# Add support for Metrowerks Codewarrior compiler **URL:** \ **Category:** Feature requests\ **Tags:** ideas, cpp\ **Created:** [October 31, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/add-support-for-metrowerks-codewarrior-compiler/859 "2026-10-31T16:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![void\_17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@void\_17](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/void_17)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/add-support-for-metrowerks-codewarrior-compiler/859/1 "2026-10-31T16:25:10Z")
As IDA Pro is improving its game consoles reverse engineering capabilities, I would like to request the support of the historic Metrowerks CodeWarrior compiler and its ABI (for example C++ exceptions) for the hex-rays decompiler. IDA already has rudimentary support of MetroWerks symbols demangling so I think it makes sense to extend CodeWarrior support further. CodeWarrior toolchain was used for the following consoles: - **GameCube** (PowerPC 750CXe “Gekko”) - **Wii** (PowerPC 750CL “Broadway”) - **Nintendo 64** (MIPS R4300i-based “Reality Coprocessor”) - **PlayStation 1 / Net Yaroze** (MIPS R3000A-compatible) - **PlayStation 2** (MIPS R5900-based “Emotion Engine”) - **Sega Dreamcast** (Hitachi SH-4) Also, it was the most popular choice on the market of classic Motorolla 68k and PowerPC Macs C/C++ toolchains. You can find plenty of documentation on its ABI, I will list some of it here: 1. [Macintosh C/C++ ABI: Standard Specification | PDF | C++ | Pointer (Computer Programming)](https://web.archive.org/web/20260301063457/https://www.scribd.com/document/559530448/abi-spec) 2. [GitHub - encounter/decomp-toolkit: A GameCube & Wii decompilation toolkit · GitHub](https://github.com/encounter/decomp-toolkit) 3. [GitHub - doldecomp/mweppc: A decompilation of the Metrowerks CodeWarrior toolchain. · GitHub](https://github.com/doldecomp/mweppc)