version 8.8

because these are now prefixed internally before generating assembly.

.idea/compiler.xml

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     <bytecodeTargetLevel target="11" />
   </component>
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+</project>

.idea/libraries/antlr_antlr4.xml

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   <library name="antlr.antlr4" type="repository">
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+    <properties maven-id="org.antlr:antlr4:4.10.1">
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-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/antlr/ST4/4.3/ST4-4.3.jar!/" />
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+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/antlr/antlr-runtime/3.5.3/antlr-runtime-3.5.3.jar!/" />
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   <library name="io.kotest.property.jvm" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="io.kotest:kotest-property-jvm:4.6.3" />
+    <properties maven-id="io.kotest:kotest-property-jvm:5.3.2" />
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+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-common/1.6.0/kotlin-stdlib-common-1.6.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/platform/junit-platform-engine/1.7.2/junit-platform-engine-1.7.2.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/apiguardian/apiguardian-api/1.1.0/apiguardian-api-1.1.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/platform/junit-platform-commons/1.6.2/junit-platform-commons-1.6.2.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/platform/junit-platform-suite-api/1.6.2/junit-platform-suite-api-1.6.2.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/platform/junit-platform-launcher/1.6.2/junit-platform-launcher-1.6.2.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/jupiter/junit-jupiter-api/5.6.2/junit-jupiter-api-5.6.2.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.5.0/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.5.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.5.0/kotlin-stdlib-1.5.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/platform/junit-platform-commons/1.7.2/junit-platform-commons-1.7.2.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/platform/junit-platform-suite-api/1.7.2/junit-platform-suite-api-1.7.2.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/platform/junit-platform-launcher/1.7.2/junit-platform-launcher-1.7.2.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/junit/jupiter/junit-jupiter-api/5.7.2/junit-jupiter-api-5.7.2.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.6.21/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.6.21.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.6.21/kotlin-stdlib-1.6.21.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-jdk7/1.5.0/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.5.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-script-runtime/1.5.0/kotlin-script-runtime-1.5.0.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-reflect/1.5.0/kotlin-reflect-1.5.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/1.6.21/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.6.21.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-reflect/1.6.21/kotlin-reflect-1.6.21.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />

.idea/libraries/jetbrains_kotlinx_cli_jvm.xml

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="jetbrains.kotlinx.cli.jvm" type="repository">
-    <properties include-transitive-deps="false" maven-id="org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli-jvm:0.3.3" />
+    <properties include-transitive-deps="false" maven-id="org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-cli-jvm:0.3.4" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/kotlinx-cli-jvm/0.3.3/kotlinx-cli-jvm-0.3.3.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlinx/kotlinx-cli-jvm/0.3.4/kotlinx-cli-jvm-0.3.4.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />

.idea/libraries/michael_bull_kotlin_result_jvm.xml

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.12" />
+    <properties maven-id="com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.16" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/1.1.12/kotlin-result-jvm-1.1.12.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.5.10/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.5.10.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.5.10/kotlin-stdlib-1.5.10.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/michael-bull/kotlin-result/kotlin-result-jvm/1.1.16/kotlin-result-jvm-1.1.16.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-common/1.6.20/kotlin-stdlib-common-1.6.20.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8/1.6.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk8-1.6.20.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib/1.6.20/kotlin-stdlib-1.6.20.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-jdk7/1.5.10/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.5.10.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-common/1.5.10/kotlin-stdlib-common-1.5.10.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7/1.6.20/kotlin-stdlib-jdk7-1.6.20.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />

.idea/libraries/slf4j_simple.xml

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="slf4j.simple" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.30" />
+    <properties maven-id="org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.36" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-simple/1.7.30/slf4j-simple-1.7.30.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/1.7.30/slf4j-api-1.7.30.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-simple/1.7.36/slf4j-simple-1.7.36.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/1.7.36/slf4j-api-1.7.36.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />

.idea/libraries/takes.xml

@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 <component name="libraryTable">
   <library name="takes" type="repository">
-    <properties maven-id="org.takes:takes:1.19" />
+    <properties maven-id="org.takes:takes:1.20" />
     <CLASSES>
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/takes/takes/1.19/takes-1.19.jar!/" />
-      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/cactoos/cactoos/0.42/cactoos-0.42.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/takes/takes/1.20/takes-1.20.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/cactoos/cactoos/0.50/cactoos-0.50.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/javax/xml/bind/jaxb-api/2.3.0/jaxb-api-2.3.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/slf4j/slf4j-api/1.7.25/slf4j-api-1.7.25.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/apache/commons/commons-text/1.4/commons-text-1.4.jar!/" />
       <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/org/apache/commons/commons-lang3/3.7/commons-lang3-3.7.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-core/2.3.0/jaxb-core-2.3.0.jar!/" />
+      <root url="jar://$MAVEN_REPOSITORY$/com/sun/xml/bind/jaxb-impl/2.3.0/jaxb-impl-2.3.0.jar!/" />
     </CLASSES>
     <JAVADOC />
     <SOURCES />

.idea/misc.xml

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
   <component name="FrameworkDetectionExcludesConfiguration">
     <type id="Python" />
   </component>
-  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_11" project-jdk-name="11" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
+  <component name="ProjectRootManager" version="2" languageLevel="JDK_11" default="true" project-jdk-name="11" project-jdk-type="JavaSDK">
     <output url="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/out" />
   </component>
 </project>

.idea/modules.xml

@@ -2,18 +2,21 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="ProjectModuleManager">
     <modules>
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeCore/codeCore.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeCore/codeCore.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenCpu6502/codeGenCpu6502.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenCpu6502/codeGenCpu6502.iml" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenExperimental6502/codeGenExperimental6502.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenExperimental6502/codeGenExperimental6502.iml" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenTargets/codeGenTargets.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenTargets/codeGenTargets.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenExperimental/codeGenExperimental.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenExperimental/codeGenExperimental.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenIntermediate/codeGenIntermediate.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenIntermediate/codeGenIntermediate.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenVirtual/codeGenVirtual.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeGenVirtual/codeGenVirtual.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/codeOptimizers/codeOptimizers.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/codeOptimizers/codeOptimizers.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/compiler.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compiler/compiler.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compilerAst/compilerAst.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compilerAst/compilerAst.iml" />
-      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/compilerInterfaces/compilerInterfaces.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/compilerInterfaces/compilerInterfaces.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/dbusCompilerService/dbusCompilerService.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/dbusCompilerService/dbusCompilerService.iml" />
       <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://$PROJECT_DIR$/httpCompilerService/httpCompilerService.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/httpCompilerService/httpCompilerService.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/intermediate/intermediate.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/intermediate/intermediate.iml" />
       <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/parser/parser.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/parser/parser.iml" />
+      <module fileurl="file://$PROJECT_DIR$/virtualmachine/virtualmachine.iml" filepath="$PROJECT_DIR$/virtualmachine/virtualmachine.iml" />
     </modules>
   </component>
 </project>

.idea/vcs.xml

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
   <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
     <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$" vcs="Git" />
   </component>
-</project>
+</project>

LICENSE

@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
-This sofware license is for Prog8 the compiler + associated libraries.
-The software generated by running the compiler is excluded from this.
+This sofware license is for Prog8 the compiler + associated library files.
+
+Exception: All output files generated by the compiler (intermediary files
+and compiled binary programs) are excluded from this; you can do with those
+whatever you want.
 
 
 

README.md

@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ https://prog8.readthedocs.io/
 
 Software license
 ----------------
-GNU GPL 3.0, see file LICENSE
+GNU GPL 3.0 (see file LICENSE), with exception for generated code:
 
-- prog8 (the compiler + libraries) is licensed under GNU GPL 3.0
-- *exception:* the resulting files created by running the compiler are free to use in whatever way desired.
+- The compiler and its libraries are free to use according to the terms of the GNU GPL 3.0
+- *exception:* the resulting files (intermediate source codes and resulting binary program) created by the compiler
+  are excluded from the GPL and are free to use in whatever way desired, commercially or not.
 
 
 What does Prog8 provide?
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ It's handy to have an emulator (or a real machine perhaps!) to run the programs
 of the [Vice emulator](http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/)  for the C64 target,
 and the [x16emu emulator](https://github.com/commanderx16/x16-emulator) for the CommanderX16 target.
 
+**Syntax highlighting:** for a few different editors, syntax highlighting definition files are provided.
+Look in the [syntax-files](https://github.com/irmen/prog8/tree/master/syntax-files) directory in the github repository to find them.
+
 
 Example code
 ------------

codeCore/build.gradle

@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ compileTestKotlin {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(':compilerAst')
+    // should have no dependencies to other modules
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
-    implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.12"
-    // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
+    implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.16"
 }
 
 sourceSets {

codeCore/codeCore.iml

@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerInterfaces" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerAst" />
   </component>
 </module>

codeCore/src/prog8/code/Either.kt

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-package prog8
+package prog8.code
 
 /**
  * By convention, the right side of an `Either` is used to hold successful values.
- *
  */
 sealed class Either<out L, out R> {
 

codeCore/src/prog8/code/SymbolTable.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+package prog8.code
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+
+
+/**
+ * Tree structure containing all symbol definitions in the program
+ * (blocks, subroutines, variables (all types), memoryslabs, and labels).
+ */
+class SymbolTable : StNode("", StNodeType.GLOBAL, Position.DUMMY) {
+    /**
+     * The table as a flat mapping of scoped names to the StNode.
+     * This gives the fastest lookup possible (no need to traverse tree nodes)
+     */
+    val flat: Map<List<String>, StNode> by lazy {
+        val result = mutableMapOf<List<String>, StNode>()
+        fun flatten(node: StNode) {
+            result[node.scopedName] = node
+            node.children.values.forEach { flatten(it) }
+        }
+        children.values.forEach { flatten(it) }
+        result
+    }
+
+    val allVariables: Collection<StStaticVariable> by lazy {
+        val vars = mutableListOf<StStaticVariable>()
+        fun collect(node: StNode) {
+            for(child in node.children) {
+                if(child.value.type== StNodeType.STATICVAR)
+                    vars.add(child.value as StStaticVariable)
+                else
+                    collect(child.value)
+            }
+        }
+        collect(this)
+        vars
+    }
+
+    val allMemMappedVariables: Collection<StMemVar> by lazy {
+        val vars = mutableListOf<StMemVar>()
+        fun collect(node: StNode) {
+            for(child in node.children) {
+                if(child.value.type== StNodeType.MEMVAR)
+                    vars.add(child.value as StMemVar)
+                else
+                    collect(child.value)
+            }
+        }
+        collect(this)
+        vars
+    }
+
+    val allMemorySlabs: Collection<StMemorySlab> by lazy {
+        children.mapNotNull { if (it.value.type == StNodeType.MEMORYSLAB) it.value as StMemorySlab else null }
+    }
+
+    override fun lookup(scopedName: List<String>) = flat[scopedName]
+}
+
+
+enum class StNodeType {
+    GLOBAL,
+    // MODULE,     // not used with current scoping rules
+    BLOCK,
+    SUBROUTINE,
+    ROMSUB,
+    LABEL,
+    STATICVAR,
+    MEMVAR,
+    CONSTANT,
+    BUILTINFUNC,
+    MEMORYSLAB
+}
+
+
+open class StNode(val name: String,
+                  val type: StNodeType,
+                  val position: Position,
+                  val children: MutableMap<String, StNode> = mutableMapOf()
+) {
+
+    lateinit var parent: StNode
+
+    val scopedName: List<String> by lazy {
+        if(type== StNodeType.GLOBAL)
+            emptyList()
+        else
+            parent.scopedName + name
+    }
+
+    fun lookup(name: String) =
+        lookupUnqualified(name)
+    open fun lookup(scopedName: List<String>) =
+        if(scopedName.size>1) lookupQualified(scopedName) else lookupUnqualified(scopedName[0])
+    fun lookupOrElse(name: String, default: () -> StNode) =
+        lookupUnqualified(name) ?: default()
+    fun lookupOrElse(scopedName: List<String>, default: () -> StNode) =
+        lookup(scopedName) ?: default()
+
+    private fun lookupQualified(scopedName: List<String>): StNode? {
+        // a scoped name refers to a name in another namespace, and always stars from the root.
+        var node = this
+        while(node.type!= StNodeType.GLOBAL)
+            node = node.parent
+
+        for(name in scopedName) {
+            if(name in node.children)
+                node = node.children.getValue(name)
+            else
+                return null
+        }
+        return node
+    }
+
+    private fun lookupUnqualified(name: String): StNode? {
+        // first consider the builtin functions
+        var globalscope = this
+        while(globalscope.type!= StNodeType.GLOBAL)
+            globalscope = globalscope.parent
+        val globalNode = globalscope.children[name]
+        if(globalNode!=null && globalNode.type== StNodeType.BUILTINFUNC)
+            return globalNode
+
+        // search for the unqualified name in the current scope or its parent scopes
+        var scope=this
+        while(true) {
+            val node = scope.children[name]
+            if(node!=null)
+                return node
+            if(scope.type== StNodeType.GLOBAL)
+                return null
+            else
+                scope = scope.parent
+        }
+    }
+
+    fun add(child: StNode) {
+        children[child.name] = child
+        child.parent = this
+    }
+}
+
+class StStaticVariable(name: String,
+                       val dt: DataType,
+                       val bss: Boolean,
+                       val onetimeInitializationNumericValue: Double?,      // regular (every-run-time) initialization is done via regular assignments
+                       val onetimeInitializationStringValue: StString?,
+                       val onetimeInitializationArrayValue: StArray?,
+                       val length: Int?,             // for arrays: the number of elements, for strings: number of characters *including* the terminating 0-byte
+                       val zpwish: ZeropageWish,
+                       position: Position) : StNode(name, StNodeType.STATICVAR, position) {
+
+    init {
+        if(bss) {
+            require(onetimeInitializationNumericValue==null)
+            require(onetimeInitializationStringValue==null)
+            require(onetimeInitializationArrayValue.isNullOrEmpty())
+        } else {
+            require(onetimeInitializationNumericValue!=null ||
+                    onetimeInitializationStringValue!=null ||
+                    onetimeInitializationArrayValue!=null)
+        }
+        if(length!=null) {
+            require(onetimeInitializationNumericValue == null)
+            if(onetimeInitializationArrayValue!=null)
+                require(onetimeInitializationArrayValue.isEmpty() ||onetimeInitializationArrayValue.size==length)
+        }
+        if(onetimeInitializationNumericValue!=null)
+            require(dt in NumericDatatypes)
+        if(onetimeInitializationArrayValue!=null)
+            require(dt in ArrayDatatypes)
+        if(onetimeInitializationStringValue!=null) {
+            require(dt == DataType.STR)
+            require(length == onetimeInitializationStringValue.first.length+1)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+class StConstant(name: String, val dt: DataType, val value: Double, position: Position) :
+    StNode(name, StNodeType.CONSTANT, position) {
+}
+
+
+class StMemVar(name: String,
+               val dt: DataType,
+               val address: UInt,
+               val length: Int?,             // for arrays: the number of elements, for strings: number of characters *including* the terminating 0-byte
+               position: Position) :
+    StNode(name, StNodeType.MEMVAR, position) {
+}
+
+class StMemorySlab(
+    name: String,
+    val size: UInt,
+    val align: UInt,
+    position: Position
+):
+    StNode(name, StNodeType.MEMORYSLAB, position) {
+}
+
+class StSub(name: String, val parameters: List<StSubroutineParameter>, val returnType: DataType?, position: Position) :
+        StNode(name, StNodeType.SUBROUTINE, position) {
+}
+
+
+class StRomSub(name: String,
+               val address: UInt,
+               val parameters: List<StRomSubParameter>,
+               val returns: List<RegisterOrStatusflag>,
+               position: Position) :
+    StNode(name, StNodeType.ROMSUB, position) {
+}
+
+
+class StSubroutineParameter(val name: String, val type: DataType)
+class StRomSubParameter(val register: RegisterOrStatusflag, val type: DataType)
+class StArrayElement(val number: Double?, val addressOf: List<String>?)
+
+typealias StString = Pair<String, Encoding>
+typealias StArray = List<StArrayElement>

codeCore/src/prog8/code/ast/AstBase.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package prog8.code.ast
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+// New simplified AST for the code generator.
+
+
+sealed class PtNode(val position: Position) {
+
+    val children = mutableListOf<PtNode>()
+    lateinit var parent: PtNode
+
+    fun printIndented(indent: Int) {
+        print("    ".repeat(indent))
+        print("${this.javaClass.simpleName}  ")
+        printProperties()
+        println()
+        children.forEach { it.printIndented(indent+1) }
+    }
+
+    abstract fun printProperties()
+
+    fun add(child: PtNode) {
+        children.add(child)
+        child.parent = this
+    }
+
+    fun add(index: Int, child: PtNode) {
+        children.add(index, child)
+        child.parent = this
+    }
+
+    fun definingBlock() = findParentNode<PtBlock>(this)
+    fun definingSub() = findParentNode<PtSub>(this)
+    fun definingAsmSub() = findParentNode<PtAsmSub>(this)
+}
+
+
+class PtNodeGroup : PtNode(Position.DUMMY) {
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+sealed class PtNamedNode(val name: String, position: Position): PtNode(position) {
+    val scopedName: List<String> by lazy {
+        var namedParent: PtNode = this.parent
+        if(namedParent is PtProgram)
+            listOf(name)
+        else {
+            while (namedParent !is PtNamedNode)
+                namedParent = namedParent.parent
+            namedParent.scopedName + name
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtProgram(
+    val name: String,
+    val memsizer: IMemSizer,
+    val encoding: IStringEncoding
+) : PtNode(Position.DUMMY) {
+    fun print() = printIndented(0)
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("'$name'")
+    }
+
+//    fun allModuleDirectives(): Sequence<PtDirective> =
+//        children.asSequence().flatMap { it.children }.filterIsInstance<PtDirective>().distinct()
+
+    fun allBlocks(): Sequence<PtBlock> =
+        children.asSequence().filterIsInstance<PtBlock>()
+
+    fun entrypoint(): PtSub? =
+        allBlocks().firstOrNull { it.name == "main" }?.children?.firstOrNull { it is PtSub && it.name == "start" } as PtSub?
+}
+
+
+class PtBlock(name: String,
+              val address: UInt?,
+              val library: Boolean,
+              val forceOutput: Boolean,
+              val alignment: BlockAlignment,
+              position: Position
+) : PtNamedNode(name, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$name  addr=$address  library=$library  forceOutput=$forceOutput  alignment=$alignment")
+    }
+
+    enum class BlockAlignment {
+        NONE,
+        WORD,
+        PAGE
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtInlineAssembly(val assembly: String, val isIR: Boolean, position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+
+    init {
+        require(!assembly.startsWith('\n') && !assembly.startsWith('\r')) { "inline assembly should be trimmed" }
+        require(!assembly.endsWith('\n') && !assembly.endsWith('\r')) { "inline assembly should be trimmed" }
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtLabel(name: String, position: Position) : PtNamedNode(name, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print(name)
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtBreakpoint(position: Position): PtNode(position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtIncludeBinary(val file: Path, val offset: UInt?, val length: UInt?, position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("filename=$file  offset=$offset  length=$length")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtNop(position: Position): PtNode(position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtScopeVarsDecls(position: Position): PtNode(position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+
+// find the parent node of a specific type or interface
+// (useful to figure out in what namespace/block something is defined, etc.)
+inline fun <reified T> findParentNode(node: PtNode): T? {
+    var candidate = node.parent
+    while(candidate !is T && candidate !is PtProgram)
+        candidate = candidate.parent
+    return if(candidate is PtProgram)
+        null
+    else
+        candidate as T
+}

codeCore/src/prog8/code/ast/AstExpressions.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,226 @@
+package prog8.code.ast
+
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
+import prog8.code.core.Encoding
+import prog8.code.core.Position
+import java.util.*
+import kotlin.math.round
+
+
+sealed class PtExpression(val type: DataType, position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+
+    init {
+        if(type==DataType.BOOL)
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("bool should have become ubyte @$position")
+        if(type==DataType.UNDEFINED) {
+            @Suppress("LeakingThis")
+            when(this) {
+                is PtBuiltinFunctionCall -> { /* void function call */ }
+                is PtFunctionCall -> { /* void function call */ }
+                is PtIdentifier -> { /* non-variable identifier */ }
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("type should be known @$position")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print(type)
+    }
+
+    infix fun isSameAs(other: PtExpression): Boolean {
+        return when(this) {
+            is PtAddressOf -> other is PtAddressOf && other.type==type && other.identifier isSameAs identifier
+            is PtArrayIndexer -> other is PtArrayIndexer && other.type==type && other.variable isSameAs variable && other.index isSameAs index
+            is PtBinaryExpression -> other is PtBinaryExpression && other.left isSameAs left && other.right isSameAs right
+            is PtContainmentCheck -> other is PtContainmentCheck && other.type==type && other.element isSameAs element && other.iterable isSameAs iterable
+            is PtIdentifier -> other is PtIdentifier && other.type==type && other.targetName==targetName
+            is PtMachineRegister -> other is PtMachineRegister && other.type==type && other.register==register
+            is PtMemoryByte -> other is PtMemoryByte && other.address isSameAs address
+            is PtNumber -> other is PtNumber && other.type==type && other.number==number
+            is PtPrefix -> other is PtPrefix && other.type==type && other.operator==operator && other.value isSameAs value
+            is PtRange -> other is PtRange && other.type==type && other.from==from && other.to==to && other.step==step
+            is PtTypeCast -> other is PtTypeCast && other.type==type && other.value isSameAs value
+            else -> false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class PtAddressOf(position: Position) : PtExpression(DataType.UWORD, position) {
+    val identifier: PtIdentifier
+        get() = children.single() as PtIdentifier
+}
+
+
+class PtArrayIndexer(type: DataType, position: Position): PtExpression(type, position) {
+    val variable: PtIdentifier
+        get() = children[0] as PtIdentifier
+    val index: PtExpression
+        get() = children[1] as PtExpression
+}
+
+
+class PtArray(type: DataType, position: Position): PtExpression(type, position) {
+    override fun hashCode(): Int = Objects.hash(children, type)
+    override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
+        if(other==null || other !is PtArray)
+            return false
+        return type==other.type && children == other.children
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtBuiltinFunctionCall(val name: String,
+                            val void: Boolean,
+                            val hasNoSideEffects: Boolean,
+                            type: DataType,
+                            position: Position) : PtExpression(type, position) {
+    init {
+        if(!void)
+            require(type!=DataType.UNDEFINED)
+    }
+
+    val args: List<PtExpression>
+        get() = children.map { it as PtExpression }
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$name void=$void noSideFx=$hasNoSideEffects")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtBinaryExpression(val operator: String, type: DataType, position: Position): PtExpression(type, position) {
+    // note: "and", "or", "xor" do not occur anymore as operators. They've been replaced int the ast by their bitwise versions &, |, ^.
+    val left: PtExpression
+        get() = children[0] as PtExpression
+    val right: PtExpression
+        get() = children[1] as PtExpression
+
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$operator -> $type")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtContainmentCheck(position: Position): PtExpression(DataType.UBYTE, position) {
+    val element: PtExpression
+        get() = children[0] as PtExpression
+    val iterable: PtIdentifier
+        get() = children[1] as PtIdentifier
+}
+
+
+class PtFunctionCall(val functionName: List<String>,
+                     val void: Boolean,
+                     type: DataType,
+                     position: Position) : PtExpression(type, position) {
+    init {
+        if(!void)
+            require(type!=DataType.UNDEFINED)
+    }
+
+    val args: List<PtExpression>
+        get() = children.map { it as PtExpression }
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("${functionName.joinToString(".")} void=$void")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtIdentifier(val ref: List<String>, val targetName: List<String>, type: DataType, position: Position) : PtExpression(type, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$ref --> $targetName  $type")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtMemoryByte(position: Position) : PtExpression(DataType.UBYTE, position) {
+    val address: PtExpression
+        get() = children.single() as PtExpression
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtNumber(type: DataType, val number: Double, position: Position) : PtExpression(type, position) {
+
+    init {
+        if(type==DataType.BOOL)
+            throw IllegalArgumentException("bool should have become ubyte @$position")
+        if(type!=DataType.FLOAT) {
+            val rounded = round(number)
+            if (rounded != number)
+                throw IllegalArgumentException("refused rounding of float to avoid loss of precision @$position")
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$number ($type)")
+    }
+
+    override fun hashCode(): Int = Objects.hash(type, number)
+
+    override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
+        if(other==null || other !is PtNumber)
+            return false
+        return number==other.number
+    }
+
+    operator fun compareTo(other: PtNumber): Int = number.compareTo(other.number)
+}
+
+
+class PtPrefix(val operator: String, type: DataType, position: Position): PtExpression(type, position) {
+    val value: PtExpression
+        get() = children.single() as PtExpression
+
+    init {
+        // note: the "not" operator may no longer occur in the ast; not x should have been replaced with x==0
+        require(operator in setOf("+", "-", "~")) { "invalid prefix operator: $operator" }
+    }
+
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print(operator)
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtRange(type: DataType, position: Position) : PtExpression(type, position) {
+    val from: PtExpression
+        get() = children[0] as PtExpression
+    val to: PtExpression
+        get() = children[1] as PtExpression
+    val step: PtNumber
+        get() = children[2] as PtNumber
+
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtString(val value: String, val encoding: Encoding, position: Position) : PtExpression(DataType.STR, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$encoding:\"$value\"")
+    }
+
+    override fun hashCode(): Int = Objects.hash(value, encoding)
+    override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
+        if(other==null || other !is PtString)
+            return false
+        return value==other.value && encoding == other.encoding
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtTypeCast(type: DataType, position: Position) : PtExpression(type, position) {
+    val value: PtExpression
+        get() = children.single() as PtExpression
+}
+
+
+// special node that isn't created from compiling user code, but used internally
+class PtMachineRegister(val register: Int, type: DataType, position: Position) : PtExpression(type, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("reg=$register  $type")
+    }
+}
+
+
+fun constValue(expr: PtExpression): Double? = if(expr is PtNumber) expr.number else null
+fun constIntValue(expr: PtExpression): Int? = if(expr is PtNumber) expr.number.toInt() else null

codeCore/src/prog8/code/ast/AstStatements.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+package prog8.code.ast
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+
+
+class PtAsmSub(
+    name: String,
+    val address: UInt?,
+    val clobbers: Set<CpuRegister>,
+    val parameters: List<Pair<PtSubroutineParameter, RegisterOrStatusflag>>,
+    val returnTypes: List<DataType>,    // TODO join with register as Pairs ?
+    val retvalRegisters: List<RegisterOrStatusflag>,
+    val inline: Boolean,
+    position: Position
+) : PtNamedNode(name, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$name  inline=$inline")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtSub(
+    name: String,
+    val parameters: List<PtSubroutineParameter>,
+    val returntype: DataType?,
+    val inline: Boolean,
+    position: Position
+) : PtNamedNode(name, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print(name)
+    }
+
+    init {
+        // params and return value should not be str
+        if(parameters.any{ it.type !in NumericDatatypes })
+            throw AssemblyError("non-numeric parameter")
+        if(returntype!=null && returntype !in NumericDatatypes)
+            throw AssemblyError("non-numeric returntype $returntype")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtSubroutineParameter(val name: String, val type: DataType, position: Position): PtNode(position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$type $name")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtAssignment(position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val target: PtAssignTarget
+        get() = children[0] as PtAssignTarget
+    val value: PtExpression
+        get() = children[1] as PtExpression
+
+    override fun printProperties() { }
+
+    val isInplaceAssign: Boolean by lazy {
+        val target = target.children.single() as PtExpression
+        when(val source = value) {
+            is PtArrayIndexer -> {
+                if(target is PtArrayIndexer && source.type==target.type) {
+                    if(target.variable isSameAs source.variable) {
+                        target.index isSameAs source.index
+                    }
+                }
+                false
+            }
+            is PtIdentifier -> target is PtIdentifier && target.type==source.type && target.targetName==source.targetName
+            is PtMachineRegister -> target is PtMachineRegister && target.register==source.register
+            is PtMemoryByte -> target is PtMemoryByte && target.address isSameAs source.address
+            is PtNumber -> target is PtNumber && target.type == source.type && target.number==source.number
+            is PtAddressOf -> target is PtAddressOf && target.identifier isSameAs source.identifier
+            is PtPrefix -> {
+                (target is PtPrefix && target.operator==source.operator && target.value isSameAs source.value)
+                        ||
+                (target is PtIdentifier && (source.value as? PtIdentifier)?.targetName==target.targetName)
+            }
+            is PtTypeCast -> target is PtTypeCast && target.type==source.type && target.value isSameAs source.value
+            is PtBinaryExpression ->
+                target isSameAs source.left
+            else -> false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+class PtAssignTarget(position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val identifier: PtIdentifier?
+        get() = children.single() as? PtIdentifier
+    val array: PtArrayIndexer?
+        get() = children.single() as? PtArrayIndexer
+    val memory: PtMemoryByte?
+        get() = children.single() as? PtMemoryByte
+
+    val type: DataType
+        get() {
+            return when(val tgt = children.single()) {
+                is PtIdentifier -> tgt.type
+                is PtArrayIndexer -> tgt.type
+                is PtMemoryByte -> tgt.type
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target $tgt")
+            }
+        }
+
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtConditionalBranch(val condition: BranchCondition, position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val trueScope: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[0] as PtNodeGroup
+    val falseScope: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[1] as PtNodeGroup
+
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print(condition)
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtForLoop(position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val variable: PtIdentifier
+        get() = children[0] as PtIdentifier
+    val iterable: PtExpression
+        get() = children[1] as PtExpression
+    val statements: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[2] as PtNodeGroup
+
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtIfElse(position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val condition: PtBinaryExpression
+        get() = children[0] as PtBinaryExpression
+    val ifScope: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[1] as PtNodeGroup
+    val elseScope: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[2] as PtNodeGroup
+
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtJump(val identifier: PtIdentifier?,
+             val address: UInt?,
+             val generatedLabel: String?,
+             position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        identifier?.printProperties()
+        if(address!=null) print(address.toHex())
+        if(generatedLabel!=null) print(generatedLabel)
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtPostIncrDecr(val operator: String, position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val target: PtAssignTarget
+        get() = children.single() as PtAssignTarget
+
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print(operator)
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtRepeatLoop(position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val count: PtExpression
+        get() = children[0] as PtExpression
+    val statements: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[1] as PtNodeGroup
+
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtReturn(position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val hasValue = children.any()
+    val value: PtExpression?
+        get() {
+            return if(children.any())
+                children.single() as PtExpression
+            else
+                null
+        }
+
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtVariable(name: String, val type: DataType, var value: PtExpression?, var arraySize: UInt?, position: Position) : PtNamedNode(name, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$type  $name")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtConstant(name: String, val type: DataType, val value: Double, position: Position) : PtNamedNode(name, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("$type $name = $value")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtMemMapped(name: String, val type: DataType, val address: UInt, position: Position) : PtNamedNode(name, position) {
+    override fun printProperties() {
+        print("&$type $name = ${address.toHex()}")
+    }
+}
+
+
+class PtWhen(position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val value: PtExpression
+        get() = children[0] as PtExpression
+    val choices: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[1] as PtNodeGroup
+
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}
+
+
+class PtWhenChoice(val isElse: Boolean, position: Position) : PtNode(position) {
+    val values: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[0] as PtNodeGroup
+    val statements: PtNodeGroup
+        get() = children[1] as PtNodeGroup
+    override fun printProperties() {}
+}

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

@@ -1,26 +1,8 @@
-package prog8.compilerinterface
+package prog8.code.core
 
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.Path
 
-enum class OutputType {
-    RAW,
-    PRG,
-    XEX
-}
-
-enum class CbmPrgLauncherType {
-    BASIC,
-    NONE
-}
-
-enum class ZeropageType {
-    BASICSAFE,
-    FLOATSAFE,
-    KERNALSAFE,
-    FULL,
-    DONTUSE
-}
 
 class CompilationOptions(val output: OutputType,
                          val launcher: CbmPrgLauncherType,
@@ -29,7 +11,8 @@ class CompilationOptions(val output: OutputType,
                          val floats: Boolean,
                          val noSysInit: Boolean,
                          val compTarget: ICompilationTarget,
-                         // these are set based on command line arguments:
+                         // these are set later, based on command line arguments or options in the source code:
+                         var loadAddress: UInt,
                          var slowCodegenWarnings: Boolean = false,
                          var optimize: Boolean = false,
                          var optimizeFloatExpressions: Boolean = false,
@@ -37,5 +20,7 @@ class CompilationOptions(val output: OutputType,
                          var asmQuiet: Boolean = false,
                          var asmListfile: Boolean = false,
                          var experimentalCodegen: Boolean = false,
-                         var outputDir: Path = Path("")
+                         var evalStackBaseAddress: UInt? = null,
+                         var outputDir: Path = Path(""),
+                         var symbolDefs: Map<String, String> = emptyMap()
 )

