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Date: 26 Feb 2025 01:35:33 GMT
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On Tue, 25 Feb 2025 23:02:32 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

> I did once toy with the idea of, not quite a cross-assembler, but the
> use of Python constructs to generate code
> <https://bitbucket.org/ldo17/crosscode8/src/master/>. This tried to do
> automatic handling of the necessary adjustments of addresses across page
> boundaries; I think the algorithm works, though I never tested it very
> thoroughly.

This is pretty obscure:

https://docs.micropython.org/en/v1.11/reference/asm_thumb2_hints_tips.html

There is also a more specialized technique for writing custom programmable 
I/O code. 

https://ifx-micropython.readthedocs.io/en/v0.9.0/rp2/quickref.html