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")
     }

compiler/src/prog8/CompilerMain.kt

@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ private fun compileMain(args: Array<String>): Boolean {
     val printAst2 by cli.option(ArgType.Boolean, fullName = "printast2", description = "print out the intermediate AST that is used for code generation")
     val breakpointCpuInstruction by cli.option(ArgType.Choice(listOf("brk", "stp"), { it }), fullName = "breakinstr", description = "the CPU instruction to use as well for %breakpoint")
     val compilationTarget by cli.option(ArgType.String, fullName = "target", description = "target output of the compiler (one of '${C64Target.NAME}', '${C128Target.NAME}', '${Cx16Target.NAME}', '${AtariTarget.NAME}', '${PETTarget.NAME}', '${VMTarget.NAME}') (required)")
+    val bytes2float by cli.option(ArgType.String, fullName = "bytes2float", description = "convert a comma separated list of bytes from the target system to a float value. NOTE: you need to supply a target option too, and also still have to supply a dummy module file name as well!")
+    val float2bytes by cli.option(ArgType.String, fullName = "float2bytes", description = "convert floating point number to a list of bytes for the target system. NOTE: you need to supply a target option too, and also still have to supply a dummy module file name as well!")
     val startVm by cli.option(ArgType.Boolean, fullName = "vm", description = "load and run a .p8ir IR source file in the VM")
     val watchMode by cli.option(ArgType.Boolean, fullName = "watch", description = "continuous compilation mode (watch for file changes)")
     val varsGolden by cli.option(ArgType.Boolean, fullName = "varsgolden", description = "put uninitialized variables in 'golden ram' memory area instead of at the end of the program. On the cx16 target this is $0400-07ff. This is unavailable on other systems.")
@@ -100,6 +102,11 @@ private fun compileMain(args: Array<String>): Boolean {
         }
     }
 
+    if(bytes2float!=null)
+        return convertBytesToFloat(bytes2float!!, compilationTarget!!)
+    if(float2bytes!=null)
+        return convertFloatToBytes(float2bytes!!, compilationTarget!!)
+
     if(varsHighBank==0 && compilationTarget==Cx16Target.NAME) {
         System.err.println("On the Commander X16, HiRAM bank 0 is used by the kernal and can't be used.")
         return false
@@ -290,6 +297,23 @@ private fun compileMain(args: Array<String>): Boolean {
     return true
 }
 
+fun convertFloatToBytes(number: String, target: String): Boolean {
+    val tgt = getCompilationTargetByName(target)
+    val dbl = number.toDouble()
+    val bytes = tgt.machine.convertFloatToBytes(dbl)
+    print("$dbl in bytes on '$target': ")
+    println(bytes.joinToString(","))
+    return true
+}
+
+fun convertBytesToFloat(bytelist: String, target: String): Boolean {
+    val tgt = getCompilationTargetByName(target)
+    val bytes = bytelist.split(',').map { it.trim().toUByte() }
+    val number = tgt.machine.convertBytesToFloat(bytes)
+    println("floating point value on '$target': $number")
+    return true
+}
+
 private fun processSymbolDefs(symbolDefs: List<String>): Map<String, String>? {
     val result = mutableMapOf<String, String>()
     val defPattern = """(.+)\s*=\s*(.+)""".toRegex()

compiler/src/prog8/compiler/Compiler.kt

@@ -14,7 +14,10 @@ import prog8.code.ast.PtProgram
 import prog8.code.ast.printAst
 import prog8.code.core.*
 import prog8.code.optimize.optimizeIntermediateAst
-import prog8.code.target.*
+import prog8.code.target.AtariTarget
+import prog8.code.target.Cx16Target
+import prog8.code.target.VMTarget
+import prog8.code.target.getCompilationTargetByName
 import prog8.codegen.vm.VmCodeGen
 import prog8.compiler.astprocessing.*
 import prog8.optimizer.*
@@ -60,17 +63,7 @@ class CompilerArguments(val filepath: Path,
 
 fun compileProgram(args: CompilerArguments): CompilationResult? {
 
-    val compTarget =
+    val compTarget = getCompilationTargetByName(args.compilationTarget)
-        when(args.compilationTarget) {
-            C64Target.NAME -> C64Target()
-            C128Target.NAME -> C128Target()
-            Cx16Target.NAME -> Cx16Target()
-            PETTarget.NAME -> PETTarget()
-            AtariTarget.NAME -> AtariTarget()
-            VMTarget.NAME -> VMTarget()
-            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("invalid compilation target")
-        }
-
     var compilationOptions: CompilationOptions
     var ast: PtProgram? = null
     var resultingProgram: Program? = null

docs/source/compiling.rst

@@ -260,6 +260,13 @@ One or more .p8 module files
     put memory() slabs in 'golden ram' memory area instead of at the end of the program.
     On the cx16 target this is $0400-07ff. This is unavailable on other systems.
 
+``-bytes2float <bytes>``
+    convert a comma separated list of bytes from the target system to a float value.
+    NOTE: you need to supply a target option too, and also still have to supply a dummy module file name as well!
+
+``-float2bytes <number>``
+    convert floating point number to a list of bytes for the target system.
+    NOTE: you need to supply a target option too, and also still have to supply a dummy module file name as well!
 
 
 Module source code files

intermediate/src/prog8/intermediate/IRFileReader.kt

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ package prog8.intermediate
 import prog8.code.*
 import prog8.code.ast.PtVariable
 import prog8.code.core.*
-import prog8.code.target.*
+import prog8.code.target.VMTarget
+import prog8.code.target.getCompilationTargetByName
 import java.io.StringReader
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLEventReader
@@ -95,16 +96,7 @@ class IRFileReader {
             text.lineSequence().forEach { line ->
                 val (name, value) = line.split('=', limit=2)
                 when(name) {
-                    "compTarget" -> {
+                    "compTarget" -> target = getCompilationTargetByName(value)
-                        target = when(value) {
-                            VMTarget.NAME -> VMTarget()
-                            C64Target.NAME -> C64Target()
-                            C128Target.NAME -> C128Target()
-                            AtariTarget.NAME -> AtariTarget()
-                            Cx16Target.NAME -> Cx16Target()
-                            else -> throw IRParseException("invalid target $value")
-                        }
-                    }
                     "output" -> outputType = OutputType.valueOf(value)
                     "launcher" -> launcher = CbmPrgLauncherType.valueOf(value)
                     "zeropage" -> zeropage = ZeropageType.valueOf(value)