9.9 Writing Compile-Time "Programs"
The HLA compile-time language provides a powerful facility with which to write "programs" that execute while HLA is compiling your assembly language programs. Although it is possible to write some general-purpose programs using the HLA compile-time language, the real purpose of the HLA compile-time language is to allow you to write short programs that write other programs. In particular, the primary purpose of the HLA compile-time language is to automate the creation of large or complex assembly language sequences. The following subsections provide some simple examples of such compile-time programs.
9.9.1 Constructing Data Tables at Compile Time
Earlier, this book suggested that you could write programs to generate ...
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