Re: [Amforth] .S “dot-s”

[Matthias T. <mt...@we...>]

Hi Enoch,

> Regarding .S
> 
> Indeed, says Forth 2012 RC1, "the format of the display is
> implementation-dependent".
> 
> However, doesn't GFORTH display order make a better sense:

In which way: by adding the stack depth or the ordering?

> 
> 1 2 3 .s <3> 1 2 3  ok
> 
> While ours:
> 
>> 1 2 3 .s
> 3 2 1  ok

I agree that amforth's display looks confusing at the
first glance. Expecting a but? yes: I read from left to right
(as probably many others do too) and I expect the TOS to read
first.

Gforth's display confuses me. I always have to scan the entire
line to get the information I want.

Basically the built-in .s is a debugging aid for the
core development. I use it rather often when I dig in
internals. A more user friendly .s is better implemented
as forth code, DEPTH and PICK are available (I think they
are useful for that task).

Matthias