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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon Convex-Dev

Rename `tailcall` to `bounce`?

Open mikera opened this issue 4 years ago • 2 comments

Might be more intuitive for developers expecting a more regular tail call behaviour, since we don't require tail position.

mikera avatar Jun 02 '21 21:06 mikera

I'm still advocating this is a good idea, if you are on board I can quickly change it.

helins avatar Aug 15 '21 12:08 helins

I'm a little torn on this one. bounce is slightly random, though it does suggest a trampoline. It is technically a tail call (if only because use of tailcall effectively defines that form to be in tail position).

Happy to take a PR I guess?

mikera avatar Aug 16 '21 00:08 mikera