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-# Read a text file containing whitespace-separated pairs of ascii hex bytes
-# from stdin, and convert them into binary bytes (octets) on stdout. Ignore
-# comments between '#' and newline.
-#
-# To run (from the subx/ directory):
-#   $ ./subx translate *.subx apps/hex.subx -o apps/hex
-#   $ echo '80 81 82  # comment'  |./subx run apps/hex  |xxd -
-# Expected output:
-#   00000000: 8081 82
-#
-# Only hex bytes and comments are permitted. Outside of comments all words
-# must be exactly 2 characters long and contain only characters [0-9a-f]. No
-# uppercase hex.
-
-== code
-#   instruction                     effective address                                                   register    displacement    immediate
-# . op          subop               mod             rm32          base        index         scale       r32
-# . 1-3 bytes   3 bits              2 bits          3 bits        3 bits      3 bits        2 bits      2 bits      0/1/2/4 bytes   0/1/2/4 bytes
-
-Entry:  # run tests if necessary, convert stdin if not
-    # initialize heap
-    # . Heap = new-segment(64KB)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  Heap/imm32
-    68/push  0x10000/imm32/64KB
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  new-segment/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-
-    # . prolog
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # - if argc > 1 and argv[1] == "test", then return run_tests()
-    # . argc > 1
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0/disp8         1/imm32           # compare *EBP
-    7e/jump-if-lesser-or-equal  $run-main/disp8
-    # . argv[1] == "test"
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "test"/imm32
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EBP+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  kernel-string-equal?/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . check result
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  1/imm32
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $run-main/disp8
-    # . run-tests()
-    e8/call  run-tests/disp32
-    8b/copy                         0/mod/indirect  5/rm32/.disp32            .             .           3/r32/EBX   Num-test-failures/disp32          # copy *Num-test-failures to EBX
-    eb/jump  $main:end/disp8
-$run-main:
-    # - otherwise convert stdin
-    # var ed/EAX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    0/rm32/EAX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EAX
-    # configure ed to really exit()
-    # . ed->target = 0
-    c7          0/subop/copy        0/mod/direct    0/rm32/EAX    .           .             .           .           .               0/imm32           # copy to *EAX
-    # return convert(Stdin, 1/stdout, 2/stderr, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    50/push-EAX/ed
-    68/push  Stderr/imm32
-    68/push  Stdout/imm32
-    68/push  Stdin/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  convert/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0x10/imm32        # add to ESP
-    # . syscall(exit, 0)
-    bb/copy-to-EBX  0/imm32
-$main:end:
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  1/imm32/exit
-    cd/syscall  0x80/imm8
-
-# the main entry point
-convert:  # in : (address buffered-file), out : (address buffered-file), err : (address buffered-file), ed : (address exit-descriptor) -> <void>
-    # pseudocode:
-    #   while true
-    #     EAX = convert-next-octet(in, err, ed)
-    #     if (EAX == Eof) break
-    #     write-byte-buffered(out, AL)
-    #   flush(out)
-    #
-    # . prolog
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # . save registers
-    50/push-EAX
-$convert:loop:
-    # EAX = convert-next-octet(in, err, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0x14/disp8      .                 # push *(EBP+20)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0x10/disp8      .                 # push *(EBP+16)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EBP+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  convert-next-octet/disp32
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # if (EAX == Eof) break
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  0xffffffff/imm32/Eof
-    74/jump-if-equal  $convert:loop-end/disp8
-    # write-byte-buffered(out, AL)
-    # . . push args
-    50/push-EAX
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0xc/disp8       .                 # push *(EBP+12)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write-byte-buffered/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # loop
-    eb/jump  $convert:loop/disp8
-$convert:loop-end:
-    # flush(out)
-    # . . push args
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0xc/disp8       .                 # push *(EBP+12)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  flush/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-$convert:end:
-    # . restore registers
-    58/pop-to-EAX
-    # . epilog
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           5/r32/EBP   .               .                 # copy EBP to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-# read bytes from 'in' until a sequence of two lowercase hex (0-9, a-f) bytes
-# skip spaces and newlines
-# on '#' skip bytes until newline
-# raise an error and abort on all other unexpected bytes
-# return in EAX an _octet_ containing the binary value of the two hex characters
-# return Eof on reaching end of file
-convert-next-octet:  # in : (address buffered-file), err : (address buffered-file), ed : (address exit-descriptor) -> byte-or-Eof/EAX
-    # pseudocode:
-    #   EAX = scan-next-byte(in, err, ed)
-    #   if (EAX == Eof) return
-    #   ECX = from-hex-char(EAX)
-    #   EAX = scan-next-byte(in, err, ed)
-    #   if (EAX == Eof) error("partial byte found.")
