figForth Word - [COMPILE]

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[COMPILE] p,C

Used in a colon-definition in form:

xxx [COMPILE] FORTH ; [COMPILE] will force the compilation of an immediate definitions, that would otherwise execute during compilation. The above example will select the FORTH vocabulary then xxx executes, rather than at compile time

NFA: 006FD9 C9 DB 0C9H 006FDA 5B434F4D 50494C45 DB “[COMPILE” 006FE2 DD DB ‘]’+80H LFA: 006FE3 656F DW CREAT-9 CFA: 006FE5 3C28 BCOMP: DW DOCOL ; : PFA: 006FE7 076F DW DFIND ; -FIND 006FE9 EC25 DW ZEQU ; 0= 006FEB BF67 936A DW ZERO,QERR ; 0 ?ERROR 006FEF CC26 DW DROP ; DROP 006FF1 4D6A DW CFA ; CFA 006FF3 2369 DW COMMA ; , 006FF5 1725 DW SEMIS

The Meaning of the Dictionary Fields:

NFA   LFA   CFA   PFA