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SixtyPical Analysis

This is a test suite, written in Falderal format, for the SixtyPical static analysis rules.

-> Functionality "Analyze SixtyPical program" is implemented by
-> shell command "bin/sixtypical --analyze-only --traceback %(test-body-file) && echo ok"

-> Tests for functionality "Analyze SixtyPical program"

Rudiments

Routines must declare their inputs, outputs, and memory locations they trash.

| define up routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add a, 1
| }
= ok

Routines may not declare a memory location to be both an output and trashed.

| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes a
| {
|     ld a, 0
| }
? InconsistentConstraintsError: a

If a routine declares it outputs a location, that location should be initialized.

| define main routine
|   outputs a, x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
| {
| }
= ok

If a routine declares it outputs a location, that location may or may not have been initialized. Trashing is mainly a signal to the caller.

| define main routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
| }
= ok

If a routine modifies a location, it needs to either output it or trash it.

| define main routine
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: x

| define main routine
|   outputs x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

This is true regardless of whether it's an input or not.

| define main routine
|   inputs x
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: x

| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

If a routine trashes a location, this must be declared.

| define foo routine
|   trashes x
| {
|     trash x
| }
= ok

| define foo routine
| {
|     trash x
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: x

| define foo routine
|   outputs x
| {
|     trash x
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: x

If a routine causes a location to be trashed, this must be declared in the caller.

| define trash_x routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|   ld x, 0
| }
| 
| define foo routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     call trash_x
| }
= ok

| define trash_x routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|   ld x, 0
| }
| 
| define foo routine
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     call trash_x
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: x

| define trash_x routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|   ld x, 0
| }
| 
| define foo routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     call trash_x
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: x (in foo, line 12)

If a routine reads or writes a user-define memory location, it needs to declare that too.

| byte b1 @ 60000
| byte b2 : 3
| word w1 @ 60001
| word w2 : 2000
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs b1, w1
|   outputs b2, w2
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|   ld a, b1
|   st a, b2
|   copy w1, w2
| }
= ok

call

You can't call a non-routine.

| byte up
| 
| define main routine outputs x, y trashes z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld y, 1
|     call up
| }
? TypeMismatchError: up

| define main routine outputs x, y trashes z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld y, 1
|     call x
| }
? TypeMismatchError: x

Nor can you goto a non-routine.

| byte foo
| 
| define main routine {
|     goto foo
| }
? TypeMismatchError: foo

ld

Can't ld from a memory location that isn't initialized.

| define main routine
|   inputs a, x
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     ld a, x
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes a
| {
|     ld a, x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Can't ld to a memory location that doesn't appear in (outputs trashes).

| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     ld a, 0
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     ld a, 0
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   outputs z, n
|   trashes a
| {
|     ld a, 0
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     ld a, 0
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

| define main routine
|   trashes a, n
| {
|     ld a, 0
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: z

Can't ld a word type.

| word foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs foo
|   trashes a, n, z
| {
|     ld a, foo
| }
? TypeMismatchError: foo and a

st

Can't st from a memory location that isn't initialized.

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes lives
| {
|     st x, lives
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   trashes x, lives
| {
|     st x, lives
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Can't st to a memory location that doesn't appear in (outputs trashes).

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   trashes lives
| {
|     st 0, lives
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   outputs lives
| {
|     st 0, lives
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs lives
| {
|     st 0, lives
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: lives

Can't st a word type.

| word foo
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs foo
|   trashes a, n, z
| {
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, foo
| }
? TypeMismatchError

tables

Storing to a table, you must use an index.

| byte one
| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, one
| }
= ok

| byte one
| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many
| }
? TypeMismatchError

| byte one
| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, one + x
| }
? TypeMismatchError

| byte one
| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many + x
| }
= ok

The index must be initialized.

| byte one
| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many + x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Reading from a table, you must use an index.

| byte one
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     st x, one
|     ld a, one
| }
= ok

| byte one
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     st x, one
|     ld a, one + x
| }
? TypeMismatchError

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many + x
|     ld a, many
| }
? TypeMismatchError

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many + x
|     ld a, many + x
| }
= ok

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, many + x
| }
= ok

The index must be initialized.

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld a, many + x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Storing to a table, you may also include a constant offset.

| byte one
| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many + 100 + x
| }
= ok

Reading from a table, you may also include a constant offset.

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, many + 100 + x
| }
= ok

Using a constant offset, you can read and write entries in the table beyond the 256th.

| byte one
| byte table[1024] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, many + 999 + x
|     st a, many + 1000 + x
| }
= ok

There are other operations you can do on tables. (1/3)

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, c, n, z, v
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st off, c
|     add a, many + x
|     sub a, many + x
|     cmp a, many + x
| }
= ok

There are other operations you can do on tables. (2/3)

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, c, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     and a, many + x
|     or a, many + x
|     xor a, many + x
| }
= ok

There are other operations you can do on tables. (3/3)

| byte table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, c, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     st off, c
|     shl many + x
|     shr many + x
|     inc many + x
|     dec many + x
| }
= ok

Copying to and from a word table.

| word one
| word table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs one, many
|   outputs one, many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
= ok

| word one
| word table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs one, many
|   outputs one, many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy one, many
| }
? TypeMismatchError

| word one
| word table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs one, many
|   outputs one, many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy one + x, many
| }
? TypeMismatchError

You can also copy a literal word to a word table. (Even if the table has fewer than 256 entries.)

| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy 9999, many + x
| }
= ok

Copying to and from a word table with a constant offset.

| word one
| word table[256] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs one, many
|   outputs one, many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy one, many + 100 + x
|     copy many + 100 + x, one
|     copy 9999, many + 1 + x
| }
= ok

tables: range checking

It is a static analysis error if it cannot be proven that a read or write to a table falls within the defined size of that table.

