--- gforth/kernel/Attic/special.fs	1997/06/06 17:28:16	1.2
+++ gforth/kernel/Attic/special.fs	1999/03/23 20:24:27	1.8
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \ words with non-default and non-immediate compilation semantics
 
-\ Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+\ Copyright (C) 1996,1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 \ This file is part of Gforth.
 
@@ -21,12 +21,23 @@
 \ this file comes last, because these words override cross' words.
 
 create s"-buffer /line chars allot
-:noname    [char] " parse
-    /line min >r s"-buffer r@ cmove
-    s"-buffer r> ;
-:noname    [char] " parse postpone SLiteral ;
+has? compiler 0= 
+[IF] : s" [ELSE] :noname [THEN]
+	[char] " parse
+    	/line min >r s"-buffer r@ cmove
+    	s"-buffer r> ;
+has? compiler [IF]
+:noname [char] " parse postpone SLiteral ;
 interpret/compile: S" ( compilation 'ccc"' -- ; run-time -- c-addr u )	\ core,file	s-quote
+  \G Compilation: Parse a string @var{ccc} delimited by a @code{"}
+  \G (double quote). At run-time, return the length, @var{u}, and the
+  \G start address, @var{c-addr} of the string. Interpretation: parse
+  \G the string as before, and return @var{c-addr}, @var{u}. The
+  \G string is stored in a temporary buffer which may be overwritten
+  \G by subsequent uses of @code{S"}.
+[THEN]
 
+has? compiler [IF]
 : [IS] ( compilation "name" -- ; run-time xt -- ) \ possibly-gforth bracket-is
     ' >body postpone ALiteral postpone ! ; immediate restrict
 
@@ -41,6 +52,11 @@ interpret/compile: What's ( "name" -- ad
 :noname    [char] " parse type ;
 :noname    postpone (.") ,"  align ;
 interpret/compile: ." ( compilation 'ccc"' -- ; run-time -- )  \ core	dot-quote
+  \G Compilation: Parse a string @var{ccc} delimited by a " (double
+  \G quote). At run-time, display the string. Interpretation semantics
+  \G for this word are undefined in ANS Forth. Gforth's interpretation
+  \G semantics are to display the string. This is the simplest way to
+  \G display a string from within a definition; see examples below.
 
 \ DOES>                                                17mar93py
 
@@ -55,4 +71,13 @@ interpret/compile: DOES>  ( compilation
 ' IS Alias TO ( addr "name" -- ) \ core-ext
 immediate
 
+[THEN]
+
+has? compiler [IF]
+: interpret/compile? ( xt -- flag )
+    >does-code ['] S" >does-code = ;
+[ELSE]
+: interpret/compile?
+    false ;
+[THEN]