-{ $values { "..." "zero or more objects passed to the C function" } { "return" "a C return type" } { "library" "a logical library name" } { "function" "a C function name" } { "parameters" "a sequence of C parameter types" } }
+{ $values { "args..." "zero or more objects passed to the C function" } { "return" "a C return type" } { "library" "a logical library name" } { "function" "a C function name" } { "parameters" "a sequence of C parameter types" } { "return..." "the return value of the function, if not " { $link void } } }
{ $description "Calls a C library function with the given name. Input parameters are taken from the data stack, and the return value is pushed on the data stack after the function returns. A return type of " { $link void } " indicates that no value is to be expected." }
{ $notes "C type names are documented in " { $link "c-types-specs" } "." }
{ $errors "Throws an " { $link alien-invoke-error } " if the word calling " { $link alien-invoke } " was not compiled with the optimizing compiler." } ;
-{ $values { "..." "zero or more objects passed to the C function" } { "funcptr" "a C function pointer" } { "return" "a C return type" } { "parameters" "a sequence of C parameter types" } { "abi" "one of " { $snippet "\"cdecl\"" } " or " { $snippet "\"stdcall\"" } } }
+{ $values { "args..." "zero or more objects passed to the C function" } { "funcptr" "a C function pointer" } { "return" "a C return type" } { "parameters" "a sequence of C parameter types" } { "abi" "one of " { $snippet "\"cdecl\"" } " or " { $snippet "\"stdcall\"" } } { "return..." "the return value of the function, if not " { $link void } } }
{ $description
"Invokes a C function pointer passed on the data stack. Input parameters are taken from the data stack following the function pointer, and the return value is pushed on the data stack after the function returns. A return type of " { $link void } " indicates that no value is to be expected."
-{ $values { "..." "zero or more objects passed to the C function" } { "return" "a C return type" } { "parameters" "a sequence of C parameter types" } { "abi" "one of " { $snippet "\"cdecl\"" } " or " { $snippet "\"stdcall\"" } } { "quot" quotation } }
+{ $values { "args..." "zero or more objects passed to the C function" } { "return" "a C return type" } { "parameters" "a sequence of C parameter types" } { "abi" "one of " { $snippet "\"cdecl\"" } " or " { $snippet "\"stdcall\"" } } { "quot" quotation } { "return..." "the return value of the function, if not " { $link void } } }
{ $description
"Invokes arbitrary machine code, generated at compile-time by the quotation. Input parameters are taken from the data stack, and the return value is pushed on the data stack after the function returns. A return type of " { $link void } " indicates that no value is to be expected."
{ $description "Creates a new instance of " { $snippet "class" } " and fill in the slots from the stack, with the top-most stack element being stored in the right-most slot." }
{ $notes "The name " { $snippet "boa" } " is shorthand for “by order of arguments”, and “BOA constructor” is a pun on “boa constrictor”." }
{ $errors "Throws an error if the slot values do not match class declarations on slots (see" { $link "tuple-declarations" } ")." } ;
{ $description "Applies the quotation repeatedly with " { $snippet "object" } " as the initial input until the output of the quotation equals the input." }
{ $description "Calls the " { $snippet "try" } " quotation. If no error is thrown, calls " { $snippet "cleanup-always" } " without restoring the data stack. If an error is thrown, restores the data stack, calls " { $snippet "cleanup-always" } " followed by " { $snippet "cleanup-error" } ", and rethrows the error." } ;
{ $description "Calls the " { $snippet "try" } " quotation. If an exception is thrown in the dynamic extent of the " { $snippet "try" } " quotation, restores the data stack and calls the " { $snippet "recovery" } " quotation to handle the error." } ;
{ $notes "This word implements boolean exclusive or, so applying it to integers will not yield useful results (all integers have a true value). Bitwise exclusive or is the " { $link bitxor } " word." } ;
{ $description "Alternative conditional form that preserves the " { $snippet "cond" } " value if it is true."
$nl
"If the condition is true, it is retained on the stack before the " { $snippet "true" } " quotation is called. Otherwise, the condition is removed from the stack and the " { $snippet "false" } " quotation is called."
{ $description "If the condition is " { $link f } ", the " { $snippet "false" } " quotation is called with the " { $snippet "default" } " value on the stack. Otherwise, the " { $snippet "true" } " quotation is called with the condition on the stack." }
{ $description "Reads a sequence of tokens until the first occurrence of " { $snippet "end" } ". " { $snippet "quot" } " is called on each token as it is read." }
{ $examples "This word is used to implement " { $link POSTPONE: USING: } "." }
{ $description "Reads a sequence of tokens until the first occurrence of " { $snippet "end" } ". " { $snippet "quot" } " is called on each token as it is read, and the results are collected into a new output sequence." }
{ $description "Tests if " { $snippet "n" } " is a power of 2." } ;
HELP: each-integer
-{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( i -- )" } } }
+{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( ... i -- ... )" } } }
{ $description "Applies the quotation to each integer from 0 up to " { $snippet "n" } ", excluding " { $snippet "n" } "." }
{ $notes "This word is used to implement " { $link each } "." } ;
HELP: all-integers?
-{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( i -- ? )" } } { "?" "a boolean" } }
+{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( ... i -- ... ? )" } } { "?" "a boolean" } }
{ $description "Applies the quotation to each integer from 0 up to " { $snippet "n" } ", excluding " { $snippet "n" } ". Iteration stops when the quotation outputs " { $link f } " or the end is reached. If the quotation yields a false value for some integer, this word outputs " { $link f } ". Otherwise, this word outputs " { $link t } "." }
{ $notes "This word is used to implement " { $link all? } "." } ;
HELP: find-integer
-{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( i -- ? )" } } { "i" "an integer or " { $link f } } }
+{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( ... i -- ... ? )" } } { "i" "an integer or " { $link f } } }
{ $description "Applies the quotation to each integer from 0 up to " { $snippet "n" } ", excluding " { $snippet "n" } ". Iterationi stops when the quotation outputs a true value or the end is reached. If the quotation yields a true value for some integer, this word outputs that integer. Otherwise, this word outputs " { $link f } "." }
{ $notes "This word is used to implement " { $link find } "." } ;
HELP: find-last-integer
-{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( i -- ? )" } } { "i" "an integer or " { $link f } } }
+{ $values { "n" integer } { "quot" { $quotation "( ... i -- ... ? )" } } { "i" "an integer or " { $link f } } }
{ $description "Applies the quotation to each integer from " { $snippet "n" } " down to 0, inclusive. Iteration stops when the quotation outputs a true value or 0 is reached. If the quotation yields a true value for some integer, the word outputs that integer. Otherwise, the word outputs " { $link f } "." }
{ $notes "This word is used to implement " { $link find-last } "." } ;
{ $description "Maps " { $snippet "buffer" } " into CPU address space with " { $snippet "access" } " for the dynamic extent of " { $snippet "quot" } ". " { $snippet "quot" } " is called with a pointer to the mapped memory on top of the stack." } ;