robert wrote: > My code does recursion loops through a couple of functions. Due to > problematic I/O input this leads sometimes to "endless" recursions and after > expensive I/O to the Python recursion exception. > What would be a good method to detect recursion loops and stop it by > user-Exception (after N passes or some complex criteria) without passing a > recursion counter parameter through all the funcs? >
Could you not store a set/list of nodes/points already visited and do an early return if they recur ? Fuzzyman http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml > Robert -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
