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Vocabulary
vocabs

Inputs
objecta vocabulary specifier


Outputs
None

Word description
Loads a vocabulary if it has not already been loaded. Throws an error if the vocabulary does not exist on disk or in the dictionary.

Notes
To unconditionally reload a vocabulary, use reload. To reload changed source files only, use the words in Runtime code reloading.

Definition

GENERIC: require ( object -- )


Methods