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From: ajm@cit5.cit.oz (Tony Mcgregor)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: longjmp
Message-ID: <1989Sep4.015651.25779@cit5.cit.oz>
Date: 4 Sep 89 01:56:51 GMT
Organization: Chisholm Institute of Technology, Melb., Australia
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I am trying to use setjmp and longjump to do context switching within
a single process. I'm confused by the manual entry which says



>SETJMP(3C-ucb)	  Pyramid OSx Operating	System	   SETJMP(3C-ucb)
>
>[...]
>
>     longjmp(env, val)
>     jmp_buf env;
>
>[...]
>
>     Using setjmp/longjmp for context switching
>
>     Setjmp and	longjmp	can be used to switch between different
>     contexts withing a	single process.	
>
>[...]
>
>     NOTE: The argument given to	longjmp
>     is	ignored	when using longjmp to switch context.
>
>
>[...]
>
>	5)  Use	longjmp	with the appropriate (previously saved)
>	    context buffer to switch to	the new	context.
>


So how do I specify the context if longjmp ignores it's argument?

Thanks for your help.

Tony
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