If a table has 256 entries, then there is never a problem (so long as no constant offset is supplied), because a byte cannot index any entry outside of 0..255.

But if the table has fewer than 256 entries, or if a constant offset is supplied, there is the possibility that the index will refer to an entry in the table which does not exist.

A SixtyPical implementation must be able to prove that the index is inside the range of the table in various ways. The simplest is to show that a constant value falls inside or outside the range of the table.

| byte table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 31
|     ld a, many + x
|     st a, many + x
| }
= ok

| byte table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 32
|     ld a, many + x
| }
? RangeExceededError

| byte table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 32
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many + x
| }
? RangeExceededError

Any constant offset is taken into account in this check.

| byte table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 31
|     ld a, many + 1 + x
| }
? RangeExceededError

| byte table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 31
|     ld a, 0
|     st a, many + 1 + x
| }
? RangeExceededError

This applies to copy as well.

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 31
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
= ok

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 32
|     copy many + x, one
| }
? RangeExceededError

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 32
|     copy one, many + x
| }
? RangeExceededError

Any constant offset is taken into account in this check.

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 31
|     copy many + 1 + x, one
| }
? RangeExceededError

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 31
|     copy one, many + 1 + x
| }
? RangeExceededError

AND'ing a register with a value ensures the range of the register will not exceed the range of the value. This can be used to "clip" the range of an index so that it fits in a table.

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs a, many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     and a, 31
|     ld x, a
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
= ok

Tests for "clipping", but not enough.

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs a, many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     and a, 63
|     ld x, a
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
? RangeExceededError

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs a, many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     and a, 31
|     ld x, a
|     copy one, many + 1 + x
|     copy many + 1 + x, one
| }
? RangeExceededError

If you alter the value after "clipping" it, the range can no longer be guaranteed.

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs a, many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     and a, 31
|     ld x, a
|     inc x
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
? RangeExceededError

When the range of a location is known, incrementing or decrementing that location's value will shift the known range. It will not invalidate it unless the known range is at the limits of the possible ranges for the type.

| vector routine
|   trashes a, z, n
|     print
| 
| vector (routine
|   trashes a, z, n)
|     table[32] vectors
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs vectors, print
|   outputs vectors
|   trashes print, a, x, z, n, c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     inc x
|     copy print, vectors + x
| }
= ok

| vector routine
|   trashes a, z, n
|     print
| 
| vector (routine
|   trashes a, z, n)
|     table[32] vectors
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs vectors, print
|   outputs vectors
|   trashes print, a, x, z, n, c
| {
|     ld x, 32
|     dec x
|     copy print, vectors + x
| }
= ok

add

Can't add from or to a memory location that isn't initialized.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add a, 0
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add a, lives
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: lives

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs lives
|   outputs a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add a, lives
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

Can't add to a memory location that isn't writeable.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes c
| {
|     st off, c
|     add a, 0
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

You can add a byte constant to a byte memory location.

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives
|   outputs lives
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add lives, 3
| }
= ok

adding a byte constant to a byte memory location trashes a.

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives
|   outputs a, lives
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add lives, 3
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

You can add a byte memory location to another byte memory location. This trashes a.

| byte lives
| byte extra
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives, extra
|   outputs lives
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add lives, extra
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| byte extra
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives, extra
|   outputs a, lives
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add lives, extra
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

You can add a word constant to a word memory location.

| word score
| define main routine
|   inputs a, score
|   outputs score
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add score, 1999
| }
= ok

adding a word constant to a word memory location trashes a.

| word score
| define main routine
|   inputs a, score
|   outputs score, a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add score, 1999
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

To be sure, adding a word constant to a word memory location trashes a.

| word score
| define main routine
|   inputs score
|   outputs score
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add score, 1999
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

You can add a word memory location to another word memory location.

| word score
| word delta
| define main routine
|   inputs score, delta
|   outputs score
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add score, delta
| }
= ok

adding a word memory location to a word memory location trashes a.

| word score
| word delta
| define main routine
|   inputs score, delta
|   outputs score
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add score, delta
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

You can add a word memory location, or a constant, to a pointer.

| pointer ptr
| word delta
| define main routine
|   inputs ptr, delta
|   outputs ptr
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add ptr, delta
|     add ptr, word 1
| }
= ok

adding a word memory location, or a constant, to a pointer, trashes a.

| pointer ptr
| word delta
| define main routine
|   inputs ptr, delta
|   outputs ptr
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     add ptr, delta
|     add ptr, word 1
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

sub

Can't sub from or to a memory location that isn't initialized.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     sub a, 0
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     sub a, lives
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: lives

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs lives
|   outputs a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     sub a, lives
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

Can't sub to a memory location that isn't writeable.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes c
| {
|     st off, c
|     sub a, 0
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

You can sub a byte constant from a byte memory location.

