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Re: dot-quote implementation question

From "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: dot-quote implementation question
Date 2011-12-21 16:14 -0500
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"BruceMcF" <agila61@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:159725a0-c652-4ce2-8ae0-fb02a0a71a94@u32g2000yqe.googlegroups.com...
> On Dec 20, 10:58 am, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h...@noavailemail.cmm>
> wrote:
...

> >> Given your objectives, it seems to make sense to define VARIABLE and
> >> CONSTANT in the ASCII file, as:
> >> : VARIABLE CREATE 0 , ;
> >> : CONSTANT CREATE , DOES> @ ;
>
> > Yes, I already use those in the ASCII file.
>
> Then you don't need a DOVAR or a DCON ~ because when you define
> a constant, it will have a DODOES in it, and when you define a variable,
> it will have a DOCREATE in it.

That would change VARIABLE from using DOVAR to using DOCREATE, but
CONSTANT still uses DODOES.  I asked about DOCREATE elsewhere
and you replied.

> For instance, if the ASCII file assumes hexadecimal
> literals at the outset [...]

Currently, I use decimal in the ASCII file, although I do prefer hex.  IIRC,
it should accept any base that C accepts since I'm using C's sscanf()
function to convert text numbers in NUMBER.  However, it would be in C's
format, e.g., 0x20 for 32.  At some point, that may be converted to Forth
and I may eventually support BASE etc.

> [...] your boostrap literal number interpreter is a
> simple mask and shift process on a string of known
> maximum length so BASE can be defined in the
> ASCII file and then the xt of the Forth94 literal
> conversion routine replaces the xt of the bootstrap literal
> number converter in the bootstrap data block.

Forth code for parsing numbers is not implemented, yet, if ever.  My
perspective - perhaps warped - is if I can use some standard C function
calls as useful primitives, e.g., sccanf(), strcmp(), strcpy(), strlen(),
strchr(), etc., should I try to implement them in Forth?  My interpreter is
coded in C and so has access to a full set of C libraries.  Although I'm
attempting to minimize C use, some C functions are simple, available, and
very useful, just like DUP or SWAP or 0=, etc.


Rod Pemberton

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dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-10 05:28 -0500
  Re: dot-quote implementation question anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-12-10 12:00 +0000
    Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-10 06:52 -0800
    Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-10 21:10 -0500
      Re: dot-quote implementation question "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2011-12-11 08:59 +0100
      Re: dot-quote implementation question Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-12-11 03:40 -0600
        Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-12 05:04 -0500
          Re: dot-quote implementation question Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-12-12 04:56 -0600
            Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-13 10:08 -0500
          Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-12 07:42 -0800
            Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-13 09:47 -0500
              Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-17 04:57 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-12-17 04:20 -0600
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-18 07:18 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-12-18 06:30 -0600
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-12-20 03:04 -0600
              Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-17 08:15 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-18 07:53 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-18 09:14 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-19 05:24 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-19 09:11 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-19 10:53 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2011-12-19 08:38 -1000
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2011-12-19 21:34 +0100
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-19 12:51 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-18 10:16 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2011-12-18 08:18 -1000
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-19 05:25 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2011-12-19 22:23 +0100
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-20 10:53 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2011-12-20 19:58 +0100
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 11:44 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-21 16:16 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 11:50 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-21 14:56 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-21 21:49 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-18 14:33 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-19 05:26 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-19 09:38 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2011-12-19 08:49 -1000
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-19 13:04 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-20 10:57 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 12:23 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 14:27 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-21 16:14 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-21 14:53 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-21 21:48 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-21 22:02 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-29 03:39 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-29 12:37 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-30 13:31 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-30 11:12 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-31 05:52 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-31 11:33 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-31 20:10 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-31 19:12 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2012-01-04 05:13 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-01-04 12:49 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2011-12-22 00:55 +0100
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2011-12-20 21:43 +0000
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-19 13:25 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-12-20 03:00 -0600
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 04:40 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2011-12-20 21:55 +0000
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 14:33 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2011-12-22 20:33 +0000
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-22 13:32 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2011-12-21 03:01 -0600
                Re: dot-quote implementation question Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2011-12-22 20:38 +0000
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-20 10:53 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-20 10:49 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 08:20 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-20 04:49 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-20 10:58 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-21 08:41 -0800
                Re: dot-quote implementation question "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@noavailemail.cmm> - 2011-12-21 16:14 -0500
                Re: dot-quote implementation question BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2011-12-21 15:14 -0800
      Strings (was: dot-quote implementation question) anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2011-12-11 10:33 +0000
        Re: Strings (was: dot-quote implementation question) kenney@cix.compulink.co.uk - 2011-12-12 02:53 -0600

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