From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/02/2025 4:30 am, Anton Ertl wrote:   
   > dxf  writes:   
   >> Interesting since...   
   >>   
   >> SwiftForth i386-Win32 3.11.9-RC1 01-Sep-2022   
   >>   
   >> 85 matches for LOCAL|  (a few false positives in that)   
   >> 0  matches for {: :}   (despite being implemented)   
   >   
   > Apparently your search for {: is broken.  Here's what I get:   
   > ...   
   >   
   > Apparently the use of LOCALS| is connected mostly with win32 files,   
   > which do not come with 4.0.0-RC89 in the version I use.  And most of   
   > the remaining uses of LOCALS| are in unsupported libraries, in   
   > particular the Forth Scientific Library.  The tool I used for this is   
   > ripgrep, if anybody is wondering.   
      
   I didn't think to exclude fslib which reduces the LOCAL| count considerably.   
   Still I get no bona fide uses for {: :} at least in the distribution I have.   
      
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