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

@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+import kotlin.math.abs
+
+fun Number.toHex(): String {
+    //  0..15 -> "0".."15"
+    //  16..255 -> "$10".."$ff"
+    //  256..65536 -> "$0100".."$ffff"
+    // negative values are prefixed with '-'.
+    val integer = this.toInt()
+    if(integer<0)
+        return '-' + abs(integer).toHex()
+    return when (integer) {
+        in 0 until 16 -> integer.toString()
+        in 0 until 0x100 -> "$"+integer.toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
+        in 0 until 0x10000 -> "$"+integer.toString(16).padStart(4,'0')
+        else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("number too large for 16 bits $this")
+    }
+}
+
+fun UInt.toHex(): String {
+    //  0..15 -> "0".."15"
+    //  16..255 -> "$10".."$ff"
+    //  256..65536 -> "$0100".."$ffff"
+    return when (this) {
+        in 0u until 16u -> this.toString()
+        in 0u until 0x100u -> "$"+this.toString(16).padStart(2,'0')
+        in 0u until 0x10000u -> "$"+this.toString(16).padStart(4,'0')
+        else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("number too large for 16 bits $this")
+    }
+}
+
+fun Char.escape(): Char = this.toString().escape()[0]
+
+fun String.escape(): String {
+    val es = this.map {
+        when(it) {
+            '\t' -> "\\t"
+            '\n' -> "\\n"
+            '\r' -> "\\r"
+            '"' -> "\\\""
+            in '\u8000'..'\u80ff' -> "\\x" + (it.code - 0x8000).toString(16).padStart(2, '0')       // 'ugly' passthrough hack
+            in '\u0000'..'\u00ff' -> it.toString()
+            else -> "\\u" + it.code.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
+        }
+    }
+    return es.joinToString("")
+}
+
+fun String.unescape(): String {
+    val result = mutableListOf<Char>()
+    val iter = this.iterator()
+    while(iter.hasNext()) {
+        val c = iter.nextChar()
+        if(c=='\\') {
+            val ec = iter.nextChar()
+            result.add(when(ec) {
+                '\\' -> '\\'
+                'n' -> '\n'
+                'r' -> '\r'
+                '"' -> '"'
+                '\'' -> '\''
+                'u' -> {
+                    try {
+                        "${iter.nextChar()}${iter.nextChar()}${iter.nextChar()}${iter.nextChar()}".toInt(16).toChar()
+                    } catch (sb: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
+                        throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid \\u escape sequence")
+                    } catch (nf: NumberFormatException) {
+                        throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid \\u escape sequence")
+                    }
+                }
+                'x' -> {
+                    try {
+                        val hex = ("" + iter.nextChar() + iter.nextChar()).toInt(16)
+                        (0x8000 + hex).toChar()         // 'ugly' pass-through hack
+                    } catch (sb: StringIndexOutOfBoundsException) {
+                        throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid \\x escape sequence")
+                    } catch (nf: NumberFormatException) {
+                        throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid \\x escape sequence")
+                    }
+                }
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid escape char in string: \\$ec")
+            })
+        } else {
+            result.add(c)
+        }
+    }
+    return result.joinToString("")
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+enum class DataType {
+    UBYTE,              // pass by value
+    BYTE,               // pass by value
+    UWORD,              // pass by value
+    WORD,               // pass by value
+    FLOAT,              // pass by value
+    BOOL,               // pass by value
+    STR,                // pass by reference
+    ARRAY_UB,           // pass by reference
+    ARRAY_B,            // pass by reference
+    ARRAY_UW,           // pass by reference
+    ARRAY_W,            // pass by reference
+    ARRAY_F,            // pass by reference
+    ARRAY_BOOL,         // pass by reference
+    UNDEFINED;
+
+    /**
+     * is the type assignable to the given other type (perhaps via a typecast) without loss of precision?
+     */
+    infix fun isAssignableTo(targetType: DataType) =
+        when(this) {
+            BOOL -> targetType.oneOf(BOOL, BYTE, UBYTE, WORD, UWORD, FLOAT)
+            UBYTE -> targetType.oneOf(UBYTE, WORD, UWORD, FLOAT, BOOL)
+            BYTE -> targetType.oneOf(BYTE, WORD, FLOAT)
+            UWORD -> targetType.oneOf(UWORD, FLOAT)
+            WORD -> targetType.oneOf(WORD, FLOAT)
+            FLOAT -> targetType.oneOf(FLOAT)
+            STR -> targetType.oneOf(STR, UWORD)
+            in ArrayDatatypes -> targetType == this
+            else -> false
+        }
+
+    fun oneOf(vararg types: DataType) = this in types
+
+    infix fun largerThan(other: DataType) =
+        when {
+            this == other -> false
+            this in ByteDatatypes -> false
+            this in WordDatatypes -> other in ByteDatatypes
+            this== STR && other== UWORD || this== UWORD && other== STR -> false
+            else -> true
+        }
+
+    infix fun equalsSize(other: DataType) =
+        when {
+            this == other -> true
+            this in ByteDatatypes -> other in ByteDatatypes
+            this in WordDatatypes -> other in WordDatatypes
+            this== STR && other== UWORD || this== UWORD && other== STR -> true
+            else -> false
+        }
+}
+
+enum class CpuRegister {
+    A,
+    X,
+    Y
+}
+
+enum class RegisterOrPair {
+    A,
+    X,
+    Y,
+    AX,
+    AY,
+    XY,
+    FAC1,
+    FAC2,
+    // cx16 virtual registers:
+    R0, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7,
+    R8, R9, R10, R11, R12, R13, R14, R15;
+
+    companion object {
+        val names by lazy { values().map { it.toString()} }
+    }
+
+    fun asCpuRegister(): CpuRegister = when(this) {
+        A -> CpuRegister.A
+        X -> CpuRegister.X
+        Y -> CpuRegister.Y
+        else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("no cpu hardware register for $this")
+    }
+
+}       // only used in parameter and return value specs in asm subroutines
+
+enum class Statusflag {
+    Pc,
+    Pz,     // don't use
+    Pv,
+    Pn;     // don't use
+
+    companion object {
+        val names by lazy { values().map { it.toString()} }
+    }
+}
+
+enum class BranchCondition {
+    CS,
+    CC,
+    EQ,     // EQ == Z
+    Z,
+    NE,     // NE == NZ
+    NZ,
+    MI,     // MI == NEG
+    NEG,
+    PL,     // PL == POS
+    POS,
+    VS,
+    VC,
+}
+
+
+val ByteDatatypes = arrayOf(DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE, DataType.BOOL)
+val WordDatatypes = arrayOf(DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD)
+val IntegerDatatypes = arrayOf(DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE, DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD, DataType.BOOL)
+val IntegerDatatypesNoBool = arrayOf(DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE, DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD)
+val NumericDatatypes = arrayOf(DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE, DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD, DataType.FLOAT, DataType.BOOL)
+val NumericDatatypesNoBool = arrayOf(DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE, DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD, DataType.FLOAT)
+val SignedDatatypes =  arrayOf(DataType.BYTE, DataType.WORD, DataType.FLOAT)
+val ArrayDatatypes = arrayOf(DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.ARRAY_B, DataType.ARRAY_UW, DataType.ARRAY_W, DataType.ARRAY_F, DataType.ARRAY_BOOL)
+val StringlyDatatypes = arrayOf(DataType.STR, DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.ARRAY_B, DataType.UWORD)
+val IterableDatatypes = arrayOf(
+    DataType.STR,
+    DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.ARRAY_B,
+    DataType.ARRAY_UW, DataType.ARRAY_W,
+    DataType.ARRAY_F, DataType.ARRAY_BOOL
+)
+val PassByValueDatatypes = NumericDatatypes
+val PassByReferenceDatatypes = IterableDatatypes
+val ArrayToElementTypes = mapOf(
+    DataType.STR to DataType.UBYTE,
+    DataType.ARRAY_B to DataType.BYTE,
+    DataType.ARRAY_UB to DataType.UBYTE,
+    DataType.ARRAY_W to DataType.WORD,
+    DataType.ARRAY_UW to DataType.UWORD,
+    DataType.ARRAY_F to DataType.FLOAT,
+    DataType.ARRAY_BOOL to DataType.BOOL
+)
+val ElementToArrayTypes = mapOf(
+    DataType.BYTE to DataType.ARRAY_B,
+    DataType.UBYTE to DataType.ARRAY_UB,
+    DataType.WORD to DataType.ARRAY_W,
+    DataType.UWORD to DataType.ARRAY_UW,
+    DataType.FLOAT to DataType.ARRAY_F,
+    DataType.BOOL to DataType.ARRAY_BOOL
+)
+val Cx16VirtualRegisters = arrayOf(
+    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
+)
+
+
+
+enum class OutputType {
+    RAW,
+    PRG,
+    XEX
+}
+
+enum class CbmPrgLauncherType {
+    BASIC,
+    NONE
+}
+
+enum class ZeropageType {
+    BASICSAFE,
+    FLOATSAFE,
+    KERNALSAFE,
+    FULL,
+    DONTUSE
+}
+
+enum class ZeropageWish {
+    REQUIRE_ZEROPAGE,
+    PREFER_ZEROPAGE,
+    DONTCARE,
+    NOT_IN_ZEROPAGE
+}

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

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package prog8.compilerinterface
+package prog8.code.core
 
 class InternalCompilerException(message: String?) : Exception(message)
 
-class AbortCompilation(message: String?) : Exception(message)
-
 class AssemblyError(msg: String) : RuntimeException(msg)
+
+class ErrorsReportedException(message: String?) : Exception(message)

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

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-package prog8.compilerinterface
-
+package prog8.code.core
 
 interface IAssemblyGenerator {
     fun compileToAssembly(): IAssemblyProgram?

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

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+interface ICompilationTarget: IStringEncoding, IMemSizer {
+    val name: String
+    val machine: IMachineDefinition
+    val supportedEncodings: Set<Encoding>
+    val defaultEncoding: Encoding
+
+    override fun encodeString(str: String, encoding: Encoding): List<UByte>
+    override fun decodeString(bytes: List<UByte>, encoding: Encoding): String
+}

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

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
-package prog8.compilerinterface
-
-import prog8.ast.base.Position
-
+package prog8.code.core
 
 interface IErrorReporter {
     fun err(msg: String, position: Position)
@@ -10,7 +7,6 @@ interface IErrorReporter {
     fun report()
     fun finalizeNumErrors(numErrors: Int, numWarnings: Int) {
         if(numErrors>0)
-            throw AbortCompilation("There are $numErrors errors and $numWarnings warnings.")
+            throw ErrorsReportedException("There are $numErrors errors and $numWarnings warnings.")
     }
 }
-

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

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+import java.nio.file.Path
+
+
+enum class CpuType {
+    CPU6502,
+    CPU65c02,
+    VIRTUAL
+}
+
+interface IMachineDefinition {
+    val FLOAT_MAX_NEGATIVE: Double
+    val FLOAT_MAX_POSITIVE: Double
+    val FLOAT_MEM_SIZE: Int
+    var ESTACK_LO: UInt
+    var ESTACK_HI: UInt
+    val PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS : UInt
+
+    val cpu: CpuType
+    var zeropage: Zeropage
+    var golden: GoldenRam
+
+    fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions)
+    fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number): String
+
+    fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String>
+    fun launchEmulator(selectedEmulator: Int, programNameWithPath: Path)
+    fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean
+    fun overrideEvalStack(evalStackBaseAddress: UInt) {
+        require(evalStackBaseAddress and 255u == 0u)
+        ESTACK_LO = evalStackBaseAddress
+        ESTACK_HI = evalStackBaseAddress + 256u
+        require(ESTACK_LO !in golden.region && ESTACK_HI !in golden.region) { "user-set ESTACK can't be in GOLDEN ram" }
+    }
+
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+interface IMemSizer {
+    fun memorySize(dt: DataType): Int
+    fun memorySize(arrayDt: DataType, numElements: Int): Int
+}

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

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package prog8.compilerinterface
+package prog8.code.core
 
 enum class Encoding(val prefix: String) {
     DEFAULT("default"),         // depends on compilation target

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

@@ -1,35 +1,35 @@
-package prog8.compilerinterface
+package prog8.code.core
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Err
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Ok
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Result
-import prog8.ast.INameScope
-import prog8.ast.base.*
-import prog8.ast.expressions.ArrayLiteral
-import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
-import prog8.ast.expressions.StringLiteral
 
 
-class ZeropageAllocationError(message: String) : Exception(message)
+class MemAllocationError(message: String) : Exception(message)
 
 
-abstract class Zeropage(protected val options: CompilationOptions) {
+abstract class MemoryAllocator(protected val options: CompilationOptions) {
+    data class VarAllocation(val address: UInt, val dt: DataType, val size: Int)
+
+    abstract fun allocate(name: List<String>,
+                          datatype: DataType,
+                          numElements: Int?,
+                          position: Position?,
+                          errors: IErrorReporter): Result<VarAllocation, MemAllocationError>
+}
+
+
+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, 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
 
-    data class ZpAllocation(val address: UInt,
-                            val dt: DataType,
-                            val size: Int,
-                            val originalScope: INameScope,
-                            val initialStringValue: StringLiteral?,
-                            val initialArrayValue: ArrayLiteral?)
 
     // the variables allocated into Zeropage.
     // name (scoped) ==> pair of address to (Datatype + bytesize)
-    val allocatedVariables = mutableMapOf<List<String>, ZpAllocation>()
+    val allocatedVariables = mutableMapOf<List<String>, VarAllocation>()
 
     val free = mutableListOf<UInt>()     // subclasses must set this to the appropriate free locations.
 
@@ -51,24 +51,22 @@ abstract class Zeropage(protected val options: CompilationOptions) {
         return free.windowed(2).any { it[0] == it[1] - 1u }
     }
 
-    fun allocate(name: List<String>,
-                 datatype: DataType,
-                 originalScope: INameScope,
-                 numElements: Int?,
-                 initValue: Expression?,
-                 position: Position?,
-                 errors: IErrorReporter): Result<Pair<UInt, Int>, ZeropageAllocationError> {
+    override fun allocate(name: List<String>,
+                          datatype: DataType,
+                          numElements: Int?,
+                          position: Position?,
+                          errors: IErrorReporter): Result<VarAllocation, MemAllocationError> {
 
         require(name.isEmpty() || name !in allocatedVariables) {"name can't be allocated twice"}
 
         if(options.zeropage== ZeropageType.DONTUSE)
-            return Err(ZeropageAllocationError("zero page usage has been disabled"))
+            return Err(MemAllocationError("zero page usage has been disabled"))
 
         val size: Int =
                 when (datatype) {
                     in IntegerDatatypes -> options.compTarget.memorySize(datatype)
                     DataType.STR, in ArrayDatatypes  -> {
-                        val memsize = numElements!! * options.compTarget.memorySize(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(datatype))
+                        val memsize = options.compTarget.memorySize(datatype, numElements!!)
                         if(position!=null)
                             errors.warn("allocating a large value in zeropage; str/array $memsize bytes", position)
                         else
@@ -83,9 +81,9 @@ abstract class Zeropage(protected val options: CompilationOptions) {
                             else
                                 errors.warn("$name: allocating a large value in zeropage; float $memsize bytes", Position.DUMMY)
                             memsize
-                        } else return Err(ZeropageAllocationError("floating point option not enabled"))
+                        } else return Err(MemAllocationError("floating point option not enabled"))
                     }
-                    else -> return Err(ZeropageAllocationError("cannot put datatype $datatype in zeropage"))
+                    else -> throw MemAllocationError("weird dt")
                 }
 
         synchronized(this) {
@@ -93,30 +91,30 @@ abstract class Zeropage(protected val options: CompilationOptions) {
                 if(size==1) {
                     for(candidate in free.minOrNull()!! .. free.maxOrNull()!!+1u) {
                         if(oneSeparateByteFree(candidate))
-                            return Ok(Pair(makeAllocation(candidate, 1, datatype, name, initValue, originalScope), 1))
+                            return Ok(VarAllocation(makeAllocation(candidate, 1, datatype, name), datatype,1))
                     }
-                    return Ok(Pair(makeAllocation(free[0], 1, datatype, name, initValue, originalScope), 1))
+                    return Ok(VarAllocation(makeAllocation(free[0], 1, datatype, name), datatype,1))
                 }
                 for(candidate in free.minOrNull()!! .. free.maxOrNull()!!+1u) {
                     if (sequentialFree(candidate, size))
-                        return Ok(Pair(makeAllocation(candidate, size, datatype, name, initValue, originalScope), size))
+                        return Ok(VarAllocation(makeAllocation(candidate, size, datatype, name), datatype, size))
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        return Err(ZeropageAllocationError("no more free space in ZP to allocate $size sequential bytes"))
+        return Err(MemAllocationError("no more free space in ZP to allocate $size sequential bytes"))
     }
 
     private fun reserve(range: UIntRange) = free.removeAll(range)
 
-    private fun makeAllocation(address: UInt, size: Int, datatype: DataType, name: List<String>, initValue: Expression?, originalScope: INameScope): UInt {
+    private fun makeAllocation(address: UInt, size: Int, datatype: DataType, name: List<String>): UInt {
         require(size>=0)
         free.removeAll(address until address+size.toUInt())
         if(name.isNotEmpty()) {
             allocatedVariables[name] = when(datatype) {
-                in NumericDatatypes -> ZpAllocation(address, datatype, size, originalScope, null, null)        // numerical variables in zeropage never have an initial value here because they are set in separate initializer assignments
-                DataType.STR -> ZpAllocation(address, datatype, size, originalScope, initValue as? StringLiteral, null)
-                in ArrayDatatypes -> ZpAllocation(address, datatype, size, originalScope, null, initValue as? ArrayLiteral)
+                in NumericDatatypes -> VarAllocation(address, datatype, size)        // numerical variables in zeropage never have an initial value here because they are set in separate initializer assignments
+                DataType.STR -> VarAllocation(address, datatype, size)
+                in ArrayDatatypes -> VarAllocation(address, datatype, size)
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid dt")
             }
         }
@@ -128,4 +126,40 @@ abstract class Zeropage(protected val options: CompilationOptions) {
         require(size>0)
         return free.containsAll((address until address+size.toUInt()).toList())
     }
+
+    abstract fun allocateCx16VirtualRegisters()
 }
+
+
+class GoldenRam(options: CompilationOptions, val region: UIntRange): MemoryAllocator(options) {
+    private var nextLocation: UInt = region.first
+
+    override fun allocate(
+        name: List<String>,
+        datatype: DataType,
+        numElements: Int?,
+        position: Position?,
+        errors: IErrorReporter): Result<VarAllocation, MemAllocationError> {
+
+        val size: Int =
+            when (datatype) {
+                in IntegerDatatypes -> options.compTarget.memorySize(datatype)
+                DataType.STR, in ArrayDatatypes  -> {
+                    options.compTarget.memorySize(datatype, numElements!!)
+                }
+                DataType.FLOAT -> {
+                    if (options.floats) {
+                        options.compTarget.memorySize(DataType.FLOAT)
+                    } else return Err(MemAllocationError("floating point option not enabled"))
+                }
+                else -> throw MemAllocationError("weird dt")
+            }
+
+        return if(nextLocation<=region.last && (region.last + 1u - nextLocation) >= size.toUInt()) {
+            val result = Ok(VarAllocation(nextLocation, datatype, size))
+            nextLocation += size.toUInt()
+            result
+        } else
+            Err(MemAllocationError("no more free space in Golden RAM to allocate $size sequential bytes"))
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+val AssociativeOperators = setOf("+", "*", "&", "|", "^", "==", "!=")
+val ComparisonOperators = setOf("==", "!=", "<", ">", "<=", ">=")
+val LogicalOperators = setOf("and", "or", "xor", "not")
+val AugmentAssignmentOperators = setOf("+", "-", "/", "*", "&", "|", "^", "<<", ">>", "%", "and", "or", "xor")
+val BitwiseOperators = setOf("&", "|", "^", "~")
+// val InvalidOperatorsForBoolean = setOf("+", "-", "*", "/", "%", "<<", ">>") + BitwiseOperators
+
+fun invertedComparisonOperator(operator: String) =
+    when (operator) {
+        "==" -> "!="
+        "!=" -> "=="
+        "<" -> ">="
+        ">" -> "<="
+        "<=" -> ">"
+        ">=" -> "<"
+        else -> null
+    }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+import java.nio.file.InvalidPathException
+import kotlin.io.path.Path
+import kotlin.io.path.absolute
+
+data class Position(val file: String, val line: Int, val startCol: Int, val endCol: Int) {
+    override fun toString(): String = "[$file: line $line col ${startCol+1}-${endCol+1}]"
+    fun toClickableStr(): String {
+        return try {
+            val path = Path(file).absolute().normalize().toString()
+            "file://$path:$line:$startCol:"
+        } catch(x: InvalidPathException) {
+            // this can occur on Windows when the source origin contains "invalid" characters such as ':'
+            "file://$file:$line:$startCol:"
+        }
+    }
+
+    companion object {
+        val DUMMY = Position("~dummy~", 0, 0, 0)
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package prog8.code.core
+
+data class RegisterOrStatusflag(val registerOrPair: RegisterOrPair?, val statusflag: Statusflag?)

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

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package prog8.parser
+package prog8.code.core
 
 import java.io.File
 import java.io.IOException
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.readText
 
+
+const val internedStringsModuleName = "prog8_interned_strings"
+
+
 /**
  * Encapsulates - and ties together - actual source code (=text) and its [origin].
  */
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
      * Where this [SourceCode] instance came from.
      * This can be one of the following:
      * * a normal string representation of a [java.nio.file.Path], if it originates from a file (see [File])
-     * * `$stringSourcePrefix44c56085>` if was created via [String]
+     * * `string:44c56085` if was created via [String]
      * * `library:/x/y/z.ext` if it is a library file that was loaded from resources (see [Resource])
      */
     abstract val origin: String
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
          * filename prefix to designate library files that will be retreived from internal resources rather than disk
          */
         const val libraryFilePrefix = "library:"
-        const val stringSourcePrefix = "<String@"
+        const val stringSourcePrefix = "string:"
         val curdir: Path = Path(".").toAbsolutePath()
         fun relative(path: Path): Path = curdir.relativize(path.toAbsolutePath())
         fun isRegularFilesystemPath(pathString: String) =
@@ -60,12 +64,12 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
 
     /**
      * Turn a plain String into a [SourceCode] object.
-     * [origin] will be something like `$stringSourcePrefix44c56085>`.
+     * [origin] will be something like `string:44c56085`.
      */
     class Text(override val text: String): SourceCode() {
         override val isFromResources = false
         override val isFromFilesystem = false
-        override val origin = "$stringSourcePrefix${System.identityHashCode(text).toString(16)}>"
+        override val origin = "$stringSourcePrefix${System.identityHashCode(text).toString(16)}"
         override val name = "<unnamed-text>"
     }
 
@@ -102,7 +106,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
      * [origin]: `library:/x/y/z.p8` for a given `pathString` of "x/y/z.p8"
      */
     class Resource(pathString: String): SourceCode() {
-        private val normalized = "/" + Path.of(pathString).normalize().toMutableList().joinToString("/")
+        private val normalized = "/" + Path(pathString).normalize().toMutableList().joinToString("/")
 
         override val isFromResources = true
         override val isFromFilesystem = false
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ sealed class SourceCode {
             }
             val stream = object {}.javaClass.getResourceAsStream(normalized)
             text = stream!!.reader().use { it.readText() }
-            name = Path.of(pathString).toFile().nameWithoutExtension
+            name = Path(pathString).toFile().nameWithoutExtension
         }
     }
 

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

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package prog8.code.target
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import prog8.code.target.atari.AtariMachineDefinition
+
+
+class AtariTarget: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer {
+    override val name = NAME
+    override val machine = AtariMachineDefinition()
+    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.ATASCII)
+    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.ATASCII
+
+    companion object {
+        const val NAME = "atari"
+    }
+
+    override fun memorySize(dt: DataType): Int {
+        return when(dt) {
+            in ByteDatatypes -> 1
+            in WordDatatypes, in PassByReferenceDatatypes -> 2
+            DataType.FLOAT -> machine.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE
+            else -> Int.MIN_VALUE
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun memorySize(arrayDt: DataType, numElements: Int) =
+        memorySize(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(arrayDt)) * numElements
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package prog8.code.target
+
+import prog8.code.core.Encoding
+import prog8.code.core.ICompilationTarget
+import prog8.code.core.IMemSizer
+import prog8.code.core.IStringEncoding
+import prog8.code.target.c128.C128MachineDefinition
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.CbmMemorySizer
+
+
+class C128Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by CbmMemorySizer {
+    override val name = NAME
+    override val machine = C128MachineDefinition()
+    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.PETSCII, Encoding.SCREENCODES)
+    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
+
+    companion object {
+        const val NAME = "c128"
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package prog8.code.target
+
+import prog8.code.core.Encoding
+import prog8.code.core.ICompilationTarget
+import prog8.code.core.IMemSizer
+import prog8.code.core.IStringEncoding
+import prog8.code.target.c64.C64MachineDefinition
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.CbmMemorySizer
+
+
+class C64Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by CbmMemorySizer {
+    override val name = NAME
+    override val machine = C64MachineDefinition()
+    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.PETSCII, Encoding.SCREENCODES)
+    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
+
+    companion object {
+        const val NAME = "c64"
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package prog8.code.target
+
+import prog8.code.core.Encoding
+import prog8.code.core.ICompilationTarget
+import prog8.code.core.IMemSizer
+import prog8.code.core.IStringEncoding
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.CbmMemorySizer
+import prog8.code.target.cx16.CX16MachineDefinition
+
+
+class Cx16Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by CbmMemorySizer {
+    override val name = NAME
+    override val machine = CX16MachineDefinition()
+    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.PETSCII, Encoding.SCREENCODES, Encoding.ISO)
+    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
+
+    companion object {
+        const val NAME = "cx16"
+    }
+}

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

@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target
+package prog8.code.target
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.fold
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.AtasciiEncoding
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.IsoEncoding
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.PetsciiEncoding
-import prog8.compilerinterface.Encoding
-import prog8.compilerinterface.IStringEncoding
-import prog8.compilerinterface.InternalCompilerException
+import prog8.code.core.Encoding
+import prog8.code.core.IStringEncoding
+import prog8.code.core.InternalCompilerException
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.AtasciiEncoding
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.IsoEncoding
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.PetsciiEncoding
 
-internal object Encoder: IStringEncoding {
+
+object Encoder: IStringEncoding {
     override fun encodeString(str: String, encoding: Encoding): List<UByte> {
         val coded = when(encoding) {
             Encoding.PETSCII -> PetsciiEncoding.encodePetscii(str, true)

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

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package prog8.code.target
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import prog8.code.target.virtual.VirtualMachineDefinition
+
+class VMTarget: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer {
+    override val name = NAME
+    override val machine = VirtualMachineDefinition()
+    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.ISO)
+    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.ISO
+
+    companion object {
+        const val NAME = "virtual"
+    }
+
+    override fun memorySize(dt: DataType): Int {
+        return when(dt) {
+            in ByteDatatypes -> 1
+            in WordDatatypes, in PassByReferenceDatatypes -> 2
+            DataType.FLOAT -> machine.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE
+            else -> Int.MIN_VALUE
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun memorySize(arrayDt: DataType, numElements: Int) =
+        memorySize(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(arrayDt)) * numElements
+}

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/atari/AtariMachineDefinition.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.atari
+package prog8.code.target.atari
 
-import prog8.codegen.target.c64.normal6502instructions
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 
@@ -15,15 +14,16 @@ class AtariMachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
     override val PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS = 0x2000u
 
     // the 2*256 byte evaluation stack (on which bytes, words, and even floats are stored during calculations)
-    override val ESTACK_LO = 0x1a00u     //  $1a00-$1aff inclusive      // TODO
-    override val ESTACK_HI = 0x1b00u     //  $1b00-$1bff inclusive      // TODO
+    override var ESTACK_LO = 0x1a00u     //  $1a00-$1aff inclusive      // TODO
+    override var ESTACK_HI = 0x1b00u     //  $1b00-$1bff inclusive      // TODO
 
     override lateinit var zeropage: Zeropage
+    override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam
 
-    override fun getFloat(num: Number) = TODO("float from number")
+    override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = TODO("float asm bytes from number")
 
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
-        return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
+        return if (compilerOptions.output == OutputType.XEX)
             listOf("syslib")
         else
             emptyList()
@@ -57,9 +57,8 @@ class AtariMachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
 
     override fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean = address==0u || address==1u || address in 0xd000u..0xdfffu        // TODO
 
-    override fun initializeZeropage(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
+    override fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
         zeropage = AtariZeropage(compilerOptions)
+        golden = GoldenRam(compilerOptions, UIntRange.EMPTY)
     }
-
-    override val opcodeNames = normal6502instructions
 }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/atari/AtariZeropage.kt

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.atari
+package prog8.code.target.atari
 
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CompilationOptions
-import prog8.compilerinterface.InternalCompilerException
-import prog8.compilerinterface.Zeropage
-import prog8.compilerinterface.ZeropageType
+import prog8.code.core.CompilationOptions
+import prog8.code.core.InternalCompilerException
+import prog8.code.core.Zeropage
+import prog8.code.core.ZeropageType
 
 class AtariZeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
 
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ class AtariZeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
     override val SCRATCH_W1 = 0xcdu      // temp storage 1 for a word  $cd+$ce
     override val SCRATCH_W2 = 0xcfu      // temp storage 2 for a word  $cf+$d0        TODO is $d0 okay to use?
 
-
     init {
         if (options.floats && options.zeropage !in arrayOf(
                 ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE,
@@ -40,6 +39,14 @@ class AtariZeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
             }
         }
 
+        val distictFree = free.distinct()
+        free.clear()
+        free.addAll(distictFree)
+
         removeReservedFromFreePool()
     }
+
+    override fun allocateCx16VirtualRegisters() {
+        TODO("Not known if atari can put the virtual regs in ZP")
+    }
 }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/c128/C128MachineDefinition.kt

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.c128
+package prog8.code.target.c128
 
-import prog8.codegen.target.c64.normal6502instructions
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.Mflpt5
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.Mflpt5
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 
@@ -16,12 +15,12 @@ class C128MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
     override val PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS = 0x1c01u
 
     // the 2*256 byte evaluation stack (on which bytes, words, and even floats are stored during calculations)
-    override val ESTACK_LO = 0x1a00u     //  $1a00-$1aff inclusive
-    override val ESTACK_HI = 0x1b00u     //  $1b00-$1bff inclusive
-
+    override var ESTACK_LO = 0x1a00u     //  $1a00-$1aff inclusive
+    override var ESTACK_HI = 0x1b00u     //  $1b00-$1bff inclusive
     override lateinit var zeropage: Zeropage
+    override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam
 
-    override fun getFloat(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num)
+    override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num).makeFloatFillAsm()
 
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
@@ -47,9 +46,8 @@ class C128MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
 
     override fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean = address==0u || address==1u || address in 0xd000u..0xdfffu
 
-    override fun initializeZeropage(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
+    override fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
         zeropage = C128Zeropage(compilerOptions)
+        golden = GoldenRam(compilerOptions, UIntRange.EMPTY)    // TODO does the c128 have some of this somewhere?
     }
-
-    override val opcodeNames = normal6502instructions
 }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/c128/C128Zeropage.kt

@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.c128
+package prog8.code.target.c128
+
+import prog8.code.core.CompilationOptions
+import prog8.code.core.InternalCompilerException
+import prog8.code.core.Zeropage
+import prog8.code.core.ZeropageType
 
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CompilationOptions
-import prog8.compilerinterface.InternalCompilerException
-import prog8.compilerinterface.Zeropage
-import prog8.compilerinterface.ZeropageType
 
 class C128Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
 
@@ -37,6 +38,14 @@ class C128Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
             }
         }
 
+        val distictFree = free.distinct()
+        free.clear()
+        free.addAll(distictFree)
+
         removeReservedFromFreePool()
     }
+
+    override fun allocateCx16VirtualRegisters() {
+        TODO("Not known if C128 can put the virtual regs in ZP")
+    }
 }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/c64/C64MachineDefinition.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.c64
+package prog8.code.target.c64
 
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.Mflpt5
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.Mflpt5
 import java.io.IOException
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
@@ -16,12 +16,12 @@ class C64MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
     override val PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS = 0x0801u
 
     // the 2*256 byte evaluation stack (on which bytes, words, and even floats are stored during calculations)
-    override val ESTACK_LO = 0xce00u     //  $ce00-$ceff inclusive
-    override val ESTACK_HI = 0xcf00u     //  $ce00-$ceff inclusive
-
+    override var ESTACK_LO = 0xce00u     //  $ce00-$ceff inclusive
+    override var ESTACK_HI = 0xcf00u     //  $ce00-$ceff inclusive
     override lateinit var zeropage: Zeropage
+    override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam
 
-    override fun getFloat(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num)
+    override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num).makeFloatFillAsm()
 
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
@@ -55,22 +55,9 @@ class C64MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
 
     override fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean = address==0u || address==1u || address in 0xd000u..0xdfffu
 
-    override fun initializeZeropage(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
+    override fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
         zeropage = C64Zeropage(compilerOptions)
+        golden = GoldenRam(compilerOptions, 0xc000u until ESTACK_LO)
     }
 
-    override val opcodeNames = normal6502instructions
 }
-
-
-// 6502 opcodes (including aliases and illegal opcodes), these cannot be used as variable or label names
-internal val normal6502instructions = setOf(
-    "adc", "ahx", "alr", "anc", "and", "ane", "arr", "asl", "asr", "axs", "bcc", "bcs",
-    "beq", "bge", "bit", "blt", "bmi", "bne", "bpl", "brk", "bvc", "bvs", "clc",
-    "cld", "cli", "clv", "cmp", "cpx", "cpy", "dcm", "dcp", "dec", "dex", "dey",
-    "eor", "gcc", "gcs", "geq", "gge", "glt", "gmi", "gne", "gpl", "gvc", "gvs",
-    "inc", "ins", "inx", "iny", "isb", "isc", "jam", "jmp", "jsr", "lae", "las",
-    "lax", "lda", "lds", "ldx", "ldy", "lsr", "lxa", "nop", "ora", "pha", "php",
-    "pla", "plp", "rla", "rol", "ror", "rra", "rti", "rts", "sax", "sbc", "sbx",
-    "sec", "sed", "sei", "sha", "shl", "shr", "shs", "shx", "shy", "slo", "sre",
-    "sta", "stx", "sty", "tas", "tax", "tay", "tsx", "txa", "txs", "tya", "xaa")

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/c64/C64Zeropage.kt

@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.c64
+package prog8.code.target.c64
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
 
