Re: SLEEP

Yes. Look at how it is already used in the system (a nice application of
the cross-reference tool!!):

WH SLEEP

Wordlist IMPORTED-FUNCTIONS
C:\ForthInc\SWIFTFORTH\SRC\IDE\WIN32\DLLFUNCTIONS.F
  189| Function: Sleep ( a -- x )
C:\ForthInc\SWIFTFORTH\SRC\IDE\WIN32\TASKING.F
  124| THEN 1 Sleep DROP ;
C:\ForthInc\SWIFTFORTH\SRC\IDE\WIN32\COUNTER.F
   55| PAUSE 1 Sleep DROP

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com
> [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Anil Rodrigues
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 13:49
> To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Subject: [sftalk] Re: SLEEP
>
> Do I understand right, the returned value is junk just dump it?
>
> 10 sleep ok
> .s
> 258 <-Top ok
>
> Thanks, Anil
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Ghan [mailto:MikeGhan_at_logix-controls.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 4:17 PM
> To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Subject: [sftalk] Re: SLEEP
>
>
> It returns nothing. IFAIR, when SwiftForth was first
> implemented, all API calls returned a value. Sometime later,
> the Window API interface was improved. Since Sleep (with a
> dummy return) was already publicly in use, it was not changed
> to reflect the API.
>
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com
> [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Anil Rodrigues
> Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 12:00 PM
> To: sftalk_at_forth.com
> Subject: [sftalk] SLEEP
>
> What does the function SLEEP return?
>
> Function: Sleep ( a -- x )
>
> According to Borlands Windows API, it doesn't return anything?
>
> Thanks, Anil
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