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| 2019-02-08 15:23:02  StephenPelc  wrote:
| requestClarification - [if] and [else] parse white space - including comments
| see: https://forth-standard.org/standard/tools/BracketELSE#contribution-74
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What is supposed to happen for

0 [if]  text text \ [else]
  words  [then]

In many systems WORDS will be executed. This surprises users because [else] is commented out. If this is the expected behaviour, then at the very least some clarification is required. I have sympathy with my user's surprise.

Stephen