try:
start = 0
def recursion():
global start
def repeat():
global start
print('hello world')
start += 1
print(recursion())
print(repeat())
print(recursion())
except RecursionError:
print('you eached the limit')
print(' ')
print('recursion :',start, 'times')
result :
hello world
hello world
you eached the limit
recursion : 497 times
Why i don’t get the maximum number of recursion in python or is this the maximum number ?
>Solution :
The default recursion limit is 1000.
>>> sys.getrecursionlimit()
1000
A program with a single recursive function will reach 999:
start = 0
try:
def recursion():
global start
start += 1
recursion()
recursion()
except RecursionError:
print('recursion :', start, 'times')
prints out
recursion : 999 times
Your program is creating a stack that has recursion(), then repeat(), then recursion(), etc., and a print() call, so it makes sense you reach a bit under half of that.