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Re: How could have I factored this better?

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On 5/20/16 5:08 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
> "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> writes:
>> I don't know how the gForth compiler handles locals.
>
> It's an interpreter and it uses a locals stack, so there's a bit of
> overhead to what I did.
>
>>> Forth programs tend to not use anything except possibly naming
>>> conventions to prevent words from being globally usable.
>> That's right. Reusability is a good thing. If you're a solo
>> programmer, you should be able to manage your programs....
>
> Sure.  Part of managing programs is being able to change the interface
> to a word and quickly find all the places that call it so you can fix
> the calls, and be sure that you can't have missed any.  One way to do
> that is limit the word's visibility so that it can only be called from a
> specific part of the program.  Of course can still use the word
> somewhere else if you decide to.  You just have to update the visibility
> (export the word from a module or whatever) first.  Forth lets you do
> this with word lists.
>
True.

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How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 13:09 -0700
  Re: How could have I factored this better? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 16:18 -0400
    Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-20 10:25 -1000
      Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 13:39 -0700
    Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 21:33 -0400
  Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-20 10:23 -1000
  Re: How could have I factored this better? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-20 15:44 -0700
    Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-20 14:38 -1000
      Re: How could have I factored this better? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-20 17:49 -0700
        Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-20 14:57 -1000
          Re: How could have I factored this better? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-20 18:34 -0700
            Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-20 16:00 -1000
              Re: How could have I factored this better? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-20 20:08 -0700
                Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-20 17:24 -1000
                Re: How could have I factored this better? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-05-21 18:15 -0700
            Re: How could have I factored this better? Albert van der Horst <albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-05-21 10:01 +0000
          Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 22:15 -0400
            Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-20 16:46 -1000
            Re: How could have I factored this better? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-05-21 18:36 -0700
              Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-21 22:51 -0400
                Re: How could have I factored this better? hughaguilar96@gmail.com - 2016-05-21 22:23 -0700
      Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 22:43 -0400
    Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-20 22:19 -0400
  Re: How could have I factored this better? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2016-05-21 22:02 +0000
    Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-21 22:30 -0400
      Re: How could have I factored this better? humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2016-05-21 19:40 -0700
  Re: How could have I factored this better? humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2016-05-21 19:38 -0700
    Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-21 23:06 -0400
      Re: How could have I factored this better? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-21 20:59 -0700
        Re: How could have I factored this better? Darin Murphy <murphy.darin@gmail.com> - 2016-05-22 03:30 -0400
          Re: How could have I factored this better? "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2016-05-21 23:14 -1000
  Re: How could have I factored this better? humptydumpty <ouatubi@gmail.com> - 2016-05-27 03:54 -0700

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