The Design and Implementation of the Yasm Assembler

Abstract

This document describes the internals of the yasm assembler. It is written by and for the developers of yasm, not for the users. It is not necessary to read or understand any part of this document unless you are working with yasm's source code or are just plain curious how yasm works internally.

Note that this design document may not always be in sync with the source code, although we try to do our best to update this document when changes are made to the source. If you notice any discrepencies, please feel free to fix them (or at least notify the development group about it).