when* ( ..a ? true: ( ..a ? -- ..a ) -- ..a )
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Vocabulary
kernel

Inputs
?a generalized boolean
truea quotation with stack effect ( ..a ? -- ..a )


Outputs
None

Word description
Variant of if* with no false quotation.

The following two lines are equivalent:
X [ Y ] when* X dup [ Y ] [ drop ] if


Definition
IN: kernel

: when* ( ..a ? true: ( ..a ? -- ..a ) -- ..a )
over [ call ] [ 2drop ] if ; inline