Re: [gforth] `cold` fails in Gforth 0.7.9?

[Dennis Ruffer]

I haven’t been keeping up to date myself, but this seems to be where the latest activity always is:

 

https://savannah.gnu.org/git/?group=gforth

 

DaR

 

From: Rene Hartmann
Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2017 11:08 AM
To: address@hidden
Subject: Re: [gforth] `cold` fails in Gforth 0.7.9?

 

Am I the only one wondering why the official page of GForth lists 0.7.3

as the most recent version? What is the recommended source for GForth 0.7.9?

 

--

René Hartmann

 

Am 31.08.2017 um 13:21 schrieb Marcos Cruz:

> It seems there's something wrong with `cold` in Gforth 0.7.9.

>

> In 0.7.9_20170705, `cold` returned to the OS.  Now I'm using

> 0.7.9_20170725, and `cold` throws an error:

>

> ....

> *the terminal*:7: error: Dictionary overflow

> cold

> Backtrace:

>                                           0 $766A4714 throw

>                                           1 $766A4798 allot

>                                           2 $766D4588 ,

>                                           3 $766D4624 lha,

>                                           4 $766D56D4 clear-libs

>                                           5 $766D5B68 init-libcc

>                                           6 $766D6080

> ....

>

> The end of `cold` in Gforth 0.7.3 was:

>

> ----

>    bootmessage

>    quit ;

> ----

>

> But in 0.7.9 it's:

>

> ----

>    -56 (bye) ; \ indicate QUIT

> ----

>

> I've just updated the repository and compiled, just in case, but nothing

> changed.  I run Gforth on Raspbian.  Could someone confirm this problem

> happens also on other platforms?

>