Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!ucsd!ucsdhub!hp-sdd!hplabs!hpda!hpcuhb!hpcilzb!tedj From: tedj@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Ted Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Register saving conventions Message-ID: <730056@hpcilzb.HP.COM> Date: 10 Aug 88 23:20:39 GMT References: <664@iraun1.ira.uka.de> Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA Lines: 7 >Excuse this basic question, but could someone explain to me what is >meant by a tail patch on a trap. A tail patch is a patch that gets called *after* the normal trap is done. The other kind of a patch is a "head patch" ;-) A head patch gets called *before* the normal trap gets called. -Ted