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From: giles <giles.bradshaw@rose-ash.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 23:34:51 +0000
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9 new deep recursion tests (100K-200K depth) confirming TCO in:
- match, begin, do, let-match — tail expressions get same continuation
- parameterize — provide frames are contextual, don't block TCO
- guard — handler body in tail position via cond desugaring
- handler-bind — body sequences with rest-k
- and/or — short-circuit preserves tail position
- mutual recursion — 200K depth even/odd

CEK machine correctly preserves tail position in all forms.
2676/2676 standard tests pass (was 2668 + 9 new - 1 pre-existing).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 spec/tests/test-tco.sx | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+)

diff --git a/spec/tests/test-tco.sx b/spec/tests/test-tco.sx
index c4f468ff..eb741858 100644
--- a/spec/tests/test-tco.sx
+++ b/spec/tests/test-tco.sx
@@ -189,3 +189,79 @@
       (fn (lst)
         (reduce (fn (a x) (+ a x)) 0 lst)))
     (assert-equal 15 (sum-list (list 1 2 3 4 5)))))
+
+(defsuite
+  "tco-step10"
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in match"
+    (define
+      loop
+      (fn (n acc) (match n (0 acc) (_ (loop (- n 1) (+ acc 1))))))
+    (assert= 100000 (loop 100000 0)))
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in do form"
+    (assert=
+      100000
+      (do
+        (define loop (fn (n) (if (zero? n) n (loop (- n 1)))))
+        (loop 100000)
+        100000)))
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in begin"
+    (define
+      loop
+      (fn (n acc) (if (zero? n) acc (begin (loop (- n 1) (+ acc 1))))))
+    (assert= 100000 (loop 100000 0)))
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in parameterize body"
+    (let
+      ((p (make-parameter 0)))
+      (define
+        loop
+        (fn
+          (n)
+          (parameterize ((p n)) (if (zero? n) (p) (loop (- n 1))))))
+      (assert= 0 (loop 10000))))
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in guard body"
+    (define
+      loop
+      (fn
+        (n acc)
+        (guard
+          (exn (true acc))
+          (if (zero? n) acc (loop (- n 1) (+ acc 1))))))
+    (assert= 100000 (loop 100000 0)))
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in handler-bind body"
+    (define
+      loop
+      (fn
+        (n acc)
+        (handler-bind () (if (zero? n) acc (loop (- n 1) (+ acc 1))))))
+    (assert= 100000 (loop 100000 0)))
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in let-match body"
+    (define
+      loop
+      (fn
+        (n acc)
+        (let-match
+          {:val v}
+          {:val n}
+          (if (zero? v) acc (loop (- v 1) (+ acc 1))))))
+    (assert= 100000 (loop 100000 0)))
+  (deftest
+    "tail position in and/or"
+    (define
+      loop-and
+      (fn (n) (if (zero? n) true (and true (loop-and (- n 1))))))
+    (define
+      loop-or
+      (fn (n) (if (zero? n) false (or false (loop-or (- n 1))))))
+    (do (assert= true (loop-and 100000)) (assert= false (loop-or 100000))))
+  (deftest
+    "mutual tail recursion at depth 200000"
+    (define is-even? (fn (n) (if (zero? n) true (is-odd? (- n 1)))))
+    (define is-odd? (fn (n) (if (zero? n) false (is-even? (- n 1)))))
+    (do (assert (is-even? 200000)) (assert (not (is-odd? 200000))))))