Re: [Flashforth-devel] For-next loops - the New Design

[Herman A. <exp...@vn...>]

I think the best solution of the  n for ... next  cycle, witch run 
n-times, including n=0, as it is in the FF now. This principle 
incopatible to cover the for full 16-bit range.

To rich the full 16bit range must be defined an other for-next like 
cycle, with different approach. In this case the goal is not to makes n 
count, but to cover a non-zero long range. The cycle must run n to 0, 
including n and 0. The 'next' decrements after testing for zero. We need 
only to find the appropriate word-names.
Because it is mostly usable for memory addressing, maybe mfor-mnext.
n mfor r@ u. mnext   --->  n ... 0
0 mfor r@ u. mnext   --->  0
5 mfor r@ u. mnext   --->  5 4 3 2 1 0
65535 mfor r@ u. mnext   --->  65535 65534 ... 1 0

BR
Attila