From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 21/04/2025 6:34 am, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:   
   > In article <757e2ced7a6ff4b73d9fa4531d29ff611dc72e10@i2pn2.org>,   
   > dxf   wrote:   
   >> On 20/04/2025 6:18 pm, Paul Rubin wrote:   
   >>> anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:   
   >>>> : DECIMAL ( -- )   10 BASE ! ;   
   >>>> does not contain an invocation of DECIMAL before this use of "10".   
   >>>   
   >>> : DECIMAL ( -- ) 5 5 + BASE ! ;   
   >>>   
   >>> should usually work.   
   >>   
   >> Perhaps it's been updated since as the SwiftForth file I have has:   
   >>   
   >> : DECIMAL ( -- )   $0A BASE ! ;   
   >>   
   >> Closest thing to a BASE issue I've encountered was invoking the   
   >> screen editor while in HEX.  After doing that a few times I fixed   
   >> the editor!   
   >>   
   >> Really annoying was LMI which on error switched to DECIMAL ...   
   >   
   > They had it half right. All error numbers should be printed in   
   > decimal. First aid read the paragraphs in de documentation   
   > pertaining to this error.   
      
   I notice I did that for THROW numbers that don't have a message - after   
   which it reverts to the current BASE.  I should document that somewhere...   
      
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