Practical tips debugging deep recursion?

Question

I\'m working on a board game algorithm where a large tree is traversed using recursion, however, it\'s not behaving as expected. How do I handle this and what are you experience

Answer 1

I would start by instrumenting the function(s). At each recursive call log the data structures and any other info that will be useful in helping you identify the problem.

Print out the dump along with the source code then get away from the computer and have a nice paper-based debugging session over a cup of coffee.