I do not know whether it is considered a bug or not, but it is definitely caused by the postcondition handling causing the recur to be knocked out of tail position. Here is a reference to the code:
https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/master/src/clj/clojure/core.clj#L4185-L4192 Andy On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:56 PM, Michael O'Keefe <michael.p.oke...@gmail.com > wrote: > Hello All, > > I encountered the following behavior in Clojure 1.6 and wanted to check if > it should be considered a bug or not. I would say yes but wanted to double > check on the list first. > > Here's a minimal test case that elicited the error: > > (defn f > > [xs acc] > (if (nil? xs) > acc > (recur (next xs) (+ (first xs) acc)))) > > (f [1 2 3 4] 0) => 10 > > > Now, if I want to add pre/post conditions, the following happens: > > (defn g > > [xs acc] > {:pre [(or (nil? xs) (sequential? xs)) (number? acc)] > :post [number?]} > (if (nil? xs) > acc > (recur (next xs) (+ (first xs) acc)))) > > > => this fails to compile with "CompilerException > java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException: Can only recur from tail position" > > > In fact, it is only the post-condition that triggers the issue. > > My guess would be that the recur statement is being knocked out of tail > position by the mechanism for handling the post-condition assertion. It can > be fixed in the code by adding an explicit loop: > > (defn g2 [xs acc] > {:pre [(or (nil? xs) (sequential? xs)) (number? acc)] > :post [number?]} > (loop [xs xs > acc acc] > (if (nil? xs) > acc > (recur (next xs) (+ (first xs) acc))))) > > > Thanks, > > Michael O'Keefe > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.