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From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
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Subject: Re: named wordlist
Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 18:38:57 GMT
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Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com> writes:
>When a word list is created with `vocabulary`, it is associated with a 
>name, and `order` displays this name in its output.
>
>When a word list is created by `wordlist`, it is not associated with a 
>name. Therefore, `order` typically displays a number for that word list, 
>which is less informative.
>
>A Forth system might try to find a constant whose value is identical to 
>the wid of such word list and display the name of the constant. Do you 
>know if this approach is used anywhere?

Gforth 0.7.9_20241016
....
wordlist constant foo  ok
foo >order  ok
order foo Forth Forth Root     Forth  ok
wordlist  ok 1
variable bla  ok 1
constant bar  ok
bar >order  ok
order <139623990855032> foo Forth Forth Root     Forth  ok

I.e., Gforth supports the usage

wordlist constant foo

in ORDER, but not the general case.

>Some Forth systems technically can associate a name with a word list 
>after the word list is created with `wordlist`. And some even provide an 
>API for doing so.

All standard Forth systems support CONSTANT.  Or what do you mean with
"associate a name with a word list"?

- anton
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