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives
|   outputs lives
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st on, c
|     sub lives, 3
| }
= ok

subing a byte constant from a byte memory location trashes a.

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives
|   outputs a, lives
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st on, c
|     sub lives, 3
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

You can sub a byte memory location from another byte memory location. This trashes a.

| byte lives
| byte extra
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives, extra
|   outputs lives
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st on, c
|     sub lives, extra
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| byte extra
| define main routine
|   inputs a, lives, extra
|   outputs a, lives
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st on, c
|     sub lives, extra
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

You can sub a word constant from a word memory location.

| word score
| define main routine
|   inputs a, score
|   outputs score
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st on, c
|     sub score, 1999
| }
= ok

subing a word constant from a word memory location trashes a.

| word score
| define main routine
|   inputs a, score
|   outputs score, a
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st on, c
|     sub score, 1999
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

You can sub a word memory location from another word memory location.

| word score
| word delta
| define main routine
|   inputs score, delta
|   outputs score
|   trashes a, c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     sub score, delta
| }
= ok

subing a word memory location from a word memory location trashes a.

| word score
| word delta
| define main routine
|   inputs score, delta
|   outputs score
|   trashes c, z, v, n
| {
|     st off, c
|     sub score, delta
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

inc

Location must be initialized and writeable.

| define main routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     inc x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     inc x
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: x

| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     inc x
| }
= ok

Can't inc a word type.

| word foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs foo
|   outputs foo
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     inc foo
| }
? TypeMismatchError: foo

dec

Location must be initialized and writeable.

| define main routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     dec x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     dec x
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: x

| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     dec x
| }
= ok

Can't dec a word type.

| word foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs foo
|   outputs foo
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     dec foo
| }
? TypeMismatchError: foo

cmp

Some rudimentary tests for cmp.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes z, c, n
| {
|     cmp a, 4
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     cmp a, 4
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: c

| define main routine
|   trashes z, c, n
| {
|     cmp a, 4
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

cmp can work on words. In this case, it trashes a.

| word za
| word zb
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs za, zb
|   trashes a, z, c, n
| {
|     cmp za, zb
| }
= ok

| word za
| word zb
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs za, zb
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     cmp za, zb
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: c

| word za
| word zb
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs za, zb
|   trashes z, c, n
| {
|     cmp za, zb
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

| word za
| word zb
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs za
|   trashes z, c, n
| {
|     cmp za, zb
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: zb

cmp can compare against a literal word.

| word za
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs za
|   trashes a, z, c, n
| {
|     cmp za, 4000
| }
= ok

| word za
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs za
|   trashes z, c, n
| {
|     cmp za, 4000
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

and

Some rudimentary tests for and.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a, z, n
| {
|     and a, 4
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     and a, 4
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

| define main routine
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     and a, 4
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

or

Some rudimentary tests for or.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a, z, n
| {
|     or a, 4
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     or a, 4
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

| define main routine
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     or a, 4
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

xor

Some rudimentary tests for xor.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a, z, n
| {
|     xor a, 4
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     xor a, 4
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

| define main routine
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     xor a, 4
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

shl

Some rudimentary tests for shl.

| byte foo
| define main routine
|   inputs foo, a, c
|   outputs foo, a, c, z, n
| {
|     shl a
|     shl foo
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs a, c
|   outputs c, z, n
| {
|     shl a
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a, c, z, n
| {
|     shl a
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: c

shr

Some rudimentary tests for shr.

| byte foo
| define main routine
|   inputs foo, a, c
|   outputs foo, a, c, z, n
| {
|     shr a
|     shr foo
| }
= ok

| define main routine
|   inputs a, c
|   outputs c, z, n
| {
|     shr a
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a, c, z, n
| {
|     shr a
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: c

nop

Some rudimentary tests for nop.

| define main routine
| {
|     nop
| }
= ok

call

When calling a routine, all of the locations it lists as inputs must be initialized.

| byte lives
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes lives
| {
|     st x, lives
| }
| 
| define main routine
| {
|     call foo
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Note that if you call a routine that trashes a location, you also trash it.

| byte lives
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes lives
| {
|     st x, lives
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     call foo
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: lives

| byte lives
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes lives
| {
|     st x, lives
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs x, z, n
|   trashes lives
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     call foo
| }
= ok

You can't output a value that the thing you called trashed.

| byte lives
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes lives
| {
|     st x, lives
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs x, z, n, lives
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     call foo
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: lives

...unless you write to it yourself afterwards.

| byte lives
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes lives
| {
|     st x, lives
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs x, z, n, lives
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     call foo
|     st x, lives
| }
= ok

If a routine declares outputs, they are initialized in the caller after calling it.

| define foo routine
|   outputs x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     call foo
|     ld a, x
| }
= ok

| define foo routine
| {
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x
| {
|     call foo
|     ld a, x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

If a routine trashes locations, they are uninitialized in the caller after calling it.

| define foo routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

| define foo routine
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     call foo
|     ld a, x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Calling an extern is just the same as calling a defined routine with the same constraints.

| define chrout routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes a
|   @ 65490
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     ld a, 65
|     call chrout
| }
= ok

| define chrout routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes a
|   @ 65490
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     call chrout
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

| define chrout routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes a
|   @ 65490
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, x, z, n
| {
|     ld a, 65
|     call chrout
|     ld x, a
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

trash

Trash does nothing except indicate that we do not care about the value anymore.

