internal/inst: doc exported symbols (#9)

internal/inst/table.go

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package inst
 //go:generate avogen -bootstrap -data ../data -output ztable.go godata
 //go:generate avogen -bootstrap -data ../data -output ztable_test.go godatatest
 
+// Lookup returns the instruction with the given opcode. Boolean return value
+// indicates whether the instruction was found.
 func Lookup(opcode string) (Instruction, bool) {
 	for _, i := range Instructions {
 		if i.Opcode == opcode {

internal/inst/types.go

@@ -5,18 +5,22 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+// Instruction represents an x86 instruction.
 type Instruction struct {
-	Opcode  string
+	Opcode  string // Golang assembly mnemonic
-	AliasOf string
+	AliasOf string // Opcode of instruction that this is an alias for
-	Summary string
+	Summary string // Description of the instruction
-	Forms   []Form
+	Forms   []Form // Accepted operand forms
 }
 
+// IsTerminal reports whether the instruction exits a function.
 func (i Instruction) IsTerminal() bool {
 	// TODO(mbm): how about the RETF* instructions
 	return i.Opcode == "RET"
 }
 
+// IsBranch reports whether the instruction is a branch; that is, if it can
+// cause control flow to jump to another location.
 func (i Instruction) IsBranch() bool {
 	if i.Opcode == "CALL" {
 		return false
@@ -31,10 +35,12 @@ func (i Instruction) IsBranch() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+// IsConditionalBranch reports whether the instruction branches dependent on some condition.
 func (i Instruction) IsConditionalBranch() bool {
 	return i.IsBranch() && i.Opcode != "JMP"
 }
 
+// Arities returns the unique arities among the instruction forms.
 func (i Instruction) Arities() []int {
 	s := map[int]bool{}
 	for _, f := range i.Forms {
@@ -48,6 +54,8 @@ func (i Instruction) Arities() []int {
 	return a
 }
 
+// Arity is a convenience for returning the unique instruction arity when you
+// know it is not variadic. Panics for a variadic instruction.
 func (i Instruction) Arity() int {
 	if i.IsVariadic() {
 		panic("variadic")
@@ -56,25 +64,33 @@ func (i Instruction) Arity() int {
 	return a[0]
 }
 
+// IsVariadic reports whether the instruction has more than one arity.
 func (i Instruction) IsVariadic() bool {
 	return len(i.Arities()) > 1
 }
 
+// IsNiladic reports whether the instruction takes no operands.
 func (i Instruction) IsNiladic() bool {
 	a := i.Arities()
 	return len(a) == 1 && a[0] == 0
 }
 
+// Form specifies one accepted set of operands for an instruction.
 type Form struct {
-	ISA              []string
+	// Instruction sets this instruction form requires.
-	Operands         []Operand
+	ISA []string
+	// Operands required for this form.
+	Operands []Operand
+	// Registers read or written but not explicitly passed to the instruction.
 	ImplicitOperands []ImplicitOperand
 }
 
+// Arity returns the number of operands this form expects.
 func (f Form) Arity() int {
 	return len(f.Operands)
 }
 
+// Signature returns the list of operand types.
 func (f Form) Signature() []string {
 	s := make([]string, f.Arity())
 	for i, op := range f.Operands {
@@ -83,24 +99,29 @@ func (f Form) Signature() []string {
 	return s
 }
 
+// Operand is an operand to an instruction, describing the expected type and read/write action.
 type Operand struct {
 	Type   string
 	Action Action
 }
 
+// ImplicitOperand describes a register that is implicitly read/written by an instruction.
 type ImplicitOperand struct {
 	Register string
 	Action   Action
 }
 
+// Action specifies the read/write operation of an instruction on an operand.
 type Action uint8
 
+// Possible Action types.
 const (
 	R  Action = 0x1
 	W  Action = 0x2
 	RW Action = R | W
 )
 
+// ActionFromReadWrite builds an Action from boolean flags.
 func ActionFromReadWrite(r, w bool) Action {
 	var a Action
 	if r {
@@ -112,18 +133,22 @@ func ActionFromReadWrite(r, w bool) Action {
 	return a
 }
 
+// Contains reports whether a supports all actions in s.
 func (a Action) Contains(s Action) bool {
 	return (a & s) == s
 }
 
+// Read reports whether a supports read.
 func (a Action) Read() bool {
 	return a.Contains(R)
 }
 
+// Write reports whether a supports write.
 func (a Action) Write() bool {
 	return a.Contains(W)
 }
 
+// String represents a as a human-readable string.
 func (a Action) String() string {
 	s := ""
 	if a.Read() {