[cfe-dev] "Blocks" in Clang (aka closures)

[David Chisnall]

Hi Steve,

I could be wrong, and he only proposed the feature rather than  
implementing it.  His 1991 Taskmaster position paper at ECOOP  
described them.  His blocks were only downward funargs (intended for  
exception handling), but the POC implementation using the same  
syntax, I believe, allows them be full closures.  The Taskmaster  
paper is well worth reading.

David

On 2 Sep 2008, at 17:38, steve naroff wrote:

> David,
>
> I'm unfamiliar with the Brad Cox implementation of Blocks (though I  
> know he's been a strong advocate for the feature). A few years ago,  
> Brad and I worked on an ObjC "history" article for http:// 
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HOPL (and blocks weren't mentioned). Can you  
> point me to any references? (I'm confused).
>
> Thanks,
>
> snaroff
>