordReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
-            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=indexWordReg, reg2=indexTr.resultReg), null)
-            if(expr.identifier.type.isUnsignedWord) {
+            val indexWordReg = if(indexTr.dt==IRDataType.BYTE) {
+                val ixWord = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=ixWord, reg2=indexTr.resultReg), null)
+                ixWord
+            } else indexTr.resultReg
+            val resultRegister = codeGen.registers.next(vmDt)
+            if(identifier!!.type.isUnsignedWord) {
                 require(!expr.isMsbForSplitArray)
                 result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
-                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister, labelSymbol = symbol)
+                    val ptr = codeGen.symbolTable.lookup(identifier.name)
+                    it += if(ptr is StConstant)
+                        IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister, immediate = ptr.value.toInt())
+                    else
+                        IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister, labelSymbol = identifier.name)
                     it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADDR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=indexWordReg)
                 }
+            } else if(identifier.type.isPointer) {
+                // apply pointer arithmetic for the array indexing
+                val eltSize = if(identifier.type.sub!=null)
+                        codeGen.program.memsizer.memorySize(identifier.type.sub!!)
+                    else
+                        identifier.type.subType!!.memsize(codeGen.program.memsizer)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister, labelSymbol = identifier.name), null)
+                    if (eltSize > 1) {
+                        it += codeGen.multiplyByConst(DataType.UWORD, indexWordReg, eltSize)
+                    }
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADDR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = indexWordReg)
+                }
             } else {
-                val eltSize = codeGen.program.memsizer.memorySize(expr.identifier.type, 1)
+                // regular array indexing
+                val eltSize = codeGen.program.memsizer.memorySize(identifier.type, 1)
                 result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
                     loadAddressOfArrayLabel(resultRegister)
-                    if(eltSize>1 && !expr.identifier.type.isSplitWordArray) {
-                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.MUL, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=indexWordReg, immediate = eltSize)
+                    if (eltSize > 1 && !identifier.type.isSplitWordArray) {
+                        it += codeGen.multiplyByConst(DataType.UWORD, indexWordReg, eltSize)
                     }
-                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADDR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=indexWordReg)
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADDR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = indexWordReg)
                 }
             }
-        } else {
-            loadAddressOfArrayLabel(resultRegister)
-        }
             return ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, resultRegister, -1)
+        } else if(expr.identifier!=null ) {
+            val resultRegister = codeGen.registers.next(vmDt)
+            loadAddressOfArrayLabel(resultRegister)
+            return ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, resultRegister, -1)
+        } else {
+            require(vmDt==IRDataType.WORD)
+            val pointerTr = translateExpression(expr.dereference!!.startpointer)
+            result += pointerTr.chunks
+            val (instructions, offset) = traverseRestOfDerefChainToCalculateFinalAddress(expr.dereference!!, pointerTr.resultReg)
+            result += instructions
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerTr.resultReg, immediate = offset.toInt()), null)
+            return ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, pointerTr.resultReg, -1)
+        }
     }
 
     private fun translate(mem: PtMemoryByte): ExpressionCodeResult {
@@ -219,21 +403,21 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
         }
 
         val ptrWithOffset = mem.address as? PtBinaryExpression
-        if(ptrWithOffset!=null && ptrWithOffset.operator=="+" && ptrWithOffset.left is PtIdentifier) {
-            if((ptrWithOffset.right as? PtNumber)?.number?.toInt() in 0..255) {
-                // LOADIX only works with byte index.
+        if(ptrWithOffset!=null) {
+            if(ptrWithOffset.operator=="+" && ptrWithOffset.left is PtIdentifier) {
+                val constOffset = (ptrWithOffset.right as? PtNumber)?.number?.toInt()
+                if(constOffset in 0..255) {
                     val ptrName = (ptrWithOffset.left as PtIdentifier).name
-                val offsetReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
+                    val pointerReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
                     result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
-                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=offsetReg, immediate = ptrWithOffset.right.asConstInteger())
-                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADIX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=offsetReg, labelSymbol = ptrName)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, labelSymbol = ptrName)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADFIELD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=pointerReg,  immediate = constOffset)
                     }
                     return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.BYTE, resultRegister, -1)
                 }
             }
-        val offsetTypecast = ptrWithOffset?.right as? PtTypeCast
-        if(ptrWithOffset!=null && ptrWithOffset.operator=="+" && ptrWithOffset.left is PtIdentifier
-            && (ptrWithOffset.right.type.isByte || offsetTypecast?.value?.type?.isByte==true)) {
+            val offsetTypecast = ptrWithOffset.right as? PtTypeCast
+            if(ptrWithOffset.operator=="+" && ptrWithOffset.left is PtIdentifier && (ptrWithOffset.right.type.isByte || offsetTypecast?.value?.type?.isByte==true)) {
                 // LOADIX only works with byte index.
                 val tr = if(offsetTypecast?.value?.type?.isByte==true)
                     translateExpression(offsetTypecast.value)
@@ -244,6 +428,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADIX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=tr.resultReg, labelSymbol = ptrName), null)
                 return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.BYTE, resultRegister, -1)
             }
+        }
 
         val tr = translateExpression(mem.address)
         addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
@@ -261,7 +446,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 else (it as PtNumber).number.toInt()
             }
             when {
-                elementDt.isIntegerOrBool -> {
+                elementDt.isWordOrByteOrBool -> {
                     if (elementDt.isByteOrBool) require(haystack.size in 0..PtContainmentCheck.MAX_SIZE_FOR_INLINE_CHECKS_BYTE)
                     if (elementDt.isWord) require(haystack.size in 0..PtContainmentCheck.MAX_SIZE_FOR_INLINE_CHECKS_WORD)
                     val gottemLabel = codeGen.createLabelName()
@@ -342,11 +527,30 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
     }
 
     private fun translate(arrayIx: PtArrayIndexer): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        if(arrayIx.type.isStructInstance)
+            throw AssemblyError("cannot translate POINTER[x] resulting in a struct instance; this is likely part of a larger expression POINTER[x].field and that has to be translated earlier as a whole")
+
         val eltSize = codeGen.program.memsizer.memorySize(arrayIx.type, null)
         val vmDt = irType(arrayIx.type)
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
-        val arrayVarSymbol = arrayIx.variable.name
+        val arrayVar = arrayIx.variable
+        if(arrayVar==null) {
+            val pointerTr = translateExpression(arrayIx.pointerderef!!)
+            result += pointerTr.chunks
+            val pointerReg = pointerTr.resultReg
+            return translatePointerIndexing(result, pointerReg, arrayIx.index, eltSize, vmDt)
+        }
+        if(arrayVar.type.isPointer) {
+            val pointerTr = translateExpression(arrayVar)
+            result += pointerTr.chunks
+            val pointerReg = pointerTr.resultReg
+            return translatePointerIndexing(result, pointerReg, arrayIx.index, eltSize, vmDt)
+        }
+
+        require(!arrayVar.type.isPointer) { "only regular array indexing here ${arrayIx.position}" }
         var resultRegister = -1
+        var resultFpRegister = -1
+        val arrayVarSymbol = arrayVar.name
 
         if(arrayIx.splitWords) {
             require(vmDt==IRDataType.WORD)
@@ -373,9 +577,8 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
             return ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, finalResultReg, -1)
         }
 
-        var resultFpRegister = -1
-        if(arrayIx.index is PtNumber) {
-            val memOffset = ((arrayIx.index as PtNumber).number.toInt() * eltSize)
+        fun indexByNumber(index: Int) {
+            val memOffset = index * eltSize
             if(vmDt==IRDataType.FLOAT) {
                 resultFpRegister = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
                 addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1=resultFpRegister, labelSymbol = arrayVarSymbol, symbolOffset = memOffset), null)
@@ -384,23 +587,61 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 resultRegister = codeGen.registers.next(vmDt)
                 addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, vmDt, reg1=resultRegister, labelSymbol = arrayVarSymbol, symbolOffset = memOffset), null)
             }
-        } else {
-            val tr = translateExpression(arrayIx.index)
-            addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
-            if(eltSize>1)
-                result += codeGen.multiplyByConst(IRDataType.BYTE, tr.resultReg, eltSize)
+        }
+
+        fun indexByExpression() {
+            val (code, indexByteReg) = codeGen.loadIndexReg(arrayIx.index, eltSize, false, arrayIx.splitWords)
+            result += code
             if(vmDt==IRDataType.FLOAT) {
                 resultFpRegister = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = resultFpRegister, reg1=tr.resultReg, labelSymbol = arrayVarSymbol), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = resultFpRegister, reg1=indexByteReg, labelSymbol = arrayVarSymbol), null)
             }
             else {
                 resultRegister = codeGen.registers.next(vmDt)
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, vmDt, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=tr.resultReg, labelSymbol = arrayVarSymbol), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, vmDt, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=indexByteReg, labelSymbol = arrayVarSymbol), null)
             }
         }
+
+        if(arrayIx.index is PtNumber)
+            indexByNumber((arrayIx.index as PtNumber).number.toInt())
+        else
+            indexByExpression()
         return ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, resultRegister, resultFpRegister)
     }
 
+    private fun translatePointerIndexing(
+        result: MutableList<IRCodeChunkBase>,
+        pointerReg: Int,
+        index: PtExpression,
+        eltSize: Int,
+        resultDt: IRDataType
+    ): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        var resultRegister = -1
+        var resultFpRegister = -1
+
+        if(index is PtNumber) {
+            val memOffset = eltSize * index.number.toInt()
+            if(memOffset>0)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=pointerReg, immediate = memOffset), null)
+        }
+        else {
+            val (code, indexWordReg) = codeGen.loadIndexReg(index, eltSize, true, false)
+            result += code
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.ADDR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=pointerReg, reg2=indexWordReg), null)
+        }
+
+        if(resultDt==IRDataType.FLOAT) {
+            resultFpRegister = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1=resultFpRegister, reg1=pointerReg), null)
+        }
+        else {
+            resultRegister = codeGen.registers.next(resultDt)
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, resultDt, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=pointerReg), null)
+        }
+
+        return ExpressionCodeResult(result, resultDt, resultRegister, resultFpRegister)
+    }
+
     private fun translate(expr: PtPrefix): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val tr = translateExpression(expr.value)
@@ -441,9 +682,13 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.CMPI, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
                         actualResultReg2 = loadStatusAsBooleanResult(Opcode.BSTNE, result)
                     }
-                    valueDt.isWord -> {
+                    valueDt.isWord || valueDt.isPointer -> {
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.CMPI, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
-                        actualResultReg2 =loadStatusAsBooleanResult(Opcode.BSTNE, result)
+                        actualResultReg2 = loadStatusAsBooleanResult(Opcode.BSTNE, result)
+                    }
+                    valueDt.isLong -> {
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.CMPI, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
+                        actualResultReg2 = loadStatusAsBooleanResult(Opcode.BSTNE, result)
                     }
                     valueDt.isFloat -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
@@ -452,7 +697,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                             it += IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=actualResultReg2, immediate = 1)
                         }
                     }
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type")
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type ${cast.position}")
                 }
             }
             BaseDataType.UBYTE -> {
@@ -462,13 +707,17 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     }
                     BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
-                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIG, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGB, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
+                    }
+                    BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGB, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
                     }
                     BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.FTOUB, IRDataType.FLOAT, reg1=actualResultReg2, fpReg1 = tr.resultFpReg), null)
                     }
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type")
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type ${cast.position}")
                 }
             }
             BaseDataType.BYTE -> {
@@ -478,13 +727,17 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     }
                     BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
-                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIG, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGB, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
+                    }
+                    BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGB, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
                     }
                     BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.FTOSB, IRDataType.FLOAT, reg1=actualResultReg2, fpReg1 = tr.resultFpReg), null)
                     }
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type")
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type ${cast.position}")
                 }
             }
             BaseDataType.UWORD -> {
@@ -502,11 +755,18 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     BaseDataType.WORD -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = tr.resultReg
                     }
+                    BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGW, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
+                    }
                     BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.FTOUW, IRDataType.FLOAT, reg1=actualResultReg2, fpReg1 = tr.resultFpReg), null)
                     }
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type")
+                    BaseDataType.POINTER -> {
+                        actualResultReg2 = tr.resultReg
+                    }
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type ${cast.position}")
                 }
             }
             BaseDataType.WORD -> {
@@ -524,11 +784,42 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     BaseDataType.UWORD -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = tr.resultReg
                     }
+                    BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LSIGW, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg, immediate = 0), null)
+                    }
                     BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
                         actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.FTOSW, IRDataType.FLOAT, reg1=actualResultReg2, fpReg1 = tr.resultFpReg), null)
                     }
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type")
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type ${cast.position}")
+                }
+            }
+            BaseDataType.LONG -> {
+                when(valueDt.base) {
+                    BaseDataType.UBYTE, BaseDataType.BOOL -> {
+                        // ubyte to long: double sign extend
+                        val wordreg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.LONG)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, type = IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = wordreg, reg2=tr.resultReg), null)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, type = IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = actualResultReg2, reg2=wordreg), null)
+                    }
+                    BaseDataType.BYTE -> {
+                        // byte to long: double sign extend
+                        val wordreg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.LONG)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXTS, type = IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = wordreg, reg2=tr.resultReg), null)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXTS, type = IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = actualResultReg2, reg2=wordreg), null)
+                    }
+                    BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.POINTER -> {
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.LONG)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, type = IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg), null)
+                    }
+                    BaseDataType.WORD -> {
+                        actualResultReg2 = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.LONG)
+                        addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXTS, type = IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = actualResultReg2, reg2=tr.resultReg), null)
+                    }
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast $valueDt to long ${cast.position}")
                 }
             }
             BaseDataType.FLOAT -> {
@@ -546,23 +837,34 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     BaseDataType.WORD -> {
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.FFROMSW, IRDataType.FLOAT, reg1=tr.resultReg, fpReg1 = actualResultFpReg2), null)
                     }
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type")
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type ${cast.position}")
                 }
             }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast type")
+            BaseDataType.POINTER -> {
+                require(valueDt.isUnsignedWord || valueDt.isPointer)
+                actualResultReg2 = tr.resultReg
+                // no further conversion required, pointers are all just uwords
+            }
+            BaseDataType.ARRAY_POINTER -> {
+                TODO("typecast to array of pointers $valueDt -> ${cast.type}  ${cast.position}")
+            }
+            else -> throw AssemblyError("weird cast value type ${cast.position}")
         }
 
         return ExpressionCodeResult(result, irType(cast.type), actualResultReg2, actualResultFpReg2)
     }
 
     private fun translate(binExpr: PtBinaryExpression): ExpressionCodeResult {
-        val vmDt = irType(binExpr.left.type)
         val signed = binExpr.left.type.isSigned
-        return when(binExpr.operator) {
+        if(binExpr.operator==".") {
+            return operatorDereference(binExpr)       // eww, nasty, would rather not have any such expressions anymore
+        } else {
+            val vmDt = irType(binExpr.left.type)
+            return when (binExpr.operator) {
                 "+" -> operatorPlus(binExpr, vmDt)
                 "-" -> operatorMinus(binExpr, vmDt)
-            "*" -> operatorMultiply(binExpr, vmDt)
-            "/" -> operatorDivide(binExpr, vmDt, signed)
+                "*" -> operatorMultiply(binExpr, binExpr.left.type)
+                "/" -> operatorDivide(binExpr, binExpr.left.type)
                 "%" -> operatorModulo(binExpr, vmDt)
                 "|" -> operatorOr(binExpr, vmDt, true)
                 "&" -> operatorAnd(binExpr, vmDt, true)
@@ -580,15 +882,16 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("weird operator ${binExpr.operator}")
             }
         }
+    }
 
     internal fun translate(fcall: PtFunctionCall): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val callTarget = codeGen.symbolTable.lookup(fcall.name)!!
 
