Annotation of gforth/kernel/vars.fs, revision 1.24

1.1       anton       1: \ VARS.FS      Kernal variables
                      2: 
1.23      anton       3: \ Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1.1       anton       4: 
                      5: \ This file is part of Gforth.
                      6: 
                      7: \ Gforth is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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                      9: \ as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
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                     11: 
                     12: \ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
                     13: \ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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1.24    ! anton      19: \ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
1.1       anton      20: 
                     21: hex \ everything now hex!                               11may93jaw
                     22: 
                     23: \ important constants                                  17dec92py
                     24: 
                     25: \ dpANS6 (sect 3.1.3.1) says 
                     26: \ "a true flag ... [is] a single-cell value with all bits set"
                     27: \ better definition: 0 0= constant true ( no dependence on 2's compl)
1.10      crook      28:  -1 Constant true ( -- f ) \ core-ext
1.19      crook      29: \G @code{Constant} -- @i{f} is a cell with all bits set.
1.10      crook      30: \ see starts looking for primitives after this word!
                     31: 
                     32:   0 Constant false ( -- f ) \ core-ext
1.19      crook      33: \G @code{Constant} -- @i{f} is a cell with all bits clear.
1.1       anton      34: 
1.16      jwilke     35: [IFUNDEF] cell 
1.1       anton      36: 1 cells Constant cell ( -- u ) \ gforth
1.22      anton      37: \G @code{Constant} -- @code{1 cells}
1.16      jwilke     38: [THEN]
1.17      crook      39: 
1.1       anton      40: 1 floats Constant float ( -- u ) \ gforth
1.19      crook      41: \G @code{Constant} -- the number of address units corresponding to a floating-point number.
1.1       anton      42: 
1.20      crook      43: 20 Constant bl ( -- c-char ) \ core b-l
1.17      crook      44: \G @i{c-char} is the character value for a space.
1.10      crook      45: \ used by docon:, must be constant
1.1       anton      46: 
                     47: FF Constant /line
                     48: 
                     49: 40 Constant c/l
                     50: 10 Constant l/s
                     51: 400 Constant chars/block
                     52: 
1.18      jwilke     53: 20 8 2* cells + 2 + cell+ constant word-pno-size ( -- u )
1.11      anton      54: create holdbuf word-pno-size chars allot
                     55: holdbuf word-pno-size chars + aconstant holdbuf-end
                     56: avariable holdptr holdbuf-end holdptr a!
1.12      anton      57: avariable holdend holdbuf-end holdend a!
1.11      anton      58: 
1.2       anton      59: 84 constant pad-minsize ( -- u )
1.11      anton      60: 
1.2       anton      61: 
1.1       anton      62: \ that's enough so long
                     63: 
                     64: \ User variables                                       13feb93py
                     65: 
                     66: \ initialized by COLD
                     67: 
1.7       pazsan     68: Create main-task  has? OS [IF] 100 [ELSE] 40 [THEN] cells allot
1.3       jwilke     69: 
                     70: \ set user-pointer from cross-compiler right
                     71: main-task 
                     72: UNLOCK tup ! LOCK
1.1       anton      73: 
1.19      crook      74: Variable udp ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
                     75: \ user area size? -anton
1.1       anton      76: 
                     77: AUser next-task        main-task next-task !
                     78: AUser prev-task        main-task prev-task !
                     79: AUser save-task        0 save-task !
1.10      crook      80: AUser sp0 ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
1.19      crook      81: \G @code{User} variable -- initial value of the data stack pointer.
1.10      crook      82: \ sp0 is used by douser:, must be user
                     83:     ' sp0 Alias s0 ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
                     84: \G OBSOLETE alias of @code{sp0}
                     85: 
                     86: AUser rp0 ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
1.19      crook      87: \G @code{User} variable -- initial value of the return stack pointer.
1.10      crook      88:     ' rp0 Alias r0 ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
                     89: \G OBSOLETE alias of @code{rp0}
                     90: 
                     91: AUser fp0 ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
1.19      crook      92: \G @code{User} variable -- initial value of the floating-point stack pointer.
1.10      crook      93: \ no f0, because this leads to unexpected results when using hex
                     94: 
                     95: AUser lp0 ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
1.19      crook      96: \G @code{User} variable -- initial value of the locals stack pointer.
