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Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues

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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> wrote in message
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> On 7/2/12 1:46 PM, Rod Pemberton wrote:
...

> > 6.1.1360 EVALUATE
> > "[...] Make the string described by 'c-addr' and 'u' both the input
> > source and input buffer, [...] "
> >
> > Does that mean I can CMOVE the EVALUATE string to TIB?  Or,
> > must the original string in it's original location be parsed?  It says
> > to make the string *described* by ...  It doesn't say the original
> > string, in the original location, must be used or parsed in place.  Is
> > that an acceptable interpretation?  Or, am I placing emphasis where
> > it's not present?  What is the intent here?  I.e., is it legitimate to
> > copy the original string to another buffer and process that secondary
> > buffer?  That's what I did, copying it to TIB .
>
> It's up to you whether you move it or not, [...]
>

So, you believe copying the input to EVALUATE is acceptable.

> [...] but you may *not* move it to TIB, since you aren't entitled
> to write to TIB

Uh...  Why?

Does TIB qualify as "input buffer" according to ANS?  I thought so.  Unless
I misunderstood, the quote (below) states "programs" aren't allowed to write
to TIB, but "system" words, like EVALUATE, are allowed to write to TIB...
Moving up the ANS quote for reference:

> > 3.3.3.5 Input Buffers
> > "[...] A program shall not write into the input buffer. [...]"
...

> (to do so would destroy its prior contents, as others have pointed out).

Yes.

I'll check, but I'm fully confident it will corrupt anything after
EVALUATE if the input string is sufficiently long enough.

> Most implementations do not move the string.

Ok.  Thanks.

> There are a number of potential "input buffers": terminal input, files,
> blocks, and EVALUATE strings. It's really necessary for INTERPRET to be
> able to work on all of them, interchangeably and in any order.

Yes, I've not implemented most of those "input buffers".


Rod Pemberton

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ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-02 19:46 -0400
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-02 17:01 -0700
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-03 15:00 +0000
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-03 15:33 +0000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-03 02:54 -0500
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-03 03:32 -0500
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-03 03:53 -0700
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-03 08:50 -1000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-03 03:47 -0700
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-04 05:14 -0400
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-04 04:10 -0700
        Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-04 06:34 -0500
          Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-04 05:22 -0700
            Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-05 04:08 +0000
              Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-04 18:32 -1000
                Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-05 05:25 -0700
                Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-05 08:04 -1000
          Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-04 08:02 -1000
        Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-05 03:58 +0000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-03 10:22 +0000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-03 09:19 -1000
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-03 09:35 -1000
    Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-04 05:12 -0400
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-04 17:53 +0200
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-04 08:53 -0700
      Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-04 08:10 -1000
  Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-03 16:09 -0700

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