Re: An "alias" for a location defined by VALUE

OK, let's start over. I think I introduced a 'red herring" in a previous
post by mentioning the trigger word "string" ;{

BACKGROUND: I am working on a 'problem' of a 'class' which I have solved
before.
OBJECTIVE: Learn more about Forth.
CAVEAT LECTOR: I do not care if my strategy is optimal, I pose explicit
questions.

Problem redefinition:
Preamble: any address is assumed to br in units of one CELL.
          Minimum array subscript is 1.

Given an an array X(1) -> X(n), it is desired that ALPHA return the
value at X(1)
AND
BETA return the address of X(1)

Consider the following code fragment

: wierd_VALUE ( n -- )
HEADER POSTPONE (VALUE) 0 , /ALLOT ;

1000 wierd_VALUE ALPHA

: BETA ['] ALPHA ;
: GAMMA ['] ALPHA 1 CELLS + ;

QUESTIONs:
1. Does APLHA respond in all cases as a word defined by VALUE ?
2. Do BETA and GAMMA respond in all cases as words defined by VARIABLE
?
    { ignoring ' and ['] and anything else with state-smartnerss etc. ?
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Received on Tue Jan 15 2002 - 12:47:57 PST