hystricomorph/README.md
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# 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.