On 7/25/05, Daniel B. Faken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also, this helps me understand why the FFI is so focussed on callbacks > (instead of having equivalent facilities for entry points): entry points > are just "default continuations" followed by ##sys#call-host, which > temporarily interrupts (so to speak) the Scheme continuation to let C > take over for a while. > (did I get that right?)
Yes, that's exactly how it works. > What do you think about getting rid of the entry-point API, storing > the continuation somewhere it can explicitly retrieved (if you want to > exec some more top-level code), and letting callbacks always "just work" > (after the initial setup). > This seems to me much simpler, etc. The current entry-point API calls > could easily be translated to callbacks, if anyone needs them. > This is in fact a good solution. The entry-point API is pretty clunky, and this method is both more lightweight and more convenient. Have to test it more, though. cheers, felix _______________________________________________ Chicken-users mailing list Chicken-users@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/chicken-users