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     st a, x
|     ld a, 0
|     trash a
| }
= ok

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a, x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     st a, x
|     ld a, 0
|     trash a
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     st a, x
|     trash a
|     st a, x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: a

if

Both blocks of an if are analyzed.

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if z {
|         ld x, 7
|     } else {
|         ld x, 23
|     }
| }
= ok

If a location is initialized in one block, it must be initialized in the other as well in order to be considered to be initialized after the block. If it is not consistent, it will be considered uninitialized.

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if z {
|         ld x, 7
|     } else {
|         ld a, 23
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: x

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if z {
|         ld a, 6
|     } else {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: x

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if not z {
|         ld a, 6
|     } else {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: x

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes a, x, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if not z {
|         ld a, 6
|     } else {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
|     ld a, x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

If we don't care if it's uninitialized after the if, that's okay then.

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes a, x, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if not z {
|         ld a, 6
|     } else {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
| }
= ok

Or, if it does get initialized on both branches, that's okay then.

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if not z {
|         ld x, 0
|         ld a, 6
|     } else {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
| }
= ok

However, this only pertains to initialization. If a value is already initialized, either because it was set previous to the if, or is an input to the routine, and it is initialized in one branch, it need not be initialized in the other.

| define foo routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld a, 0
|     cmp a, 42
|     if z {
|         ld x, 7
|     } else {
|         ld a, 23
|     }
| }
= ok

| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     ld a, 0
|     cmp a, 42
|     if z {
|         ld x, 7
|     } else {
|         ld a, 23
|     }
| }
= ok

An if with a single block is analyzed as if it had an empty else block.

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     cmp a, 42
|     if z {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: x

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     cmp a, 42
|     if z {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
| }
= ok

| define foo routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n, c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     cmp a, 42
|     if not z {
|         ld x, 7
|     }
| }
= ok

The cardinal rule for trashes in an if is the "union rule": if one branch trashes {a} and the other branch trashes {b} then the whole if statement trashes {a, b}.

| define foo routine
|   inputs a, x, z
|   trashes a, x
| {
|     if z {
|         trash a
|     } else {
|         trash x
|     }
| }
= ok

| define foo routine
|   inputs a, x, z
|   trashes a
| {
|     if z {
|         trash a
|     } else {
|         trash x
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: x (in foo, line 10)

| define foo routine
|   inputs a, x, z
|   trashes x
| {
|     if z {
|         trash a
|     } else {
|         trash x
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: a (in foo, line 10)

repeat

Repeat loop.

| define main routine
|   outputs x, y, n, z, c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld y, 15
|     repeat {
|         inc x
|         inc y
|         cmp x, 10
|     } until z
| }
= ok

You can initialize something inside the loop that was uninitialized outside.

| define main routine
|   outputs x, y, n, z, c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     repeat {
|         ld y, 15
|         inc x
|         cmp x, 10
|     } until z
| }
= ok

But you can't UNinitialize something at the end of the loop that you need initialized at the start.

| define foo routine
|   trashes y
| {
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs x, y, n, z, c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld y, 15
|     repeat {
|         inc x
|         inc y
|         call foo
|         cmp x, 10
|     } until z
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: y

And if you trash the test expression (i.e. z in the below) inside the loop, this is an error too.

| word one : 0
| word two : 0
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs one, two
|   outputs two
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     repeat {
|         copy one, two
|     } until z
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: z

The body of repeat forever can be empty.

| define main routine
| {
|     repeat {
|     } forever
| }
= ok

While repeat is most often used with z, it can also be used with n.

| define main routine
|   outputs y, n, z
| {
|     ld y, 15
|     repeat {
|         dec y
|     } until n
| }
= ok

for

Basic "open-faced for" loop. We'll start with the "upto" variant.

upward-counting variant

Even though we do not give the starting value in the "for" construct, we know the exact range the loop variable takes on.

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 15 {
|         ld a, tab + x
|     }
| }
= ok

| byte table[15] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 15 {
|         ld a, tab + x
|     }
| }
? RangeExceededError

You need to initialize the loop variable before the loop.

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     for x up to 15 {
|         ld a, 0
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError

Because routines currently do not include range constraints, the loop variable may not be useful as an input (the location is assumed to have the maximum range.)

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs tab, x
|   trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     for x up to 15 {
|         ld a, 0
|     }
| }
? RangeExceededError

You cannot modify the loop variable in a "for" loop.

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 15 {
|         ld x, 0
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

This includes nesting a loop on the same variable.

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 8 {
|         for x up to 15 {
|             ld a, 0
|         }
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

But nesting with two different variables is okay.

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, y, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 8 {
|         ld a, x
|         ld y, a
|         for y up to 15 {
|             ld a, 0
|         }
|     }
| }
= ok

Inside the inner loop, the outer variable is still not writeable.

