[Python-Dev] Proper tail recursion (original) (raw)

Jeremy Hylton jhylton at gmail.com
Mon Jul 19 18:48:11 CEST 2004


On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 12:27:58 -0400, Chris King <colanderman at gmail.com> wrote:

Given the proposed changes:

1) make a seperate eval loop that supports tail calls so as not to impact performance of normal programs, 2) force tail calls to be explicitly enabled using a run-time function call, 3) print a warning in stack traces when tail calls are enabled and used. is Guido still -1 on this?

Just a guess but "make a seperate eval loop" sounds like a sure way to get a 10,000 pound weight dropped on you? Seriously, how do you accomplish this without code duplication?

Jeremy



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