DPANS'94

NOTE:
This dpans files are provided as a working document of the TC for public review and comment as well as documentation uses described above. It is not intended as a substitute for the official ANS Forth document published by ANSI. In the event of conflict, only the printed document X3.215-1994 represents the official ANS Forth.

dpans1 Foreword, Introduction
| X3 Membership | X3J14 Membership | 1.1 Purpose | 1.2 Scope | 1.3 Document organization | 1.4 Future directions |
dpans2 Terms, notation, and references
| 2.1 Definitions of terms | 2.2 Notation | 2.2.1 Numeric notation | 2.2.2 Stack notation | 2.2.3 Parsed-text notation | 2.2.4 Glossary notation | 2.3 References |
dpans3 Usage requirements
| 3.1 Data types | 3.1.1 Data-type relationships | 3.1.2 Character types | 3.1.3 Single-cell types | 3.1.4 Cell-pair types | 3.1.5 System types | 3.2 The implementation environment | 3.2.1 Numbers | 3.2.2 Arithmetic | 3.2.3 Stacks | 3.2.4 Operator terminal | 3.2.5 Mass storage | 3.2.6 Environmental queries | 3.3 The Forth dictionary | 3.3.1 Name space | 3.3.2 Code space | 3.3.3 Data space | 3.4 The Forth text interpreter | 3.4.1 Parsing | 3.4.2 Finding definition names | 3.4.3 Semantics | 3.4.4 Possible actions on an ambiguous condition | 3.4.5 Compilation |
dpans4 Documentation requirements
| 4.1 System documentation | 4.2 Program documentation |
dpans5 Compliance and labeling
| 5.1 ANS Forth systems | 5.2 ANS Forth programs |
dpans6 Glossary, The Core word set
| 6.1 Core words | 6.2 Core extension words |
dpans7 The optional Block word set
| 7.1 Introduction | 7.2 Additional terms | 7.3 Additional usage requirements | 7.4 Additional documentation requirements | 7.5 Compliance and labeling | 7.6.1 Block words | 7.6.2 Block extension words |
dpans8 The optional Double-Number word set
| 8.1 Introduction | 8.2 Additional terms and notation | 8.3 Additional usage requirements | 8.4 Additional documentation requirements | 8.5 Compliance and labeling | 8.6.1 Double-Number words | 8.6.2 Double-Number extension words |
dpans9 The optional Exception word set
| 9.1 Introduction | 9.2 Additional terms and notation | 9.3 Additional usage requirements | 9.4 Additional documentation requirements | 9.5 Compliance and labeling | 9.6.1 Exception words | 9.6.2 Exception extension words |
dpans10 The optional Facility word set
| 10.1 Introduction | 10.2 Additional terms and notation | 10.3 Additional usage requirements | 10.4 Additional documentation requirements | 10.5 Compliance and labeling | 10.6.1 Facility words | 10.6.2 Facility extension words |
dpans11 The optional File-Access word set
| 11.1 Introduction | 11.2 Additional terms | 11.3 Additional usage requirements | 11.4 Additional documentation requirements | 11.5 Compliance and labeling | 11.6.1 File-Access words | 11.6.2 File-Access extension words |
dpans12 The optional Floating-Point word set
| 12.1 Introduction | 12.2 Additional terms and notation | 12.3 Additional usage requirements | 12.4 Additional documentation requirements | 12.5 Compliance and labeling | 12.6.1 Floating-Point words | 12.6.2 Floating-Point extension words |
dpans13 The optional Locals word set
| 13.1 Introduction | 13.2 Additional terms and notation | 13.3 Additional usage requirements | 13.4 Additional documentation requirements | 13.5 Compliance and labeling | 13.6.1 Locals words | 13.6.2 Locals extension words |
dpans14 The optional Memory-Allocation word set
| 14.1 Introduction | 14.2 Additional terms and notation | 14.3 Additional usage requirements | 14.4 Additional documentation requirements | 14.5 Compliance and labeling | 14.6.1 Memory-Allocation words |
dpans15 The optional Programming-Tools word set
| 15.1 Introduction | 15.2 Additional terms and notation | 15.3 Additional usage requirements | 15.4 Additional documentation requirements | 15.5 Compliance and labeling | 15.6.1 Programming-Tools words | 15.6.2 Programming-Tools extension words |
dpans16 The optional Search-Order word set
