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47 | <span class="bold"><strong>Boost.Context</strong></span> provides two classes encapsulating | |
48 | <span class="emphasis"><em>fcontext_t</em></span> and related functions (<span class="emphasis"><em>jump_fcontext()</em></span> | |
49 | and <span class="emphasis"><em>make_fcontext()</em></span>) and stack management - <span class="emphasis"><em>execution_context</em></span> | |
50 | and <span class="emphasis"><em>captured_context</em></span>. <span class="emphasis"><em>execution_context</em></span> | |
51 | and <span class="emphasis"><em>captured_context</em></span> represent one <span class="emphasis"><em>thread-of-execution</em></span>. | |
52 | A <span class="emphasis"><em>thread-of-execution</em></span> is a single flow of control within | |
53 | a programm. Each class maintains a control structure, containing the preserved | |
54 | registers, the stack and the stack allocator. The main difference between | |
55 | <span class="emphasis"><em>execution_context</em></span> and <span class="emphasis"><em>captured_context</em></span> | |
56 | consists in maintaining context' control structure. | |
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