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CompilationOptions
-import prog8.compilerinterface.InternalCompilerException
-import prog8.compilerinterface.Zeropage
-import prog8.compilerinterface.ZeropageType
 
 class C64Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
 
@@ -28,10 +26,9 @@ class C64Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
         } else {
             if (options.zeropage == ZeropageType.KERNALSAFE || options.zeropage == ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE) {
                 free.addAll(listOf(
-                        0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10, 0x11,
-                        0x16, 0x17, 0x18, 0x19, 0x1a,
-                        0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, 0x20, 0x21,
-                        0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25,
+                        0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, 0x08, 0x09, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f,
+                        0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18, 0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f,
+                        0x20, 0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25,
                         0x39, 0x3a, 0x3b, 0x3c, 0x3d, 0x3e, 0x3f, 0x40, 0x41, 0x42, 0x43, 0x44, 0x45, 0x46,
                         0x47, 0x48, 0x4b, 0x4c, 0x4d, 0x4e, 0x4f, 0x51, 0x52, 0x53,
                         0x57, 0x58, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x5b, 0x5c, 0x5d, 0x5e, 0x5f, 0x60,
@@ -47,8 +44,8 @@ class C64Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
             if (options.zeropage == ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE) {
                 // remove the zeropage locations used for floating point operations from the free list
                 free.removeAll(listOf(
-                        0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25,
-                        0x10, 0x11, 0x12, 0x26, 0x27, 0x28, 0x29, 0x2a,
+                        0x03, 0x04, 0x10, 0x11, 0x12,
+                        0x22, 0x23, 0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27, 0x28, 0x29, 0x2a,
                         0x57, 0x58, 0x59, 0x5a, 0x5b, 0x5c, 0x5d, 0x5e, 0x5f, 0x60,
                         0x61, 0x62, 0x63, 0x64, 0x65, 0x66, 0x67, 0x68,
                         0x69, 0x6a, 0x6b, 0x6c, 0x6d, 0x6e, 0x6f, 0x70, 0x71, 0x72,
@@ -59,7 +56,7 @@ class C64Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
             if(options.zeropage!= ZeropageType.DONTUSE) {
                 // add the free Zp addresses
                 // these are valid for the C-64 but allow BASIC to keep running fully *as long as you don't use tape I/O*
-                free.addAll(listOf(0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x0a, 0x0e,
+                free.addAll(listOf(0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x0a, 0x0e,
                         0x92, 0x96, 0x9b, 0x9c, 0x9e, 0x9f, 0xa5, 0xa6,
                         0xb0, 0xb1, 0xbe, 0xbf, 0xf9).map{it.toUInt()})
             } else {
@@ -68,6 +65,32 @@ class C64Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
             }
         }
 
+        val distictFree = free.distinct()
+        free.clear()
+        free.addAll(distictFree)
+
         removeReservedFromFreePool()
+
+        if(options.zeropage==ZeropageType.FULL || options.zeropage==ZeropageType.KERNALSAFE) {
+            // in these cases there is enough space on the zero page to stick the cx16 virtual registers in there as well.
+            allocateCx16VirtualRegisters()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun allocateCx16VirtualRegisters() {
+        // Note: the 16 virtual registers R0-R15 are not regular allocated variables, they're *memory mapped* elsewhere to fixed addresses.
+        // However, to be able for the compiler to "see" them as zero page variables, we have to register them here as well.
+        // This is important because the compiler sometimes treats ZP variables more efficiently (for example if it's a pointer)
+        // The base addres is $04.  Unfortunately it cannot be the same as on the Commander X16 ($02).
+        for(reg in 0..15) {
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}")]   = VarAllocation((4+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UWORD, 2)       // cx16.r0 .. cx16.r15
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}s")]  = VarAllocation((4+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.WORD, 2)        // cx16.r0s .. cx16.r15s
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}L")]  = VarAllocation((4+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UBYTE, 1)       // cx16.r0L .. cx16.r15L
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}H")]  = VarAllocation((5+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UBYTE, 1)       // cx16.r0H .. cx16.r15H
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}sL")] = VarAllocation((4+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.BYTE, 1)        // cx16.r0sL .. cx16.r15sL
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}sH")] = VarAllocation((5+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.BYTE, 1)        // cx16.r0sH .. cx16.r15sH
+            free.remove((4+reg*2).toUInt())
+            free.remove((5+reg*2).toUInt())
+        }
     }
 }

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

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cbm
+package prog8.code.target.cbm
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Ok
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Result
@@ -195,7 +195,17 @@ object AtasciiEncoding {
 
 
     fun encode(str: String): Result<List<UByte>, CharConversionException> {
-        return Ok(str.map { encodeTable.getValue(it).toUByte() })
+        val mapped = str.map { chr ->
+            when (chr) {
+                '\u0000' -> 0u
+                in '\u8000'..'\u80ff' -> {
+                    // special case: take the lower 8 bit hex value directly
+                    (chr.code - 0x8000).toUByte()
+                }
+                else -> encodeTable.getValue(chr).toUByte()
+            }
+        }
+        return Ok(mapped)
     }
 
     fun decode(bytes: List<UByte>): Result<String, CharConversionException> {

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/cbm/CbmMemorySizer.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package prog8.code.target.cbm
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+
+
+internal object CbmMemorySizer: IMemSizer {
+    override fun memorySize(dt: DataType): Int {
+        return when(dt) {
+            in ByteDatatypes -> 1
+            in WordDatatypes, in PassByReferenceDatatypes -> 2
+            DataType.FLOAT -> Mflpt5.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE
+            else -> Int.MIN_VALUE
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun memorySize(arrayDt: DataType, numElements: Int) =
+        memorySize(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(arrayDt)) * numElements
+}

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

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cbm
+package prog8.code.target.cbm
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Err
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Ok
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@ object IsoEncoding {
 
     fun encode(str: String): Result<List<UByte>, CharConversionException> {
         return try {
-            Ok(str.toByteArray(charset).map { it.toUByte() })
+            val mapped = str.map { chr ->
+                when (chr) {
+                    '\u0000' -> 0u
+                    in '\u8000'..'\u80ff' -> {
+                        // special case: take the lower 8 bit hex value directly
+                        (chr.code - 0x8000).toUByte()
+                    }
+                    else -> charset.encode(chr.toString())[0].toUByte()
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(mapped)
         } catch (ce: CharConversionException) {
             Err(ce)
         }

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

@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cbm
+package prog8.code.target.cbm
 
-import prog8.compilerinterface.IMachineFloat
-import prog8.compilerinterface.InternalCompilerException
+import prog8.code.core.InternalCompilerException
 import kotlin.math.absoluteValue
 import kotlin.math.pow
 
 
-data class Mflpt5(val b0: UByte, val b1: UByte, val b2: UByte, val b3: UByte, val b4: UByte): IMachineFloat {
+data class Mflpt5(val b0: UByte, val b1: UByte, val b2: UByte, val b3: UByte, val b4: UByte) {
 
     companion object {
         const val FLOAT_MAX_POSITIVE = 1.7014118345e+38         // bytes: 255,127,255,255,255
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ data class Mflpt5(val b0: UByte, val b1: UByte, val b2: UByte, val b3: UByte, va
         }
     }
 
-    override fun toDouble(): Double {
+    fun toDouble(): Double {
         if (this == zero) return 0.0
         val exp = b0.toInt() - 128
         val sign = (b1.toInt() and 0x80) > 0
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ data class Mflpt5(val b0: UByte, val b1: UByte, val b2: UByte, val b3: UByte, va
         return if (sign) -result else result
     }
 
-    override fun makeFloatFillAsm(): String {
+    fun makeFloatFillAsm(): String {
         val b0 = "$" + b0.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
         val b1 = "$" + b1.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
         val b2 = "$" + b2.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')

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

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cbm
+package prog8.code.target.cbm
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Err
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Ok
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Result
-import prog8.ast.antlr.escape
 import java.io.CharConversionException
 
 object PetsciiEncoding {
@@ -1077,7 +1076,7 @@ object PetsciiEncoding {
                 }
                 else -> {
                     val case = if (lowercase) "lower" else "upper"
-                    throw CharConversionException("no ${case}Petscii character for '${escape(chr.toString())}' (${chr.code})")
+                    throw CharConversionException("no ${case}Petscii character for '${chr}' (${chr.code})")
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1120,7 +1119,7 @@ object PetsciiEncoding {
                 }
                 else -> {
                     val case = if (lowercase) "lower" else "upper"
-                    throw CharConversionException("no ${case}Screencode character for '${escape(chr.toString())}' (${chr.code})")
+                    throw CharConversionException("no ${case}Screencode character for '${chr}' (${chr.code})")
                 }
             }
         }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/cx16/CX16MachineDefinition.kt

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cx16
+package prog8.code.target.cx16
 
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.Mflpt5
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import prog8.code.target.cbm.Mflpt5
 import java.nio.file.Path
 
 
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ class CX16MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
     override val PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS = 0x0801u
 
     // the 2*256 byte evaluation stack (on which bytes, words, and even floats are stored during calculations)
-    override val ESTACK_LO = 0x0400u        //  $0400-$04ff inclusive
-    override val ESTACK_HI = 0x0500u        //  $0500-$05ff inclusive
-
+    override var ESTACK_LO = 0x0400u        //  $0400-$04ff inclusive
+    override var ESTACK_HI = 0x0500u        //  $0500-$05ff inclusive
     override lateinit var zeropage: Zeropage
+    override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam
 
-    override fun getFloat(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num)
+    override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num).makeFloatFillAsm()
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
             listOf("syslib")
@@ -50,28 +50,16 @@ class CX16MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
         println("\nStarting Commander X16 emulator $emulator...")
         val cmdline = listOf(emulator, "-scale", "2", "-run", "-prg", "${programNameWithPath}.prg") + extraArgs
         val processb = ProcessBuilder(cmdline).inheritIO()
+        processb.environment()["PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC"] = "10"
         val process: Process = processb.start()
         process.waitFor()
     }
 
     override fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean = address==0u || address==1u || address in 0x9f00u..0x9fffu
 
-    override fun initializeZeropage(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
+    override fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {
         zeropage = CX16Zeropage(compilerOptions)
+        golden = GoldenRam(compilerOptions, 0x0600u until 0x0800u)
     }
 
-    // 6502 opcodes (including aliases and illegal opcodes), these cannot be used as variable or label names
-    override val opcodeNames = setOf("adc", "and", "asl", "bcc", "bcs",
-            "beq", "bge", "bit", "blt", "bmi", "bne", "bpl", "brk", "bvc", "bvs", "clc",
-            "cld", "cli", "clv", "cmp", "cpx", "cpy", "dec", "dex", "dey",
-            "eor", "gcc", "gcs", "geq", "gge", "glt", "gmi", "gne", "gpl", "gvc", "gvs",
-            "inc", "inx", "iny", "jmp", "jsr",
-            "lda", "ldx", "ldy", "lsr", "nop", "ora", "pha", "php",
-            "pla", "plp", "rol", "ror", "rti", "rts", "sbc",
-            "sec", "sed", "sei",
-            "sta", "stx", "sty", "tax", "tay", "tsx", "txa", "txs", "tya",
-            "bra", "phx", "phy", "plx", "ply", "stz", "trb", "tsb", "bbr", "bbs",
-            "rmb", "smb", "stp", "wai")
-
-
 }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/cx16/CX16Zeropage.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package prog8.code.target.cx16
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+
+
+class CX16Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
+
+    override val SCRATCH_B1 = 0x7au      // temp storage for a single byte
+    override val SCRATCH_REG = 0x7bu     // temp storage for a register, 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
+
+
+    init {
+        if (options.floats && options.zeropage !in arrayOf(
+                ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE,
+                ZeropageType.BASICSAFE,
+                ZeropageType.DONTUSE
+            ))
+            throw InternalCompilerException("when floats are enabled, zero page type should be 'floatsafe' or 'basicsafe' or 'dontuse'")
+
+        // the addresses 0x02 to 0x21 (inclusive) are taken for sixteen virtual 16-bit api registers.
+
+        synchronized(this) {
+            when (options.zeropage) {
+                ZeropageType.FULL -> {
+                    free.addAll(0x22u..0xffu)
+                }
+                ZeropageType.KERNALSAFE -> {
+                    free.addAll(0x22u..0x7fu)
+                    free.addAll(0xa9u..0xffu)
+                }
+                ZeropageType.FLOATSAFE -> {
+                    free.addAll(0x22u..0x7fu)
+                    free.addAll(0xd4u..0xffu)
+                }
+                ZeropageType.BASICSAFE -> {
+                    free.addAll(0x22u..0x7fu)
+                }
+                ZeropageType.DONTUSE -> {
+                    free.clear() // don't use zeropage at all
+                }
+                else -> throw InternalCompilerException("for this machine target, zero page type 'floatsafe' is not available. ${options.zeropage}")
+            }
+
+            val distictFree = free.distinct()
+            free.clear()
+            free.addAll(distictFree)
+
+            removeReservedFromFreePool()
+
+            allocateCx16VirtualRegisters()
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun allocateCx16VirtualRegisters() {
+        // Note: the 16 virtual registers R0-R15 are not regular allocated variables, they're *memory mapped* elsewhere to fixed addresses.
+        // However, to be able for the compiler to "see" them as zero page variables, we have to register them here as well.
+        // This is important because the compiler sometimes treats ZP variables more efficiently (for example if it's a pointer)
+        for(reg in 0..15) {
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}")]   = VarAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UWORD, 2)       // cx16.r0 .. cx16.r15
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}s")]  = VarAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.WORD, 2)        // cx16.r0s .. cx16.r15s
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}L")]  = VarAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UBYTE, 1)       // cx16.r0L .. cx16.r15L
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}H")]  = VarAllocation((3+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UBYTE, 1)       // cx16.r0H .. cx16.r15H
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}sL")] = VarAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.BYTE, 1)        // cx16.r0sL .. cx16.r15sL
+            allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}sH")] = VarAllocation((3+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.BYTE, 1)        // cx16.r0sH .. cx16.r15sH
+        }
+    }
+}

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/virtual/VirtualMachineDefinition.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+package prog8.code.target.virtual
+
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import java.nio.file.Path
+import kotlin.io.path.isReadable
+import kotlin.io.path.name
+import kotlin.io.path.readText
+
+class VirtualMachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
+
+    override val cpu = CpuType.VIRTUAL
+
+    override val FLOAT_MAX_POSITIVE = Float.MAX_VALUE.toDouble()
+    override val FLOAT_MAX_NEGATIVE = -Float.MAX_VALUE.toDouble()
+    override val FLOAT_MEM_SIZE = 4             // 32-bits floating point
+    override val PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS = 0u      // not actually used
+
+    override var ESTACK_LO = 0u                 // not actually used
+    override var ESTACK_HI = 0u                 // not actually used
+    override lateinit var zeropage: Zeropage    // not actually used
+    override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam     // not actually used
+
+    override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = TODO("float asm bytes from number")
+
+    override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
+        return listOf("syslib")
+    }
+
+    override fun launchEmulator(selectedEmulator: Int, programNameWithPath: Path) {
+        println("\nStarting Virtual Machine...")
+        // 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())
+        } else {
+            val withExt = programNameWithPath.resolveSibling("$filename.p8ir")
+            if(withExt.isReadable())
+                vm.runProgram(withExt.readText())
+            else
+                throw NoSuchFileException(withExt.toFile(), reason="not a .p8ir file")
+        }
+    }
+
+    override fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean = false
+
+    override fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions) {}
+}
+
+interface IVirtualMachineRunner {
+    fun runProgram(irSource: String)
+}

codeGenCpu6502/build.gradle

@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ compileTestKotlin {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(':compilerInterfaces')
+    implementation project(':codeCore')
     implementation project(':compilerAst')
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"
-    implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.12"
+    implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.16"
 
 }
 

codeGenCpu6502/codeGenCpu6502.iml

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeCore" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerAst" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerInterfaces" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>

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

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.VarDeclType
 import prog8.ast.expressions.NumericLiteral
 import prog8.ast.statements.VarDecl
-import prog8.compilerinterface.IMachineDefinition
+import prog8.ast.statements.VarDeclType
+import prog8.code.core.IMachineDefinition
 
 
 // note: see https://wiki.nesdev.org/w/index.php/6502_assembly_optimisations
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ internal fun optimizeAssembly(lines: MutableList<String>, machine: IMachineDefin
         numberOfOptimizations++
     }
 
-    mods= optimizeJsrRts(linesByFour)
+    mods= optimizeJsrRtsAndOtherCombinations(linesByFour)
     if(mods.isNotEmpty()) {
         apply(mods, lines)
         linesByFour = getLinesBy(lines, 4)
@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ internal fun optimizeAssembly(lines: MutableList<String>, machine: IMachineDefin
         numberOfOptimizations++
     }
 
-    // TODO more assembly optimizations
+    mods = optimizeSamePointerIndexing(linesByFourteen, machine, program)
+    if(mods.isNotEmpty()) {
+        apply(mods, lines)
+        linesByFourteen = getLinesBy(lines, 14)
+        numberOfOptimizations++
+    }
+
+    // TODO more assembly peephole optimizations
 
     return numberOfOptimizations
 }
@@ -320,6 +327,48 @@ private fun optimizeSameAssignments(linesByFourteen: List<List<IndexedValue<Stri
     return mods
 }
 
+private fun optimizeSamePointerIndexing(linesByFourteen: List<List<IndexedValue<String>>>, machine: IMachineDefinition, program: Program): List<Modification> {
+
+    // Optimize same pointer indexing where for instance we load and store to the same ptr index in Y
+    // if Y isn't modified in between we can omit the second LDY:
+    //    ldy  #0
+    //    lda  (ptr),y
+    //    ora  #3       ; <-- instruction(s) that don't modify Y
+    //    ldy  #0       ; <-- can be removed
+    //    sta  (ptr),y
+
+    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()
+
+        if(first.startsWith("ldy") && second.startsWith("lda") && fourth.startsWith("ldy") && fifth.startsWith("sta")) {
+            val firstvalue = first.substring(4)
+            val secondvalue = second.substring(4)
+            val fourthvalue = fourth.substring(4)
+            val fifthvalue = fifth.substring(4)
+            if("y" !in third && firstvalue==fourthvalue && secondvalue==fifthvalue && secondvalue.endsWith(",y") && fifthvalue.endsWith(",y")) {
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[3].index, true, null))
+            }
+        }
+        if(first.startsWith("ldy") && second.startsWith("lda") && fifth.startsWith("ldy") && sixth.startsWith("sta")) {
+            val firstvalue = first.substring(4)
+            val secondvalue = second.substring(4)
+            val fifthvalue = fifth.substring(4)
+            val sixthvalue = sixth.substring(4)
+            if("y" !in third && "y" !in fourth && firstvalue==fifthvalue && secondvalue==sixthvalue && secondvalue.endsWith(",y") && sixthvalue.endsWith(",y")) {
+                mods.add(Modification(lines[4].index, true, null))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return mods
+}
+
 private fun optimizeStoreLoadSame(linesByFour: List<List<IndexedValue<String>>>, machine: IMachineDefinition, program: Program): List<Modification> {
     // sta X + lda X,  sty X + ldy X,   stx X + ldx X  -> the second instruction can OFTEN be eliminated
     val mods = mutableListOf<Modification>()
@@ -437,8 +486,11 @@ private fun optimizeIncDec(linesByFour: List<List<IndexedValue<String>>>): List<
     return mods
 }
 
-private fun optimizeJsrRts(linesByFour: List<List<IndexedValue<String>>>): List<Modification> {
+private fun optimizeJsrRtsAndOtherCombinations(linesByFour: List<List<IndexedValue<String>>>): List<Modification> {
     // jsr Sub + rts -> jmp Sub
+    // rts + jmp -> remove jmp
+    // rts + bxx -> remove bxx
+
     val mods = mutableListOf<Modification>()
     for (lines in linesByFour) {
         val first = lines[0].value
@@ -447,6 +499,28 @@ private fun optimizeJsrRts(linesByFour: List<List<IndexedValue<String>>>): List<
             mods += Modification(lines[0].index, false, lines[0].value.replace("jsr", "jmp"))
             mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
         }
+        else if (" rts" in first || "\trts" in first) {
+            if (" jmp" in second || "\tjmp" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bra" in second || "\tbra" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bcc" in second || "\tbcc" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bcs" in second || "\tbcs" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" beq" in second || "\tbeq" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bne" in second || "\tbne" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bmi" in second || "\tbmi" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bpl" in second || "\tbpl" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bvs" in second || "\tbvs" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+            else if (" bvc" in second || "\tbvc" in second)
+                mods += Modification(lines[1].index, true, null)
+        }
     }
     return mods
 }

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

@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cbm
+package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
-import prog8.ast.base.Cx16VirtualRegisters
-import prog8.ast.base.RegisterOrPair
 import prog8.ast.expressions.ArrayIndexedExpression
 import prog8.ast.expressions.BuiltinFunctionCall
 import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
-import prog8.ast.statements.RegisterOrStatusflag
 import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
+import prog8.code.core.Cx16VirtualRegisters
+import prog8.code.core.RegisterOrPair
+import prog8.code.core.RegisterOrStatusflag
 
 
-internal fun asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub: Subroutine): List<Int> {
+fun asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub: Subroutine): List<Int> {
     val order = mutableListOf<Int>()
     // order is:
     //  1) cx16 virtual word registers,
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ internal fun asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub: Subroutine): List<Int> {
     return order
 }
 
-internal fun asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args: List<Expression>,
+fun asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args: List<Expression>,
                                                    paramRegisters: List<RegisterOrStatusflag>): Boolean {
     fun isClobberRisk(expr: Expression): Boolean {
         when (expr) {

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

@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Ok
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.Result
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.mapError
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
-import prog8.parser.SourceCode
+import prog8.ast.generatedLabelPrefix
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import java.io.File
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.Path

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

@@ -3,21 +3,19 @@ package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 import prog8.ast.IFunctionCall
 import prog8.ast.Node
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.*
 import prog8.ast.expressions.*
 import prog8.ast.statements.ArrayIndex
 import prog8.ast.statements.BuiltinFunctionCallStatement
-import prog8.ast.statements.DirectMemoryWrite
 import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
-import prog8.ast.toHex
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.*
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
+import prog8.compiler.BuiltinFunctions
+import prog8.compiler.FSignature
 
 
 internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                       private val asmgen: AsmGen,
-                                      private val assignAsmGen: AssignmentAsmGen,
-                                      private val allocations: VariableAllocator) {
+                                      private val assignAsmGen: AssignmentAsmGen) {
 
     internal fun translateFunctioncallExpression(fcall: BuiltinFunctionCall, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
         val func = BuiltinFunctions.getValue(fcall.target.nameInSource.single())
@@ -29,43 +27,6 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
         translateFunctioncall(fcall, func, discardResult = true, resultToStack = false, resultRegister = null)
     }
 
-    internal fun translateUnaryFunctioncall(name: String, singleArg: AsmAssignSource, isStatement: Boolean, scope: Subroutine): DataType {
-        val func = BuiltinFunctions.getValue(name)
-        val argExpression =
-            when(singleArg.kind) {
-                SourceStorageKind.LITERALNUMBER -> singleArg.number!!
-                SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION -> singleArg.expression!!
-                SourceStorageKind.ARRAY -> singleArg.array!!
-                else -> {
-                    // TODO make it so that we can assign efficiently from something else as an expression....namely: register(s)
-                    //      this is useful in pipe expressions for instance, to skip the use of a temporary variable
-                    //      but for now, just assign it to a temporary variable and use that as a source
-                    //      Idea: to do this without having to rewrite every single function in translateFunctioncall(),
-                    //            hack a special IdentifierReference like "!6502.A/X/Y/AX/AY/XY" to reference a cpu register
-                    val tempvar = asmgen.getTempVarName(singleArg.datatype)
-                    val assignTempvar = AsmAssignment(
-                        singleArg,
-                        AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, singleArg.datatype, scope, variableAsmName = asmgen.asmVariableName(tempvar)),
-                        false, program.memsizer, Position.DUMMY
-                    )
-                    assignAsmGen.translateNormalAssignment(assignTempvar)
-                    // now use an expression to assign this tempvar
-                    val ident = IdentifierReference(tempvar, Position.DUMMY)
-                    ident.linkParents(scope)
-                    ident
-                }
-            }
-        val argExpressions = mutableListOf(argExpression);
-        val fcall = BuiltinFunctionCall(IdentifierReference(listOf(name), Position.DUMMY), argExpressions, Position.DUMMY)
-        fcall.linkParents(scope)
-        translateFunctioncall(fcall, func, discardResult = false, resultToStack = false, null)
-        return if(isStatement) {
-            DataType.UNDEFINED
-        } else {
-            builtinFunctionReturnType(func.name, argExpressions, program).getOrElse { throw AssemblyError("unknown dt") }
-        }
-    }
-
     private fun translateFunctioncall(fcall: IFunctionCall, func: FSignature, discardResult: Boolean, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?) {
         if (discardResult && func.pure)
             return  // can just ignore the whole function call altogether
@@ -80,20 +41,8 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             "lsb" -> funcLsb(fcall, resultToStack, resultRegister)
             "mkword" -> funcMkword(fcall, resultToStack, resultRegister)
             "abs" -> funcAbs(fcall, func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
-            "swap" -> funcSwap(fcall)
-            "min", "max" -> funcMinMax(fcall, func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
-            "sum" -> funcSum(fcall, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
             "any", "all" -> funcAnyAll(fcall, func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
-            "sin8", "sin8u", "sin16", "sin16u",
-            "sinr8", "sinr8u", "sinr16", "sinr16u",
-            "cos8", "cos8u", "cos16", "cos16u",
-            "cosr8", "cosr8u", "cosr16", "cosr16u" -> funcSinCosInt(fcall, func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
             "sgn" -> funcSgn(fcall, func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
-            "sin", "cos", "tan", "atan",
-            "ln", "log2", "sqrt", "rad",
-            "deg", "round", "floor", "ceil",
-            "rndf" -> funcVariousFloatFuncs(fcall, func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
-            "rnd", "rndw" -> funcRnd(func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
             "sqrt16" -> funcSqrt16(fcall, func, resultToStack, resultRegister, sscope)
             "rol" -> funcRol(fcall)
             "rol2" -> funcRol2(fcall)
@@ -188,20 +137,19 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             throw AssemblyError("callfar only works on cx16 target at this time")
 
         val bank = fcall.args[0].constValue(program)?.number?.toInt()
-        val address = fcall.args[1].constValue(program)?.number?.toInt()
-        if(bank==null || address==null)
-            throw AssemblyError("callfar (jsrfar) requires constant arguments")
-
-        if(address !in 0xa000..0xbfff)
-            throw AssemblyError("callfar done on address outside of cx16 banked ram")
-        if(bank==0)
-            throw AssemblyError("callfar done on bank 0 which is reserved for the kernal")
-
+        val address = fcall.args[1].constValue(program)?.number?.toInt() ?: 0
         val argAddrArg = fcall.args[2]
+        if(bank==null)
+            throw AssemblyError("callfar (jsrfar) bank has to be a constant")
+        if(fcall.args[1].constValue(program) == null) {
+            assignAsmGen.assignExpressionToRegister(fcall.args[1], RegisterOrPair.AY, false)
+            asmgen.out("  sta  (+)+0 |  sty  (+)+1  ; store jsrfar address word")
+        }
+
         if(argAddrArg.constValue(program)?.number == 0.0) {
             asmgen.out("""
                 jsr  cx16.jsrfar
-                .word  ${address.toHex()}
++               .word  ${address.toHex()}
                 .byte  ${bank.toHex()}""")
         } else {
             when(argAddrArg) {
@@ -211,7 +159,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     asmgen.out("""
                         lda  ${asmgen.asmVariableName(argAddrArg.identifier)}
                         jsr  cx16.jsrfar
-                        .word  ${address.toHex()}
++                       .word  ${address.toHex()}
                         .byte  ${bank.toHex()}
                         sta  ${asmgen.asmVariableName(argAddrArg.identifier)}""")
                 }
@@ -219,7 +167,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     asmgen.out("""
                         lda  ${argAddrArg.number.toHex()}
                         jsr  cx16.jsrfar
-                        .word  ${address.toHex()}
++                       .word  ${address.toHex()}
                         .byte  ${bank.toHex()}
                         sta  ${argAddrArg.number.toHex()}""")
                 }
@@ -306,15 +254,27 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                             asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.A)
                             asmgen.out("  cmp  ${arg2.addressExpression.constValue(program)!!.number.toHex()}")
                         } else {
-                            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
-                            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.A)
-                            asmgen.out("  cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+                            if(arg1.isSimple) {
+                                asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
+                                asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.A)
+                                asmgen.out("  cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+                            } else {
+                                asmgen.pushCpuStack(DataType.UBYTE, arg1)
+                                asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
+                                asmgen.out("  pla |  cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                     else -> {
-                        asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
-                        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.A)
-                        asmgen.out("  cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+                        if(arg1.isSimple) {
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.A)
+                            asmgen.out("  cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+                        } else {
+                            asmgen.pushCpuStack(DataType.UBYTE, arg1)
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
+                            asmgen.out("  pla |  cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             } else
@@ -340,13 +300,25 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
 +""")
                     }
                     else -> {
-                        asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", DataType.UWORD, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
-                        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                        asmgen.out("""
-                            cpy  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-                            bne  +
-                            cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
-+""")
+                        if(arg1.isSimple) {
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", DataType.UWORD, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(arg1, RegisterOrPair.AY)
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                cpy  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
+                                bne  +
+                                cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
+    +""")
+                        } else {
+                            asmgen.pushCpuStack(DataType.UWORD, arg1)
+                            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arg2, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", DataType.UWORD, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine)
+                            asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.Y, false)
+                            asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.A, false)
+                            asmgen.out("""
+                                cpy  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
+                                bne  +
+                                cmp  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
+    +""")
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             } else
@@ -358,25 +330,17 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
         if(discardResult || fcall !is BuiltinFunctionCall)
             throw AssemblyError("should not discard result of memory allocation at $fcall")
         val name = (fcall.args[0] as StringLiteral).value
-        require(name.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() || it=='_' }) {"memory name should be a valid symbol name"}
-        val size = (fcall.args[1] as NumericLiteral).number.toUInt()
-        val align = (fcall.args[2] as NumericLiteral).number.toUInt()
-
-        val existing = allocations.getMemorySlab(name)
-        if(existing!=null && (existing.first!=size || existing.second!=align))
-            throw AssemblyError("memory slab '$name' already exists with a different size or alignment at ${fcall.position}")
-
-        val slabname = IdentifierReference(listOf("prog8_slabs", name), fcall.position)
+        require(name.all { it.isLetterOrDigit() || it=='_' }) {"memory name should be a valid symbol name ${fcall.position}"}
+        val slabname = IdentifierReference(listOf("prog8_slabs", "prog8_memoryslab_$name"), fcall.position)
         slabname.linkParents(fcall)
         val src = AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION, program, asmgen, DataType.UWORD, expression = AddressOf(slabname, fcall.position))
         val target =
             if(resultToStack)
-                AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.STACK, program, asmgen, DataType.UWORD, null)
+                AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.STACK,  asmgen, DataType.UWORD, null)
             else
-                AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, null, program, asmgen)
+                AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, null, asmgen)
         val assign = AsmAssignment(src, target, false, program.memsizer, fcall.position)
         asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assign)
-        allocations.allocateMemorySlab(name, size, align)
     }
 
     private fun funcSqrt16(fcall: IFunctionCall, func: FSignature, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: Subroutine?) {
@@ -385,27 +349,10 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sqrt16_stack")
         else {
             asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sqrt16_into_A")
-            assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
+            assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
         }
     }
 
-    private fun funcSinCosInt(fcall: IFunctionCall, func: FSignature, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: Subroutine?) {
-        translateArguments(fcall.args, func, scope)
-        if(resultToStack)
-            asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${func.name}_stack")
-        else
-            when(func.name) {
-                "sin8", "sin8u", "sinr8", "sinr8u", "cos8", "cos8u", "cosr8", "cosr8u" -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${func.name}_into_A")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
-                }
-                "sin16", "sin16u", "sinr16", "sinr16u", "cos16", "cos16u", "cosr16", "cosr16u" -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${func.name}_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-            }
-    }
-
     private fun funcReverse(fcall: IFunctionCall) {
         val variable = fcall.args.single()
         if (variable is IdentifierReference) {
@@ -537,6 +484,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         } else {
                             val ptrAndIndex = asmgen.pointerViaIndexRegisterPossible(what.addressExpression)
                             if(ptrAndIndex!=null) {
+                                asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine!!)
                                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(ptrAndIndex.second, RegisterOrPair.X)
                                 asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine!!)
                                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(ptrAndIndex.first, RegisterOrPair.AY)
@@ -545,6 +493,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                     sta  (+) + 1
                                     sty  (+) + 2
 +                                   ror  ${'$'}ffff,x           ; modified""")
+                                asmgen.restoreRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X)
                             } else {
                                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(what.addressExpression, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                                 asmgen.out("""
@@ -638,6 +587,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         } else {
                             val ptrAndIndex = asmgen.pointerViaIndexRegisterPossible(what.addressExpression)
                             if(ptrAndIndex!=null) {
+                                asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine!!)
                                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(ptrAndIndex.second, RegisterOrPair.X)
                                 asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, (fcall as Node).definingSubroutine!!)
                                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(ptrAndIndex.first, RegisterOrPair.AY)
@@ -646,6 +596,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                     sta  (+) + 1
                                     sty  (+) + 2
 +                                   rol  ${'$'}ffff,x           ; modified""")
+                                asmgen.restoreRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X)
                             } else {
                                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(what.addressExpression, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                                 asmgen.out("""
@@ -680,18 +631,14 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
     }
 
     private fun translateRolRorArrayArgs(arrayvar: IdentifierReference, indexer: ArrayIndex, operation: String, dt: Char) {
-        asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(AddressOf(arrayvar, arrayvar.position), "prog8_lib.${operation}_array_u${dt}._arg_target", DataType.UWORD, null)
-        asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(indexer.indexExpr, "prog8_lib.${operation}_array_u${dt}._arg_index", DataType.UBYTE, null)
-    }
-
-    private fun funcVariousFloatFuncs(fcall: IFunctionCall, func: FSignature, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: Subroutine?) {
-        translateArguments(fcall.args, func, scope)
-        if(resultToStack)
-            asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_${func.name}_stack")
-        else {
-            asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_${func.name}_fac1")
-            assignAsmGen.assignFAC1float(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true, scope, program, asmgen))
+        if(arrayvar.targetVarDecl(program)!!.datatype==DataType.UWORD) {
+            if(dt!='b')
+                throw AssemblyError("non-array var indexing requires bytes dt")
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(arrayvar, "prog8_lib.${operation}_array_u${dt}._arg_target", DataType.UWORD, null)
+        } else {
+            asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(AddressOf(arrayvar, arrayvar.position), "prog8_lib.${operation}_array_u${dt}._arg_target", DataType.UWORD, null)
         }
+        asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(indexer.indexExpr, "prog8_lib.${operation}_array_u${dt}._arg_index", DataType.UBYTE, null)
     }
 
     private fun funcSgn(fcall: IFunctionCall, func: FSignature, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: Subroutine?) {
@@ -715,7 +662,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                 DataType.FLOAT -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_sign_f_into_A")
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type $dt")
             }
-            assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
+            assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
         }
     }
 
