<uninterned-word> ( name -- word )
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Vocabulary
words

Inputs and outputs
namea string
worda word


Word description
Creates an uninterned word with the specified name, that is not equal to any other word in the system.

Notes
Unlike create, this word does not have to be called from inside with-compilation-unit.

Variable value
Current value in global namespace:
24281


Definition
USING: definitions kernel math namespaces words.private ;

IN: words

: <uninterned-word> ( name -- word )
f \ <uninterned-word> counter >fixnum (word) new-words get
[ dup new-word ] when ;