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- Subject: Re: Tailcall
- From: RLake@...
- Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2001 10:19:25 -0500
> Our concern here is error messages. A OP_TAILCALL leaves no trace of the
> calling function, and that may be quite confusing in error messages.
> -- Roberto
That's a legitimate concern. On the other hand, it discourages the use of a
natural form of recursive loop.
Could this possibly be a settable option? For example, if the debugging
library is loaded, then you don't get tailcalls, but if it is you do...
R.