Hello! Is it documented anywhere that the Factor words can be qualified by prefixing them with the "vocab:"? This may be self-evident to people familiar with the Forth family of languages, but I studied Factor by its built-in documentation before any other such languages, and was quite surprised when I discovered that this trick works. This tells me that it was probably never mentioned in the docs.
I think it should be stated somewhere, otherwise it's not clear that the use of words like QUALIFIED: is extra syntax, which amends the already existing basis. To rephrase what I mean, here's an example from the QUALIFIED: docs: USING: prettyprint ; QUALIFIED: math 1 2 math:+ . 3 What I missed in the _other_ Factor syntax documentation, is that even without using QUALIFIED: it's possible to qualify and disambiguate with the following syntax: USING: prettyprint math ; 1 2 math:+ . 3 Here, the "math:" prefix is optional, but it can be used. For example, in the "Factor handbook » The language » Words » Colon definitions" article it could be mentioned that both "word" and "vocab:word" aliases are defined, if that's indeed how it works. The USE:/USING: documentation at "Factor handbook » The language » Syntax » Parse-time word lookup » Syntax to control word lookup" also doesn't mention that all the imported words can be used with the optional vocab name prefix, even though it mentions the possible ambiguity issues. ---=====--- Александр _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
