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# Change log
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## Current version
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* Added local labels in assembly.
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* Added alternate decimal operators (with `$` instead of `'`).
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* Added `z80next` as an alternate name for the ZX Spectrum Next's processor (#55).
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* Added encodings: `brascii`, `macroman`, `dmcs`, `lics`.
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* Improved some error messages.
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* Fixed the `a8_os` module (#58).
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* Fixed evaluation of division of large constants.
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* Fix: Structure alignment is now respected for substructures.
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* X16: Fixed the address of `vera_dc_hscale_hstop` register (#54) (thanks to @Kobrasadetin).
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* Fixed evaluation of more complex boolean expressions (#56).
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* Fixed accesses to volatile variables.
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* 8080/Z80: Optimization improvements.
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## 0.3.18 (2020-04-08)
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* Support for Motorola 6809 (complete, but still experimental).
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* Preliminary support for Tandy Color Computer running RS-DOS.
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* Preliminary support for 16K cartridges for Tandy Color Computer.
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* Added support for modifying large variables via pointers.
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* Added the ability to declare structure alignment.
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* `for` loops over arrays.
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* Allowed defining custom text encodings.
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**Potentially breaking change!**
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There are no built-in encodings now, the include path needs to contain the necessary encodings.
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* Fixed encodings:
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`apple2`, `atasciiscr`, `iso_de`, `iso_no`, `iso_se`,
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`koi7n2`, `msx_jp`,
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`oldpet`, `origpet`, `petscii`, `petsciijp`, `petscr`, `petscrjp`,
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`zx80`.
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* Added encodings:
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`apple2c`, `apple2e`, `apple2gs`,
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`coco`, `cocoscr`,
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`cpc_da`, `cpc_en`, `cpc_es`, `cpc_fr`,
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`cp437`, `cp850`, `cp851`, `cp852`, `cp855`, `cp858`, `cp866`,
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`cp1250`, `cp1251`, `cp1252`,
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`ebcdic`,
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`galaksija`,
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`iso8859_1`, `iso8859_2`, `iso8859_3`, `iso8859_4`, `iso8859_5`,
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`iso8859_7`, `iso8859_9`, `iso8859_10`, `iso8859_13`, `iso8859_14`, `iso8859_16`,
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`kamenicky`,
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`koi8e`, `koi8f`, `koi8r`, `koi8ru`, `koi8t`, `koi8u`,
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`mazovia`, `pcw`,
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`pokemon1en`, `pokemon1es`, `pokemon1fr`, `pokemon1jp`.
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* Added `ENCODING_NOLOWER` preprocessor feature.
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* Fixed raw views of typed pointers.
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* Fixed dead code elimination (#51).
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Changed default encoding for CPC to `cpc_en`.
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Changed the type of `mouse_lbm` and `mouse_rbm` to `bool`. Added `mouse_mbm`
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Renamed the `x_coord` module to `coord`. Added the `y_coord` type and `TALLSCREEN` preprocessor feature.
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* Added `pscrstr2word` function.
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* Labels with fixed addresses are now exported to the label file (#49).
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* Fixed address of the VIC 20 volume register (#52) (thanks to @nippur72).
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* Fixed and improved stdlib optimizations.
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* Allow importing modules from subdirectories.
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* Allow placing platform definitions in a dedicated subdirectory.
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* Allow using Batch files with the `-r` option.
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* Improved error reporting for constants used before their definitions.
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* Improved typo hints.
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* Typo hints for non-ASCII characters.
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* Z80: Intel syntax for all Z80 instructions, based on Digital Research's Z80.LIB.
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* Commander X16: Updated to support VERA 0.9 and the new joystick API. Added mouse support.
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* 6502: Optimization improvements:
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* Fixed index register optimization regressions.
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* Small array optimizations are now available for more operations.
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* Index calculations for arrays of structs with sizes divisible by an even power of two are now sometimes optimized.
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* Redundant index calculations are now removed.
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## 0.3.16 (2020-04-08)
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* Language improvements:
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* Added compile-time evaluation for user-defined functions.
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* Added `breakpoint` macro (#44).
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Added `min`, `max` and `if` compile-time functions.
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* Added experimental `signed16` and `unsigned16` types.
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* Added length-prefixed strings (Pascal strings).
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* Improved operator support for word-sized arguments (#24, #25).
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Various macros improvements, including the requirement of parameter types matching exactly (#23, #39, #40).
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* Compiler improvements:
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* 6809 improvements (no full support yet).
