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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+"""
+strip_asm.py - Cleanup ASM output for the specified file
+"""
+
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+
+def find_used_labels(asm):
+    found = set()
+    label_re = re.compile("\s*j[a-z]+\s+\.L([a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)")
+    for l in asm.splitlines():
+        m = label_re.match(l)
+        if m:
+            found.add('.L%s' % m.group(1))
+    return found
+
+
+def normalize_labels(asm):
+    decls = set()
+    label_decl = re.compile("^[.]{0,1}L([a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)(?=:)")
+    for l in asm.splitlines():
+        m = label_decl.match(l)
+        if m:
+            decls.add(m.group(0))
+    if len(decls) == 0:
+        return asm
+    needs_dot = next(iter(decls))[0] != '.'
+    if not needs_dot:
+        return asm
+    for ld in decls:
+        asm = re.sub("(^|\s+)" + ld + "(?=:|\s)", '\\1.' + ld, asm)
+    return asm
+
+
+def transform_labels(asm):
+    asm = normalize_labels(asm)
+    used_decls = find_used_labels(asm)
+    new_asm = ''
+    label_decl = re.compile("^\.L([a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)(?=:)")
+    for l in asm.splitlines():
+        m = label_decl.match(l)
+        if not m or m.group(0) in used_decls:
+            new_asm += l
+            new_asm += '\n'
+    return new_asm
+
+
+def is_identifier(tk):
+    if len(tk) == 0:
+        return False
+    first = tk[0]
+    if not first.isalpha() and first != '_':
+        return False
+    for i in range(1, len(tk)):
+        c = tk[i]
+        if not c.isalnum() and c != '_':
+            return False
+    return True
+
+def process_identifiers(l):
+    """
+    process_identifiers - process all identifiers and modify them to have
+    consistent names across all platforms; specifically across ELF and MachO.
+    For example, MachO inserts an additional understore at the beginning of
+    names. This function removes that.
+    """
+    parts = re.split(r'([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)', l)
+    new_line = ''
+    for tk in parts:
+        if is_identifier(tk):
+            if tk.startswith('__Z'):
+                tk = tk[1:]
+            elif tk.startswith('_') and len(tk) > 1 and \
+                    tk[1].isalpha() and tk[1] != 'Z':
+                tk = tk[1:]
+        new_line += tk
+    return new_line
+
+
+def process_asm(asm):
+    """
+    Strip the ASM of unwanted directives and lines
+    """
+    new_contents = ''
+    asm = transform_labels(asm)
+
+    # TODO: Add more things we want to remove
+    discard_regexes = [
+        re.compile("\s+\..*$"), # directive
+        re.compile("\s*#(NO_APP|APP)$"), #inline ASM
+        re.compile("\s*#.*$"), # comment line
+        re.compile("\s*\.globa?l\s*([.a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9$_.]*)"), #global directive
+        re.compile("\s*\.(string|asciz|ascii|[1248]?byte|short|word|long|quad|value|zero)"),
+    ]
+    keep_regexes = [
+
+    ]
+    fn_label_def = re.compile("^[a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_.]*:")
+    for l in asm.splitlines():
+        # Remove Mach-O attribute
+        l = l.replace('@GOTPCREL', '')
+        add_line = True
+        for reg in discard_regexes:
+            if reg.match(l) is not None:
+                add_line = False
+                break
+        for reg in keep_regexes:
+            if reg.match(l) is not None:
+                add_line = True
+                break
+        if add_line:
+            if fn_label_def.match(l) and len(new_contents) != 0:
+                new_contents += '\n'
+            l = process_identifiers(l)
+            new_contents += l
+            new_contents += '\n'
+    return new_contents
+
+def main():
+    parser = ArgumentParser(
+        description='generate a stripped assembly file')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'input', metavar='input', type=str, nargs=1,
+        help='An input assembly file')
+    parser.add_argument(
+        'out', metavar='output', type=str, nargs=1,
+        help='The output file')
+    args, unknown_args = parser.parse_known_args()
+    input = args.input[0]
+    output = args.out[0]
+    if not os.path.isfile(input):
+        print(("ERROR: input file '%s' does not exist") % input)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    contents = None
+    with open(input, 'r') as f:
+        contents = f.read()
+    new_contents = process_asm(contents)
+    with open(output, 'w') as f:
+        f.write(new_contents)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()
+
+# vim: tabstop=4 expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
+# kate: tab-width: 4; replace-tabs on; indent-width 4; tab-indents: off;
+# kate: indent-mode python; remove-trailing-spaces modified;