Re: [Amforth] CVARIABLE

[Enoch <ix...@ho...>]

Hello Matthias,

Matthias Trute <mt...@we...> writes:

> Hi Enoch,
>
>>> : cvariable variable -1 allot ;
>> 
>> Implementation is not the issue -- education is (i.e., please be
>> reminded that the AVR is an 8bit µC).
>
> I hope you like
> http://amforth.sourceforge.net/TG/recipes/RAM-Efficiency.html
>
> Matthias
> PS: the recipe deserves more ideas ;)

Testing that clever code snippet that you found --
: uses ( flag -- )  0= IF POSTPONE \ THEN ;
revealed that amforth-shell.py needs to be patched again (as it did not
understand what that backslash is doing).
Here's the patch for your perusal (including some necessary doc work):

http://pastebin.com/fDjrjHbN

Regards, Enoch.