@@ -731,509 +678,12 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             }
         } else {
             when (dt.getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)) {
-                DataType.ARRAY_B, DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.STR -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_b_into_A")
-                DataType.ARRAY_UW, DataType.ARRAY_W -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_w_into_A")
-                DataType.ARRAY_F -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_${function.name}_f_into_A")
+                DataType.ARRAY_B, DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.STR -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_b_into_A |  ldy  #0")
+                DataType.ARRAY_UW, DataType.ARRAY_W -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_w_into_A |  ldy  #0")
+                DataType.ARRAY_F -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_${function.name}_f_into_A |  ldy  #0")
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type $dt")
             }
-            assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun funcMinMax(fcall: IFunctionCall, function: FSignature, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: Subroutine?) {
-        outputAddressAndLenghtOfArray(fcall.args[0])
-        val dt = fcall.args.single().inferType(program)
-        if(resultToStack) {
-            when (dt.getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)) {
-                DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.STR -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_ub_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_B -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_b_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_UW -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_uw_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_W -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_w_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_F -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_${function.name}_f_stack")
-                else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type $dt")
-            }
-        } else {
-            when (dt.getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)) {
-                DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.STR -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_ub_into_A")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_B -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_b_into_A")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_UW -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_uw_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_W -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_${function.name}_w_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_F -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_${function.name}_f_fac1")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignFAC1float(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true, scope, program, asmgen))
-                }
-                else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type $dt")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun funcSum(fcall: IFunctionCall, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: Subroutine?) {
-        outputAddressAndLenghtOfArray(fcall.args[0])
-        val dt = fcall.args.single().inferType(program)
-        if(resultToStack) {
-            when (dt.getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)) {
-                DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.STR -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_ub_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_B -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_b_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_UW -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_uw_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_W -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_w_stack")
-                DataType.ARRAY_F -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_sum_f_stack")
-                else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type $dt")
-            }
-        } else {
-            when (dt.getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)) {
-                DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.STR -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_ub_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_B -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_b_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_UW -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_uw_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_W -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_sum_w_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-                DataType.ARRAY_F -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.func_sum_f_fac1")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignFAC1float(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true, scope, program, asmgen))
-                }
-                else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type $dt")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun funcSwap(fcall: IFunctionCall) {
-        val first = fcall.args[0]
-        val second = fcall.args[1]
-
-        // optimized simple case: swap two variables
-        if(first is IdentifierReference && second is IdentifierReference) {
-            val firstName = asmgen.asmVariableName(first)
-            val secondName = asmgen.asmVariableName(second)
-            val dt = first.inferType(program)
-            if(dt istype DataType.BYTE || dt istype DataType.UBYTE) {
-                asmgen.out(" ldy  $firstName |  lda  $secondName |  sta  $firstName |  sty  $secondName")
-                return
-            }
-            if(dt istype DataType.WORD || dt istype DataType.UWORD) {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    ldy  $firstName
-                    lda  $secondName
-                    sta  $firstName
-                    sty  $secondName
-                    ldy  $firstName+1
-                    lda  $secondName+1
-                    sta  $firstName+1
-                    sty  $secondName+1
-                """)
-                return
-            }
-            if(dt istype DataType.FLOAT) {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  #<$firstName
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
-                    lda  #>$firstName
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-                    lda  #<$secondName
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2
-                    lda  #>$secondName
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1
-                    jsr  floats.func_swap_f
-                """)
-                return
-            }
-        }
-
-        // optimized simple case: swap two memory locations
-        if(first is DirectMemoryRead && second is DirectMemoryRead) {
-            val addr1 = (first.addressExpression as? NumericLiteral)?.number?.toHex()
-            val addr2 = (second.addressExpression as? NumericLiteral)?.number?.toHex()
-            val name1 = if(first.addressExpression is IdentifierReference) asmgen.asmVariableName(first.addressExpression as IdentifierReference) else null
-            val name2 = if(second.addressExpression is IdentifierReference) asmgen.asmVariableName(second.addressExpression as IdentifierReference) else null
-
-            when {
-                addr1!=null && addr2!=null -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  ldy  $addr1 |  lda  $addr2 |  sta  $addr1 |  sty  $addr2")
-                    return
-                }
-                addr1!=null && name2!=null -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  ldy  $addr1 |  lda  $name2 |  sta  $addr1 |  sty  $name2")
-                    return
-                }
-                name1!=null && addr2 != null -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  ldy  $name1 |  lda  $addr2 |  sta  $name1 |  sty  $addr2")
-                    return
-                }
-                name1!=null && name2!=null -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  ldy  $name1 |  lda  $name2 |  sta  $name1 |  sty  $name2")
-                    return
-                }
-                addr1==null && addr2==null && name1==null && name2==null -> {
-                    val firstExpr = first.addressExpression as? BinaryExpression
-                    val secondExpr = second.addressExpression as? BinaryExpression
-                    if(firstExpr!=null && secondExpr!=null) {
-                        val pointerVariable = firstExpr.left as? IdentifierReference
-                        val firstOffset = firstExpr.right
-                        val secondOffset = secondExpr.right
-                        if(pointerVariable != null
-                            && pointerVariable isSameAs secondExpr.left
-                            && firstExpr.operator == "+" && secondExpr.operator == "+"
-                            && (firstOffset is NumericLiteral || firstOffset is IdentifierReference || firstOffset is TypecastExpression)
-                            && (secondOffset is NumericLiteral || secondOffset is IdentifierReference || secondOffset is TypecastExpression)
-                        ) {
-                            if(firstOffset is NumericLiteral && secondOffset is NumericLiteral) {
-                                if(firstOffset!=secondOffset) {
-                                    swapArrayValues(
-                                        DataType.UBYTE,
-                                        asmgen.asmVariableName(pointerVariable), firstOffset,
-                                        asmgen.asmVariableName(pointerVariable), secondOffset
-                                    )
-                                    return
-                                }
-                            } else if(firstOffset is TypecastExpression && secondOffset is TypecastExpression) {
-                                if(firstOffset.type in WordDatatypes && secondOffset.type in WordDatatypes) {
-                                    val firstOffsetVar = firstOffset.expression as? IdentifierReference
-                                    val secondOffsetVar = secondOffset.expression as? IdentifierReference
-                                    if(firstOffsetVar!=null && secondOffsetVar!=null) {
-                                        if(firstOffsetVar!=secondOffsetVar) {
-                                            swapArrayValues(
-                                                DataType.UBYTE,
-                                                asmgen.asmVariableName(pointerVariable), firstOffsetVar,
-                                                asmgen.asmVariableName(pointerVariable), secondOffsetVar
-                                            )
-                                            return
-                                        }
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            } else if(firstOffset is IdentifierReference || secondOffset is IdentifierReference) {
-                                throw AssemblyError("expected a typecast-to-word for index variable at ${firstOffset.position} and/or ${secondOffset.position}")
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        if(first is ArrayIndexedExpression && second is ArrayIndexedExpression) {
-            val arrayVarName1 = asmgen.asmVariableName(first.arrayvar)
-            val arrayVarName2 = asmgen.asmVariableName(second.arrayvar)
-            val elementIDt = first.inferType(program)
-            val elementDt = elementIDt.getOrElse { throw AssemblyError("unknown dt") }
-
-            val firstNum = first.indexer.indexExpr as? NumericLiteral
-            val firstVar = first.indexer.indexExpr as? IdentifierReference
-            val secondNum = second.indexer.indexExpr as? NumericLiteral
-            val secondVar = second.indexer.indexExpr as? IdentifierReference
-
-            if(firstNum!=null && secondNum!=null) {
-                swapArrayValues(elementDt, arrayVarName1, firstNum, arrayVarName2, secondNum)
-                return
-            } else if(firstVar!=null && secondVar!=null) {
-                swapArrayValues(elementDt, arrayVarName1, firstVar, arrayVarName2, secondVar)
-                return
-            } else if(firstNum!=null && secondVar!=null) {
-                swapArrayValues(elementDt, arrayVarName1, firstNum, arrayVarName2, secondVar)
-                return
-            } else if(firstVar!=null && secondNum!=null) {
-                swapArrayValues(elementDt, arrayVarName1, firstVar, arrayVarName2, secondNum)
-                return
-            }
-        }
-
-        // all other types of swap() calls are done via a temporary variable
-
-        fun targetFromExpr(expr: Expression, datatype: DataType): AsmAssignTarget {
-            return when (expr) {
-                is IdentifierReference -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, datatype, expr.definingSubroutine, variableAsmName = asmgen.asmVariableName(expr))
-                is ArrayIndexedExpression -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.ARRAY, program, asmgen, datatype, expr.definingSubroutine, array = expr)
-                is DirectMemoryRead -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.MEMORY, program, asmgen, datatype, expr.definingSubroutine, memory = DirectMemoryWrite(expr.addressExpression, expr.position))
-                else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid expression object $expr")
-            }
-        }
-
-        when(val datatype: DataType = first.inferType(program).getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)) {
-            in ByteDatatypes, in WordDatatypes -> {
-                asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(first, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1", datatype, null)
-                asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(second, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2", datatype, null)
-                val assignFirst = AsmAssignment(
-                        AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, datatype, variableAsmName = "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2"),
-                        targetFromExpr(first, datatype),
-                        false, program.memsizer, first.position
-                )
-                val assignSecond = AsmAssignment(
-                        AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, datatype, variableAsmName = "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1"),
-                        targetFromExpr(second, datatype),
-                        false, program.memsizer, second.position
-                )
-                asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assignFirst)
-                asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assignSecond)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> {
-                // via temp variable and FAC1
-                asmgen.assignExpressionTo(first, AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, DataType.FLOAT, first.definingSubroutine, "floats.tempvar_swap_float"))
-                asmgen.assignExpressionTo(second, AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, DataType.FLOAT, null, register=RegisterOrPair.FAC1))
-                asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(
-                    AsmAssignment(
-                        AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, datatype, register = RegisterOrPair.FAC1),
-                        targetFromExpr(first, datatype),
-                        false, program.memsizer, first.position
-                    )
-                )
-                asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(
-                    AsmAssignment(
-                        AsmAssignSource(SourceStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, datatype, "floats.tempvar_swap_float"),
-                        targetFromExpr(second, datatype),
-                        false, program.memsizer, second.position
-                    )
-                )
-            }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("weird swap dt")
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun swapArrayValues(elementDt: DataType, arrayVarName1: String, indexValue1: NumericLiteral, arrayVarName2: String, indexValue2: NumericLiteral) {
-        val index1 = indexValue1.number.toInt() * program.memsizer.memorySize(elementDt)
-        val index2 = indexValue2.number.toInt() * program.memsizer.memorySize(elementDt)
-        when(elementDt) {
-            DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1+$index1
-                    ldy  $arrayVarName2+$index2
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2+$index2
-                    sty  $arrayVarName1+$index1
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1+$index1
-                    ldy  $arrayVarName2+$index2
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2+$index2
-                    sty  $arrayVarName1+$index1
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1+$index1+1
-                    ldy  $arrayVarName2+$index2+1
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2+$index2+1
-                    sty  $arrayVarName1+$index1+1
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  #<(${arrayVarName1}+$index1)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
-                    lda  #>(${arrayVarName1}+$index1)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-                    lda  #<(${arrayVarName2}+$index2)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2
-                    lda  #>(${arrayVarName2}+$index2)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1
-                    jsr  floats.func_swap_f
-                """)
-            }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid aray elt type")
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun swapArrayValues(elementDt: DataType, arrayVarName1: String, indexName1: IdentifierReference, arrayVarName2: String, indexName2: IdentifierReference) {
-        val idxAsmName1 = asmgen.asmVariableName(indexName1)
-        val idxAsmName2 = asmgen.asmVariableName(indexName2)
-        when(elementDt) {
-            DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    stx  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                    ldx  $idxAsmName1
-                    ldy  $idxAsmName2
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1,x
-                    pha
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1,x
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2,y
-                    ldx  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    stx  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                    lda  $idxAsmName1
-                    asl  a
-                    tax
-                    lda  $idxAsmName2
-                    asl  a
-                    tay
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1,x
-                    pha
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1,x
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2,y
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1+1,x
-                    pha
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2+1,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1+1,x
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2+1,y
-                    ldx  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  #>$arrayVarName1
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-                    lda  $idxAsmName1
-                    asl  a
-                    asl  a
-                    clc
-                    adc  $idxAsmName1
-                    adc  #<$arrayVarName1
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
-                    bcc  +
-                    inc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-+                   lda  #>$arrayVarName2
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1
-                    lda  $idxAsmName2
-                    asl  a
-                    asl  a
-                    clc
-                    adc  $idxAsmName2
-                    adc  #<$arrayVarName2
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2
-                    bcc  +
-                    inc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1
-+                   jsr  floats.func_swap_f                                   
-                """)
-            }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid aray elt type")
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun swapArrayValues(elementDt: DataType, arrayVarName1: String, indexValue1: NumericLiteral, arrayVarName2: String, indexName2: IdentifierReference) {
-        val index1 = indexValue1.number.toInt() * program.memsizer.memorySize(elementDt)
-        val idxAsmName2 = asmgen.asmVariableName(indexName2)
-        when(elementDt) {
-            DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1 + $index1
-                    pha
-                    ldy  $idxAsmName2
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1 + $index1
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2,y
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1 + $index1
-                    pha
-                    lda  $idxAsmName2
-                    asl  a
-                    tay
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1 + $index1
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2,y
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1 + $index1+1
-                    pha
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2+1,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1 + $index1+1
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2+1,y
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  #<(${arrayVarName1}+$index1)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
-                    lda  #>(${arrayVarName1}+$index1)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-                    lda  #>$arrayVarName1
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-                    lda  $idxAsmName2
-                    asl  a
-                    asl  a
-                    clc
-                    adc  $idxAsmName2
-                    adc  #<$arrayVarName1
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
-                    bcc  +
-                    inc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-+                   jsr  floats.func_swap_f
-                """)
-            }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid aray elt type")
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun swapArrayValues(elementDt: DataType, arrayVarName1: String, indexName1: IdentifierReference, arrayVarName2: String, indexValue2: NumericLiteral) {
-        val idxAsmName1 = asmgen.asmVariableName(indexName1)
-        val index2 = indexValue2.number.toInt() * program.memsizer.memorySize(elementDt)
-        when(elementDt) {
-            DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2 + $index2
-                    pha
-                    ldy  $idxAsmName1
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2 + $index2
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1,y
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2 + $index2
-                    pha
-                    lda  $idxAsmName1
-                    asl  a
-                    tay
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2 + $index2
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1,y
-                    lda  $arrayVarName2 + $index2+1
-                    pha
-                    lda  $arrayVarName1+1,y
-                    sta  $arrayVarName2 + $index2+1
-                    pla
-                    sta  $arrayVarName1+1,y
-                """)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  #>$arrayVarName1
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-                    lda  $idxAsmName1
-                    asl  a
-                    asl  a
-                    clc
-                    adc  $idxAsmName1
-                    adc  #<$arrayVarName1
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1
-                    bcc  +
-                    inc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1
-+                   lda  #<(${arrayVarName2}+$index2)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2
-                    lda  #>(${arrayVarName2}+$index2)
-                    sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2+1
-                    jsr  floats.func_swap_f
-                """)
-            }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid aray elt type")
+            assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
         }
     }
 
@@ -1242,49 +692,21 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
         val dt = fcall.args.single().inferType(program).getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)
         if(resultToStack) {
             when (dt) {
-                in ByteDatatypes -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_b_stack")
-                in WordDatatypes -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_w_stack")
-                DataType.FLOAT -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.abs_f_stack")
+                DataType.UBYTE -> asmgen.out("  ldy  #0")
+                DataType.BYTE -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_b_stack")
+                DataType.UWORD -> {}
+                DataType.WORD -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_w_stack")
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
             }
         } else {
             when (dt) {
-                in ByteDatatypes -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_b_into_A")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
-                }
-                in WordDatatypes -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_w_into_AY")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-                DataType.FLOAT -> {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.abs_f_fac1")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignFAC1float(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true, scope, program, asmgen))
-                }
+                DataType.UBYTE -> asmgen.out("  ldy  #0")
+                DataType.BYTE -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_b_into_AY")
+                DataType.UWORD -> {}
+                DataType.WORD -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.abs_w_into_AY")
                 else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
             }
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun funcRnd(func: FSignature, resultToStack: Boolean, resultRegister: RegisterOrPair?, scope: Subroutine?) {
-        when(func.name) {
-            "rnd" -> {
-                if(resultToStack)
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_rnd_stack")
-                else {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  math.randbyte")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterByte(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.A, false, scope, program, asmgen), CpuRegister.A)
-                }
-            }
-            "rndw" -> {
-                if(resultToStack)
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.func_rndw_stack")
-                else {
-                    asmgen.out("  jsr  math.randword")
-                    assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, program, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
-                }
-            }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("wrong func")
+            assignAsmGen.assignRegisterpairWord(AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY, false, scope, asmgen), RegisterOrPair.AY)
         }
     }
 
@@ -1430,14 +852,14 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             asmgen.out("  sta  P8ESTACK_LO,x |  tya |  sta  P8ESTACK_HI,x |  dex")
         } else {
             val reg = resultRegister ?: RegisterOrPair.AY
-            var needAsave = !(fcall.args[0] is DirectMemoryRead || fcall.args[0] is NumericLiteral || fcall.args[0] is IdentifierReference)
+            var needAsave = asmgen.needAsaveForExpr(fcall.args[0])
             if(!needAsave) {
                 val mr0 = fcall.args[0] as? DirectMemoryRead
                 val mr1 = fcall.args[1] as? DirectMemoryRead
                 if (mr0 != null)
-                    needAsave = mr0.addressExpression !is NumericLiteral && mr0.addressExpression !is IdentifierReference
+                    needAsave =  mr0.addressExpression !is NumericLiteral
                 if (mr1 != null)
-                    needAsave = needAsave or (mr1.addressExpression !is NumericLiteral && mr1.addressExpression !is IdentifierReference)
+                    needAsave = needAsave or (mr1.addressExpression !is NumericLiteral)
             }
             when(reg) {
                 RegisterOrPair.AX -> {
@@ -1594,8 +1016,11 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
     private fun outputAddressAndLenghtOfArray(arg: Expression) {
         // address in P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1,  number of elements in A
         arg as IdentifierReference
+        val arrayVar = arg.targetVarDecl(program)!!
+        if(!arrayVar.isArray)
+            throw AssemblyError("length of non-array requested")
+        val size = arrayVar.arraysize!!.constIndex()!!
         val identifierName = asmgen.asmVariableName(arg)
-        val size = arg.targetVarDecl(program)!!.arraysize!!.constIndex()!!
         asmgen.out("""
                     lda  #<$identifierName
                     ldy  #>$identifierName
@@ -1607,7 +1032,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
 
     private fun translateArguments(args: MutableList<Expression>, signature: FSignature, scope: Subroutine?) {
         val callConv = signature.callConvention(args.map {
-            it.inferType(program).getOrElse { throw AssemblyError("unknown dt")}
+            it.inferType(program).getOrElse { throw AssemblyError("unknown dt") }
         })
 
         fun getSourceForFloat(value: Expression): AsmAssignSource {
@@ -1623,7 +1048,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     if(scope==null)
                         throw AssemblyError("cannot use float arguments outside of a subroutine scope")
 
-                    allocations.subroutineExtra(scope).usedFloatEvalResultVar2 = true
+                    asmgen.subroutineExtra(scope).usedFloatEvalResultVar2 = true
                     val variable = IdentifierReference(listOf(subroutineFloatEvalResultVar2), value.position)
                     val addr = AddressOf(variable, value.position)
                     addr.linkParents(value)
@@ -1651,7 +1076,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                             AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(value, program, asmgen)
                         }
                     }
-                    val tgt = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, conv.dt, null, variableAsmName = varname)
+                    val tgt = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, asmgen, conv.dt, null, variableAsmName = varname)
                     val assign = AsmAssignment(src, tgt, false, program.memsizer, value.position)
                     asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assign)
                 }
@@ -1667,7 +1092,7 @@ internal class BuiltinFunctionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                             AsmAssignSource.fromAstSource(value, program, asmgen)
                         }
                     }
-                    val tgt = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(conv.reg!!, false, null, program, asmgen)
+                    val tgt = AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(conv.reg!!, false, null, asmgen)
                     val assign = AsmAssignment(src, tgt, false, program.memsizer, value.position)
                     asmgen.translateNormalAssignment(assign)
                 }

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

@@ -1,11 +1,8 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.*
 import prog8.ast.expressions.*
-import prog8.ast.toHex
-import prog8.compilerinterface.AssemblyError
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CpuType
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import kotlin.math.absoluteValue
 
 internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
@@ -37,8 +34,6 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             is IdentifierReference -> translateExpression(expression)
             is FunctionCallExpression -> translateFunctionCallResultOntoStack(expression)
             is BuiltinFunctionCall -> asmgen.translateBuiltinFunctionCallExpression(expression, true, null)
-            is PipeExpression -> asmgen.translatePipeExpression(expression.source, expression.segments,
-                                                                expression, isStatement = false, pushResultOnEstack = true )
             is ContainmentCheck -> throw AssemblyError("containment check as complex expression value is not supported")
             is ArrayLiteral, is StringLiteral -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for string/array literal value assignment - should have been replaced by a variable")
             is RangeExpression -> throw AssemblyError("range expression should have been changed into array values")
@@ -141,7 +136,7 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
     private fun translateExpression(typecast: TypecastExpression) {
         translateExpressionInternal(typecast.expression)
         when(typecast.expression.inferType(program).getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)) {
-            DataType.UBYTE -> {
+            DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BOOL -> {
                 when(typecast.type) {
                     DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE -> {}
                     DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD -> {
@@ -524,12 +519,37 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     val rightVal = expr.right.constValue(program)?.number?.toInt()
                     if(rightVal!=null && rightVal==2) {
                         translateExpressionInternal(expr.left)
-                        when(leftDt) {
-                            DataType.UBYTE -> asmgen.out("  lsr  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x")
-                            DataType.BYTE -> asmgen.out("  lda  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x |  asl  a |  ror  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x")
-                            DataType.UWORD -> asmgen.out("  lsr  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x |  ror  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x")
-                            DataType.WORD -> asmgen.out("  lda  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x |  asl  a |  ror  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x |  ror  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x")
-                            else -> throw AssemblyError("wrong dt")
+                        when (leftDt) {
+                            DataType.UBYTE -> {
+                                asmgen.out("  lsr  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x")
+                            }
+                            DataType.UWORD -> {
+                                asmgen.out("  lsr  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x |  ror  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x")
+                            }
+                            DataType.BYTE -> {
+                                // signed divide using shift needs adjusting of negative value to get correct rounding towards zero
+                                asmgen.out("""
+                                    lda  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x
+                                    bpl  +
+                                    inc  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x
+                                    lda  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x
++                                   asl  a
+                                    ror  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x""")
+                            }
+                            DataType.WORD -> {
+                                // signed divide using shift needs adjusting of negative value to get correct rounding towards zero
+                                asmgen.out("""
+                                    lda  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x
+                                    bpl  ++
+                                    inc  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x
+                                    bne  +
+                                    inc  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x
++                                   lda  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x
++                                   asl  a
+                                    ror  P8ESTACK_HI+1,x
+                                    ror  P8ESTACK_LO+1,x""")
+                            }
+                            else -> throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
                         }
                         return
                     }
@@ -537,8 +557,8 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             }
             in ComparisonOperators -> {
                 if(leftDt in NumericDatatypes && rightDt in NumericDatatypes) {
-                    val rightVal = expr.right.constValue(program)?.number?.toInt()
-                    if(rightVal==0)
+                    val rightVal = expr.right.constValue(program)?.number
+                    if(rightVal==0.0)
                         return translateComparisonWithZero(expr.left, leftDt, expr.operator)
                 }
             }
@@ -565,6 +585,42 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
     }
 
     private fun translateComparisonWithZero(expr: Expression, dt: DataType, operator: String) {
+        if(expr.isSimple) {
+            if(operator=="!=") {
+                when (dt) {
+                    in ByteDatatypes -> {
+                        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr, RegisterOrPair.A, dt == DataType.BYTE)
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            beq  +
+                            lda  #1
++                           sta  P8ESTACK_LO,x
+                            dex""")
+                        return
+                    }
+                    in WordDatatypes -> {
+                        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr, RegisterOrPair.AY, dt == DataType.WORD)
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1 
+                            ora  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1
+                            beq  +
+                            lda  #1
++                           sta  P8ESTACK_LO,x
+                            dex""")
+                        return
+                    }
+                    DataType.FLOAT -> {
+                        asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(expr, RegisterOrPair.FAC1, true)
+                        asmgen.out("""
+                            jsr  floats.SIGN
+                            sta  P8ESTACK_LO,x
+                            dex""")
+                        return
+                    }
+                    else -> {}
+                }
+            }
+            /* operator == is not worth it to special case, the code is mostly larger */
+        }
         translateExpressionInternal(expr)
         when(operator) {
             "==" -> {
@@ -669,13 +725,6 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
                 }
             }
-            "not" -> {
-                when(type) {
-                    in ByteDatatypes -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.not_byte")
-                    in WordDatatypes -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.not_word")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
-                }
-            }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid prefix operator ${expr.operator}")
         }
     }
@@ -686,6 +735,25 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             throw AssemblyError("unknown dt")
         val elementDt = elementIDt.getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)
         val arrayVarName = asmgen.asmVariableName(arrayExpr.arrayvar)
+
+        val arrayVarDecl = arrayExpr.arrayvar.targetVarDecl(program)!!
+        if(arrayVarDecl.datatype==DataType.UWORD) {
+            // indexing a pointer var instead of a real array or string
+            if(elementDt !in ByteDatatypes)
+                throw AssemblyError("non-array var indexing requires bytes dt")
+            if(arrayExpr.inferType(program) isnot DataType.UBYTE)
+                throw AssemblyError("non-array var indexing requires bytes index")
+            asmgen.loadScaledArrayIndexIntoRegister(arrayExpr, elementDt, CpuRegister.Y)
+            if(asmgen.isZpVar(arrayExpr.arrayvar)) {
+                asmgen.out("  lda  ($arrayVarName),y")
+            } else {
+                asmgen.out("  lda  $arrayVarName |  sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1 |  lda  $arrayVarName+1 |  sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1+1")
+                asmgen.out("  lda  (P8ZP_SCRATCH_W1),y")
+            }
+            asmgen.out("  sta  P8ESTACK_LO,x |  dex")
+            return
+        }
+
         val constIndexNum = arrayExpr.indexer.constIndex()
         if(constIndexNum!=null) {
             val indexValue = constIndexNum * program.memsizer.memorySize(elementDt)
@@ -729,7 +797,6 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
 
     private fun translateBinaryOperatorBytes(operator: String, types: DataType) {
         when(operator) {
-            "**" -> throw AssemblyError("** operator requires floats")
             "*" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.mul_byte")  //  the optimized routines should have been checked earlier
             "/" -> asmgen.out(if(types==DataType.UBYTE) "  jsr  prog8_lib.idiv_ub" else "  jsr  prog8_lib.idiv_b")
             "%" -> {
@@ -762,16 +829,12 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             "&" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.bitand_b")
             "^" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.bitxor_b")
             "|" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.bitor_b")
-            "and" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.and_b")
-            "or" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.or_b")
-            "xor" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.xor_b")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator $operator")
         }
     }
 
     private fun translateBinaryOperatorWords(operator: String, dt: DataType) {
         when(operator) {
-            "**" -> throw AssemblyError("** operator requires floats")
             "*" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.mul_word")
             "/" -> asmgen.out(if(dt==DataType.UWORD) "  jsr  prog8_lib.idiv_uw" else "  jsr  prog8_lib.idiv_w")
             "%" -> {
@@ -797,16 +860,12 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             "&" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.bitand_w")
             "^" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.bitxor_w")
             "|" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.bitor_w")
-            "and" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.and_w")
-            "or" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.or_w")
-            "xor" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.xor_w")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator $operator")
         }
     }
 
     private fun translateBinaryOperatorFloats(operator: String) {
         when(operator) {
-            "**" -> asmgen.out(" jsr  floats.pow_f")
             "*" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.mul_f")
             "/" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.div_f")
             "+" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.add_f")
@@ -817,7 +876,7 @@ internal class ExpressionsAsmGen(private val program: Program,
             ">=" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.greatereq_f")
             "==" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.equal_f")
             "!=" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.notequal_f")
-            "%", "<<", ">>", "&", "^", "|", "and", "or", "xor" -> throw AssemblyError("requires integer datatype")
+            "%", "<<", ">>", "&", "^", "|" -> throw AssemblyError("requires integer datatype")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator $operator")
         }
     }

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

@@ -2,15 +2,10 @@ package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.fold
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.ArrayToElementTypes
-import prog8.ast.base.DataType
-import prog8.ast.base.RegisterOrPair
 import prog8.ast.expressions.IdentifierReference
 import prog8.ast.expressions.RangeExpression
 import prog8.ast.statements.ForLoop
-import prog8.ast.toHex
-import prog8.compilerinterface.AssemblyError
-import prog8.compilerinterface.Zeropage
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import kotlin.math.absoluteValue
 
 internal class ForLoopsAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmgen: AsmGen, private val zeropage: Zeropage) {
@@ -36,10 +31,10 @@ internal class ForLoopsAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmgen:
     }
 
     private fun translateForOverNonconstRange(stmt: ForLoop, iterableDt: DataType, range: RangeExpression) {
-        val loopLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_loop")
-        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
-        val modifiedLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_modified")
-        val modifiedLabel2 = asmgen.makeLabel("for_modifiedb")
+        val loopLabel = program.makeLabel("for_loop")
+        val endLabel = program.makeLabel("for_end")
+        val modifiedLabel = program.makeLabel("for_modified")
+        val modifiedLabel2 = program.makeLabel("for_modifiedb")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.push(endLabel)
         val stepsize=range.step.constValue(program)!!.number.toInt()
 
@@ -243,8 +238,8 @@ $endLabel""")
     }
 
     private fun translateForOverIterableVar(stmt: ForLoop, iterableDt: DataType, ident: IdentifierReference) {
-        val loopLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_loop")
-        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
+        val loopLabel = program.makeLabel("for_loop")
+        val endLabel = program.makeLabel("for_end")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.push(endLabel)
         val iterableName = asmgen.asmVariableName(ident)
         val decl = ident.targetVarDecl(program)!!
@@ -268,7 +263,7 @@ $endLabel""")
             }
             DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.ARRAY_B -> {
                 val length = decl.arraysize!!.constIndex()!!
-                val indexVar = asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
+                val indexVar = program.makeLabel("for_index")
                 asmgen.out("""
                     ldy  #0
 $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
@@ -292,7 +287,7 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                 }
                 if(length>=16) {
                     // allocate index var on ZP if possible
-                    val result = zeropage.allocate(listOf(indexVar), DataType.UBYTE, stmt.definingScope, null, null, stmt.position, asmgen.errors)
+                    val result = zeropage.allocate(listOf(indexVar), DataType.UBYTE, null, stmt.position, asmgen.errors)
                     result.fold(
                         success = { (address,_)-> asmgen.out("""$indexVar = $address  ; auto zp UBYTE""") },
                         failure = { asmgen.out("$indexVar    .byte  0") }
@@ -304,7 +299,7 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
             }
             DataType.ARRAY_W, DataType.ARRAY_UW -> {
                 val length = decl.arraysize!!.constIndex()!! * 2
-                val indexVar = asmgen.makeLabel("for_index")
+                val indexVar = program.makeLabel("for_index")
                 val loopvarName = asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.loopVar)
                 asmgen.out("""
                     ldy  #0
@@ -333,7 +328,7 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
                 }
                 if(length>=16) {
                     // allocate index var on ZP if possible
-                    val result = zeropage.allocate(listOf(indexVar), DataType.UBYTE, stmt.definingScope, null, null, stmt.position, asmgen.errors)
+                    val result = zeropage.allocate(listOf(indexVar), DataType.UBYTE, null, stmt.position, asmgen.errors)
                     result.fold(
                         success = { (address,_)-> asmgen.out("""$indexVar = $address  ; auto zp UBYTE""") },
                         failure = { asmgen.out("$indexVar    .byte  0") }
@@ -364,8 +359,8 @@ $loopLabel          sty  $indexVar
         }
 
