any better alternative to this? ```var navEarliestChild = g.navWindow!! while (navEarlie...

# codereview

[elect]

any better alternative to this?

var navEarliestChild = g.navWindow!!
            while (navEarliestChild.parentWindow != null && navEarliestChild.parentWindow!!.flags has Wf.ChildMenu)
                navEarliestChild = navEarliestChild.parentWindow!!

[Andreas Sinz]

@elect use recursion

[elect]

uhm, smells overkill

[elect]

but I'll give it a try

[Andreas Sinz]

https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/functions.html#tail-recursive-functions

[elect]

cool, I didnt know it, thanks!

[Max Russek]

Also I have hunch that generateSequence might help https://kotlinlang.org/api/latest/jvm/stdlib/kotlin.sequences/generate-sequence.html