English Explanatory Dictionary

continuation-passing style

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A style of programming in which every user function f takes an extra argument c known as a continuation. Whenever f would normally return a result r to its caller, it instead returns the result of applying the continuation to r.

Word forms

continuation-passing style continuation-passing styles continuation passing style

Synonyms

CPS
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