programming tips: max_attempts, not max_retries
foo(max_retries=3)
How many times would we expect foo to run, at max? Naively, you might say 3. But if you take the argument name literally, it would run 4 times. (Once initially, then 3 retries.)
Alleviate this confusion by naming the argument max_attempts. It's easy to see that foo(max_attempts=3) will never run more than exactly 3 times.
Thinking of a number of "attempts", rather than a number of "retries", is preferred in every case where these concepts applies.
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