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   On 1/01/2025 4:17 pm, dxf wrote:   
   > On 1/01/2025 2:42 pm, Bernd Linsel wrote:   
   >> On 01.01.25 01:45, dxf wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> To support DPL I have >NUMBER increment it for every digit successfully   
   >>> converted.  While most systems today have DPL (?) usage is probably too   
   >>> diverse to standardize.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It's documented in F83 Annex B (Uncontrolled Reference Words):   
   >   
   > Those being mostly words from Kitt Peak Forth.   
   >   
   >>   
   >>       DPL          -- addr             
   Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â  U              "d-p-l"   
   >>            A variable containing the number of places after the   
   >>            fractional point for input conversion.   
   >>   
   >> It's usually implemented that DPL is reset to -1 when entering >NUMBER,   
   >> each successful digit conversion increments it only if it is >= 0, and the   
   first decimal separator encountered changes it from -1 to 0.   
   >   
   > Yes, in Fig-Forth.  In Swiftforth DPL is just a flag.  Now you've got me   
   > wondering why Fig does the 'test before increment' and I left it out ...   
      
   Ok, the reason I left out the pre-increment test was likely generality.   
   In DX-Forth the DPL increment feature is ignored.  Since my doubles are   
   strictly ANS, DPL can only be -1 or 0.   
      
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