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

Inputs

name

a string

Outputs

word

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

Variable value
Current value in global namespace:

37011

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 ;