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//! Stack-safe tail calls on stable Rust.
//!
//! `tailcall` provides two layers:
//!
//! - the [`tailcall`] attribute macro, which rewrites a function to execute through the
//! trampoline runtime
//! - the runtime itself, exposed through [`trampoline`] and [`thunk`]
//!
//! The macro-based API is explicit at recursive call sites. Any tail call that should be executed
//! through the trampoline must use [`call!`]:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use tailcall::tailcall;
//!
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn gcd(a: u64, b: u64) -> u64 {
//! if b == 0 {
//! a
//! } else {
//! tailcall::call! { gcd(b, a % b) }
//! }
//! }
//!
//! assert_eq!(gcd(12, 18), 6);
//! ```
//!
//! More complex stateful traversals can still use the macro directly:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use tailcall::tailcall;
//!
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn sum_csv_numbers(rest: &[u8], total: u64, current: u64) -> u64 {
//! match rest {
//! [digit @ b'0'..=b'9', tail @ ..] => {
//! let current = current * 10 + u64::from(digit - b'0');
//! tailcall::call! { sum_csv_numbers(tail, total, current) }
//! }
//! [b' ' | b',', tail @ ..] => {
//! let total = total + current;
//! tailcall::call! { sum_csv_numbers(tail, total, 0) }
//! }
//! [] => total + current,
//! [_other, tail @ ..] => {
//! tailcall::call! { sum_csv_numbers(tail, total, current) }
//! }
//! }
//! }
//!
//! assert_eq!(sum_csv_numbers(b"10, 20, 3", 0, 0), 33);
//! ```
//!
//! Mutual recursion also works through the macro API as long as each participating function is
//! annotated with [`tailcall`] and each tail-call site uses [`call!`]:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use tailcall::tailcall;
//!
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn is_even(x: u128) -> bool {
//! if x == 0 {
//! true
//! } else {
//! tailcall::call! { is_odd(x - 1) }
//! }
//! }
//!
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn is_odd(x: u128) -> bool {
//! if x == 0 {
//! false
//! } else {
//! tailcall::call! { is_even(x - 1) }
//! }
//! }
//!
//! assert!(is_even(1000));
//! assert!(is_odd(1001));
//! ```
//!
//! Methods in `impl` blocks are also supported:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use tailcall::tailcall;
//!
//! struct Parity;
//!
//! impl Parity {
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn is_even(&self, x: u128) -> bool {
//! if x == 0 {
//! true
//! } else {
//! tailcall::call! { self.is_odd(x - 1) }
//! }
//! }
//!
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn is_odd(&self, x: u128) -> bool {
//! if x == 0 {
//! false
//! } else {
//! tailcall::call! { self.is_even(x - 1) }
//! }
//! }
//! }
//!
//! let parity = Parity;
//! assert!(parity.is_even(1000));
//! ```
//!
//! Mixed recursion is also allowed within a `#[tailcall]` function. A recursive call written with
//! [`call!`] is trampoline-backed, while a plain recursive call remains an ordinary Rust call:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use tailcall::tailcall;
//!
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn mixed_recursion_sum(n: u64) -> u64 {
//! match n {
//! 0 => 0,
//! 1 => tailcall::call! { mixed_recursion_sum(0) },
//! _ if n % 2 == 0 => {
//! let partial = mixed_recursion_sum(n - 1);
//! n + partial
//! }
//! _ => tailcall::call! { mixed_recursion_sum(n - 1) },
//! }
//! }
//!
//! assert_eq!(mixed_recursion_sum(6), 12);
//! ```
//!
//! If only part of a larger algorithm is tail-recursive, it can still be cleaner to annotate a
//! helper that contains just the tail-recursive portion:
//!
//! ```rust
//! use tailcall::tailcall;
//!
//! fn factorial(n: u64) -> u64 {
//! #[tailcall]
//! fn factorial_inner(acc: u64, n: u64) -> u64 {
//! if n == 0 {
//! acc
//! } else {
//! tailcall::call! { factorial_inner(acc * n, n - 1) }
//! }
//! }
//!
//! factorial_inner(1, n)
//! }
//!
//! fn weighted_countdown(n: u64) -> u64 {
//! if n <= 3 {
//! n + factorial(n)
//! } else {
//! factorial(n / 2)
//! }
//! }
//!
//! assert_eq!(weighted_countdown(3), 9);
//! assert_eq!(weighted_countdown(8), 24);
//! ```
//!
//! Limitations of the current macro:
//!
//! - tail-call sites must be written as `tailcall::call! { path(args...) }` or
//! `tailcall::call! { self.method(args...) }`
//! - argument patterns must be simple identifiers
//! - `?` is not supported inside `#[tailcall]` functions on stable Rust; use `match` or explicit
//! early returns instead
//! - trait methods are not supported yet
//! - mixed recursion is allowed, but only `tailcall::call!` sites are trampoline-backed; plain
//! recursive calls still use the native call stack
//!
//! The runtime can also be used directly for advanced manual control, but most users should only
//! need the macro API shown above.
//!
pub use ;
pub
/// Type-erased `FnOnce` storage used by the trampoline runtime.
/// The stack-reusing trampoline runtime used by the public macro.