Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com>: > On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 11:25 PM, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >> (Also, side point: Python can't actually optimize the above function, >> because it actually means "call quicksort, then discard its return >> value and return None". A true tail call has to return the result of >> the recursive call, and Python lacks a way to say "this function will >> always return None". But that's trivial.) > > Another point in favor of an explicit tail-call keyword. Then one > couldn't make that mistake.
How about "return"? Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
