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Chris Smith
2,991 PointsRecursive call to play function?
Why are you using this construct to exit the play() function: return play(done=False)
This looks like a recursive call to itself that will never actually return, because you use the sys.exit() function to end the game, so surely this will just keep eating more and more memory each time the user plays another game?
1 Answer
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsYes, a linear way of repetitively calling calling play() would be better than a recursive call. I believe it was used here more out of convenience and to introduce the topic of recursion rather than focus on optimizing code performance.
The default recursion limit is 1000 depending on your system as reported by sys.getrecursionlimit(). So after 1000 games it would crash.
john larson
16,594 Pointsnice answer
john larson
16,594 Pointsjohn larson
16,594 PointsGood question, I'm not even close to thinking about performance yet. Just struggling to get things to run. But I guess in general the idea of a recursive function is a bad thing?