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Structured interface explanation

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Daniel Hillerström 5 years ago
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@ -4280,12 +4280,17 @@ the programmer via the handler as a first-class value, and thus, it
may be invoked, discarded, or stored for later use at the discretion may be invoked, discarded, or stored for later use at the discretion
of the programmer. of the programmer.
Effect handlers provide a structured interface for programming with
delimited control that operationally augments exception handlers with
the ability to resume its operations. Effect handlers structured in
the sense that the invocation site of an operation is decoupled from
the use site of its continuation -- akin to how the throw-site for an
exception is decoupled from its handling site.
Effect handlers provide a structured and modular interface for
programming with delimited control. They are structured in the sense
that the invocation site of an operation is decoupled from the use
site of its continuation. A handler consists of a collection of
operation clauses, one for each operation it handles. Effect handlers
are modular as a handler will only capture and expose continuations
for operations that it handles, other operation invocations pass
seamlessly through the handler such that the operation can be handled
by another suitable handler. This allows modular construction of
programs, where multiple handlers can be composed to interpret all
effects of the whole program.
From here onwards I will make a slight change of terminology to From here onwards I will make a slight change of terminology to
disambiguate programmatic continuations, i.e. continuations exposed to disambiguate programmatic continuations, i.e. continuations exposed to

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