5 enums where code generation wants an `int`, vs. 11 cases where using
the minimum size is exactly the right default. So it's way more
idiomatic to force those 5 to 16 bits via a dummy element… except that
we can't give it a single, consistent name, because you can't redeclare
the same element in a different enum later.
Oh well, let's have this ugly naming convention instead, which makes it
totally clear that the force element not, in fact, a valid value of
that enum.
Part of P0085, funded by -Tom-.
Yes, decompilation, of something that was so obviously originally
written in ASM. We're still left with two un-decompilable instructions
here, but I'm amazed at how nicely I was able to abstract away all of
the gory register details, leading to pretty clear, readable, and dare
I say *portable* code?! Turbo C++ was once again pretty helpful here:
• `static_cast<char>(_BX) = _AL` actually compiles into `MOV BL, AL`,
as you would have intended,
• and no-op assignments like _DI = _DI are optimized away, allowing
us to leave them in for clarity, so that we can have all parameter
assignments for the SPRITE16 display call in a single place.
I love this compiler.
Part of P0060, funded by Touhou Patch Center.
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