[erlang-questions] Is this code tail recursive ?

[Mihai Balea]

On Feb 6, 2011, at 6:08 PM, Radu Brumariu wrote:

> gather_files([]) -> [];
> gather_files(F) ->
>    gather_files(F,[]).
> gather_files([],[Acc]) -> Acc;
> gather_files([{path,F}|Files],Acc) ->
>    io:format("Processing path ~p~n",[F]),
>    {ok, T} = file:read_file_info(F),
>    case T#file_info.type
>    of
> 	regular ->
> 	    gather_files(Files, [F | Acc]);
> 	directory ->
> 	    gather_files(Files, [gather_directory_files(F) | Acc ]);
> 	_ ->
> 	    gather_files(Files, Acc)
>    end.
> 
> gather_directory_files(D) ->
>    filelib:fold_files( D, ".*", true, fun(X,Acc) ->
> 				        [X|Acc]
> 			       end,
> 		       []).
> 

Looks tail recursive to me, although looking at the way you build up your result, it might not be what you expect :) 
Not sure what you expect though, so I cannot comment on that.

Hope this helps,
Mihai