[Python-Dev] Explicit Tail Calls

[Adam Olsen]

On 10/12/07, Shane Hathaway <shane at hathawaymix.org> wrote:
> Shane Hathaway wrote:
> > Shane Hathaway wrote:
> >> I'm interested in seeing a good way to write tail calls in Python.  Some
> >> algorithms are more readable when expressed using tail recursion.
> >
> > About ten seconds after I wrote the previous message, I realized two things:
> >
> > - It's easy to write "return Return" instead of "raise Return".  So
> > "raise TailCall" is probably better.
> >
> > - I can write a complete implementation of this idea with nothing but a
> > simple decorator.  Check it out!
>
> With yet another 10 seconds, I realized my quick implementation actually
> does nothing to optimize tail calls.  Working on a fix.

Since they're not going to be accepted into python anyway, the
implementation is off-topic for python-dev.  Please take them up
elsewhere (such as my offer to discuss in private.)

-- 
Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus