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From: Eric Marshall
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 21:49

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	In the following code fragment:

	save
	  /three 3 def
	  three  % works fine
	restore

	three    % causes "undefined" error

I do not understand why three is not defined after the restore. 
The red book says that restore does not affect the contents of the
dictionary stack, but there is obviously something more to it than
that.  Could someone please explain this to me?

	Thanks in advance.


Eric Marshall
Software Productivity Consortium
SPC Building
2214 Rock Hill Road
Herndon, VA 22070
(703) 742-7153

marshall@software.org

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