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Vocabulary
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Word description
Evaluates some code at parse time.

Notes
Calling words defined in the same source file at parse time is prohibited; see compilation unit as where it was defined; see Compilation units.

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Definition

USING: combinators compiler.units parser quotations ;

IN: syntax

SYNTAX: <<
    [ \ >> parse-until >quotation ] with-nested-compilation-unit
    ( -- ) call-effect ;