[433] 2026-06-16 20:16:22 oak wrote:

comment - "single-cell"

Is the use of "single-cell" here redundant? n is already defined as being 1 cell in width in "Table 3.1: Data types".

[r1682] 2026-06-16 06:09:10 AntonErtl replies:

requestClarification - "character string specification"

In 2.1 the memory respresentation without a count byte gets the term "character string" (or "string"), and the memory representation with a count byte gets the term "counted string".

3.1.3.4 describes the on-stack representation of a counted string (the address of the count byte). 3.1.4.2 describes the on-stack representation of a character string (c-addr u).

Looking at various words, such as SEARCH, SLITERAL and /STRING, the standard seems to use either "string" or "character string" for strings described with c-addr u, consistent with 2.1.

So I agree that your suggestion is an improvement over the current wording.