>> def fact(n): return 1 if n <= 1 else n * fact(n-1) >> >> into a tail recursion like > [...] > > How do know that either "<=" or "*" didn't rebind the name "fact" to > something else? I think that's the main reason why python cannot apply > any procedural optimization (even things like inlining are impossible, > or possible only under very conservative assumption, that make it > worthless).
It's called "operator precedence". -- MarkJ Tacoma, Washington -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
