continuation passing style

A form of continuation-passing style — A style of programming in which every user function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r.

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Meanings

nouncontinuation passing style (plural continuation passing styles)

plural continuation passing styles

  1. alternativeAlternative form of continuation-passing style.
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