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* Added warnings for calling from one segment to another overlapping one.
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* 6502: Fixed undocumented mnemonics.
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* Create output directories when needed (#21).
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* Allow defining different output formats for different segments when outputting one file per segment.
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* Fixed multiple optimization bugs (#32, #38, #41, #46 and others) – thanks to @agg23 for detailed bug reports!
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* 6502: Fix boolean arrays and pointers (#28).
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* Fixed and improved memset-like loops (#47).
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* Minor improvements to inline assembly.
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* Improvements to constant evaluation, including more arithmetic operators.
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Detect overflowing constants, like `const byte x = 256`.
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* Optimization improvements.
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* 6502: Memory allocation improvements for pointers.
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* Support for MkImg (tool for creating BBC Micro disk images) and multiple output files on BBC Micro.
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* Other minor fixes.
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* Library improvements:
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* Added `putsigned16` function.
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* Added `pstring` module and `putpstr` function.
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* Various improvements to the C64 libraries (thanks to @bsutherland).
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* Added detection for various PET variants and implemented `readkey` for PET.
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* Implemented `readkey` and `readline` for Apple II.
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* Changed the default load address for BBC Micro.
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* Multiple fixes to the `string`, `scrstring` and `encconv` modules.
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* Other minor fixes.
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* Other changes:
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* Created a pure-Millfork test suite.
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* Updated to Scala 2.12.11.
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## 0.3.14 (2019-12-03)
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* Full assembly support for HuC6280.
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* Improvements to subroutine extraction; it's now much faster, less buggy and actually effective.
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* 8080: function parameters can now be optimized to registers.
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* Fixed error messages about invalid function flags.
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* 6502: Fixed compilation of interrupt routines.
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* 65C02: Fixed fatal bugs related to some 65C02 subtypes.
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* Other bug fixes.
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## 0.3.12 (2019-11-06)
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* **Breaking change!**
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The `petscr`, `petscrjp` and `atasciiscr` encodings now use $E0, $E0 and $DB respectively as their string terminator.
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* **Potentially breaking change!**
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Changed the identifiers for various subtypes of the 65C02 processors.
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* Added `nullchar_scr` and `NULLCHAR_SCR`
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* Added the `scrstring` module
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* Added `strz_from_screencode`, `strz_to_screencode`, `strzpaste` and `scrstrzpaste` functions
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* Added the ability to convert from booleans to integers
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* Fixed the string escape bug
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* Unary minus and other parser improvements
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* Better error reporting
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* Other bugfixes
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## 0.3.10 (2019-10-24)
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* Preliminary support for the CPU from ZX Spectrum Next.
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* Added the ability to define custom segment layouts.
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* Hardware definitions for Atari 8-bit (thanks to @FreddyOffenga)
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* Fixed BLL headers for Atari Lynx (#7).
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* Some improvements for Commander X16 (with help from @Ambez05)
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* Specified consistent behaviour of `for` loops (#8)
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* Fixed bugs with constant booleans.
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* Fixed bugs with arithmetic promotions of signed values.
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* Fixed a bug with unused global variable elimination (#10).
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* Fixed a bug with variable overlapping (#11).
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* 6502: Fixed a bug with flow analysis during optimizations.
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* 6502: Fixed a bug with certain 16-bit additions.
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* 8080: Fixed and optimized 16-bit comparisons.
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* 8080: Optimized some library functions.
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* Optimized certain byte comparisons and pointer indexing.
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* 6502: Optimized certain boolean conversions and some small array accesses.
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* Unused built-in functions are now removed more accurately.
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* Updated to Scala 2.12.10.
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* Added another NES example (thanks to @Garydos).
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## 0.3.8 (2019-06-21)
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* `sizeof` now supports arrays.
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* Added `-R` option for specifying extra commandline parameters for emulators.
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* Added full 16-bit multiplication and unsigned division.
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* Added preliminary support for Atari Lynx (thanks to @Nullious).
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* Added preliminary support for EasyFlash.
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* Added preliminary support for Commander X16.
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* Allowed defining custom output padding byte value.
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* Allowed passing non-decimal numbers to the `-D` option.
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* Added the `encconv` module.
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* Added `nullchar` constant as the null terminator for strings and `NULLCHAR` feature to define its value.
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* Added `vectrex`, `msx_br`, `koi7n2`, `iso15`, `zx80` and `zx81` text encodings.
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* `reset_joy` is now defined to always reset all joypad state variables.
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* Fixed arithmetic promotion bugs for signed values.
