From 4815e2e03536c2d42b06c3bba708213371506d9e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: keithw Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 14:39:46 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] [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()). --- ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex b/ghc/docs/rts/rts.tex index 9d742ae..158ae7e 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} -- 1.7.10.4