-        if(callTarget.scopedName in listOf("sys.push", "sys.pushw", "sys.pop", "sys.popw", "floats.push", "floats.pop")) {
+        if(callTarget.scopedNameString in listOf("sys.push", "sys.pushw", "sys.pop", "sys.popw", "floats.push", "floats.pop")) {
             // special case, these should be inlined, or even use specialized instructions. Instead of doing a normal subroutine call.
             return translateStackFunctions(fcall, callTarget)
         }
-        when(callTarget.scopedName) {
+        when(callTarget.scopedNameString) {
             "sys.clear_carry" -> {
                 val chunk = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
                 addInstr(chunk, IRInstruction(Opcode.CLC), null)
@@ -637,7 +940,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     }
                 }
                 // return value(s)
-                // TODO: for current implemenation of the call convention in case of multiple return values,
+                // TODO: for current implementation of the call convention in case of multiple return values,
                 // a list of Ir virtual registers to hold the results is NOT correct (they're loaded into AY + R15..R0 instead!)
                 // So we use an empty list to avoid confusion here.   This may change in a future version.
                 val returnRegSpecs = if(fcall.void || callTarget.returns.size>1) emptyList() else {
@@ -768,6 +1071,9 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 else
                     ExpressionCodeResult(result, returnRegSpec!!.dt, finalReturnRegister, -1)
             }
+            is StStruct -> {
+                throw AssemblyError("stray struct constructor should have been removed (normally it can only occur as initialization expression for a pointer variable)")
+            }
             else -> {
                 if(callTarget.type == StNodeType.LABEL) {
                     require(fcall.void)
@@ -777,7 +1083,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     return ExpressionCodeResult(result, IRDataType.BYTE, -1, -1)
                 }
                 else {
-                    throw AssemblyError("invalid node type")
+                    throw AssemblyError("invalid node type ${callTarget.type} at ${callTarget.astNode?.position}")
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -810,7 +1116,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
 
     private fun translateStackFunctions(fcall: PtFunctionCall, callTarget: StNode): ExpressionCodeResult {
         val chunk = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
-        when(callTarget.scopedName) {
+        when(callTarget.scopedNameString) {
             "sys.push" -> {
                 // push byte
                 val tr = translateExpression(fcall.args.single())
@@ -878,7 +1184,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                         fcallArgs = FunctionCallArgs(argRegisters, returnRegisters)
                     )
                 }
-                else TODO("extsub with banked address got called ${callTarget.name}")
+                else TODO("extsub with banked address got called ${callTarget.name}  ${fcall.position}")
             }
         addInstr(result, call, null)
         val resultRegs = returnRegisters.filter{it.dt!=IRDataType.FLOAT}.map{it.registerNum}
@@ -1045,7 +1351,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
     }
 
     private fun loadStatusAsBooleanResult(branchForTrue: Opcode, result: MutableList<IRCodeChunkBase>): Int {
-        // TODO this used to be a single instruction like SCC, SCS, SZ etc but those were problematic
+        // TODO this used to be a single instruction like SCC, SCS, SZ etc
         val other = codeGen.createLabelName()
         val after = codeGen.createLabelName()
         val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
@@ -1060,7 +1366,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
     }
 
     private fun compareRegisterAsBooleanResult(branchForTrue: Opcode, dt: IRDataType, reg1: Int, reg2: Int, result: MutableList<IRCodeChunkBase>): Int {
-        // TODO this used to be a single instruction like SCC, SCS, SZ etc but those were problematic
+        // TODO this used to be a single instruction like SCC, SCS, SZ etc
         val other = codeGen.createLabelName()
         val after = codeGen.createLabelName()
         val resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
@@ -1220,7 +1526,8 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun operatorDivide(binExpr: PtBinaryExpression, vmDt: IRDataType, signed: Boolean): ExpressionCodeResult {
+    private fun operatorDivide(binExpr: PtBinaryExpression, dt: DataType): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val vmDt = irType(dt)
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val constFactorRight = binExpr.right as? PtNumber
         if(vmDt==IRDataType.FLOAT) {
@@ -1235,7 +1542,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 addToResult(result, leftTr, -1, leftTr.resultFpReg)
                 val rightTr = translateExpression(binExpr.right)
                 addToResult(result, rightTr, -1, rightTr.resultFpReg)
-                addInstr(result, if(signed)
+                addInstr(result, if(dt.isSigned)
                     IRInstruction(Opcode.DIVSR, vmDt, fpReg1 = leftTr.resultFpReg, fpReg2=rightTr.resultFpReg)
                 else
                     IRInstruction(Opcode.DIVR, vmDt, fpReg1 = leftTr.resultFpReg, fpReg2=rightTr.resultFpReg)
@@ -1247,13 +1554,13 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 val tr = translateExpression(binExpr.left)
                 addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
                 val factor = constFactorRight.number.toInt()
-                result += codeGen.divideByConst(vmDt, tr.resultReg, factor, signed)
+                result += codeGen.divideByConst(vmDt, tr.resultReg, factor, dt.isSigned)
                 ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, tr.resultReg, -1)
             } else {
                 if(binExpr.right is PtNumber) {
                     val leftTr = translateExpression(binExpr.left)
                     addToResult(result, leftTr, leftTr.resultReg, -1)
-                    addInstr(result, if (signed)
+                    addInstr(result, if (dt.isSigned)
                         IRInstruction(Opcode.DIVS, vmDt, reg1 = leftTr.resultReg, immediate = (binExpr.right as PtNumber).number.toInt())
                     else
                         IRInstruction(Opcode.DIV, vmDt, reg1 = leftTr.resultReg, immediate = (binExpr.right as PtNumber).number.toInt())
@@ -1264,7 +1571,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                     addToResult(result, leftTr, leftTr.resultReg, -1)
                     val rightTr = translateExpression(binExpr.right)
                     addToResult(result, rightTr, rightTr.resultReg, -1)
-                    addInstr(result, if (signed)
+                    addInstr(result, if (dt.isSigned)
                         IRInstruction(Opcode.DIVSR, vmDt, reg1 = leftTr.resultReg, reg2 = rightTr.resultReg)
                     else
                         IRInstruction(Opcode.DIVR, vmDt, reg1 = leftTr.resultReg, reg2 = rightTr.resultReg)
@@ -1275,7 +1582,8 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
         }
     }
 
-    private fun operatorMultiply(binExpr: PtBinaryExpression, vmDt: IRDataType): ExpressionCodeResult {
+    private fun operatorMultiply(binExpr: PtBinaryExpression, dt: DataType): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        val vmDt = irType(dt)
         val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
         val constFactorLeft = binExpr.left as? PtNumber
         val constFactorRight = binExpr.right as? PtNumber
@@ -1297,7 +1605,7 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 addToResult(result, leftTr, -1, leftTr.resultFpReg)
                 val rightTr = translateExpression(binExpr.right)
                 addToResult(result, rightTr, -1, rightTr.resultFpReg)
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.MULR, vmDt, fpReg1 = leftTr.resultFpReg, fpReg2 = rightTr.resultFpReg), null)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.MULSR, vmDt, fpReg1 = leftTr.resultFpReg, fpReg2 = rightTr.resultFpReg), null)
                 ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, -1, leftTr.resultFpReg)
             }
         } else {
@@ -1305,20 +1613,21 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
                 val tr = translateExpression(binExpr.right)
                 addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
                 val factor = constFactorLeft.number.toInt()
-                result += codeGen.multiplyByConst(vmDt, tr.resultReg, factor)
+                result += codeGen.multiplyByConst(dt, tr.resultReg, factor)
                 ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, tr.resultReg, -1)
             } else if(constFactorRight!=null && !constFactorRight.type.isFloat) {
                 val tr = translateExpression(binExpr.left)
                 addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
                 val factor = constFactorRight.number.toInt()
-                result += codeGen.multiplyByConst(vmDt, tr.resultReg, factor)
+                result += codeGen.multiplyByConst(dt, tr.resultReg, factor)
                 ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, tr.resultReg, -1)
             } else {
                 val leftTr = translateExpression(binExpr.left)
                 addToResult(result, leftTr, leftTr.resultReg, -1)
                 val rightTr = translateExpression(binExpr.right)
                 addToResult(result, rightTr, rightTr.resultReg, -1)
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.MULR, vmDt, reg1 = leftTr.resultReg, reg2 = rightTr.resultReg), null)
+                val opcode = if(dt.isSigned) Opcode.MULSR else Opcode.MULR
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(opcode, vmDt, reg1 = leftTr.resultReg, reg2 = rightTr.resultReg), null)
                 ExpressionCodeResult(result, vmDt, leftTr.resultReg, -1)
             }
         }
@@ -1434,6 +1743,136 @@ internal class ExpressionGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen) {
         }
     }
 
+    private fun operatorDereference(binExpr: PtBinaryExpression): ExpressionCodeResult {
+        // the only case we support here is:   a.b.c[i] . value
+        val left = binExpr.left as? PtArrayIndexer
+        val right = binExpr.right as? PtIdentifier
+        require(binExpr.operator=="." && left!=null && right!=null) {"invalid dereference expression ${binExpr.position}"}
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        val field: Pair<DataType, UByte>
+        val pointerReg: Int
+        var extraFieldOffset = 0
+
+        if(left.type.isStructInstance) {
+
+            // indexing on a pointer directly
+            // fetch pointer address, determine struct and field, add index * structsize
+            if(left.variable!=null) {
+                val pointerTr = translateExpression(left.variable!!)
+                result += pointerTr.chunks
+                pointerReg = pointerTr.resultReg
+            } else if(left.pointerderef!=null) {
+                TODO("get pointer from deref $left  ${left.position}")
+            } else {
+                throw AssemblyError("weird arrayindexer $left  ${left.position}")
+            }
+            val struct = left.type.subType!! as StStruct
+            val constindex = left.index as? PtNumber
+            if(constindex!=null) {
+                extraFieldOffset = struct.size.toInt() * constindex.number.toInt()
+            } else {
+                val (chunks, indexReg) = codeGen.loadIndexReg(left.index, struct.size.toInt(), true, false)
+                result += chunks
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.ADDR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, reg2 = indexReg), null)
+            }
+            field = struct.getField(right.name, codeGen.program.memsizer)
+
+        } else {
+
+            // indexing on an array with pointers
+            // fetch the pointer from the array, determine the struct & field
+            val indexedTr = translateExpression(left)
+            result += indexedTr.chunks
+            pointerReg = indexedTr.resultReg
+            val struct = left.type.dereference().subType as? StStruct
+            require(indexedTr.dt == IRDataType.WORD && struct != null)
+            field = struct.getField(right.name, codeGen.program.memsizer)
+        }
+
+        // add field offset to pointer and load the value into the result register
+        val fieldVmDt = irType(field.first)
+        val fieldOffset = field.second.toInt() + extraFieldOffset
+        var resultFpReg = -1
+        var resultReg = -1
+        if (fieldVmDt == IRDataType.FLOAT)
+            resultFpReg = codeGen.registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
+        else
+            resultReg = codeGen.registers.next(fieldVmDt)
+        if(fieldOffset==0) {
+            // no offset, can use current pointer directly
+            result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                it += if (fieldVmDt == IRDataType.FLOAT)
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = resultFpReg, reg1 = pointerReg)
+                else
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, fieldVmDt, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = pointerReg)
+            }
+        } else {
+            // actually have to add an offset
+            if(fieldOffset<=255) {
+                if(fieldVmDt==IRDataType.FLOAT)
+                    addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADFIELD, fieldVmDt, fpReg1 = resultFpReg, reg1 = pointerReg, immediate = fieldOffset), null)
+                else
+                    addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADFIELD, fieldVmDt, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = pointerReg, immediate = fieldOffset), null)
+            } else {
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, immediate = fieldOffset)
+                    it += if (fieldVmDt == IRDataType.FLOAT)
+                        IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = resultFpReg, reg1 = pointerReg)
+                    else
+                        IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, fieldVmDt, reg1 = resultReg, reg2 = pointerReg)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return ExpressionCodeResult(result, fieldVmDt, resultReg, resultFpReg)
+    }
+
+    internal fun traverseRestOfDerefChainToCalculateFinalAddress(targetPointerDeref: PtPointerDeref, pointerReg: Int): Pair<IRCodeChunks, UByte> {
+        // returns instructions to calculate the pointer address, and the offset into the struct it points to
+        // so that LOADFIELD and STOREFIELD opcodes can be used instead of having an explicit extra ADD
+
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+
+        if(targetPointerDeref.chain.isEmpty())
+            return result to 0u   // nothing to do; there's no deref chain
+
+        var struct: StStruct? = null
+        if(targetPointerDeref.startpointer.type.subType!=null)
+            struct = targetPointerDeref.startpointer.type.subType as StStruct
+        if(targetPointerDeref.chain.isNotEmpty()) {
+            // traverse deref chain
+            for(deref in targetPointerDeref.chain.dropLast(1)) {
+                val fieldinfo = struct!!.getField(deref, codeGen.program.memsizer)
+                struct = fieldinfo.first.subType as StStruct
+                // get new pointer from field
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, immediate = fieldinfo.second.toInt())
+                    // LOADI has an exception to allow reg1 and reg2 to be the same, so we can avoid using extra temporary registers and LOADS
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, reg2 = pointerReg)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        val field = targetPointerDeref.chain.last()
+        val fieldinfo = struct!!.getField(field, codeGen.program.memsizer)
+        if(fieldinfo.second>0u) {
+            if(targetPointerDeref.derefLast) {
+                require(fieldinfo.first.isPointer)
+                // add the field offset
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, immediate = fieldinfo.second.toInt()), null)
+                // LOADI has an exception to allow reg1 and reg2 to be the same, so we can avoid using extra temporary registers and LOADS
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, reg2 = pointerReg), null)
+                return result to 0u
+            } else {
+                return result to fieldinfo.second
+            }
+        }
+        if(targetPointerDeref.derefLast) {
+            require(fieldinfo.first.isPointer)
+            // LOADI has an exception to allow reg1 and reg2 to be the same, so we can avoid using extra temporary registers and LOADS
+            addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = pointerReg, reg2 = pointerReg), null)
+        }
+        return result to 0u
+    }
 }
 
 

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/intermediate/IRCodeGen.kt

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
         ensureFirstChunkLabels(irProg)
         irProg.linkChunks()
         irProg.convertAsmChunks()
+        irProg.splitSSAchunks()
 
         // the optimizer also does 1 essential step regardless of optimizations: joining adjacent chunks.
         val optimizer = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
@@ -56,6 +57,8 @@ class IRCodeGen(
         return irProg
     }
 
