reko Files

Reko version 0.12.0 has been released. It has the following features and changes:

• The solution has been upgraded to .NET 8. Downstream projects using the Reko.Decompiler.Runtime NuGet and running on earlier versions of .NET will have to upgrade to .NET 8 or later to use this version.

• The Expression class was refactored to an interface. Doing this allowed the refactoring of the Address class to a struct. Similarly, the MachineOperand class was refactored to an interface. This allowed Reko.Core.Constant and Reko.Core.Address to implement the MachineOperand interface. The Address type is one of the most heavily used types in the Reko project, and making it a struct measurably improves Reko's execution time and memory consumption performance.

• Added support for the following processor architectures:

  • DEC PDP-7
  • Panasonic MN103
  • NEC SX-Aurora
  • Maxim MaxQ
  • Beyond BA As usual with new architectures, they will be rough around the edges until they get attention. The Reko project greatly appreciates volunteers who can provide sample binaries to stress these new implementations.

• Scanner V2 improvements. In the background, Reko is preparing for a big change in how it processes input files. Regrettably, time constraints are slowing down the progress in this direction. Once completed, Scanner V2 will be the main feature of Reko's v1.0 release.

• Octal constants with a "0o" prefix. This is not compliant with C/C++. Future versions of Reko will use the normal "0" prefix for octal numeric literals.

• Support was added for user-provided Reko plugins by implementing the Reko.Core.Plugins.IPlugin interface, as documented here.

• Support for BBC Micro DFS archives added

• Various other small fixes.

Special thanks to @smx-smx for his assistance in repairing broken CI builds.