| 16.1 Introduction | 16.2 Additional terms and notation | 16.3 Additional usage requirements | 16.4 Additional documentation requirements | 16.5 Compliance and labeling | 16.6.1 Search-Order words | 16.6.2 Search-Order extension words |
dpans17 The optional String word set
| 17.1 Introduction | 17.2 Additional terms and notation | 17.3 Additional usage requirements | 17.4 Additional documentation requirements | 17.5 Compliance and labeling | 17.6.1 String words |
dpansA Rationale (informative annex)
| A.1 Introduction | A.2 Terms and notation | A.3 Usage requirements | A.4 Documentation requirements | A.5 Compliance and labeling | A.6 Glossary | A.7 The optional Block word set | A.8 The optional Double-Number word set | A.9 The optional Exception word set | A.10 The optional Facility word set | A.11 The optional File-Access word set | A.12 The optional Floating-Point word set | A.13 The optional Locals word set | A.14 The optional Memory-Allocation word set | A.15 The optional Programming-Tools word set | A.16 The optional Search-Order word set | A.17 The optional String word set |
dpansB Bibliography (informative annex)
| Industry standards | Books | Journals, magazines and newsletters | Selected articles |
dpansC Perspective (informative annex)
| C.1 Features of Forth | C.2 History of Forth | C.3 Hardware implementations of Forth | C.4 Standardization efforts | C.5 Programming in Forth | C.6 Multiprogrammed systems | C.7 Design and management considerations | C.8 Conclusion |
dpansD Compatibility analysis of ANS Forth (informative annex)
| D.1 FIG Forth (circa 1978) | D.2 Forth-79 | D.3 Forth-83 | D.4 Recent developments | D.5 ANS Forth approach | D.6 Differences from Forth-83 |
dpansE ANS Forth portability guide (informative annex)
| E.1 Introduction | E.2 Hardware peculiarities | E.3 Number representation | E.4 Forth system implementation | E.5 ROMed application disciplines and conventions | E.6 Summary |
dpansF Alphabetic list of words (informative annex)
| list | charset |
a0001
(text)
Q0001: regarding the "flag" returned by READ-LINE at end of file boundary conditions.
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
a0002
(text)
Q0002: regarding the significance of defining search orders in which a given wordlist occurs more than once.
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
a0003
(text)
Q0003: regarding usage rules for defining words centering on various wordlist actions occurring between CREATE and DOES>.
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
a0004
(text)
Q0004: regarding standard punctuation for double-cell numbers when occurring in programs.
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
a0005
(text)
Q0005: regarding the definition of "initiation semantics".
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
a0006
(text)
Q0006: regarding Writing to Input Buffers.
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
a0007
(text)
Q0007: regarding the distinction between "immediacy" and "special compilation semantics".
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
q0008
(text)
Q0008: regarding the definition of "execution token" and of some words related to execution tokens.
| query: The original question |
q0009
(text)
Q0009: regarding the behaviour of POSTPONE in interpretation state
| query: The original question |
a0010
(text)
Q0010: regarding the use of QUERY while INCLUDE-FILE operation is performed.
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply |
q98-011
(text)
Q0011: The way to indicate errors in case of ambiguous conditions (throw-code vs. return-code)
| query: The original question |
q98-012
(text)
Q0012: When RESTORE-INPUT must and must not try to restore input
| query: The original question |
q98-015
(text)
Q0015: regarding use of a fileid during its active use by INCLUDED
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply | ballot: The Ballot issued | results: Ballot results |
a99-027
(text)
Q99-027: regarding compilation while in Interpretation state.
| query: The original question | reply: The TC's reply |

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