[Coco] About the tylg (type language) ident report

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

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Thanks.

SHF

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 1:58 PM
Subject: [Coco] About the tylg (type language) ident report


> I've just realized that our current use of ident to report a 6809 vs 6309 
> module is essentially useless for the NitrOS-9 project. The reason for 
> this is that the asm files used to build the project do not include a 
> variable for language. The result is that a module such as IOMAN which can 
> be built for both 6809 and 6309 systems will always give an ident report 
> as a 6809 module.
>
> Does anyone care about this? It could be corrected but would require a 
> large amount of work on the NitrOS-9 project and the results could still 
> be confusing.
>
> If a correction were to be made and I am not volunteering, each .asm in 
> the project would need to be checked for the presence of 6309 code and 
> when present the following added to the asm file.
>
> ifne H6309
> tylg set Systm+Obj6309
> else
> tylg set Systm+Objct
> endif
>
> You should not do this when 6309 code is not present or all programs in a 
> 6309 package would be labeled 6309 even if no such code were present.
>