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From: Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@i...>
Subject: Re: Tail calls (Was Re: [Caml-list] Does Caml have slow arithmetics ?) 
> Can you comment on the effect of -inline switch and inlining in general?
> 
> If you have 
> 
> let rec f a1 a2 a3 a4 ... = 
>   let g b1 b2 ... = f b2 b2 ... in
>   g a1 a2 ...
> 
> we have situation where the tail call in g isn't to g
> but to its parent f .. however this is an obvious candidate
> for inlining, and if we inline g into the body of f,
> then the tail call is to f, which is itself, which might
> then be tail-call optimised .. yes?

Yes.  Tail-call elimination is performed after inlining.

- Xavier Leroy

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