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Control flow

In software, control flow (or flow of control) describes how execution progresses from one command to the next. In many contexts, such as machine code and an imperative programming language, control progresses sequentially (to the command located immediately after the currently executing command) except when a command transfers control to another point –…

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Control flow

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples40
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

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Control flow

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related to External links · 13
Control flow → Archived, Considered HarmfulA Linguistic Contribution, Control, Go To Statements, GOTO-less Programming, IBM, Manual, MB, Media, PDF, Structured Programming, Wikimedia CommonsGo To Statement, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2
related to Label · 5
Control flow → BASIC, For, None-the-less, Other, Some
related to Function · 3
Control flow → Hi, In, Then
related to Non-local · 2
Control flow → Many, Notable
related to Structure · 2
Control flow → Control, This

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loop control statement code languages flow programming language exception execution used example condition following point iteration many statements label goto

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an interrupt or a signal alters the normal flow of control to a handler before returning control to where it was interrupted.One way to attack software is to redirect the flow of executioninstance ofAn alternative approach is predication which conditionally enables instructions instead of branching.An asynchronous control flow transfer0.80text
rounding errorinstance ofdepending on various factors0.80text
hardwareinstance ofdepending on various factors0.80text
compilerinstance ofdepending on various factors0.80text
popping the call stack are handled automatically.The following Cinstance ofaspects that would normally occur0.80text
exceptionsinstance ofContinuations are useful for encoding other control mechanisms in programming languages0.80text
generatorsinstance ofContinuations are useful for encoding other control mechanisms in programming languages0.80text
coroutinesinstance ofContinuations are useful for encoding other control mechanisms in programming languages0.80text
and so on.Theinstance ofContinuations are useful for encoding other control mechanisms in programming languages0.80text
cooperative tasksinstance ofCoroutines are well-suited for implementing familiar program components0.80text
exceptionsinstance ofCoroutines are well-suited for implementing familiar program components0.80text
event loopsinstance ofCoroutines are well-suited for implementing familiar program components0.80text

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