From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from nez-perce.inria.fr (nez-perce.inria.fr [192.93.2.78]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id A79FEBB81 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:25:53 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp2.syd.swiftdsl.com.au (smtp2.syd.swiftdsl.com.au [218.214.225.98]) by nez-perce.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with SMTP id jB29Ppgj001191 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 10:25:52 +0100 Received: (qmail 22637 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2005 09:26:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO coltrane.mega-nerd.net) (218.214.64.136) by smtp2.syd.swiftdsl.com.au with SMTP; 2 Dec 2005 09:26:05 -0000 Received: from coltrane (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by coltrane.mega-nerd.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 424097B68 for ; Fri, 2 Dec 2005 20:25:50 +1100 (EST) Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 20:25:50 +1100 From: Erik de Castro Lopo To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Reporting on sucess/failure of tail recursion Message-Id: <20051202202550.66634088.ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20051202200957.2fb14d49.ocaml-erikd@mega-nerd.com> Organization: Erik Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.0 (GTK+ 2.6.10; i486-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Miltered: at nez-perce with ID 4390131F.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 recursion:01 wrote:01 tail:01 simpler:01 mentioning:03 erik:04 erik:04 feet:94 enlightened:07 feature:08 head:91 thus:09 bit:10 might:10 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.3 (2005-04-27) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.3 Jonathan Roewen wrote: > I would love this feature! I was thinking about mentioning some > two-three days ago myself ;-) I've been wanting this for at least the last 6 months. > Even cooler would be if a tool could suggest an alternative > implementation that is tail-rec if can be made so. That might be asking a bit much :-). Erik -- +-----------------------------------------------------------+ Erik de Castro Lopo +-----------------------------------------------------------+ "Or here's an even simpler indicator of how much C++ sucks: Print out the C++ Public Review Document. Have someone hold it about three feet above your head and then drop it. Thus you will be enlightened." -- Thant Tessman