delimited continuation
delimited continuation noun: a continuation that returns a value and can be composed.
Noun
delimited continuation (plural delimited continuations)
- A continuation that returns a value and can be composed.
- An interesting alternative, which addresses some of the modularity problems, is a delimited continuation; for example, a delimited continuation might capture just a portion of the evaluation stack, up to a delimiter that works a bit like long-label, and turn it into a function.2022, Norman Ramsey, Programming Languages: Build, Prove, and Compare, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 243
- Synonyms:
- composable continuation, partial continuation
Synonyms of delimited continuation
- composable continuation
- partial continuation
Forms of delimited continuation
| plural | delimited continuations |
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Origin of delimited continuation
So named because they capture only a portion of the call stack.
Questions about delimited continuation
- What does delimited continuation mean?
- Delimited continuation means a continuation that returns a value and can be composed.
- What part of speech is delimited continuation?
- Delimited continuation is a noun.
- What is the plural of delimited continuation?
- The plural of delimited continuation is delimited continuations.
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