<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <title>Parrot - Return Continuation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../resources/parrot.css" media="all"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper"> <div id="header"> <a href="http://www.parrot.org"> <img border=0 src="../../../resources/parrot_logo.png" id="logo" alt="parrot"> </a> </div> <!-- "header" --> <div id="divider"></div> <div id="mainbody"> <div id="breadcrumb"> <a href="../../../html/index.html">Home</a> » <a href="../../../html/pmc.html">PMCs</a> » Return Continuation </div> <h1><a name="NAME" >NAME</a></h1> <p>src/pmc/retcontinuation.pmc - Return Continuation</p> <h1><a name="DESCRIPTION" >DESCRIPTION</a></h1> <p><code>RetContinuation</code> extends <code>Continuation</code>.</p> <p>A return continuation is a one shot Continuation. It gets recycled immediately after invocation.</p> <h2><a name="Methods" >Methods</a></h2> <dl> <dt><a name="void_init()" ><b><code>void init()</b></code></a></dt> Initializes the continuation. <dt><a name="PMC_*clone" ><b><code>PMC *clone</b></code></a></dt> Return a new Continuation PMC with the context of SELF. Note: the returned object is not a RetContinuation and creating a real Continuation invalidates all RetContinuation all the way up the call chain. That is, these can't be recycled; they persist until the GC gets at them. <dt><a name="opcode_t_*invoke(void_*next)" ><b><code>opcode_t *invoke(void *next)</b></code></a></dt> Transfers control to the calling context and frees the current context.</dl> <h1><a name="HISTORY" >HISTORY</a></h1> <p>Initial revision by sean 2002/08/04.</p> </div> <!-- "mainbody" --> <div id="divider"></div> <div id="footer"> Copyright © 2002-2009, Parrot Foundation. </div> </div> <!-- "wrapper" --> </body> </html>