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gvn

1977 Version of ANSI Standard

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gvn

See gvn for formal definition.

  1. Circumflex ("^") Right Arrow A.
  2. Concatenate (A, Result) Right Arrow A.
  3. PUT Nameind on the Stack.
    False Right Arrow Nameind.
  4. Replace the n-tuple in A with the n + 1-tuple (A, Result).
  5. GET Nameind from the Stack.
  6. GET previous level’s Nameind and Window position from the Stack.
    GET the indirect name off the Stack.
    Link window to retrieved Window position.
  7. A Right Arrow Result.

Note: The result of calling gvn is an n-tuple of values, where the first value is either the global name preceded by a """, or the "^" alone, and subsequent values (if any) are subscripts.

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