Re: RfD - Enhanced local variable syntax (long)

On 21 Aug 2006 16:04:53 -0700, "Alex McDonald"
<alex_mcd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>c) Locals shall not be declared until values previously placed on the
>return stack within the definition have been removed;

I'd prefer that the locals definition must be the first definition
within a word, i.e. appear right after : NAME ..
This can easily be checked by the compiler.

>d) After a definition's locals have been declared, a program may place
>data on the return stack. However, if this is done, locals shall not be
>accessed until those values have been removed from the return stack;

This is an unnecessary and contraproductive restriction. I'd consider
such locals implementations seriously flawed.
 

Andreas
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1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1.