[SLOF] [PATCH v5 1/2] Fix output word

[Segher Boessenkool]

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 02:03:41PM +0200, Thomas Huth wrote:
> >> That is very problematic.  If the xt of term-io-emit already is the
> >> behaviour of emit, this will loop.
> 
> I'm afraid to object Segher, but as far as I can see, this can not
> happen. The "[ ' emit behavior compile, ]" happens *while* the Forth
> word is compiled, and the first "' term-io-emit to emit" happens *after*
> the Forth word is compiled. So how should the term-io-emit XT end up in
> "emit" before the term-io-emit Forth word is compiled?

Exactly as you say for example: if it was done *before*.

This [ ... behavior ... ] stuff is very fragile.  It does not have
to be that way.

Why don't you set debug versions to the emit hook very early?  Why
won't that work?


Segher