groovy

Support tail recursion

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  • Type: Wish Wish
  • Status: Closed Closed
  • Priority: Minor Minor
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • Affects Version/s: 1.1-beta-2
  • Fix Version/s: None
  • Component/s: class generator
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Description

Detect and convert tail recursion into a while loop:

#!/usr/bin/env groovy

def my_while(test, action) {
if (test()) action()
else return true
my_while(test, action)
}

count = 0;

my_test = {
return count < 1000000
}

my_while(my_test) {
count++
}

println "made it!"

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blackdrag blackdrag added a comment - - edited

There is now a tail recursion annotation provided by a third party. I suggest using that one or the trampoline mechanism

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blackdrag blackdrag added a comment - - edited There is now a tail recursion annotation provided by a third party. I suggest using that one or the trampoline mechanism

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  • Assignee:
    blackdrag blackdrag
    Reporter:
    Brian McCallister
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