Well, yes, there is that as a minor inconvenience as well :) On Jul 20, 2012 10:18 PM, "Ricky Clarkson" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The other expense if Scala did it better would be separate compilation > (being able to compile X and Y separately or together and getting the same > bytecode out) unless it introduced a special Scala classloader, which I'm > pretty sure was ruled out years ago. > On Jul 20, 2012 6:15 PM, "Kevin Wright" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Scala can only do it by transforming the recursive call into a jump at >> compile time - hence the single method restriction. >> >> We *could* do better in theory, but only at the unacceptable expense of >> compatibility with other languages on the platform. >> >> If the JVM did it, however, then this wouldn't be a problem. >> >> You may also want to point your colleague in the direction of every >> improvement that John Rose has ever suggested. Fixnum's would be a pretty >> beneficial addition as well! >> On Jul 20, 2012 9:56 PM, "clay" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wow, I didn't realize Scala had already completed this. If I may ask, >>> what is the advantage of JVM level support? >>> >>> One of my Scala expert colleagues said this was the only feature he >>> could think of in addition to Jigsaw that was needed at the JVM level. >>> >>> On Friday, July 20, 2012 3:39:24 PM UTC-5, KWright wrote: >>>> >>>> Scala has already been doing it for quite some time now, but just >>>> within a single method. >>>> >>>> It will happen by default where possible. If you want to be certain >>>> then use the @tailrec annotation on your method, which will force the >>>> compiler to emit an exception if it can't be done. >>>> >>>> For anything "bigger", such as tail recursing across two or more >>>> methods, you'll need something like the trampoline functionality that >>>> scalaz provides. >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Java Posse" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/javaposse/-/cdKdk3n1vu0J. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Java Posse" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
