Name

locals-bar:locals — compiling primitive

Synopsis

FORTH
LOCALS| ( xN ... x2 x1 [name1 .. nameN <|>] -- )(); 
 ;

Description

create local identifiers to be used in the current definition. At runtime, each identifier will be assigned a value from the parameter stack. <br> The identifiers may be treated as if being a VALUE , it does also implement the ansi TO extensions for locals. Note that the identifiers are only valid inside the currently compiled word, the SEE decompiled word will show them as <A> <B> ... <N> a.s.o. <br> see also LVALUE

dpANS 13.6.2.1795 - standard forth word