rubyx/lib/register/register_reference.rb

module Register

  # RegisterReference is not the name for a register, "only" for a certain use of it. 
  # In a way it is like a variable name, a storage location. The location is a register off course, 
  # but which register can be changed, and _all_ instructions sharing the RegisterReference then use that register
  # In other words a simple level of indirection, or change from value to reference sematics.

  class RegisterReference
    attr_accessor :symbol
    def initialize r
      if( r.is_a? Fixnum)
        r = "r#{r}".to_sym
      end
      raise "wrong type for register init #{r}" unless r.is_a? Symbol
      raise "double r #{r}" if r == :rr1
      @symbol = r
    end

    def == other
      return false if other.nil?
      return false if other.class != RegisterReference
      symbol == other.symbol
    end

    #helper method to calculate with register symbols
    def next_reg_use by = 1
      int = @symbol[1,3].to_i
      sym = "r#{int + by}".to_sym
      RegisterReference.new( sym )
    end
  end

end