Counting recursion in a python program! [duplicate]

Question

I need to count the number of times recursion in a python program. So basically I need a static variable kind of thing (like in C) which can count the number of times the function is called.

Answer 1

Just pass a counter with the recursion

def recur(n, count=0):
    if n == 0:
        return "Finished count %s" % count
    return recur(n-1, count+1)

Or im sure there is some fancy decorator, Im gonna investigate that now...