-    #   EAX = from-hex-char(EAX)
-    #   EAX = (ECX << 4) | EAX
-    #   return
-    #
-    # . prolog
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # . save registers
-    51/push-ECX
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(in, err, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0x10/disp8      .                 # push *(EBP+16)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0xc/disp8       .                 # push *(EBP+12)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EBP+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # if (EAX == Eof) return
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  0xffffffff/imm32/Eof
-    74/jump-if-equal  $convert-next-octet:end/disp8
-    # EAX = from-hex-char(EAX)
-    e8/call from-hex-char/disp32
-    # ECX = EAX
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           0/r32/EAX   .               .                 # copy EAX to ECX
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(in, err, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0x10/disp8      .                 # push *(EBP+16)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0xc/disp8       .                 # push *(EBP+12)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EBP+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # if (EAX == Eof) error(ed, err, "partial byte found.")
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  0xffffffff/imm32/Eof
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $convert-next-octet:convert/disp8
-    # . error-byte(ed, err, msg, '.')  # reusing error-byte to avoid creating _yet_ another helper
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0x2e/imm32/period/dummy
-    68/push  "convert-next-octet: partial byte found"/imm32
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0xc/disp8       .                 # push *(EBP+12)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0x10/disp8      .                 # push *(EBP+16)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  error-byte/disp32  # never returns
-$convert-next-octet:convert:
-    # EAX = from-hex-char(EAX)
-    e8/call from-hex-char/disp32
-    # EAX = (ECX << 4) | EAX
-    # . ECX <<= 4
-    c1/shift    4/subop/left        3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm8            # shift ECX left by 4 bits
-    # . EAX |= ECX
-    09/or                           3/mod/direct    0/rm32/EAX    .           .             .           1/r32/ECX   .               .                 # EAX = bitwise OR with ECX
-$convert-next-octet:end:
-    # . restore registers
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # . epilog
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           5/r32/EBP   .               .                 # copy EBP to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-convert-next-octet:
-    # - check that the first two bytes of the input are assembled into the resulting octet
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to "abc"
-    # . write(_test-stream, "abc")
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "abc"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'convert-next-octet' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-convert-next-octet
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = convert-next-octet(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  convert-next-octet/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to convert-next-octet
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that convert-next-octet didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-convert-next-octet: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-convert-next-octet:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, 0xab, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-convert-next-octet"/imm32
-    68/push  0xab/imm32/ab
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-convert-next-octet:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-convert-next-octet-handles-Eof:
-    # - check that reaching end of file returns Eof
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # don't initialize '_test-stream'
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'convert-next-octet' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-convert-next-octet
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = convert-next-octet(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  convert-next-octet/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to convert-next-octet
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that convert-next-octet didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-convert-next-octet: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-convert-next-octet-handles-Eof:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, Eof, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-convert-next-octet-handles-Eof"/imm32
-    68/push  0xffffffff/imm32/Eof
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-convert-next-octet-handles-Eof:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-convert-next-octet-aborts-on-single-hex-byte:
-    # - check that a single unaccompanied hex byte aborts
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to "a"
-    # . write(_test-stream, "a")
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "a"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'convert-next-octet' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-convert-next-octet
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = convert-next-octet(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  convert-next-octet/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to convert-next-octet
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that convert-next-octet aborted
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 2, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-convert-next-octet-aborts-on-single-hex-byte: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  2/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-convert-next-octet-aborts-on-single-hex-byte:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-# read whitespace until a hex byte, and return it
-# return Eof if file ends without finding a hex byte
-# on '#' skip all bytes until newline
-# abort on any other byte
-scan-next-byte:  # in : (address buffered-file), err : (address buffered-file), ed : (address exit-descriptor) -> byte-or-Eof/EAX
-    # pseudocode:
-    #   while true
-    #     EAX = read-byte-buffered(in)
-    #     if (EAX == Eof) return EAX
-    #     if (is-hex-digit?(EAX)) return EAX
-    #     if (EAX == ' ' or '\t' or '\n') continue
-    #     if (EAX == '#') skip-until-newline(in)
-    #     else error-byte(ed, err, "invalid byte: " EAX)
-    #
-    # . prolog
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # . save registers
-$scan-next-byte:loop:
-    # EAX = read-byte-buffered(in)
-    # . . push args
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EBP+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  read-byte-buffered/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # if (EAX == Eof) return EAX
-    3d/compare-with-EAX  0xffffffff/imm32/Eof
-    74/jump-if-equal  $scan-next-byte:end/disp8
-    # if (is-hex-digit?(EAX)) return EAX
-    # . save EAX for now
