--- gforth/prim	2006/01/05 01:37:31	1.185
+++ gforth/prim	2006/02/04 22:09:11	1.188
@@ -719,6 +719,15 @@ c2 = toupper(c1);
 :
  dup [char] a - [ char z char a - 1 + ] Literal u<  bl and - ;
 
+capscompare	( c_addr1 u1 c_addr2 u2 -- n )	string
+""Compare two strings lexicographically. If they are equal, @i{n} is 0; if
+the first string is smaller, @i{n} is -1; if the first string is larger, @i{n}
+is 1. Currently this is based on the machine's character
+comparison. In the future, this may change to consider the current
+locale and its collation order.""
+/* close ' to keep fontify happy */ 
+n = capscompare(c_addr1, u1, c_addr2, u2);
+
 /string	( c_addr1 u1 n -- c_addr2 u2 )	string	slash_string
 ""Adjust the string specified by @i{c-addr1, u1} to remove @i{n}
 characters from the start of the string.""
@@ -873,7 +882,7 @@ division by 2 (note that @code{/} not ne
 n2 = n1>>1;
 :
  dup MINI and IF 1 ELSE 0 THEN
- [ bits/byte cell * 1- ] literal 
+ [ bits/char cell * 1- ] literal 
  0 DO 2* swap dup 2* >r MINI and 
      IF 1 ELSE 0 THEN or r> swap
  LOOP nip ;
@@ -2444,23 +2453,29 @@ gforth_FP=fp;
 sp=(Cell*)(SYSCALL(Cell*(*)(Cell *, void *))u)(sp, &gforth_FP);
 fp=gforth_FP;
 
-w@ ( a_addr -- u )	gforth wfetch
-u = *(UWyde*)(a_addr);
-
-sw@ ( a_addr -- u )	gforth swfetch
-u = *(Wyde*)(a_addr);
-
-w! ( u a_addr -- )	gforth wstore
-*(Wyde*)(a_addr) = u;
-
-l@ ( a_addr -- u )	gforth lfetch
-u = *(UTetrabyte*)(a_addr);
-
-sl@ ( a_addr -- u )	gforth slfetch
-u = *(Tetrabyte*)(a_addr);
-
-l! ( u a_addr -- )	gforth lstore
-*(Tetrabyte*)(a_addr) = u;
+uw@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth u_w_fetch
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 16-bit value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = *(UWyde*)(c_addr);
+
+sw@ ( c_addr -- n )	gforth s_w_fetch
+""@i{n} is the sign-extended 16-bit value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+n = *(Wyde*)(c_addr);
+
+w! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth w_store
+""Store the bottom 16 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr}.""
+*(Wyde*)(c_addr) = w;
+
+ul@ ( c_addr -- u )	gforth u_l_fetch
+""@i{u} is the zero-extended 32-bit value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+u = *(UTetrabyte*)(c_addr);
+
+sl@ ( c_addr -- n )	gforth s_l_fetch
+""@i{n} is the sign-extended 32-bit value stored at @i{c_addr}.""
+n = *(Tetrabyte*)(c_addr);
+
+l! ( w c_addr -- )	gforth l_store
+""Store the bottom 32 bits of @i{w} at @i{c_addr}.""
+*(Tetrabyte*)(c_addr) = w;
 
 \+FFCALL