[OpenBIOS] [PATCH 10/10] Adding filll Forth primitive
Segher Boessenkool
segher at kernel.crashing.org
Wed Aug 17 09:27:20 CEST 2011
>> This word puzzles me: The extra l in filll seems to be for "long"
>> according to the patch description. But there's a hardcoded
>> arithmetic
>> with 4 and the parameter is documented as byte yet is being written
>> ucell-wide. That strikes me as inconsistent.
"l" in OF refers to 32-bit memory, like in "la1+" and "rl@" for
example. 64-bit is "x".
> Honestly, my problem is I was unable to find documentation on filll.
> This suggests that it may be an non-standard addition by Apple.
It is.
Segher
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