Patrick R. Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 30, 2005 at 10:40:12AM +0200, Leopold Toetsch wrote:
>> And maybe even >> >> foo(x, ...) @TAIL_CALL # tail function call >> >> o.foo(x, ...) @TAIL_CALL # tail method call > This would be *really* nice. I'm assuming here that @TAIL_CALL also > causes the current routine's caller to receive back any return values > from o.foo(x,...) exactly as if this routine had returned it. Yep. > I can probably make the .pcc wrappers work when I get to that level > of optimization if that's what we have available. Just to make sure > I have it right, the code > (ret) = obj.match(w,x,y,z) > .return (ret) > then becomes > # tailcall version of obj.match(w,x,y,z) > .pcc_begin prototyped > .arg w > .arg x > .arg y > .arg z > P2 = obj it's: .invocant obj > tailcallmethod "match" > .pcc_end Rest is fine. > Pm leo