X-Git-Url: http://git.subgeniuskitty.com/vvhitespace/.git/blobdiff_plain/32c440bf6f1f2199c3e925f32bd3b621039605e6..23d1724712fae7dc9645d862d57d030cf3e2e764:/stdlib/README.md diff --git a/stdlib/README.md b/stdlib/README.md index 2639a41..3c92dde 100644 --- a/stdlib/README.md +++ b/stdlib/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ +# Overview # + +This folder contains a library of useful functions written in VVhitespace. +Standard include guards are used with `cpp` to include the stdlib in user +programs. For an example, see `examples/hello-stdlib`. + # Reservations # +Since all labels share a global namespace, the standard library makes the +following reservations: + ## Label ## 00000000 0xxxxxxx - reserved for stdlib function entry points @@ -7,18 +16,52 @@ 0xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx - reserved for private use by stdlib 1xxxxxxx xxxxxxxx - available for use in user programs -## Heap ## +## Heap and Pointers ## + +The first 16 heap addresses (`0-15`) are reserved when using the stdlib. +Within that reservation, heap[0] is used by `random` and heap[15] is used +by `spewreg`. The remaining 14 locations, heap[1]-heap[14] are used as +general-purpose registers. - The first 256 heap addresses are reserved when using the stdlib. +By convention, functions which return a pointer will use the address `0` to +represent a `NULL` pointer. # Entry Points # The following labels are entry points to stdlib functions. Read the header comment for each function to learn the call and return stack. - stdio.pvvs: - 1000 - print string from stack - 1001 - print string from heap + 000xxx - reserved + 001xxx - core functions + 1000 ----- printf (stdio.pvvs) + 1001 ----- print number from stack (stdio.pvvs) + 1010 ----- stackrotate (stack.pvvs) + 010xxx - math functions + 10000 ----- random (math.pvvs) + 10001 ----- absolute value (math.pvvs) + 011xxx - heap functions + 11000 ----- memset (heap.pvvs) + 11001 ----- memcpy (heap.pvvs) + 11010 ----- memrand (heap.pvvs) + 11011 ----- memcmp (heap.pvvs) + 11100 ----- memsrch (heap.pvvs) + 11101 ----- + 11110 ----- slurp (heap.pvvs) + 11111 ----- spew (heap.pvvs) + 100xxx - string functions + 100000 ----- strlen (string.pvvs) + 101xxx - unassigned + 110xxx - conversion functions + 111xxx - debug functions + 111000 ----- dump heap (debug.pvvs) + 111001 ----- dump stack (debug.pvvs) + 1xxxxxx - reserved for less common entry points + 1000000 ----- slurp registers (heap.pvvs) + 1000001 ----- spew registers (heap.pvvs) + 1000010 ----- print sign of number (stdio.pvvs) + 1000011 ----- print magnitude of number (stdio.pvvs) + 1000100 ----- print string from stack (stdio.pvvs) + 1000101 ----- print string from heap (stdio.pvvs) # Misc # @@ -27,3 +70,4 @@ private label space associated with it, formed as follows: 00001000 xxxxxxxx - for use by 1000 00001001 xxxxxxxx - for use by 1001 + ...etc