retrotool-bass 18.0

Bundled bass v18 (ARM9 fork) multi-architecture assembler binary for retrotool

retrotool-bass

Bundled bass v18 (ARM9 fork) multi-architecture assembler CLI for retrotool. Installing this wheel makes bass available to retrotool.asm.patcher without a system bass on PATH.

bass is a table-based, multi-architecture, cross-platform macro assembler. Originally by byuu; the v18 ARM9 fork is the actively-maintained branch retrotool builds against.

Usage

from retrotool_bass import bass_binary, run_bass

# bass v18 modify-mode invocation: -m <target> applies the patch in place.
run_bass(["-m", "rom.sfc", "patch.asm"])

retrotool.asm.patcher.apply_bass_patch prefers the bundled binary when this package is installed, else falls back to bass on PATH.

Architecture files

bass loads architecture definitions (snes.cpu.arch, n64.cpu.arch, etc.) at runtime. The wheel bundles the architectures/ directory next to the binary so bass's Path::program() lookup succeeds without any extra setup. Override at runtime by pointing your script at a different bass build, or by placing custom .arch files under ~/.local/share/bass/architectures/ (bass searches user-data first).

License

bass v18 (ARM9 fork) is ISC. This wheel redistributes the compiled binary and architecture data under the same license. See vendor/bass/README.md for upstream attribution and vendor/bass/LICENSE if present.