Re: how to use literal?

On Fri, Sep 14, 2018, at 9:58 AM, Bernd Paysan wrote:
> Am Freitag, 14. September 2018, 10:54:47 CEST schrieb Ethan Gardener:
> > here 1024 allot : mypad literal 1024 ;
> 
> This does not work, because : put a colon-sys on the stack, which literal will 
> then compile into the word.

i see.

> > : mypad [ here 1024 allot ] literal 1024 ;  ok
> 
> This doesn't work, because you ALLOT space inside the definition you just want 
> to write.

oh of course!

> Gforth-specific solution:
> 
> here 1024 allot >r : mypad [ r> ] literal 1024 ;
> 
> That works in Gforth, because you can use >R and R> in the interpreter as long 
> as it is balancing within one line.

thanks!

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