Re: [Haskell-cafe] Tail-call optimization

G'day. Quoting Joel Reymont :

writeLoop :: (Event a -> IO ()) -> Handle -> (SSL, BIO, BIO) -> IO () writeLoop post h ssl = do handle (\e -> post $ NetworkError e) $ do cmd <- read h ssl post $! Cmd $! cmd writeLoop post h ssl

Good, but even better is this: writeLoop :: (Event a -> IO ()) -> Handle -> (SSL, BIO, BIO) -> IO () writeLoop post h ssl = loop where loop = do handle (\e -> post $ NetworkError e) $ do cmd <- read h ssl post $! Cmd $! cmd loop Avoiding parameter passing can make your code a lot easier to read. Cheers, Andrew Bromage