Move active codebase out of root directory

[lhsazevedo]

What do you think of moving the active codebase (wla-cpu, wlalink, byte-tester, etc) out of the root directory?
I think this way it's simpler to understand, navigate and maintain it. As well as keeping consistent with already separated folders (docs, examples, etc)

We can go even further and create a subdir for wla-cpu inside src/, and reorganize wla-cpu code in folders too (like decode/ and opcodes/):

📁 examples
📁 historical
📁 src
├ 📁 wlab
│ ├ 📄 main.c
│ └ ...
│
├ 📁 wlalink
│ ├ 📄 main.c
│ └ ...
│
└ 📁 wla-cpu
   ├ 📁 opcodes
   ├ 📁 decode
   ├ 📄 main.c
       ...

I've setup a branch so you can clone and test it: https://github.com/lhsazevedo/wla-dx/tree/move-to-src
It builds and passes all tests here at my Linux desktop. Don't know about Windows though.

[cr1901]

It's a good idea, but I won't have time to test this on Windows or MSDOS (don't forget to update those Makefiles) for a bit.

In addition, changing the directory structure is going to make bisecting more difficult. But I suppose one could write a script for that to automate rebuilding against the old dir structure and new one.

[lhsazevedo]

Sadly I can't test on other platforms, and it maybe be better to let more experienced people handle Makefiles as they are new to me to. I think this is more an idea/starting point than the real thing.

Oh, and what does bisecting means in this context?

[cr1901]

By bisecting I mean git bisect.

[vhelin]

Good idea as the current folder structure is a bit messy. But like @cr1901 said, the historical makefiles/scripts need to be updated as well and work after the change. Personally I wouldn't do this unless I had nothing else to do as bug fixes & new features >>> reorganization... It'll be a pain in the behind to update those files in the historical folder... Let's keep this in mind unless someone really feels like doing it!

[jeffythedragonslayer]

I really like this idea. The thing is, we don't know how many people are scared away from using WLA because it's not organized well enough for them, so I wouldn't mind helping with this.

[lhsazevedo]

Maybe we can consider this now that we have the makefile generator