Target Code Decorator

True assembly language targets may require a lot of overhead in terms of the code generated (e.g., printf stubs for PPC code). It might be nice to be able to specify just the most interesting code in a CIAT test file and allow a “decorator” to fill in the rest.

As a pitiful example, I could have a PIR version which would allow me to write just this for PIR program:

print 5

And the PIR decorator would tack the

.sub main

and

print “\n” .end

to the beginning and end of the target-code output. Again, this is silly for this PIR code, but certainly for PPC (and any real assembly code) it could be useful from the beginning.