James Stroud wrote: > tal 65% python2.7 > Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, May 21 2011, 22:52:14) > [GCC 4.2.1 (Apple Inc. build 5666) (dot 3)] on darwin > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > py> class C(object): > ... def __init__(self): > ... self.data = [] > ... def doit(self, count=0): > ... for c in self.data: > ... count += c.doit(count) > ... count += 1 > ... print count > ... return count > ... > py> c = C() > py> c.data.extend([C() for i in xrange(10)]) > py> c.doit() > 1 > 2 > 4 > 8 > 16 > 32 > 64 > 128 > 256 > 512 > 1024 > 1024 > > > > WTF?
Put the code into a file, run it -- and be enlightened ;) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list