`{: F: x F: y :}` now declares float-typed locals that live on the float
stack. `x x F* y y F* F+ FSQRT` writes real float code without manual
FSTACK juggling — previously WAFER had a 100%-compliant float wordset
but no way to name intermediate float values.
New IR ops `ForthFLocalGet(n)` / `ForthFLocalSet(n)` alongside the
existing int-local ops. Each kind has its own index namespace so mixed
declarations like `{: n F: f :}` compose cleanly. Codegen allocates f64
WASM locals after the existing f64 scratch pair; the fsp-bridge logic
mirrors the existing FDup/FSwap path.
Outer interpreter tracks a parallel `compiling_local_kinds` alongside
`compiling_locals` (keeps the 18 existing touch-points unchanged) and
extends `{:` to recognize `F:` as a per-next-name type marker. `TO` and
name resolution branch on kind to pick Int vs Float get/set ops.
Four tests: classic hypot, TO round-trip, mixed int/float args, and
uninitialized float via `|`. Inline-inhibit for the new ops added to
optimizer and is_promotable so they don't sneak into contexts that
would collide with the caller's WASM locals.
Three compile-time words for unstructured control flow:
- AHEAD: unconditional forward branch (code to THEN skipped)
- CS-PICK: duplicate control-flow stack entries (enables multi-exit loops)
- CS-ROLL: rotate control-flow stack entries (reorder IF/THEN resolution)
Also adds POSTPONE support for compile-time keywords (IF, UNTIL, etc.)
via a __CTRL__ host function and unified pending_actions queue.
Key design:
- LoopRestartIfFalse IR op desugars into nested If nodes for CS-PICK'd
BEGIN+UNTIL patterns (multiple backward branches in one loop)
- Flat Block/BranchIfFalse/EndBlock IR ops for CS-ROLL'd IF/THEN
patterns where structured If nesting would consume wrong flags
- First-iteration flag local for AHEAD-into-BEGIN patterns (PT8)
Enables 12th compliance test (compliance_tools): all 11+1 now pass.
Two-path DO/LOOP codegen based on static analysis of the loop body:
- Fast path (no calls, no >R/R> in body): index and limit live purely
in WASM locals with zero return stack traffic per iteration. RFetch (I)
and LoopJ (J) resolve to local.get instead of memory access.
- Slow path (body has calls or explicit RS ops): locals still used for
loop control, but synced to return stack for LEAVE/UNLOOP compatibility.
Also converts J from a host function (WASM→Rust roundtrip per call) to
an IR primitive (IrOp::LoopJ) that compiles to local.get of the outer
loop's index local.
Performance impact (vs gforth, all opts enabled):
- Factorial: 1.02x → 0.94x (now faster than gforth)
- NestedLoops: 717x → 543x (24% faster, still bottlenecked by data stack)
- Fibonacci, GCD, Collatz: unchanged (don't use DO/LOOP)
Major compliance push bringing WAFER from 3 to 10 passing Forth 2012
compliance test suites (Core, Core Extensions, Core Plus, Double,
Exception, Facility, Locals, Memory, Search Order, String).
Compiler/runtime fixes:
- DEFER: host function via pending_define, works inside colon defs
- COMPILE,: handle_pending_compile in execute_word for [...] sequences
- MARKER: full save/restore with pending_marker_restore mechanism
- IMMEDIATE: changed from XOR toggle to OR set per Forth 2012 spec
- ABORT": throw -2 via THROW, no message display when caught
- M*/: symmetric division to match WAFER's / behavior
- pending_define: single i32 flag → Vec<i32> queue for multi-action words
- Optimizer: prevent inlining words containing EXIT or ForthLocal ops
- +LOOP: corrected boundary check formula with AND step comparison
- REPEAT: accept bare BEGIN (unstructured IF...BEGIN...REPEAT)
- Auto-close unclosed IFs at ; for unstructured control flow
- _create_part_: use reserve_fn_index to preserve dictionary.latest()
Memory layout:
- Separate PICT_BUF and WORD_BUF regions to prevent PAD overlap
- Updated DEPTH hardcoded DATA_STACK_TOP in boot.fth
New word sets:
- [IF]/[ELSE]/[THEN]/[DEFINED]/[UNDEFINED]: conditional compilation
- UNESCAPE/SUBSTITUTE/REPLACES: string substitution (host functions)
- Locals {: syntax: parser, ForthLocalGet/Set IR ops, WASM local codegen
- ENVIRONMENT? support for #LOCALS (returns 16)
- N>R/NR>/SYNONYM: programming-tools extensions
- Search Order: ONLY, ALSO, PREVIOUS, DEFINITIONS, FORTH,
FORTH-WORDLIST, GET-ORDER, SET-ORDER, GET-CURRENT, SET-CURRENT,
WORDLIST, SEARCH-WORDLIST with full multi-wordlist dictionary support
via Arc<Mutex> shared state for immediate effect from compiled code
Remaining: 1 cascade error in Programming-Tools from CS-PICK/CS-ROLL
(unstructured control-flow stack manipulation, requires flat IR).
- Fix HERE corruption: sync user_here before writing to shared cell
- Fix DOES> without CREATE: patch most-recent word, not read new name
- Implement >BODY via word_pfa_map tracking parameter field addresses
- Nested BEGIN...WHILE...WHILE...REPEAT...ELSE...THEN support
- DEPTH overflow protection
- Forth 2012 core.fr: 3 errors remaining (POSTPONE edge case,
double-DOES>, NOP meta-programming)
Major compliance fixes for running Gerry Jackson's core.fr tests:
- >IN synchronization: outer interpreter reads >IN back from WASM memory
after each word, enabling TESTING and other >IN-manipulating words
- RSHIFT changed to logical (unsigned) shift per Forth 2012 spec
- +LOOP uses boundary-crossing termination check for negative steps
- HEX/DECIMAL compile as WASM primitives (work inside definitions)
- BASE read from WASM memory for all number formatting
- Pictured numeric output: <# # #S #> HOLD SIGN
- New words: 2@ 2! .( ] ArithRshift
- Error recovery resets compile state on failure
- FIND reads counted strings from WASM memory
- Forth 2012 core.fr: 58 errors remaining (from unable-to-load)
Optimizing Forth 2012 compiler targeting WebAssembly with IR-based
compilation pipeline, multi-typed stack inference, subroutine threading,
and JIT/consolidation modes. Rust kernel with ~35 primitives and Forth
standard library for core/core-ext word sets.
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