6.10.9 Supplying the name of a defined word ¶

By default, a defining word takes the name for the defined word from the input stream. Sometimes you want to supply the name from a string. You can do this with:

nextname ( c-addr u –  ) gforth-0.2 “nextname”

The next defined word will have the name c-addr u; the defining word will leave the input stream alone.

For example:

s" foo" nextname create

is equivalent to:

create foo

nextname works with any defining word.