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Vocabulary
syntax

Syntax

GENERIC: word ( stack -- effect )

Inputs
None

Outputs
None

Word description
Defines a new generic word in the current vocabulary. The word dispatches on the topmost stack element. Initially it contains no methods, and thus will throw a no-method error when called.

See also
generic, define-generic, define-simple-generic, GENERIC#:, MATH:, HOOK:

Definition

USING: generic.parser generic.standard ;

IN: syntax

SYNTAX: GENERIC: [ simple-combination ] (GENERIC:) ;