LOCALS-EXT Locals + extensions

The Portable Forth Environment does implement locals in such an extended form as that additional variable names can be declared anywhere in the compiled word.

(LOCAL) ( strptr strcnt -- )  
smart-word ansi 13.6.1.0086
this word is used to create compiling words that can declare LOCALS| - it shall not be used directly to declare a local, the pfe provides LVALUE for that a purpose beyond LOCALS|

reference: p4_paren_local in ../src/locals.c:0157, export CS (LOCAL)

LOCALS| name1 name2 ... nameN | ( xN ... x2 x1 -- )  
smart-word ansi 13.6.2.1795
create local identifiers to be used in the current definition. At runtime, each identifier will be assigned a value from the parameter stack.
The identifiers may be treated as if being a VALUE , it does also implement the ansi TO extensions for locals. Note that the identifiers are only valid inside the currently compiled word, the SEE decompiled word will show them as <A> <B> ... <N> a.s.o.
see also LVALUE

reference: p4_locals_bar in ../src/locals.c:0177, export CS LOCALS|

LVALUE name ( value -- )  
smart-word
declares a single local VALUE using (LOCAL) - a sequence of LVALUE declarations can replace a LOCALS| argument, ie. LOCALS| a b c | is the same as LVALUE a LVALUE b LVALUE c . This should also clarify the runtime stack behaviour of LOCALS| where the stack parameters seem to be assigned in reverse order as opposed to their textual identifier declarations.
compare with VALUE and the pfe's convenience word VAR.

reference: p4_local_value in ../src/locals.c:0205, export CS LVALUE