NAME

classes/continuation.pmc - Continuation PMC

DESCRIPTION

Continuation extends Closure to provide a subroutine with associated "context". See the Glossary for more information.

void init(): Initializes the continuation.
void mark(): Marks the continuation as live.
void destroy(): Destroys the continuation.
PMC *clone(): Creates and returns a clone of the continuation.
PMC *set_pmc(): Assign context.
void set_pointer(void *value): Sets the pointer to the actual subroutine.
void *get_pointer(): Returns the pointer to the actual subroutine.
INTVAL defined(): Returns whether the subroutine is defined.
void *invoke(void *next): Restores the "context" and calls the superclass's invoke().

Initial revision by sean 2002/08/04.

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