+    fun registerTypes(): Map<Int, IRDataType> = registers.getTypes()
+
     private fun changeGlobalVarInits(symbolTable: SymbolTable) {
         // Normally, block level (global) variables that have a numeric initialization value
         // are initialized via an assignment statement.
@@ -65,17 +68,16 @@ class IRCodeGen(
             if(variable.uninitialized && variable.parent.type==StNodeType.BLOCK) {
                 val block = variable.parent.astNode as PtBlock
                 val initialization = (block.children.firstOrNull {
-                    it is PtAssignment && it.isVarInitializer && it.target.identifier?.name==variable.scopedName
+                    it is PtAssignment && it.isVarInitializer && it.target.identifier?.name==variable.scopedNameString
                 } as PtAssignment?)
-                val initValue = initialization?.value
-                when(initValue){
+                when(val initValue = initialization?.value){
                     is PtBool -> {
-                        require(initValue.asInt()!=0) { "boolean var should not be initialized with false, it wil be set to false as part of BSS clear, initializer=$initialization" }
+                        require(initValue.asInt()!=0 || variable.zpwish!=ZeropageWish.NOT_IN_ZEROPAGE) { "non-zp variable should not be initialized with 0, it will already be zeroed as part of BSS clear, initializer=$initialization" }
                         variable.setOnetimeInitNumeric(initValue.asInt().toDouble())
                         initsToRemove += block to initialization
                     }
                     is PtNumber -> {
-                        require(initValue.number!=0.0) { "variable should not be initialized with 0, it will already be zeroed as part of BSS clear, initializer=$initialization" }
+                        require(initValue.number!=0.0 || variable.zpwish!=ZeropageWish.NOT_IN_ZEROPAGE) { "non-zp variable should not be initialized with 0, it will already be zeroed as part of BSS clear, initializer=$initialization" }
                         variable.setOnetimeInitNumeric(initValue.number)
                         initsToRemove += block to initialization
                     }
@@ -104,6 +106,15 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                 is PtVariable -> require('.' in node.name) { "node $node name is not scoped: ${node.name}" }
                 is PtProgram -> require('.' !in node.name) { "program name should not be scoped: ${node.name}" }
                 is PtSubroutineParameter -> require('.' in node.name) { "node $node name is not scoped: ${node.name}" }
+                is PtPointerDeref -> require('.' in node.startpointer.name) { "node $node name is not scoped: ${node.startpointer.name}" }
+                is PtIdentifier -> {
+                    if('.' !in node.name) {
+                        // there is 1 case where the identifier is not scoped: if it's the value field name after a pointer array indexing.
+                        val expr = node.parent as? PtBinaryExpression
+                        if (expr?.operator != "." || expr.right !== node || expr.left !is PtArrayIndexer || (!expr.left.type.isPointer && !expr.left.type.isStructInstance))
+                            require('.' in node.name) { "node $node name is not scoped: ${node.name}" }
+                    }
+                }
                 else -> { /* node has no name or is ok to have no dots in the name */ }
             }
             node.children.forEach { verifyPtNode(it) }
@@ -256,10 +267,12 @@ class IRCodeGen(
             is PtBool,
             is PtArray,
             is PtBlock,
-            is PtDefer -> throw AssemblyError("should have been transformed")
-            is PtString -> throw AssemblyError("should not occur as separate statement node ${node.position}")
-            is PtSub -> throw AssemblyError("nested subroutines should have been flattened ${node.position}")
-            else -> TODO("missing codegen for $node")
+            is PtDefer -> throw AssemblyError("defer should have been transformed")
+            is PtString -> throw AssemblyError("string should not occur as separate statement node $node")
+            is PtSub -> throw AssemblyError("nested subroutines should have been flattened $node")
+            is PtStructDecl -> emptyList()
+            is PtSubSignature -> emptyList()
+            else -> TODO("missing codegen for $node  ${node.position}")
         }
 
         val nonEmptyChunks = chunks.filter { it.isNotEmpty() || it.label != null }
@@ -324,7 +337,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
         return result
     }
 
-    private fun IRBranchInstr(condition: BranchCondition, label: String?=null, address: Int?=null): IRInstruction {
+    internal fun IRBranchInstr(condition: BranchCondition, label: String?=null, address: Int?=null): IRInstruction {
         if(label!=null)
             return when(condition) {
                 BranchCondition.CS -> IRInstruction(Opcode.BSTCS, labelSymbol = label)
@@ -420,8 +433,9 @@ class IRCodeGen(
         whenStmt.choices.children.forEach {
             val choice = it as PtWhenChoice
             if(choice.isElse) {
+                require(choice.parent.children.last() === choice)
                 result += translateNode(choice.statements)
-                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = endLabel), null)
+                // is always the last node so can fall through
             } else {
                 if(choice.statements.children.isEmpty()) {
                     // no statements for this choice value, jump to the end immediately
@@ -433,22 +447,30 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                     }
                 } else {
                     val choiceLabel = createLabelName()
+                    val onlyJumpLabel = ((choice.statements.children.singleOrNull() as? PtJump)?.target as? PtIdentifier)?.name
+                    val branchLabel: String
+                    if(onlyJumpLabel==null) {
                         choices.add(choiceLabel to choice)
+                        branchLabel = choiceLabel
+                    } else {
+                        branchLabel = onlyJumpLabel
+                    }
                     choice.values.children.map { v -> v as PtNumber }.sortedBy { v -> v.number }.forEach { value ->
                         result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { chunk ->
                             chunk += IRInstruction(Opcode.CMPI, valueDt, reg1=valueTr.resultReg, immediate = value.number.toInt())
-                            chunk += IRInstruction(Opcode.BSTEQ, labelSymbol = choiceLabel)
+                            chunk += IRInstruction(Opcode.BSTEQ, labelSymbol = branchLabel)
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        if(choices.isNotEmpty())
             addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = endLabel), null)
 
         choices.forEach { (label, choice) ->
             result += labelFirstChunk(translateNode(choice.statements), label)
-            val lastStatement = choice.statements.children.last()
-            if(lastStatement !is PtReturn && lastStatement !is PtJump)
+            if(!choice.isOnlyGotoOrReturn())
                 addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = endLabel), null)
         }
 
@@ -468,11 +490,12 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                     translateForInNonConstantRange(forLoop, loopvar)
             }
             is PtIdentifier -> {
-                require(forLoop.variable.name == loopvar.scopedName)
+                require(forLoop.variable.name == loopvar.scopedNameString)
+                val elementDt = irType(iterable.type.elementType())
                 val iterableLength = symbolTable.getLength(iterable.name)
                 val loopvarSymbol = forLoop.variable.name
                 val indexReg = registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
-                val tmpReg = registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
+                val tmpReg = registers.next(elementDt)
                 val loopLabel = createLabelName()
                 val endLabel = createLabelName()
                 when {
@@ -480,9 +503,9 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                         // iterate over a zero-terminated string
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = indexReg, immediate = 0), null)
                         result += IRCodeChunk(loopLabel, null).also {
-                            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = tmpReg, reg2 = indexReg, labelSymbol = iterable.name)
+                            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, elementDt, reg1 = tmpReg, reg2 = indexReg, labelSymbol = iterable.name)
                             it += IRInstruction(Opcode.BSTEQ, labelSymbol = endLabel)
-                            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = tmpReg, labelSymbol = loopvarSymbol)
+                            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, elementDt, reg1 = tmpReg, labelSymbol = loopvarSymbol)
                         }
                         result += translateNode(forLoop.statements)
                         val jumpChunk = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
@@ -491,10 +514,9 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                         result += jumpChunk
                         result += IRCodeChunk(endLabel, null)
                     }
-                    iterable.type.isSplitWordArray -> {
+                    iterable.type.isSplitWordArray || iterable.type.isPointerArray -> {
                         // iterate over lsb/msb split word array
-                        val elementDt = iterable.type.elementType()
-                        if(!elementDt.isWord)
+                        if(elementDt!=IRDataType.WORD)
                             throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
                         addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=indexReg, immediate = 0), null)
                         result += IRCodeChunk(loopLabel, null).also {
@@ -504,7 +526,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                             it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=tmpRegMsb, reg2=indexReg, labelSymbol=iterable.name+"_msb")
                             it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADX, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=tmpRegLsb, reg2=indexReg, labelSymbol=iterable.name+"_lsb")
                             it += IRInstruction(Opcode.CONCAT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=concatReg, reg2=tmpRegMsb, reg3=tmpRegLsb)
-                            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, irType(elementDt), reg1=concatReg, labelSymbol = loopvarSymbol)
+                            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, elementDt, reg1=concatReg, labelSymbol = loopvarSymbol)
                         }
                         result += translateNode(forLoop.statements)
                         result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
@@ -548,7 +570,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
         val step = iterable.step.number.toInt()
         if (step==0)
             throw AssemblyError("step 0")
-        require(forLoop.variable.name == loopvar.scopedName)
+        require(forLoop.variable.name == loopvar.scopedNameString)
         val loopvarSymbol = forLoop.variable.name
         val loopvarDt = when(loopvar) {
             is StMemVar -> loopvar.dt
@@ -634,7 +656,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
 
     private fun translateForInConstantRange(forLoop: PtForLoop, loopvar: StNode): IRCodeChunks {
         val loopLabel = createLabelName()
-        require(forLoop.variable.name == loopvar.scopedName)
+        require(forLoop.variable.name == loopvar.scopedNameString)
         val loopvarSymbol = forLoop.variable.name
         val loopvarDt = when(loopvar) {
             is StMemVar -> loopvar.dt
@@ -771,7 +793,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
         code += if(factor==0.0) {
             IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = fpReg, immediateFp = 0.0)
         } else {
-            IRInstruction(Opcode.MUL, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = fpReg, immediateFp = factor)
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.MULS, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = fpReg, immediateFp = factor)
         }
         return code
     }
@@ -789,38 +811,40 @@ class IRCodeGen(
             val factorReg = registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
             code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1=factorReg, immediateFp = factor)
             code += if(knownAddress!=null)
-                IRInstruction(Opcode.MULM, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = factorReg, address = knownAddress)
+                IRInstruction(Opcode.MULSM, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = factorReg, address = knownAddress)
             else
-                IRInstruction(Opcode.MULM, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = factorReg, labelSymbol = symbol)
+                IRInstruction(Opcode.MULSM, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = factorReg, labelSymbol = symbol)
         }
         return code
     }
 
-    internal fun multiplyByConst(dt: IRDataType, reg: Int, factor: Int): IRCodeChunk {
+    internal fun multiplyByConst(dt: DataType, reg: Int, factor: Int): IRCodeChunk {
+        val irdt = irType(dt)
         val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
         if(factor==1)
             return code
         val pow2 = powersOfTwoInt.indexOf(factor)
         if(pow2==1) {
             // just shift 1 bit
-            code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LSL, dt, reg1=reg)
+            code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LSL, irdt, reg1=reg)
         }
         else if(pow2>=1) {
             // just shift multiple bits
             val pow2reg = registers.next(IRDataType.BYTE)
             code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=pow2reg, immediate = pow2)
-            code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LSLN, dt, reg1=reg, reg2=pow2reg)
+            code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LSLN, irdt, reg1=reg, reg2=pow2reg)
         } else {
             code += if (factor == 0) {
-                IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, dt, reg1=reg, immediate = 0)
+                IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, irdt, reg1=reg, immediate = 0)
             } else {
-                IRInstruction(Opcode.MUL, dt, reg1=reg, immediate = factor)
+                val opcode = if(dt.isSigned) Opcode.MULS else Opcode.MUL
+                IRInstruction(opcode, irdt, reg1=reg, immediate = factor)
             }
         }
         return code
     }
 
-    internal fun multiplyByConstInplace(dt: IRDataType, knownAddress: Int?, symbol: String?, factor: Int): IRCodeChunk {
+    internal fun multiplyByConstInplace(dt: IRDataType, signed: Boolean, knownAddress: Int?, symbol: String?, factor: Int): IRCodeChunk {
         val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
         if(factor==1)
             return code
@@ -850,10 +874,11 @@ class IRCodeGen(
             else {
                 val factorReg = registers.next(dt)
                 code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, dt, reg1=factorReg, immediate = factor)
+                val opcode = if(signed) Opcode.MULSM else Opcode.MULM
                 code += if(knownAddress!=null)
-                    IRInstruction(Opcode.MULM, dt, reg1=factorReg, address = knownAddress)
+                    IRInstruction(opcode, dt, reg1=factorReg, address = knownAddress)
                 else
-                    IRInstruction(Opcode.MULM, dt, reg1=factorReg, labelSymbol = symbol)
+                    IRInstruction(opcode, dt, reg1=factorReg, labelSymbol = symbol)
             }
         }
         return code
@@ -1117,7 +1142,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
             if(identifier!=null && !isIndirectJump(goto))
                 IRInstruction(branchOpcode, labelSymbol = identifier.name)
             else
-                TODO("JUMP to expression address ${goto.target}")
+                TODO("JUMP to expression address ${goto.target}  ${goto.position}")
         }
     }
 
@@ -1653,7 +1678,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                 translateSimple(cond, Opcode.BSTEQ, false)
             }
             is PtTypeCast -> {
-                require(cond.type.isBool && cond.value.type.isNumeric)
+                require(cond.type.isBool && (cond.value.type.isNumeric || cond.value.type.isPointer))
                 translateSimple(cond, Opcode.BSTEQ, false)
             }
             is PtIdentifier, is PtArrayIndexer, is PtContainmentCheck -> {
@@ -1669,6 +1694,9 @@ class IRCodeGen(
             is PtBinaryExpression -> {
                 translateBinExpr(cond)
             }
+            is PtPointerDeref -> {
+                translateSimple(cond, Opcode.BSTEQ, false)
+            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("weird if condition ${ifElse.condition}")
         }
         return result
@@ -1743,9 +1771,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
     private fun isIndirectJump(jump: PtJump): Boolean {
         if(jump.target.asConstInteger()!=null)
             return false
-        val identifier = jump.target as? PtIdentifier
-        if(identifier==null)
-            return true
+        val identifier = jump.target as? PtIdentifier ?: return true
         val symbol = symbolTable.lookup(identifier.name)
         return symbol?.type==StNodeType.MEMVAR || symbol?.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR
     }
@@ -1834,9 +1860,9 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                 is PtNop -> { /* nothing */ }
                 is PtAssignment, is PtAugmentedAssign -> { /* global variable initialization is done elsewhere */ }
                 is PtVariable, is PtConstant, is PtMemMapped -> { /* vars should be looked up via symbol table */ }
-                is PtAlign -> TODO("ir support for inline %align")
+                is PtAlign -> TODO("ir support for inline %align  ${child.position}")
                 is PtSub -> {
-                    val sub = IRSubroutine(child.name, translate(child.parameters), child.returns, child.position)
+                    val sub = IRSubroutine(child.name, translateParameters(child.signature.children), child.signature.returns, child.position)
                     for (subchild in child.children) {
                         translateNode(subchild).forEach { sub += it }
                     }
@@ -1885,21 +1911,22 @@ class IRCodeGen(
                         }
                     }
                 }
-                else -> TODO("weird block child node $child")
+                is PtStructDecl -> { /* do nothing, should be found in the symbol table */ }
+                else -> TODO("weird block child node $child  ${child.position}")
             }
         }
         return irBlock
     }
 
-    private fun translate(parameters: List<PtSubroutineParameter>): List<IRSubroutine.IRParam> {
+    private fun translateParameters(parameters: List<PtNode>): List<IRSubroutine.IRParam> {
         val result = mutableListOf<IRSubroutine.IRParam>()
         parameters.forEach {
+            it as PtSubroutineParameter
             if(it.register==null) {
-                val flattenedName = it.definingISub()!!.name + "." + it.name
-                if (symbolTable.lookup(flattenedName) == null)
-                    TODO("fix missing lookup for: $flattenedName   parameter")
-                val orig = symbolTable.lookup(flattenedName) as StStaticVariable
-                result += IRSubroutine.IRParam(flattenedName, orig.dt)
+                require('.' in it.name) { "even parameter names should have been made fully scoped by now" }
+                val orig = symbolTable.lookup(it.name) as? StStaticVariable
+                    ?: TODO("fix missing lookup for: ${it.name}   parameter")
+                result += IRSubroutine.IRParam(it.name, orig.dt)
             } else {
                 val reg = it.register
                 require(reg in Cx16VirtualRegisters) { "can only use R0-R15 'registers' here" }
@@ -1924,7 +1951,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
 
     internal fun isOne(expression: PtExpression): Boolean = (expression as? PtNumber)?.number==1.0 || (expression as? PtBool)?.value==true
 
-    fun makeSyscall(syscall: IMSyscall, params: List<Pair<IRDataType, Int>>, returns: Pair<IRDataType, Int>?, label: String?=null): IRCodeChunk {
+    internal fun makeSyscall(syscall: IMSyscall, params: List<Pair<IRDataType, Int>>, returns: Pair<IRDataType, Int>?, label: String?=null): IRCodeChunk {
         return IRCodeChunk(label, null).also {
             val args = params.map { (dt, reg)->
                 FunctionCallArgs.ArgumentSpec("", null, FunctionCallArgs.RegSpec(dt, reg, null))
@@ -1935,9 +1962,7 @@ class IRCodeGen(
         }
     }
 
