A Selective CPS Transformation

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  • Lasse R. Nielsen

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https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v8i30.21690

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The CPS transformation makes all functions continuation-passing, uniformly. Not all functions, however, need continuations: they only do if their evaluation includes computational effects. In this paper we focus on control operations, in particular ``call with current continuation'' and ``throw''. We characterize this involvement as a control effect and we present a selective CPS transformation that makes functions and expressions continuation-passing if they have a control effect, and that leaves the rest of the program in direct style. We formalize this selective CPS transformation with an operational semantics and a simulation theorem à la Plotkin.

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2001-07-04

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Nielsen, L. R. (2001). A Selective CPS Transformation. BRICS Report Series, 8(30). https://doi.org/10.7146/brics.v8i30.21690

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Nr. 30 (2001): RS-30 A Selective CPS Transformation

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