Re: Standard compliance for systems

On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 13:11:32 +0000, minforth wrote:

On Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:35:01 +0000, mhx wrote:

When parsing commands for my engineering tools, strings
are indispensable. But I use a ringbuffer, not a stack.

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A ring buffer for holding strings is a classic for Forth
systems. For larger string sequences, such as data in XML
format, ring buffers tend to be overwritten. But that's
an application-sprecific implementation detail, not a
topic for a standard.

Ring buffers should manage their pool appropriately. That's
a quality of implementation aspect. Slightly more dangerous
is using their strings permanently. It assumes quality at
the other side of the keyboard.
-marcel