Yeah this doesn't happen on using lazy-seq. Thanks!

Shantanu

On Sep 20, 8:52 am, "Stephen C. Gilardi" <squee...@mac.com> wrote:
> On Sep 19, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Shantanu Kumar wrote:
>
> > I simulated a similar recursive call and found it
> > throws StackOverflowError at 5508 levels deep on a 32-bit Sun JVM (not
> > server mode) on Windows 7.
>
> Did your similar recursion include the lazy-seq form that wraps the 
> (apparently) recursive call? Each invocation of lazy-seq results in one call 
> to the code it wraps that's delayed until its value is requested. The 
> invocations do not end up nested on the stack. Instead they are executed one 
> by one as calling code steps through the lazy sequence.
>
> --Steve

-- 
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Clojure" group.
To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com
Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your 
first post.
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en

Reply via email to