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From: mhx@iae.nl (Marcel Hendrix)
Subject: Re: Forth as a polarising language
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Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2012 16:14:09 +0200
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Doug Hoffman <glidedog@gmail.com> wrote Re: OOP packages

> On 5/15/12 2:37 PM, Marcel Hendrix wrote:
>> Doug Hoffman<glidedog@gmail.com>  writes Re: OOP packages
[..]

> try replacing the one DEFER word with a value, then change the two other 
> definitions affected (changes in UPPER CASE):

> 0 VALUE allotocate
> : makeobj  ( class -- o) pre-obj allotocate EXECUTE post-obj ;
> : make ( xt -- o) TO allotocate ' >body state @
>   if postpone literal postpone makeobj else makeobj then ;

> This then compiled and ran fine for me on my version of iForth, no 
> extraneous stack items.

Actually, only one change is necessary: iForth's compiled IS is
written as [IS], like this:

: make ( xt -- o) [is] allotocate ' >body state @
   if postpone literal postpone makeobj else makeobj then ;

The problem with the extra stack items was my test: 
it was based on insufficient understanding of your code. I should
not have pasted the output of your posting verbatim. 

\ Original (wrong) test
dict> var value x
x .s init: \ ok
cr x p: 5  \ ok

\ New test
dict> var value x
x .s init: \ ok
cr x p:    \ 5 ok

Sorry about that.

Conclusion: This OOP package works on all major Forths with only 
a single cosmetic (is DEFER standard already?) change.

-marcel