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, y, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 8 {
|         ld a, x
|         ld y, a
|         for y up to 15 {
|             ld x, 0
|         }
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

If the range isn't known to be smaller than the final value, you can't go up to it.

| byte table[32] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 16
|     for x up to 15 {
|         ld a, tab + x
|     }
| }
? RangeExceededError

You can initialize something inside the loop that was uninitialized outside.

| define main routine
|   outputs x, y, n, z
|   trashes c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 15 {
|         ld y, 15
|     }
| }
= ok

But you can't UNinitialize something at the end of the loop that you need initialized at the start of that loop.

| define foo routine
|   trashes y
| {
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs x, y, n, z
|   trashes c
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     ld y, 15
|     for x up to 15 {
|         inc y
|         call foo
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: y

The "for" loop does not preserve the z or n registers.

| define foo routine trashes x {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 15 {
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

But it does preserve the other registers, such as c.

| define foo routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 15 {
|     }
| }
= ok

In fact it does not strictly trash z and n, as they are always set to known values after the loop. TODO: document what these known values are!

| define foo routine outputs z, n trashes x {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x up to 15 {
|     }
| }
= ok

downward-counting variant

In a "for" loop (downward-counting variant), we know the exact range the loop variable takes on.

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 15
|     for x down to 0 {
|         ld a, tab + x
|     }
| }
= ok

| byte table[15] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 15
|     for x down to 0 {
|         ld a, tab + x
|     }
| }
? RangeExceededError

You need to initialize the loop variable before a "for" loop (downward variant).

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     for x down to 15 {
|         ld a, 0
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError

You cannot modify the loop variable in a "for" loop (downward variant).

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 15
|     for x down to 0 {
|         ld x, 0
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

If the range isn't known to be larger than the final value, you can't go down to it.

| byte table[32] tab
| 
| define foo routine inputs tab trashes a, x, c, z, v, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     for x down to 0 {
|         ld a, tab + x
|     }
| }
? RangeExceededError

The "for" loop does not preserve the z or n registers.

| define foo routine trashes x {
|     ld x, 15
|     for x down to 0 {
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

But it does preserve the other registers, such as c.

| define foo routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 15
|     for x down to 0 {
|     }
| }
= ok

In fact it does not strictly trash z and n, as they are always set to known values after the loop. TODO: document what these known values are!

| define foo routine outputs z, n trashes x {
|     ld x, 15
|     for x down to 0 {
|     }
| }
= ok

save

Basic neutral test, where the save makes no difference.

| define main routine
|   inputs a, x
|   outputs a, x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     ld a, 1
|     save x {
|         ld a, 2
|     }
|     ld a, 3
| }
= ok

Saving any location (other than a) will trash a.

| define main routine
|   inputs a, x
|   outputs a, x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     ld a, 1
|     save x {
|         ld a, 2
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError

Saving a does not trash anything.

| define main routine
|   inputs a, x
|   outputs a, x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     ld x, 1
|     save a {
|         ld x, 2
|     }
|     ld x, 3
| }
= ok

A defined value that has been saved can be trashed inside the block. It will continue to be defined outside the block.

| define main routine
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     save x {
|         ld y, 0
|         trash x
|     }
| }
= ok

A trashed value that has been saved can be used inside the block. It will continue to be trashed outside the block.

(Note, both x and a are unmeaningful in this test.)

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a, x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     trash x
|     save x {
|         ld a, 0
|         ld x, 1
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError

The known range of a value will be preserved outside the block as well.

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs a, many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     and a, 31
|     ld x, a
|     save x {
|         ld x, 255
|     }
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
= ok

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs a, many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     and a, 63
|     ld x, a
|     save x {
|         ld x, 1
|     }
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
? RangeExceededError

The known properties of a value are preserved inside the block, too.

| word one: 77
| word table[32] many
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs a, many, one
|   outputs many, one
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     and a, 31
|     ld x, a
|     save x {
|         copy one, many + x
|         copy many + x, one
|     }
|     copy one, many + x
|     copy many + x, one
| }
= ok

A value which is not output from the routine, is preserved by the routine; and can appear in a save exactly because a save preserves it.

| define main routine
|   outputs y
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     save x {
|         ld y, 0
|         ld x, 1
|     }
| }
= ok

Because saving anything except a trashes a, a common idiom is to save a first in a nested series of saves.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     save a {
|         save x {
|             ld a, 0
|             ld x, 1
|         }
|     }
| }
= ok

There is a shortcut syntax for a nested series of saves.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     save a, x {
|         ld a, 0
|         ld x, 1
|     }
| }
= ok

a is only preserved if it is the outermost thing saved.

| define main routine
|   inputs a
|   outputs a
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     save x, a {
|         ld a, 0
|         ld x, 1
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

Not just registers, but also user-defined locations can be saved.

| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     save foo {
|         st 5, foo
|     }
| }
= ok

But only if they are bytes.

| word foo
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     save foo {
|         copy 555, foo
|     }
| }
? TypeMismatchError

| byte table[16] tab
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, y, z, n
| {
|     save tab {
|         ld y, 0
|         st 5, tab + y
|     }
| }
? TypeMismatchError

A goto cannot appear within a save block.

| define other routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     ld a, 0
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     ld a, 1
|     save x {
|         ld x, 2
|         goto other
|     }
| }
? IllegalJumpError

with interrupts

| vector routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     bar
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     inc x
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs bar
|   trashes a, n, z
| {
|   with interrupts off {
|     copy foo, bar
|   }
| }
= ok

A goto cannot appear within a with interrupts block.

| vector routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     bar
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|     inc x
| }
| 
| define other routine
|   trashes bar, a, n, z
| {
|    ld a, 0
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes bar, a, n, z
| {
|   with interrupts off {
|     copy foo, bar
|     goto other
|   }
| }
? IllegalJumpError

copy

Can't copy from a memory location that isn't initialized.

