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    signature SML_OF_NJ =
       sig
          structure Cont:
             sig
                type 'a cont
                val callcc: ('a cont -> 'a) -> 'a
                val isolate: ('a -> unit) -> 'a cont
                val throw: 'a cont -> 'a -> 'b
             end
          structure SysInfo:
             sig
                exception UNKNOWN
                datatype os_kind = BEOS | MACOS | OS2 | UNIX | WIN32

                val getHostArch: unit -> string
                val getOSKind: unit -> os_kind
                val getOSName: unit -> string
             end

          val exnHistory: exn -> string list
          val exportFn: string * (string * string list -> OS.Process.status) -> unit
          val exportML: string -> bool
          val getAllArgs: unit -> string list
          val getArgs: unit -> string list
          val getCmdName: unit -> string
       end

`SMLofNJ` implements a subset of the structure of the same name provided in Standard ML of New Jersey. It is included to make it easier to port programs between the two systems. The semantics of these functions may be different than in SML/NJ.

- `structure Cont`
  implements continuations.

- `SysInfo.getHostArch ()`
  returns the string for the architecture.

- `SysInfo.getOSKind`
  returns the OS kind.

- `SysInfo.getOSName ()`
  returns the string for the host.

- `exnHistory`
  the same as `MLton.Exn.history`.

- `getCmdName ()`
  the same as `CommandLine.name ()`.

- `getArgs ()`
  the same as `CommandLine.arguments ()`.

- `getAllArgs ()`
  the same as `getCmdName()::getArgs()`.

- `exportFn f`
  saves the state of the computation to a file that will apply `f` to the command-line arguments upon restart.

- `exportML f`
  saves the state of the computation to file `f` and continue. Returns `true` in the restarted computation and `false` in the continuing computation.

Last edited on 2008-05-10 11:43:49 by MatthewFluet.