From 4c27ad0aab258defdaadda09c925093a322c7493 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: xenofem <xenofem@xeno.science>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2022 08:43:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] reduce unnecessary recursion on face cards cards

---
 deck.asy | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/deck.asy b/deck.asy
index d09ba1f..d6bc467 100644
--- a/deck.asy
+++ b/deck.asy
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ for (int suit = 0; suit <= 5; ++suit) {
       // due to exponential growth, with the larger suit icon on the 1
       // card, the endpoint of the recursion is a *lot* more visible
       fill(recursive_card(value, suit, 6), evenodd+red);
+    } else if (suit == CARDS && value > 6) {
+      // conversely, face cards don't need as much recursion depth
+      // because the only icons present are significantly smaller
+      fill(recursive_card(value, suit, 3), evenodd+red);
     } else {
       fill(recursive_card(value, suit), evenodd+red);
     }