12.6.1.1630 FVARIABLE f-variable FLOATING

( "<spaces>name" -- )

Skip leading space delimiters. Parse name delimited by a space. Create a definition for name with the execution semantics defined below. Reserve 1 FLOATS address units of data space at a float-aligned address.

name is referred to as an "f-variable".

name Execution:

( -- f-addr )

f-addr is the address of the data space reserved by FVARIABLE when it created name. A program is responsible for initializing the contents of the reserved space.

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Typical use: FVARIABLE name

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