ArtSembly

Arturo VM Bytecode assembler for Arturo

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What does this package do?

This package features a bytecode "assembler" for the Arturo programming language. In a few words, it allows to write bytecode for the Arturo VM directly, only in a friendly, Assembly-style fashion.

Warning

This package is to be considered mostly an - adventurous - experiment, highlighting what is possible and is not meant to be neither a replacement of Arturo nor a 100% functional bytecode assembler that aims to cover everything!

How do I use it?

All you have to do is import it and then pass a block (or text) of valid ArtSembly code. The returned value is always a Bytecode object, which means that you can either run it directly (via do) or manipulate it further, if you wish.

Example

import "artsembly"!

do assemble {
    push 0                 ; x: 0
    store 'x

    theLoop:
        load 'x            ; print x
        call 'print

        load 'x
        push 1
        call 'add
        store 'x           ; x: 1 + x

        load 'x
        push 5
        call 'equal?       ; x = 5

        jmpIf 'finished    ; if x = 5 -> go to finished

        goto 'theLoop      ; else -> go back up

    finished:
        push "finished!"
        call 'print        ; print "finished!"
}

Output:

0
1
2
3
4
finished!

Available commands

Name	Arguments	Description
push	:any	push a value onto the stack
store	:literal, :string	store topmost stack item to given symbol
load	:literal, :string	push given symbol value to stack
call	:literal, :string	call given function by name
goto	:literal, :string	go to given label
jmpIf	:literal, :string	jump forward to given label if topmost stack value is true
jmpIfNot	:literal, :string	jump forward to given label if topmost stack value is not true

Tip

As highlighted in the example above, all commands listed here are to be used solely within an assemble call.

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License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2024 Yanis Zafirópulos

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