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LukeShu 46 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Tail-call optimization in C is relatively recent (...

GCC has `[[gnu::musttail]] return`.

But yes, framing TCO as an optimization is unfortunate.

vinkelhake 46 days ago [–]

And there's also [[clang::musttail]] and [[msvc::musttail]].

As well as an effort to get it standardized: https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D3939R0.html (in C++).

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