* Drake Wilson:
> extern int foo(int x);
> int bar(void) { return foo(32); }
>
> On i386 this compiles to
>
> pushl %ebp
> movl %esp, %ebp
> subl $8, %esp
> movl $32, (%esp)
> call foo
> leave
> ret
>
> which doesn't correctly convert the call to foo into a tail call.
With the default cdecl calling convention, the call isn't in a tail
position. %esp needs to be adjusted after the return of foo. Unless
I'm missing something, this is very hard to fix.
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