Parameter Encoding

Parameter types and values for primitives, system calls and subroutine calls are encoded in the callers byte code stream as follows:

opADD8 (ParCode1, ParCode2, ParCodeN)

Bits  76543210
      --------
      0Ttxxxxx    short format
      ||||||||
      |0||||||    constant
      ||||||||
      ||0vvvvv    positive value
      ||1vvvvv    negative value
      |||
      |1|         variable
      | |
      | 0iiiii    local index
      | 1iiiii    global index
      |
      1ttt-bbb    long format
       ||| |||
       0|| |||    constant
       ||| |||
       |0| |||    value
       |1| |||    label
       ||| |||
       1|| |||    variable
        || |||
        0| |||    local
        1| |||    global
         | |||
         0 |||    value
         1 |||    handle
           |||
           000    Zero terminated string  (subject to change)
           001    1 bytes to follow       (subject to change)
           010    2 bytes to follow       (subject to change)
           011    4 bytes to follow       (subject to change)
           100    Zero terminated string  

For subroutine parameters additional information about no of pars, direction and size are needed and placed in front of the called code\n
Parameters MUST be sorted so: largest (4 bytes) parameters is first and smallest (1 byte) is last in the list.

OffsetToInstructions -> NoOfPars, ParType1, ParType2, ParTypen

Bits  76543210
      --------
      io---bbb    long format
      ||   |||
      1x   |||    parameter in
      x1   |||    parameter out
           |||
           000    8  bits
           001    16 bits
           010    32 bits
           011    float
           100    Zero terminated string (next byte tells allocated size)