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- This is the stack notation key for the file Mops Glossary, and the
- various Subject Sorted Glossary files which should accompany the Mops
- Glossary.
-
- Considerable effort has been devoted towards providing a consistent and
- logical stack notation. In general, compile time stack effects are shown.
- Runtime behavior, if different, is contained in the description.
-
- The stack picture will always refer to the parameter stack. The return
- stack is not shown. The stack picture will always contain two hyphens
- ( -- ) even when there is no stack effect. A colon ( : ) appearing after the
- stack comment of some words indicates that the input stream must contain
- additional information, usually a name for a dictionary entry being created or
- the name of a word that has already been defined. The input stream is the
- text being loaded either from a source file, typed at the console, or pasted
- from the clipboard.
-
- All entities represent the contents of one 32-bit cell on the stack, even
- though that entity may only require less than 32 bits. For example, a
- character c is in the range 0 through 256, only really needing 8 bits, but
- a full 32 bit cell is consumed nonetheless.
-
- When more than one type of stack outcome is possible, the different outcomes
- are separated by a | (vertical bar).
-
-
-
- addr memory address
- len length, usually length of text
-
- c a character, in the range 0 through 256
- w a 16-bit number in the range -32,768 through +32,767
- n 32-bit signed number in the range +/- 2,147,483,647
- flt a floating point number ( we hold pointers on the stack, actually)
-
- b boolean, -1 = true, 0 = false
- t boolean true = -1
- f boolean false = 0
- ? flag for a conditional phrase, non-zero is "true"
-
- idx index, as when referring to an array member
-
-
- point 32-bit toolbox point (2 packed integers).
- wptr window pointer.
-
- fcb address of a file control block
- str255 address of a Pascal-type counted string. The first byte is the count,
- the first char is at address+1.
-
- obj address of the beginning of an object's data, or pointer to object.
- When the name of an object is executed, this is the address that is
- returned.
-
- class address of a class, or pointer to class.
-
-
- 16-bit-value The stack alignment is offset by 2 bytes to prepare for or
- return from a toolbox call.
-
- DICTIONARY HEADERS
-
- lfa link field address. This is the beginning of a header. The link field
- is a 32-bit hash value.
- nfa name field address. Begins at lfa+4, is variable length.
- hca handler code address. handler code occupies 2-bytes, just after the nfa.
- cfa code field address.
- dfa data field address
-
- selID selector ID. the value left by executing any name ending with :. It
- is assumed by the Mops compiler that all words ending with colon ( : )
- are selectors, or method names.
-
- INPUT STREAM
-
- name Name for a new entry in the dictionary.
- word Name of a word currently in the dictionary.
- lit a number