[bug #65331] `b` is not a good choice for a standard word name

[Samuel Tardieu]

URL:
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                 Summary: `b` is not a good choice for a standard word name
                   Group: Gforth
               Submitter: rfc1149
               Submitted: Mon 19 Feb 2024 01:16:22 PM UTC
                Category: None
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any


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Date: Mon 19 Feb 2024 01:16:22 PM UTC By: Samuel Tardieu <rfc1149>
`b` is defined in "locate1.fs". It is quite common to work with an hexadecimal
base, and this it impossible to enter the `b` digit without prefixing it with
`0` or `$`.

One could add that `n` has a similar problem, but bases greater than 16 are
much less common than hexadecimal.







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