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|    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.              --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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