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|    dxf to albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl    |
|    Re: What use is SLITERAL?    |
|    04 Nov 25 13:26:02    |
      From: dxforth@gmail.com              On 3/11/2025 11:40 pm, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl wrote:       > What is the use case for SLITERAL.       >       > : test [ "AAP" ] SLITERAL ;       >       > Assuming "AAP" is made permanent you can as wel say       >       > : test [ "AAP" ] DLITERAL ;       >       > or       > : test "AAP" ;       >       > or       > "AAP" 2CONSTANT q       > : test q TYPE ;       > or       > DATA q 3 , &A C, &A C, &P C,       > : test q $@ TYPE ;       >       > I can't think if a case where SLITERAL is *not* preceeded by       > [ ] because : is allowed to leave colon-sys .              As with LITERAL, SLITERAL is designed to compile a computed object?              : module ( u siz "name" -- u2 )        over + tuck 1- 2constant        does> 2@ [ loadfile -path ] sliteral loaded ;              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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