try:
	from colorama import Fore, Style
	HAS_COLORAMA = True
except ImportError:
	HAS_COLORAMA = False

if not HAS_COLORAMA:
	print("Warning: colorama is not installed.")
	print("Install it with: pip install colorama or sudo apt install python3-colorama or sudo pacman -S python-colorama")
	exit(-1);


def is_number(s):
	try:
		if s.lower().startswith(("0x", "0b", "0o")):
			int(s, 0)
		else:
			int(s)
		return True
	except ValueError:
		return False


REG_OPCODE_MASK = 0x3f800000
REG_DEST_MASK   = 0x001f0000
REG_SRC2_MASK   = 0x0000f800 	
REG_SRC1_MASK   = 0x000007f0

LS_OPCODE_MASK  = 0x3c000000
LS_IMM_MASK     = 0x03ffffff


print("this helper function is not ready yet!")