--- gforth/extend.fs	1994/09/02 15:23:35	1.7
+++ gforth/extend.fs	1995/04/20 09:42:50	1.9
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ decimal
 
 \ .(                                                    12may93jaw
 
-: .(    [char] ) parse type ;
+: .(   ( -- )
+    [char] ) parse type ; immediate
 
 \ VALUE 2>R 2R> 2R@                                     17may93jaw
 
@@ -119,7 +120,11 @@ decimal
 variable span
 
 : expect ( c-addr +len -- )
-  0 rot over
-  BEGIN  key decode >r 2over = r> or  UNTIL
-  2drop nip span ! ;
+    0 rot over
+    BEGIN ( maxlen span c-addr pos1 )
+	key decode ( maxlen span c-addr pos2 flag )
+	>r 2over = r> or
+    UNTIL
+    type-rest drop
+    2drop nip span ! ;