Asked for by users in the discord at github.com/pret/pokered to quick check code for optimization on the basis of ROM data savings or CPU cycle savings.

This may or may not be bug free. Submit PR or find DrNyk on Discord for any issues.

I initially developed this app in the language AutoHotkey v2; script available for those with AHK installed. If you do not have Autohotkey available at autohotkey.com, a Windows x32 EXE is available. Operation of the script in AHK is to just paste your code into the left-most box. Toggle the options as you see fit regarding auto-processing or showing the Z/N/H/C flags that each opcode affects. Hidden is the ability to also use Ctrl+O to open a file to achieve the same result as copy-pasting into the leftmost box.

Because AHK is Windows only, a python command-line utility was also made.

There are two ways to use the python script. You may call asmcounter.py and pass it a file (directory)/name it will read that file, or you may specify the -c or --clip option to have it read from clipboard. If you provide both, the clipboard option takes precedence.

Dependencies it asks for are re for regular expressions, argparse to read your arguments, and if you opt for the clipboard reading, pyperclip. Each should be available via pip if you do not yet have.

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  --verbose, -v  This shows the logic of the parser so you can double check its work
  --flags, -f    Outputs flags so you can follow flag values through the steps, however note that explicit steps not included like unrolling a loop or when something returns from a call may
                 not be accurate. Forces verbose output.
  --clip, -c     We will read from the clipboard rather than open a file.