         // not one of the easy cases, generate more complex code...
-        val loopLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_loop")
-        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
+        val loopLabel = program.makeLabel("for_loop")
+        val endLabel = program.makeLabel("for_end")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.push(endLabel)
         when(iterableDt) {
             DataType.ARRAY_B, DataType.ARRAY_UB -> {
@@ -476,8 +471,8 @@ $loopLabel""")
     }
 
     private fun translateForSimpleByteRangeAsc(stmt: ForLoop, range: IntProgression) {
-        val loopLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_loop")
-        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
+        val loopLabel = program.makeLabel("for_loop")
+        val endLabel = program.makeLabel("for_end")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.push(endLabel)
         val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.loopVar)
         asmgen.out("""
@@ -502,8 +497,8 @@ $endLabel""")
     }
 
     private fun translateForSimpleByteRangeDesc(stmt: ForLoop, range: IntProgression) {
-        val loopLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_loop")
-        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
+        val loopLabel = program.makeLabel("for_loop")
+        val endLabel = program.makeLabel("for_end")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.push(endLabel)
         val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.loopVar)
         asmgen.out("""
@@ -539,8 +534,8 @@ $endLabel""")
     }
 
     private fun translateForSimpleWordRangeAsc(stmt: ForLoop, range: IntProgression) {
-        val loopLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_loop")
-        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
+        val loopLabel = program.makeLabel("for_loop")
+        val endLabel = program.makeLabel("for_end")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.push(endLabel)
         val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.loopVar)
         asmgen.out("""
@@ -566,8 +561,8 @@ $loopLabel""")
     }
 
     private fun translateForSimpleWordRangeDesc(stmt: ForLoop, range: IntProgression) {
-        val loopLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_loop")
-        val endLabel = asmgen.makeLabel("for_end")
+        val loopLabel = program.makeLabel("for_loop")
+        val endLabel = program.makeLabel("for_end")
         asmgen.loopEndLabels.push(endLabel)
         val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(stmt.loopVar)
         asmgen.out("""

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

@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 import prog8.ast.IFunctionCall
 import prog8.ast.Node
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.*
 import prog8.ast.expressions.AddressOf
 import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
 import prog8.ast.expressions.IdentifierReference
 import prog8.ast.expressions.NumericLiteral
-import prog8.ast.statements.*
+import prog8.ast.statements.FunctionCallStatement
+import prog8.ast.statements.InlineAssembly
+import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
+import prog8.ast.statements.SubroutineParameter
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.AsmAssignSource
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.AsmAssignTarget
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.AsmAssignment
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.TargetStorageKind
-import prog8.compilerinterface.AssemblyError
 
 
 internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmgen: AsmGen) {
@@ -36,17 +38,6 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmg
         }
     }
 
-    internal fun saveXbeforeCall(gosub: GoSub) {
-        val sub = gosub.identifier?.targetSubroutine(program)
-        if(sub?.shouldSaveX()==true) {
-            val regSaveOnStack = sub.asmAddress==null       // rom-routines don't require registers to be saved on stack, normal subroutines do because they can contain nested calls
-            if(regSaveOnStack)
-                asmgen.saveRegisterStack(CpuRegister.X, sub.shouldKeepA().saveOnEntry)
-            else
-                asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, gosub.definingSubroutine!!)
-        }
-    }
-
     internal fun restoreXafterCall(stmt: IFunctionCall) {
         val sub = stmt.target.targetSubroutine(program) ?: throw AssemblyError("undefined subroutine ${stmt.target}")
         if(sub.shouldSaveX()) {
@@ -58,22 +49,11 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmg
         }
     }
 
-    internal fun restoreXafterCall(gosub: GoSub) {
-        val sub = gosub.identifier?.targetSubroutine(program)
-        if(sub?.shouldSaveX()==true) {
-            val regSaveOnStack = sub.asmAddress==null       // rom-routines don't require registers to be saved on stack, normal subroutines do because they can contain nested calls
-            if(regSaveOnStack)
-                asmgen.restoreRegisterStack(CpuRegister.X, sub.shouldKeepA().saveOnReturn)
-            else
-                asmgen.restoreRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X)
-        }
-    }
-
     internal fun optimizeIntArgsViaRegisters(sub: Subroutine) =
         (sub.parameters.size==1 && sub.parameters[0].type in IntegerDatatypes)
                 || (sub.parameters.size==2 && sub.parameters[0].type in ByteDatatypes && sub.parameters[1].type in ByteDatatypes)
 
-    internal fun translateFunctionCall(call: IFunctionCall, isExpression: Boolean) {
+    internal fun translateFunctionCall(call: IFunctionCall, isExpression: Boolean) {            // TODO remove isExpression unused parameter
         // Output only the code to set up the parameters and perform the actual call
         // NOTE: does NOT output the code to deal with the result values!
         // NOTE: does NOT output code to save/restore the X register for this call! Every caller should deal with this in their own way!!
@@ -82,11 +62,6 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmg
         val sub = call.target.targetSubroutine(program) ?: throw AssemblyError("undefined subroutine ${call.target}")
         val subAsmName = asmgen.asmSymbolName(call.target)
 
-        if(!isExpression && !sub.isAsmSubroutine) {
-            if(!optimizeIntArgsViaRegisters(sub))
-                throw AssemblyError("functioncall statements to non-asmsub should have been replaced by GoSub $call")
-        }
-
         if(sub.isAsmSubroutine) {
             argumentsViaRegisters(sub, call)
             if (sub.inline && asmgen.options.optimize) {
@@ -112,10 +87,10 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmg
                 } else {
                     // 2 byte params, second in Y, first in A
                     argumentViaRegister(sub, IndexedValue(0, sub.parameters[0]), call.args[0], RegisterOrPair.A)
-                    if(!call.args[1].isSimple)
+                    if(asmgen.needAsaveForExpr(call.args[1]))
                         asmgen.out("  pha")
                     argumentViaRegister(sub, IndexedValue(1, sub.parameters[1]), call.args[1], RegisterOrPair.Y)
-                    if(!call.args[1].isSimple)
+                    if(asmgen.needAsaveForExpr(call.args[1]))
                         asmgen.out("  pla")
                 }
             } else {
@@ -133,10 +108,10 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmg
         if(sub.parameters.size==1) {
             argumentViaRegister(sub, IndexedValue(0, sub.parameters.single()), call.args[0])
         } else {
-            if(asmgen.asmsubArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(call.args, sub.asmParameterRegisters)) {
+            if(asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(call.args, sub.asmParameterRegisters)) {
                 registerArgsViaCpuStackEvaluation(call, sub)
             } else {
-                asmgen.asmsubArgsEvalOrder(sub).forEach {
+                asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub).forEach {
                     val param = sub.parameters[it]
                     val arg = call.args[it]
                     argumentViaRegister(sub, IndexedValue(it, param), arg)
@@ -149,18 +124,18 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmg
         // this is called when one or more of the arguments are 'complex' and
         // cannot be assigned to a register easily or risk clobbering other registers.
 
-        require(callee.isAsmSubroutine)
+        require(callee.isAsmSubroutine) { "register args only for asm subroutine ${callee.position}" }
         if(callee.parameters.isEmpty())
             return
 
         // use the cpu hardware stack as intermediate storage for the arguments.
-        val argOrder = asmgen.options.compTarget.asmsubArgsEvalOrder(callee)
+        val argOrder = asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(callee)
         argOrder.reversed().forEach {
             asmgen.pushCpuStack(callee.parameters[it].type, call.args[it])
         }
         argOrder.forEach {
             val param = callee.parameters[it]
-            val targetVar = callee.searchAsmParameter(param.name)!!
+            val targetVar = callee.searchParameter(param.name)!!
             asmgen.popCpuStack(param.type, targetVar, (call as Node).definingSubroutine)
         }
     }
@@ -235,10 +210,10 @@ internal class FunctionCallAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmg
             } else {
                 val target: AsmAssignTarget =
                     if(parameter.value.type in ByteDatatypes && (register==RegisterOrPair.AX || register == RegisterOrPair.AY || register==RegisterOrPair.XY || register in Cx16VirtualRegisters))
-                        AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, parameter.value.type, sub, register = register)
+                        AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, parameter.value.type, sub, register = register)
                     else {
                         val signed = parameter.value.type == DataType.BYTE || parameter.value.type == DataType.WORD
-                        AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(register, signed, sub, program, asmgen)
+                        AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(register, signed, sub, asmgen)
                     }
                 val src = if(valueDt in PassByReferenceDatatypes) {
                     if(value is IdentifierReference) {

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

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.*
 import prog8.ast.expressions.IdentifierReference
 import prog8.ast.expressions.NumericLiteral
 import prog8.ast.statements.PostIncrDecr
-import prog8.ast.toHex
-import prog8.compilerinterface.AssemblyError
+import prog8.code.core.*
 
 
 internal class PostIncrDecrAsmGen(private val program: Program, private val asmgen: AsmGen) {

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

@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
-import prog8.ast.INameScope
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.antlr.escape
-import prog8.ast.base.*
-import prog8.ast.expressions.*
 import prog8.ast.statements.*
-import prog8.ast.toHex
+import prog8.code.*
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.AsmAssignTarget
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment.TargetStorageKind
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
+import prog8.compiler.CallGraph
 import java.time.LocalDate
 import java.time.LocalDateTime
 import kotlin.math.absoluteValue
@@ -24,9 +21,9 @@ import kotlin.math.absoluteValue
  */
 internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
     val program: Program,
-    val variables: IVariablesAndConsts,
     val options: CompilationOptions,
     val errors: IErrorReporter,
+    private val symboltable: SymbolTable,
     private val functioncallAsmGen: FunctionCallAsmGen,
     private val asmgen: AsmGen,
     private val allocator: VariableAllocator,
@@ -40,8 +37,6 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         val allInitializers = blockVariableInitializers.asSequence().flatMap { it.value }
         require(allInitializers.all { it.origin==AssignmentOrigin.VARINIT }) {"all block-level assignments must be a variable initializer"}
 
-        allocator.allocateZeropageVariables()
-
         header()
         val allBlocks = program.allBlocks
         if(allBlocks.first().name != "main")
@@ -49,6 +44,15 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
 
         if(errors.noErrors())  {
             program.allBlocks.forEach { block2asm(it) }
+
+            // the global list of all floating point constants for the whole program
+            asmgen.out("; global float constants")
+            for (flt in allocator.globalFloatConsts) {
+                val floatFill = compTarget.machine.getFloatAsmBytes(flt.key)
+                val floatvalue = flt.key
+                asmgen.out("${flt.value}\t.byte  $floatFill  ; float $floatvalue")
+            }
+
             memorySlabs()
             footer()
         }
@@ -69,54 +73,37 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         asmgen.out("")
         asmgen.out(".cpu  '$cpu'\n.enc  'none'\n")
 
-        program.actualLoadAddress = program.definedLoadAddress
-        if (program.actualLoadAddress == 0u) {
-            when(options.output) {
-                OutputType.RAW -> {
-                    errors.err("load address must be specified with %address when using raw output type", program.toplevelModule.position)
-                    return
-                }
-                OutputType.PRG -> {
-                    when(options.launcher) {
-                        CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC -> {
-                            program.actualLoadAddress = compTarget.machine.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS
-                        }
-                        CbmPrgLauncherType.NONE -> {
-                            errors.err("load address must be specified with %address when not using basic launcher", program.toplevelModule.position)
-                            return
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                OutputType.XEX -> {
-                    if(options.launcher!=CbmPrgLauncherType.NONE)
-                        throw AssemblyError("atari xex output can't contain BASIC launcher")
-                    program.actualLoadAddress = compTarget.machine.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         // the global prog8 variables needed
         val zp = zeropage
         asmgen.out("P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1 = ${zp.SCRATCH_B1}")
         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(".weak")   // hack to allow user to override the following two with command line redefinition (however, just use '-esa' command line option instead!)
         asmgen.out("P8ESTACK_LO = ${compTarget.machine.ESTACK_LO.toHex()}")
         asmgen.out("P8ESTACK_HI = ${compTarget.machine.ESTACK_HI.toHex()}")
+        asmgen.out(".endweak")
+
+        if(options.symbolDefs.isNotEmpty()) {
+            asmgen.out("; -- user supplied symbols on the command line")
+            for((name, value) in options.symbolDefs) {
+                asmgen.out("$name = $value")
+            }
+        }
 
         when(options.output) {
             OutputType.RAW -> {
                 asmgen.out("; ---- raw assembler program ----")
-                asmgen.out("* = ${program.actualLoadAddress.toHex()}\n")
+                asmgen.out("* = ${options.loadAddress.toHex()}\n")
             }
             OutputType.PRG -> {
                 when(options.launcher) {
                     CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC -> {
-                        if (program.actualLoadAddress != options.compTarget.machine.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS) {
+                        if (options.loadAddress != options.compTarget.machine.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS) {
                             errors.err("BASIC output must have load address ${options.compTarget.machine.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS.toHex()}", program.toplevelModule.position)
                         }
                         asmgen.out("; ---- basic program with sys call ----")
-                        asmgen.out("* = ${program.actualLoadAddress.toHex()}")
+                        asmgen.out("* = ${options.loadAddress.toHex()}")
                         val year = LocalDate.now().year
                         asmgen.out("  .word  (+), $year")
                         asmgen.out("  .null  $9e, format(' %d ', prog8_entrypoint), $3a, $8f, ' prog8'")
@@ -128,7 +115,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                     }
                     CbmPrgLauncherType.NONE -> {
                         asmgen.out("; ---- program without basic sys call ----")
-                        asmgen.out("* = ${program.actualLoadAddress.toHex()}\n")
+                        asmgen.out("* = ${options.loadAddress.toHex()}\n")
                         if(!options.noSysInit)
                             asmgen.out("  jsr  ${compTarget.name}.init_system")
                         asmgen.out("  jsr  ${compTarget.name}.init_system_phase2")
@@ -137,7 +124,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             }
             OutputType.XEX -> {
                 asmgen.out("; ---- atari xex program ----")
-                asmgen.out("* = ${program.actualLoadAddress.toHex()}\n")
+                asmgen.out("* = ${options.loadAddress.toHex()}\n")
                 if(!options.noSysInit)
                     asmgen.out("  jsr  ${compTarget.name}.init_system")
                 asmgen.out("  jsr  ${compTarget.name}.init_system_phase2")
@@ -158,9 +145,24 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             "cx16" -> {
                 if(options.floats)
                     asmgen.out("  lda  #4 |  sta  $01")    // to use floats, make sure Basic rom is banked in
-                asmgen.out("  jsr  main.start |  lda  #4 |  sta  $01 |  rts")
+                asmgen.out("  jsr  main.start")
+                asmgen.out("  jmp  ${compTarget.name}.cleanup_at_exit")
+            }
+            "c64" -> {
+                asmgen.out("  jsr  main.start |  lda  #31 |  sta  $01")
+                if(!options.noSysInit)
+                    asmgen.out("  jmp  ${compTarget.name}.cleanup_at_exit")
+                else
+                    asmgen.out("  rts")
+            }
+            "c128" -> {
+                asmgen.out("  jsr  main.start")
+                // TODO c128: how to bank basic+kernal back in?
+                if(!options.noSysInit)
+                    asmgen.out("  jmp  ${compTarget.name}.cleanup_at_exit")
+                else
+                    asmgen.out("  rts")
             }
-            "c64" -> asmgen.out("  jsr  main.start |  lda  #31 |  sta  $01 |  rts")
             else -> asmgen.jmp("main.start")
         }
     }
@@ -168,23 +170,15 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
     private fun memorySlabs() {
         asmgen.out("; memory slabs")
         asmgen.out("prog8_slabs\t.block")
-        for((name, info) in allocator.memorySlabs) {
-            if(info.second>1u)
-                asmgen.out("\t.align  ${info.second.toHex()}")
-            asmgen.out("$name\t.fill  ${info.first}")
+        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")
     }
 
     private fun footer() {
-        // the global list of all floating point constants for the whole program
-        asmgen.out("; global float constants")
-        for (flt in allocator.globalFloatConsts) {
-            val floatFill = compTarget.machine.getFloat(flt.key).makeFloatFillAsm()
-            val floatvalue = flt.key
-            asmgen.out("${flt.value}\t.byte  $floatFill  ; float $floatvalue")
-        }
-
         // program end
         asmgen.out("prog8_program_end\t; end of program label for progend()")
     }
@@ -202,38 +196,57 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         }
 
         asmgen.out("${block.name}\t" + (if("force_output" in block.options()) ".block\n" else ".proc\n"))
-
         asmgen.outputSourceLine(block)
 
-        zeropagevars2asm(block)
-        memdefsAndConsts2asm(block)
+        createBlockVariables(block)
         asmsubs2asm(block.statements)
-        nonZpVariables2asm(block)
 
         asmgen.out("")
-        asmgen.out("; subroutines in this block")
 
-        // First translate regular statements, and then put the subroutines at the end.
-        // (regular statements = everything except the initialization assignments;
-        // these will be part of the prog8_init_vars init routine generated below)
         val initializers = blockVariableInitializers.getValue(block)
-        val statements = block.statements.filterNot { it in initializers }
-        val (subroutine, stmts) = statements.partition { it is Subroutine }
-        stmts.forEach { asmgen.translate(it) }
-        subroutine.forEach { asmgen.translate(it) }
+        val notInitializers = block.statements.filterNot { it in initializers }
+        notInitializers.forEach { asmgen.translate(it) }
 
         if(!options.dontReinitGlobals) {
             // generate subroutine to initialize block-level (global) variables
             if (initializers.isNotEmpty()) {
-                asmgen.out("prog8_init_vars\t.proc\n")
+                asmgen.out("prog8_init_vars\t.block\n")
                 initializers.forEach { assign -> asmgen.translate(assign) }
-                asmgen.out("  rts\n  .pend")
+                asmgen.out("  rts\n  .bend")
             }
         }
 
         asmgen.out(if("force_output" in block.options()) "\n\t.bend\n" else "\n\t.pend\n")
     }
 
+    private fun getVars(scope: StNode): Map<String, StNode> =
+        scope.children.filter { it.value.type in arrayOf(StNodeType.STATICVAR, StNodeType.CONSTANT, StNodeType.MEMVAR) }
+
+    private fun createBlockVariables(block: Block) {
+        val scope = symboltable.lookupOrElse(block.name) { throw AssemblyError("lookup") }
+        require(scope.type==StNodeType.BLOCK)
+        val varsInBlock = getVars(scope)
+
+        // Zeropage Variables
+        val varnames = varsInBlock.filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR }.map { it.value.scopedName }.toSet()
+        zeropagevars2asm(varnames)
+
+        // MemDefs and Consts
+        val mvs = varsInBlock
+            .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.MEMVAR }
+            .map { it.value as StMemVar }
+        val consts = varsInBlock
+            .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.CONSTANT }
+            .map { it.value as StConstant }
+        memdefsAndConsts2asm(mvs, consts)
+
+        // normal statically allocated variables
+        val variables = varsInBlock
+            .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR && !allocator.isZpVar(it.value.scopedName) }
+            .map { it.value as StStaticVariable }
+        nonZpVariables2asm(variables)
+    }
+
     internal fun translateSubroutine(sub: Subroutine) {
         var onlyVariables = false
 
@@ -251,19 +264,45 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
 
         asmgen.out("")
 
+        val asmStartScope: String
+        val asmEndScope: String
+        if(sub.definingBlock.options().contains("force_output")) {
+            asmStartScope = ".block"
+            asmEndScope = ".bend"
+        } else {
+            asmStartScope = ".proc"
+            asmEndScope = ".pend"
+        }
+
         if(sub.isAsmSubroutine) {
             if(sub.asmAddress!=null)
                 return  // already done at the memvars section
 
             // asmsub with most likely just an inline asm in it
-            asmgen.out("${sub.name}\t.proc")
+            asmgen.out("${sub.name}\t$asmStartScope")
             sub.statements.forEach { asmgen.translate(it) }
-            asmgen.out("  .pend\n")
+            asmgen.out("  $asmEndScope\n")
         } else {
             // regular subroutine
-            asmgen.out("${sub.name}\t.proc")
-            zeropagevars2asm(sub)
-            memdefsAndConsts2asm(sub)
+            asmgen.out("${sub.name}\t$asmStartScope")
+
+            val scope = symboltable.lookupOrElse(sub.scopedName) { throw AssemblyError("lookup") }
+            require(scope.type==StNodeType.SUBROUTINE)
+            val varsInSubroutine = getVars(scope)
+
+            // Zeropage Variables
+            val varnames = varsInSubroutine.filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR }.map { it.value.scopedName }.toSet()
+            zeropagevars2asm(varnames)
+
+            // MemDefs and Consts
+            val mvs = varsInSubroutine
+                .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.MEMVAR }
+                .map { it.value as StMemVar }
+            val consts = varsInSubroutine
+                .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.CONSTANT }
+                .map { it.value as StConstant }
+            memdefsAndConsts2asm(mvs, consts)
+
             asmsubs2asm(sub.statements)
 
             // the main.start subroutine is the program's entrypoint and should perform some initialization logic
@@ -274,7 +313,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 asmgen.out("; simple int arg(s) passed via register(s)")
                 if(sub.parameters.size==1) {
                     val dt = sub.parameters[0].type
-                    val target = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, dt, sub, variableAsmName = sub.parameters[0].name)
+                    val target = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, asmgen, dt, sub, variableAsmName = sub.parameters[0].name)
                     if(dt in ByteDatatypes)
                         asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.A, target)
                     else
@@ -282,8 +321,8 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 } else {
                     require(sub.parameters.size==2)
                     // 2 simple byte args, first in A, second in Y
-                    val target1 = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, sub.parameters[0].type, sub, variableAsmName = sub.parameters[0].name)
-                    val target2 = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, sub.parameters[1].type, sub, variableAsmName = sub.parameters[1].name)
+                    val target1 = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, asmgen, sub.parameters[0].type, sub, variableAsmName = sub.parameters[0].name)
+                    val target2 = AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, asmgen, sub.parameters[1].type, sub, variableAsmName = sub.parameters[1].name)
                     asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.A, target1)
                     asmgen.assignRegister(RegisterOrPair.Y, target2)
                 }
@@ -295,7 +334,7 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             }
 
             asmgen.out("; variables")
-            val asmGenInfo = allocator.subroutineExtra(sub)
+            val asmGenInfo = asmgen.subroutineExtra(sub)
             for((dt, name, addr) in asmGenInfo.extraVars) {
                 if(addr!=null)
                     asmgen.out("$name = $addr")
@@ -315,8 +354,14 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 asmgen.out("$subroutineFloatEvalResultVar1    .byte  0,0,0,0,0")
             if(asmGenInfo.usedFloatEvalResultVar2)
                 asmgen.out("$subroutineFloatEvalResultVar2    .byte  0,0,0,0,0")
-            nonZpVariables2asm(sub)
-            asmgen.out("  .pend\n")
+
+            // normal statically allocated variables
+            val variables = varsInSubroutine
+                .filter { it.value.type==StNodeType.STATICVAR && !allocator.isZpVar(it.value.scopedName) }
+                .map { it.value as StStaticVariable }
+            nonZpVariables2asm(variables)
+
+            asmgen.out("  $asmEndScope\n")
         }
     }
 
@@ -331,12 +376,12 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         }
 
         // string and array variables in zeropage that have initializer value, should be initialized
-        val stringVarsWithInitInZp = allocator.zeropageVars.filter { it.value.dt==DataType.STR && it.value.initialStringValue!=null }
-        val arrayVarsWithInitInZp = allocator.zeropageVars.filter { it.value.dt in ArrayDatatypes && it.value.initialArrayValue!=null }
+        val stringVarsWithInitInZp = getZpStringVarsWithInitvalue()
+        val arrayVarsWithInitInZp = getZpArrayVarsWithInitvalue()
         if(stringVarsWithInitInZp.isNotEmpty() || arrayVarsWithInitInZp.isNotEmpty()) {
             asmgen.out("; zp str and array initializations")
             stringVarsWithInitInZp.forEach {
-                val name = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.key)
+                val name = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.name)
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  #<${name}
                     ldy  #>${name}
@@ -347,8 +392,8 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                     jsr  prog8_lib.strcpy""")
             }
             arrayVarsWithInitInZp.forEach {
-                val size = it.value.size
-                val name = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.key)
+                val size = it.alloc.size
+                val name = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.name)
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  #<${name}_init_value
                     ldy  #>${name}_init_value
@@ -366,14 +411,13 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         }
 
         stringVarsWithInitInZp.forEach {
-            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.key)+"_init_value"
-            val stringvalue = it.value.initialStringValue!!
-            outputStringvar(varname, it.value.dt, stringvalue.encoding, stringvalue.value)
+            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.name)+"_init_value"
+            outputStringvar(varname, it.value.second, it.value.first)
         }
 
         arrayVarsWithInitInZp.forEach {
-            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.key)+"_init_value"
-            arrayVariable2asm(varname, it.value.dt, it.value.initialArrayValue!!, null)
+            val varname = asmgen.asmVariableName(it.name)+"_init_value"
+            arrayVariable2asm(varname, it.alloc.dt, it.value, null)
         }
 
         asmgen.out("""+       tsx
@@ -383,8 +427,42 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                     clc""")
     }
 
-    private fun zeropagevars2asm(scope: INameScope) {
-        val zpVariables = allocator.zeropageVars.filter { it.value.originalScope==scope }
+    private class ZpStringWithInitial(
+        val name: List<String>,
+        val alloc: MemoryAllocator.VarAllocation,
+        val value: Pair<String, Encoding>
+    )
+
+    private class ZpArrayWithInitial(
+        val name: List<String>,
+        val alloc: MemoryAllocator.VarAllocation,
+        val value: StArray
+    )
+
+    private fun getZpStringVarsWithInitvalue(): Collection<ZpStringWithInitial> {
+        val result = mutableListOf<ZpStringWithInitial>()
+        val vars = allocator.zeropageVars.filter { it.value.dt==DataType.STR }
+        for (variable in vars) {
+            val svar = symboltable.flat.getValue(variable.key) as StStaticVariable
+            if(svar.onetimeInitializationStringValue!=null)
+                result.add(ZpStringWithInitial(variable.key, variable.value, svar.onetimeInitializationStringValue!!))
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun getZpArrayVarsWithInitvalue(): Collection<ZpArrayWithInitial> {
+        val result = mutableListOf<ZpArrayWithInitial>()
+        val vars = allocator.zeropageVars.filter { it.value.dt in ArrayDatatypes }
+        for (variable in vars) {
+            val svar = symboltable.flat.getValue(variable.key) as StStaticVariable
+            if(svar.onetimeInitializationArrayValue!=null)
+                result.add(ZpArrayWithInitial(variable.key, variable.value, svar.onetimeInitializationArrayValue!!))
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun zeropagevars2asm(varNames: Set<List<String>>) {
+        val zpVariables = allocator.zeropageVars.filter { it.key in varNames }
         for ((scopedName, zpvar) in zpVariables) {
             if (scopedName.size == 2 && scopedName[0] == "cx16" && scopedName[1][0] == 'r' && scopedName[1][1].isDigit())
                 continue        // The 16 virtual registers of the cx16 are not actual variables in zp, they're memory mapped
@@ -392,70 +470,52 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         }
     }
 
-    private fun nonZpVariables2asm(block: Block) {
-        val variables = variables.blockVars[block]?.filter { !allocator.isZpVar(it.scopedname) } ?: emptyList()
-        nonZpVariables2asm(variables)
-    }
-
-    private fun nonZpVariables2asm(sub: Subroutine) {
-        val variables = variables.subroutineVars[sub]?.filter { !allocator.isZpVar(it.scopedname) } ?: emptyList()
-        nonZpVariables2asm(variables)
-    }
-
-    private fun nonZpVariables2asm(variables: List<IVariablesAndConsts.StaticVariable>) {
+    private fun nonZpVariables2asm(variables: List<StStaticVariable>) {
         asmgen.out("")
         asmgen.out("; non-zeropage variables")
-        val (stringvars, othervars) = variables.partition { it.type==DataType.STR }
+        val (stringvars, othervars) = variables.partition { it.dt==DataType.STR }
         stringvars.forEach {
-            val stringvalue = it.initialValue as StringLiteral
-            outputStringvar(it.scopedname.last(), it.type, stringvalue.encoding, stringvalue.value)
+            outputStringvar(it.name, it.onetimeInitializationStringValue!!.second, it.onetimeInitializationStringValue!!.first)
         }
         othervars.sortedBy { it.type }.forEach {
             staticVariable2asm(it)
         }
     }
 
-    private fun staticVariable2asm(variable: IVariablesAndConsts.StaticVariable) {
-        val name = variable.scopedname.last()
-        val value = variable.initialValue
-        val staticValue: Number =
-            if(value!=null) {
-                if(value is NumericLiteral) {
-                    if(value.type== DataType.FLOAT)
-                        value.number
-                    else
-                        value.number.toInt()
-                } else {
-                    if(variable.type in NumericDatatypes)
-                        throw AssemblyError("can only deal with constant numeric values for global vars")
-                    else 0
-                }
+    private fun staticVariable2asm(variable: StStaticVariable) {
+        val name = variable.name
+        val initialValue: Number =
+            if(variable.onetimeInitializationNumericValue!=null) {
+                if(variable.dt== DataType.FLOAT)
+                    variable.onetimeInitializationNumericValue!!
+                else
+                    variable.onetimeInitializationNumericValue!!.toInt()
             } else 0
 
-        when (variable.type) {
-            DataType.UBYTE -> asmgen.out("$name\t.byte  ${staticValue.toHex()}")
-            DataType.BYTE -> asmgen.out("$name\t.char  $staticValue")
-            DataType.UWORD -> asmgen.out("$name\t.word  ${staticValue.toHex()}")
-            DataType.WORD -> asmgen.out("$name\t.sint  $staticValue")
+        when (variable.dt) {
+            DataType.UBYTE -> asmgen.out("$name\t.byte  ${initialValue.toHex()}")
+            DataType.BYTE -> asmgen.out("$name\t.char  $initialValue")
+            DataType.UWORD -> asmgen.out("$name\t.word  ${initialValue.toHex()}")
+            DataType.WORD -> asmgen.out("$name\t.sint  $initialValue")
             DataType.FLOAT -> {
-                if(staticValue==0) {
+                if(initialValue==0) {
                     asmgen.out("$name\t.byte  0,0,0,0,0  ; float")
                 } else {
-                    val floatFill = compTarget.machine.getFloat(staticValue).makeFloatFillAsm()
-                    asmgen.out("$name\t.byte  $floatFill  ; float $staticValue")
+                    val floatFill = compTarget.machine.getFloatAsmBytes(initialValue)
+                    asmgen.out("$name\t.byte  $floatFill  ; float $initialValue")
                 }
             }
             DataType.STR -> {
                 throw AssemblyError("all string vars should have been interned into prog")
             }
-            in ArrayDatatypes -> arrayVariable2asm(name, variable.type, value as? ArrayLiteral, variable.arraysize)
+            in ArrayDatatypes -> arrayVariable2asm(name, variable.dt, variable.onetimeInitializationArrayValue, variable.length)
             else -> {
                 throw AssemblyError("weird dt")
             }
         }
     }
 
-    private fun arrayVariable2asm(varname: String, dt: DataType, value: ArrayLiteral?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?) {
+    private fun arrayVariable2asm(varname: String, dt: DataType, value: StArray?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?) {
         when(dt) {
             DataType.ARRAY_UB -> {
                 val data = makeArrayFillDataUnsigned(dt, value, orNumberOfZeros)
@@ -498,11 +558,9 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                 }
             }
             DataType.ARRAY_F -> {
-                val array = value?.value ?:
-                                Array(orNumberOfZeros!!) { defaultZero(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(dt), Position.DUMMY) }
+                val array = value ?: zeroFilledArray(orNumberOfZeros!!)
                 val floatFills = array.map {
-                    val number = (it as NumericLiteral).number
-                    compTarget.machine.getFloat(number).makeFloatFillAsm()
+                    compTarget.machine.getFloatAsmBytes(it.number!!)
                 }
                 asmgen.out(varname)
                 for (f in array.zip(floatFills))
@@ -512,30 +570,23 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
         }
     }
 
-    private fun memdefsAndConsts2asm(block: Block) {
-        val mvs = variables.blockMemvars[block] ?: emptySet()
-        val consts = variables.blockConsts[block] ?: emptySet()
-        memdefsAndConsts2asm(mvs, consts)
+    private fun zeroFilledArray(numElts: Int): StArray {
+        val values = mutableListOf<StArrayElement>()
+        repeat(numElts) {
+            values.add(StArrayElement(0.0, null))
+        }
+        return values
     }
 
-    private fun memdefsAndConsts2asm(sub: Subroutine) {
-        val mvs = variables.subroutineMemvars[sub] ?: emptySet()
-        val consts = variables.subroutineConsts[sub] ?: emptySet()
-        memdefsAndConsts2asm(mvs, consts)
-    }
-
-    private fun memdefsAndConsts2asm(
-        memvars: Set<IVariablesAndConsts.MemoryMappedVariable>,
-        consts: Set<IVariablesAndConsts.ConstantNumberSymbol>
-    ) {
+    private fun memdefsAndConsts2asm(memvars: Collection<StMemVar>, consts: Collection<StConstant>) {
         memvars.forEach {
-            asmgen.out("  ${it.scopedname.last()} = ${it.address.toHex()}")
+            asmgen.out("  ${it.name} = ${it.address.toHex()}")
         }
         consts.forEach {
-            if(it.type==DataType.FLOAT)
-                asmgen.out("  ${it.scopedname.last()} = ${it.value}")
+            if(it.dt==DataType.FLOAT)
+                asmgen.out("  ${it.name} = ${it.value}")
             else
-                asmgen.out("  ${it.scopedname.last()} = ${it.value.toHex()}")
+                asmgen.out("  ${it.name} = ${it.value.toHex()}")
         }
     }
 
@@ -548,56 +599,49 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
             }
     }
 
-    private fun outputStringvar(varname: String, dt: DataType, encoding: Encoding, value: String) {
-        asmgen.out("$varname\t; $dt $encoding:\"${escape(value).replace("\u0000", "<NULL>")}\"")
+    private fun outputStringvar(varname: String, encoding: Encoding, value: String) {
+        asmgen.out("$varname\t; $encoding:\"${value.escape().replace("\u0000", "<NULL>")}\"", false)
         val bytes = compTarget.encodeString(value, encoding).plus(0.toUByte())
         val outputBytes = bytes.map { "$" + it.toString(16).padStart(2, '0') }
         for (chunk in outputBytes.chunked(16))
             asmgen.out("  .byte  " + chunk.joinToString())
     }
 
