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Why is this an issue?
Recursion happens when control enters a loop that has no exit. This can happen when a method invokes itself or when a pair of methods invoke each
other. It can be a useful tool, but unless the method includes a provision to break out of the recursion and return, the recursion will
continue until the stack overflows and the program crashes.
Noncompliant code example
def my_pow(num, exponent):  # Noncompliant
    num = num * my_pow(num, exponent - 1)
    return num  # this is never reached

Compliant solution
def my_pow(num, exponent):  # Compliant
    if exponent > 1:
      num = num * my_pow(num, exponent - 1)
    return num