If I have a recursive function where the inner fun...

# coroutines

[reactormonk]

If I have a recursive function where the inner function is called inside a scope.launch, presumably that prevents stack overflows on its own, no tailrec required?

[CLOVIS]

Yes. You can also use DeepRecursiveFunction: https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin/-deep-recursive-function/

[CLOVIS]

However, tailrec is much more performant if it's available in your case.