Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint

From	"Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint
Date	2012-07-22 19:28 -0400
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"Aleksej Saushev" <asau@inbox.ru> wrote in message
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> Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> writes:
>
> > I would greatly prefer  (: .... ;) .
>
> It is really bad idea to use anything containing ")" when
> you lack proper lexer.
>

Why exactly is it a bad idea to use ) with Forth's space delimited lexing?
You're not placing (: ... ;) inside of comments ( ... ) are you?  A space
delimits every token including (: and ;) except for a few Forth words that
find their own delimiter.  So, a ) shouldn't be matched unintentionally, as
long as you avoid placing (: ... :) in the self-delimited words which use )
as a delimiter.  Those are the two Forth words ( and .(   So, you should
only have to avoid ( comments and .( for display for proper use of (: ... :)

Rod Pemberton

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:NONAME a different viewpoint Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-22 14:45 +0000
  Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-22 21:30 +0400
    Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-22 19:28 -0400
      Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 14:14 -1000
        Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-23 04:28 -0700
      Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-23 05:35 +0400
        Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 15:38 +0000
    Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 03:24 +0000
      Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-25 03:02 +0400
  Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-07-23 07:48 +0200
    Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 23:01 -0700

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