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diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 5ed5abc03..08f3383e9 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -330,6 +330,19 @@ $fpath array on shell startup. This directory will not be affected by `make uninstall' or `make uninstall.fns', although the version-specific directory and its contents will be deleted. +Function depth +-------------- + +Shell functions may be called recursively. In order to detect infinite +recursion the shell has a limit on the depth to which functions may be +called: note that this is a single limit for all functions, not a limit +for each function called recursively. The default for the limit is 4096. +The limit may be altered to the value MAX by passing the option +--enable-max-function-depth=MAX to configure. Alternatively, the limit may +be disabled with --disable-max-function-depth. However, this is not +recommended as it is likely to cause the shell to crash on an infinite +recursion. + Support for large files and integers ------------------------------------ |