Random832 <random...@fastmail.com>: > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016, at 14:23, Marko Rauhamaa wrote: >> Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com>: >> > Plus, anyone could implement a Python interpreter with TCE. >> >> Tricky in practice because None is the default return value. >> >> If the programmer were careful to return the value of the tail call, >> it can be eliminated. > > Well, the interpreter can know that the calling function doesn't > return anything (returns None). Maybe it could pass a secret argument > to the called function telling it not to return its value and to > return None instead.
Oh, I forgot about the secret whisper-with-a-wink channel... Marko -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
