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   Message 117,297 of 117,927   
   dxf to Ruvim   
   Re: QUIT and ABORT   
   06 May 25 12:55:47   
   
   From: dxforth@gmail.com   
      
   On 6/05/2025 3:29 am, Ruvim wrote:   
   > On 2025-05-05 08:11, dxf wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >> However modifying it to do so gives these results:   
   >>   
   >> 1 .( a ) cr -56 throw .( b )   
   >>   
   >>    'a' is displayed and the stack is: 1   
   >   
   > This violates the behavior of `throw` specified in 9.6.1.2275,   
   > because if there is no a user's exception frame, the data stack must be   
   emptied.   
   >   
   > The table 9.1 in Forth-2012 (or 9.2 in Forth-94) does not affect the   
   behavior of `throw` at all.   
      
   Except THROW special-cased codes -1 and -2 effectively reserving their   
   behaviour.   
   One can speculate why ANS didn't do so for -56 but to my mind QUIT when   
   implemented   
   should function as expected i.e. -56 THROW uncaught should perform QUIT.   
      
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