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Re: ANS' EVALUATE and related issues

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In article <eb72d3eb-75e1-44ca-9f5c-89d25e657eea@k5g2000vbf.googlegroups.com>,
BruceMcF  <agila61@netscape.net> wrote:
>On Jul 2, 7:46=A0pm, "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_h...@notemailnot.cmm>
>wrote:
>
>> 6.1.1360 EVALUATE
>
>> "[...] Make the string described by 'c-addr' and 'u' both the input sourc=
>e
>> and input buffer, [...] "
>
>> Does that mean I can CMOVE the EVALUATE string to TIB?
>
>Remember that the EVALUATE string is allowed to be arbitrarily long,
>and the terminal input buffer normally will not be.

: INCLUDED  'GET-FILE CATCH THROW EVALUATE ;

>
>Rather than making a terminal input buffer that is as large as the
>largest possible EVALUATE buffer that could be ALLOTte or ALLOCATEd,
>I'd suggest having a variable location that points to the current
>input buffer and length, and pop the current contents and save them
>(often on the return stack) before placing:
>   ( ca u )
>
>... handed to EVALUATE into those variable location. Then replace the
>values when the interpret word returns to EVALUATE.


Groetjes Albert

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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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