Avoiding Pitfalls
Here are a few suggestions for avoiding common pitfalls when working with recursion.
- Manipulating large values or complex objects will likely require explicit type, and boundary, checks such as those found within an iterative implementations.
- Applying simplistic recursive thinking without care may lead to incorrect results and performance issues.
- Maintaining state within a deep recursive call chain may demand refactoring or workarounds, such as, tail calls.
- Debugging difficulties that are encountered when using non-trivial recursive methods may dictate logging and perseverance.