-    fun registerTypes(): Map<Int, IRDataType> = registers.getTypes()
-
-    fun setCpuRegister(registerOrFlag: RegisterOrStatusflag, paramDt: IRDataType, resultReg: Int, resultFpReg: Int): IRCodeChunk {
+    internal fun setCpuRegister(registerOrFlag: RegisterOrStatusflag, paramDt: IRDataType, resultReg: Int, resultFpReg: Int): IRCodeChunk {
         val chunk = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
         when(registerOrFlag.registerOrPair) {
             RegisterOrPair.A -> chunk += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREHA, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=resultReg)
@@ -1951,13 +1976,91 @@ class IRCodeGen(
             in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> {
                 chunk += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, paramDt, reg1=resultReg, labelSymbol = "cx16.${registerOrFlag.registerOrPair.toString().lowercase()}")
             }
+            in combinedLongRegisters -> {
+                require(paramDt==IRDataType.LONG)
+                val startreg = registerOrFlag.registerOrPair!!.startregname()
+                chunk += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, paramDt, reg1=resultReg, labelSymbol = "cx16.${startreg}")
+            }
             null -> when(registerOrFlag.statusflag) {
                 // TODO: do the statusflag argument as last
                 Statusflag.Pc -> chunk += IRInstruction(Opcode.LSR, paramDt, reg1=resultReg)
-                else -> throw AssemblyError("weird statusflag as param")
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("unsupported statusflag as param")
             }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("unsupported register arg")
+            else -> throw AssemblyError("unsupported register arg $registerOrFlag")
         }
         return chunk
     }
+
+    internal fun evaluatePointerAddressIntoReg(result: MutableList<IRCodeChunkBase>, deref: PtPointerDeref): Pair<Int, UByte> {
+        // calculates the pointer address and returns the register it's in + remaining offset into the struct  (so that LOADFIELD/STOREFIELD instructions can be used)
+        val pointerTr = expressionEval.translateExpression(deref.startpointer)
+        result += pointerTr.chunks
+        val (instructions, offset) = expressionEval.traverseRestOfDerefChainToCalculateFinalAddress(deref, pointerTr.resultReg)
+        result += instructions
+        return pointerTr.resultReg to offset
+    }
+
+    internal fun storeValueAtPointersLocation(result: MutableList<IRCodeChunkBase>, addressReg: Int, offset: UByte, type: DataType, valueIsZero: Boolean, existingValueRegister: Int) {
+        if(offset<=0u) {
+            val irdt = irType(type)
+            val instr = if(type.isFloat) {
+                if (valueIsZero) IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZI, IRDataType.FLOAT, reg1 = addressReg)
+                else IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREI, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = existingValueRegister, reg1 = addressReg)
+            } else {
+                if (valueIsZero) IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZI, irdt, reg1 = addressReg)
+                else IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREI, irdt, reg1 = existingValueRegister, reg2 = addressReg)
+            }
+            addInstr(result, instr, null)
+            return
+        }
+
+        // store with field offset
+        var valueRegister = existingValueRegister
+        val irdt = irType(type)
+        if(valueIsZero && valueRegister<0) {
+            if(type.isFloat) {
+                valueRegister = registers.next(IRDataType.FLOAT)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = valueRegister, immediateFp = 0.0), null)
+            } else {
+                valueRegister = registers.next(irdt)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, irdt, reg1 = valueRegister, immediate = 0), null)
+            }
+        }
+        val instr = if (type.isFloat)
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREFIELD, IRDataType.FLOAT, fpReg1 = valueRegister, reg1 = addressReg, immediate = offset.toInt())
+        else
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREFIELD, irdt, reg1 = valueRegister, reg2 = addressReg, immediate = offset.toInt())
+        addInstr(result, instr, null)
+    }
+
+    internal fun loadIndexReg(index: PtExpression, itemsize: Int, wordIndex: Boolean, arrayIsSplitWords: Boolean): Pair<IRCodeChunks, Int> {
+        // returns the code to load the Index into the register, which is also returned.
+
+        require(index !is PtNumber) { "index should not be a constant number here, calling code should handle that in a more efficient way" }
+
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+
+        if(wordIndex) {
+            val tr = expressionEval.translateExpression(index)
+            addToResult(result, tr, tr.resultReg, -1)
+            var indexReg = tr.resultReg
+            if(tr.dt==IRDataType.BYTE) {
+                indexReg = registers.next(IRDataType.WORD)
+                addInstr(result, IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=indexReg, reg2=tr.resultReg), null)
+            }
+            result += multiplyByConst(DataType.UWORD, indexReg, itemsize)
+            return Pair(result, indexReg)
+        }
+
+        // regular byte size index value.
+        val byteIndexTr = expressionEval.translateExpression(index)
+        addToResult(result, byteIndexTr, byteIndexTr.resultReg, -1)
+
+        if(itemsize==1 || arrayIsSplitWords)
+            return Pair(result, byteIndexTr.resultReg)
+
+        result += multiplyByConst(DataType.UBYTE, byteIndexTr.resultReg, itemsize)
+        return Pair(result, byteIndexTr.resultReg)
+    }
+
 }

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/intermediate/IRPeepholeOptimizer.kt

@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class IRPeepholeOptimizer(private val irprog: IRProgram) {
                                 || removeWeirdBranches(chunk1, chunk2, indexedInstructions)
                                 || removeDoubleSecClc(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
                                 || cleanupPushPop(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
+                                || simplifyConstantReturns(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
+                                || removeNeedlessLoads(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
                     } while (changed)
                 }
             }
@@ -159,10 +161,10 @@ class IRPeepholeOptimizer(private val irprog: IRProgram) {
             if(chunk.label!=null)
                 return false
             if(previous is IRCodeChunk && chunk is IRCodeChunk) {
-                // if the previous chunk doesn't end in a jump or a return, flow continues into the next chunk
+                // if the previous chunk doesn't end in a SSA branching instruction, flow continues into the next chunk, so they may be joined
                 val lastInstruction = previous.instructions.lastOrNull()
                 if(lastInstruction!=null)
-                    return lastInstruction.opcode !in OpcodesThatJump
+                    return lastInstruction.opcode !in OpcodesThatEndSSAblock
                 return true
             }
             return false
@@ -298,16 +300,16 @@ class IRPeepholeOptimizer(private val irprog: IRProgram) {
             // remove useless RETURN
             if(idx>0 && (ins.opcode == Opcode.RETURN || ins.opcode==Opcode.RETURNR || ins.opcode==Opcode.RETURNI)) {
                 val previous = chunk.instructions[idx-1]
-                if(previous.opcode in OpcodesThatJump) {
+                if(previous.opcode in OpcodesThatBranchUnconditionally) {
                     chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
                     changed = true
                 }
             }
 
             // replace subsequent opcodes that jump by just the first
-            if(idx>0 && (ins.opcode in OpcodesThatJump)) {
+            if(idx>0 && (ins.opcode in OpcodesThatBranchUnconditionally)) {
                 val previous = chunk.instructions[idx-1]
-                if(previous.opcode in OpcodesThatJump) {
+                if(previous.opcode in OpcodesThatBranchUnconditionally) {
                     chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
                     changed = true
                 }
@@ -352,12 +354,35 @@ class IRPeepholeOptimizer(private val irprog: IRProgram) {
         return changed
     }
 
+    private fun removeNeedlessLoads(chunk: IRCodeChunk, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
+        /*
+load.b r2,#2
+loadr.b r1,r2
+jump p8_label_gen_2
+         */
+        var changed=false
+        indexedInstructions.reversed().forEach { (idx, ins) ->
+            if(idx>=2 && ins.opcode in OpcodesThatBranchUnconditionally) {
+                val previous = indexedInstructions[idx-1].value
+                val previous2 = indexedInstructions[idx-2].value
+                if(previous.opcode==Opcode.LOADR && previous2.opcode in OpcodesThatLoad) {
+                    if(previous.reg2==previous2.reg1) {
+                        chunk.instructions[idx-2] = previous2.copy(reg1=previous.reg1)
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx-1)
+                        changed=true
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
+
     private fun removeUselessArithmetic(chunk: IRCodeChunk, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
         // note: this is hard to solve for the non-immediate instructions atm because the values are loaded into registers first
         var changed = false
         indexedInstructions.reversed().forEach { (idx, ins) ->
             when (ins.opcode) {
-                Opcode.DIV, Opcode.DIVS, Opcode.MUL, Opcode.MOD -> {
+                Opcode.DIV, Opcode.DIVS, Opcode.MUL, Opcode.MULS, Opcode.MOD -> {
                     if (ins.immediate == 1) {
                         chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
                         changed = true
@@ -390,13 +415,19 @@ class IRPeepholeOptimizer(private val irprog: IRProgram) {
                             chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
                             changed = true
                         }
+                        -1 if ins.type == IRDataType.LONG -> {
+                            chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                            changed = true
+                        }
                     }
                 }
                 Opcode.OR -> {
                     if (ins.immediate == 0) {
                         chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
                         changed = true
-                    } else if ((ins.immediate == 255 && ins.type == IRDataType.BYTE) || (ins.immediate == 65535 && ins.type == IRDataType.WORD)) {
+                    } else if ((ins.immediate == 255 && ins.type == IRDataType.BYTE) ||
+                               (ins.immediate == 65535 && ins.type == IRDataType.WORD) ||
+                               (ins.immediate == -1 && ins.type == IRDataType.LONG)) {
                         chunk.instructions[idx] = IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, ins.type, reg1 = ins.reg1, immediate = ins.immediate)
                         changed = true
                     }
@@ -455,4 +486,23 @@ class IRPeepholeOptimizer(private val irprog: IRProgram) {
         }
         return changed
     }
+
+    private fun simplifyConstantReturns(chunk: IRCodeChunk, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
+        //  use a RETURNI when a RETURNR is just returning a constant that was loaded into a register just before
+        var changed = false
+        indexedInstructions.reversed().forEach { (idx, ins) ->
+            if(ins.opcode==Opcode.RETURNR) {
+                if(idx>0) {
+                    val insBefore = chunk.instructions[idx-1]
+                    if(insBefore.opcode == Opcode.LOAD && insBefore.immediate!=null) {
+                        val constvalue = insBefore.immediate!!
+                        chunk.instructions[idx] = IRInstruction(Opcode.RETURNI, ins.type, immediate = constvalue)
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx-1)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
 }

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/intermediate/IRUnusedCodeRemover.kt

@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class IRUnusedCodeRemover(
         // we could clean up the SymbolTable as well, but ONLY if these symbols aren't referenced somewhere still in an instruction or variable initializer value
         val prefix = "$blockLabel."
         val blockVars = irprog.st.allVariables().filter { it.name.startsWith(prefix) }
+
+        // check if there are symbols referenced elsewhere that we should not prune (even though the rest of the block is empty)
+
         blockVars.forEach { stVar ->
             irprog.allSubs().flatMap { it.chunks }.forEach { chunk ->
                 chunk.instructions.forEach { ins ->
@@ -47,7 +50,50 @@ class IRUnusedCodeRemover(
             }
         }
 
+        val blockStructs = irprog.st.allStructDefs().filter { it.name.startsWith(prefix) }
+        blockStructs.forEach { struct ->
+            irprog.st.allStructInstances().forEach { instance ->
+                if(instance.structName == struct.name)
+                    return  // a struct instance is declared using this struct type
+            }
+            irprog.st.allVariables().forEach { variable ->
+                if(variable.dt.isPointer || variable.dt.isStructInstance)
+                    if(struct.name == variable.dt.subType!!.scopedNameString)
+                        return   // a variable exists with the struct as (pointer) type
+            }
+        }
+
         irprog.st.removeTree(blockLabel)
+        removeBlockInits(irprog, blockLabel)
+    }
+
+    private fun removeBlockInits(code: IRProgram, blockLabel: String) {
+        val instructions = code.globalInits.instructions
+        instructions.toTypedArray().forEach {ins ->
+            if(ins.labelSymbol?.startsWith(blockLabel)==true) {
+                instructions.remove(ins)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // remove stray loads
+        instructions.toTypedArray().forEach { ins ->
+            if(ins.opcode in arrayOf(Opcode.LOAD, Opcode.LOADR, Opcode.LOADM)) {
+                if(ins.reg1!=0) {
+                    if(instructions.count { it.reg1==ins.reg1 || it.reg2==ins.reg1 } <2) {
+                        if(ins.labelSymbol!=null)
+                            code.st.removeIfExists(ins.labelSymbol!!)
+                        instructions.remove(ins)
+                    }
+                }
+                else if(ins.fpReg1!=0) {
+                    if (instructions.count { it.fpReg1 == ins.fpReg1 || it.fpReg2 == ins.fpReg1 } < 2) {
+                        if(ins.labelSymbol!=null)
+                            code.st.removeIfExists(ins.labelSymbol!!)
+                        instructions.remove(ins)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     private fun removeUnusedSubroutines(): Int {

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/intermediate/RegisterPool.kt

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ internal class RegisterPool {
     // everything from 99000 onwards is reserved for special purposes:
     // 99000 - 99099 : WORD registers for syscall arguments and response value(s)
     // 99100 - 99199 : BYTE registers for syscall arguments and response value(s)
+    // 99200 - 99299 : LONG registers for syscall arguments and response value(s)
 
     private var nextRegister: Int=1
     private val registerTypes: MutableMap<Int, IRDataType> = mutableMapOf()
@@ -18,6 +19,8 @@ internal class RegisterPool {
             registerTypes[i] = IRDataType.WORD
         for(i in 99100..99199)
             registerTypes[i] = IRDataType.BYTE
+        for(i in 99200..99299)
+            registerTypes[i] = IRDataType.LONG
     }
 
     fun next(type: IRDataType): Int {

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/intermediate/StConvert.kt

@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ fun convertStToIRSt(sourceSt: SymbolTable?): IRSymbolTable {
                 StNodeType.MEMVAR -> st.add(convert(it.value as StMemVar))
                 StNodeType.CONSTANT -> st.add(convert(it.value as StConstant))
                 StNodeType.MEMORYSLAB -> st.add(convert(it.value as StMemorySlab))
+                StNodeType.STRUCTINSTANCE -> {
+                    val instance = it.value as StStructInstance
+                    val struct = sourceSt.lookup(instance.structName) as StStruct
+                    st.add(convert(instance, struct.fields))
+                }
+                StNodeType.STRUCT -> st.add(convert(it.value as StStruct))
                 else -> { }
             }
         }
@@ -37,12 +43,23 @@ fun convertStToIRSt(sourceSt: SymbolTable?): IRSymbolTable {
 }
 
 
-private fun convert(variable: StStaticVariable): IRStStaticVariable {
+private fun convert(struct: StStruct): IRStStructDef =
+    IRStStructDef(struct.scopedNameString, struct.fields, struct.size)
 