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . is-hex-digit?(EAX)
-    # . . push args
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  is-hex-digit?/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . compare with 'false'
-    3d/compare-with-EAX  0/imm32
-    # . restore EAX (does not affect flags)
-    58/pop-to-EAX
-    # . check whether to return
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $scan-next-byte:end/disp8
-$scan-next-byte:check1:
-    # if (EAX == ' ') continue
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  0x20/imm32/space
-    74/jump-if-equal  $scan-next-byte:loop/disp8
-    # if (EAX == '\t') continue
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  9/imm32/tab
-    74/jump-if-equal  $scan-next-byte:loop/disp8
-    # if (EAX == '\n') continue
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  0xa/imm32/newline
-    74/jump-if-equal  $scan-next-byte:loop/disp8
-$scan-next-byte:check2:
-    # if (EAX == '#') skip-until-newline(in)
-    3d/compare-with-EAX  0x23/imm32
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $scan-next-byte:check3/disp8
-    # . skip-until-newline(in)
-    # . . push args
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EBP+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  skip-until-newline/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    eb/jump  $scan-next-byte:loop/disp8
-$scan-next-byte:check3:
-    # otherwise error-byte(ed, err, msg, EAX)
-    # . . push args
-    50/push-EAX
-    68/push  "scan-next-byte: invalid byte"/imm32
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0xc/disp8       .                 # push *(EBP+12)
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           0x10/disp8      .                 # push *(EBP+16)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  error-byte/disp32  # never returns
-$scan-next-byte:end:
-    # . restore registers
-    # . epilog
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           5/r32/EBP   .               .                 # copy EBP to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte:
-    # - check that the first byte of the input is returned
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to "abc"
-    # . write(_test-stream, "abc")
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "abc"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-scan-next-byte:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, 0x61/a, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte"/imm32
-    68/push  0x61/imm32/a
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace:
-    # - check that the first byte after whitespace is returned
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to input with leading whitespace
-    # . write(_test-stream, text)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "  abc"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, 0x61/a, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace"/imm32
-    68/push  0x61/imm32/a
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment:
-    # - check that the first byte after a comment (and newline) is returned
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to input with leading comment
-    # . write(_test-stream, comment)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "#x\n"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . write(_test-stream, real text)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "ab"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, 0x61/a, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment"/imm32
-    68/push  0x61/imm32/a
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment-and-whitespace:
-    # - check that the first byte after a comment and any further whitespace is returned
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to input with leading comment and more whitespace after newline
-    # . write(_test-stream, comment)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "#x\n"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . write(_test-stream, real text)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  " ab"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment-and-whitespace: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment-and-whitespace:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, 0x61/a, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment-and-whitespace"/imm32
-    68/push  0x61/imm32/a
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte-skips-comment-and-whitespace:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace-and-comment:
-    # - check that the first byte after any whitespace and comments is returned
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to input with leading whitespace and comment
-    # . write(_test-stream, comment)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  " #x\n"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . write(_test-stream, real text)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "ab"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace-and-comment: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace-and-comment:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, 0x61/a, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace-and-comment"/imm32
-    68/push  0x61/imm32/a
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte-skips-whitespace-and-comment:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte-reads-final-byte:
-    # - check that the final byte in input is returned
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to input with single character
-    # . write(_test-stream, character)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "a"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-reads-final-byte: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-scan-next-byte-reads-final-byte:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, 0x61/a, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-reads-final-byte"/imm32
-    68/push  0x61/imm32/a
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte-reads-final-byte:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte-handles-Eof:
-    # - check that the right sentinel value is returned when there's no data remaining to be read
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # leave '_test-stream' empty
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte didn't abort
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 0, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-handles-Eof: unexpected abort"/imm32
-    68/push  0/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # return if abort
-    81          7/subop/compare     1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         0/imm32           # compare *(ECX+4)
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $test-scan-next-byte-handles-Eof:end/disp8
-    # check-ints-equal(EAX, Eof, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-handles-Eof"/imm32
-    68/push  0xffffffff/imm32/Eof
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte-handles-Eof:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-scan-next-byte-aborts-on-invalid-byte:
-    # - check that the a bad byte immediately aborts
-    # This test uses exit-descriptors. Use EBP for setting up local variables.
