Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR]

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Le 11/03/2012 18:11, Josh Grams a écrit :
> Rod Pemberton wrote:<jjhtn6$b3r$1@speranza.aioe.org>
>> However, the three ANS Forths I tried *also* support the following usage:
>>
>> : T CHAR 'A' . ;<ok>
>> T 65<ok>
>
> You should get in the habit of checking whether your definitions leave
> stack junk -- CHAR is redundant there:
>
> T B . 65 66<ok>
>
> The character literal syntax isn't in any standard; it's just a
> common-sense thing which some Forth systems support.  IIRC gforth
> supported 'A but not 'A' for a while...
>
> --Josh

: T CHAR  . ;

t a 97  ok
t b 98  ok
t n 110  ok
t t 116  ok
t u 117  ok

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Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-11 06:10 -0400
  Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-11 06:03 -0500
  Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-03-11 13:09 +0100
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-12 19:43 -0400
      Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-12 16:22 -1000
        Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-03-13 03:23 -0700
        Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Josh Grams <josh@qualdan.com> - 2012-03-13 12:51 +0000
  Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Josh Grams <josh@qualdan.com> - 2012-03-11 17:11 +0000
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Jean-Bernard Faucon <jb@nospam.com> - 2012-03-11 21:34 +0100
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-12 10:45 +0000
  Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-11 13:57 -0700
  Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-11 17:06 -0400
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Josh Grams <josh@qualdan.com> - 2012-03-11 21:38 +0000
      Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-11 14:12 -1000
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-03-11 18:42 -0700
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-03-12 11:13 +0000
      Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-12 19:46 -0400
        Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-03-12 16:56 -1000
  Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Ed" <nospam@invalid.com> - 2012-03-14 16:35 +1100
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-03-14 08:49 -0700
      Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Ed" <nospam@invalid.com> - 2012-03-15 12:29 +1100
        Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-03-15 04:11 -0400
          Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Peter Knaggs" <pjk@bcs.org.uk> - 2012-03-15 10:24 +0000
            Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-15 06:23 -0500
              Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-15 12:05 +0000
                Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-15 08:19 -0500
          Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Ed" <nospam@invalid.com> - 2012-03-17 13:17 +1100
            Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-17 15:13 +0000
              Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-03-18 06:07 -0500
              Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Ed" <nospam@invalid.com> - 2012-03-18 23:01 +1100
                Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-18 15:21 +0000
                Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-03-18 23:15 +0100
        Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-03-15 11:59 +0000
    Re: Question on CHAR and [CHAR] "Ed" <nospam@invalid.com> - 2012-03-15 12:29 +1100

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