-    private fun makeArrayFillDataUnsigned(dt: DataType, value: ArrayLiteral?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?): List<String> {
-        val array = value?.value ?:
-                        Array(orNumberOfZeros!!) { defaultZero(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(dt), Position.DUMMY) }
+    private fun makeArrayFillDataUnsigned(dt: DataType, value: StArray?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?): List<String> {
+        val array = value ?: zeroFilledArray(orNumberOfZeros!!)
         return when (dt) {
             DataType.ARRAY_UB ->
                 // byte array can never contain pointer-to types, so treat values as all integers
                 array.map {
-                    val number = (it as NumericLiteral).number.toInt()
+                    val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                     "$"+number.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
                 }
             DataType.ARRAY_UW -> array.map {
-                when (it) {
-                    is NumericLiteral -> {
-                        "$" + it.number.toInt().toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
-                    }
-                    is AddressOf -> {
-                        asmgen.asmSymbolName(it.identifier)
-                    }
-                    is IdentifierReference -> {
-                        asmgen.asmSymbolName(it)
-                    }
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird array elt dt")
+                if(it.number!=null) {
+                    "$" + it.number!!.toInt().toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
                 }
+                else if(it.addressOf!=null) {
+                    asmgen.asmSymbolName(it.addressOf!!)
+                }
+                else
+                    throw AssemblyError("weird array elt")
             }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid dt")
         }
     }
 
-    private fun makeArrayFillDataSigned(dt: DataType, value: ArrayLiteral?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?): List<String> {
-        val array = value?.value ?:
-                        Array(orNumberOfZeros!!) { defaultZero(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(dt), Position.DUMMY) }
+    private fun makeArrayFillDataSigned(dt: DataType, value: StArray?, orNumberOfZeros: Int?): List<String> {
+        val array = value ?: zeroFilledArray(orNumberOfZeros!!)
         return when (dt) {
+            // byte array can never contain pointer-to types, so treat values as all integers
             DataType.ARRAY_UB ->
-                // byte array can never contain pointer-to types, so treat values as all integers
                 array.map {
-                    val number = (it as NumericLiteral).number.toInt()
+                    val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                     "$"+number.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
                 }
             DataType.ARRAY_B ->
-                // byte array can never contain pointer-to types, so treat values as all integers
                 array.map {
-                    val number = (it as NumericLiteral).number.toInt()
+                    val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                     val hexnum = number.absoluteValue.toString(16).padStart(2, '0')
                     if(number>=0)
                         "$$hexnum"
@@ -605,11 +649,11 @@ internal class ProgramAndVarsGen(
                         "-$$hexnum"
                 }
             DataType.ARRAY_UW -> array.map {
-                val number = (it as NumericLiteral).number.toInt()
+                val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                 "$" + number.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
             }
             DataType.ARRAY_W -> array.map {
-                val number = (it as NumericLiteral).number.toInt()
+                val number = it.number!!.toInt()
                 val hexnum = number.absoluteValue.toString(16).padStart(4, '0')
                 if(number>=0)
                     "$$hexnum"

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

@@ -2,62 +2,63 @@ package prog8.codegen.cpu6502
 
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.fold
 import com.github.michaelbull.result.onSuccess
-import prog8.ast.base.ArrayDatatypes
-import prog8.ast.base.DataType
-import prog8.ast.base.IntegerDatatypes
-import prog8.ast.expressions.StringLiteral
-import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
-import prog8.ast.statements.ZeropageWish
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
+import prog8.code.StNode
+import prog8.code.StNodeType
+import prog8.code.StStaticVariable
+import prog8.code.SymbolTable
+import prog8.code.core.*
 
 
-internal class VariableAllocator(private val vars: IVariablesAndConsts,
+internal class VariableAllocator(private val symboltable: SymbolTable,
                                  private val options: CompilationOptions,
-                                 private val errors: IErrorReporter) {
+                                 private val errors: IErrorReporter
+) {
 
     private val zeropage = options.compTarget.machine.zeropage
-    private val subroutineExtras = mutableMapOf<Subroutine, SubroutineExtraAsmInfo>()
-    private val memorySlabsInternal = mutableMapOf<String, Pair<UInt, UInt>>()
-    internal val memorySlabs: Map<String, Pair<UInt, UInt>> = memorySlabsInternal
     internal val globalFloatConsts = mutableMapOf<Double, String>()     // all float values in the entire program (value -> varname)
-    internal val zeropageVars: Map<List<String>, Zeropage.ZpAllocation> = zeropage.allocatedVariables
+    internal val zeropageVars: Map<List<String>, MemoryAllocator.VarAllocation> = zeropage.allocatedVariables
 
-    internal fun getMemorySlab(name: String) = memorySlabsInternal[name]
-    internal fun allocateMemorySlab(name: String, size: UInt, align: UInt) {
-        memorySlabsInternal[name] = Pair(size, align)
+    init {
+        allocateZeropageVariables()
+    }
+
+    internal fun isZpVar(scopedName: List<String>) = scopedName in zeropage.allocatedVariables
+
+    internal fun getFloatAsmConst(number: Double): String {
+        val asmName = globalFloatConsts[number]
+        if(asmName!=null)
+            return asmName
+
+        val newName = "prog8_float_const_${globalFloatConsts.size}"
+        globalFloatConsts[number] = newName
+        return newName
     }
 
     /**
      * Allocate variables into the Zeropage.
      * The result should be retrieved from the current machine's zeropage object!
      */
-    internal fun allocateZeropageVariables() {
+    private fun allocateZeropageVariables() {
         if(options.zeropage== ZeropageType.DONTUSE)
             return
 
-        val allVariables = (
-                        vars.blockVars.asSequence().flatMap { it.value } +
-                        vars.subroutineVars.asSequence().flatMap { it.value }
-                ).toList()
+        val allVariables = collectAllVariables(symboltable)
 
         val numberOfAllocatableVariables = allVariables.size
-        val varsRequiringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zp == ZeropageWish.REQUIRE_ZEROPAGE }
-        val varsPreferringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zp == ZeropageWish.PREFER_ZEROPAGE }
-        val varsDontCare = allVariables.filter { it.zp == ZeropageWish.DONTCARE }
-        val numberOfExplicitNonZpVariables = allVariables.count { it.zp == ZeropageWish.NOT_IN_ZEROPAGE }
+        val varsRequiringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.REQUIRE_ZEROPAGE }
+        val varsPreferringZp = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.PREFER_ZEROPAGE }
+        val varsDontCare = allVariables.filter { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.DONTCARE }
+        val numberOfExplicitNonZpVariables = allVariables.count { it.zpwish == ZeropageWish.NOT_IN_ZEROPAGE }
         require(varsDontCare.size + varsRequiringZp.size + varsPreferringZp.size + numberOfExplicitNonZpVariables == numberOfAllocatableVariables)
 
         var numVariablesAllocatedInZP = 0
         var numberOfNonIntegerVariables = 0
 
         varsRequiringZp.forEach { variable ->
-            val numElements = numArrayElements(variable)
             val result = zeropage.allocate(
-                variable.scopedname,
-                variable.type,
-                variable.scope,
-                numElements,
-                variable.initialValue,
+                variable.scopedName,
+                variable.dt,
+                variable.length,
                 variable.position,
                 errors
             )
@@ -73,13 +74,10 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val vars: IVariablesAndConsts,
 
         if(errors.noErrors()) {
             varsPreferringZp.forEach { variable ->
-                val numElements = numArrayElements(variable)
                 val result = zeropage.allocate(
-                    variable.scopedname,
-                    variable.type,
-                    variable.scope,
-                    numElements,
-                    variable.initialValue,
+                    variable.scopedName,
+                    variable.dt,
+                    variable.length,
                     variable.position,
                     errors
                 )
@@ -90,18 +88,15 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val vars: IVariablesAndConsts,
             // try to allocate any other 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()) {
-                for (variable in varsDontCare) {
-                    if(variable.type in IntegerDatatypes) {
+                for (variable in varsDontCare.sortedBy { it.scopedName.size }) {
+                    if(variable.dt in IntegerDatatypes) {
                         if(zeropage.free.isEmpty()) {
                             break
                         } else {
-                            val numElements = numArrayElements(variable)
                             val result = zeropage.allocate(
-                                variable.scopedname,
-                                variable.type,
-                                variable.scope,
-                                numElements,
-                                variable.initialValue,
+                                variable.scopedName,
+                                variable.dt,
+                                variable.length,
                                 variable.position,
                                 errors
                             )
@@ -113,54 +108,22 @@ internal class VariableAllocator(private val vars: IVariablesAndConsts,
             }
         }
 
-        println("  number of allocated vars: $numberOfAllocatableVariables")
-        println("  put into zeropage: $numVariablesAllocatedInZP,  non-zp allocatable: ${numberOfNonIntegerVariables+numberOfExplicitNonZpVariables}")
-        println("  zeropage free space: ${zeropage.free.size} bytes")
+//        println("  number of allocated vars: $numberOfAllocatableVariables")
+//        println("  put into zeropage: $numVariablesAllocatedInZP,  non-zp allocatable: ${numberOfNonIntegerVariables+numberOfExplicitNonZpVariables}")
+//        println("  zeropage free space: ${zeropage.free.size} bytes")
     }
 
-    internal fun isZpVar(scopedName: List<String>) = scopedName in zeropage.allocatedVariables
-
-    private fun numArrayElements(variable: IVariablesAndConsts.StaticVariable) =
-        when(variable.type) {
-            DataType.STR -> (variable.initialValue as StringLiteral).value.length
-            in ArrayDatatypes -> variable.arraysize!!
-            else -> null
+    private fun collectAllVariables(st: SymbolTable): Collection<StStaticVariable> {
+        val vars = mutableListOf<StStaticVariable>()
+        fun collect(node: StNode) {
+            for(child in node.children) {
+                if(child.value.type == StNodeType.STATICVAR)
+                    vars.add(child.value as StStaticVariable)
+                else
+                    collect(child.value)
+            }
         }
-
-    internal fun subroutineExtra(sub: Subroutine): SubroutineExtraAsmInfo {
-        var extra = subroutineExtras[sub]
-        return if(extra==null) {
-            extra = SubroutineExtraAsmInfo()
-            subroutineExtras[sub] = extra
-            extra
-        }
-        else
-            extra
-    }
-
-    internal fun getFloatAsmConst(number: Double): String {
-        val asmName = globalFloatConsts[number]
-        if(asmName!=null)
-            return asmName
-
-        val newName = "prog8_float_const_${globalFloatConsts.size}"
-        globalFloatConsts[number] = newName
-        return newName
+        collect(st)
+        return vars
     }
 }
-
-/**
- * This class contains various attributes that influence the assembly code generator.
- * Conceptually it should be part of any INameScope.
- * But because the resulting code only creates "real" scopes on a subroutine level,
- * it's more consistent to only define these attributes on a Subroutine node.
- */
-internal class SubroutineExtraAsmInfo {
-    var usedRegsaveA = false
-    var usedRegsaveX = false
-    var usedRegsaveY = false
-    var usedFloatEvalResultVar1 = false
-    var usedFloatEvalResultVar2 = false
-
-    val extraVars = mutableListOf<Triple<DataType, String, UInt?>>()
-}

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

@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment
 
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.*
 import prog8.ast.expressions.*
-import prog8.ast.statements.*
+import prog8.ast.statements.AssignTarget
+import prog8.ast.statements.Assignment
+import prog8.ast.statements.DirectMemoryWrite
+import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.AsmGen
-import prog8.compilerinterface.AssemblyError
-import prog8.compilerinterface.IMemSizer
 
 
 internal enum class TargetStorageKind {
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@ internal enum class SourceStorageKind {
 }
 
 internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
-                               private val program: Program,
                                private val asmgen: AsmGen,
                                val datatype: DataType,
                                val scope: Subroutine?,
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
                                val origAstTarget: AssignTarget? = null
                                )
 {
-    val constMemoryAddress by lazy { memory?.addressExpression?.constValue(program)?.number?.toUInt() ?: 0u}
     val constArrayIndexValue by lazy { array?.indexer?.constIndex()?.toUInt() }
     val asmVarname: String by lazy {
         if (array == null)
@@ -70,28 +69,28 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
                                 if(reg.statusflag!=null)
                                     throw AssemblyError("can't assign value to processor statusflag directly")
                                 else
-                                    return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, register=reg.registerOrPair, origAstTarget = this)
+                                    return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, register=reg.registerOrPair, origAstTarget = this)
                             }
                         }
-                        return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, program, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, variableAsmName = asmgen.asmVariableName(identifier!!), origAstTarget =  this)
+                        return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, variableAsmName = asmgen.asmVariableName(identifier!!), origAstTarget =  this)
                     }
-                    arrayindexed != null -> return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.ARRAY, program, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, array = arrayindexed, origAstTarget =  this)
-                    memoryAddress != null -> return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.MEMORY, program, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, memory =  memoryAddress, origAstTarget =  this)
+                    arrayindexed != null -> return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.ARRAY, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, array = arrayindexed, origAstTarget =  this)
+                    memoryAddress != null -> return AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.MEMORY, asmgen, dt, assign.definingSubroutine, memory =  memoryAddress, origAstTarget =  this)
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target")
                 }
             }
         }
 
-        fun fromRegisters(registers: RegisterOrPair, signed: Boolean, scope: Subroutine?, program: Program, asmgen: AsmGen): AsmAssignTarget =
+        fun fromRegisters(registers: RegisterOrPair, signed: Boolean, scope: Subroutine?, asmgen: AsmGen): AsmAssignTarget =
                 when(registers) {
                     RegisterOrPair.A,
                     RegisterOrPair.X,
-                    RegisterOrPair.Y -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, if(signed) DataType.BYTE else DataType.UBYTE, scope, register = registers)
+                    RegisterOrPair.Y -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, if(signed) DataType.BYTE else DataType.UBYTE, scope, register = registers)
                     RegisterOrPair.AX,
                     RegisterOrPair.AY,
-                    RegisterOrPair.XY -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, if(signed) DataType.WORD else DataType.UWORD, scope, register = registers)
+                    RegisterOrPair.XY -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, if(signed) DataType.WORD else DataType.UWORD, scope, register = registers)
                     RegisterOrPair.FAC1,
-                    RegisterOrPair.FAC2 -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, DataType.FLOAT, scope, register = registers)
+                    RegisterOrPair.FAC2 -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, DataType.FLOAT, scope, register = registers)
                     RegisterOrPair.R0,
                     RegisterOrPair.R1,
                     RegisterOrPair.R2,
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ internal class AsmAssignTarget(val kind: TargetStorageKind,
                     RegisterOrPair.R12,
                     RegisterOrPair.R13,
                     RegisterOrPair.R14,
-                    RegisterOrPair.R15 -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, program, asmgen, if(signed) DataType.WORD else DataType.UWORD, scope, register = registers)
+                    RegisterOrPair.R15 -> AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.REGISTER, asmgen, if(signed) DataType.WORD else DataType.UWORD, scope, register = registers)
                 }
     }
 }
@@ -124,9 +123,6 @@ internal class AsmAssignSource(val kind: SourceStorageKind,
                                val expression: Expression? = null
 )
 {
-    val constMemoryAddress by lazy { memory?.addressExpression?.constValue(program)?.number?.toUInt() ?: 0u}
-    val constArrayIndexValue by lazy { array?.indexer?.constIndex()?.toUInt() }
-
     val asmVarname: String
         get() = if(array==null)
             variableAsmName!!
@@ -134,8 +130,6 @@ internal class AsmAssignSource(val kind: SourceStorageKind,
             asmgen.asmVariableName(array.arrayvar)
 
     companion object {
-        fun fromAstSource(indexer: ArrayIndex, program: Program, asmgen: AsmGen): AsmAssignSource = fromAstSource(indexer.indexExpr, program, asmgen)
-
         fun fromAstSource(value: Expression, program: Program, asmgen: AsmGen): AsmAssignSource {
             val cv = value.constValue(program)
             if(cv!=null)
@@ -213,7 +207,7 @@ internal class AsmAssignment(val source: AsmAssignSource,
 
     init {
         if(target.register !in arrayOf(RegisterOrPair.XY, RegisterOrPair.AX, RegisterOrPair.AY))
-            require(source.datatype != DataType.UNDEFINED) { "must not be placeholder/undefined datatype" }
+            require(source.datatype != DataType.UNDEFINED) { "must not be placeholder/undefined datatype at $position" }
             require(memsizer.memorySize(source.datatype) <= memsizer.memorySize(target.datatype)) {
                 "source dt size must be less or equal to target dt size at $position"
             }

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

@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 package prog8.codegen.cpu6502.assignment
 
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.*
+import prog8.ast.base.FatalAstException
 import prog8.ast.expressions.*
 import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
-import prog8.ast.toHex
+import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.AsmGen
 import prog8.codegen.cpu6502.VariableAllocator
-import prog8.compilerinterface.AssemblyError
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CpuType
 
 
 internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
@@ -18,19 +16,17 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
 ) {
     fun translate(assign: AsmAssignment) {
         require(assign.isAugmentable)
-        require(assign.source.kind== SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION)
+        require(assign.source.kind == SourceStorageKind.EXPRESSION) {
+            "non-expression assign value should be handled elsewhere ${assign.position}"
+        }
 
         when (val value = assign.source.expression!!) {
             is PrefixExpression -> {
                 // A = -A , A = +A, A = ~A, A = not A
-                val target = assignmentAsmGen.virtualRegsToVariables(assign.target)
-                val itype = value.inferType(program)
-                val type = itype.getOrElse { throw AssemblyError("unknown dt") }
                 when (value.operator) {
                     "+" -> {}
-                    "-" -> inplaceNegate(target, type)
-                    "~" -> inplaceInvert(target, type)
-                    "not" -> inplaceBooleanNot(target, type)
+                    "-" -> inplaceNegate(assign, false)
+                    "~" -> inplaceInvert(assign)
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid prefix operator")
                 }
             }
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     }
                     else -> {
                         // TODO use some other evaluation here; don't use the estack to transfer the address to read/write from
-                        asmgen.assignExpressionTo(memory.addressExpression, AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.STACK, program, asmgen, DataType.UWORD, memory.definingSubroutine))
+                        asmgen.assignExpressionTo(memory.addressExpression, AsmAssignTarget(TargetStorageKind.STACK, asmgen, DataType.UWORD, memory.definingSubroutine))
                         asmgen.out("  jsr  prog8_lib.read_byte_from_address_on_stack |  sta  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
                         when {
                             valueLv != null -> inplaceModification_byte_litval_to_variable("P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1", DataType.UBYTE, operator, valueLv.toInt())
@@ -308,7 +304,6 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                         AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(
                                             RegisterOrPair.A,
                                             target.datatype == DataType.BYTE, null,
-                                            program,
                                             asmgen
                                         )
                                     val assign = AsmAssignment(target.origAssign.source, tgt, false, program.memsizer, value.position)
@@ -320,7 +315,6 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                         AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(
                                             RegisterOrPair.AY,
                                             target.datatype == DataType.WORD, null,
-                                            program,
                                             asmgen
                                         )
                                     val assign = AsmAssignment(target.origAssign.source, tgt, false, program.memsizer, value.position)
@@ -332,7 +326,6 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                         AsmAssignTarget.fromRegisters(
                                             RegisterOrPair.FAC1,
                                             true, null,
-                                            program,
                                             asmgen
                                         )
                                     val assign = AsmAssignment(target.origAssign.source, tgt, false, program.memsizer, value.position)
@@ -393,9 +386,9 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     bne  -
 +""")
             }
-            "&", "and" -> asmgen.out(" and  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
-            "|", "or" -> asmgen.out(" ora  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
-            "^", "xor" -> asmgen.out(" eor  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+            "&" -> asmgen.out(" and  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+            "|" -> asmgen.out(" ora  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
+            "^" -> asmgen.out(" eor  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
         }
         asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName)
@@ -430,9 +423,9 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         bne  -
 +""")
             }
-            "&", "and" -> asmgen.out(" and  $otherName")
-            "|", "or" -> asmgen.out(" ora  $otherName")
-            "^", "xor" -> asmgen.out(" eor  $otherName")
+            "&" -> asmgen.out(" and  $otherName")
+            "|" -> asmgen.out(" ora  $otherName")
+            "^" -> asmgen.out(" eor  $otherName")
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
         }
         asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName)
@@ -487,17 +480,17 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName)
                 }
             }
-            "&", "and" -> {
+            "&" -> {
                 val sourceName = asmgen.loadByteFromPointerIntoA(pointervar)
                 asmgen.out("  and  #$value")
                 asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName)
             }
-            "|", "or" -> {
+            "|"-> {
                 val sourceName = asmgen.loadByteFromPointerIntoA(pointervar)
                 asmgen.out("  ora  #$value")
                 asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName)
             }
-            "^", "xor" -> {
+            "^" -> {
                 val sourceName = asmgen.loadByteFromPointerIntoA(pointervar)
                 asmgen.out("  eor  #$value")
                 asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName)
@@ -565,15 +558,15 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
 +""")
                 }
             }
-            "&", "and" -> {
+            "&" -> {
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.A)
                 asmgen.out("  and  $name |  sta  $name")
             }
-            "|", "or" -> {
+            "|" -> {
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.A)
                 asmgen.out("  ora  $name |  sta  $name")
             }
-            "^", "xor" -> {
+            "^" -> {
                 asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.A)
                 asmgen.out("  eor  $name |  sta  $name")
             }
@@ -651,9 +644,9 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
 +""")
                 }
             }
-            "&", "and" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  and  $otherName |  sta  $name")
-            "|", "or" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  ora  $otherName |  sta  $name")
-            "^", "xor" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  eor  $otherName |  sta  $name")
+            "&" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  and  $otherName |  sta  $name")
+            "|" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  ora  $otherName |  sta  $name")
+            "^" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  eor  $otherName |  sta  $name")
             "==" -> {
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  $otherName
@@ -742,9 +735,9 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     }
                 }
             }
-            "&", "and" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  and  #$value |  sta  $name")
-            "|", "or" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  ora  #$value |  sta  $name")
-            "^", "xor" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  eor  #$value |  sta  $name")
+            "&" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  and  #$value |  sta  $name")
+            "|" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  ora  #$value |  sta  $name")
+            "^" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  eor  #$value |  sta  $name")
             "==" -> {
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  $name
@@ -787,15 +780,15 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     sbc  P8ZP_SCRATCH_B1
                     sta  $name""")
             }
-            "|", "or" -> {
+            "|" -> {
                 asmgen.translateDirectMemReadExpressionToRegAorStack(memread, false)
                 asmgen.out("  ora  $name  |  sta  $name")
             }
-            "&", "and" -> {
+            "&" -> {
                 asmgen.translateDirectMemReadExpressionToRegAorStack(memread, false)
                 asmgen.out("  and  $name  |  sta  $name")
             }
-            "^", "xor" -> {
+            "^" -> {
                 asmgen.translateDirectMemReadExpressionToRegAorStack(memread, false)
                 asmgen.out("  eor  $name  |  sta  $name")
             }
@@ -830,11 +823,11 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     dec  $name+1
 +""")
             }
-            "|", "or" -> {
+            "|" -> {
                 asmgen.translateDirectMemReadExpressionToRegAorStack(memread, false)
                 asmgen.out("  ora  $name  |  sta  $name")
             }
-            "&", "and" -> {
+            "&" -> {
                 asmgen.translateDirectMemReadExpressionToRegAorStack(memread, false)
                 asmgen.out("  and  $name  |  sta  $name")
                 if(dt in WordDatatypes) {
@@ -844,7 +837,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  sta  $name+1")
                 }
             }
-            "^", "xor" -> {
+            "^" -> {
                 asmgen.translateDirectMemReadExpressionToRegAorStack(memread, false)
                 asmgen.out("  eor  $name  |  sta  $name")
             }
@@ -1061,7 +1054,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     }
                 }
             }
-            "&", "and" -> {
+            "&" -> {
                 when {
                     value == 0 -> {
                         if(asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.CPU65c02))
@@ -1098,7 +1091,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     else -> asmgen.out("  lda  $name |  and  #<$value |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  and  #>$value |  sta  $name+1")
                 }
             }
-            "|", "or" -> {
+            "|" -> {
                 when {
                     value == 0 -> {}
                     value and 255 == 0 -> asmgen.out("  lda  $name+1 |  ora  #>$value |  sta  $name+1")
@@ -1106,7 +1099,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                     else -> asmgen.out("  lda  $name |  ora  #<$value |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  ora  #>$value |  sta  $name+1")
                 }
             }
-            "^", "xor" -> {
+            "^" -> {
                 when {
                     value == 0 -> {}
                     value and 255 == 0 -> asmgen.out("  lda  $name+1 |  eor  #>$value |  sta  $name+1")
@@ -1270,7 +1263,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
 +""")
                         }
                     }
-                    "&", "and" -> {
+                    "&" -> {
                         asmgen.out("  lda  $otherName |  and  $name |  sta  $name")
                         if(dt in WordDatatypes) {
                             if(asmgen.isTargetCpu(CpuType.CPU65c02))
@@ -1279,8 +1272,8 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                 asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  sta  $name+1")
                         }
                     }
-                    "|", "or" -> asmgen.out("  lda  $otherName |  ora  $name |  sta  $name")
-                    "^", "xor" -> asmgen.out("  lda  $otherName |  eor  $name |  sta  $name")
+                    "|" -> asmgen.out("  lda  $otherName |  ora  $name |  sta  $name")
+                    "^" -> asmgen.out("  lda  $otherName |  eor  $name |  sta  $name")
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
                 }
             }
@@ -1351,9 +1344,9 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         """)
                     }
                     "<<", ">>" -> throw AssemblyError("shift by a word value not supported, max is a byte")
-                    "&", "and" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  and  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  and  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
-                    "|", "or" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  ora  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  ora  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
-                    "^", "xor" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  eor  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  eor  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
+                    "&" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  and  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  and  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
+                    "|" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  ora  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  ora  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
+                    "^" -> asmgen.out(" lda  $name |  eor  $otherName |  sta  $name |  lda  $name+1 |  eor  $otherName+1 |  sta  $name+1")
                     else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid operator for in-place modification $operator")
                 }
             }
@@ -1523,7 +1516,7 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                             bne  -
 +""")
                     }
-                    "&", "and" -> {
+                    "&" -> {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.A)
                         asmgen.out("  and  $name |  sta  $name")
                         if(dt in WordDatatypes) {
@@ -1533,11 +1526,11 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                                 asmgen.out("  lda  #0 |  sta  $name+1")
                         }
                     }
-                    "|", "or" -> {
+                    "|" -> {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.A)
                         asmgen.out("  ora  $name |  sta  $name")
                     }
-                    "^", "xor" -> {
+                    "^" -> {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.A)
                         asmgen.out("  eor  $name |  sta  $name")
                     }
@@ -1569,15 +1562,15 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         remainderVarByWordInAY()
                     }
                     "<<", ">>" -> throw AssemblyError("shift by a word value not supported, max is a byte")
-                    "&", "and" -> {
+                    "&" -> {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                         asmgen.out("  and  $name |  sta  $name |  tya |  and  $name+1 |  sta  $name+1")
                     }
-                    "|", "or" -> {
+                    "|" -> {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                         asmgen.out("  ora  $name |  sta  $name |  tya |  ora  $name+1 |  sta  $name+1")
                     }
-                    "^", "xor" -> {
+                    "^" -> {
                         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.AY)
                         asmgen.out("  eor  $name |  sta  $name |  tya |  eor  $name+1 |  sta  $name+1")
                     }
@@ -1592,14 +1585,6 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
         asmgen.assignExpressionToRegister(value, RegisterOrPair.FAC1)
         asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, scope)
         when (operator) {
-            "**" -> {
-                asmgen.out("""
-                    lda  #<$name
-                    ldy  #>$name
-                    jsr  floats.CONUPK
-                    jsr  floats.FPWRT
-                """)
-            }
             "+" -> {
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  #<$name
@@ -1646,28 +1631,6 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
         val otherName = asmgen.asmVariableName(ident)
         asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, scope)
         when (operator) {
-            "**" -> {
-                if(asmgen.haveFPWRcall()) {
-                    asmgen.out("""
-                        lda  #<$name
-                        ldy  #>$name
-                        jsr  floats.CONUPK
-                        lda  #<$otherName
-                        ldy  #>$otherName
-                        jsr  floats.FPWR
-                    """)
-                } else
-                    // cx16 doesn't have FPWR() only FPWRT()
-                    asmgen.out("""
-                        lda  #<$name
-                        ldy  #>$name
-                        jsr  floats.CONUPK
-                        lda  #<$otherName
-                        ldy  #>$otherName
-                        jsr  floats.MOVFM
-                        jsr  floats.FPWRT
-                    """)
-            }
             "+" -> {
                 asmgen.out("""
                     lda  #<$name
@@ -1723,28 +1686,6 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
         val constValueName = allocator.getFloatAsmConst(value)
         asmgen.saveRegisterLocal(CpuRegister.X, scope)
         when (operator) {
-            "**" -> {
-                if(asmgen.haveFPWRcall()) {
-                    asmgen.out("""
-                        lda  #<$name
-                        ldy  #>$name
-                        jsr  floats.CONUPK
-                        lda  #<$constValueName
-                        ldy  #>$constValueName
-                        jsr  floats.FPWR
-                    """)
-                } else
-                    // cx16 doesn't have FPWR() only FPWRT()
-                    asmgen.out("""
-                        lda  #<$name
-                        ldy  #>$name
-                        jsr  floats.CONUPK
-                        lda  #<$constValueName
-                        ldy  #>$constValueName
-                        jsr  floats.MOVFM
-                        jsr  floats.FPWRT
-                    """)
-            }
             "+" -> {
                 if (value == 0.0)
                     return
@@ -1854,138 +1795,9 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
         }
     }
 
-    internal fun inplaceBooleanNot(target: AsmAssignTarget, dt: DataType) {
-        when (dt) {
-            DataType.UBYTE -> {
-                when (target.kind) {
-                    TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE -> {
-                        asmgen.out("""
-                            lda  ${target.asmVarname}
-                            beq  +
-                            lda  #1
-+                           eor  #1
-                            sta  ${target.asmVarname}""")
-                    }
-                    TargetStorageKind.MEMORY -> {
-                        val mem = target.memory!!
-                        when (mem.addressExpression) {
-                            is NumericLiteral -> {
-                                val addr = (mem.addressExpression as NumericLiteral).number.toHex()
-                                asmgen.out("""
-                                    lda  $addr
-                                    beq  +
-                                    lda  #1
-+                                   eor  #1
-                                    sta  $addr""")
-                            }
-                            is IdentifierReference -> {
-                                val sourceName = asmgen.loadByteFromPointerIntoA(mem.addressExpression as IdentifierReference)
-                                asmgen.out("""
-                                    beq  +
-                                    lda  #1
-+                                   eor  #1""")
-                                asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar(sourceName)
-                            }
-                            else -> {
-                                asmgen.assignExpressionToVariable(mem.addressExpression, "P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2", DataType.UWORD, target.scope)
-                                asmgen.loadAFromZpPointerVar("P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2")
-                                asmgen.out("""
-                                    beq  +
-                                    lda  #1
-+                                   eor  #1""")
-                                asmgen.storeAIntoZpPointerVar("P8ZP_SCRATCH_W2")
-                            }
-                        }
-                    }
-                    TargetStorageKind.REGISTER -> {
-                        when(target.register!!) {
-                            RegisterOrPair.A -> asmgen.out("""
-                                cmp  #0
-                                beq  +
-                                lda  #1
-+                               eor  #1""")
-                            RegisterOrPair.X -> asmgen.out("""
-                                txa
-                                beq  +
-                                lda  #1
-+                               eor  #1
-                                tax""")
-                            RegisterOrPair.Y -> asmgen.out("""
-                                tya
-                                beq  +
-                                lda  #1
-+                               eor  #1
-                                tay""")
-                            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg dt for byte not")
-                        }
-                    }
-                    TargetStorageKind.STACK -> TODO("no asm gen for byte stack not")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for in-place not of ubyte ${target.kind}")
-                }
-            }
-            DataType.UWORD -> {
-                when (target.kind) {
-                    TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE -> {
-                        asmgen.out("""
-                            lda  ${target.asmVarname}
-                            ora  ${target.asmVarname}+1
-                            beq  +
-                            lda  #1
-+                           eor  #1
-                            sta  ${target.asmVarname}
-                            lsr  a
-                            sta  ${target.asmVarname}+1""")
-                    }
-                    TargetStorageKind.REGISTER -> {
-                        when(target.register!!) {
-                            RegisterOrPair.AX -> {
-                                asmgen.out("""
-                                    stx  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                                    ora  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                                    beq  +
-                                    lda  #0
-                                    tax
-                                    beq  ++
-        +                           lda  #1
-        +""")
-                            }
-                            RegisterOrPair.AY -> {
-                                asmgen.out("""
-                                    sty  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                                    ora  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                                    beq  +
-                                    lda  #0
-                                    tay
-                                    beq  ++
-        +                           lda  #1
-        +""")
-                            }
-                            RegisterOrPair.XY -> {
-                                asmgen.out("""
-                                    stx  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                                    tya
-                                    ora  P8ZP_SCRATCH_REG
-                                    beq  +
-                                    ldy  #0
-                                    ldx  #0
-                                    beq  ++
-        +                           ldx  #1
-        +""")
-                            }
-                            in Cx16VirtualRegisters -> throw AssemblyError("cx16 virtual regs should be variables, not real registers")
-                            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg dt for word not")
-                        }
-                    }
-                    TargetStorageKind.STACK -> TODO("no asm gen for word stack not")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for in-place not of uword for ${target.kind}")
-                }
-            }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("boolean-not of invalid type")
-        }
-    }
-
-    internal fun inplaceInvert(target: AsmAssignTarget, dt: DataType) {
-        when (dt) {
+    internal fun inplaceInvert(assign: AsmAssignment) {
+        val target = assign.target
+        when (assign.target.datatype) {
             DataType.UBYTE -> {
                 when (target.kind) {
                     TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE -> {
@@ -2028,7 +1840,8 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         }
                     }
                     TargetStorageKind.STACK -> TODO("no asm gen for byte stack invert")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for in-place invert ubyte for ${target.kind}")
+                    TargetStorageKind.ARRAY -> assignmentAsmGen.assignPrefixedExpressionToArrayElt(assign)
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target")
                 }
             }
             DataType.UWORD -> {
@@ -2052,15 +1865,24 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         }
                     }
                     TargetStorageKind.STACK -> TODO("no asm gen for word stack invert")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for in-place invert uword for ${target.kind}")
+                    TargetStorageKind.ARRAY -> assignmentAsmGen.assignPrefixedExpressionToArrayElt(assign)
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target")
                 }
             }
             else -> throw AssemblyError("invert of invalid type")
         }
     }
 
