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| 2022-02-12 16:13:14  flaagel  wrote:
| example - Forth Programmer's Handbook
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/Sq#contribution-219
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defines an interpretation semantics for S" as:

'If interpreting, return the address and length of the following string, terminated by ", which is in a temporary buffer.'

This particular semantics seems to have been withdrawn from the Forth2012 specification, Any particular rationale for that?


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| 2022-02-12 18:23:04  flaagel  replies:
| example - Forth Programmer's Handbook
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/Sq#reply-784
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Also, I think the outcome of the test should not depend on the current BASE.

T{ GC4 DROP DUP C@ SWAP CHAR+ C@ -> $58 $59 }T

works fine over here...


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| 2022-02-12 18:39:03  ruv  replies:
| example - Forth Programmer's Handbook
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> This particular semantics seems to have been withdrawn from the Forth2012 specification

The Forth 2012 standard (as well as Forth 94) specifies two versions of the the word `S"`: in the [CORE word set](https://forth-standard.org/standard/core#section.6.1) (the minimal conformance level), and in the optional [File-Access word set](https://forth-standard.org/standard/file#subsection.11.6.1). In the former version interpretation semantics are undefined, but in the latter version they are defined.

So, take a look on the glossary entry for [FILE `S"`](https://forth-standard.org/standard/file/Sq) — Forth Programmer's Handbook describes this version.