Word description Lowest-level primitive for defining words. Associates words with code blocks in the code heap.
The alist maps words to one of the following:
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a quotation - in this case, the quotation is compiled with the non-optimizing compiler and the word will call the quotation when executed.
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a 6-element array { parameters literals relocation labels code stack-frame-size } - in this case, a code heap block is allocated with the given data and the word will call the code block when executed. This is used by the optimizing compiler.
If any of the redefined words may already be referenced by other words in the code heap, from outside of the compilation unit, then a scan of the code heap must be performed to update all word call sites. Passing t as the update-existing? parameter enables this code path.
If classes, methods or generic words were redefined, then inline cache call sites need to be updated as well. Passing t as the reset-pics? parameter enables this code path.
Examples Manually creating a word using the non-optimizing compiler: