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Adding Multitasking Capability to Applications Using Multiprocessing Services

Task Exception Disposal Constants

When calling the MPDisposeTaskException function, you must pass a constant of type OptionBits in the action parameter specifying what actions to take.



 
enum {

    /* Option bits for MPDisposeTaskException.*/

    kMPTaskResumeMask       = 0x0000,

    kMPTaskPropagateMask    = 1 << kMPTaskPropagate,

    kMPTaskResumeStepMask   = 1 << kMPTaskResumeStep,

    kMPTaskResumeBranchMask = 1 << kMPTaskResumeBranch

    };

Constant Descriptions

kMPTaskResumeMask: Resume the task.
kMPTaskPropagateMask: Propagate the exception to the next debugger level.
kMPTaskResumeStepMask: Resume the task and enable single stepping.
kMPTaskResumeBranchMask: Resume the task and enable branch stepping.

VERSION NOTES

Introduced with Multiprocessing Services 2.0.