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs lives
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy x, lives
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   outputs lives
|   trashes x, a, z, n
| {
|     copy x, lives
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Can't copy to a memory location that doesn't appear in (outputs trashes).

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   trashes lives, a, z, n
| {
|     copy 0, lives
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   outputs lives
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy 0, lives
| }
= ok

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   inputs lives
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy 0, lives
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError: lives

a, z, and n are trashed, and must be declared as such.

(Note, both n and z are forbidden writes in this test.)

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   outputs lives
| {
|     copy 0, lives
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

a, z, and n are trashed, and must not be declared as outputs.

(Note, both n and a are unmeaningful outputs in this test.)

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   outputs lives, a, z, n
| {
|     copy 0, lives
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError

Unless of course you subsequently initialize them.

| byte lives
| define main routine
|   outputs lives, a, z, n
| {
|     copy 0, lives
|     ld a, 0
| }
= ok

Can copy from a byte to a byte.

| byte source : 0
| byte dest
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs source
|   outputs dest
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy source, dest
| }
= ok

The understanding is that, because copy trashes a, a cannot be used as the destination of a copy.

| byte source : 0
| byte dest
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs source
|   outputs dest
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy source, a
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

Can copy from a word to a word.

| word source : 0
| word dest
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs source
|   outputs dest
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy source, dest
| }
= ok

Can't copy from a byte to a word.

| byte source : 0
| word dest
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs source
|   outputs dest
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy source, dest
| }
? TypeMismatchError

Can't copy from a word to a byte.

| word source : 0
| byte dest
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs source
|   outputs dest
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy source, dest
| }
? TypeMismatchError

point ... into blocks

Pointer must be a pointer type.

| byte table[256] tab
| word ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs y, tab
|   trashes a, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy 123, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
? TypeMismatchError

Cannot write through pointer outside a point ... into block.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab, ptr
|   outputs y, tab
|   trashes a, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     copy 123, [ptr] + y
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs y, tab
|   trashes a, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy 123, [ptr] + y
|     }
|     copy 123, [ptr] + y
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

Write literal through a pointer into a table.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs y, tab
|   trashes a, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy 123, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
= ok

Writing into a table via a pointer does use y.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs tab
|   trashes a, z, n, ptr
| {
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy 123, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError

Write stored value through a pointer into a table.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs foo, tab
|   outputs y, tab
|   trashes a, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy foo, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
= ok

Read a table entry via a pointer.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs foo
|   trashes a, y, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|     copy [ptr] + y, foo
|     }
| }
= ok

Read and write through two pointers into a table.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptra
| pointer ptrb
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs tab
|   trashes a, y, z, n, ptra, ptrb
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptra into tab {
|         point ptrb into tab {
|             copy [ptra] + y, [ptrb] + y
|         }
|     }
| }
= ok

Read through a pointer into a table, to the a register. Note that this is done with ld, not copy.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs a
|   trashes y, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         ld a, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
= ok

Write the a register through a pointer into a table. Note that this is done with st, not copy.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs tab
|   trashes a, y, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         ld a, 255
|         st a, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
= ok

Cannot get a pointer into a non-byte (for instance, word) table.

| word table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs foo
|   trashes a, y, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy [ptr] + y, foo
|     }
| }
? TypeMismatchError

Cannot get a pointer into a non-byte (for instance, vector) table.

| vector (routine trashes a, z, n) table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| vector (routine trashes a, z, n) foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs foo
|   trashes a, y, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy [ptr] + y, foo
|     }
| }
? TypeMismatchError

point into by itself only requires ptr to be writeable. By itself, it does not require tab to be readable or writeable.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n, ptr
| {
|     point ptr into tab {
|         ld a, 0
|     }
| }
= ok

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     point ptr into tab {
|         ld a, 0
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

After a point into block, the pointer is no longer meaningful and cannot be considered an output of the routine.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs y, tab, ptr
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy 123, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError

If code in a routine reads from a table through a pointer, the table must be in the inputs of that routine.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs foo
|   trashes a, y, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy [ptr] + y, foo
|     }
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError

Likewise, if code in a routine writes into a table via a pointer, the table must be in the outputs of that routine.

| byte table[256] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   trashes a, y, z, n, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         copy 123, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
? ForbiddenWriteError

If code in a routine reads from a table through a pointer, the pointer should remain inside the range of the table. This is currently not checked.

| byte table[32] tab
| pointer ptr
| byte foo
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs foo
|   trashes a, y, c, z, n, v, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         st off, c
|         add ptr, word 100
|         copy [ptr] + y, foo
|     }
| }
= ok

