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Re: Code management with wordlists

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On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 1:00:40 PM UTC+2, Julian Fondren wrote:
> 1. Bare bones ANS
> 2. VOCABULARY
> 3. Beheading
> 4. Packages

We should add the following two methods to the list:

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5. Modules

Modules are implemented in VFX Forth and used as follows:

MODULE <name>

: word1 ... ;
: word2 ... ;
: word3 ... ;

EXPORT word3

END-MODULE

All words defined inside the module are hidden except for
the ones that are exported before the end of the module.

Ulrich Hoffmann describes this method in detail.
See http://theforth.net/package/modules

Article in German language:
Forth Magazin "Vierte Dimension" VD 2016-02, Seite 15
Download currently: http://85.214.243.249/filemgmt_data/files/4d2016-02.pdf

Modules are rather similar to packages.
In packages, you decide between private and public on a word-by-word basis.
In modules, every word is private from the beginning. At the end, you export
some words to make them public.

Both methods have their advantages.

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6. Excising

This method was used in LMI PC/FORTH and UR/FORTH.

EXCISE <word1> <word5>

This command hides the headers of <word1> through <word5> 
by excising their headers from the linked list in the dictionary.

Together with the ability to create binary overlays, the LMI FORTH compilers
enabled the user to create modules that showed only words that are relevant
for the end user.

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Code management with wordlists Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 04:00 -0700
  Re: Code management with wordlists peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2016-08-02 05:03 -0700
    Re: Code management with wordlists hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-08-02 14:40 -0700
  Re: Code management with wordlists Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 07:15 -0700
  Re: Code management with wordlists Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2016-08-02 07:16 -0700
  Re: Code management with wordlists Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-08-02 10:40 -0700
  Re: Code management with wordlists hheinrich.hohl@gmail.com - 2016-08-03 01:18 -0700
    Re: Code management with wordlists JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-03 03:17 -0700
      Re: Code management with wordlists hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-08-03 10:47 -0700
        Re: Code management with wordlists Julian Fondren <julian.fondren@gmail.com> - 2016-08-03 10:59 -0700
          Re: Code management with wordlists peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2016-08-04 00:45 -0700
            Re: Code management with wordlists "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-04 23:14 +1000
              Re: Code management with wordlists peter.m.falth@gmail.com - 2016-08-04 06:44 -0700
                Re: Code management with wordlists "HAA" <someone@microsoft.com> - 2016-08-05 10:26 +1000
          Re: Code management with wordlists JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-04 02:35 -0700
  Re: Code management with wordlists JennyB <jennybrien@googlemail.com> - 2016-08-05 02:54 -0700
  Re: Code management with wordlists krishna.myneni@ccreweb.org - 2016-08-06 08:25 -0700

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