tail-strict

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

tail-strict

   A tail-strict function evaluates every cons cell in its (list)
   argument.  It will therefore fail to terminate if its argument
   is an infinite list or if any tail of its argument fails to
   terminate.  The archetypal tail-strict function is length.
   See also Head-strict, Hyper-strict.