Changed _some_ outc calls to use chars

Author: Michal-Martinek

examples/AdventOfCode2025/d3_batteries.mx

@@ -119,11 +119,11 @@
 		%banksSum(strar)
 	}
 	%print_endl(
-		outc 10
-		outc 83
-		outc 117
-		outc 109
-		outc 32
+		outc '\n'
+		outc 'S'
+		outc 'u'
+		outc 'm'
+		outc ' '
 		%banksSum(outum)
 	)
 }

examples/fibonacci_asm_only.mx

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 ; input prompt
-outc 72
-outc 111
-outc 119
-outc 32
-outc 109
-outc 97
-outc 110
-outc 121
-outc 63
-outc 32
+outc 'H'
+outc 'o'
+outc 'w'
+outc ' '
+outc 'm'
+outc 'a'
+outc 'n'
+outc 'y'
+outc '?'
+outc ' '
 
 inu ; input
 inl
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ strr
 ; print a
 mov 0
 outum
-outc 10
+outc '\n'
 
 ; (a, b) = (b, a + b)
 ldm

std/debug.mx

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 %macro emitMemdumpAddr() {
 	outc 10
 	outuh
-	outc 58
+	outc ':'
 }
 
 ; from, count -> void (stdout)
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 %macro dumpStackOverrun(overrun) {
 	%_dumpStack2Top()
 	; show overrun
-	outc 124 ; separator
+	outc '|' ; separator
 	%load(%SEG_DEBUG_GLOBALS)
 	lda 1
 	%stack:pushr() ; from original SP
@@ -101,9 +101,9 @@
 %macro seeFuncFrame() {
 	; TODO factor to function
 	%toggleDebugMode()
-	outc 10
-	outc 70
-	outc 58
+	outc '\n'
+	outc 'F'
+	outc ':'
 
 	%load(!op(a, %SEG_DEBUG_GLOBALS, %G_ARGS_PTR)) ; memdump normal args
 	%stack:pushr()
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
 	%stack:pushr()
 	%if_else { ldm ,
 		%call(memdump)
-		outc 124
+		outc '|'
 	,
 		%stack:dropN(2)
 	}

std/ds/array.mx

@@ -244,11 +244,11 @@
 	%void_method{ array_print, 1, 1,
 		; locals: first | for_stop, for_idx
 		%seg:local(0, str 1)
-		outc 91
+		outc '['
 		%foreach {
 			%if_else { %seg:local(0, lmeq 0),
-				outc 44
-				outc 32
+				outc ','
+				outc ' '
 			,
 				str 0
 			}
@@ -258,8 +258,8 @@
 				outum
 			)
 		}
-		outc 93
-		outc 10
+		outc ']'
+		outc '\n'
 	}
 
 

std/exceptions.mx

@@ -3,16 +3,16 @@
 %define ERR_ASSERT 0
 
 %macro error(code) {
-	outc 10
-	outc 69
-	outc 82
-	outc 82
-	outc 79
-	outc 82
-	outc 58
-	outc 32
+	outc '\n'
+	outc 'E'
+	outc 'R'
+	outc 'R'
+	outc 'O'
+	outc 'R'
+	outc ':'
+	outc ' '
 	outu %code
-	outc 10
+	outc '\n'
 	jmp end
 }
 

std/io.mx

@@ -3,19 +3,19 @@
 
 %macro print_spaced(instr) {
 	%instr
-	outc 32
+	outc ' '
 }
 %macro print_endl(instr) {
 	%instr
-	outc 10
+	outc '\n'
 }
 %macro print_separator() {
-	outc 44
-	outc 32
+	outc ','
+	outc ' '
 }
 %macro print_key_val(keyChar, val) {
 	outc %keyChar
-	outc 61
+	outc '='
 	outu(%val)
 	%print_separator()
 }
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	%if {
 		ld> 15 ; negative?
 	,
-		outc 45
+		outc '-'
 		ld 0
 		ldsm
 		strr
@@ -56,18 +56,19 @@
 
