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From: Ruvim <ruvim.pinka@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: named wordlist
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:37:40 +0400
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On 2024-10-30 22:38, Anton Ertl wrote:
> 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.

Anyway, that's cool!


>> 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"?

Probably, "name" is not an appropriate term.

I mean, associate a character string with a wid so that `order` displays 
this string for that wid when outputting the search order.


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Ruvim