From cb441fd2ddedbb6762f5bd2a2fca2f6fb7d60931 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kitty <nepeta@canaglie.net>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 17:03:30 +1100
Subject: VALUE, and make handler a value

---
 jefs.fs |  9 +++++++--
 jefs.s  | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jefs.fs b/jefs.fs
index 18ea7e1..e80b1d7 100644
--- a/jefs.fs
+++ b/jefs.fs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 \ :noname
 \ DO LOOP
 \ s\"
+\ add error handling to compiling words
 \ <builds does>
 \ argc/argv
 \ file io
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ hex : ret,  c3 c, ; decimal
 : endcase  ' drop compile, begin ?dup while [compile] then repeat ; immediate
 \ }}}
 
+: value  create [compile] lit ret, ;
+: to  parse find drop >cfa 6 + state @ if
+	[compile] lit ' ! compile, else ! then ; immediate
+
 \ TODO interpret mode strings?
 : s"  1 >in +! [ char " ] literal cparse branch >mark >r 2dup cmove, nip r> dup >resolve 4 + [compile] lit [compile] lit ; immediate
 : ."  [compile] s" ' say compile, ; immediate \ lol this word breaks the highlighting, here have another "
@@ -202,7 +207,7 @@ variable hld
 	2 of ." word not found" endof
 	." unknown error"
 	endcase cr fuck ;
-: _  ' (handler) handler ! ; _ \ i should do immediate ' at some point
+: _  ' (handler) to handler ; _ \ i should do immediate ' at some point
 
 : >ffa ( lfa -- ffa )  8 + ;
 : >nfa ( lfa -- nfa )  9 + ;
@@ -250,7 +255,7 @@ make file-buffer file-buffer-length allot
 : open-file ( mode zstr -- ?fd flag )  0 -rot sysopen errno ;
 : close-file ( fd -- flag )  sysclose errno-flag ;
 : read-file ( c-addr u fd -- ?u flag )  >r swap r> sysread errno ;
-: write-file ( c-addr u fd -- ?u flag ) >r swap r> syswrite errno ;
+: write-file ( c-addr u fd -- ?u flag )  >r swap r> syswrite errno ;
 \ }}}
 
 .free bye
diff --git a/jefs.s b/jefs.s
index f7ad9ac..39ba06e 100644
--- a/jefs.s
+++ b/jefs.s
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@
 	ret
 %endmacro
 
+; compiles a LIT and puts a label at the value
+; It Should Be Fine
+	; lea r14, [r14-8]		4D 8D 76 F8
+	; mov r11, 0xfefefefefefeffff	49 BB [LIT]
+	; mov qword [r14], r11		4D 89 1E
+%macro defvalue 4 ; ... default-value
+	defdict %1, %2, %3
+	lea r14, [r14-8]
+	db 0x49
+	db 0xbb
+	%2: dq %4
+	mov qword [r14], r11
+	ret
+%endmacro
+
 %assign smudge_mask	0x1
 %assign immediate_mask	0x2
 
@@ -1164,7 +1179,8 @@ defvar "rs0", rs0, 0, 0
 defvar "hend", hend, 0, umem_e ; ending of user memory area
 defvar "base", base, 0, 10
 defvar "error", error, 0, 0
-defvar "handler", handler, 0, brac_handler
+; defvar "handler", handler, 0, brac_handler
+defvalue "handler", handler, 0, brac_handler
 defvar "latest", latest, 0, lfa_latest
 
 initfile:
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