Likewise, if code in a routine writes into a table through a pointer, the pointer should remain inside the range of the table. This is currently not checked.

| byte table[32] tab
| pointer ptr
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs tab
|   outputs tab
|   trashes a, y, c, z, n, v, ptr
| {
|     ld y, 0
|     point ptr into tab {
|         st off, c
|         add ptr, word 100
|         copy 123, [ptr] + y
|     }
| }
= ok

routines

Routines are constants. You need not, and in fact cannot, specify a constant as an input to, an output of, or as a trashed value of a routine.

| vector routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs foo
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
? ConstantConstraintError: foo

| vector routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec, foo
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
? ConstantConstraintError: foo

| vector routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n, foo
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
? ConstantConstraintError: foo

routine-vector type compatibility

You can copy the address of a routine into a vector, if that vector type is at least as "wide" as the type of the routine. More specifically,

  • the vector must take at least the inputs that the routine takes
  • the vector must produce at least the outputs that the routine produces
  • the vector must trash at least what the routine trashes

If the vector and the routine have the very same signature, that's not an error.

| vector routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
|   inc y
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
= ok

If the vector takes an input that the routine doesn't take, that's not an error. (The interface requires that a parameter be specified before calling, but the implementation doesn't actually read it.)

| vector routine
|   inputs x, y, a
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
|   inc y
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
= ok

If the vector fails to take an input that the routine takes, that's an error.

| vector routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
|   inc y
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
? IncompatibleConstraintsError

If the vector produces an output that the routine doesn't produce, that's not an error. (The interface claims the result of calling the routine is defined, but the implementation actually preserves it instead of changing it; the caller can still treat it as a defined output.)

| vector routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y, a
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
|   inc y
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
= ok

If the vector fails to produce an output that the routine produces, that's an error.

| vector routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
|   inc y
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
? IncompatibleConstraintsError

If the vector fails to trash something the routine trashes, that's an error.

| vector routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
|   inc y
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
? IncompatibleConstraintsError

If the vector trashes something the routine doesn't trash, that's not an error. (The implementation preserves something the interface doesn't guarantee is preserved. The caller gets no guarantee that it's preserved. It actually is, but it doesn't know that.)

| vector routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes a, z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x, y
|   outputs x, y
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
|   inc y
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
= ok

other properties of routines

Routines are read-only.

| vector routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy vec, foo
| }
? TypeMismatchError

Indirect call.

| vector routine
|   outputs x trashes z, n
|     foo
| 
| define bar routine outputs x trashes z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine outputs x, foo trashes a, z, n {
|     copy bar, foo
|     call foo
| }
= ok

Calling the vector does indeed trash the things the vector says it does.

| vector routine trashes x, z, n foo
| 
| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine outputs x, foo trashes z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy bar, foo
|     call foo
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: x

For now at least, you cannot have a goto inside a repeat loop.

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     repeat {
|         inc x
|         goto bar
|     } until z
| }
? IllegalJumpError

goto, as a matter of syntax, can only appear at the end of a block; but it need not be the final instruction in a routine.

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     goto bar
| }
= ok

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     }
| }
= ok

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     }
|     goto bar
| }
= ok

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     }
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 0
|         goto bar
|     }
| }
= ok

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 0
|     }
| }
= ok

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 0
|     }
|     ld x, 0
| }
= ok

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 0
|     }
|     goto bar
| }
= ok

Even though goto can only appear at the end of a block, you can still wind up with dead code; the analysis detects this.

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 0
|         goto bar
|     }
|     ld x, 100
| }
? TerminatedContextError

It is important that the type context at every goto is compatible with the type context at the end of the routine.

| define bar routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 0
|     }
|     ld x, 1
| }
= ok

Here, we try to trash x before gotoing a routine that inputs x.

| define bar routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         trash x
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         trash x
|     }
|     ld a, 1
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

Here, we declare that main outputs a, but we goto a routine that does not output a.

| define bar routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 2
|     }
|     ld a, 1
| }
? UnmeaningfulOutputError: a

Here, we declare that main outputs a, and we goto a routine that outputs a so that's OK.

| define bar routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 200
|     ld a, 1
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar
|     } else {
|         ld x, 2
|     }
|     ld a, 1
| }
= ok

Here, we declare that main outputs a, and we goto two routines, and they both output a.

| define bar0 routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld a, x
| }
| 
| define bar1 routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld a, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar0
|     } else {
|         ld x, 2
|         goto bar1
|     }
| }
= ok

Here is like just above, but one routine doesn't output a.

| define bar0 routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld a, x
| }
| 
| define bar1 routine
|   inputs x
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar0
|     } else {
|         ld x, 2
|         goto bar1
|     }
| }
? InconsistentExitError

Here is like the above, but the two routines have different inputs, and that's OK.

| define bar0 routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld a, x
| }
| 
| define bar1 routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld a, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes x, z, n
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     if z {
|         ld x, 1
|         goto bar0
|     } else {
|         ld x, 2
|         goto bar1
|     }
| }
= ok

Another inconsistent exit test, this one based on "real" code (the ribos2 demo).

