Re: [Factor-talk] Strange using of variables

[John B. <mr...@gm...>]

Sometimes it's nice to not have to define a separate state variable,
counter is the most often case that I've seen but there are others.

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 6:02 AM George Cherevichenko <
geo...@gm...> wrote:

> The vocab stack-checker/values line 7
>
> : <value> ( -- value ) \ <value> counter ;
>
> Why do Pestov use  \ <value> (the name of a function) as a variable?
>
> The vocab stack-checker/recursive-state line 7
>
> TUPLE: recursive-state quotations inline-words ;
> : <recursive-state> ( -- state ) recursive-state new ; inline
> <recursive-state> recursive-state set-global
>
> Why do Pestov use "recursive-state" (the name of a tuple) as a variable?
>
> George
>
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