py: Implement native load for viper.

Viper can now do: ptr8(buf)[0], which loads a byte from a buffer using
machine instructions.

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/micropython/viper_ptr16_load.py b/tests/micropython/viper_ptr16_load.py
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index 000000000..06ce7db15
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+++ b/tests/micropython/viper_ptr16_load.py
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+# test loading from ptr16 type
+# only works on little endian machines
+
+@micropython.viper
+def get(src:ptr16) -> int:
+    return src[0]
+
+@micropython.viper
+def memadd(src:ptr16, n:int) -> int:
+    sum = 0
+    for i in range(n):
+        sum += src[i]
+    return sum
+
+b = bytearray(b'1234')
+print(b)
+print(get(b))
+print(memadd(b, 2))