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When I couldn't get some macro stuff to work with WLA today I got
pretty annoyed and thought about what else I could try. I ended up
compiling binutils (2.16) for 65816. Later versions dropped
support completely, but <=2.16 will do.

The real problem is writing a linker script for the ld though. Not
only is the syntax rather cryptic, it's also probably not really
intended to be used with a layout like on the snes, i.e rom banking.

Should anyone here have experience with this though, feel free
to give me some hints... :)

Okay I sort of got it working. I'll post more when I fixed everything
(including correct snes header etc.. )

However I guess I can already say that gas won't be the nicest
snes assembler out there. Looks like in the end I'll probably go
back to wla again ..

ca65 is pretty standard in its syntax and command-line behavior. That should be closer to binutils than wla.

blargg wrote:ca65 is pretty standard in its syntax and command-line behavior. That should be closer to binutils than wla.

I don't know if the ca65 macro is any better than wla. I ran into quite a few problems with it, in Frog Feast.

Haha, I'll have to start a thread tomorrow with many examples of wla's macro insanity. Its macros don't compare to ca65's. Assembler macros should just be text replacement, so they can be used to macro-ize anyting. wla's totally fail in this regard.