| typedef routine
|   inputs border_color, vic_intr
|   outputs border_color, vic_intr
|   trashes a, z, n, c
|     irq_handler
| 
| vector irq_handler cinv @ $314
| vector irq_handler saved_irq_vec
| byte vic_intr         @ $d019
| byte border_color     @ $d020
| 
| define pla_tay_pla_tax_pla_rti routine
|   inputs a
|   trashes a
|     @ $EA81
| 
| define our_service_routine irq_handler
| {
|     ld a, vic_intr
|     st a, vic_intr
|     and a, 1
|     cmp a, 1
|     if not z {
|         goto saved_irq_vec
|     } else {
|         ld a, border_color
|         xor a, $ff
|         st a, border_color
|         goto pla_tay_pla_tax_pla_rti
|     }
| }
| 
| define main routine
| {
| }
? InconsistentExitError

| typedef routine
|   inputs border_color, vic_intr
|   outputs border_color, vic_intr
|   trashes a, z, n, c
|     irq_handler
| 
| vector irq_handler cinv @ $314
| vector irq_handler saved_irq_vec
| byte vic_intr         @ $d019
| byte border_color     @ $d020
| 
| define pla_tay_pla_tax_pla_rti routine
|   inputs border_color, vic_intr
|   outputs border_color, vic_intr
|   trashes a, z, n, c
|     @ $EA81
| 
| define our_service_routine irq_handler
| {
|     ld a, vic_intr
|     st a, vic_intr
|     and a, 1
|     cmp a, 1
|     if not z {
|         goto saved_irq_vec
|     } else {
|         ld a, border_color
|         xor a, $ff
|         st a, border_color
|         goto pla_tay_pla_tax_pla_rti
|     }
| }
| 
| define main routine
| {
| }
= ok

Can't goto a routine that outputs or trashes more than the current routine.

| define bar routine trashes x, y, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
|     ld y, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     goto bar
| }
? IncompatibleConstraintsError

| define bar routine outputs y trashes z, n {
|     ld y, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     goto bar
| }
? IncompatibleConstraintsError

Can goto a routine that outputs or trashes less than the current routine.

| define bar routine trashes x, z, n {
|     ld x, 1
| }
| 
| define main routine trashes a, x, z, n {
|     ld a, 0
|     ld x, 0
|     goto bar
| }
= ok

Indirect goto.

| vector routine outputs x trashes a, z, n foo
| 
| define bar routine outputs x trashes a, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine outputs x trashes foo, a, z, n {
|     copy bar, foo
|     goto foo
| }
= ok

Jumping through the vector does indeed trash, or output, the things the vector says it does.

| vector routine
|   trashes a, x, z, n
|     foo
| 
| define bar routine
|   trashes a, x, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define sub routine
|   trashes foo, a, x, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy bar, foo
|     goto foo
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes foo, x, z, n {
|     call sub
|     ld a, x
| }
? UnmeaningfulReadError: x

| vector routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n  foo
| 
| define bar routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define sub routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes foo, a, z, n {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy bar, foo
|     goto foo
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs a
|   trashes foo, x, z, n {
|     call sub
|     ld a, x
| }
= ok

vector tables

A vector can be copied into a vector table.

| vector routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n
|     one
| vector (routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n)
|     table[256] many
| 
| define bar routine outputs x trashes a, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs one, many
|   outputs one, many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy bar, one
|     copy one, many + x
| }
= ok

A vector can be copied out of a vector table.

| vector routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n
|     one
| vector (routine
|   outputs x
|   trashes a, z, n)
|     table[256] many
| 
| define bar routine outputs x trashes a, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs one, many
|   outputs one, many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy many + x, one
|     call one
| }
= ok

A routine can be copied into a vector table.

| vector (routine
|     outputs x
|     trashes a, z, n)
|   table[256] many
| 
| define bar routine outputs x trashes a, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy bar, many + x
| }
= ok

A vector in a vector table cannot be directly called.

| vector (routine
|     outputs x
|     trashes a, z, n)
|   table[256] many
| 
| routine bar outputs x trashes a, z, n {
|     ld x, 200
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   inputs many
|   outputs many
|   trashes a, x, n, z
| {
|     ld x, 0
|     copy bar, many + x
|     call many + x
| }
? SyntaxError

typedef

A typedef is a more-readable alias for a type. "Alias" means that types have structural equivalence, not name equivalence.

| typedef routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     routine_type
| 
| vector routine_type vec
| 
| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
| {
|   inc x
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
= ok

The new style routine definitions support typedefs.

| typedef routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|     routine_type
| 
| vector routine_type vec
| 
| define foo routine_type
| {
|   inc x
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   outputs vec
|   trashes a, z, n
| {
|     copy foo, vec
| }
= ok

static

When memory locations are defined static to a routine, they cannot be directly input, nor directly output; and since they are always initialized, they cannot be trashed. Thus, they really don't participate in the analysis.

| define foo routine
|   inputs x
|   outputs x
|   trashes z, n
|   static byte t : 0
| {
|   st x, t
|   inc t
|   ld x, t
| }
| 
| define main routine
|   trashes a, x, z, n
|   static byte t : 0
| {
|   ld x, t
|   call foo
| }
= ok