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Ticket 271: continuations outside of Scheme

2012-10-09 22:02:06
WG1 - Core
cowan
major
alexshinn
wontfix
source
closed
2011-08-21 14:01:57
defect

call/cc is capable of capturing continuations originating outside of Scheme as when using Scheme as a scripting language in some host language. It is not always practical or even meaningful to restore these continuations, so we may want to add a disclaimer to that effect.

resolution
statusnewdecided
owneralexshinncowan
statusdecidedwriting
resolutionwontfix
statuswritingclosed

Prescribing the results for a feature outside the language as defined doesn't make much sense.