Re: EQU vs TARGET : Name conflict

Ok, well since this blunder is out on the list anyway, then the
subject line should at least be be corrected. I had replied
to the wrong list message when I meant to reply to a private
non-list message. Sorry about the list noise.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: swiftx-bounce_at_forth.com
> [mailto:swiftx-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Bulgrien, Kevin
> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 10:53 AM
> To: swiftx_at_forth.com
> Subject: [swiftx] Re: TARGET : <name> ORDER
>
>
> Ok, well then it maybe this is over my head...
>
> I used the following logic - which is certainly not based on
> an intimate knowledge of FORTH. An EQU might not be a
> "name", but rather an identifier that is an address to a
> location where the value is stored. Since it is visible in
> TARGET, it would have be referenceable on the target in
> target space - but I guess if EQU is only used during
> interpreting/compiling, this might be a wrong thought. I
> sort of figured an EQU might let you reference a value one
> place (at run-time) so you would not have to have multiple
> copies of the same constant hanging around. If this were the
> case, it seemed like you could not have a "word" with the
> same name as an identifier that signifies and address. Maybe
> this makes no sense at all? Perhaps it has to do with my not
> knowing how interpreting/compiling/runtime works.
>
> But now I see Elizabeth implied that the manual was incorrect
> with respect to EQU, but did not directly come out and say
> that it was. So, does Forth Inc. know that the .pdf must
> change based on her answer? It doesn't appear that they
> acknowledged that it does.

Last paragraph referring to:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: swiftx-bounce_at_forth.com
> [mailto:swiftx-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of Elizabeth D Rather
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 12:05 PM
> To: swiftx_at_forth.com
> Subject: [swiftx] Re: HOST EQU ?
>
>
> EQUs are INTERPRETER objects. If you want a host-only
> CONSTANT use HOST CONSTANT. That will be visible in
> INTERPRETER and HOST but not TARGET.
>
> Cheers, Elizabeth
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Received on Fri Dec 03 2004 - 09:11:13 PST