Re: [Caml-list] Why do input* and readdir throw End_of_file ... annoying!

[David Brown <caml-list@davidb.org>]

On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 11:08:54AM -0400, Eric C. Cooper wrote:

> and read_directory path =
>   let dirh = opendir path in
>   let rec loop entries =
>     try match readdir dirh with
>     | "." | ".." -> loop entries
>     | filename -> loop (read_filesystem filename :: entries)
>     with End_of_file -> entries
>   in
>   let list = loop [] in
>   closedir dirh;
>   list

But, this isn't tail recursive, so you might as well not pass the
argument and build up the list upon returning.  Is there a way of making
it really tail recursive, while using the exception?  It isn't too hard
with a list ref to accumulate the results.

Dave

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