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Print definition of a function in Forth

When a word is already defined in Forth, is there a way to print its definition?

I've heard that many of Forth's built-in functions such as emit, drop, etc. are defined in terms of the language itself, and I'd like to be able to look at their definitions.

Solution

  • You can usually use 

    see emit

    Which in Gforth gives you something like:

    : (emit)
  outfile-id emit-file drop ;
latestxt
Defer emit
IS emit
 ok