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author | keithw <unknown> | 2002-03-04 14:39:46 +0000 |
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committer | keithw <unknown> | 2002-03-04 14:39:46 +0000 |
commit | 4815e2e03536c2d42b06c3bba708213371506d9e (patch) | |
tree | edc2d34f6931b515c54d1453480101be4dc7308b /ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex | |
parent | 82d1ee5e24fac5c2f523bf290444f24f5877c0d5 (diff) | |
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[project @ 2002-03-04 14:39:46 by keithw]
Explain the *other* thing AP_UPDs are used for (not just Hugs, but
also stack-freezing for raiseAsync()).
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diff --git a/ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex b/ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex index 9d742ae7c2..158ae7e79a 100644 --- a/ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex +++ b/ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex @@ -2135,8 +2135,10 @@ both @PAP@ and @PAP_STATIC@. \Subsubsection{\texttt{AP\_UPD} objects}{AP_UPD} -@AP_UPD@ objects are used to represent thunks built by Hugs. The only -distintion between an @AP_UPD@ and a @PAP@ is that an @AP_UPD@ is +@AP_UPD@ objects are used to represent thunks built by Hugs, and to +save the currently-active computations when performing @raiseAsync()@. +The only +distinction between an @AP_UPD@ and a @PAP@ is that an @AP_UPD@ is updateable. \begin{center} |