System and method for managing control flow of computer programs executing in a computer system
US5754855A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 12, 1997 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 12, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/44
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Processing an event signifying a condition in a computer system is described. The computer system maintains an invocation stack which includes a plurality of stack frames. Such event processing operates by selecting a stack frame from the invocation stack, and then determining whether a user specified event processing procedure capable of processing the event has been registered with the selected stack frame. If a user specified event processing procedure has been so registered, then the event is processed using the user specified event processing procedure as specified by a set of rules and options defined for the disposition and/or processing of the specific event. Optionally, it is then determined whether a language specific event processing procedure capable of processing the event has been registered with the selected stack frame. If a language specific event processing procedure has been so registered, then the event is processed using the language specific event processing procedure as specified by a set of rules and options defined for the disposition and/or processing of the specific event. If an user specified event processing procedure capable of processing the event or …
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