X-Git-Url: http://git.megacz.com/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2Frts%2Frts.verb;h=38619f2a19ada41df7b8ca529dbca56b27b2a3a2;hb=fcc5fed0965ab75350748a14f05383821dbe601b;hp=5b6691dddbcfb3705dc5fac9040b1d3391db0f20;hpb=333f0f3785854d1c348ae46b50ce15752610c934;p=ghc-hetmet.git diff --git a/docs/rts/rts.verb b/docs/rts/rts.verb index 5b6691d..38619f2 100644 --- a/docs/rts/rts.verb +++ b/docs/rts/rts.verb @@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ pushing an \emph{update frame} onto the stack and overwriting the thunk with a \emph{black hole} (see Black Holes, below). When evaluation of the thunk completes, the update frame will cause the thunk to be overwritten again with an \emph{indirection} to the result -of the thunk, which is always a constructor. +of the thunk, which is always a constructor or a partial application. \begin{center} \begin{tabular}{|l|l|l|l|}\hline @@ -606,9 +606,9 @@ an update in place.) \end{tabular} \end{center} -Indirections needn't always point to a constructor. They can point to -a chain of indirections which point to an evaluated closure. When -revertible black holes are added, they may also point to reverted +Indirections needn't always point to a closure in WHNF. They can +point to a chain of indirections which point to an evaluated closure. +When revertible black holes are added, they may also point to reverted black holes. \item[Thread State Objects (@TSO@s)] represent Haskell threads. Their