ECO-CMP-PY-018 — Recursive algorithm without safeguards¶

Category: Computation (CMP)
Family: Python (PY)
Layer: Code
Tier: 1
Severity: note
Tags: python, cpu
Legacy ID: ECO-PY-018

Summary¶

Recursion without depth safeguards risks overhead and runtime errors.

Recursion adds call overhead; unbounded recursion risks failure.

{
  "confidence": 0.55,
  "notes": "Depends on input size.",
  "type": "cpu"
}

{
  "languages": [
    "python"
  ],
  "method": "ast"
}

{
  "guidance": "Consider iterative approaches or enforce depth limits.",
  "tradeoffs": "Code rewrite."
}

{
  "system_layers": [
    "code"
  ]
}