Change script so it generates a chain of functions instead

[seddonym]

This is just a quick experiment and shouldn't be merged.

The command uv run generate.py --chain-length=3 --recursion-limit=1000 will generate a module that looks like this:

import sys

sys.setrecursionlimit(1000)

print(f"Calling a chain of 3 functions with a recursion limit of 1000...")


def function_001():
    function_002()


def function_002():
    function_003()


def function_003():
    print("Got to the end of the call chain.")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    function_001()

Results

Unlike with import chains, each additional function call requires the recursion limit to be raised by 1:

E.g. with a recursion limit of 1000:

  File ".../import-recursion-demo/src/funcdemo.py", line 4001, in function_999
    function_1000()
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded