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What is a parsing word?

April 26, 2017parsing word

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What is a parsing word?

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A 'parsing word' in Factor is akin to an 'immediate word' in Forth. With a comparison to Lisp, it is somewhat like a reader macro but often used like a regular macro. Defining a parsing word extends the parser, and it is used to introduce new definition syntax or datatype literals.