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Re: sibcall/tailcall terminology


On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 07:59:10PM +1000, Fergus Henderson wrote:
> Proposal A:
> I propose that we use "tail call" to mean (3)
> and "sibling call" to mean (2).
> 
> As a consequence:
> 	- sibcall.c should renamed tailcall.c
> 	- -foptimize-sibling-calls should be renamed -foptimize-tail-calls
> 	  (or perhaps -foptimize-tailcalls?)
> 	- try_tail_call in calls.c should be renamed try_sibling_call

While I agree that this would be more consistent, I don't think
it's worth renaming files.  And certainly we can't change the
user interface without pain.


r~


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