-    fun convertArrayElt(elt: StArrayElement): IRStArrayElement = if(elt.boolean!=null)
-        IRStArrayElement(elt.boolean, null, elt.addressOfSymbol)
-    else
-        IRStArrayElement(null, elt.number, elt.addressOfSymbol)
+
+private fun convertArrayElt(elt: StArrayElement): IRStArrayElement {
+    return if (elt.boolean != null)
+        IRStArrayElement(elt.boolean, null, null)
+    else if(elt.number!=null)
+        IRStArrayElement(null, elt.number, null)
+    else {
+        val symbol = elt.addressOfSymbol ?: (StStructInstanceBlockName + "." + (elt.structInstance ?: elt.structInstanceUninitialized))
+        IRStArrayElement(null, null, symbol)
+    }
+}
+
+
+private fun convert(variable: StStaticVariable): IRStStaticVariable {
 
     if('.' in variable.name) {
         return IRStStaticVariable(variable.name,
@@ -52,7 +69,8 @@ private fun convert(variable: StStaticVariable): IRStStaticVariable {
             variable.initializationArrayValue?.map { convertArrayElt(it) },
             variable.length,
             variable.zpwish,
-            variable.align)
+            variable.align,
+            variable.dirty)
     } else {
         fun fixupAddressOfInArray(array: List<StArrayElement>?): List<IRStArrayElement>? {
             if(array==null)
@@ -60,15 +78,16 @@ private fun convert(variable: StStaticVariable): IRStStaticVariable {
             val newArray = mutableListOf<IRStArrayElement>()
             array.forEach {
                 if(it.addressOfSymbol!=null) {
-                    val target = variable.lookup(it.addressOfSymbol!!) ?: throw NoSuchElementException("can't find variable ${it.addressOfSymbol}")
-                    newArray.add(IRStArrayElement(null, null, target.scopedName))
+                    val target = variable.lookup(it.addressOfSymbol!!) ?:
+                        throw NoSuchElementException("can't find variable ${it.addressOfSymbol}")
+                    newArray.add(IRStArrayElement(null, null, target.scopedNameString))
                 } else {
                     newArray.add(convertArrayElt(it))
                 }
             }
             return newArray
         }
-        val scopedName = variable.scopedName
+        val scopedName = variable.scopedNameString
         return IRStStaticVariable(scopedName,
             variable.dt,
             variable.initializationNumericValue,
@@ -76,7 +95,8 @@ private fun convert(variable: StStaticVariable): IRStStaticVariable {
             fixupAddressOfInArray(variable.initializationArrayValue),
             variable.length,
             variable.zpwish,
-            variable.align
+            variable.align,
+            variable.dirty
         )
     }
 }
@@ -92,7 +112,7 @@ private fun convert(variable: StMemVar): IRStMemVar {
         )
     } else {
         val scopedName = try {
-            variable.scopedName
+            variable.scopedNameString
         } catch (_: UninitializedPropertyAccessException) {
             variable.name
         }
@@ -107,7 +127,7 @@ private fun convert(constant: StConstant): IRStConstant {
         constant.name
     } else {
         try {
-            constant.scopedName
+            constant.scopedNameString
         } catch (_: UninitializedPropertyAccessException) {
             constant.name
         }
@@ -116,16 +136,21 @@ private fun convert(constant: StConstant): IRStConstant {
 }
 
 
-private fun convert(variable: StMemorySlab): IRStMemorySlab {
-    return if('.' in variable.name)
-        IRStMemorySlab(variable.name, variable.size, variable.align)
+private fun convert(mem: StMemorySlab): IRStMemorySlab {
+    return if('.' in mem.name)
+        IRStMemorySlab(mem.name, mem.size, mem.align)
     else
-        IRStMemorySlab("prog8_slabs.${variable.name}", variable.size, variable.align)
+        IRStMemorySlab("$StMemorySlabBlockName.${mem.name}", mem.size, mem.align)
 }
 
-/*
 
-
-
-
- */
+private fun convert(instance: StStructInstance, fields: Iterable<Pair<DataType, String>>): IRStStructInstance {
+    val values = fields.zip(instance.initialValues).map { (field, value) ->
+        val elt = convertArrayElt(value)
+        IRStructInitValue(field.first.base, elt)
+    }
+    return if('.' in instance.name)
+        IRStStructInstance(instance.name, instance.structName, values, instance.size)
+    else
+        IRStStructInstance("${StStructInstanceBlockName}.${instance.name}", instance.structName, values, instance.size)
+}

codeGenIntermediate/test/Dummies.kt

@@ -3,17 +3,21 @@ import prog8.code.core.*
 
 internal object DummyMemsizer : IMemSizer {
     override fun memorySize(dt: DataType, numElements: Int?): Int {
-        if(dt.isArray || dt.isSplitWordArray) {
+        if(dt.isPointerArray)
+            return 2 * numElements!!
+        else if(dt.isArray || dt.isSplitWordArray) {
             require(numElements!=null)
             return when(dt.sub) {
                 BaseDataType.BOOL, BaseDataType.BYTE, BaseDataType.UBYTE -> numElements
                 BaseDataType.UWORD, BaseDataType.WORD -> numElements*2
+                BaseDataType.LONG -> numElements*4
                 BaseDataType.FLOAT -> numElements*5
                 else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid sub type")
             }
         }
         return when {
             dt.isByteOrBool -> 1 * (numElements ?: 1)
+            dt.isLong -> 4 * (numElements ?: 1)
             dt.isFloat -> 5 * (numElements ?: 1)
             else -> 2 * (numElements ?: 1)
         }

codeGenIntermediate/test/TestIRPeepholeOpt.kt

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ class TestIRPeepholeOpt: FunSpec({
             noSysInit = true,
             romable = false,
             compTarget = target,
+            compilerVersion="99.99",
             loadAddress = target.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS,
             memtopAddress = 0xffffu
         )
@@ -204,21 +205,27 @@ class TestIRPeepholeOpt: FunSpec({
         val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
             IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, immediate = 0),
             IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=42, immediate = 0),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=42, immediate = 0),
             IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, immediate = 255),
-            IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=42, immediate = 65535)
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=42, immediate = 65535),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.LONG, reg1=42, immediate = -1)
         ))
-        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 4
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 6
         val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
         opt.optimize(true, ErrorReporterForTests())
         val instr = irProg.chunks().single().instructions
-        instr.size shouldBe 4
+        instr.size shouldBe 6
         instr[0].opcode shouldBe Opcode.LOAD
         instr[1].opcode shouldBe Opcode.LOAD
         instr[2].opcode shouldBe Opcode.LOAD
         instr[3].opcode shouldBe Opcode.LOAD
+        instr[4].opcode shouldBe Opcode.LOAD
+        instr[5].opcode shouldBe Opcode.LOAD
         instr[0].immediate shouldBe 0
         instr[1].immediate shouldBe 0
-        instr[2].immediate shouldBe 255
-        instr[3].immediate shouldBe 65535
+        instr[2].immediate shouldBe 0
+        instr[3].immediate shouldBe 255
+        instr[4].immediate shouldBe 65535
+        instr[5].immediate shouldBe -1
     }
 })

codeGenIntermediate/test/TestVmCodeGen.kt

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             noSysInit = false,
             romable = false,
             compTarget = target,
+            compilerVersion="99.99",
             loadAddress = target.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS,
             memtopAddress = 0xffffu
         )
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.UBYTE,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.arrayFor(BaseDataType.UBYTE),
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             3u,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.arrayFor(BaseDataType.UBYTE),
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             3u,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -79,6 +83,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.WORD,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.FLOAT,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -238,6 +244,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.FLOAT,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -305,6 +312,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.FLOAT,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -333,7 +341,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
         val errors = ErrorReporterForTests()
         val result = codegen.generate(program, st, options, errors) as VmAssemblyProgram
         val irChunks = (result.irProgram.blocks.first().children.single() as IRSubroutine).chunks
-        irChunks.size shouldBe 1
+        irChunks.size shouldBe 2
     }
 
     test("integer comparison expressions against zero") {
@@ -360,6 +368,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.BYTE,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -431,6 +440,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.BYTE,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -498,6 +508,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
             DataType.BYTE,
             ZeropageWish.DONTCARE,
             0u,
+            false,
             null,
             null,
             Position.DUMMY
@@ -526,7 +537,7 @@ class TestVmCodeGen: FunSpec({
         val errors = ErrorReporterForTests()
         val result = codegen.generate(program, st, options, errors) as VmAssemblyProgram
         val irChunks = (result.irProgram.blocks.first().children.single() as IRSubroutine).chunks
-        irChunks.size shouldBe 1
+        irChunks.size shouldBe 2
     }
 
     test("extsub allowed in ir-codegen") {

codeOptimizers/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
-
 plugins {
     kotlin("jvm")
 }
@@ -8,7 +6,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":codeCore"))
     implementation(project(":compilerAst"))
     // implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
-    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.0.1")
+    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.1.0")
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
 }
 

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/ConstantFoldingOptimizer.kt

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ class ConstantFoldingOptimizer(private val program: Program, private val errors:
         // @( &thing )  -->  thing  (but only if thing is a byte type!)
         val addrOf = memread.addressExpression as? AddressOf
         if(addrOf!=null) {
-            if(addrOf.identifier.inferType(program).isBytes)
-                return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(memread, addrOf.identifier, parent))
+            if(addrOf.identifier?.inferType(program)?.isBytes==true)
+                return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(memread, addrOf.identifier!!, parent))
         }
         return noModifications
     }
@@ -39,9 +39,12 @@ class ConstantFoldingOptimizer(private val program: Program, private val errors:
             // see if LONG values may be reduced to something smaller
             val smaller = NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(numLiteral.number.toInt(), numLiteral.position)
             if(smaller.type!=BaseDataType.LONG) {
+                if(parent !is Assignment || !parent.target.inferType(program).isLong) {
+                    // do NOT reduce the type if the target of the assignment is a long
                     return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(numLiteral, smaller, parent))
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         if(parent is Assignment) {
             val iDt = parent.target.inferType(program)
@@ -85,6 +88,8 @@ class ConstantFoldingOptimizer(private val program: Program, private val errors:
      *        (X + c1) - c2  ->  X + (c1-c2)
      */
     override fun after(expr: BinaryExpression, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
+        if(expr.operator==".")
+            return noModifications
         val modifications = mutableListOf<IAstModification>()
         val leftconst = expr.left.constValue(program)
         val rightconst = expr.right.constValue(program)
@@ -332,7 +337,8 @@ class ConstantFoldingOptimizer(private val program: Program, private val errors:
 
             val constIndex = arrayIndexedExpression.indexer.constIndex()
             if (constIndex != null) {
-                val arrayVar = arrayIndexedExpression.arrayvar.targetVarDecl()
+                if(arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!=null) {
+                    val arrayVar = arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!!.targetVarDecl()
                     if(arrayVar!=null) {
                         val array =arrayVar.value as? ArrayLiteral
                         if(array!=null) {
@@ -342,6 +348,9 @@ class ConstantFoldingOptimizer(private val program: Program, private val errors:
                             }
                         }
                     }
+                } else if(arrayIndexedExpression.pointerderef!=null) {
+                    TODO("constant fold pointer[i]  ${arrayIndexedExpression.position}")
+                }
             }
         }
         return noModifications
@@ -390,9 +399,8 @@ class ConstantFoldingOptimizer(private val program: Program, private val errors:
         val loopvar = forLoop.loopVar.targetVarDecl() ?: return noModifications
 
         val stepLiteral = iterableRange.step as? NumericLiteral
-        require(loopvar.datatype.sub == null)
-        val loopvarSimpleDt = loopvar.datatype.base
-        when(loopvarSimpleDt) {
+        require(loopvar.datatype.isBasic)
+        when(val loopvarSimpleDt = loopvar.datatype.base) {
             BaseDataType.UBYTE -> {
                 if(rangeFrom.type != BaseDataType.UBYTE) {
                     // attempt to translate the iterable into ubyte values
@@ -435,7 +443,7 @@ class ConstantFoldingOptimizer(private val program: Program, private val errors:
         val numval = decl.value as? NumericLiteral
         if(decl.type== VarDeclType.CONST && numval!=null) {
             val valueDt = numval.inferType(program)
-            if(valueDt issimpletype BaseDataType.LONG) {
+            if(valueDt issimpletype BaseDataType.LONG || decl.datatype.isLong) {
                 return noModifications  // this is handled in the numericalvalue case
             }
             if(!(valueDt istype decl.datatype)) {

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/ConstantIdentifierReplacer.kt

@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ class VarConstantValueTypeAdjuster(
     override fun after(decl: VarDecl, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
 
         if(decl.parent is AnonymousScope)
-            throw FatalAstException("vardecl may no longer occur in anonymousscope")
+            throw FatalAstException("vardecl may no longer occur in anonymousscope ${decl.position}")
 
-        try {
         val declConstValue = decl.value?.constValue(program)
         if(declConstValue!=null && (decl.type== VarDeclType.VAR || decl.type==VarDeclType.CONST)
             && declConstValue.type != decl.datatype.base) {
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@ class VarConstantValueTypeAdjuster(
                 errors.err("refused truncating of float to avoid loss of precision", decl.value!!.position)
             }
         }
-        } catch (x: UndefinedSymbolError) {
-            errors.err(x.message, x.position)
-        }
 
         // replace variables by constants, if possible
         if(options.optimize) {
@@ -173,7 +169,12 @@ class VarConstantValueTypeAdjuster(
                 val replaceFunc = if(t1.isBytes) {
                     if(t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.BYTE) "clamp__byte" else "clamp__ubyte"
                 } else if(t1.isInteger) {
-                    if(t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.WORD) "clamp__word" else "clamp__uword"
+                    when {
+                        t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.WORD -> "clamp__word"
+                        t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.UWORD -> "clamp__uword"
+                        t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.LONG -> "clamp__long"
+                        else -> throw FatalAstException("clamp type")
+                    }
                 } else {
                     errors.err("clamp builtin not supported for floats, use floats.clamp", functionCallExpr.position)
                     return noModifications
@@ -195,10 +196,12 @@ class VarConstantValueTypeAdjuster(
                     else
                         "${funcName}__ubyte"
                 } else if(t1.isInteger && t2.isInteger) {
-                    replaceFunc = if(t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.WORD || t2 issimpletype BaseDataType.WORD)
-                        "${funcName}__word"
-                    else
-                        "${funcName}__uword"
+                    replaceFunc = when {
+                        t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.LONG || t2 issimpletype BaseDataType.LONG -> "${funcName}__long"
+                        t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.WORD || t2 issimpletype BaseDataType.WORD -> "${funcName}__word"
+                        t1 issimpletype BaseDataType.UWORD || t2 issimpletype BaseDataType.UWORD -> "${funcName}__uword"
+                        else -> throw FatalAstException("min/max type")
+                    }
                 } else if(t1.isNumeric && t2.isNumeric) {
                     errors.err("min/max not supported for floats", functionCallExpr.position)
                     return noModifications
@@ -218,6 +221,7 @@ class VarConstantValueTypeAdjuster(
                 val replaceFunc = when {
                     dt.isSignedByte -> "abs__byte"
                     dt.isSignedWord -> "abs__word"
+                    dt.isLong -> "abs__long"
                     dt.isFloat -> "abs__float"
                     dt.isUnsignedByte || dt.isUnsignedWord -> {
                         return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(functionCallExpr, functionCallExpr.args[0], parent))
@@ -250,6 +254,15 @@ class VarConstantValueTypeAdjuster(
                     functionCallExpr))
             }
         }
+        else if(func==listOf("lsb") || func==listOf("msb")) {
+            val t1 = functionCallExpr.args[0].inferType(program)
+            if(t1.isLong) {
+                val replaceFunc = func[0]+"__long"
+                return listOf(IAstModification.SetExpression({functionCallExpr.target = it as IdentifierReference},
+                    IdentifierReference(listOf(replaceFunc), functionCallExpr.target.position),
+                    functionCallExpr))
+            }
+        }
         return noModifications
     }
 
@@ -313,7 +326,6 @@ internal class ConstantIdentifierReplacer(
         if(!dt.isKnown || !dt.isNumeric && !dt.isBool)
             return noModifications
 
-        try {
         val cval = identifier.constValue(program) ?: return noModifications
         val arrayIdx = identifier.parent as? ArrayIndexedExpression
         if(arrayIdx!=null && cval.type.isNumeric) {
@@ -323,7 +335,7 @@ internal class ConstantIdentifierReplacer(
             val add = BinaryExpression(NumericLiteral(cval.type, cval.number, identifier.position), "+", arrayIdx.indexer.indexExpr, identifier.position)
             return if(arrayIdx.parent is AssignTarget) {
                 val memwrite = DirectMemoryWrite(add, identifier.position)
-                    val assignTarget = AssignTarget(null, null, memwrite, null, false, identifier.position)
+                val assignTarget = AssignTarget(null, null, memwrite, null, false, position = identifier.position)
                 listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(arrayIdx.parent, assignTarget, arrayIdx.parent.parent))
             } else {
                 val memread = DirectMemoryRead(add, identifier.position)
@@ -345,10 +357,6 @@ internal class ConstantIdentifierReplacer(
             cval.type.isPassByRef -> throw InternalCompilerException("pass-by-reference type should not be considered a constant")
             else -> return noModifications
         }
-        } catch (x: UndefinedSymbolError) {
-            errors.err(x.message, x.position)
-            return noModifications
-        }
     }
 
     override fun after(decl: VarDecl, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/ExpressionSimplifier.kt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import prog8.ast.walk.AstWalker
 import prog8.ast.walk.IAstModification
 import prog8.code.core.*
 import kotlin.math.abs
+import kotlin.math.floor
 import kotlin.math.log2
 
