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| 2026-06-16 20:16:22  oak  wrote:
| comment - "single-cell"
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/DivMOD#contribution-433
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Is the use of "single-cell" here redundant? `n` is already defined as being 1 cell in width in "Table 3.1: Data types".


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| 2026-06-16 06:09:10  AntonErtl  replies:
| requestClarification - "character string specification"
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/core/COUNT#reply-1682
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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.