-    internal fun inplaceNegate(target: AsmAssignTarget, dt: DataType) {
-        when (dt) {
+    internal fun inplaceNegate(assign: AsmAssignment, ignoreDatatype: Boolean) {
+        val target = assign.target
+        val datatype = if(ignoreDatatype) {
+            when(target.datatype) {
+                DataType.UBYTE, DataType.BYTE -> DataType.BYTE
+                DataType.UWORD, DataType.WORD -> DataType.WORD
+                else -> target.datatype
+            }
+        } else target.datatype
+        when (datatype) {
             DataType.BYTE -> {
                 when (target.kind) {
                     TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE -> {
@@ -2084,9 +1906,10 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg dt for byte negate")
                         }
                     }
-                    TargetStorageKind.MEMORY -> throw AssemblyError("memory is ubyte, can't in-place negate")
+                    TargetStorageKind.MEMORY -> throw AssemblyError("memory is ubyte, can't negate that")
                     TargetStorageKind.STACK -> TODO("no asm gen for byte stack negate")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for in-place negate byte")
+                    TargetStorageKind.ARRAY -> assignmentAsmGen.assignPrefixedExpressionToArrayElt(assign)
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target")
                 }
             }
             DataType.WORD -> {
@@ -2143,12 +1966,21 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                             else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid reg dt for word neg")
                         }
                     }
+                    TargetStorageKind.MEMORY -> throw AssemblyError("memory is ubyte, can't negate that")
                     TargetStorageKind.STACK -> TODO("no asm gen for word stack negate")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("no asm gen for in-place negate word")
+                    TargetStorageKind.ARRAY -> assignmentAsmGen.assignPrefixedExpressionToArrayElt(assign)
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target")
                 }
             }
             DataType.FLOAT -> {
                 when (target.kind) {
+                    TargetStorageKind.REGISTER -> {
+                        when(target.register!!) {
+                            RegisterOrPair.FAC1 -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.NEGOP")
+                            RegisterOrPair.FAC2 -> asmgen.out("  jsr  floats.MOVFA |  jsr floats.NEGOP |  jsr  floats.MOVEF")
+                            else -> throw AssemblyError("invalid float register")
+                        }
+                    }
                     TargetStorageKind.VARIABLE -> {
                         // simply flip the sign bit in the float
                         asmgen.out("""
@@ -2158,10 +1990,11 @@ internal class AugmentableAssignmentAsmGen(private val program: Program,
                         """)
                     }
                     TargetStorageKind.STACK -> TODO("no asm gen for float stack negate")
-                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target kind for inplace negate float ${target.kind}")
+                    TargetStorageKind.ARRAY -> assignmentAsmGen.assignPrefixedExpressionToArrayElt(assign)
+                    else -> throw AssemblyError("weird target for in-place float negation")
                 }
             }
-            else -> throw AssemblyError("negate of invalid type $dt")
+            else -> throw AssemblyError("negate of invalid type")
         }
     }
 

codeGenExperimental/build.gradle

@@ -24,11 +24,12 @@ compileTestKotlin {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(':compilerInterfaces')
-    implementation project(':compilerAst')
+    implementation project(':codeCore')
+    implementation project(':intermediate')
+    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:1.1.12"
+    implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.16"
 
 }
 

codeGenExperimental/codeGenExperimental.iml

@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerAst" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerInterfaces" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="michael.bull.kotlin.result.jvm" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeGenIntermediate" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="intermediate" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeCore" />
   </component>
 </module>

codeGenExperimental/src/prog8/codegen/experimental/CodeGen.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package prog8.codegen.experimental
+
+import prog8.code.SymbolTable
+import prog8.code.ast.PtProgram
+import prog8.code.core.CompilationOptions
+import prog8.code.core.IAssemblyGenerator
+import prog8.code.core.IAssemblyProgram
+import prog8.code.core.IErrorReporter
+import prog8.codegen.intermediate.IRCodeGen
+import prog8.intermediate.IRFileWriter
+
+class CodeGen(private val program: PtProgram,
+              private val symbolTable: SymbolTable,
+              private val options: CompilationOptions,
+              private val errors: IErrorReporter
+): IAssemblyGenerator {
+    override fun compileToAssembly(): IAssemblyProgram? {
+
+        // you could write a code generator directly on the PtProgram AST,
+        // but you can also use the Intermediate Representation to build a codegen on:
+        val irCodeGen = IRCodeGen(program, symbolTable, options, errors)
+        val irProgram = irCodeGen.generate()
+
+        // this stub only writes the IR program to disk but doesn't generate anything else.
+        IRFileWriter(irProgram, null).write()
+
+        println("** experimental codegen stub: no assembly generated **")
+        return null
+    }
+}

codeGenExperimental6502/src/prog8/codegen/experimental6502/AsmGen.kt

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.experimental6502
-
-import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
-
-class AsmGen(internal val program: Program,
-             internal val errors: IErrorReporter,
-             internal val variables: IVariablesAndConsts,
-             internal val options: CompilationOptions): IAssemblyGenerator {
-
-    override fun compileToAssembly(): IAssemblyProgram? {
-
-        println("\n** experimental 65(c)02 code generator **\n")
-
-        println("..todo: create assembly code into ${options.outputDir.toAbsolutePath()}..")
-        return AssemblyProgram("dummy")
-    }
-}

codeGenExperimental6502/src/prog8/codegen/experimental6502/AssemblyProgram.kt

@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.experimental6502
-
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CompilationOptions
-import prog8.compilerinterface.IAssemblyProgram
-
-
-internal class AssemblyProgram(override val name: String) : IAssemblyProgram
-{
-    override fun assemble(options: CompilationOptions): Boolean {
-        println("..todo: assemble code into binary..")
-        return false
-    }
-}

codeGenIntermediate/build.gradle

@@ -24,12 +24,13 @@ compileTestKotlin {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(':compilerInterfaces')
-    implementation project(':compilerAst')
+    implementation project(':codeCore')
+    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:1.1.12"
+    implementation "com.michael-bull.kotlin-result:kotlin-result-jvm:1.1.16"
 
+    testImplementation 'io.kotest:kotest-runner-junit5-jvm:5.3.2'
 }
 
 sourceSets {
@@ -41,6 +42,22 @@ sourceSets {
             srcDirs = ["${project.projectDir}/res"]
         }
     }
+    test {
+        java {
+            srcDir "${project.projectDir}/test"
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-// note: there are no unit tests in this module!
+test {
+    // Enable JUnit 5 (Gradle 4.6+).
+    useJUnitPlatform()
+
+    // Always run tests, even when nothing changed.
+    dependsOn 'cleanTest'
+
+    // Show test results.
+    testLogging {
+        events "skipped", "failed"
+    }
+}

codeGenIntermediate/codeGenIntermediate.iml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<module type="JAVA_MODULE" version="4">
+  <component name="NewModuleRootManager" inherit-compiler-output="true">
+    <exclude-output />
+    <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
+      <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/test" isTestSource="true" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/build" />
+    </content>
+    <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
+    <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeCore" />
+    <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" />
+  </component>
+</module>

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

@@ -0,0 +1,298 @@
+package prog8.codegen.intermediate
+
+import prog8.code.ast.*
+import prog8.code.core.AssemblyError
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
+import prog8.code.core.SignedDatatypes
+import prog8.intermediate.*
+
+internal class AssignmentGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val expressionEval: ExpressionGen) {
+
+    internal fun translate(assignment: PtAssignment): IRCodeChunks {
+        if(assignment.target.children.single() is PtMachineRegister)
+            throw AssemblyError("assigning to a register should be done by just evaluating the expression into resultregister")
+
+        return if (assignment.isInplaceAssign)
+            translateInplaceAssign(assignment)
+        else
+            translateRegularAssign(assignment)
+    }
+
+    private fun translateInplaceAssign(assignment: PtAssignment): IRCodeChunks {
+        val ident = assignment.target.identifier
+        val memory = assignment.target.memory
+        val array = assignment.target.array
+
+        return if(ident!=null) {
+            assignSelfInMemory(ident.targetName.joinToString("."), assignment.value, assignment)
+        } else if(memory != null) {
+            if(memory.address is PtNumber)
+                assignSelfInMemoryKnownAddress((memory.address as PtNumber).number.toInt(), assignment.value, assignment)
+            else
+                fallbackAssign(assignment)
+        } else if(array!=null) {
+            // NOTE: naive fallback assignment here will sometimes generate code that loads the index value multiple times
+            // in a register. It's way too much work to optimize that here - instead, we trust that the generated IL assembly
+            // will be optimized later and have the double assignments removed.
+            fallbackAssign(assignment)
+        } else {
+            fallbackAssign(assignment)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun assignSelfInMemoryKnownAddress(
+        address: Int,
+        value: PtExpression,
+        origAssign: PtAssignment
+    ): IRCodeChunks {
+        val vmDt = codeGen.irType(value.type)
+        when(value) {
+            is PtIdentifier -> return emptyList() // do nothing, x=x null assignment.
+            is PtMachineRegister -> return emptyList() // do nothing, reg=reg null assignment
+            is PtPrefix -> return inplacePrefix(value.operator, vmDt, address, null)
+            is PtBinaryExpression -> return inplaceBinexpr(value.operator, value.right, vmDt, value.type in SignedDatatypes, address, null, origAssign)
+            is PtMemoryByte -> {
+                return if (!codeGen.options.compTarget.machine.isIOAddress(address.toUInt()))
+                    emptyList() // do nothing, mem=mem null assignment.
+                else {
+                    // read and write a (i/o) memory location to itself.
+                    val tempReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+                    code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, vmDt, reg1 = tempReg, value = address)
+                    code += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, vmDt, reg1 = tempReg, value = address)
+                    listOf(code)
+                }
+            }
+            else -> return fallbackAssign(origAssign)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun assignSelfInMemory(
+        symbol: String,
+        value: PtExpression,
+        origAssign: PtAssignment
+    ): IRCodeChunks {
+        val vmDt = codeGen.irType(value.type)
+        return when(value) {
+            is PtIdentifier -> emptyList() // do nothing, x=x null assignment.
+            is PtMachineRegister -> emptyList() // do nothing, reg=reg null assignment
+            is PtPrefix -> inplacePrefix(value.operator, vmDt, null, symbol)
+            is PtBinaryExpression -> inplaceBinexpr(value.operator, value.right, vmDt, value.type in SignedDatatypes, null, symbol, origAssign)
+            is PtMemoryByte -> {
+                val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+                val tempReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, vmDt, reg1 = tempReg, labelSymbol = symbol)
+                code += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, vmDt, reg1 = tempReg, labelSymbol = symbol)
+                listOf(code)
+            }
+
+            else -> fallbackAssign(origAssign)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun fallbackAssign(origAssign: PtAssignment): IRCodeChunks {
+        if (codeGen.options.slowCodegenWarnings)
+            codeGen.errors.warn("indirect code for in-place assignment", origAssign.position)
+        return translateRegularAssign(origAssign)
+    }
+
+    private fun inplaceBinexpr(
+        operator: String,
+        operand: PtExpression,
+        vmDt: IRDataType,
+        signed: Boolean,
+        knownAddress: Int?,
+        symbol: String?,
+        origAssign: PtAssignment
+    ): IRCodeChunks {
+        if(knownAddress!=null) {
+            when (operator) {
+                "+" -> return expressionEval.operatorPlusInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, operand)
+                "-" -> return expressionEval.operatorMinusInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, operand)
+                "*" -> return expressionEval.operatorMultiplyInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, operand)
+                "/" -> return expressionEval.operatorDivideInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, signed, operand)
+                "|" -> return expressionEval.operatorOrInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, operand)
+                "&" -> return expressionEval.operatorAndInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, operand)
+                "^" -> return expressionEval.operatorXorInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, operand)
+                "<<" -> return expressionEval.operatorShiftLeftInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, operand)
+                ">>" -> return expressionEval.operatorShiftRightInplace(knownAddress, null, vmDt, signed, operand)
+                else -> {}
+            }
+        } else {
+            symbol!!
+            when (operator) {
+                "+" -> return expressionEval.operatorPlusInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, operand)
+                "-" -> return expressionEval.operatorMinusInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, operand)
+                "*" -> return expressionEval.operatorMultiplyInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, operand)
+                "/" -> return expressionEval.operatorDivideInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, signed, operand)
+                "|" -> return expressionEval.operatorOrInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, operand)
+                "&" -> return expressionEval.operatorAndInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, operand)
+                "^" -> return expressionEval.operatorXorInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, operand)
+                "<<" -> return expressionEval.operatorShiftLeftInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, operand)
+                ">>" -> return expressionEval.operatorShiftRightInplace(null, symbol, vmDt, signed, operand)
+                else -> {}
+            }
+        }
+        return fallbackAssign(origAssign)
+    }
+
+    private fun inplacePrefix(operator: String, vmDt: IRDataType, knownAddress: Int?, addressSymbol: String?): IRCodeChunks {
+        val code= IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+        when(operator) {
+            "+" -> { }
+            "-" -> {
+                code += if(knownAddress!=null)
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.NEGM, vmDt, value = knownAddress)
+                else
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.NEGM, vmDt, labelSymbol = addressSymbol)
+            }
+            "~" -> {
+                val regMask = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                val mask = if(vmDt==IRDataType.BYTE) 0x00ff else 0xffff
+                code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1=regMask, value = mask)
+                code += if(knownAddress!=null)
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.XORM, vmDt, reg1=regMask, value = knownAddress)
+                else
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.XORM, vmDt, reg1=regMask, labelSymbol = addressSymbol)
+            }
+            else -> throw AssemblyError("weird prefix operator")
+        }
+        return listOf(code)
+    }
+
+    private fun translateRegularAssign(assignment: PtAssignment): IRCodeChunks {
+        // note: assigning array and string values is done via an explicit memcopy/stringcopy function call.
+        val ident = assignment.target.identifier
+        val memory = assignment.target.memory
+        val array = assignment.target.array
+        val vmDt = codeGen.irType(assignment.value.type)
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        var resultRegister = -1
+        var resultFpRegister = -1
+        val zero = codeGen.isZero(assignment.value)
+        if(!zero) {
+            // calculate the assignment value
+            if (vmDt == IRDataType.FLOAT) {
+                resultFpRegister = codeGen.registers.nextFreeFloat()
+                result += expressionEval.translateExpression(assignment.value, -1, resultFpRegister)
+            } else {
+                resultRegister = if (assignment.value is PtMachineRegister) {
+                    (assignment.value as PtMachineRegister).register
+                } else {
+                    val reg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    result += expressionEval.translateExpression(assignment.value, reg, -1)
+                    reg
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if(ident!=null) {
+            val symbol = ident.targetName.joinToString(".")
+            val instruction = if(zero) {
+                IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZM, vmDt, labelSymbol = symbol)
+            } else {
+                if (vmDt == IRDataType.FLOAT)
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, vmDt, fpReg1 = resultFpRegister, labelSymbol = symbol)
+                else
+                    IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister, labelSymbol = symbol)
+            }
+            result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += instruction }
+            return result
+        }
+        else if(array!=null) {
+            val variable = array.variable.targetName.joinToString(".")
+            val itemsize = codeGen.program.memsizer.memorySize(array.type)
+
+            if(array.variable.type==DataType.UWORD) {
+                // indexing a pointer var instead of a real array or string
+                if(itemsize!=1)
+                    throw AssemblyError("non-array var indexing requires bytes dt")
+                if(array.index.type!=DataType.UBYTE)
+                    throw AssemblyError("non-array var indexing requires bytes index")
+                val idxReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                result += expressionEval.translateExpression(array.index, idxReg, -1)
+                val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+                if(zero) {
+                    // there's no STOREZIX instruction
+                    resultRegister = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, vmDt, reg1=resultRegister, value=0)
+                }
+                code += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREIX, vmDt, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=idxReg, labelSymbol = variable)
+                result += code
+                return result
+            }
+
+            val fixedIndex = constIntValue(array.index)
+            if(zero) {
+                if(fixedIndex!=null) {
+                    val offset = fixedIndex*itemsize
+                    val chunk = IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZM, vmDt, labelSymbol = "$variable+$offset") }
+                    result += chunk
+                } else {
+                    val indexReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    result += loadIndexReg(array, itemsize, indexReg)
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZX, vmDt, reg1=indexReg, labelSymbol = variable) }
+                }
+            } else {
+                if(vmDt== IRDataType.FLOAT) {
+                    if(fixedIndex!=null) {
+                        val offset = fixedIndex*itemsize
+                        val chunk = IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, vmDt, fpReg1 = resultFpRegister, labelSymbol = "$variable+$offset") }
+                        result += chunk
+                    } else {
+                        val indexReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                        result += loadIndexReg(array, itemsize, indexReg)
+                        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREX, vmDt, reg1 = indexReg, fpReg1 = resultFpRegister, labelSymbol = variable) }
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    if(fixedIndex!=null) {
+                        val offset = fixedIndex*itemsize
+                        val chunk = IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister, labelSymbol = "$variable+$offset") }
+                        result += chunk
+                    } else {
+                        val indexReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                        result += loadIndexReg(array, itemsize, indexReg)
+                        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREX, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2=indexReg, labelSymbol = variable) }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            return result
+        }
+        else if(memory!=null) {
+            require(vmDt== IRDataType.BYTE) { "must be byte type ${memory.position}"}
+            if(zero) {
+                if(memory.address is PtNumber) {
+                    val chunk = IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZM, vmDt, value=(memory.address as PtNumber).number.toInt()) }
+                    result += chunk
+                } else {
+                    val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    result += expressionEval.translateExpression(memory.address, addressReg, -1)
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZI, vmDt, reg1=addressReg) }
+                }
+            } else {
+                if(memory.address is PtNumber) {
+                    val chunk = IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, vmDt, reg1=resultRegister, value=(memory.address as PtNumber).number.toInt()) }
+                    result += chunk
+                } else {
+                    val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    result += expressionEval.translateExpression(memory.address, addressReg, -1)
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also { it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREI, vmDt, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=addressReg) }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return result
+        }
+        else
+            throw AssemblyError("weird assigntarget")
+    }
+
+    private fun loadIndexReg(array: PtArrayIndexer, itemsize: Int, indexReg: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        return if(itemsize==1) {
+            expressionEval.translateExpression(array.index, indexReg, -1)
+        } else {
+            val mult = PtBinaryExpression("*", DataType.UBYTE, array.position)
+            mult.children += array.index
+            mult.children += PtNumber(DataType.UBYTE, itemsize.toDouble(), array.position)
+            expressionEval.translateExpression(mult, indexReg, -1)
+        }
+    }
+}

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

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+package prog8.codegen.intermediate
+
+import prog8.code.StStaticVariable
+import prog8.code.ast.*
+import prog8.code.core.AssemblyError
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
+import prog8.intermediate.*
+
+
+internal class BuiltinFuncGen(private val codeGen: IRCodeGen, private val exprGen: ExpressionGen) {
+
+    fun translate(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        return when(call.name) {
+            "any" -> funcAny(call, resultRegister)
+            "all" -> funcAll(call, resultRegister)
+            "abs" -> funcAbs(call, resultRegister)
+            "cmp" -> funcCmp(call)
+            "sgn" -> funcSgn(call, resultRegister)
+            "sqrt16" -> funcSqrt16(call, resultRegister)
+            "pop" -> funcPop(call)
+            "popw" -> funcPopw(call)
+            "push" -> funcPush(call)
+            "pushw" -> funcPushw(call)
+            "rsave",
+            "rsavex",
+            "rrestore",
+            "rrestorex" -> emptyList()  // vm doesn't have registers to save/restore
+            "callfar" -> throw AssemblyError("callfar() is for cx16 target only")
+            "callrom" -> throw AssemblyError("callrom() is for cx16 target only")
+            "msb" -> funcMsb(call, resultRegister)
+            "lsb" -> funcLsb(call, resultRegister)
+            "memory" -> funcMemory(call, resultRegister)
+            "peek" -> funcPeek(call, resultRegister)
+            "peekw" -> funcPeekW(call, resultRegister)
+            "poke" -> funcPoke(call)
+            "pokew" -> funcPokeW(call)
+            "pokemon" -> emptyList()
+            "mkword" -> funcMkword(call, resultRegister)
+            "sort" -> funcSort(call)
+            "reverse" -> funcReverse(call)
+            "rol" -> funcRolRor(Opcode.ROXL, call, resultRegister)
+            "ror" -> funcRolRor(Opcode.ROXR, call, resultRegister)
+            "rol2" -> funcRolRor(Opcode.ROL, call, resultRegister)
+            "ror2" -> funcRolRor(Opcode.ROR, call, resultRegister)
+            else -> throw AssemblyError("missing builtinfunc for ${call.name}")
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun funcCmp(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val leftRegister = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        val rightRegister = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], leftRegister, -1)
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1], rightRegister, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.CMP, codeGen.irType(call.args[0].type), reg1=leftRegister, reg2=rightRegister)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcAny(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val arrayName = call.args[0] as PtIdentifier
+        val array = codeGen.symbolTable.flat.getValue(arrayName.targetName) as StStaticVariable
+        val syscall =
+            when (array.dt) {
+                DataType.ARRAY_UB,
+                DataType.ARRAY_B -> IMSyscall.ANY_BYTE
+                DataType.ARRAY_UW,
+                DataType.ARRAY_W -> IMSyscall.ANY_WORD
+                DataType.ARRAY_F -> IMSyscall.ANY_FLOAT
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("weird type")
+            }
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], SyscallRegisterBase, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = SyscallRegisterBase+1, value = array.length)
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.SYSCALL, value = syscall.number)
+            if(resultRegister!=0)
+                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = 0)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcAll(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val arrayName = call.args[0] as PtIdentifier
+        val array = codeGen.symbolTable.flat.getValue(arrayName.targetName) as StStaticVariable
+        val syscall =
+            when(array.dt) {
+                DataType.ARRAY_UB,
+                DataType.ARRAY_B -> IMSyscall.ALL_BYTE
+                DataType.ARRAY_UW,
+                DataType.ARRAY_W -> IMSyscall.ALL_WORD
+                DataType.ARRAY_F -> IMSyscall.ALL_FLOAT
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("weird type")
+            }
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], SyscallRegisterBase, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = SyscallRegisterBase+1, value = array.length)
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.SYSCALL, value = syscall.number)
+            if(resultRegister!=0)
+                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = 0)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcAbs(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val sourceDt = call.args.single().type
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        if(sourceDt!=DataType.UWORD) {
+            result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], resultRegister, -1)
+            when (sourceDt) {
+                DataType.UBYTE -> {
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultRegister)
+                    }
+                }
+                DataType.BYTE -> {
+                    val notNegativeLabel = codeGen.createLabelName()
+                    val compareReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=compareReg, reg2=resultRegister)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=compareReg, value=0x80)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.BZ, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=compareReg, labelSymbol = notNegativeLabel)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.NEG, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=resultRegister)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.EXT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=resultRegister)
+                    }
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(notNegativeLabel, null)
+                }
+                DataType.WORD -> {
+                    val notNegativeLabel = codeGen.createLabelName()
+                    val compareReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=compareReg, reg2=resultRegister)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=compareReg, value=0x8000)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.BZ, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=compareReg, labelSymbol = notNegativeLabel)
+                        it += IRInstruction(Opcode.NEG, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultRegister)
+                    }
+                    result += IRCodeChunk(notNegativeLabel, null)
+                }
+                else -> throw AssemblyError("weird type")
+            }
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcSgn(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val reg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), reg, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.SGN, codeGen.irType(call.type), reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = reg)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcSqrt16(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val reg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), reg, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.SQRT, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultRegister, reg2=reg)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPop(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+        val reg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        code += IRInstruction(Opcode.POP, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=reg)
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>(code)
+        result += assignRegisterTo(call.args.single(), reg)
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPopw(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+        val reg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        code += IRInstruction(Opcode.POP, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=reg)
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>(code)
+        result += assignRegisterTo(call.args.single(), reg)
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPush(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        val reg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), reg, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.PUSH, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=reg)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPushw(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        val reg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), reg, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.PUSH, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = reg)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcReverse(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val arrayName = call.args[0] as PtIdentifier
+        val array = codeGen.symbolTable.flat.getValue(arrayName.targetName) as StStaticVariable
+        val syscall =
+            when(array.dt) {
+                DataType.ARRAY_UB, DataType.ARRAY_B, DataType.STR -> IMSyscall.REVERSE_BYTES
+                DataType.ARRAY_UW, DataType.ARRAY_W -> IMSyscall.REVERSE_WORDS
+                DataType.ARRAY_F -> IMSyscall.REVERSE_FLOATS
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("weird type to reverse")
+            }
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], SyscallRegisterBase, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = SyscallRegisterBase+1, value = array.length)
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.SYSCALL, value = syscall.number)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcSort(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val arrayName = call.args[0] as PtIdentifier
+        val array = codeGen.symbolTable.flat.getValue(arrayName.targetName) as StStaticVariable
+        val syscall =
+            when(array.dt) {
+                DataType.ARRAY_UB -> IMSyscall.SORT_UBYTE
+                DataType.ARRAY_B -> IMSyscall.SORT_BYTE
+                DataType.ARRAY_UW -> IMSyscall.SORT_UWORD
+                DataType.ARRAY_W -> IMSyscall.SORT_WORD
+                DataType.STR -> IMSyscall.SORT_UBYTE
+                DataType.ARRAY_F -> throw IllegalArgumentException("sorting a floating point array is not supported")
+                else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("weird type to sort")
+            }
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], SyscallRegisterBase, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = SyscallRegisterBase+1, value = array.length)
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.SYSCALL, value = syscall.number)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcMkword(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val msbReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], msbReg, -1)
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1], resultRegister, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.CONCAT, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = msbReg)
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPokeW(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        if(codeGen.isZero(call.args[1])) {
+            if (call.args[0] is PtNumber) {
+                val address = (call.args[0] as PtNumber).number.toInt()
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZM, IRDataType.WORD, value = address)
+                }
+            } else {
+                val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], addressReg, -1)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZI, IRDataType.WORD, reg2 = addressReg)
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            val valueReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+            if (call.args[0] is PtNumber) {
+                val address = (call.args[0] as PtNumber).number.toInt()
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1], valueReg, -1)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = valueReg, value = address)
+                }
+            } else {
+                val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], addressReg, -1)
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1], valueReg, -1)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREI, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = valueReg, reg2 = addressReg)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPoke(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall): IRCodeChunks {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        if(codeGen.isZero(call.args[1])) {
+            if (call.args[0] is PtNumber) {
+                val address = (call.args[0] as PtNumber).number.toInt()
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZM, IRDataType.BYTE, value = address)
+                }
+            } else {
+                val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], addressReg, -1)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREZI, IRDataType.BYTE, reg2 = addressReg)
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            val valueReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+            if (call.args[0] is PtNumber) {
+                val address = (call.args[0] as PtNumber).number.toInt()
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1], valueReg, -1)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREM, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = valueReg, value = address)
+                }
+            } else {
+                val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], addressReg, -1)
+                result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[1], valueReg, -1)
+                result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                    it += IRInstruction(Opcode.STOREI, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = valueReg, reg2 = addressReg)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPeekW(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        if(call.args[0] is PtNumber) {
+            val address = (call.args[0] as PtNumber).number.toInt()
+            result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = resultRegister, value = address)
+            }
+        } else {
+            val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+            result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), addressReg, -1)
+            result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.WORD, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = addressReg)
+            }
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcPeek(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        if(call.args[0] is PtNumber) {
+            val address = (call.args[0] as PtNumber).number.toInt()
+            result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADM, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultRegister, value = address)
+            }
+        } else {
+            val addressReg = codeGen.registers.nextFree()
+            result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), addressReg, -1)
+            result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+                it += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADI, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = addressReg)
+            }
+        }
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcMemory(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val name = (call.args[0] as PtString).value
+        val code = IRCodeChunk(null, null)
+        code += IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=resultRegister, labelSymbol = "prog8_slabs.prog8_memoryslab_$name")
+        return listOf(code)
+    }
+
+    private fun funcLsb(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        return exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), resultRegister, -1)
+        // note: if a word result is needed, the upper byte is cleared by the typecast that follows. No need to do it here.
+    }
+
+    private fun funcMsb(call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args.single(), resultRegister, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(Opcode.MSIG, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1 = resultRegister, reg2 = resultRegister)
+        }
+        // note: if a word result is needed, the upper byte is cleared by the typecast that follows. No need to do it here.
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun funcRolRor(opcode: Opcode, call: PtBuiltinFunctionCall, resultRegister: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val vmDt = codeGen.irType(call.args[0].type)
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += exprGen.translateExpression(call.args[0], resultRegister, -1)
+        result += IRCodeChunk(null, null).also {
+            it += IRInstruction(opcode, vmDt, reg1 = resultRegister)
+        }
+        result += assignRegisterTo(call.args[0], resultRegister)
+        return result
+    }
+
+    private fun assignRegisterTo(target: PtExpression, register: Int): IRCodeChunks {
+        val assignment = PtAssignment(target.position)
+        val assignTarget = PtAssignTarget(target.position)
+        assignTarget.children.add(target)
+        assignment.children.add(assignTarget)
+        assignment.children.add(PtMachineRegister(register, target.type, target.position))
+        val result = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        result += codeGen.translateNode(assignment)
+        return result
+    }
+}

