Re: [gforth] why compiler directives in brackets?

2013-07-29 Thread Bernd Paysan
Am Montag, 29. Juli 2013, 20:30:03 schrieb Marcos Cruz: > Hello, > > In the Gforth's sources sometimes compiler directives are surrounded by > > brackets inside a definition, not only the condition: > : name [ condition [if] ] code1 [ [else] ] code2 [ [then] ] ; > > Why? Maybe to ma

[gforth] why compiler directives in brackets?

2013-07-29 Thread Marcos Cruz
Hello, In the Gforth's sources sometimes compiler directives are surrounded by brackets inside a definition, not only the condition: : name [ condition [if] ] code1 [ [else] ] code2 [ [then] ] ; Why? Maybe to make sure the code would work in other Forth systems where those words a