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| 2021-01-05 08:24:25  MitraArdron  wrote:
| requestClarification - Obsoleted - by what? 
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/BracketCOMPILE#contribution-173
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If a word is flagged as obsolescent, shouldn't there be at least a pointer to the prefered alternative(s)? 


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| 2020-12-29 07:14:19  AntonErtl  replies:
| example - Should this reference the optional word sets where SOURCE-ID is changed
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/SOURCE-ID#reply-586
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The "See:" section references the FILE wordset version of SOURCE-ID.


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| 2020-12-29 07:27:48  AntonErtl  replies:
| example - Relationship to block set
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/SOURCE#reply-587
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Looking at LOAD, it says:

> Store u in BLK (thus making block u the input source and setting the input buffer to encompass its contents)

SOURCE returns the input buffer.  I am not happy with the "thus", because it implies that SOURCE checks the contents of BLK.  However, because a standard program must not store into BLK by itself, a standard system can also implement LOAD in a way that affects SOURCE more directly (and SOURCE may be a 2VALUE or somesuch).  But in any case, the effect of LOAD on SOURCE is clear, and a program does not need to check BLK before using SOURCE.


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| 2021-01-06 10:06:23  AntonErtl  replies:
| requestClarification - Obsoleted - by what? 
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/BracketCOMPILE#reply-588
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If you want to append the compilation semantics of X, write POSTPONE X.  If you want to append the execution semantics of a word with default compilation semantics, write X.