wla_dx_v9.9 9.9

Short:        8-bit CPU Cross Macro Assembler Package
Author:       Ville Helin & People@GitHub
Uploader:     ville helin gmail com (Ville Helin)
Type:         dev/cross
Version:      9.9
Replaces:     dev/cross/wla_dx_v9.8.lha
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Aminet

WLA DX - Yet Another GB-Z80/Z80/6502/65C02/6510/65816/6800/68001/6809/
8008/HUC6280/SPC-700 Multi Platform Cross Assembler Package

Included in this release are executables for 68000 and 68020, 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:

v9.9 (15-Aug-2019) [ALL] Added unions: .UNION (and .NEXTU and .ENDU).
                   [ALL] Added a new syntax to .DSTRUCT (old works, too).
                   [ALL] Changed the way ".ENUM xyz DESC" works.
                   [ALL] .ROW and .DATA should now work better with 16-bit
                     and 24-bit values.
                   [ALL] Defines with negative values are now parsed better.
                   [ALL] .BLOCK (and .ENDB) prints the block size once again.
                   [ALL] Added support for C++ style comments (//).
                   [ALL] WLA assembles now "WLA4" library files and "WLAV"
                     object files.
                   [ALL] References to a pending computation from inside a
                     define from inside a pending computation should work now.
                   [ALL] WLA can now be given string definitions from the
                     command line.
                   [680] Added support for MC6800.
                   [680] Added support for MC6801.
                   [680] Added support for MC6809.
                   [800] Added support for I8008.
                   [658] 24-bit addresses of RAMSECTION labels should work
                     now when using .LOROM / .HIROM. / .EXHIROM.
                   [GB ] Fixed Pocket Camera cartridge type, added support
                     for 64Mbit ROM and 512kbit RAM types.

v9.8 (21-Jun-2019) [ALL] Deprecated and removed section's size giving inside
                     section's name string.
                   [ALL] Getting bank number with :CADDR works again.
                   [ALL] WLA assembles now "WLA3" library files and "WLAU"
                     object files.
                   [ALL] .REPEATs, .DBs, .DWs, .DLs and macro calls don't
                     mess up listfiles any more.
                   [ALL] Added support for prioritizing sections when
                     placing them to the output ROM/PRG.
                   [ALL] The _sizeof_[label]s for labels that are followed by
                     a dotted .DSB etc. are now calculated correctly.
                   [ALL] The maximum allowed number of digits for floats is
                     now 24 instead of the old 8.
                   [ALL] _sizeof_[label]s are now calculated correctly
                     for .STRUCTs in .RAMSECTIONs.
                   [ALL] WLA's -x flag now creates SECTIONSTART_[section name]
                     and SECTIONEND_[section name] labels for each section.
                   [ALL] The assembler and the linker now display examples
                     about how to run them when run with incorrect parameters.
                   [ALL] .RAMSECTIONs can now be used inside libraries
                     but BANK and SLOT must be defined for the RAMSECTIONs
                     under [ramsections] in WLALINK's linkfile.
                   [ALL] WLA (WLALINK did this already) assumes that there
                     are 256 RAM banks for each SLOT. The number of ROM
                     banks doesn't affect the number of RAM banks any more.
                   [ALL] Added APPENDTO to .RAMSECTIONs.
                   [ALL] Added .TABLE, .ROW and .DATA - an alternative
                     to .DB, .DW and .DL.
                   [ALL] When allocating a new unknown reference, we'll set
                     its base to 0 instead of not initializing base at all.
                   [ALL] When inserting padding to a section (for example
                     for an unsolved 8-bit reference) we now set the padding
                     to be $CD instead of letting it be uninitialized.
                   [ALL] References from bank header sections are now found
                     when we discard unreferenced sections.
                   [ALL] Fix buffer overflow for xXX strings.
                   [ALL] Fixed a possible crash bug when printing opcodes
                     in DEBUG executable.
                   [ALL] Allow .BACKGROUND file to be smaller than the
                     output ROM.
                   [ALL] Fixed a couple possible buffer overflows.
                   [ALL] Fixed CRC calculating on some 64-bit platforms.
                   [ALL] Macros rounded all floating point arguments to
                     integers - not any more.
                   [ALL] Added support for "string".length.
                   [ALL] The documentation is now ReadTheDocs.org compatible.
                   [ALL] Running the assembler/linker without arguments shows
                     now also the version's date.
                   [ALL] Added -A to WLALINK - Add address-to-line mapping
                     data to WLA symbol file.
                   [ALL] WLA and WLALINK give now more information about the
                     cause when a memory overwrite/overflow occurs.
                   [ALL] Added .ADDR (alias of .DW).
                   [ALL] Updated the dotted to-be-skipped directives list
                     in .ENUM and .RAMSECTION to contain missing items.
                   [ALL] .DEFINE now supports keyword EXPORT (auto export).
                   [ALL] Added .PRINT - a combination and more usable version
                     of .PRINTT and .PRINTV.
                   [ALL] .PRINTV's HEX/DEC are optional. Default is DEC.
                   [ALL] Added .ENUMID - creates definitions with an auto-
                     incrementing value. Can autoexport as well.
                   [GB ] Added support for .VERSION (Mask ROM version number).
                   [GB ] Fixed the handling of RAMSIZE inside of .GBHEADER.
                   [GB ] New licensee code is set to $0000 if old licensee
                     code is used.
                   [GB ] Added VERSION ($014C) to .GBHEADER.
                   [GB ] Added the following mnemonic aliases:
                     - LDH A,(C) --> LD A,($FF00+C)
                     - LDH (C),A --> LD ($FF00+C),A
                   [658] Added .DSL.
                   [658] Added .FARADDR (alias of .DL).
                   [658] Added support for DL/LONG/DSL to .STRUCT and
                     .RAMSECTION.
                   [658] Added support for .EXHIROM.
                   [658] MVN and MVP had source and destination in wrong
                     order in the output binary.
                   [SPC] Fixed a typo, RET1 is now RETI.
                   [SPC] Fixed a typo, "AND1 mem.bit, C" ($CA) is now
                     "MOV1 mem.bit, C"
                   [SPC] Fixed AND1, EOR1, MOV1, NOT1 and OR1 (used to take
                     two 8-bit arguments, now 13-bit address and 3-bit value.
                   [SPC] Fixed many 8-bit PC relative label references to be
                     direct references.
                   [Z80] Added shadow register aliases of opcodes that use
                     registers A, F, BC, DE and HL. For example, "AND A'"
                     assembles to the same (0xA7) as "AND A". The aliases
                     are meant for programmers who want to explicitly show
                     when they are using the shadow registers.

