Python file parsing: Build tree from text file?

The big issue is the "lookahead" that I think caused the ugliness in question. It can be shortened slightly.

I would not use recursion for something like this at all (Ok, maybe I would if I was coding this in a language like Scheme, but this is Python here). Recursion is great for iterating over data that is shaped like a tree, and in those cases it would simplify your design greatly when compared to normal loops.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.