From: Brian Candler <B.Candler@...>
Date: 2004-10-04T17:45:48+09:00
Subject: Re: stack level to deep?

On Mon, Oct 04, 2004 at 06:09:20AM +0900, STEPHEN BECKER I V wrote:
> Is there away to increase the allowed space for the stack info?

Not enough to allow for infinite recursion, I'm afraid :-)

> def nextl (a,d)
> 	if d==0 then  print a # max depth
> 	print "\n" end
> 	for i in 'a'..'z'  # add the next letter in the alphabet
> 	nextl(a<<i.to_s,d-1) #concat and call
> 	print "\n"
> 	end
> end

Try adding "puts d" at the very top of this method (before if d==0 ...) and
you'll see where the problem is. Hint: "return" is your friend :-)

Regards,

Brian.