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Supplying the name of a defined word

By default, a defining word takes the name for the defined word from the input stream. Sometimes you want to supply the name from a string. You can do this with: 

nextname       c-addr u --         gforth       ``nextname''
The next defined word will have the name c-addr u; the defining word will leave the input stream alone.

For example: 

s" foo" nextname create

is equivalent to: 

create foo

nextname works with any defining word.