Test when recursion limit is reached in python

Question

Is there a way to test when a program's recursion limit is reached? For example:

def funct():
    print "Hello"
    #Some code for testing the recursion limit.
        #Some more code to execute

If you are wondering why I want to know this, here is why: I want to hide an Easter egg in a program, but I can't do that until I found out how to do what I am asking. So, how can I test when the recursion limit is reached? Is there even a way?

Mind sharing with us why on earth you would want to test out that limit? — Assaf Lavie
– Assaf Lavie, Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 18:12
@Assaf_Lavie wait, what? I said the reason as to why I wanted to know this. — Ethan Bierlein
– Ethan Bierlein, Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 18:19
You want users to reach the easter egg? Or developers who read the code? I can't think of a good reason to actually allow production code to reach a state where it emits a stack overflow exception. Just use Konami code or something :) — Assaf Lavie
– Assaf Lavie, Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 18:28
@Assaf_Lavie it is the users who will reach the Easter egg. It would be something funny like printing a fake error message, or something like that. — Ethan Bierlein
– Ethan Bierlein, Commented Apr 19, 2014 at 20:28

jonrsharpe · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-19 18:10:18Z

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You can test for the RuntimeError like any other error, with try:

def funct():
    ...
    try:
       funct()
    except RuntimeError as e:
        if "recursion" in e.message:
            print("Easter egg!")

Note that I've added an extra check that the error is warning about recursion, so you don't prevent any other RuntimeErrors from going about their business.

answered Apr 19, 2014 at 18:10

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Diego Borba · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-16 00:31:53Z

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Incase you are setting recursion measures on OpenAI here is the code snippet

from openai import OpenAI, RateLimitError
import time

api_key = "your_api_key_here"
client = OpenAI(api_key)

try:
    # Your OpenAI API request here
    response = client.embeddings.create(...)
except RateLimitError as e:
    print(f"Rate limit exceeded. Waiting for {e.reset} seconds.")
    time.sleep(e.reset)
    # Retry your request or handle accordingly

edited Nov 16, 2023 at 0:31

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answered Nov 15, 2023 at 17:29

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