hystricomorph/README.md

hystricomorph

A 65816 string compiler

Generates code to match an input string against one or more target strings.

• longest match wins
• generally compared in the order specified
• uses 16-bit comparisons when possible.
• optional case insensitivity

Usage

python3 string_compiler.py [-ilvE] [-o outfile_file] function_name [input_file]

-i case insensitive comparison
-E run input file through c pre-processor
-l return length of matched string in the lsb
-v be verbose
-c add implicit 0-terminator to strings

input file format:

• a leading # or // indicates a line comment.
• "string" : value
• value may be base 10 or base 16 (0x prefix) 16-bit integer.
• string may include standard C character escapes
• no octal.