From 85aa1894e45d7b6711e8c0a2a854f3e55e85ff6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Myles Busig <mdbusig@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2024 21:18:45 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Change debug registers to use references instead of pointers

---
 src/debug.cpp | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/debug.cpp b/src/debug.cpp
index 940991d..5330d9e 100644
--- a/src/debug.cpp
+++ b/src/debug.cpp
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ namespace reg {
  * When 0 is written to the register, debug output is disabled.
  * Will be set to 0x1DEA when successfully enabled.
  */
-static volatile uint16_t* enable = reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(0x4FFF780);
+static volatile uint16_t& enable = *reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(0x4FFF780);
 /**
  * \brief MGBA debug flags register.
  */
-static volatile uint16_t* flags = reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(0x4FFF700);
+static volatile uint16_t& flags = *reinterpret_cast<uint16_t*>(0x4FFF700);
 /**
  * \brief MGBA debug string register.
  *
@@ -36,15 +36,15 @@ static mtl::string_ext string(reinterpret_cast<char*>(0x4FFF600), 256);
 
 void puts(const char* msg, level lvl) {
 	reg::string = msg;
-	*reg::flags = (lvl) | 0x100;
+	reg::flags = (lvl) | 0x100;
 }
 
 bool open() {
-	*reg::enable = 0xC0DE;
-	return *reg::enable ==0x1DEA;
+	reg::enable = 0xC0DE;
+	return reg::enable == 0x1DEA;
 }
 
 void close() {
-	*reg::enable = 0;
+	reg::enable = 0;
 }
 }; // namespace debug