Local functions

[Mark Mahieu]

On 10 Feb 2010, at 13:09, Rémi Forax wrote:
> 
> There is a simple solution, if you want to write recursive function, 
> create a static method
> and reference it as a lambda:
> 
> class A {
>   static int factorial(int x) {
>     return (x<= 1) ? 1 : x*factorial.(x-1);
>   }
> 
>      public static void main(String[] args) {
>          #int(int) lambda = A#factorial;
>      }
> }
> 

I don't think that approach is quite so simple if your recursive function needs to use locals in the method which 'creates' it (eg. it references 'args' in 'main', in your example).

Regards,

Mark