initialize ( variable quot -- )
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Vocabulary
namespaces

Inputs

variable	a symbol
quot	a quotation

Outputs
None

Word description
If variable does not have a value in the global namespace, calls quot and assigns the result to variable in the global namespace.

Definition

USING: kernel ;

IN: namespaces

: initialize ( variable quot -- )
    [ unless* ] curry change-global ; inline