[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to iterate through the lines of a file in a recursive function > so I can't use:- > > f = open(listfile, 'r') > for ln in f: > > because when the function calls itself it won't see any more lines in > the file. E.g. more fully I want to do somthing like:- > > def recfun(f) > while True: > str = readline(f) > if (str == "") > break; > # > # do various tests > # > if <something>: > recfun(f) > Don't do that; Python doesn't have tail recursion and you'll hit the stack limit.
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