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Words in the
source-files
vocabulary are used to keep track of loaded source files. This is used to implement
Runtime code reloading
.
The source file database:
source-files
The class of source files:
source-file
Words intended for the parser:
record-checksum
( lines source-file -- )
record-definitions
( source-file -- )
Removing a source file from the database:
forget-source
( path -- )
Updating the database:
reset-checksums
( -- )
The
pathname
class implements the definition protocol by working with the corresponding source file; see
Definitions
.