12.6.1.1492 FCONSTANT f-constant FLOATING

( "<spaces>name" -- ) ( F: r -- ) or ( r "<spaces>name" -- )

Skip leading space delimiters. Parse name delimited by a space. Create a definition for name with the execution semantics defined below.

name is referred to as an "f-constant".

name Execution:

( -- ) ( F: -- r ) or ( -- r )

Place r on the floating-point stack.

See:

Rationale:

Typical use: r FCONSTANT name

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