h: all acc. (acc -> acc, acc) -> acc
h (f, i) = f i
f1: U32 -> U32
f1 i = i+1
g: U32 -> U32
g i = h[U32](f1, i)
will cause g and h[U32] to be mutually recursive after translation to C.
The reason is that g and h[U32] have the same type and thus a common dispatcher
function is generated for them and invoked in the C implementation of h.
The effect is that although the C translation fully works, autocorres will fail on the generated C code, since it cannot
generate a nonrecursive definition for g and h[U32].
There seems to be no easy solution for this, but at least Cogent programmers should be made aware of this case.
The following example code
will cause
gandh[U32]to be mutually recursive after translation to C. The reason is thatgandh[U32]have the same type and thus a common dispatcher function is generated for them and invoked in the C implementation ofh.The effect is that although the C translation fully works, autocorres will fail on the generated C code, since it cannot generate a nonrecursive definition for
gandh[U32]. There seems to be no easy solution for this, but at least Cogent programmers should be made aware of this case.