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* Fixed parsing of `zp_bytes` in platform definitions.
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* Fixed several serious bugs related to cartridge-based targets.
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* 6502: Few minor optimization improvements.
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* 6502: Inlining improvements.
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## 0.3.6 (2019-08-05)
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* **Breaking change!**
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The `petscii` encoding now uses the $C0-$DE range for uppercase characters instead of $60-$7E.
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This matches both the CC65 behaviour and the return values from `readkey()`.
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* Added support for the Japanese version of Commodore 64.
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* Added `segment` block statement.
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* Added goto.
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* Added `bool` type.
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* Added function pointers – so far quite limited.
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* Added arrays of elements of size greater than byte.
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* Added `.length` for large arrays and `.lastindex` for numerically indexed arrays.
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* New text encodings: `petjp`, `petscrjp`, `msx_intl`, `msx_jp`, `msx_ru`.
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* Improved passing of register parameters to assembly functions.
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* Enabled declaring multiple variables in one line.
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* Fixed detection of duplicate names in declarations.
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* 6502: Fixed expressions of form `p[i] <<= 1`.
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* 6502: Fixed variable bit shifting.
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* 6502: Fixed word division by a divisor larger than 127.
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* 6502: Fixed byte multiplication.
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* 8080/Z80: Fixed byte division.
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* Fixed many optimization bugs:
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* incorrect removal of unused local variables;
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* incorrect removal of certain type casts;
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* broken parameter passing to tail calls;
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* 6502: miscompilation when using the zeropage pseudoregister;
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* 6502: stack overflow when inlining local variables into registers;
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* 6502: not setting the high byte to 0 when optimizing word multiplication by 0
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* 8080/Z80: compiler crash when compiling conditions;
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* 8080/Z80: miscompilation of code after `if` statements;
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* 8080/Z80: miscompilation near multiplication;
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* Z80: miscompilation when using stack variables.
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* Other fixes and improvements.
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## 0.3.4 (2019-07-01)
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* Preliminary experimental Game Boy support.
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* Preliminary MSX support.
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* Super experimental and very incomplete Intel 8086 support via 8080-to-8086 translation.
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* Support for Intel 8085, together with illegal instructions.
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* More label file formats.
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* Added `memory_barrier` macro.
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* Added `keyboard` module.
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* Added `random` module.
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* Added `init_rw_memory` module for cartridge targets.
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* **Breaking change!** Preinitialized writable arrays on cartridge targets
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can no longer be read before an explicit call to `init_rw_memory`, either add the call or make the arrays const.
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* Added `ensure_mixedcase` function and `oldpet` and `origpet` text encodings.
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* Added `MILLFORK_VERSION` preprocessor parameter.
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* Added structs and unions.
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* Added unsigned byte division and modulo.
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* Pointers can now be allocated anywhere.
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* Pointers can now be typed.
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* Added `nullptr`.
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* You can now take a pointer to a stack variable.
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* Arrays can now have elements of types other than `byte` (still limited in size to 1 byte though) and be built out of struct literals.
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* Arrays can now be constant.
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* Arrays can now be local.
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* Added hint for identifiers with typos.
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* Aliases now also support subfields.
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* Short functions can be now defined using expression syntax.
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* On most Commodore targets printing double quote characters doesn't toggle the quotation mode anymore.
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Commodore 128 target no longer defines `CBM_64` feature.
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* Fixed the NES examples and the `nes_joy` module.
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* 6502 targets can now define free zeropage bytes, not only pointers.
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* 6502: Fixed optimizations using index registers.
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* 6502: Fixed optimizations of comparisons.
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* 6502: Fixed optimizations near `for` loops over in-place lists.
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* Preprocessor: Added `#use A=B` directive
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* Preprocessor: Added `if` function
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* Preprocessor: Added `#define` directive.
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* Fixed volatile-related bugs.
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* Fixed optimizations removing jumps to jumps.
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* Fixed optimizations removing pointless stores to local variables.
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* Fixed name clashes when passing parameters to functions and macros.
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* Fixed `#use` not accessing all preprocessor parameters.
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* Fixed `#pragma` not respecting `#if`.
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* Fixed nested `#if`s.
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* Fixed `@long` and `@long_be` array filters.
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* Fixed for-each loops with non-constant arrays.
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* 8080 and LR35902: Fixed inlining of byte-sized variables into registers.
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* 8080 and LR35902: fixed large stack variables.
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* Other bug fixes.
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* Optimization improvements.
