Re: Lua code generation vs. goto

[Shmuel Zeigerman <shmuz@...>]

Alexander Gladysh wrote:
> My code generator sees data flow roughly as follows (pseudo-representation):
>
>     label "A"
>     command-1
>     if condition-1 then goto label "B"
>     goto label "A"
>     label "B"
>     command-2
>
> That is, unconditonal jumps may be both up and down on command flow.

Use tail calls?

local A, B

A = function()
  command_1()
  if condition_1 then return B() end
  return A()
end

B = function()
  command_2()
end

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Shmuel