From:	Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Subject:	Re: Recursions and Static declarations....?Is this wrong...
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In comp.os.msdos.djgpp Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:
: Yes. I'll admit I was quite uncorrect in my original answer.  But
: then, so would the much simpler

:> void f(int i)
:> {
:>   if(0 < i)
:>     f(i-1);
:>   printf("f: depth = %d.\n", i + 1);
:> }

: Counting recursions levels like in your example does work, but it can
: be pretty pointless doing so if the recursion is controlled by an
: integer parameter like in this example.

Yes. But the point I'm reaching is that even if the original program
didn't do what the programmer thought, it certainly shouldn't
crash because of any static declared variables being used in a
recursive function. The crash must be because of something else.


Right,

						MartinS

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