Re: Comprehension problem with macros

[Oliver Corff]

HI Ralph,

not that I do not get the difference;-) However, I was not sure it would
*work*.

Best regards,

Oliver.


On 23/04/2023 14:40, Ralph Corderoy wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
>
> > I was not quite sure if I could abuse single-digit numbers in such a
> > way.
> Single-digit strings.
>
> Sure, it's not abuse.  It's the language.  Just as dc(1) allows a byte
> as the name of a string.
>
>      $ dc -e '6 7*s
>      > cl
>      > p'
>      42
>      $
>
> If you think it might clash with other uses of strings 0, 1, ... then
> prefix their name.
>
>      .ds lut0 0
>      ...
>      \[u216\*[lut\nn]]
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