Possible small documentation change about 8th

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[axtens]

Interesting. Please can you tell me what version of 8th you're using? I haven't updated the binary that the UX is using for a few months. We may have a regression here.

[Fepelus]

Oh thanks for looking at this!

My 8th -v gives 8th 23.06 MACOS64 Free (1a7d5fe0/2023-08-02)

[Fepelus]

And just to share what I'm seeing:

fepelus@pbmbp> cd Exercism/8th/hello-world
fepelus@pbmbp hello-world> cat README.md
[... bunch of stuff elided]
From a REPL

Start 8th loading test-words.8th and your solution file:
8th -f test-words.8th -f hello-world-tests.8th
This will start a CLI session where you can run tests interactively by copying and pasting them in from hello-world-tests.8th or by entering your own.
[... more elided]
fepelus@pbmbp hello-world> 8th -f test-words.8th -f hello-world-tests.8th
Exception: Unknown hello-world: at line 0 byte 49 in /Users/fepelus/Exercism/8th/hello-world/hello-world-tests.8th: G:sthrow: task REPL

fepelus@pbmbp hello-world> 8th -f test-words.8th -f hello-world.8th
8th 23.06 MACOS64 Free (1a7d5fe0/2023-08-02) custid: 52419d79

ok>

[axtens]

It is a regression but not on the binary side. The instructions re `8th test.8th` still apply but the instructions for working from within a REPL are clearly wrong and I'm the culprit. If you have time please raise a PR that encourages the student, having defined their `hello-world` word to `f:include` the test words and the the tests set. Essentially, the student has to do what's done in `test.8th`. As you pointed out, the tests assume the presence of the word to be tested and things fall over if it's not there. Kind regards, Bruce

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