Re: DISFAVORED Was: name for 3 PICK finally?

Bruce McFarling wrote:
> On Mar 9, 9:22 pm, Jerry Avins <j...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Coos Haak wrote:
>>> Op Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:54:51 -0400 schreef Jerry Avins:
>>>> Albert van der Horst wrote:
>>>>    ...
>>>>> Note:
>>>>> In this mind set, there is no exception handler for numbers.
>>>>> 823456 is found in the dictionary, as the prefix-word  8.
>>>>> 8 takes care of the parsing of the remainder.
>>>>> The advantage is of course that adding some other notation that
>>>>> results in a  number ( $67AF  comes to mind) is decoupled from
>>>>> carnal knowledge of the interpreter.
>>>> How is a constant named 8lunch handled?
>>> If it exists, it's found. If it doesn't, it's an error, the denotation
8
>>> can't convert it to a literal in the current base ;-)
> 
>> so the leading 8 causes it to be parsed as a number, but the following
l
>> (ell, not one) causes the compiler to revert to searching for a word?
> 
> Isn't it the reverse, its looked for as a full word, then looked for
> as a denotation and suffix data? That of course could be done in one
> pass, if the denotation is stashed when encountered and then executed
> if the full word is not found.
> 
> I'm guessing the denotation '8' would be, "seed the number conversion
> with 8 then convert the remainder", so unless the number conversion is
> case insensitive and the base is 23 or higher, 8lunch is going to
> error out at the ``ell''. Unless its 32 or higher, 8lunch is going to
> error out at u.
> 
> Of course, if its case insensitive with base sufficiently high, 8lunch
> is a perfectly good number. Whether its a perfectly good lunch depends
> on what is 4lunch.

I'm trying to understand what Coos wrote above: "... there is no 
exception handler for numbers. 823456 is found in the dictionary, as the 
prefix-word 8. 8 takes care of the parsing of the remainder."

I understand that if the remainder is '23456', but I'm asking about a 
remainder of 'lunch'.

Jerry
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