recursive function return value problems

[randomtalk]

hi, i have the following recursive function (simplified to demonstrate
the problem):

>>> def reTest(bool):
...     result = []
...     if not bool:
...             reTest(True)
...     else:
...             print "YAHHH"
...             result = ["should be the only thing returned"]
...     print "printing result: "
...     print result
...     return result
...
>>> reTest(False)
YAHHH
printing result:
['should be the only thing returned']
printing result:
[]
[]

I don't understand why results are returned twice? is there something
special i missed about recursive functions?

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