scan-word-name ( -- string )
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Vocabulary
parser

Inputs
None

Outputs

string

a string

Word description
Reads the next token from parser input and makes sure it does not parse as a number.

Errors
Throws an error if the scanned token is a number or upon finding end of file.

Notes
This word should only be called from parsing words.

Definition

USING: lexer ;

IN: parser

: scan-word-name ( -- string ) scan-token check-word-name ;