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From: David MENTRE <david.mentre@gmail.com>
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Hello,

2005/12/2, basile@starynkevitch.net <basile@starynkevitch.net>:
> agree it would be quite useful

So do I. I've just submited it as feature request:
  http://caml.inria.fr/mantis/view.php?id=3D3905

> (but my knowledge of ocaml internals make
> me think that it is in principle easy, but in practice would require a lo=
t
> of changes within the compiler, since tail-rec detection is done in passe=
s
> near the backend, after the typing.).

I arrived to the same conclusion. I wanted to implement that feature
but when I discovered the same facts as you, I ditched the project
(ok, I could have try a little harder but it wasn't the week-end
project I expected :-).

Yours,
d.