create-vocab ( name -- vocab )
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Vocabulary
vocabs

Inputs

name

a string

Outputs

vocab

a vocab

Word description
Creates a new vocabulary if one does not exist with the given name, otherwise outputs an existing vocabulary.

Definition

USING: assocs kernel namespaces ;

IN: vocabs

: create-vocab ( name -- vocab )
    check-vocab-name dictionary get [ <vocab> ] cache
    dup notify-vocab-observers ;