Recursion Idea for functions

[Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d]

On 6/13/16 3:21 PM, Incognito wrote:
> I've been using recursion a lot lately and having to create multiple
> functions to deal with multiple paths can be a pain visually.
>
> Instead, how bout a simpler syntax. This is just an idea, could be improved
>
> void Recurse()
> {
>     scope(first)
>     {
>          `BLOCK`
>     }
>     scope(last)
>     {
>          `BLOCK`
>     }
>
>     Recurse();
> }
>
> which would be equivalent to
>
> void Recurse2()
> {
>     Recurse2();
> }
>
> void Recurse()
> {
>     `BLOCK`
>     Recurse2();
>     `BLOCK`
> }
>
> doubling of functions starts to create a source mess.
>

Why not just:

void Recurse()
{
    static void Recurse2()
    {
       Recurse2();
    }

    `BLOCK`
    Recurse2()
    `BLOCK`
}

-Steve