bpo-40445: Update compileall.compile_dir docs (GH-19806)
diff --git a/Doc/library/compileall.rst b/Doc/library/compileall.rst
index a511c7e..01ab746 100644
--- a/Doc/library/compileall.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/compileall.rst
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
and a false value otherwise.
The *maxlevels* parameter is used to limit the depth of the recursion; it
- defaults to ``10``.
+ defaults to ``sys.getrecursionlimit()``.
If *ddir* is given, it is prepended to the path to each file being compiled
for use in compilation time tracebacks, and is also compiled in to the
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@
.. versionchanged:: 3.9
Added *stripdir*, *prependdir*, *limit_sl_dest* and *hardlink_dupes* arguments.
+ Default value of *maxlevels* was changed from ``10`` to ``sys.getrecursionlimit()``
.. function:: compile_file(fullname, ddir=None, force=False, rx=None, quiet=0, legacy=False, optimize=-1, invalidation_mode=None, \*, stripdir=None, prependdir=None, limit_sl_dest=None, hardlink_dupes=False)