On Sat, 4 Aug 2007, Oliver Bandel wrote:

> What ist with a
>
>  ...
>   ignore (maybe_tailcall())
>  ...
>

That is not a tail call.  You're using the value it returns.

Brian

> Does ignore REALLY ignore the values (does not generate them), so that
> this call is like a true tail-call, or will the maybe_tailcall
> generate and give back results to the ignore-call and then
> ignore throws away the stuff (then it would be NO tailcall).

Throwing away the result is using the result.

Brian