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+"""
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 Alex Forencich
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
+
+"""
+
+from .utils import hexdump, hexdump_lines, hexdump_str
+
+
+class SparseMemory:
+    def __init__(self, size):
+        self.size = size
+        self.segs = {}
+
+    def read(self, address, length, **kwargs):
+        if address < 0 or address >= self.size:
+            raise ValueError("address out of range")
+        if length < 0:
+            raise ValueError("invalid length")
+        if address+length > self.size:
+            raise ValueError("operation out of range")
+        data = bytearray()
+        while length > 0:
+            block_offset = address & 0xfff
+            block_addr = address - block_offset
+            block_len = min(4096 - block_offset, length)
+            try:
+                block = self.segs[block_addr]
+            except KeyError:
+                block = b'\x00'*4096
+            data.extend(block[block_offset:block_offset+block_len])
+            address += block_len
+            length -= block_len
+        return bytes(data)
+
+    def write(self, address, data, **kwargs):
+        if address < 0 or address >= self.size:
+            raise ValueError("address out of range")
+        if address+len(data) > self.size:
+            raise ValueError("operation out of range")
+        offset = 0
+        length = len(data)
+        while length > 0:
+            block_offset = address & 0xfff
+            block_addr = address - block_offset
+            block_len = min(4096 - block_offset, length)
+            try:
+                block = self.segs[block_addr]
+            except KeyError:
+                block = bytearray(4096)
+                self.segs[block_addr] = block
+            block[block_offset:block_offset+block_len] = data[offset:offset+block_len]
+            address += block_len
+            offset += block_len
+            length -= block_len
+
+    def clear(self):
+        self.segs.clear()
+
+    def hexdump(self, address, length, prefix=""):
+        hexdump(self.read(address, length), prefix=prefix, offset=address)
+
+    def hexdump_lines(self, address, length, prefix=""):
+        return hexdump_lines(self.read(address, length), prefix=prefix, offset=address)
+
+    def hexdump_str(self, address, length, prefix=""):
+        return hexdump_str(self.read(address, length), prefix=prefix, offset=address)
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return self.size
+
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        if isinstance(key, int):
+            return self.read(key, 1)[0]
+        elif isinstance(key, slice):
+            start, stop, step = key.indices(self.size)
+            if step == 1:
+                return self.read(start, stop-start)
+            else:
+                raise IndexError("specified step size is not supported")
+
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        if isinstance(key, int):
+            self.write(key, [value])
+        elif isinstance(key, slice):
+            start, stop, step = key.indices(self.size)
+            if step == 1:
+                value = bytes(value)
+                if stop-start != len(value):
+                    raise IndexError("slice assignment is wrong size")
+                return self.write(start, value)
+            else:
+                raise IndexError("specified step size is not supported")