[retroforth] Re: factoring request
- From: "Helmar Wodtke" <helmwo@xxxxxx>
- To: retroforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 12:35:34 +0200
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retroforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb am 26.10.04 12:26:12:
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> Helmar Wodtke (2004-10-26 12:03):
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> > retroforth@xxxxxxxxxxxxx schrieb am 26.10.04 12:01:55:
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> > > Would "new-word" be an acceptible name for this word?
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> > Of course :)
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> oh my ... how bad can it get? ;->
I could live with. Of course it's no good thing to have words with hyphen
inside.
> : create '" parse creates ;
> does not look that bad, only grammatically upside-down.
> I would expect the new word *after* creates even more than
> with create, the latter being ambiguous whether it's being
> used in a sentence or as imperative.
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> : create '" parse new-word ;
> is much too free of convenient connotations to be really useful.
Ok. How about word-create
: create '" parse word-create ;
> : create '" parse (create) ;
> however, makes it clear that (create) is the internal part
> of create handling the dictionary details, and that its's
> expecting a string (a n) on the stack.
It's not needed to markup the word as to be an internal part of create. I think
it's too useful as to degrade it this way.
Bis dann,
Helmar
helmwo@xxxxxx
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