What is the maximum recursion depth in Python, and how to increase it?

Question

I have this tail recursive function here:

def recursive_function(n, sum):
    if n < 1:
        return sum
    else:
        return recursive_function(n-1         


        

Answer 1

Many recommend that increasing recursion limit is a good solution however it is not because there will be always limit. Instead use an iterative solution.

def fib(n):
    a,b = 1,1
    for i in range(n-1):
        a,b = b,a+b
    return a
print fib(5)