MaxRecursion level changed lately

[BrewManNH]

I was reading a topic recently regarding using recursion to check something and in that thread the poster was complaining that he was getting a stack overflow and the script would shut down. I created a script that all it does is to print a variable on the console of Scite, and then calls itself.

According to the help file, the MaxCallRecurse value is 5200, meaning that the maximum times a function can call itself is 5200 times, the function posted below when run for me on Windows 7 x64 will get to 1900 times (running it using the "#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n" directive it will run up to 3900 times), and then quits with an error message. Can anyone test this function for me and let me know what you're getting for the last value of $I, what OS you're running and the OSArch?

$I = 0
Test()
Func Test()
    $I += 1
    ConsoleWrite(' $I = ' & $I & @CRLF ) ;### Debug Console
    Call("Test")
EndFunc   ;==>Test

I realize the value is called the MAXcalrecurse value, and its description says "Maximum number of times the Call() function can recurse to itself.", but I am wondering if either the description should be changed to reflect that it might not be able to get to that number of times? I don't want to put in a Trak ticket if I'm just missing something stupid here.

[JLogan3o13]

Win7 "#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=n" - 3899

Win7 "#AutoIt3Wrapper_UseX64=y" - 1899

XP x86 - 3899

My XP x64 machine is down

Edited May 3, 2012 by JLogan3o13

[Reg2Post]

And what game is this for?

JK

3899 - XP x86 VM

3899 - 7 x64

[iamtheky]

3899 - win7x86, no directives

[AdmiralAlkex]

I'm pretty sure the actual limit and the one noted in the helpfile hasn't been close for years.

but I am wondering if either the description should be changed to reflect that it might not be able to get to that number of times?I

Isn't that was maximum means? But I agree that it could be better. Less precise since we can't (?) guarantee the numbers.

don't want to put in a Trak ticket if I'm just missing something stupid here.

You are not. But helpfile suggestions should ideally go in the thread, not in trac.

[kylomas]

;
;
;
local $i
recurse()
func recurse()
 $i+=1
 consolewrite($i & @lf)
 recurse()
EndFunc

3899 - XP/SP3 Pro

[BrewManNH]

Well, I'm glad that it isn't just me that is seeing the same numbers as you all are reporting. I rounded up to the next number because it looked neater, should have just left it at 1899 and 3899 for accuracy.

As to what it means by maximum, I was thinking along the lines of "theoretically it should be able to reach a maximum of 5200 repetitions, but only under ideal conditions, YMMV."