[Flashforth-devel] Latest Flashforth anomaly with >a and a> words

[Christian H. <hin...@ou...>]

Hi to the Flashforth support team.

In FlashForth 5 ATmega328 13.01.2019, I could do this:
  ok<#,ram>
$aabb >a  ok<#,ram>
a>  ok<#,ram> 43707
hex  ok<$,ram> aabb

In E FlashForth 5 ATmega328 13.06.2022, it cannot be done. Why?

 $aabb >a  ok<#,ram>
a>  ok<#,ram> 10812
hex  ok<$,ram> 2a3c
  ok<$,ram> 2a3c
I tried various older versions and FlashForth 5 ATmega328 13.01.2019
seems to be the last version that worked at the console interactively.
Why?
What was the purpose of >a and a>.
I used it for temporary storage to recall data in an ISR.
Did I misunderstand the use of the A register?
Where does the A register reside in the RAM memory space?
Why did it change?

Thanks for your help.

Christian Hinse