v9.7 (17-Apr-2018) [ALL] We now use CMake instead of plain Makefiles.
                   [ALL] Added INSTANCEOF support to .STRUCT.
                   [ALL] Removed DEBUG opcode from GB-Z80.
                   [ALL] WLALINK now reserves the bytes the checksummer uses
                     if WLA is used to calculate a checksum.
                   [ALL] Added ALIGN to .RAMSECTIONs.
                   [ALL] .RANSECTIONs now use the BANK when placing sections.
                   [ALL] .BLOCK needs to be now terminated with .ENDB.
                   [ALL] Fixed some typos in error messages.
                   [ALL] Added a directory called "bug_exhibition" for
                     bug reports.
                   [ALL] When parsing "1.w" the parser now associates the
	             ".w" part with the "1" part.
                   [ALL] Recursive macro calls with recursive argument
	             references should work now.
                   [ALL] .ASC can now map also byte data.
                   [ALL] Rewrote the macro argument expander.
                   [ALL] Fixed .INCDIR/.INCBIN cache bug.
                   [ALL] Added support for -I [include directory].
                   [ALL] Added ASCII commands to strings.
                   [ALL] Renamed .SECTION IDENTIFIER to NAMESPACE.
                   [ALL] Added support for local labels with @ prefix.
                   [ALL] "historical" contains now old. depcerated files.
                   [ALL] Updated WLA/WLALINK argument parser.
                   [ALL] Sphnix is now used to generate the documents.
                   [ALL] Various bug, crash and error message fixes.
                   [ALL] Labels can now be 255 characters long instead of 63.
                   [ALL] Various fixes to negative range for 8-bit two's
                     complement.
                   [ALL] Power operator supports fractional values.
                   [ALL] Expressions are allowed to be outside 16bit range.
                   [ALL] Added support for _sizeof_[label] automatic
                     definitions to WLALINK, these measure the distance
                     between two consecutive labels in bytes.
                   [ALL] Unreferenced section discarding now handles also
                     RAM sections.
                   [ALL] It's possible to append to a section using APPENDTO.
                   [ALL] .IFDEFs can be used in .ENUMs and .RAMSECTIONs.
                   [ALL] .BASE is now universal, not just 65816 specific.
                   [ALL] Speeded up label handling in WLALINK.
                   [Z80] Added .SMSHEADER.
                   [Z80] Added support for "SUB IXH" and "SUB IXL", and
                     kept the old aliases "SUB A, IXH" and "SUB A, IXL".
                   [Z80] Fixed .SDSCTAG parsing.
                   [658] Added support for .DL.
                   [GB ] Added support for .COUNTRYCODE.
                   [GB ] Added support for .GBHEADER.
                   [GB ] NO$GMB symbol files are now BGB (emulator)
                     compatible.
                   [GB ] Added support for .NINTENDOLOGO.
                   [GB ] Added DESTINATIONCODE as an alias for
                     COUNTRYCODE.
                   [GB ] Added support for .ROMGBCONLY.

v9.6 (27-Jan-2015) [ALL] Fixed usage info (was missing -i).
                   [ALL] Moved the project to GitHub:
                     https://github.com/vhelin/wla-dx
                   [ALL] Renamed local variables in a lot of functions to
                     make the code easier to understand.
                   [ALL] Moved LDFLAGS to end of GCC invocation to fix builds.
                   [ALL] Changed "-pedantic" to "-pedantic-errors -Wextras"
                     in WLA's and WLALINK's makefiles.
                   [ALL] Add ability to compile using Microsoft CL, LINK,
                     and NMAKE / Added makefile generator m4 scripts.
                   [ALL] Fixed .ROMBANKMAP and .BANKS allocation to prevent
                     heap corruption when .BANKS allocated exceeds .BANKSTOTAL
                   [ALL] Added support for more than 255 sections per file.
                   [ALL] WLA assembles now "WLAW" library files and "WLAL"
                     object files.
                   [ALL] Added optional running index definition to
                     .REPEAT / .REPT.
                   [ALL] The calculation parser in WLA DX is now smarter -
                     it knows more places when to stop parsing.
                   [ALL] Feeding address labels via named ARGS to a .MACRO
                     failed before, because they were interpreted as
                     strings, not address labels.
                   [ALL] Changed all references to bash to sh in scripts.
                   [ALL] Added support for SEMISUBFREE sections.
                   [Z80] .SDSCTAG & .SMSTAG & .COMPUTESMSCHECKSUM now work
                     with 8KB & 16KB ROMs.
                   [Z80] .SDSCTAG's minor version number is now parsed
                     correctly.