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Namespaces

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

The primary namespaces are:

ASCII:

Holds ASCII character constants for control characters

buffer:

Contains words for operating on a simple linear LIFO buffer.

c:

Contains words for operating on ASCII character data.

class:

Contains class handlers for words.

d:

Contains words operating on the Dictionary.

err:

Contains words for handling errors.

n:

Contains words operating on numeric data.

prefix:

Contains prefix handlers.

s:

Contains words operating on string data.

set:

Contains words operating on sets (simple arrays)

v:

Contains words operating on variables.