wcdatool-v3.3

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Changelog for v3.3 release:

• fixed regression regarding deduplication of consecutive data lines (added in v3.2) messing up disassembly split into separate files (i.e. reconstructed source files) (fixes issue #16)
• prevent very long lines when deduplicating consecutive data lines by truncating hex output/display + appending '..'
• added support for regions with multiple access sizes when generating/outputting possible hints for code objects
• extended pretty printer (modules/module_pretty_print.py) to produce hex dumps of bytes and other bytes-like objects
• extended file writer (module_miscellaneous.py) to create folders for destination path if missing
• fixed regex strings in re.match and re.search calls producing SyntaxWarnings with Python 3.12+ due to invalid escape sequences
• applied various minor changes (console output, code formatting, comments, etc.)

wcdatool-v3.2

Changelog for v3.2 release:

• added algorithm to deduplicate consecutive data lines in formatted disassembly (greatly reduces disassembly size for data objects)
• removed TESTING label for some code blocks that have proven themselves to be useful and stable
• applied minor updates to object hints (MK2.EXE, PACMANVR.EXE)

wcdatool-v3.1

Changelog for v3.1 release:

• added algorithm to rename duplicate globals to avoid name clashing (unique labels are important/helpful when trying to recompile disassembly as one huge blob)

• added support for loop instruction (treated like call/jumps, i.e. loop targets contribute to branch analysis and are replaced with labels in formatted disassembly)

• added script to compile wcdatool using Cython (no performance gain yet as wcdatool's Python sources have not yet been decorated/optimized for Cython)

• fixed minor copy&paste mistake (references to non-existing variables in module_miscellaneous.py)

• updated object hints for Pac-Man VR

• overhauled a number of comments (clarification/updates/typos)

• added wcdatool's usage information to README.md

• applied a number of minor changes to README.md

wcdatool-v3.0

Changelog for v3.0 release:

• added support for TBYTES (thanks to halamix2 for adding to this) (e.g. FATAL.EXE, PYL.EXE)

• implemented workaround for fixup records lacking a target offset (although not entirely sure what those are actually about) (e.g. FATAL.EXE, PYL.EXE)

• added support for call/jump stubs (i.e. call/jumps instructions with targets that only are determined at runtime via fixup records) (e.g. MK2.EXE)

• added 'fixup takes precedence' logic for branch targets (i.e. fixups targets are considered more trustworthy and may override branch targets determined by objdump)

• added feature to suggest possible object hints for code objects (based on the observation that data regions in code objects usually get access sizes assigned to them)

• added preliminary support for a branch tracing disassembler (disabled by default, not ready for production yet)

• applied many additional minor fixes/changes

wcdatool-v2.0

Changelog for v2.0 release:

• comprehensive rewrite of the entire tool:

  • no longer monolithic, sources now split into separate modules

  • disassembler now centered around fixup records

  • overhauled and verified almost all of the source code

• rebranded to 'wcdatool'