dentifier">m</span>
</pre>
<p>
        where <span class="emphasis"><em>m</em></span> is the initial value of <span class="emphasis"><em>max_iter</em></span>
        passed to the function.
      </p>
<p>
        In other words, it's up to the caller to verify whether termination occurred
        as a result of exceeding <span class="emphasis"><em>max_iter</em></span> function invocations
        (easily done by checking the updated value of <span class="emphasis"><em>max_iter</em></span>
        when the f