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| USING: help.markup help.syntax words math ;
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| IN: definitions
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| ARTICLE: "definition-protocol" "Definition protocol"
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| "A common protocol is used to build generic tools for working with all definitions."
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| $nl
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| "Definitions must know what source file they were loaded from, and provide a way to set this:"
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| { $subsection where }
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| { $subsection set-where }
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| "Definitions can be removed:"
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| { $subsection forget }
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| "Definitions can answer a sequence of definitions they directly depend on:"
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| { $subsection uses }
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| "When a definition is changed, all definitions which depend on it are notified via a hook:"
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| { $subsection redefined* }
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| "Definitions must implement a few operations used for printing them in human and computer-readable form:"
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| { $subsection synopsis* }
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| { $subsection definer }
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| { $subsection definition } ;
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| 
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| ARTICLE: "definitions" "Definitions"
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| "A " { $emphasis "definition" } " is an artifact read from a source file. This includes words, methods, and help articles. Words for working with definitions are found in the " { $vocab-link "definitions" } " vocabulary."
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| { $subsection "definition-protocol" }
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| "A common cross-referencing system is used to track definition usages:"
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| { $subsection crossref }
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| { $subsection xref }
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| { $subsection unxref }
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| { $subsection delete-xref }
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| { $subsection usage }
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| "Implementations of the definition protocol include pathnames, words, methods, and help articles."
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| { $see-also "source-files" "words" "generic" "help-impl" } ;
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| 
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| ABOUT: "definitions"
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| HELP: where
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } { "loc" "a " { $snippet "{ path line# }" } " pair" } }
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| { $description "Outputs the location of a definition. If the location is not known, will output " { $link f } "." } ;
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| 
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| HELP: set-where
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| { $values { "loc" "a " { $snippet "{ path line# }" } " pair" } { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } }
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| { $description "Sets the definition's location." }
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| { $notes "This word is used by the parser." } ;
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| 
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| HELP: forget
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } }
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| { $description "Forgets about a definition. For example, if it is a word, it will be removed from its vocabulary." } ;
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| 
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| HELP: uses
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } { "seq" "a sequence of definition specifiers" } }
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| { $description "Outputs a sequence of definitions directory called by the given definition." }
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| { $notes "The sequence might include the definition itself, if it is a recursive word." }
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| { $examples
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|     "We can ask the " { $link sq } " word to produce a list of words it calls:"
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|     { $unchecked-example "\ sq uses ." "{ dup * }" }
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| } ;
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| 
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| HELP: crossref
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| { $var-description "A graph whose vertices are definition specifiers and edges are usages. See " { $link "graphs" } "." } ;
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| 
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| HELP: xref
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } }
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| { $description "Adds a vertex representing this definition, along with edges representing dependencies to the " { $link crossref } " graph." }
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| $low-level-note ;
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| 
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| HELP: usage
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } { "seq" "a sequence of definition specifiers" } }
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| { $description "Outputs a sequence of definitions that directly call the given definition." }
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| { $notes "The sequence might include the definition itself, if it is a recursive word." } ;
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| HELP: redefined*
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } }
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| { $contract "Updates the definition to cope with a callee being redefined." }
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| $low-level-note ;
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| 
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| HELP: unxref
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } }
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| { $description "Remove edges leaving the vertex which represents the definition from the " { $link crossref } " graph." }
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| { $notes "This word is called before a word is redefined." } ;
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| 
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| HELP: delete-xref
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| { $values { "defspec" "a definition specifier" } }
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| { $description "Remove the vertex which represents the definition from the " { $link crossref } " graph." }
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| { $notes "This word is called before a word is forgotten." }
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| { $see-also forget } ;
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