 
@@ -18,8 +19,8 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
 
         // try to statically convert a literal value into one of the desired type
         val literal = typecast.expression as? NumericLiteral
-        if (literal != null) {
-            val newLiteral = literal.cast(typecast.type, typecast.implicit)
+        if (literal != null && typecast.type.isBasic) {
+            val newLiteral = literal.cast(typecast.type.base, typecast.implicit)
             if (newLiteral.isValid && newLiteral.valueOrZero() !== literal) {
                 mods += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(typecast, newLiteral.valueOrZero(), parent)
             }
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 mods += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(typecast.expression, subTypecast.expression, typecast)
             }
         } else {
-            if (typecast.expression.inferType(program) issimpletype typecast.type) {
+            if (typecast.expression.inferType(program) istype typecast.type) {
                 // remove duplicate cast
                 mods += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(typecast, typecast.expression, parent)
             }
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
             if(truepart.statements.singleOrNull() is Jump) {
                 return listOf(
                     IAstModification.InsertAfter(ifElse, elsepart, parent as IStatementContainer),
-                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(elsepart, AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), elsepart.position), ifElse)
+                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(elsepart, AnonymousScope.empty(), ifElse)
                 )
             }
             if(elsepart.statements.singleOrNull() is Jump) {
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 return listOf(
                     IAstModification.ReplaceNode(ifElse.condition, invertedCondition, ifElse),
                     IAstModification.InsertAfter(ifElse, truepart, parent as IStatementContainer),
-                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(elsepart, AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), elsepart.position), ifElse),
+                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(elsepart, AnonymousScope.empty(), ifElse),
                     IAstModification.ReplaceNode(truepart, elsepart, ifElse)
                 )
             }
@@ -90,6 +91,8 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
     }
 
     override fun after(expr: BinaryExpression, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
+        if(expr.operator==".")
+            return noModifications
         val newExpr = applyAbsorptionLaws(expr)
         if(newExpr!=null)
             return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr, newExpr, parent))
@@ -242,18 +245,24 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 }
             }
             if (rightVal?.number == 1.0) {
-                if (rightDt != leftDt) {
-                    val right = NumericLiteral(leftDt.base, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
+                if (rightDt != leftDt && !(leftDt.isPointer && rightDt.isUnsignedWord)) {
+                    val dt = if(leftDt.isPointer) BaseDataType.UWORD else leftDt.base
+                    if(!dt.isLong) {
+                        val right = NumericLiteral(dt, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
                         return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.right, right, expr))
                     }
                 }
+            }
             else if (rightVal?.number == 0.0) {
-                if (rightDt != leftDt) {
-                    val right = NumericLiteral(leftDt.base, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
+                if (rightDt != leftDt && !(leftDt.isPointer && rightDt.isUnsignedWord)) {
+                    val dt = if(leftDt.isPointer) BaseDataType.UWORD else leftDt.base
+                    if(!dt.isLong) {
+                        val right = NumericLiteral(dt, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
                         return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.right, right, expr))
                     }
                 }
             }
+        }
         if (expr.operator=="!=") {
             if(rightDt.isBool && leftDt.isBool) {
                 val rightConstBool = rightVal?.asBooleanValue
@@ -262,18 +271,24 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 }
             }
             if (rightVal?.number == 1.0) {
-                if(rightDt!=leftDt) {
-                    val right = NumericLiteral(leftDt.base, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
+                if(rightDt!=leftDt && !(leftDt.isPointer && rightDt.isUnsignedWord)) {
+                    val dt = if(leftDt.isPointer) BaseDataType.UWORD else leftDt.base
+                    if(!dt.isLong) {
+                        val right = NumericLiteral(dt, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
                         return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.right, right, expr))
                     }
                 }
+            }
             else if (rightVal?.number == 0.0) {
-                if(rightDt!=leftDt) {
-                    val right = NumericLiteral(leftDt.base, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
+                if(rightDt!=leftDt && !(leftDt.isPointer && rightDt.isUnsignedWord)) {
+                    val dt = if(leftDt.isPointer) BaseDataType.UWORD else leftDt.base
+                    if(!dt.isLong) {
+                        val right = NumericLiteral(dt, rightVal.number, rightVal.position)
                         return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(expr.right, right, expr))
                     }
                 }
             }
+        }
 
         if(expr.operator in arrayOf("and", "or", "xor")) {
             if(leftVal!=null) {
@@ -420,6 +435,104 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
             }
         }
 
+//        fun isPowerOfTwo(number: Double): Boolean {
+//            val intValue = number.toInt()
+//            return intValue > 0 && (intValue and (intValue - 1)) == 0
+//        }
+
+        fun isFactorOf256(number: Double): Boolean {
+            val intValue = number.toInt()
+            return intValue >= 256 && (intValue and 0xFF) == 0
+        }
+
+        if (leftDt.isUnsignedWord && rightVal!=null) {
+            if (expr.operator == ">" && rightVal.number == 255.0 || expr.operator == ">=" && rightVal.number == 256.0) {
+                // uword > 255  -->  msb(value)!=0
+                // uword >= 256 -->  msb(value)!=0
+                expr.operator = "!="
+                expr.left = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.left.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.left.position)
+                expr.right = NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, 0.0, expr.right.position)
+                expr.linkParents(parent)
+            }
+            else if(expr.operator==">=" && isFactorOf256(rightVal.number)) {
+                // uword >= $xx00 --> msb(value)>=xx
+                val msbFraction = floor(rightVal.number / 256.0)
+                expr.operator = ">="
+                expr.left = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.left.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.left.position)
+                expr.right = NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, msbFraction, expr.right.position)
+                expr.linkParents(parent)
+            }
+            else if(expr.operator==">" && isFactorOf256(rightVal.number+1)) {
+                // uword > $xxFF --> msb(value)>xx
+                val msbFraction = floor((rightVal.number) / 256.0)
+                expr.operator = ">"
+                expr.left = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.left.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.left.position)
+                expr.right = NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, msbFraction, expr.right.position)
+                expr.linkParents(parent)
+            }
+            else if(expr.operator == "<" && rightVal.number == 256.0 || expr.operator == "<=" && rightVal.number == 255.0) {
+                // uword < 256  -->  msb(value)==0
+                // uword <= 255 -->  msb(value)==0
+                expr.operator = "=="
+                expr.left = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.left.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.left.position)
+                expr.right = NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, 0.0, expr.right.position)
+                expr.linkParents(parent)
+            }
+            else if(expr.operator == "<" && isFactorOf256(rightVal.number)) {
+                // uword < $xx00 --> msb(value)<xx
+                val msbFraction = floor(rightVal.number / 256.0)
+                expr.operator = "<"
+                expr.left = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.left.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.left.position)
+                expr.right = NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, msbFraction, expr.right.position)
+                expr.linkParents(parent)
+            }
+            else if(expr.operator=="<=" && isFactorOf256(rightVal.number+1)) {
+                // uword <= $xxFF --> msb(value)<=xx
+                val msbFraction = floor((rightVal.number) / 256.0)
+                expr.operator = "<="
+                expr.left = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.left.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.left.position)
+                expr.right = NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, msbFraction, expr.right.position)
+                expr.linkParents(parent)
+            }
+
+        }
+
+        return noModifications
+    }
+
+    override fun after(arrayIndexedExpression: ArrayIndexedExpression, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
+        if(arrayIndexedExpression.indexer.constIndex()==0) {
+            if(arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!=null) {
+                val binexprParent = arrayIndexedExpression.parent as? BinaryExpression
+                if(binexprParent?.operator!=".") {
+                    val dt = arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!!.inferType(program).getOrUndef()
+                    if(dt.isPointer) {
+                        // pointer[0]  -->   pointer^^
+                        val deref = PtrDereference(arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!!.nameInSource, true, arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!!.position)
+                        return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(arrayIndexedExpression,deref, parent))
+                    }
+                } else if(arrayIndexedExpression.pointerderef==null) {
+                    // possibly     pointer[0].field   -->  pointer.field
+                    val target = arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!!.targetVarDecl()
+                    if(target?.datatype?.isPointer==true) {
+                        val field = (binexprParent.right as? IdentifierReference)?.nameInSource
+                        if(field!=null) {
+                            val deref = PtrDereference(arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!!.nameInSource + field, false, arrayIndexedExpression.plainarrayvar!!.position)
+                            return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(arrayIndexedExpression.parent, deref, arrayIndexedExpression.parent.parent))
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            val ptrDeref = arrayIndexedExpression.pointerderef
+            if(ptrDeref!=null) {
+                val dt = ptrDeref.inferType(program).getOrUndef()
+                if(dt.isPointer) {
+                    // ptr1.ptr2[0] --> ptr1.ptr2^^
+                    val deref = PtrDereference(ptrDeref.chain, true, ptrDeref.position)
+                    return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(arrayIndexedExpression, deref, parent))
+                }
+            }
+        }
         return noModifications
     }
 
@@ -499,7 +612,7 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 }
                 else if (valueDt issimpletype BaseDataType.BYTE) {
                     // useless lsb() of byte value, but as lsb() returns unsigned, we have to cast now.
-                    val cast = TypecastExpression(arg.expression, BaseDataType.UBYTE, true, arg.position)
+                    val cast = TypecastExpression(arg.expression, DataType.UBYTE, true, arg.position)
                     return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(functionCallExpr, cast, parent))
                 }
             } else {
@@ -516,7 +629,7 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 }
                 else if (argDt issimpletype BaseDataType.BYTE) {
                     // useless lsb() of byte value, but as lsb() returns unsigned, we have to cast now.
-                    val cast = TypecastExpression(arg, BaseDataType.UBYTE, true, arg.position)
+                    val cast = TypecastExpression(arg, DataType.UBYTE, true, arg.position)
                     return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(functionCallExpr, cast, parent))
                 }
             }
@@ -555,7 +668,7 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
         if(functionCallExpr.target.nameInSource == listOf("mkword")) {
             if(functionCallExpr.args[0].constValue(program)?.number==0.0) {
                 // just cast the lsb to uword
-                val cast = TypecastExpression(functionCallExpr.args[1], BaseDataType.UWORD, true, functionCallExpr.position)
+                val cast = TypecastExpression(functionCallExpr.args[1], DataType.UWORD, true, functionCallExpr.position)
                 return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(functionCallExpr, cast, parent))
             }
         }
@@ -711,9 +824,9 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                             // just use:  msb(value) as type
                             val msb = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.position)
                             return if(leftDt.isSignedWord)
-                                TypecastExpression(msb, BaseDataType.BYTE, true, expr.position)
+                                TypecastExpression(msb, DataType.BYTE, true, expr.position)
                             else
-                                TypecastExpression(msb, BaseDataType.UWORD, true, expr.position)
+                                TypecastExpression(msb, DataType.UWORD, true, expr.position)
                         }
                         else -> return null
                     }
@@ -839,14 +952,14 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                     // shift left by 8 bits is just a byte operation: mkword(lsb(X), 0)
                     val lsb = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("lsb"), expr.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.position)
                     val mkword =  FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("mkword"), expr.position), mutableListOf(lsb, NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, 0.0, expr.position)), expr.position)
-                    return TypecastExpression(mkword, BaseDataType.WORD, true, expr.position)
+                    return TypecastExpression(mkword, DataType.WORD, true, expr.position)
                 }
                 else if (amount > 8) {
                     // same as above but with residual shifts.
                     val lsb = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("lsb"), expr.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.position)
                     val shifted = BinaryExpression(lsb, "<<", NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(amount - 8, expr.position), expr.position)
                     val mkword = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("mkword"), expr.position), mutableListOf(shifted, NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(0, expr.position)), expr.position)
-                    return TypecastExpression(mkword, BaseDataType.WORD, true, expr.position)
+                    return TypecastExpression(mkword, DataType.WORD, true, expr.position)
                 }
             }
             else -> {
@@ -887,12 +1000,12 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 else if(amount==8) {
                     // shift right by 8 bits is just a byte operation: msb(X) as uword
                     val msb = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.position)
-                    return TypecastExpression(msb, BaseDataType.UWORD, true, expr.position)
+                    return TypecastExpression(msb, DataType.UWORD, true, expr.position)
                 }
                 else if (amount > 8) {
                     // same as above but with residual shifts.
                     val msb = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.position)
-                    return TypecastExpression(BinaryExpression(msb, ">>", NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(amount - 8, expr.position), expr.position), BaseDataType.UWORD, true, expr.position)
+                    return TypecastExpression(BinaryExpression(msb, ">>", NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(amount - 8, expr.position), expr.position), DataType.UWORD, true, expr.position)
                 }
             }
             BaseDataType.WORD -> {
@@ -903,12 +1016,12 @@ class ExpressionSimplifier(private val program: Program, private val errors: IEr
                 else if(amount == 8) {
                     // shift right by 8 bits is just a byte operation: msb(X) as byte  (will get converted to word later)
                     val msb = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.position)
-                    return TypecastExpression(msb, BaseDataType.BYTE, true, expr.position)
+                    return TypecastExpression(msb, DataType.BYTE, true, expr.position)
                 }
                 else if(amount > 8) {
                     // same as above but with residual shifts. Take care to do signed shift.
                     val msb = FunctionCallExpression(IdentifierReference(listOf("msb"), expr.position), mutableListOf(expr.left), expr.position)
-                    val signed = TypecastExpression(msb, BaseDataType.BYTE, true, expr.position)
+                    val signed = TypecastExpression(msb, DataType.BYTE, true, expr.position)
                     return BinaryExpression(signed, ">>", NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(amount - 8, expr.position), expr.position)
                 }
             }

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/Inliner.kt

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class Inliner(private val program: Program, private val options: CompilationOpti
         }
 
         private fun makeFullyScoped(identifier: IdentifierReference) {
-            identifier.targetStatement(program)?.let { target ->
+            identifier.targetStatement()?.let { target ->
                 val scoped = (target as INamedStatement).scopedName
                 val scopedIdent = IdentifierReference(scoped, identifier.position)
                 modifications += IAstModification.ReplaceNode(identifier, scopedIdent, identifier.parent)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class Inliner(private val program: Program, private val options: CompilationOpti
                 when (it) {
                     is NumericLiteral -> it.copy()
                     is IdentifierReference -> {
-                        val target = it.targetStatement(program) ?: return emptyList()
+                        val target = it.targetStatement() ?: return emptyList()
                         val scoped = (target as INamedStatement).scopedName
                         IdentifierReference(scoped, it.position)
                     }
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ class Inliner(private val program: Program, private val options: CompilationOpti
     }
 
     override fun after(functionCallStatement: FunctionCallStatement, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification>  {
-        val sub = functionCallStatement.target.targetStatement(program) as? Subroutine
+        val sub = functionCallStatement.target.targetStatement(program.builtinFunctions) as? Subroutine
         return if(sub==null || !canInline(sub, functionCallStatement))
             noModifications
         else
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ class Inliner(private val program: Program, private val options: CompilationOpti
     }
 
     override fun before(functionCallExpr: FunctionCallExpression, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
-        val sub = functionCallExpr.target.targetStatement(program) as? Subroutine
+        val sub = functionCallExpr.target.targetStatement(program.builtinFunctions) as? Subroutine
         if(sub!=null && sub.inline && sub.parameters.isEmpty() && canInline(sub, functionCallExpr)) {
             require(sub.statements.size == 1 || (sub.statements.size == 2 && isEmptyReturn(sub.statements[1]))) {
                 "invalid inline sub at ${sub.position}"
@@ -243,13 +243,13 @@ class Inliner(private val program: Program, private val options: CompilationOpti
     }
 
     private fun canInline(sub: Subroutine, fcall: IFunctionCall): Boolean {
-        if(!sub.inline)
+        if (!sub.inline)
             return false
-        if(options.compTarget.name!=VMTarget.NAME) {
+        if (options.compTarget.name != VMTarget.NAME) {
             val stmt = sub.statements.single()
             if (stmt is IFunctionCall) {
                 val existing = (fcall as Node).definingScope.lookup(stmt.target.nameInSource.take(1))
-                return existing !is VarDecl
+                return existing !is VarDecl && existing !is StructFieldRef
             }
         }
         return true

