added options -bytes2float and -float2bytes to be able to do float conversions from the command line

codeCore/src/prog8/code/core/IMachineDefinition.kt

@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ interface IMachineDefinition {
     fun initializeMemoryAreas(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions)
     fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number): String
 
+    fun convertFloatToBytes(num: Double): List<UByte>
+    fun convertBytesToFloat(bytes: List<UByte>): Double
+
     fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String>
     fun launchEmulator(selectedEmulator: Int, programNameWithPath: Path)
     fun isIOAddress(address: UInt): Boolean

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/C64Target.kt

@@ -19,3 +19,15 @@ class C64Target: ICompilationTarget, IStringEncoding by Encoder, IMemSizer by Cb
         fun viceMonListName(baseFilename: String) = "$baseFilename.vice-mon-list"
     }
 }
+
+
+
+fun getCompilationTargetByName(name: String) = when(name.lowercase()) {
+        C64Target.NAME -> C64Target()
+        C128Target.NAME -> C128Target()
+        Cx16Target.NAME -> Cx16Target()
+        PETTarget.NAME -> PETTarget()
+        AtariTarget.NAME -> AtariTarget()
+        VMTarget.NAME -> VMTarget()
+        else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid compilation target")
+    }

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/atari/AtariMachineDefinition.kt

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ class AtariMachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
     override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam
 
     override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = TODO("atari float asm bytes from number")
+    override fun convertFloatToBytes(num: Double): List<UByte> = TODO("atari float to bytes")
+    override fun convertBytesToFloat(bytes: List<UByte>): Double = TODO("atari bytes to float")
 
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.output == OutputType.XEX)

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/c128/C128MachineDefinition.kt

@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ class C128MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
 
     override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num).makeFloatFillAsm()
 
+    override fun convertFloatToBytes(num: Double): List<UByte> {
+        val m5 = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num)
+        return listOf(m5.b0, m5.b1, m5.b2, m5.b3, m5.b4)
+    }
+
+    override fun convertBytesToFloat(bytes: List<UByte>): Double {
+        require(bytes.size==5) { "need 5 bytes" }
+        val m5 = Mflpt5(bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3], bytes[4])
+        return m5.toDouble()
+    }
+
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
             listOf("syslib")

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/c64/C64MachineDefinition.kt

@@ -26,6 +26,17 @@ class C64MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
 
     override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num).makeFloatFillAsm()
 
+    override fun convertFloatToBytes(num: Double): List<UByte> {
+        val m5 = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num)
+        return listOf(m5.b0, m5.b1, m5.b2, m5.b3, m5.b4)
+    }
+
+    override fun convertBytesToFloat(bytes: List<UByte>): Double {
+        require(bytes.size==5) { "need 5 bytes" }
+        val m5 = Mflpt5(bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3], bytes[4])
+        return m5.toDouble()
+    }
+
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
             listOf("syslib")

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/cx16/CX16MachineDefinition.kt

@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ class CX16MachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
     override lateinit var golden: GoldenRam
 
     override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num).makeFloatFillAsm()
+
+    override fun convertFloatToBytes(num: Double): List<UByte> {
+        val m5 = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num)
+        return listOf(m5.b0, m5.b1, m5.b2, m5.b3, m5.b4)
+    }
+
+    override fun convertBytesToFloat(bytes: List<UByte>): Double {
+        require(bytes.size==5) { "need 5 bytes" }
+        val m5 = Mflpt5(bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3], bytes[4])
+        return m5.toDouble()
+    }
+
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
             listOf("syslib")

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/pet/PETMachineDefinition.kt

@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ class PETMachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
 
     override fun getFloatAsmBytes(num: Number) = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num).makeFloatFillAsm()
 
+    override fun convertFloatToBytes(num: Double): List<UByte> {
+        val m5 = Mflpt5.fromNumber(num)
+        return listOf(m5.b0, m5.b1, m5.b2, m5.b3, m5.b4)
+    }
+
+    override fun convertBytesToFloat(bytes: List<UByte>): Double {
+        require(bytes.size==5) { "need 5 bytes" }
+        val m5 = Mflpt5(bytes[0], bytes[1], bytes[2], bytes[3], bytes[4])
+        return m5.toDouble()
+    }
+
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return if (compilerOptions.launcher == CbmPrgLauncherType.BASIC || compilerOptions.output == OutputType.PRG)
             listOf("syslib")

codeCore/src/prog8/code/target/virtual/VirtualMachineDefinition.kt

@@ -30,6 +30,26 @@ class VirtualMachineDefinition: IMachineDefinition {
         return parts.joinToString(", ")
     }
 
+    override fun convertFloatToBytes(num: Double): List<UByte> {
+        val bits = num.toBits().toULong()
+        val hexStr = bits.toString(16).padStart(16, '0')
+        val parts = hexStr.chunked(2).map { it.toInt(16).toUByte() }
+        return parts
+    }
+
+    override fun convertBytesToFloat(bytes: List<UByte>): Double {
+        require(bytes.size==8) { "need 8 bytes" }
+        val b0 = bytes[0].toLong() shl (8*7)
+        val b1 = bytes[1].toLong() shl (8*6)
+        val b2 = bytes[2].toLong() shl (8*5)
+        val b3 = bytes[3].toLong() shl (8*4)
+        val b4 = bytes[4].toLong() shl (8*3)
+        val b5 = bytes[5].toLong() shl (8*2)
+        val b6 = bytes[6].toLong() shl (8*1)
+        val b7 = bytes[7].toLong() shl (8*0)
+        return Double.fromBits(b0 or b1 or b2 or b3 or b4 or b5 or b6 or b7)
+    }
+
     override fun importLibs(compilerOptions: CompilationOptions, compilationTargetName: String): List<String> {
         return listOf("syslib")
     }