From 2fb5f1d0c3d3f4604ef6b2265631810f7ba0d0cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wenzel Jakob <wenzel.jakob@epfl.ch>
Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2016 17:36:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] added message about recursion limits

---
 docs/faq.rst | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index cf7a650b7..7f9bd35b4 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -153,6 +153,15 @@ will:
    definition is changed, only a subset of the binding code will generally need
    to be recompiled.
 
+"recursive template instantiation exceeded maximum depth of 256"
+================================================================
+
+If you receive an error about excessive recursive template evaluation, try
+specifying a larger value, e.g. ``-ftemplate-depth=1024`` on GCC/Clang. The
+culprit is generally the generation of function signatures at compile time
+using C++14 template metaprogramming.
+
+
 How can I create smaller binaries?
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