From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: (from majordomo@localhost) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) id BAA10961; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 01:02:20 +0200 (MET DST) X-Authentication-Warning: pauillac.inria.fr: majordomo set sender to owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr using -f Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by pauillac.inria.fr (8.7.6/8.7.3) with ESMTP id BAA09661 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 01:02:19 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from eth0.a.smtp.sonic.net (eth0.a.smtp.sonic.net [64.142.16.244]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id h7UN2Hf08435 for ; Sun, 31 Aug 2003 01:02:18 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from oak.ramandgita.com.sonic.net (adsl-209-204-144-113.sonic.net [209.204.144.113]) by eth0.a.smtp.sonic.net (8.12.9/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h7UN2Gua007892 for ; Sat, 30 Aug 2003 16:02:16 -0700 Date: 30 Aug 2003 15:52:04 -0700 Message-Id: From: Ram Bhamidipaty To: caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Subject: [Caml-list] beginner question about tail recursion X-Loop: caml-list@inria.fr X-Spam: no; 0.00; sonic:99 recursion:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 recursive:03 recursive:03 tail:03 tail:03 desirable:05 beginner:08 function:09 function:09 style:86 write:14 net:78 Sender: owner-caml-list@pauillac.inria.fr Precedence: bulk Hi I am just getting started with OCaml. My understanding is that it is desirable to write function in a tail recursive style. Can the OCaml system tell me if a function is tail recursive? -Ram ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners