Make MOVE* words use A@ and A!

This allows us to remove AMOVE* words.

blk/355

@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
         DUP I C!
     LOOP DROP ;
 : ALLOT0 ( n -- ) H@ OVER 0 FILL ALLOT ;
+SYSVARS 0x3e + :** A@
+SYSVARS 0x40 + :** A!
+SYSVARS 0x42 + :** A,

blk/367

@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 : MOVE ( a1 a2 u -- )
     ?DUP IF ( u ) 0 DO ( a1 a2 )
-        SWAP C@+ ( a2 a1+1 x )
+        OVER I + A@ ( src dst x )
-        ROT C!+ ( a1+1 a2+1 )
+        OVER I + ( src dst x dst )
+        A! ( src dst )
     LOOP THEN 2DROP ;
 : MOVE- ( a1 a2 u -- )
-    ?DUP IF TUCK + 1- ( a1 u a2+u-1 )
+    ?DUP IF ( u ) 0 DO ( a1 a2 )
-    ROT 2 PICK + 1- ( u a2+u-1 a1+u-1 )
+        OVER I' + I - 1- A@ ( src dst x )
-    ROT ( u ) 0 DO ( a2 a1 )
+        OVER I' + I - 1- ( src dst x dst )
-        C@- ( a2 a1-1 x )
+        A! ( src dst )
-        ROT C!- ( a1-1 a2-1 ) SWAP ( a2 a1 )
     LOOP THEN 2DROP ;
 : MOVE, ( a u -- ) H@ OVER ALLOT SWAP MOVE ;
-: PREV 3 - DUP @ - ;

blk/368

@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
+: MOVEW ( src dst u -- )
+    ( u ) 0 DO
+        SWAP DUP I 1 LSHIFT + A@   ( dst src x )
+        ROT TUCK I 1 LSHIFT +      ( src dst x dst )
+        A!                         ( src dst )
+    LOOP 2DROP ;
+: PREV 3 - DUP @ - ;
 : [entry] ( w -- )
     C@+ ( w+1 len ) TUCK MOVE, ( len )
     ( write prev value )
     H@ CURRENT @ - ,
     C, ( write size )
-    H@ CURRENT !
+    H@ CURRENT ! ;
-;
 : (entry) WORD [entry] ;
 : CREATE (entry) 2 ( cellWord ) C, ;
 : VARIABLE CREATE 2 ALLOT ;

blk/385

@@ -2,15 +2,3 @@
 ( b1 b2 -- )
 : LOADR 1+ SWAP DO I DUP . NL LOAD LOOP ;
 : LOADR+ BLK> @ + SWAP BLK> @ + SWAP LOADR ;
-( Now, adev stuff )
-SYSVARS 0x3e + :** A@
-SYSVARS 0x40 + :** A!
-SYSVARS 0x42 + :** A,
-
-( src dst u -- )
-: AMOVE
-    ( u ) 0 DO
-        SWAP DUP I + A@   ( dst src x )
-        ROT TUCK I +      ( src dst x dst )
-        A!                ( src dst )
-    LOOP 2DROP ;

blk/386

@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-: AMOVEW ( src dst u -- )
-    ( u ) 0 DO
-        SWAP DUP I 1 LSHIFT + A@   ( dst src x )
-        ROT TUCK I 1 LSHIFT +      ( src dst x dst )
-        A!                         ( src dst )
-    LOOP 2DROP ;

doc/avr.txt

@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@ Example to write 0x1234 to the first byte of the first page:
 asperase 0x1234 0 aspfb! 0 aspfp!
 
 Please note that aspfb! deals with *words*, not bytes. If, for
-example, you want to hook it to A!*, make sure you use AMOVEW
+example, you want to hook it to A!*, make sure you use MOVEW
-instead of AMOVE. You will need to create a wrapper word around
+instead of MOVE. You will need to create a wrapper word around
-aspfb! that divides dst addr by 2 because AMOVEW use byte-based
+aspfb! that divides dst addr by 2 because MOVEW use byte-based
 addresses but aspfb! uses word-based ones. You also have to make
 sure that A@* points to @ (or another word-based fetcher)
 instead of its default value of C@.

doc/dict.txt

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ $ - Initialize
                   literal. If not found, aborts.
 ,        n --     Write n in HERE and advance it.
 ALLOT    n --     Move HERE by n bytes
+A,       b --     Indirect C,
 C,       b --     Write byte b in HERE and advance it.
 FIND     w -- a f Like '?, but for w.
 EMPTY    --       Rewind HERE and CURRENT where they were at
@@ -153,6 +154,8 @@ J           -- n            Copy RS third item to PS
 !        n a --          Store n in address a
 ?        a --            Print value of addr a
 +!       n a --          Increase value of addr a by n
+A@       a -- c          Indirect C@
+A!       c a --          Indirect C!
 C@       a -- c          Set c to byte at address a
 C@+      a -- a+1 c      Fetch c from a and inc a.
 C@-      a -- a-1 c      Fetch c from a and dec a.
@@ -172,23 +175,16 @@ MOVE     a1 a2 u --      Copy u bytes from a1 to a2, starting
 MOVE-    a1 a2 u --      Copy u bytes from a1 to a2, starting
                          with a1+u, going down.
 MOVE,    a u --          Copy u bytes from a to HERE.
+MOVEW    src dst u --    Same as MOVE, but with words
 
-# Addressed devices
+Important note: MOVE* use A@ and A! instead of C@ and C! See
+"Addressed devices" in usage.txt.
 
-ADEV$       --              Initialize adev subsystem
+MOVEW notes: this word's purpose is to interface with word-
-A@          a -- c          Indirect C@
-A!          c a --          Indirect C!
-A@*         -- a            Address for A@ word
-A!*         -- a            Address for A! word
-AMOVE       src dst u --    Same as MOVE, but with A@ and A!
-AMOVEW      src dst u --    Same as AMOVE, but with words
-
-AMOVEW notes: this word's purpose is to interface with word-
 based systems. src and dst are addressed as *bytes* but u is a
-*word* count. Every iteration increases src and dst by 2. When
+*word* count. Every iteration increases src and dst by 2. This
-you use it, be aware that default values for A!* and A@* are C!
+shouldn't be used on regular memory, it will yield weird
-and C@. If you don't adjust before using AMOVEW, you will get
+results. Use it with A! switch pointing to a word-based target.
-weird results.
 
 # Arithmetic / Bits
 

doc/usage.txt

@@ -85,12 +85,16 @@ need switches in regular code.
 # Addressed devices
 
 A@, A! and A, are the indirect versions of C@, C! and C,. They
-are switch words and initially point to C@, C! and C,. There is
+are switch words and initially point to C@, C! and C,.
-also a AMOVE word that is the same as MOVE but using A@ and A!.
 
 Addressed device words can be useful to "pipe" processing to
 places outside of regular memory.
 
+All MOVE words use A@ and A! instead of C@ and C!. This gives a
+lot of flexibility to those words, allowing for complex data
+transfers. The cost of the indirection is small because of the
+optimized ways aliases are built.
+
 # Disk blocks
 
 Disk blocks are Collapse OS' main access to permanent storage.