[fpc-pascal] fpc isn't optimised for tail recursion, is it?

[Jean SUZINEAU]

Le 12/06/2023 à 19:05, Steve Litt via fpc-pascal a écrit :
> Busted! I used Pascal 1984-1993
So I guess you are not familiar too with the "Result" variable which 
appeared with Delphi 1 in 1995 if I remember correctly.

nextt:= num;

can be written to as :

Result:= num;

https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/ref/refse94.html

I prefer Result because it reduces risks of confusion with recursive call
and you can eventually take the address of Result with @Result (where 
@nextt would take the address of the function nextt),
pass it by reference to another function ( e.g. FillChar( Result, 
SizeOf(Result), 0); ) ,
it behaves like a normal variable.
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