TailCalls (original) (raw)

scala.util.control.TailCalls

Methods exported by this object implement tail calls via trampolining.

Tail calling methods must either return their result using done or call the next method using tailcall. Both return an instance of TailRec. The result of evaluating a tailcalling function can be retrieved from a TailRec value using method result.

Implemented as described in "Stackless Scala with Free Monads" https://blog.higher-order.com/assets/trampolines.pdf

Here's a usage example:

import scala.util.control.TailCalls._

def isEven(xs: List[Int]): TailRec[Boolean] =
  if (xs.isEmpty) done(true) else tailcall(isOdd(xs.tail))

def isOdd(xs: List[Int]): TailRec[Boolean] =
 if (xs.isEmpty) done(false) else tailcall(isEven(xs.tail))

isEven((1 to 100000).toList).result

def fib(n: Int): TailRec[Int] =
  if (n < 2) done(n) else for {
    x <- tailcall(fib(n - 1))
    y <- tailcall(fib(n - 2))
  } yield x + y

fib(40).result