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# Naming Quotes
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Anonymous functions called quotes are used heavily by Retro.
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This shows a way to attach names to them.
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In a classic Forth, words are created using `:`, which is
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one of numerous parsing words. So a named function looks
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like:
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: foo ... ;
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In Retro, there are no parsing words. There is a prefix
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handler `:`, yielding:
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:foo ... ;
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Quotes start with `[` and end with `]`. So they look like:
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[ ... ]
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If we want to name a quote, we need to:
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- create a header
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- assign the xt field to the quote address
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- set the class handler
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This word, `def`, does these.
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~~~
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:def (as-) d:create d:last d:xt store &class:word reclass ;
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~~~
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An example of using this:
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```
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[ 'Hello_%s!\n s:format s:put ] 'hello def
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'#forth hello
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```
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