86 lines
4.2 KiB
Perl
86 lines
4.2 KiB
Perl
Handy Helpful Hints for using make/macross/slinky
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1. You need two header files: a header and a sub-header. The sub-header
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declares 'define' symbols, zero page labels (as local labels), macros,
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functions, and so on. The header includes the sub-header and then
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additionally contains 'extern' declarations for all program-space labels and
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non-zero page variable-space labels plus 'define' declarations which refer to
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externals.
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Non-zero page variable-space should be laid out in one file that includes just
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the sub-header. The rest of the program should be spread among files each of
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which includes the header.
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2. In any given Macross assembly (usually one source file plus all of the
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other files that it 'include's), you can classify each symbol in two different
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orthogonal ways: whether it is global or local on the one hand and whether it
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is defined in this assembly or defined in some other assembly.
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Being defined means that the symbol has a value which is known and can
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therefore be used to generate code. If a symbol has a value when it is
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encountered during assembly, then that value can be used immediately.
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If not, then we must wait until linking when (presumably) the value will be
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known.
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Being global means that the symbol's value is known outside of the assembly in
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which the symbol is defined (i.e., that the value is "published" in the object
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file for use by the linker). Conversely, being local means that the value is
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known only in the one assembly.
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Let's look at the four possible cases when a symbol is encountered during
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assembly:
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LOCAL, DEFINED: this is the usual case. The value is used at assembly time.
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Multiple independent assemblies can define local symbols with the same names
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without conflicting with each other when they are linked.
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LOCAL, UNDEFINED: this shouldn't happen. You will get a complaint from the
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assembler.
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GLOBAL, DEFINED: during assembly, the symbol is treated just like a defined
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local symbol. However, the value is "published" in the object file for use by
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the linker. The symbol value can be made global either or both of two
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different ways: with an 'extern' declaration
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extern foo ; makes the symbol 'foo' global
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or, if the symbol is a label, by using two colons instead of one
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foo:: word 123 ; 'foo' is global
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bar: word 456 ; 'bar' is local
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If a global symbol is defined in more than one object file, the linker will
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complain.
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GLOBAL, UNDEFINED: this means that the assembler assumes that the value of the
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symbol will be defined at link time. You still have to tell the assembler
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that the symbol is global with an 'extern' statement.
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Note that all macro, function and variable (Macross variables, not 6502
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storage locations used as variables) names MUST be local, as must be struct
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names and struct fields. The assembler will complain if you try to declare
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one of these 'extern'.
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A 'define' symbol must be local if it refers to any global symbols in its
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definition.
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3. The fewer global symbols there are, the faster the link will run.
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4. When juggling a program that consists of multiple source and object files,
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only a very foolish person would not use 'make'.
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5. Emacs has a very nice feature whereby you can run 'make' under emacs and
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then get taken automagically to the errors:
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The emacs function 'compile' (or 'new-compile' on some systems), which is
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usually bound to ^X^C (also to the shift-F5 key on my Concept terminal; I
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don't know about others), will run make and put the output from make (error
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messages and so on) in a buffer with a new window.
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After compiling with make, the emacs function 'next-error', which is usually
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bound to ^X^N (also to the the F5 key on my Concept) will search in the error
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message buffer for the first C-compiler-style error message (which is what
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Macross outputs), read the file name and line number from the error message
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and then (in another window) position the cursor at that line of that file.
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Entering this command again takes you to the next error message, and then the
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next, and so on. The wonderful thing about this is that if you edit your
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source file, emacs keeps track of how you have shifted things around so that
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it will always take you to the location of the next error, even if your
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editing has invalidated the line numbers in the error messages!
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