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diff --git a/manual/setjmp.texi b/manual/setjmp.texi index f6799912eb..6f3adeea93 100644 --- a/manual/setjmp.texi +++ b/manual/setjmp.texi @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ functions. @menu * Intro: Non-Local Intro. When and how to use these facilities. -* Details: Non-Local Details. Functions for nonlocal exits. +* Details: Non-Local Details. Functions for non-local exits. * Non-Local Exits and Signals:: Portability issues. @end menu @@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ only a single function call, transferring control back to the point at which it was called, a non-local exit can potentially abandon many levels of nested function calls. -You identify return points for non-local exits calling the function +You identify return points for non-local exits by calling the function @code{setjmp}. This function saves information about the execution environment in which the call to @code{setjmp} appears in an object of type @code{jmp_buf}. Execution of the program continues normally after -the call to @code{setjmp}, but if a exit is later made to this return +the call to @code{setjmp}, but if an exit is later made to this return point by calling @code{longjmp} with the corresponding @w{@code{jmp_buf}} object, control is transferred back to the point where @code{setjmp} was called. The return value from @code{setjmp} is used to distinguish |