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Re: Quotations revisited

From Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru>
Newsgroups comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: Quotations revisited
Date 2012-07-25 03:38 +0400
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"Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:

> On 7/23/12 6:50 AM, Anton Ertl wrote:
>> "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
>>> And putting CATCH around something as tiny as H. implies you have to
>>> sprinkle them in every word that does output.  Ugh.
>>
>> Not at all.  You use CATCH for any word that changes a global variable
>> that needs to be restored (BASE in the HEX. example), and any word
>> that allocates a resource that needs to be freed.
>>
>> Why would you sprinkle it in every word that does output?
>
> I thought that was why you were doing it. But BASE should never
> be a global variable, it's a user variable!

Now this is really laughable.

Your so-called "user" variables are nothing but global variables.
Or do you mean that their scope is restricted to where they are defined?
Do you really cannot change them in any subroutine?


-- 
HE CE3OH...

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Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-14 15:55 +0200
  Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-15 19:26 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-15 23:53 +0200
    Re: Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-15 23:54 +0200
      Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-16 00:48 +0200
        Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-22 15:01 +0000
          Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:49 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 21:39 +0000
              Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-25 13:13 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:07 -0500
          Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 10:21 -0700
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 12:35 -0500
              Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:39 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 15:16 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 14:35 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-23 04:18 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 12:58 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-23 11:55 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-23 05:45 -0700
            Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-27 12:41 +0000
      Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-15 14:11 -1000
        Re: Quotations revisited "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-07-16 07:47 +0200
          Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 13:56 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 07:20 -1000
              Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 13:49 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited Mark Wills <markrobertwills@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-16 02:32 -0700
          Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-27 12:58 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 04:32 -0500
          Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 11:41 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 07:40 -0500
              Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 14:05 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 09:20 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 15:46 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 11:33 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 15:32 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 17:56 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-16 23:37 +0200
          Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-27 13:05 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-27 08:21 -0500
      Re: Quotations revisited Roelf Toxopeus <rt4all@notthis.hetnet.nl> - 2012-07-16 10:14 +0200
      Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 04:23 -0500
        Re: Quotations revisited m.a.m.hendrix@tue.nl - 2012-07-16 03:39 -0700
          Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 07:09 -0500
            Re: Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-16 23:47 +0200
              Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 04:14 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-17 17:39 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 12:18 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix) - 2012-07-17 20:26 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 16:21 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-19 15:58 -0700
      Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 14:05 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 12:47 +0000
      Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 08:56 -0500
      Re: Quotations revisited Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2012-07-16 15:04 +0100
        Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 09:23 -0500
          Re: Quotations revisited Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2012-07-16 17:38 +0100
            Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-16 12:58 -0500
        Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-16 14:56 +0000
      Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-16 22:53 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited BruceMcF <agila61@netscape.net> - 2012-07-16 19:59 -0700
          Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 17:04 -1000
            Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 06:51 +0000
              Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 21:39 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 07:48 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 22:24 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-17 10:48 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-17 08:19 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-18 01:31 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 16:11 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-19 12:41 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-21 01:24 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-20 16:20 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-21 03:59 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-21 21:33 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-22 01:35 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-22 21:19 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 08:15 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:48 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-22 21:48 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 15:22 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 14:50 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 15:08 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-22 15:20 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-23 03:29 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 14:22 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-23 05:46 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 21:46 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-25 03:31 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:50 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-23 07:57 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-25 03:38 +0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 13:01 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-21 12:10 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-21 09:19 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-21 18:58 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 04:24 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-22 14:25 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-22 11:11 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-21 19:29 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:31 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-23 12:21 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 17:32 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-23 11:23 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-24 03:28 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-25 13:15 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-25 11:47 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 13:06 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-26 09:50 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 15:11 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-26 11:06 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-26 16:46 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-27 04:52 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-26 09:48 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-27 14:51 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-28 08:29 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-29 20:55 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-30 04:40 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-31 23:46 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-08-01 04:30 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:17 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-22 18:41 -0400
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:53 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-17 12:22 +0000
              Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 07:30 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-17 06:34 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 09:04 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-18 07:07 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-18 17:43 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-18 09:29 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-18 20:59 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Coos Haak <chforth@hccnet.nl> - 2012-07-18 21:14 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 16:05 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-20 14:50 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-20 15:08 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-21 11:27 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-23 16:28 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 19:41 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-18 10:18 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2012-07-19 17:00 +0000
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-19 15:34 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-19 16:08 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 20:09 +0200
  Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 12:01 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-16 10:42 -0700
      Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 18:06 +0000
        Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 11:08 -1000
          Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-16 21:38 +0000
            Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 00:29 +0200
              Re: Quotations revisited "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-16 12:38 -1000
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 04:20 -0500
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-17 03:21 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-17 03:14 -0700
                Re: Quotations revisited Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2012-07-17 19:58 +0200
                Re: Quotations revisited Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2012-07-17 13:05 -0500
  Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-20 11:12 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-20 05:40 -0700
      Re: Quotations revisited stephenXXX@mpeforth.com (Stephen Pelc) - 2012-07-20 15:55 +0000
    Re: Quotations revisited Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 20:54 -0700
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