Syntax Reference

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Runestaff is a human-friendly assembler and dissassembler that targets the JVM. It reads .rns source files and produces Java bytecode (.class files).

This section covers the syntax of the Runestaff assembly language.

Sections

Page	Description
Runestaff Types	Primitive types, reference types, arrays, and JVM type descriptors
Directives	Assembler directives — .class, .method, .field, .end, etc.
Instructions	JVM instruction mnemonics supported by Runestaff

Basic Structure

A Runestaff source file is made up of a class definition followed by member definition (fields and methods).

TODO

Comments

Single-line comments start with a semicolon (;):

; This is a comment
ldc 42   ; inline comment