retroforth/doc/Namespaces.md
crc 21d5beab32 change Namespaces document to use a table
FossilOrigin-Name: c3a11f917e41faa8c5176596e0a5e909b246928a832dacb15c70165592a2e063
2019-02-07 05:13:28 +00:00

1.3 KiB

Namespaces

Retro organizes words into namespaces. These are short prefix strings at the start of a word name.

Prefix Contains
ASCII: ASCII character constants for control characters
buffer: Words for operating on a simple linear LIFO buffer
c: Words for operating on ASCII character data
class: Contains class handlers for words
d: Words operating on the Dictionary
err: Words for handling errors
n: Words operating on numeric data
prefix: Contains prefix handlers
s: Words operating on string data
set: Words operating on sets (simple arrays)
v: Words operating on variables
file: File I/O words
f: Floating Point words
gopher: Gopher protocol words
unix: Unix system call words