1.10      crook      97:     ' lp0 Alias l0 ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
                     98: \G OBSOLETE alias of @code{lp0}
                     99: 
1.3       jwilke    100: AUser handler  \ pointer to last throw frame
1.18      jwilke    101: has? backtrace [IF]
1.13      anton     102: User backtrace-empty \ true if the next THROW should store a backtrace
                    103: AUser backtrace-rp0 \ rp at last call of interpret
1.18      jwilke    104: [THEN]
1.1       anton     105: \ AUser output
                    106: \ AUser input
                    107: 
                    108: AUser errorhandler
                    109: 
                    110: AUser "error            0 "error !
                    111: 
1.3       jwilke    112: [IFUNDEF] #tib         \ in ec-Version we may define this ourself
                    113:  User tibstack         \ saves >tib in execute
                    114:  User >tib             \ pointer to terminal input buffer
1.20      crook     115:  User #tib ( -- a-addr ) \ core-ext number-t-i-b
1.19      crook     116:  \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell containing
1.10      crook     117:  \G the number of characters in the terminal input buffer.
                    118:  \G OBSOLESCENT: @code{source} superceeds the function of this word.
                    119: 
1.20      crook     120:  User >in ( -- a-addr ) \ core to-in
1.19      crook     121:  \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell containing the
1.17      crook     122:  \G char offset from the start of the input buffer to the start of the
                    123:  \G parse area.
1.10      crook     124:                         0 >in ! \ char number currently processed in tib
1.3       jwilke    125: [THEN]
1.7       pazsan    126: has? file [IF]
1.20      crook     127:  User blk ( -- a-addr ) \ block b-l-k
1.19      crook     128:  \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell containing zero
1.10      crook     129:  \G (in which case the input source is not a block and can be identified
                    130:  \G by @code{source-id}) or the number of the block currently being
                    131:  \G interpreted. A Standard program should not alter @code{blk} directly.
                    132:                        0 blk !
                    133: 
1.1       anton     134:  User loadfile          0 loadfile !
                    135: 
                    136:  User loadfilename#    0 loadfilename# !
                    137: 
                    138:  User loadline          \ number of the currently interpreted
                    139:                         \ (in TIB) line if the interpretation
                    140:                         \ is in a textfile
                    141:                         \ the first line is 1
                    142: 
                    143: 2User linestart         \ starting file postition of
                    144:                         \ the current interpreted line (in TIB)
1.7       pazsan    145: [THEN]
1.1       anton     146: 
1.10      crook     147:  User base ( -- a-addr ) \ core
1.19      crook     148:  \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell that stores the
1.10      crook     149:  \G number base used by default for number conversion during input and output.
                    150:                         A base !
1.17      crook     151:  User dpl ( -- a-addr ) \ gforth
1.19      crook     152:  \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell that stores the                
1.17      crook     153:  \G position of the decimal point in the most recent numeric conversion.
                    154:  \G Initialised to -1. After the conversion of a number containing no
                    155:  \G decimal point, @code{@ dpl} is -1. After the conversion of @code{2.} it holds
                    156:  \G 0. After the conversion of 234123.9 it contains 1, and so forth.
                    157:  -1 dpl !
1.1       anton     158: 
1.10      crook     159:  User state ( -- a-addr ) \ core,tools-ext
1.21      anton     160:  \G @code{User} variable -- @i{a-addr} is the address of a cell
                    161:  \G containing the compilation state flag. 0 => interpreting, -1 =>
                    162:  \G compiling.  A program shall not directly alter the value of
                    163:  \G @code{state}. The following Standard words alter the value in
                    164:  \G @code{state}: @code{:} (colon) @code{;} (semicolon) @code{abort}
                    165:  \G @code{quit} @code{:noname} @code{[} (left-bracket) @code{]}
                    166:  \G (right-bracket) @code{;code}. Don't use @code{state}! For an
                    167:  \G alternative see @ref{Interpretation and Compilation Semantics}.
                    168:  \ Recommended reading: @cite{@code{State}-smartness--Why it is evil
                    169:  \ and how to exorcise it},
                    170:  \ @url{http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/papers/ertl98.ps.gz}; short
                    171:  \ version: Don't use @code{state}!
1.17      crook     172:  0 state !
1.10      crook     173: 
1.1       anton     174: AUser normal-dp                \ the usual dictionary pointer
                    175: AUser dpp              normal-dp dpp !
                    176:                        \ the pointer to the current dictionary pointer
                    177:                         \ ist reset to normal-dp on (doerror)
                    178:                         \  (i.e. any throw caught by quit)
                    179: AUser LastCFA
                    180: AUser Last
                    181: 
1.7       pazsan    182: has? glocals [IF]
1.1       anton     183: User locals-size \ this is the current size of the locals stack
                    184:                 \ frame of the current word
1.7       pazsan    185: [THEN]
1.1       anton     186: 

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