Re: Recursive functions (was Re: Observations on the three pillars of Python execution)

2011-08-05 Thread Steven D'Aprano
Chris Angelico wrote: > On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Thomas Jollans wrote: >> On 05/08/11 09:20, Eric Snow wrote: >>> Object available during code object execution: >>> (M) no >>> (C) no >>> (F) no >> (F) yes. >> >> cf. recursion. > > Is it? As I understand it, a Python function is not able t

Recursive functions (was Re: Observations on the three pillars of Python execution)

2011-08-05 Thread Chris Angelico
On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Thomas Jollans wrote: > On 05/08/11 09:20, Eric Snow wrote: >> Object available during code object execution: >> (M) no >> (C) no >> (F) no > (F) yes. > > cf. recursion. Is it? As I understand it, a Python function is not able to reference "itself" but must referen