Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final

From	Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid>
Subject	Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
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Date	2013-08-17 03:08 -0500

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Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> wrote:
> Andrew Haley wrote:
> 
>> Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The proposal is frank and says that newname and oldname have
>>> identical effects, it is implementable, and if you have questions
>>> about how to implement it properly, I can certainly assist.
>>> 
>>> Essentially, all you have to do is to change your NAME> or
>>> whatever you call it to get from the NFA to the XT so that it
>>> recognizes synonyms and does a @ of the xt (or maybe nt, if an xt
>>> is not enough) stored there.  It requires to add one word and
>>> change one other word, it is *not* a big deal.
>> 
>> Hmmmm, maybe, but not so fast.  What should SEEing a SYNOYM do?  I
>> think it should see the SYNOYM, not the thing of which it is suppose
>> to be a synonym.
> 
> As Alex already explained, SEE can first check the name token, and
> tell you that bar is a synonym to foo.  Yes, this means you need a
> third place to change if you want to have a perfect SEE.

So far as we know at the moment.

It's a case of a frequently-observed phenomenon: a change that
initially looks reasonable and quite simple turns out to have wider
ramifications.

Andrew.

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RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-12 21:08 +0100
  Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-12 17:02 -0500
  Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-13 06:40 +0000
    Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-13 15:47 +0100
  Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-08-13 08:30 +0000
    Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-13 03:49 -0500
      Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-08-13 12:10 +0000
        Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final graham <"s\" xyzgrahams@tectime.com\" 3 /string"> - 2013-08-14 11:51 +0100
        Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-14 11:11 +0000
          Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-14 07:08 -0500
            Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-14 13:22 +0000
              SYNONYM (was: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-14 13:34 +0000
                Re: SYNONYM (was: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final) stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-08-15 12:46 +0000
                Re: SYNONYM (was: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-15 14:44 +0000
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              Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-14 09:40 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-14 16:39 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-14 11:32 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-14 18:26 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-14 14:50 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Elizabeth D Rather <erather@forth.com> - 2013-08-14 10:28 -1000
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                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-15 07:20 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2013-08-15 08:23 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-15 03:16 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-15 12:32 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-15 07:26 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-15 12:50 +0000
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-15 08:55 -0500
                SYNONYM (was: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-15 14:05 +0000
                Re: SYNONYM Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-15 09:16 -0500
                Re: SYNONYM "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-15 16:07 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-08-15 23:52 +0200
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-16 07:22 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-16 13:39 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-16 08:25 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-16 18:54 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-16 13:13 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-16 13:16 +0000
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-16 09:01 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-16 14:23 +0000
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-08-16 22:14 +0200
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-08-16 21:46 +0200
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-17 03:08 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-16 13:42 +0000
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2013-08-16 22:12 +0200
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2013-08-17 12:29 +0000
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Graham Smith <"s\" xyzgrahams@tectime.com\" 3 /string"> - 2013-08-16 17:36 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-16 12:00 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-16 18:56 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2013-08-16 13:07 -0500
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final "Alex McDonald" <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-16 19:18 +0100
                Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Graham Smith <"s\" not@gray@forthman.plus.com\" 4 /string"> - 2013-08-16 20:22 +0100
          Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-08-14 14:42 +0000
      Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2013-08-14 12:40 +0000
        Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2013-08-14 06:20 -0700
          Re: RfD v7: TRAVERSE-WORDLIST final Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-08-14 06:23 -0700
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