Hey guys, I've been searching but I can't find a clear answer. Can inline functions be recursive? I understand they can't, but I'd like to be sure

Just tried it. They can't be recursive.

:troll:

tailrec maybe?

It is not allowed either

the lambda copy pasting seems to be a good alternative, considering that inline functions are just copy pasting the function body to the call site, so no recursion because there's no actual function at runtime, right?

Tried this to see what happens, it gets through compilation check (inline & recursion)

inline fun testInlineRecursion( value : Int, block : ( Int ) -> Unit ) {

    if( value == 10 ) return
    println( "Value is $value" )
    block( value + 1 )

}

val relayToRecursiveFunLambda : ( Int ) -> Unit  = { value -> testInlineRecursion( value, ::relayToRecursiveFunLambda.get() ) }

fun main( argv : Array<String> ) {

    testInlineRecursion(1) {
        testInlineRecursion(it, relayToRecursiveFunLambda)
    }
}

Thanks folks! I'll give it a try