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/StatementOptimizer.kt

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
             val functionName = functionCallStatement.target.nameInSource[0]
             if (functionName in functions.purefunctionNames) {
                 if("ignore_unused" !in parent.definingBlock.options())
-                    errors.info("statement has no effect (function return value is discarded)", functionCallStatement.position)
+                    errors.warn("statement has no effect (function return value is discarded)", functionCallStatement.position)
                 return listOf(IAstModification.Remove(functionCallStatement, parent as IStatementContainer))
             }
         }
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
         if(functionCallStatement.target.nameInSource==listOf("txt", "print")) {
             val arg = functionCallStatement.args.single()
             val stringVar: IdentifierReference? = if(arg is AddressOf) {
-                if(arg.arrayIndex==null) arg.identifier else null
+                if(arg.arrayIndex==null) {
+                    if(arg.identifier!=null)
+                        arg.identifier
+                    else
+                        null // struct can't have string fields so nothing to look at here
+                } else {
+                    null
+                }
             } else {
                 arg as? IdentifierReference
             }
@@ -82,12 +89,11 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
         // empty true part? switch with the else part
         if(ifElse.truepart.isEmpty() && ifElse.elsepart.isNotEmpty()) {
             val invertedCondition = invertCondition(ifElse.condition, program)
-            val emptyscope = AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), ifElse.elsepart.position)
             val truepart = AnonymousScope(ifElse.elsepart.statements, ifElse.truepart.position)
             return listOf(
                     IAstModification.ReplaceNode(ifElse.condition, invertedCondition, ifElse),
                     IAstModification.ReplaceNode(ifElse.truepart, truepart, ifElse),
-                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(ifElse.elsepart, emptyscope, ifElse)
+                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(ifElse.elsepart, AnonymousScope.empty(), ifElse)
             )
         }
 
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
             if(ifElse.truepart.statements.singleOrNull() is Return) {
                 val elsePart = AnonymousScope(ifElse.elsepart.statements, ifElse.elsepart.position)
                 return listOf(
-                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(ifElse.elsepart, AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), ifElse.elsepart.position), ifElse),
+                    IAstModification.ReplaceNode(ifElse.elsepart, AnonymousScope.empty(), ifElse),
                     IAstModification.InsertAfter(ifElse, elsePart, parent as IStatementContainer)
                 )
             }
@@ -146,8 +152,8 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
             if (range.size() == 1) {
                 // for loop over a (constant) range of just a single value-- optimize the loop away
                 // loopvar/reg = range value , follow by block
-                val scope = AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), forLoop.position)
-                scope.statements.add(Assignment(AssignTarget(forLoop.loopVar, null, null, null, false, forLoop.position), range.from, AssignmentOrigin.OPTIMIZER, forLoop.position))
+                val scope = AnonymousScope.empty(forLoop.position)
+                scope.statements.add(Assignment(AssignTarget(forLoop.loopVar, null, null, null, false, position=forLoop.position), range.from, AssignmentOrigin.OPTIMIZER, forLoop.position))
                 scope.statements.addAll(forLoop.body.statements)
                 return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(forLoop, scope, parent))
             }
@@ -161,8 +167,8 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
                     // loop over string of length 1 -> just assign the single character
                     val character = options.compTarget.encodeString(sv.value, sv.encoding)[0]
                     val byte = NumericLiteral(BaseDataType.UBYTE, character.toDouble(), iterable.position)
-                    val scope = AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), forLoop.position)
-                    scope.statements.add(Assignment(AssignTarget(forLoop.loopVar, null, null, null, false, forLoop.position), byte, AssignmentOrigin.OPTIMIZER, forLoop.position))
+                    val scope = AnonymousScope.empty(forLoop.position)
+                    scope.statements.add(Assignment(AssignTarget(forLoop.loopVar, null, null, null, false, position=forLoop.position), byte, AssignmentOrigin.OPTIMIZER, forLoop.position))
                     scope.statements.addAll(forLoop.body.statements)
                     return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(forLoop, scope, parent))
                 }
@@ -173,9 +179,9 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
                     // loop over array of length 1 -> just assign the single value
                     val av = (iterable.value as ArrayLiteral).value[0].constValue(program)?.number
                     if(av!=null) {
-                        val scope = AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), forLoop.position)
+                        val scope = AnonymousScope.empty(forLoop.position)
                         scope.statements.add(Assignment(
-                                AssignTarget(forLoop.loopVar, null, null, null, false, forLoop.position), NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(av.toInt(), iterable.position),
+                                AssignTarget(forLoop.loopVar, null, null, null, false, position = forLoop.position), NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(av.toInt(), iterable.position),
                                 AssignmentOrigin.OPTIMIZER, forLoop.position))
                         scope.statements.addAll(forLoop.body.statements)
                         return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(forLoop, scope, parent))
@@ -342,6 +348,39 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
                 }
 
             }
+
+            // pointer arithmetic for 6502 target
+            if (options.compTarget.cpu != CpuType.VIRTUAL) {
+                if(bexpr.operator=="+" && !bexpr.right.isSimple && !assignment.isAugmentable) {
+                    if(targetIDt.isUnsignedWord || targetIDt.getOrUndef().isPointerToByte) {
+                        val leftDt = bexpr.left.inferType(program).getOrUndef()
+                        val rightDt = bexpr.right.inferType(program).getOrUndef()
+
+                        fun setSizedValue(a: Assignment, value: Expression, size: Int) {
+                            val sized = BinaryExpression(value, "*", NumericLiteral.optimalInteger(size, value.position), value.position)
+                            a.value = sized
+                            sized.linkParents(a)
+                        }
+
+                        if (leftDt.isPointer && !leftDt.isPointerToByte) {
+                            // uword x = pointer + value    -->  x=value * sizeof ,  x += pointer
+                            val size = leftDt.size(options.compTarget)
+                            setSizedValue(assignment, bexpr.right, size)
+                            val pointerAdd = BinaryExpression(assignment.target.toExpression(), bexpr.operator, bexpr.left, bexpr.position)
+                            val a2 = Assignment(assignment.target.copy(), pointerAdd, assignment.origin, assignment.position)
+                            return listOf(IAstModification.InsertAfter(assignment, a2, parent as IStatementContainer))
+                        } else if (rightDt.isPointer && !rightDt.isPointerToByte) {
+                            // uword x = value + pointer  -->  x=value * sizeof,  x += pointer
+                            val size = rightDt.size(options.compTarget)
+                            setSizedValue(assignment, bexpr.left, size)
+                            assignment.linkParents(parent)
+                            val pointerAdd = BinaryExpression(assignment.target.toExpression(), bexpr.operator, bexpr.right, bexpr.position)
+                            val a2 = Assignment(assignment.target.copy(), pointerAdd, assignment.origin, assignment.position)
+                            return listOf(IAstModification.InsertAfter(assignment, a2, parent as IStatementContainer))
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
 
         // word = lsb(word)
@@ -466,7 +505,7 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
         return IfElse(
             compare,
             AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(assign), position),
-            AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(), position),
+            AnonymousScope.empty(),
             position
         )
     }
@@ -501,6 +540,27 @@ class StatementOptimizer(private val program: Program,
             }
         }
 
+        if(whenStmt.betterAsOnGoto(program, options)) {
+            // rewrite when into a on..goto , which is faster and also smaller for ~5+ cases
+            var elseJump: Jump? = null
+            val jumps = mutableListOf<Pair<Int, Jump>>()
+            whenStmt.choices.forEach { choice ->
+                if(choice.values==null) {
+                    elseJump = choice.statements.statements.single() as Jump
+                } else {
+                    choice.values!!.forEach { value ->
+                        jumps.add(value.constValue(program)!!.number.toInt() to choice.statements.statements.single() as Jump)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            val jumpLabels = jumps.sortedBy { it.first }.map { it.second.target as IdentifierReference }
+
+            val elsePart = if(elseJump==null) null else AnonymousScope(mutableListOf(elseJump), elseJump.position)
+            val onGoto = OnGoto(false, whenStmt.condition, jumpLabels, elsePart, whenStmt.position)
+            return listOf(IAstModification.ReplaceNode(whenStmt, onGoto, parent))
+        }
+
         return noModifications
     }
 

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/UnusedCodeRemover.kt

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import prog8.ast.expressions.TypecastExpression
 import prog8.ast.statements.*
 import prog8.ast.walk.AstWalker
 import prog8.ast.walk.IAstModification
-import prog8.code.INTERNED_STRINGS_MODULENAME
+import prog8.code.PROG8_CONTAINER_MODULES
 import prog8.code.core.ICompilationTarget
 import prog8.code.core.IErrorReporter
 import prog8.compiler.CallGraph
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ class UnusedCodeRemover(private val program: Program,
     override fun after(block: Block, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
         if("force_output" !in block.options()) {
             if (block.containsNoCodeNorVars) {
-                if (block.name != INTERNED_STRINGS_MODULENAME && "ignore_unused" !in block.options()) {
+                if (block.name !in PROG8_CONTAINER_MODULES && "ignore_unused" !in block.options()) {
                     if (!block.statements.any { it is Subroutine && it.hasBeenInlined })
                         errors.info("removing unused block '${block.name}'", block.position)
                 }
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ class UnusedCodeRemover(private val program: Program,
                                         val declIndex = (parent as IStatementContainer).statements.indexOf(decl)
                                         val singleUseIndex = (parent as IStatementContainer).statements.indexOf(singleUse.parent)
                                         if(declIndex==singleUseIndex-1) {
+                                            val callStruct = (assignment.value as IFunctionCall).target.targetStructDecl()
+                                            if(callStruct!=null) {
+                                                // don't turn a struct instance allocation call to a void call, instead, remove everything
+                                                return listOf(IAstModification.Remove(assignment, assignment.parent as IStatementContainer))
+                                            } else {
                                                 if("ignore_unused" !in decl.definingBlock.options())
                                                     errors.info("replaced unused variable '${decl.name}' with void call, maybe this can be removed altogether", decl.position)
                                                 val fcall = assignment.value as IFunctionCall
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@ class UnusedCodeRemover(private val program: Program,
                                                 )
                                             }
                                         }
+                                    }
                                 } else {
                                     errors.info("variable '${decl.name}' is unused but has non-trivial initialization assignment. Leaving this in but maybe it can be removed altogether", decl.position)
                                 }

compiler/build.gradle.kts

@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
-
 plugins {
     id("application")
     kotlin("jvm")
     // id("com.github.johnrengelman.shadow") version "8.1.1"
-    id("io.github.goooler.shadow") version "8.1.8"
+    // id("io.github.goooler.shadow") version "8.1.8"
+    id("com.gradleup.shadow") version "9.2.2"
     id("com.peterabeles.gversion") version "1.10.3"
 }
 
@@ -18,18 +17,15 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":codeGenExperimental"))
     implementation(project(":virtualmachine"))
     // implementation(project(":beanshell"))
-    implementation("org.antlr:antlr4-runtime:4.13.2")
     // implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8")
     // implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect")
     implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli:0.3.6")
-    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.0.1")
+    implementation("com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:2.1.0")
 
     testImplementation(project(":codeCore"))
     testImplementation(project(":intermediate"))
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5-jvm:5.9.1")
     testImplementation("io.kotest:kotest-framework-datatest:5.9.1")
-    testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.9.1")
-    testRuntimeOnly("org.junit.platform:junit-platform-launcher")
 }
 
 configurations.all {
@@ -83,6 +79,8 @@ gversion {
     classPackage = "prog8.buildversion"
     className = "Version"
     language = "kotlin"
+    debug = false
+    annotate = true
 }
 
 tasks.build {

compiler/compiler.iml

@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="jetbrains.kotlinx.cli.jvm" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.assertions.core.jvm" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.runner.junit5.jvm" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.framework.datatest" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeCore" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="simpleAst" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerAst" />
@@ -25,6 +23,6 @@
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeGenIntermediate" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="virtualmachine" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intermediate" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="antlr.antlr4" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="io.kotest.framework.datatest" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>

compiler/res/prog8lib/bcd.p8

@@ -0,0 +1,144 @@
+bcd {
+    ; Decimal addition an subtraction routines.
+    ; For CPUs that support BCD mode (binary coded decimal) (not all 6502 variants support this mode...)
+    ; This is useful for example for counting decimal score in a game, to avoid costly conversion to a decimal display string. Just print the hex representation.
+
+    sub addb(byte a, byte b) -> byte {
+        setbcd()
+        a += b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub addub(ubyte a, ubyte b) -> ubyte {
+        setbcd()
+        a += b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub addw(word a, word b) -> word {
+        setbcd()
+        a += b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub adduw(uword a, uword b) -> uword {
+        setbcd()
+        a += b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub addl(long a, long b) -> long {
+        setbcd()
+        a += b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub addtol(^^long a, long b) {
+        ; -- inplace long BCD addition (avoids copying long values by value)
+        setbcd()
+        ;; NOT YET IMPLEMENTED IN PROG8: a^^ += b, so inline asm
+        %asm {{
+            lda  p8v_a
+            ldy  p8v_a+1
+            sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
+            sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
+            ldy  #0
+            clc
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            adc  p8v_b
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            iny
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            adc  p8v_b+1
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            iny
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            adc  p8v_b+2
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            iny
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            adc  p8v_b+3
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+        }}
+        clearbcd()
+    }
+
+    sub subb(byte a, byte b) -> byte {
+        setbcd()
+        a -= b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub subub(ubyte a, ubyte b) -> ubyte {
+        setbcd()
+        a -= b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub subuw(uword a, uword b) -> uword {
+        setbcd()
+        a -= b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub subl(long a, long b) -> long {
+        setbcd()
+        a -= b
+        clearbcd()
+        return a
+    }
+
+    sub subfroml(^^long a, long b) {
+        ; -- inplace long BCD subtraction (avoids copying long values by value)
+        setbcd()
+        ;; NOT YET IMPLEMENTED IN PROG8: a^^ -= b, so inline asm
+        %asm {{
+            lda  p8v_a
+            ldy  p8v_a+1
+            sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
+            sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
+            ldy  #0
+            sec
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            sbc  p8v_b
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            iny
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            sbc  p8v_b+1
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            iny
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            sbc  p8v_b+2
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            iny
+            lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+            sbc  p8v_b+3
+            sta  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y
+        }}
+        clearbcd()
+    }
+
+
+    inline asmsub setbcd() {
+        ; be safe and 6502 compatible and prohibit interrupts during BCD mode
+        %asm {{
+            php
+            sei
+            sed
+        }}
+    }
+
+    inline asmsub clearbcd() {
+        %asm {{
+            plp
+        }}
+    }
+}

compiler/res/prog8lib/c128/syslib.p8

@@ -133,6 +133,29 @@ asmsub RDTIM16() clobbers(X) -> uword @AY {
     }}
 }
 
+asmsub SETTIML(long jiffies @R0R1_32) {
+    ; -- just like SETTIM, but with a single 32 bit (lower 24 bits used) argument.
+    %asm {{
+        lda  cx16.r0
+        ldx  cx16.r0+1
+        ldy  cx16.r0+2
+        jmp  SETTIM
+    }}
+}
+
+asmsub RDTIML() clobbers(X) -> long @R0R1_32 {
+    ; --  like RDTIM() and returning the timer value as a 32 bit (lower 24 bits used) value.
+    %asm {{
+        jsr  RDTIM
+        sta  cx16.r0
+        stx  cx16.r0+1
+        sty  cx16.r0+2
+        lda  #0
+        sta  cx16.r0+3
+        rts
+    }}
+}
+
 sub CLEARST() {
     ; -- Set the ST status variable back to 0. (there's no direct kernal call for this)
     ;    Note: a drive error state (blinking led) isn't cleared! You can use diskio.status() to clear that.
@@ -317,10 +340,25 @@ c128 {
     &ubyte  VM4     = $0A2F         ; starting page for VDC attribute mem
 
