wla_dx_v10.7 10.7

WLA DX - Cross Macro Assembler Package

Short:        WLA DX - Cross Macro Assembler Package
Author:       Ville Helin & People at GitHub
Uploader:     ville helin gmail com (Ville Helin)
Type:         dev/cross
Version:      10.7
Replaces:     dev/cross/wla_dx_v10.6.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 2.0.4
Distribution: Aminet

WLA DX - Yet Another WLA GB-Z80/Z80/Z80N/eZ80/6502/65C02/65CE02/65816/68000/6800/6801/
6809/8008/8080/HUC6280/SH-2/SPC-700/SuperFX/Cx4 Multi Platform Cross Macro Assembler
Package

Included in this release are executables for 68000, 68020 and 68040, compiled
using SAS/C v6.58. The full sources are also inside the archive.

For the latest sources: https://github.com/vhelin/wla-dx

CHANGELOG:

Assemblers:

v10.7 (28-Jun-2026) [ALL] Prefixed by a hashtag didn't propagate through nested
                      .MACRO calls.
                    [ALL] Listfile creation for library files should now work.
                    [ALL] If an object file contained only .SECTIONs in ROM
                      bank X then ROM bank X's allocation info wasn't printed with
                      -v switch.
                    [ALL] .FOPEN uses now directories given with -I flag.
                    [ALL] BANKS for .SECTION can now be a string definition.
                    [ALL] Quoted string arguments can be used in .MACROs to replace
                      e.g., registers on lines with instructions.
                    [ALL] A label outside .SECTIONs or inside FORCE or OVERWRITE
                      .SECTION given to a .MACRO can now be used in calculations as
                      long it has been defined earlier lexically.
                    [ALL] Added parameterless versions of bankbyte(), base(), slot()
                      and bank(). bankbyte(label) and bank(label) can be used in .IFs.
                    [ALL] Added built-in functions is(), get(), org(), orga(),
                      substring(), definedfunction(), definedmacro(), blank(), match(),
                      xmatch(), tcount(), left(), mid() and right().
                    [ALL] Added .DELMACRO and .DELFUNCTION for deleting macros and
                      functions.
                    [ALL] Added LATESTDIR and RELATIVEDIR to .INCLUDE and .INCBIN.
                    [ALL] Jump in .ENDR added offset of 1 for line numbers in errors.
                    [ALL] Added START and STEP to .REPEAT/.REPT.
                    [ALL] Added DEFAULTSECTIONSLOT and DEFAULTRAMSECTIONSLOT to
                      .MEMORYMAP.
                    [ALL] .FAIL can process multiple strings.
                    [ALL] When using -h operand hints like .b for labels work now.
                    [ALL] .STRINGMAPTABLE uses now directories specified with -I.
                    [ALL] .BASE can once again given inside a .SECTION. NOTE: The
                      old .BASE before the .SECTION is returned after .ENDS.
                    [ALL] Implemented missing base(label).
                    [ALL] Fixed an issue with -h flag and defines in some
                      instructions being interpreted early as labels.
                    [ALL] Fix to .MACRO parsing when using ARGS.
                    [ALL] When an error occurs we print the whole call stack instead
                      of just the file name and line number where it happened.
                    [ALL] 16-bit PC references were not enabled for all supported
                      CPUs (like 6809) in listfiles.
                    [ALL] Added new operand hint '.#b' - 8-bit zero page; It's the
                      same as .b, but it also takes the lowest 8 bits of the operand.
                    [ALL] .STRUCT member names b, w, d and l are now forbidden as
                      when referencing them the assembler would confuse the
                      references with size hints.
                    [ALL] A function can also be now defined using .DEFINE.
                    [ALL] .ASSERT can now be postponed to link time.
                    [ALL] WLA assembles now "WLAJ" library files and "WLAm"
                      object files.
                    [eZ8] Added support for Zilog eZ80 CPU (with .ADL directive).
                    [Cx4] Added support for Cx4 (Capcom Custom Chip 4) CPU/DSP.
                    [SH2] Added support for Hitachi SH-2 CPU.
                    [SH2] Added initial Sega 32X memory maps and include files.
                    [6**] .b and .w now override .8bit and .16bit.
                    [658] Fixed BRL and PER to work properly.
                    [658] Added a warning when .ACCU or .INDEX directives override
                      a width that was set by rep/sep instructions (use -v to see
                      these).
                    [68k] Added alias SP for register a7.
                    [68k] BCLR, BSET and BTST used wrong range [1, 8] / [1, 32] for
                      bits, fixed to [0, 7] / [0, 31].
                    [68k] Removed automatic MOVE to MOVEQ, ADD to ADDQ and SUB to
                      SUBQ optimizations as correctness is more important.
                    [68k] Added missing instructions: BCHG.B, BCHG.L, BCLR.B,
                      BCLR.L, BSET.B, BSET.L, BTST.B, BTST.L, CHK.W, NBCD.B, TAS.B.
                    [68k] Added .NGHEADER, .ENDNG, .NGSOFTDIP, .ENDNGSOFTDIP,
                      .NGVECTORS and .ENDNGVECTORS for Neogeo development (and
                      examples/neogeo and include/neogeo).
                    [68k] Added Sega Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega CD support:
                      .MDVECTORS, .MCDHEADER, .MCDSPHEADER, memory maps and
                      include files.
                    [650] Fixed STX and STY parsing.
                    [650] Added .INESHEADER and .ENDINES.
                    [65C] Added .LYNXHEADER and .ENDLYNX.
                    [689] Added space-after-the-instruction versions of instructions
                      with zero offset indexing, e.g., "LDA ,X" (old: "LDA,X").
                    [68x] Instructions that take 8-bit immediate values can now take
                      anything that fits into eight bits.
                    [808] Added "MOV M,M", an alias for "HLT".
                    [800] Fixed "LMI"'s opcode to $3E (was $2E).
                    [800] Added "LAA", an alias for "NOP".
                    [800] Added "MOV" versions of the move instructions.

Linker:

v5.22 (28-Jun-2026) When calculating _sizeof_* for labels we now take unused
                      output bytes into account.
                    Appended .RAMSECTIONs were still affecting the original
                      RAM bank in -v listing.
                    Use -sE to write EQU symbol file (e.g., for openMSX).
                    Fixed the calculation of Sega Mega Drive ROM checksum.
                    Added -C which doesn't generate errors for duplicate
                      labels or definitions, but only when their values
                      are the same.
                    Fixed a possible buffer overflow read when generating
                      listfiles.
                    Global references from an isolated .INCLUDE should
                      now work.
                    Added support for Commodore 64 cartridge types (via
                      -64): NORMAL4K, NORMAL8K, NORMAL16K, ULTIMAX4K,
                      ULTIMAX8K, ULTIMAX16K, OCEAN, MAGICDESK, EASYFLASH,
                      SIMONSBASIC, EPYXFASTLOAD, C64GS, COMAL80, GMOD2,
                      RGCD and GMOD3.
                    Added -E for writing debug exports (VICE, RGBDS, MESEN,
                      EMULICIOUS, CSPECT, NOCASH, MAME and JSON).
                    .ASSERT can now be postponed to link time.
                    Added -sM for writing MAME compatible flat symbol file.
                    Added -O (BIN, SMD, MD) Mega Drive output ROM file
                      format.
                    Added support for Hitachi SH-2.
                    Added -g for writing list files where the object
                      files are.