The TCO macro already exists: https://github.com/cjfrisz/clojure-tco
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Ben Wolfson <wolf...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Mikera <mike.r.anderson...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> A reasonably simple optimisation would be to automatically identify >> self-recursion in tail position and convert it directly to "recur". I think >> that's possibly the kind of optimisation pass that the OP was suggesting. >> > > One thing that would be neat, if feasible, would be to make it possible to > do tail call elimination in situations where you can't currently use > "recur" because there's already a target established---if you have > something like > > (defn foo [...] > (loop [...] > (if some-condition > (recur ...) > (foo ...)))) > > where you can't use recur for the call to foo, even though it's in tail > position, because the recur target is the loop expression. > > -- > Ben Wolfson > "Human kind has used its intelligence to vary the flavour of drinks, which > may be sweet, aromatic, fermented or spirit-based. ... Family and social > life also offer numerous other occasions to consume drinks for pleasure." > [Larousse, "Drink" entry] > > -- > -- > 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 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