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## 0.3.2 (2018-12-28)
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* Almost complete support for the Zilog Z80, Intel 8080 and Sharp LR35902 microprocessors.
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* A very incomplete support for NEC PC-88, ZX Spectrum, CP/M and Amstrad CPC.
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* Unified the syntax of commandline switches.
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* Automatic detection of the standard include path.
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* Added aliases.
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* Added enumeration types.
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* Added preprocessor.
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* Added `for` loops over enum types and in-place lists
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* Added `align` keyword for choosing data and code alignment.
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* Added original line numbers in assembler output.
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* Added `sizeof` operator.
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* Added preliminary support for `volatile` keyword.
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* Added multiplication of a 16-bit number by an unsigned 8-bit number.
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* Added more warnings.
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* Automatic selection of text encoding based on target platform.
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* Text literals can be now used as expressions of type `pointer`.
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* Extra `z` at the name of the encoding means that the string is zero-terminated.
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* **Potentially breaking change!** No longer allowed to define things with names that are keywords or builtins.
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Curly braces in text literals are now used for escape sequences.
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Changed the `c64_basic` module.
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* **Potentially breaking change!** `scr` now refers to the default screencodes as defined for the platform.
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Code that uses both a custom platform definition and the `scr` encoding needs attention
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(either change `scr` to `petscr` or add `screen_encoding=petscr` in the platform definition file).
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* **Potentially breaking change!** Platform definitions now need appropriate feature definitions.
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Code that uses a custom platform definitions will cause extra warnings until fixed.
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* Software variable stack for 6502.
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* Other optimizations and fixes for stack variables.
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* Various code deduplication optimizations.
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* Fixed emitting constant decimal expressions.
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* Fixed decimal subtraction.
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* Fixed signed comparison.
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* Fixed `for`...`downto` loops.
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* Fixed invalid optimization of loads before `BEQ` and similar
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* Fixed miscompiled `nonet` calls.
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* Parser performance improvement.
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* Standard libraries improvements.
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* Other improvements.
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## 0.3.0 (2018-06-25)
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* Finally faster than C.
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* Licenced the standard library more permissively.
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* Preliminary Atari 2600, BBC Micro and LUnix support.
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* Added array initialization syntax with `for`.
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* Added multiple new text codecs.
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* Added character literals.
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* Added 24-bit `farword` type.
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* Special array layouts, e.g. `@word`.
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* Fixed invalid offsets for branching instructions.
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* Fixed incorrectly overlapping local variables.
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* Fixed broken `downto` loops.
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* Fixed broken comparisons between variables of different sizes.
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* Fixed several other bugs.
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* Tons of optimizer improvements.
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* Other improvements.
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## 0.2.2 (2018-03-19)
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* Allowed adding constant words to variable bytes without the zeropage pseudoregister.
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* `-fzp-register` is now enabled by default, as the documentation has already been saying.
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* Allowed more kinds of constants within variable and array initializers.
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* Fixed several bugs.
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* Other improvements.
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## 0.2 (2018-03-17)
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* **Breaking change!** Renamed `inline` to `macro`.
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* **Breaking change!** Added support for memory segments. Changed the platform definition file syntax.
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* Added preliminary support for 65CE02, HuC6280 and 65816 processors.
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* Added support for Famicom/NES and C64 with SuperCPU.
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* Added new `-O1` optimization preset; old `-O1` became `-O2`, old `-O2` became `-O3` and so on.
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* Added command line options for controlling the size-speed trade-offs.
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* Added support for parameters for macros written in Millfork.
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* Enabled calling macros with index expression parameters.
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* Enabled calling macros from assembly.
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* Added optimizer hints: `inline`, `noinline`, `register`.
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* Added command line flags `--size`, `--fast`, `--blast-processing`.
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* Removed command line flag `--detailed-flow`.
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Detailed flow analysis was slow, broken, hard to maintain, and didn't even help that much.
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* Added `*'=`, `nonet`, `hi` and `lo` operators.
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* Added support for zeropage pseudoregisters, allowing for some operators work with more types of operands.
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* Added return dispatch statements.
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* Added `break` and `continue` statements.
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* Allowed the `else if` combination (i.e. the `else` branch doesn't have to be in braces if it's just a single `if`-`else` statement).
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* Added octal and quaternary literals.
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* Fixed several allocation bugs.
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* Fixed several optimization bugs.
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* Fixed several C64 and C16 library bugs.
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* Fixed several other bugs.
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* Other improvements.
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## 0.1 (2018-01-24)
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* Initial numbered version.
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