Re: [Caml-list] Map module

[Alessandro Baretta <alex@baretta.com>]

Fred Smith wrote:
> The question is: Why isn't this function tail-recursive?
> 
>>let read_cap s = Scanf.sscanf s "%2s %5[0-9]%[^\r\n]%[\r\n]"
>>let rec output_table input_ch =
>>   try
>>     let line = input_line input_ch in
>>     let prov, cap = read_cap line (fun p c _ _ -> p, c) in
>>      Printf.printf "%s\t%s\n" cap prov;
>>       output_table input_ch
>>   with
>>     | End_of_file -> print_string ""
>>     | Scanf.Scan_failure (_) -> output_table input_ch
>>
>>

I have received several answers to my tail-recursion puzzle. 
I wish to thank all who helped.


Alex

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