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

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+package prog8.codegen.intermediate
+
+import prog8.intermediate.*
+
+internal class IRPeepholeOptimizer(private val irprog: IRProgram) {
+    fun optimize() {
+        irprog.blocks.asSequence().flatMap { it.children.filterIsInstance<IRSubroutine>() }.forEach { sub ->
+            removeEmptyChunks(sub)
+            joinChunks(sub)
+            sub.chunks.withIndex().forEach { (index, chunk1) ->
+                // we don't optimize Inline Asm chunks here.
+                val chunk2 = if(index<sub.chunks.size-1) sub.chunks[index+1] else null
+                if(chunk1 is IRCodeChunk) {
+                    do {
+                        val indexedInstructions = chunk1.instructions.withIndex()
+                            .map { IndexedValue(it.index, it.value) }
+                        val changed = removeNops(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
+                                || removeDoubleLoadsAndStores(chunk1, indexedInstructions)       // TODO not yet implemented
+                                || removeUselessArithmetic(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
+                                || removeWeirdBranches(chunk1, chunk2, indexedInstructions)
+                                || removeDoubleSecClc(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
+                                || cleanupPushPop(chunk1, indexedInstructions)
+                        // TODO other optimizations:
+                        //  more complex optimizations such as unused registers
+                    } while (changed)
+                }
+            }
+            removeEmptyChunks(sub)
+        }
+
+        irprog.linkChunks() // re-link
+    }
+
+    private fun removeEmptyChunks(sub: IRSubroutine) {
+        if(sub.chunks.isEmpty())
+            return
+
+        /*
+        Empty Code chunk with label ->
+            If next chunk has no label -> move label to next chunk, remove original
+            If next chunk has label -> label name should be the same, remove original. Otherwise FOR NOW leave it in place. (TODO: consolidate labels into 1)
+            If is last chunk -> keep chunk in place because of the label.
+        Empty Code chunk without label ->
+            should not have been generated! ERROR.
+         */
+
+
+        val relabelChunks = mutableListOf<Pair<Int, String>>()
+        val removeChunks = mutableListOf<Int>()
+
+        sub.chunks.withIndex().forEach { (index, chunk) ->
+            if(chunk is IRCodeChunk && chunk.instructions.isEmpty()) {
+                if(chunk.label==null) {
+                    removeChunks += index
+                } else {
+                    if (index < sub.chunks.size - 1) {
+                        val nextchunk = sub.chunks[index + 1]
+                        if (nextchunk.label == null) {
+                            // can transplant label to next chunk and remove this empty one.
+                            relabelChunks += Pair(index + 1, chunk.label!!)
+                            removeChunks += index
+                        } else {
+                            if (chunk.label == nextchunk.label)
+                                removeChunks += index
+                            else {
+                                // TODO: consolidate labels on same chunk
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        relabelChunks.forEach { (index, label) ->
+            val chunk = IRCodeChunk(label, null)
+            chunk.instructions += sub.chunks[index].instructions
+            sub.chunks[index] = chunk
+        }
+        removeChunks.reversed().forEach { index -> sub.chunks.removeAt(index) }
+    }
+
+    private fun joinChunks(sub: IRSubroutine) {
+        // Subroutine contains a list of chunks. Some can be joined into one.
+
+        if(sub.chunks.isEmpty())
+            return
+
+        fun mayJoin(previous: IRCodeChunkBase, chunk: IRCodeChunkBase): Boolean {
+            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
+                val lastInstruction = previous.instructions.lastOrNull()
+                if(lastInstruction!=null)
+                    return lastInstruction.opcode !in OpcodesThatJump
+                return true
+            }
+            return false
+        }
+
+        val chunks = mutableListOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+        chunks += sub.chunks[0]
+        for(ix in 1 until sub.chunks.size) {
+            val lastChunk = chunks.last()
+            if(mayJoin(lastChunk, sub.chunks[ix])) {
+                lastChunk.instructions += sub.chunks[ix].instructions
+                lastChunk.next = sub.chunks[ix].next
+            }
+            else
+                chunks += sub.chunks[ix]
+        }
+        sub.chunks.clear()
+        sub.chunks += chunks
+    }
+
+    private fun cleanupPushPop(chunk: IRCodeChunk, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
+        //  push followed by pop to same target, or different target->replace with load
+        var changed = false
+        indexedInstructions.reversed().forEach { (idx, ins) ->
+            if(ins.opcode== Opcode.PUSH) {
+                if(idx < chunk.instructions.size-1) {
+                    val insAfter = chunk.instructions[idx+1] as? IRInstruction
+                    if(insAfter!=null && insAfter.opcode == Opcode.POP) {
+                        if(ins.reg1==insAfter.reg1) {
+                            chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                            chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        } else {
+                            chunk.instructions[idx] = IRInstruction(Opcode.LOADR, ins.type, reg1=insAfter.reg1, reg2=ins.reg1)
+                            chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx+1)
+                        }
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
+
+    private fun removeDoubleSecClc(chunk: IRCodeChunk, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
+        //  double sec, clc
+        //  sec+clc or clc+sec
+        var changed = false
+        indexedInstructions.reversed().forEach { (idx, ins) ->
+            if(ins.opcode== Opcode.SEC || ins.opcode== Opcode.CLC) {
+                if(idx < chunk.instructions.size-1) {
+                    val insAfter = chunk.instructions[idx+1] as? IRInstruction
+                    if(insAfter?.opcode == ins.opcode) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                    else if(ins.opcode== Opcode.SEC && insAfter?.opcode== Opcode.CLC) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                    else if(ins.opcode== Opcode.CLC && insAfter?.opcode== Opcode.SEC) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
+
+    private fun removeWeirdBranches(chunk: IRCodeChunk, nextChunk: IRCodeChunkBase?, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
+        var changed = false
+        indexedInstructions.reversed().forEach { (idx, ins) ->
+            val labelSymbol = ins.labelSymbol
+
+            // remove jump/branch to label immediately below (= next chunk if it has that label)
+            if(ins.opcode== Opcode.JUMP && labelSymbol!=null) {
+                if(idx==chunk.instructions.size-1 && ins.branchTarget===nextChunk) {
+                    chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                    changed = true
+                }
+            }
+            // remove useless RETURN
+            if(ins.opcode == Opcode.RETURN && idx>0) {
+                val previous = chunk.instructions[idx-1] as? IRInstruction
+                if(previous?.opcode in OpcodesThatJump) {
+                    chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                    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 -> {
+                    if (ins.value == 1) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+                Opcode.ADD, Opcode.SUB -> {
+                    if (ins.value == 1) {
+                        chunk.instructions[idx] = IRInstruction(
+                            if (ins.opcode == Opcode.ADD) Opcode.INC else Opcode.DEC,
+                            ins.type,
+                            ins.reg1
+                        )
+                        changed = true
+                    } else if (ins.value == 0) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+                Opcode.AND -> {
+                    if (ins.value == 0) {
+                        chunk.instructions[idx] = IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, ins.type, reg1 = ins.reg1, value = 0)
+                        changed = true
+                    } else if (ins.value == 255 && ins.type == IRDataType.BYTE) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    } else if (ins.value == 65535 && ins.type == IRDataType.WORD) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+                Opcode.OR -> {
+                    if (ins.value == 0) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    } else if ((ins.value == 255 && ins.type == IRDataType.BYTE) || (ins.value == 65535 && ins.type == IRDataType.WORD)) {
+                        chunk.instructions[idx] = IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, ins.type, reg1 = ins.reg1, value = ins.value)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+                Opcode.XOR -> {
+                    if (ins.value == 0) {
+                        chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+                        changed = true
+                    }
+                }
+                else -> {}
+            }
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
+
+    private fun removeNops(chunk: IRCodeChunk, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
+        var changed = false
+        indexedInstructions.reversed().forEach { (idx, ins) ->
+            if (ins.opcode == Opcode.NOP) {
+                changed = true
+                chunk.instructions.removeAt(idx)
+            }
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
+
+    private fun removeDoubleLoadsAndStores(chunk: IRCodeChunk, indexedInstructions: List<IndexedValue<IRInstruction>>): Boolean {
+        var changed = false
+        indexedInstructions.forEach { (idx, ins) ->
+
+            // TODO: detect multiple loads to the same target registers, only keep first (if source is not I/O memory)
+            // TODO: detect multiple stores to the same target, only keep first (if target is not I/O memory)
+            // TODO: detect multiple float ffrom/fto to the same target, only keep first
+            // TODO: detect multiple sequential rnd with same reg1, only keep one
+            // TODO: detect subsequent same xors/nots/negs, remove the pairs completely as they cancel out
+            // TODO: detect multiple same ands, ors; only keep first
+            // TODO: (hard) detect multiple registers being assigned the same value (and not changed) - use only 1 of them
+            // ...
+        }
+        return changed
+    }
+}

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

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+package prog8.codegen.intermediate
+
+import prog8.code.core.IErrorReporter
+import prog8.code.core.SourceCode.Companion.libraryFilePrefix
+import prog8.intermediate.*
+
+
+internal class IRUnusedCodeRemover(private val irprog: IRProgram, private val errors: IErrorReporter) {
+    fun optimize(): Int {
+        val allLabeledChunks = mutableMapOf<String, IRCodeChunkBase>()
+
+        irprog.blocks.asSequence().flatMap { it.children.filterIsInstance<IRSubroutine>() }.forEach { sub ->
+            sub.chunks.forEach { chunk ->
+                chunk.label?.let { allLabeledChunks[it] = chunk }
+            }
+        }
+
+        var numRemoved = removeSimpleUnlinked(allLabeledChunks) + removeUnreachable(allLabeledChunks)
+
+        // remove empty subs
+        irprog.blocks.forEach { block ->
+            block.children.filterIsInstance<IRSubroutine>().reversed().forEach { sub ->
+                if(sub.isEmpty()) {
+                    if(!sub.position.file.startsWith(libraryFilePrefix))
+                        errors.warn("unused subroutine ${sub.label}", sub.position)
+                    block.children.remove(sub)
+                    numRemoved++
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // remove empty blocks
+        irprog.blocks.reversed().forEach { block ->
+            if(block.isEmpty()) {
+                irprog.blocks.remove(block)
+                numRemoved++
+            }
+        }
+
+        return numRemoved
+    }
+
+    private fun removeUnreachable(allLabeledChunks: MutableMap<String, IRCodeChunkBase>): Int {
+        val entrypointSub = irprog.blocks.single { it.name=="main" }.children.single { it is IRSubroutine && it.label=="main.start" }
+        val reachable = mutableSetOf((entrypointSub as IRSubroutine).chunks.first())
+
+        fun grow() {
+            val new = mutableSetOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+            reachable.forEach {
+                it.next?.let { next -> new += next }
+                it.instructions.forEach { instr ->
+                    if (instr.branchTarget == null)
+                        instr.labelSymbol?.let { label -> allLabeledChunks[label]?.let { chunk -> new += chunk } }
+                    else
+                        new += instr.branchTarget!!
+                }
+            }
+            reachable += new
+        }
+
+        var previousCount = reachable.size
+        while(true) {
+            grow()
+            if(reachable.size<=previousCount)
+                break
+            previousCount = reachable.size
+        }
+
+        return removeUnlinkedChunks(reachable)
+    }
+
+    private fun removeSimpleUnlinked(allLabeledChunks: Map<String, IRCodeChunkBase>): Int {
+        val linkedChunks = mutableSetOf<IRCodeChunkBase>()
+
+        irprog.blocks.asSequence().flatMap { it.children.filterIsInstance<IRSubroutine>() }.forEach { sub ->
+            sub.chunks.forEach { chunk ->
+                chunk.next?.let { next -> linkedChunks += next }
+                chunk.instructions.forEach {
+                    if(it.branchTarget==null) {
+                        it.labelSymbol?.let { label -> allLabeledChunks[label]?.let { cc -> linkedChunks += cc } }
+                    } else {
+                        linkedChunks += it.branchTarget!!
+                    }
+                }
+                if (chunk.label == "main.start")
+                    linkedChunks += chunk
+            }
+        }
+
+        return removeUnlinkedChunks(linkedChunks)
+    }
+
+    private fun removeUnlinkedChunks(
+        linkedChunks: MutableSet<IRCodeChunkBase>
+    ): Int {
+        var numRemoved = 0
+        irprog.blocks.asSequence().flatMap { it.children.filterIsInstance<IRSubroutine>() }.forEach { sub ->
+            sub.chunks.withIndex().reversed().forEach { (index, chunk) ->
+                if (chunk !in linkedChunks) {
+                    if (chunk === sub.chunks[0]) {
+                        when(chunk) {
+                            is IRCodeChunk -> {
+                                if (chunk.isNotEmpty()) {
+                                    // don't remove the first chunk of the sub itself because it has to have the name of the sub as label
+                                    chunk.instructions.clear()
+                                    numRemoved++
+                                }
+                            }
+                            is IRInlineAsmChunk, is IRInlineBinaryChunk -> {
+                                sub.chunks[index] = IRCodeChunk(chunk.label, chunk.next)
+                                numRemoved++
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        sub.chunks.removeAt(index)
+                        numRemoved++
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return numRemoved
+    }
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package prog8.codegen.intermediate
+
+import prog8.code.core.AssemblyError
+import prog8.intermediate.SyscallRegisterBase
+
+internal class RegisterPool {
+    // reserve 0,1,2 for return values of subroutine calls and syscalls
+    private var firstFree: Int=3
+    private var firstFreeFloat: Int=3
+
+    fun peekNext() = firstFree
+    fun peekNextFloat() = firstFreeFloat
+
+    fun nextFree(): Int {
+        val result = firstFree
+        firstFree++
+        if(firstFree >= SyscallRegisterBase)
+            throw AssemblyError("out of virtual registers (int)")
+        return result
+    }
+
+    fun nextFreeFloat(): Int {
+        val result = firstFreeFloat
+        firstFreeFloat++
+        if(firstFreeFloat >= SyscallRegisterBase)
+            throw AssemblyError("out of virtual registers (fp)")
+        return result
+    }
+}

codeGenIntermediate/src/prog8/codegen/vm/VmCodeGen.kt

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+package prog8.codegen.vm
+
+import prog8.code.SymbolTable
+import prog8.code.ast.PtProgram
+import prog8.code.core.CompilationOptions
+import prog8.code.core.IAssemblyGenerator
+import prog8.code.core.IAssemblyProgram
+import prog8.code.core.IErrorReporter
+import prog8.codegen.intermediate.IRCodeGen
+import prog8.intermediate.IRFileWriter
+import prog8.intermediate.IRProgram
+
+class VmCodeGen(private val program: PtProgram,
+                private val symbolTable: SymbolTable,
+                private val options: CompilationOptions,
+                private val errors: IErrorReporter
+): IAssemblyGenerator {
+    override fun compileToAssembly(): IAssemblyProgram? {
+
+        val irCodeGen = IRCodeGen(program, symbolTable, options, errors)
+        val irProgram = irCodeGen.generate()
+
+        return VmAssemblyProgram(irProgram.name, irProgram)
+    }
+}
+
+
+internal class VmAssemblyProgram(override val name: String, private val irProgram: IRProgram): IAssemblyProgram {
+
+    override fun assemble(options: CompilationOptions): Boolean {
+        // the VM reads the IR file from disk.
+        IRFileWriter(irProgram, null).write()
+        return true
+    }
+}

codeGenIntermediate/test/Dummies.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
+import prog8.code.core.Encoding
+import prog8.code.core.IMemSizer
+import prog8.code.core.IStringEncoding
+
+
+internal object DummyMemsizer : IMemSizer {
+    override fun memorySize(dt: DataType) = 0
+    override fun memorySize(arrayDt: DataType, numElements: Int) = 0
+}
+
+internal object DummyStringEncoder : IStringEncoding {
+    override fun encodeString(str: String, encoding: Encoding): List<UByte> {
+        return emptyList()
+    }
+
+    override fun decodeString(bytes: List<UByte>, encoding: Encoding): String {
+        return ""
+    }
+}

codeGenIntermediate/test/TestIRPeepholeOpt.kt

@@ -0,0 +1,189 @@
+import io.kotest.core.spec.style.FunSpec
+import io.kotest.matchers.shouldBe
+import prog8.code.core.*
+import prog8.code.target.VMTarget
+import prog8.codegen.intermediate.IRPeepholeOptimizer
+import prog8.intermediate.*
+
+class TestIRPeepholeOpt: FunSpec({
+    fun makeIRProgram(chunks: List<IRCodeChunkBase>): IRProgram {
+        require(chunks.first().label=="main.start")
+        val block = IRBlock("main", null, IRBlock.BlockAlignment.NONE, Position.DUMMY)
+        val sub = IRSubroutine("main.start", emptyList(), null, Position.DUMMY)
+        chunks.forEach { sub += it }
+        block += sub
+        val target = VMTarget()
+        val options = CompilationOptions(
+            OutputType.RAW,
+            CbmPrgLauncherType.NONE,
+            ZeropageType.DONTUSE,
+            emptyList(),
+            floats = false,
+            noSysInit = true,
+            compTarget = target,
+            loadAddress = target.machine.PROGRAM_LOAD_ADDRESS
+        )
+        val prog = IRProgram("test", IRSymbolTable(null), options, target)
+        prog.addBlock(block)
+        prog.linkChunks()
+        prog.validate()
+        return prog
+    }
+
+    fun makeIRProgram(instructions: List<IRInstruction>): IRProgram {
+        val chunk = IRCodeChunk("main.start", null)
+        instructions.forEach { chunk += it }
+        return makeIRProgram(listOf(chunk))
+    }
+
+    fun IRProgram.chunks(): List<IRCodeChunkBase> = this.blocks.flatMap { it.children.filterIsInstance<IRSubroutine>() }.flatMap { it.chunks }
+
+    test("remove nops") {
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.LOAD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=1, value=42),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.NOP),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.NOP)
+        ))
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 3
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 1
+    }
+
+    test("remove jmp to label below") {
+        val c1 = IRCodeChunk("main.start", null)
+        c1 += IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = "label")  // removed, but chunk stays because of label
+        val c2 = IRCodeChunk("label", null)
+        c2 += IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = "label2") // removed, but chunk stays because of label
+        c2 += IRInstruction(Opcode.NOP)  // removed
+        val c3 = IRCodeChunk("label2", null)
+        c3 += IRInstruction(Opcode.JUMP, labelSymbol = "label3")
+        c3 += IRInstruction(Opcode.INC, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=1)
+        val c4 = IRCodeChunk("label3", null)
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(c1, c2, c3, c4))
+
+        irProg.chunks().size shouldBe 4
+        irProg.chunks().flatMap { it.instructions }.size shouldBe 5
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        irProg.chunks().size shouldBe 4
+        irProg.chunks()[0].label shouldBe "main.start"
+        irProg.chunks()[1].label shouldBe "label"
+        irProg.chunks()[2].label shouldBe "label2"
+        irProg.chunks()[3].label shouldBe "label3"
+        irProg.chunks()[0].isEmpty() shouldBe true
+        irProg.chunks()[1].isEmpty() shouldBe true
+        irProg.chunks()[2].isEmpty() shouldBe false
+        irProg.chunks()[3].isEmpty() shouldBe true
+        val instr = irProg.chunks().flatMap { it.instructions }
+        instr.size shouldBe 2
+        instr[0].opcode shouldBe Opcode.JUMP
+        instr[1].opcode shouldBe Opcode.INC
+    }
+
+    test("remove double sec/clc") {
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.SEC),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.SEC),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.SEC),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.CLC),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.CLC),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.CLC)
+        ))
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 6
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        val instr = irProg.chunks().single().instructions
+        instr.size shouldBe 1
+        instr[0].opcode shouldBe Opcode.CLC
+    }
+
+    test("push followed by pop") {
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.PUSH, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.POP, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.PUSH, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=99),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.POP, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=222)
+        ))
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 4
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        val instr = irProg.chunks().single().instructions
+        instr.size shouldBe 1
+        instr[0].opcode shouldBe Opcode.LOADR
+        instr[0].reg1 shouldBe 222
+        instr[0].reg2 shouldBe 99
+    }
+
+    test("remove useless div/mul, add/sub") {
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.DIV, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.DIVS, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.MUL, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.MOD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.DIV, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 2),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.DIVS, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 2),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.MUL, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 2),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.MOD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 2),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 0),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.SUB, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 0)
+        ))
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 10
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 4
+    }
+
+    test("replace add/sub 1 by inc/dec") {
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.ADD, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.SUB, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1)
+        ))
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 2
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        val instr = irProg.chunks().single().instructions
+        instr.size shouldBe 2
+        instr[0].opcode shouldBe Opcode.INC
+        instr[1].opcode shouldBe Opcode.DEC
+    }
+
+    test("remove useless and/or/xor") {
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 255),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=42, value = 65535),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 0),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.XOR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 0),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 200),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=42, value = 60000),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.XOR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 1)
+        ))
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 8
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 4
+    }
+
+    test("replace and/or/xor by constant number") {
+        val irProg = makeIRProgram(listOf(
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 0),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.AND, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=42, value = 0),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.BYTE, reg1=42, value = 255),
+            IRInstruction(Opcode.OR, IRDataType.WORD, reg1=42, value = 65535)
+        ))
+        irProg.chunks().single().instructions.size shouldBe 4
+        val opt = IRPeepholeOptimizer(irProg)
+        opt.optimize()
+        val instr = irProg.chunks().single().instructions
+        instr.size shouldBe 4
+        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[0].value shouldBe 0
+        instr[1].value shouldBe 0
+        instr[2].value shouldBe 255
+        instr[3].value shouldBe 65535
+    }
+})

codeGenTargets/readme-tests.txt

@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-Unittests for things in this module are located in the Compiler module instead,
-for convenience sake, and to not spread the test cases around too much.

codeGenTargets/src/prog8/codegen/target/AtariTarget.kt

@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target
-
-import prog8.ast.base.*
-import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
-import prog8.ast.expressions.StringLiteral
-import prog8.ast.statements.RegisterOrStatusflag
-import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
-import prog8.ast.statements.VarDecl
-import prog8.codegen.target.atari.AtariMachineDefinition
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
-
-
-class AtariTarget: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer {
-    override val name = NAME
-    override val machine = AtariMachineDefinition()
-    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.ATASCII)
-    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.ATASCII
-
-    companion object {
-        const val NAME = "atari"
-    }
-
-    override fun asmsubArgsEvalOrder(sub: Subroutine): List<Int> =
-        asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub)
-    override fun asmsubArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args: List<Expression>, paramRegisters: List<RegisterOrStatusflag>) =
-        asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args, paramRegisters)
-
-    override fun memorySize(dt: DataType): Int {
-        return when(dt) {
-            in ByteDatatypes -> 1
-            in WordDatatypes, in PassByReferenceDatatypes -> 2
-            DataType.FLOAT -> 6
-            else -> Int.MIN_VALUE
-        }
-    }
-
-    override fun memorySize(decl: VarDecl): Int {
-        return when(decl.type) {
-            VarDeclType.CONST -> 0
-            VarDeclType.VAR, VarDeclType.MEMORY -> {
-                when(val dt = decl.datatype) {
-                    in NumericDatatypes -> return memorySize(dt)
-                    in ArrayDatatypes -> decl.arraysize!!.constIndex()!! * memorySize(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(dt))
-                    DataType.STR -> (decl.value as StringLiteral).value.length + 1
-                    else -> 0
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

codeGenTargets/src/prog8/codegen/target/C128Target.kt

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target
-
-import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
-import prog8.ast.statements.RegisterOrStatusflag
-import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
-import prog8.codegen.target.c128.C128MachineDefinition
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.CbmMemorySizer
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
-
-
-class C128Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by CbmMemorySizer {
-    override val name = NAME
-    override val machine = C128MachineDefinition()
-    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.PETSCII, Encoding.SCREENCODES)
-    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
-
-    companion object {
-        const val NAME = "c128"
-    }
-
-    override fun asmsubArgsEvalOrder(sub: Subroutine): List<Int> =
-        asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub)
-    override fun asmsubArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args: List<Expression>, paramRegisters: List<RegisterOrStatusflag>) =
-        asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args, paramRegisters)
-}

codeGenTargets/src/prog8/codegen/target/C64Target.kt

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target
-
-import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
-import prog8.ast.statements.RegisterOrStatusflag
-import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
-import prog8.codegen.target.c64.C64MachineDefinition
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.CbmMemorySizer
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
-
-
-class C64Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by CbmMemorySizer {
-    override val name = NAME
-    override val machine = C64MachineDefinition()
-    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.PETSCII, Encoding.SCREENCODES)
-    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
-
-    companion object {
-        const val NAME = "c64"
-    }
-
-    override fun asmsubArgsEvalOrder(sub: Subroutine): List<Int> =
-        asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub)
-    override fun asmsubArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args: List<Expression>, paramRegisters: List<RegisterOrStatusflag>) =
-        asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args, paramRegisters)
-}

codeGenTargets/src/prog8/codegen/target/Cx16Target.kt

@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target
-
-import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
-import prog8.ast.statements.RegisterOrStatusflag
-import prog8.ast.statements.Subroutine
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.CbmMemorySizer
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder
-import prog8.codegen.target.cbm.asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk
-import prog8.codegen.target.cx16.CX16MachineDefinition
-import prog8.compilerinterface.*
-
-
-class Cx16Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by CbmMemorySizer {
-    override val name = NAME
-    override val machine = CX16MachineDefinition()
-    override val supportedEncodings = setOf(Encoding.PETSCII, Encoding.SCREENCODES, Encoding.ISO)
-    override val defaultEncoding = Encoding.PETSCII
-
-    companion object {
-        const val NAME = "cx16"
-    }
-
-    override fun asmsubArgsEvalOrder(sub: Subroutine): List<Int> =
-        asmsub6502ArgsEvalOrder(sub)
-    override fun asmsubArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args: List<Expression>, paramRegisters: List<RegisterOrStatusflag>) =
-        asmsub6502ArgsHaveRegisterClobberRisk(args, paramRegisters)
-}

codeGenTargets/src/prog8/codegen/target/cbm/CbmMemorySizer.kt

@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cbm
-
-import prog8.ast.base.*
-import prog8.ast.expressions.StringLiteral
-import prog8.ast.statements.VarDecl
-import prog8.compilerinterface.IMemSizer
-
-internal object CbmMemorySizer: IMemSizer {
-    override fun memorySize(dt: DataType): Int {
-        return when(dt) {
-            in ByteDatatypes -> 1
-            in WordDatatypes, in PassByReferenceDatatypes -> 2
-            DataType.FLOAT -> Mflpt5.FLOAT_MEM_SIZE
-            else -> Int.MIN_VALUE
-        }
-    }
-
-    override fun memorySize(decl: VarDecl): Int {
-        return when(decl.type) {
-            VarDeclType.CONST -> 0
-            VarDeclType.VAR, VarDeclType.MEMORY -> {
-                when(val dt = decl.datatype) {
-                    in NumericDatatypes -> return memorySize(dt)
-                    in ArrayDatatypes -> decl.arraysize!!.constIndex()!! * memorySize(ArrayToElementTypes.getValue(dt))
-                    DataType.STR -> (decl.value as StringLiteral).value.length + 1
-                    else -> 0
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

codeGenTargets/src/prog8/codegen/target/cx16/CX16Zeropage.kt

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-package prog8.codegen.target.cx16
-
-import prog8.ast.GlobalNamespace
-import prog8.ast.base.DataType
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CompilationOptions
-import prog8.compilerinterface.InternalCompilerException
-import prog8.compilerinterface.Zeropage
-import prog8.compilerinterface.ZeropageType
-
-class CX16Zeropage(options: CompilationOptions) : Zeropage(options) {
-
-    override val SCRATCH_B1 = 0x7au      // temp storage for a single byte
-    override val SCRATCH_REG = 0x7bu     // temp storage for a register, 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
-
-
-    init {
-        if (options.floats && options.zeropage !in arrayOf(ZeropageType.BASICSAFE, ZeropageType.DONTUSE))
-            throw InternalCompilerException("when floats are enabled, zero page type should be 'basicsafe' or 'dontuse'")
-
-        // the addresses 0x02 to 0x21 (inclusive) are taken for sixteen virtual 16-bit api registers.
-
-        synchronized(this) {
-            when (options.zeropage) {
-                ZeropageType.FULL -> {
-                    free.addAll(0x22u..0xffu)
-                }
-                ZeropageType.KERNALSAFE -> {
-                    free.addAll(0x22u..0x7fu)
-                    free.addAll(0xa9u..0xffu)
-                }
-                ZeropageType.BASICSAFE -> {
-                    free.addAll(0x22u..0x7fu)
-                }
-                ZeropageType.DONTUSE -> {
-                    free.clear() // don't use zeropage at all
-                }
-                else -> throw InternalCompilerException("for this machine target, zero page type 'floatsafe' is not available. ${options.zeropage}")
-            }
-
-            removeReservedFromFreePool()
-
-            // note: the 16 virtual registers R0-R15 are not regular allocated variables, they're *memory mapped* elsewhere to fixed addresses.
-            // however, to be able for the compiler to "see" them as zero page variables, we have to register them here as well.
-            val dummyscope = GlobalNamespace(emptyList())
-            for(reg in 0..15) {
-                allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}")]   = ZpAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UWORD, 2, dummyscope, null, null)        // cx16.r0 .. cx16.r15
-                allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}s")]  = ZpAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.WORD, 2, dummyscope, null, null)        // cx16.r0s .. cx16.r15s
-                allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}L")]  = ZpAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UBYTE, 1, dummyscope, null, null)       // cx16.r0L .. cx16.r15L
-                allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}H")]  = ZpAllocation((3+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.UBYTE, 1, dummyscope, null, null)       // cx16.r0H .. cx16.r15H
-                allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}sL")] = ZpAllocation((2+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.BYTE, 1, dummyscope, null, null)       // cx16.r0sL .. cx16.r15sL
-                allocatedVariables[listOf("cx16", "r${reg}sH")] = ZpAllocation((3+reg*2).toUInt(), DataType.BYTE, 1, dummyscope, null, null)       // cx16.r0sH .. cx16.r15sH
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}

codeOptimizers/build.gradle

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ compileTestKotlin {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    implementation project(':compilerInterfaces')
+    implementation project(':codeCore')
     implementation project(':compilerAst')
     implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8"
     // implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect"

codeOptimizers/codeOptimizers.iml

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" name="KotlinJavaRuntime" level="project" />
-    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerInterfaces" />
+    <orderEntry type="module" module-name="codeCore" />
     <orderEntry type="module" module-name="compilerAst" />
   </component>
 </module>

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/BinExprSplitter.kt

@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package prog8.optimizer
 import prog8.ast.IStatementContainer
 import prog8.ast.Node
 import prog8.ast.Program
-import prog8.ast.base.DataType
-import prog8.ast.expressions.AugmentAssignmentOperators
 import prog8.ast.expressions.BinaryExpression
 import prog8.ast.expressions.IdentifierReference
 import prog8.ast.expressions.TypecastExpression
@@ -14,15 +12,19 @@ import prog8.ast.statements.Assignment
 import prog8.ast.statements.AssignmentOrigin
 import prog8.ast.walk.AstWalker
 import prog8.ast.walk.IAstModification
-import prog8.compilerinterface.CompilationOptions
-import prog8.compilerinterface.ICompilationTarget
-import prog8.compilerinterface.isIOAddress
+import prog8.code.core.AugmentAssignmentOperators
+import prog8.code.core.CompilationOptions
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
+import prog8.code.target.VMTarget
 
 
-class BinExprSplitter(private val program: Program, private val options: CompilationOptions, private val compTarget: ICompilationTarget) : AstWalker() {
+class BinExprSplitter(private val program: Program, private val options: CompilationOptions) : AstWalker() {
 
     override fun after(assignment: Assignment, parent: Node): Iterable<IAstModification> {
 
+        if(options.compTarget.name == VMTarget.NAME)
+            return noModifications  // don't split expressions when targeting the vm codegen, it handles nested expressions well
+
         if(assignment.value.inferType(program) istype DataType.FLOAT && !options.optimizeFloatExpressions)
             return noModifications
 
@@ -93,12 +95,13 @@ X =      BinExpr                                    X   =   LeftExpr
         val typecast = assignment.value as? TypecastExpression
         if(typecast!=null) {
             val origExpr = typecast.expression as? BinaryExpression
-            if(origExpr!=null) {
+            if(origExpr!=null && options.compTarget.name!=VMTarget.NAME) {
                 // it's a typecast of a binary expression.
                 // we can see if we can unwrap the binary expression by working on a new temporary variable
                 // (that has the type of the expression), and then finally doing the typecast.
                 // Once it's outside the typecast, the regular splitting can commence.
-                val (tempVarName, _) = program.getTempVar(origExpr.inferType(program).getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED))
+                val tempvarDt = origExpr.inferType(program).getOr(DataType.UNDEFINED)
+                val (tempVarName, _) = program.getTempVar(tempvarDt)
                 val assignTempVar = Assignment(
                     AssignTarget(IdentifierReference(tempVarName, typecast.position), null, null, typecast.position),
                     typecast.expression, AssignmentOrigin.OPTIMIZER, typecast.position
@@ -115,7 +118,7 @@ X =      BinExpr                                    X   =   LeftExpr
 
     private fun isSimpleTarget(target: AssignTarget) =
             if (target.identifier!=null || target.memoryAddress!=null)
-                !target.isIOAddress(compTarget.machine)
+                !target.isIOAddress(options.compTarget.machine)
             else
                 false
 

codeOptimizers/src/prog8/optimizer/ConstExprEvaluator.kt

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package prog8.optimizer
 
-import prog8.ast.base.*
+import prog8.ast.base.ExpressionError
+import prog8.ast.base.FatalAstException
 import prog8.ast.expressions.Expression
 import prog8.ast.expressions.NumericLiteral
-import kotlin.math.pow
+import prog8.code.core.DataType
+import prog8.code.core.IntegerDatatypes
+import prog8.code.core.Position
 
 
 class ConstExprEvaluator {
@@ -16,13 +19,9 @@ class ConstExprEvaluator {
                 "*" -> multiply(left, right)
                 "/" -> divide(left, right)
                 "%" -> remainder(left, right)
-                "**" -> power(left, right)
                 "&" -> bitwiseand(left, right)
                 "|" -> bitwiseor(left, right)
                 "^" -> bitwisexor(left, right)
-                "and" -> logicaland(left, right)
-                "or" -> logicalor(left, right)
-                "xor" -> logicalxor(left, right)
                 "<" -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left < right, left.position)
                 ">" -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left > right, left.position)
                 "<=" -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left <= right, left.position)
@@ -56,57 +55,6 @@ class ConstExprEvaluator {
         return NumericLiteral(left.type, result.toDouble(), left.position)
     }
 
-    private fun logicalxor(left: NumericLiteral, right: NumericLiteral): NumericLiteral {
-        val error = "cannot compute $left locical-bitxor $right"
-        return when (left.type) {
-            in IntegerDatatypes -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean((left.number.toInt() != 0) xor (right.number.toInt() != 0), left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean((left.number.toInt() != 0) xor (right.number != 0.0), left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean((left.number != 0.0) xor (right.number.toInt() != 0), left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean((left.number != 0.0) xor (right.number != 0.0), left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun logicalor(left: NumericLiteral, right: NumericLiteral): NumericLiteral {
-        val error = "cannot compute $left locical-or $right"
-        return when (left.type) {
-            in IntegerDatatypes -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number.toInt() != 0 || right.number.toInt() != 0, left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number.toInt() != 0 || right.number != 0.0, left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number != 0.0 || right.number.toInt() != 0, left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number != 0.0 || right.number != 0.0, left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun logicaland(left: NumericLiteral, right: NumericLiteral): NumericLiteral {
-        val error = "cannot compute $left locical-and $right"
-        return when (left.type) {
-            in IntegerDatatypes -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number.toInt() != 0 && right.number.toInt() != 0, left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number.toInt() != 0 && right.number != 0.0, left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number != 0.0 && right.number.toInt() != 0, left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral.fromBoolean(left.number != 0.0 && right.number != 0.0, left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-        }
-    }
-
     private fun bitwisexor(left: NumericLiteral, right: NumericLiteral): NumericLiteral {
         if(left.type== DataType.UBYTE) {
             if(right.type in IntegerDatatypes) {
@@ -146,23 +94,6 @@ class ConstExprEvaluator {
         throw ExpressionError("cannot calculate $left & $right", left.position)
     }
 
-    private fun power(left: NumericLiteral, right: NumericLiteral): NumericLiteral {
-        val error = "cannot calculate $left ** $right"
-        return when (left.type) {
-            in IntegerDatatypes -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral.optimalNumeric(left.number.toInt().toDouble().pow(right.number.toInt()), left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral(DataType.FLOAT, left.number.toInt().toDouble().pow(right.number), left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            DataType.FLOAT -> when (right.type) {
-                in IntegerDatatypes -> NumericLiteral(DataType.FLOAT, left.number.pow(right.number.toInt()), left.position)
-                DataType.FLOAT -> NumericLiteral(DataType.FLOAT, left.number.pow(right.number), left.position)
-                else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-            }
-            else -> throw ExpressionError(error, left.position)
-        }
-    }
-
     private fun plus(left: NumericLiteral, right: NumericLiteral): NumericLiteral {
         val error = "cannot add $left and $right"
         return when (left.type) {