Name

allot:core — ordinary primitive

Synopsis

FORTH

ALLOT ( count -- )();
p4:"allot";

Description

make room in the dictionary - usually called after a CREATE word like VARIABLE or VALUE to make for an array of variables. Does not initialize the space allocated from the dictionary-heap. The count is in bytes - use CELLS ALLOT to allocate a field of cells.

dpANS .6.1.0710 - standard forth word