 ; VM / runtime delim
 %macro print_delim(vm) {
-	outc 45
-	outc 32
+	outc '-'
+	outc ' '
 	%if_else(ld %vm,
-		outc 86
-		outc 77,
-		outc 82
-		outc 85
-		outc 78
+		outc 'V'
+		outc 'M'
+	,
+		outc 'R'
+		outc 'U'
+		outc 'N'
 	)
-	outc 32
-	outc 45
-	outc 10
+	outc ' '
+	outc '-'
+	outc '\n'
 }
 %macro vm_runtime_delim() {
 	ld !print_delim(1)

tests/jmp-test.mx

@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 :top
 	jmpar
 
-	outc 65 ; ABCDEFGH\n
-	outc 66
-	outc 67
-	outc 68
-	outc 69
-	outc 70
-	outc 71
-	outc 72
+	outc 'A' ; ABCDEFGH\n
+	outc 'B'
+	outc 'C'
+	outc 'D'
+	outc 'E'
+	outc 'F'
+	outc 'G'
+	outc 'H'
 
 	outc 10
 

tests/std-array.mx

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 %func { int_lt_with_emit, 2, 0,
 	%seg:push(%arg, 0)
 	outur
-	outc 60 ; '<'
+	outc '<'
 	%seg:push(%arg, 1)
 	%print_spaced(outur)
 	%call(uint_lt)
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 	)
 
 	; test empty[0]
-	outc 69
+	outc 'E'
 	%seg:push_addr(%local, %array:sizeof)
 	%stack:push(0)
 	%call(index)

tests/std-control.mx

@@ -6,21 +6,21 @@
 
 ; false while cond
 %while {ld 0,
-	outc 65
+	outc 'E'
 }
 %do_while {ld 0,
-	outc 66
+	outc 'B'
 }
-outc 10
+outc '\n'
 
 ; generalized for
 ld 107
 %for_full(7, 10,
 	%stack:top()
 	outum
-	outc 32
+	outc ' '
 )
-outc 10
+outc '\n'
 
 %store(%MEMORY_LAYOUT:SEG_TEMP, 7)
 %do_while {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ outc 10
 :no_continue
 	outum
 }
-outc 10
+outc '\n'
 
 ; for loop
 ld 10
@@ -44,5 +44,5 @@ ld 10
 	outum
 	ld< 3 ; should be irrelevant
 }
-outc 10
+outc '\n'
 %dumpStackOverrun(7)

tests/std-div_pwr.mx

@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@
 	outu %numerator
 	outc %char_u
 	outu %denominator
-	outc 61
+	outc '='
 	%callOp(%op, %numerator, %denominator)
 	outur
 }
 %macro testDivRem(numerator, denominator) {
 	%testOp(divide, 47, %numerator, %denominator)
-	outc 37
+	outc '%'
 	mov %MEMORY_LAYOUT:SEG_TEMP
 	ldt %denominator
 	str %numerator
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ outc 10
 ; which power to break -> status
 %func {test2Powers, 1, 2,
 	; locals: maxPwr, currPwr
-	%print_spaced(outc 105) ; collumn headers
+	%print_spaced(outc 'i') ; collumn headers
 	%print_spaced(
 		outu 2
-		outc 94
-		outc 105
+		outc '^'
+		outc 'i'
 	)
-	outc 47
-	outc 10
+	outc '/'
+	outc '\n'
 
 	ld 14
 	%callPwrStrLocal(2, 0) ; maxPwr = 2 ** 14
@@ -119,18 +119,18 @@ outc 10
 			%stack:drop()
 			lnem ; maxPwr >> idx != divide(maxPwr, currPwr)
 		,
-			outc 32
-			outc 69 ; emit error
-			outc 64
+			outc ' '
+			outc 'E' ; emit error
+			outc '@'
 			%stack:top()
 			%print_endl(outum) ; idx
 			%return_imm(test2Powers, 69) ; return when values mismatch
 		}
-		outc 10
+		outc '\n'
 	}
 	%print_spaced(
-		outc 79 ; OK
-		outc 75
+		outc 'O'
+		outc 'K'
 	)
 	%stack:reserve(5) ; test correct stack alignment on function exit
 	ld 0 ; retval
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ outc 10
 	; ld %label
 	; lds test_start
 	; outur
-	outc 45
+	outc '-'
 	mov %retaddrLocation
 	strs test_start
 	str 1234 ; --
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ outc 10
 	outc 10
 
 	%print_endl(
-		outc 76
-		outc 115
+		outc 'L'
+		outc 's'
 	)
 	%showLabelOffset(module_end, 17)
 	%showLabelOffset(test_return, 23)
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ outc 10
 	%stack:push(%value)
 	%print_spaced( outum )
 	%print_spaced(
-		outc 45
-		outc 62
+		outc '-'
+		outc '>'
 	)
 	%call(round_up_to_2_power)
 	%print_endl(