 
-; TODO c128 a bunch of kernal routines are missing here that are specific to the c128
-
-extsub $FF6E = JSRFAR()
-extsub $FF68 = SETBNK(ubyte databank @A, ubyte filenamebank @X)
+extsub $FF47 = SPIN_SPOUT() clobbers(A)                         ; set up serial bus for fast communications mode
+extsub $FF4A = CLOSE_ALL(ubyte device @X)  clobbers(X)          ; close all channels to specific device
+extsub $FF4D = C64_MODE()                                       ; restart machine in C64 mode (does not return)
+extsub $FF50 = DMA_CALL(ubyte bank @X, ubyte command @Y) clobbers(A,X) ; send a command to a DMA device
+extsub $FF53 = BOOT_CALL(ubyte device @X, ubyte drive @A) clobbers(A,X,Y) ; try to autoboot the given disk
+extsub $FF56 = PHOENIX() clobbers(A,X,Y)                        ; search for and autostart ROMs, cartridges, then default disk
+extsub $FF59 = LKUPLA(ubyte lfn @A) -> bool @Pc, ubyte @X       ; look up logical file number to see if it's open; returns device
+extsub $FF5C = LKUPSA(ubyte sa @Y) -> bool @Pc, ubyte @A, ubyte @X ; look up secondary address to see if it's in use; returns lfn and device
+extsub $FF5F = SWAPPER() clobbers(A,X,Y)                        ; swap active screen (between 40- and 80-column)
+extsub $FF62 = DLCHR() clobbers(A,X,Y)                          ; copy character ROM into VDC video RAM
+extsub $FF65 = PFKEY(ubyte zpaddr @A, ubyte key @X, ubyte length @Y) ; redefine programmable function key (string descriptor in zp, addr in A)
+extsub $FF68 = SETBNK(ubyte data_bank @A, ubyte filename_bank @X) ; set memory bank for load/save
+extsub $FF6B = GETCFG(ubyte bank @X) -> ubyte @A                ; translate bank number to MMU configuration register value
+extsub $FF6E = JSRFAR() clobbers(A,X)                           ; call routine in another bank (parameters set in zero page addresses 2-8)
+extsub $FF71 = JMPFAR() clobbers(A,X)                           ; jump without return to another bank (parameters set as for JSRFAR)
+extsub $FF74 = INDFET(ubyte zpaddr @A, ubyte bank @X, ubyte offset @Y) clobbers(X) -> ubyte @A ; fetch byte from another bank (address in zp, ptr in A)
+extsub $FF77 = INDSTA(ubyte value @A, ubyte bank @X, ubyte offset @Y) clobbers(X) ; store byte to another bank (address in zp, ptr in $02b9)
+extsub $FF7A = INDCMP(ubyte value @A, ubyte bank @X, ubyte offset @Y) clobbers(X) -> bool @Pz, bool @Pc, bool @Pv; compare byte in another bank (address in zp, ptr in $02c8)
+extsub $FF7D = PRIMM()                                          ; print immediate string
 
 
 ; ---- C128 specific system utility routines: ----
@@ -419,12 +457,14 @@ sys {
 
     const ubyte target = 128         ;  compilation target specifier.  255=virtual, 128=C128, 64=C64, 32=PET, 16=CommanderX16, 8=atari800XL, 7=Neo6502
 
-    const ubyte SIZEOF_BOOL  = 1
-    const ubyte SIZEOF_BYTE  = 1
-    const ubyte SIZEOF_UBYTE = 1
-    const ubyte SIZEOF_WORD  = 2
-    const ubyte SIZEOF_UWORD = 2
-    const ubyte SIZEOF_FLOAT = 5
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_BOOL  = sizeof(bool)
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_BYTE  = sizeof(byte)
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_UBYTE = sizeof(ubyte)
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_WORD  = sizeof(word)
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_UWORD = sizeof(uword)
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_LONG  = sizeof(long)
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_POINTER = sizeof(&sys.wait)
+    const ubyte SIZEOF_FLOAT = sizeof(float)
     const byte  MIN_BYTE     = -128
     const byte  MAX_BYTE     = 127
     const ubyte MIN_UBYTE    = 0
@@ -489,6 +529,7 @@ save_SCRATCH_ZPWORD2	.word  ?
 
 asmsub  set_irq(uword handler @AY) clobbers(A)  {
 	%asm {{
+	    php
 		sei
         sta  _vector
         sty  _vector+1
@@ -496,7 +537,7 @@ asmsub  set_irq(uword handler @AY) clobbers(A)  {
 		sta  cbm.CINV
 		lda  #>_irq_handler
 		sta  cbm.CINV+1
-		cli
+		plp
 		rts
 _irq_handler
         jsr  sys.save_prog8_internals
@@ -528,6 +569,7 @@ _vector	.word ?
 
 asmsub  restore_irq() clobbers(A) {
 	%asm {{
+	    php
 		sei
 		lda  #<cbm.IRQDFRT
 		sta  cbm.CINV
@@ -537,24 +579,34 @@ asmsub  restore_irq() clobbers(A) {
 		sta  c64.IREQMASK	; enable raster irq
 		lda  #%10000001
 		sta  c64.CIA1ICR	; restore CIA1 irq
-		cli
+		plp
 		rts
 	}}
 }
 
 asmsub  set_rasterirq(uword handler @AY, uword rasterpos @R0) clobbers(A) {
 	%asm {{
+	    php
         sei
-        sta  _vector
-        sty  _vector+1
+        sta  user_vector
+        sty  user_vector+1
+
+        lda  #%01111111
+        sta  c64.CIA1ICR    ; "switch off" interrupts signals from cia-1
+        sta  c64.CIA2ICR    ; "switch off" interrupts signals from cia-2
+        lda  c64.CIA1ICR    ; ack previous irq
+        lda  c64.CIA2ICR    ; ack previous irq
         lda  cx16.r0
         ldy  cx16.r0+1
-        jsr  _setup_raster_irq
+        jsr  sys.set_rasterline
+        lda  #%00000001
+        sta  c64.IREQMASK   ; enable raster interrupt signals from vic
+
         lda  #<_raster_irq_handler
         sta  cbm.CINV
         lda  #>_raster_irq_handler
         sta  cbm.CINV+1
-        cli
+        plp
         rts
 
 _raster_irq_handler
@@ -576,34 +628,46 @@ _raster_irq_handler
 		pla
 		rti
 _run_custom
-		jmp  (_vector)
+		jmp  (user_vector)
 		.section BSS
-_vector	.word ?
+user_vector	.word ?
 		.send BSS
 
-
-_setup_raster_irq
-		pha
-		lda  #%01111111
-		sta  c64.CIA1ICR    ; "switch off" interrupts signals from cia-1
-		sta  c64.CIA2ICR    ; "switch off" interrupts signals from cia-2
-		and  c64.SCROLY
-		sta  c64.SCROLY     ; clear most significant bit of raster position
-		lda  c64.CIA1ICR    ; ack previous irq
-		lda  c64.CIA2ICR    ; ack previous irq
-		pla
-		sta  c64.RASTER     ; set the raster line number where interrupt should occur
-		cpy  #0
-		beq  +
-		lda  c64.SCROLY
-		ora  #%10000000
-		sta  c64.SCROLY     ; set most significant bit of raster position
-+		lda  #%00000001
-		sta  c64.IREQMASK   ; enable raster interrupt signals from vic
-		rts
+        ; !notreached!
 	}}
 }
 
+    asmsub update_rasterirq(uword handler @AY, uword rasterpos @R0) clobbers(A) {
+        ; -- just update the IRQ handler and raster line position for the raster IRQ
+        ;    this is much more efficient than calling set_rasterirq() again every time.
+        ;    (but you have to call that one initially at least once to setup the prog8 handler itself)
+        %asm {{
+            php
+            sei
+            sta  sys.set_rasterirq.user_vector
+            sty  sys.set_rasterirq.user_vector+1
+            lda  cx16.r0L
+            ldy  cx16.r0H
+            jsr  sys.set_rasterline
+            plp
+            rts
+        }}
+    }
+
+    asmsub  set_rasterline(uword line @AY) {
+        ; -- only set a new raster line for the raster IRQ
+        %asm {{
+            sta  c64.RASTER     ; set the raster line number where interrupt should occur
+            lda  c64.SCROLY
+            and  #%01111111
+            cpy  #0
+            beq  +
+            ora  #%10000000
+    +       sta  c64.SCROLY     ; clear most significant bit of raster position
+            rts
+        }}
+    }
+
     asmsub  reset_system()  {
         ; Soft-reset the system back to initial power-on Basic prompt.
         %asm {{
@@ -663,7 +727,27 @@ _loop       lda  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
         }}
     }
 
-    asmsub internal_stringcopy(uword source @R0, uword target @AY) clobbers (A,Y) {
+    asmsub waitrasterline(uword line @AY) {
+        ; -- CPU busy wait until the given raster line is reached
+        %asm {{
+            cpy  #0
+            bne  _larger
+-           cmp  c64.RASTER
+            bne  -
+            bit  c64.SCROLY
+            bmi  -
+            rts
+_larger
+            cmp  c64.RASTER
+            bne  _larger
+            bit  c64.SCROLY
+            bpl  _larger
+            rts
+        }}
+    }
+
+
+    asmsub internal_stringcopy(str source @R0, str target @AY) clobbers (A,Y) {
         ; Called when the compiler wants to assign a string value to another string.
         %asm {{
 		sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
@@ -946,6 +1030,18 @@ _no_msb_size
         }}
     }
 
+    asmsub get_as_returnaddress(uword address @XY) -> uword @AX {
+        %asm {{
+            ; return the address like JSR would push onto the stack:  address-1,  MSB first then LSB
+            cpx  #0
+            bne  +
+            dey
++           dex
+            tya
+            rts
+        }}
+    }
+
     inline asmsub pop() -> ubyte @A {
         %asm {{
             pla
@@ -960,6 +1056,48 @@ _no_msb_size
         }}
     }
 
+    inline asmsub pushl(long value @R0R1_32) {
+        %asm {{
+            lda  cx16.r0
+            pha
+            lda  cx16.r0+1
+            pha
+            lda  cx16.r0+2
+            pha
+            lda  cx16.r0+3
+            pha
+        }}
+    }
+
+    inline asmsub popl() -> long @R0R1_32 {
+        %asm {{
+            pla
+            sta  cx16.r0+3
+            pla
+            sta  cx16.r0+2
+            pla
+            sta  cx16.r0+1
+            pla
+            sta  cx16.r0
+        }}
+    }
+
+    sub cpu_is_65816() -> bool {
+        ; Returns true when you have a 65816 cpu, false when it's a 6502.
+        ; The SuperCPU expansion for the C64/C128 contains a 65816.
+        %asm {{
+			php
+			clv
+			.byte $e2, $ea  ; SEP #$ea, should be interpreted as 2 NOPs by 6502. 65c816 will set the Overflow flag.
+			bvc +
+			lda #1
+			plp
+			rts
++			lda #0
+			plp
+			rts
+        }}
+    }
 }
 
 cx16 {
@@ -984,6 +1122,7 @@ cx16 {
     &uword r14 = $1bfc
     &uword r15 = $1bfe
 
+    ; signed word versions
     &word r0s  = $1be0
     &word r1s  = $1be2
     &word r2s  = $1be4
@@ -1001,6 +1140,7 @@ cx16 {
     &word r14s = $1bfc
     &word r15s = $1bfe
 
+    ; ubyte versions (low and high bytes)
     &ubyte r0L  = $1be0
     &ubyte r1L  = $1be2
     &ubyte r2L  = $1be4
@@ -1035,6 +1175,7 @@ cx16 {
     &ubyte r14H = $1bfd
     &ubyte r15H = $1bff
 
+    ; signed byte versions (low and high bytes)
     &byte r0sL  = $1be0
     &byte r1sL  = $1be2
     &byte r2sL  = $1be4
@@ -1069,6 +1210,42 @@ cx16 {
     &byte r14sH = $1bfd
     &byte r15sH = $1bff
 
+    ; boolean versions (low and high bytes)
+    &bool r0bL  = $1be0
+    &bool r1bL  = $1be2
+    &bool r2bL  = $1be4
+    &bool r3bL  = $1be6
+    &bool r4bL  = $1be8
+    &bool r5bL  = $1bea
+    &bool r6bL  = $1bec
+    &bool r7bL  = $1bee
+    &bool r8bL  = $1bf0
+    &bool r9bL  = $1bf2
+    &bool r10bL = $1bf4
+    &bool r11bL = $1bf6
+    &bool r12bL = $1bf8
+    &bool r13bL = $1bfa
+    &bool r14bL = $1bfc
+    &bool r15bL = $1bfe
+
+    &bool r0bH  = $1be1
+    &bool r1bH  = $1be3
+    &bool r2bH  = $1be5
+    &bool r3bH  = $1be7
+    &bool r4bH  = $1be9
+    &bool r5bH  = $1beb
+    &bool r6bH  = $1bed
+    &bool r7bH  = $1bef
+    &bool r8bH  = $1bf1
+    &bool r9bH  = $1bf3
+    &bool r10bH = $1bf5
+    &bool r11bH = $1bf7
+    &bool r12bH = $1bf9
+    &bool r13bH = $1bfb
+    &bool r14bH = $1bfd
+    &bool r15bH = $1bff
+
+
     asmsub save_virtual_registers() clobbers(A,Y) {
         %asm {{
             ldy  #31
@@ -1097,12 +1274,6 @@ cx16 {
             rts
         }}
     }
-
-    sub cpu_is_65816() -> bool {
-        ; Returns true when you have a 65816 cpu, false when it's a 6502.
-        return false
-    }
-
 }
 
 p8_sys_startup {
@@ -1131,6 +1302,11 @@ asmsub  init_system()  {
         lda  #0
         sta  c64.BGCOL0
         jsr  disable_runstop_and_charsetswitch
+        ; basic is not banked in, adjust MEMTOP
+        ldx  #<$c000
+        ldy  #>$c000
+        clc
+        jsr  cbm.MEMTOP
         cli
         rts
     }}
@@ -1152,6 +1328,10 @@ asmsub  cleanup_at_exit() {
         sta  $ff00          ; default bank 15
         jsr  cbm.CLRCHN		; reset i/o channels
         jsr  enable_runstop_and_charsetswitch
+        ldx  #<$ff00
+        ldy  #>$ff00
+        clc
+        jsr  cbm.MEMTOP     ; adjust MEMTOP to original value again
         lda  _exitcarry
         lsr  a
         lda  _exitcode

compiler/res/prog8lib/c128/textio.p8

@@ -16,26 +16,6 @@ const ubyte DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 25
 extsub $FFD2 = chrout(ubyte character @ A)    ; for consistency. You can also use cbm.CHROUT directly ofcourse. Note: takes a PETSCII encoded character.
 
 
-sub  clear_screen() {
-    chrout(147)
-}
-
-sub  cls() {
-    chrout(147)
-}
-
-sub home() {
-    chrout(19)
-}
-
-sub nl() {
-    chrout('\n')
-}
-
-sub spc() {
-    chrout(' ')
-}
-
 sub bell() {
     chrout(7)
 }