.FUNCTION

[nicklausw]

I can't do dev right now so this issue is more a self-reminder than anything. (This, if implemented, could actually be merged into the original asm6).

ca65 lets defines double as functions like:

.define valplustwo(val) (val+2)

This functionality can be replicated in asm6 with:

.function valplustwo val
.return val+2
.endf

Used like lda #valplustwo(12).
This could be good for making fancy tables and stuff. Thoughts?

[freem]

For some reason, I thought this was going to be more like the .func/.endfunc from ca65.

In any case, I could see how this could be useful, even if I have no immediate use case for it myself.

[TheRealHamtaro126]

For reference, This is how NESASM implents it,

CA65's equivelent (.define) is pretty similar... plain ASM6 has no equivelent.

So if we port ASM code, We have to manually figure it out... That isn't a good idea, So yes, Please implement this!

[nicklausw]

So I'm thinking this can be a simple find-and-replace job inside asm6 if .functions are just one-liners like the other assemblers.

I like this idea more than a full-on macro style thing like OP. Thoughts?

[nicklausw]

New planned functionality: .function bla(x,y) ((x>>4)<<y)

The plan is for asm6 to just scan for "bla" and eat white space to make sure the next symbol is '(', then work magic from there. Basically replace all occurrences with the expanded function.

My main concern is this might cause some redundant parser code in the program, and I've had some experience working on a program where that was the norm; it wasn't fun. Ideally, this is just a combination of existing functionalities making something new work.