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # clear all streams
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-error-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to "x"
-    # . write(_test-stream, "x")
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "x"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize exit-descriptor 'ed' for the call to 'scan-next-byte' below
-    # . var ed/ECX : exit-descriptor
-    81          5/subop/subtract    3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # subtract from ESP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to ECX
-    # . tailor-exit-descriptor(ed, 12)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  0xc/imm32/nbytes-of-args-for-scan-next-byte
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  tailor-exit-descriptor/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # EAX = scan-next-byte(_test-buffered-file, _test-error-buffered-file, ed)
-    # . . push args
-    51/push-ECX/ed
-    68/push  _test-error-buffered-file/imm32
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  scan-next-byte/disp32
-    # registers except ESP may be clobbered at this point
-    # pop args to scan-next-byte
-    # . . discard first 2 args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . . restore ed
-    59/pop-to-ECX
-    # check that scan-next-byte aborted
-    # . check-ints-equal(ed->value, 2, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-scan-next-byte-aborts-on-invalid-byte"/imm32
-    68/push  2/imm32
-    # . . push ed->value
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   1/rm32/ECX    .           .             .           .           4/disp8         .                 # push *(ECX+4)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-$test-scan-next-byte-aborts-on-invalid-byte:end:
-    # . epilog
-    # don't restore ESP from EBP; manually reclaim locals
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-skip-until-newline:  # in : (address buffered-file) -> <void>
-    # pseudocode:
-    #   push EAX
-    #   while true
-    #     EAX = read-byte-buffered(in)
-    #     if (EAX == Eof) break
-    #     if (EAX == 0x0a) break
-    #   pop EAX
-    # . prolog
-    55/push-EBP
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           4/r32/ESP   .               .                 # copy ESP to EBP
-    # . save registers
-    50/push-EAX
-$skip-until-newline:loop:
-    # . EAX = read-byte-buffered(in)
-    # . . push args
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   5/rm32/EBP    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EBP+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  read-byte-buffered/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . if (EAX == Eof) break
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  0xffffffff/imm32/Eof
-    74/jump-if-equal  $skip-until-newline:end/disp8
-    # . if (EAX != 0xa/newline) loop
-    3d/compare-EAX-and  0xa/imm32/newline
-    75/jump-if-not-equal  $skip-until-newline:loop/disp8
-$skip-until-newline:end:
-    # . restore registers
-    58/pop-to-EAX
-    # . epilog
-    89/copy                         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           5/r32/EBP   .               .                 # copy EBP to ESP
-    5d/pop-to-EBP
-    c3/return
-
-test-skip-until-newline:
-    # - check that the read pointer points after the newline
-    # setup
-    # . clear-stream(_test-stream)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . clear-stream(_test-buffered-file+4)
-    # . . push args
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    05/add-to-EAX  4/imm32
-    50/push-EAX
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  clear-stream/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # initialize '_test-stream' to "abc\nde"
-    # . write(_test-stream, "abc")
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "abc\n"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # . write(_test-stream, "de")
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "de"/imm32
-    68/push  _test-stream/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  write/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               8/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # skip-until-newline(_test-buffered-file)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  skip-until-newline/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               4/imm32           # add to ESP
-    # check-ints-equal(_test-buffered-file->read, 4, msg)
-    # . . push args
-    68/push  "F - test-skip-until-newline"/imm32
-    68/push  4/imm32
-    b8/copy-to-EAX  _test-buffered-file/imm32
-    ff          6/subop/push        1/mod/*+disp8   0/rm32/EAX    .           .             .           .           8/disp8         .                 # push *(EAX+8)
-    # . . call
-    e8/call  check-ints-equal/disp32
-    # . . discard args
-    81          0/subop/add         3/mod/direct    4/rm32/ESP    .           .             .           .           .               0xc/imm32         # add to ESP
-    # . end
-    c3/return
-
-== data
-
-_test-error-stream:
-    # current write index
-    0/imm32
-    # current read index
-    0/imm32
-    # line
-    0x80/imm32  # 128 bytes
-    # data (8 lines x 16 bytes/line)
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
-
-# a test buffered file for _test-error-stream
-_test-error-buffered-file:
-    # file descriptor or (address stream)
-    _test-error-stream/imm32
-    # current write index
-    0/imm32
-    # current read index
-    0/imm32
-    # length
-    6/imm32
-    # data
-    00 00 00 00 00 00  # 6 bytes
-
-# . . vim:nowrap:textwidth=0