recursive methods require implementing a stack?

[Charles T. Smith]

On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:28:47 +0000, Rob Gaddi wrote:

> Charles T. Smith wrote:
> 
>> I just tried to write a recursive method in python - am I right that local
>> variables are only lexically local scoped, so sub-instances have the same
>> ones?  Is there a way out of that?  Do I have to push and pop my own simulated
>> stack frame entry? 
> 
> You have been badly misled.  Python local variables are frame local, and
> recursion just works.


Well, I probably stumbled astray due to my own stupidity, can't blame anybody
of having misled me...  ;)

So it's a bug in my program!  Good news!  Thank you.