Anayzling SixtyPical Programs ============================= -> Tests for functionality "Analyze SixtyPical program" -> Functionality "Analyze SixtyPical program" is implemented by -> shell command "bin/sixtypical analyze %(test-file)" Analysis determines what storage locations have been modified by a routine. | reserve byte score | routine main { | lda #4 | sta score | } = main ([]) = A: UpdatedWith (Immediate 4) = NamedLocation (Just Byte) "score": UpdatedWith A A routine cannot expect registers which a called routine does not preserve, to be preserved. | assign byte border_colour 4000 | reserve byte score | routine update_score | { | lda #8 | sta score | } | routine main { | lda #4 | jsr update_score | sta border_colour | } ? routine does not preserve 'A' But if it does it can. | assign byte border_colour 4000 | reserve byte score | routine update_score | { | ldx score | inx | stx score | } | routine main { | lda #4 | jsr update_score | sta border_colour | } = main ([]) = A: UpdatedWith (Immediate 4) = X: PoisonedWith (Immediate 1) = NamedLocation (Just Byte) "border_colour": UpdatedWith A = NamedLocation (Just Byte) "score": PoisonedWith X = = update_score ([]) = X: UpdatedWith (Immediate 1) = NamedLocation (Just Byte) "score": UpdatedWith X We can't expect to stay named variables to stay unmodified either. | assign byte border_colour 4000 | reserve byte score | routine update_score | { | lda #8 | sta score | } | routine main { | jsr update_score | ldx score | } ? routine does not preserve 'NamedLocation (Just Byte) "score"' What the solution to the above is to notate `update_score` as intentionally modifying score, as an "output" of the routine. | assign byte border_colour 4000 | reserve byte score | routine update_score outputs (score) | { | lda #8 | sta score | } | routine main { | ldx score | jsr update_score | ldx score | } = main ([]) = A: PoisonedWith (Immediate 8) = X: UpdatedWith (NamedLocation (Just Byte) "score") = NamedLocation (Just Byte) "score": UpdatedWith A = = update_score ([NamedLocation Nothing "score"]) = A: UpdatedWith (Immediate 8) = NamedLocation (Just Byte) "score": UpdatedWith A