使用过滤器和映射以及递归的示例:
def islist(x): 
    return isinstance(x, list)
def notlist(x): 
    return not isinstance(x, list)
def nested_sum(seq):
    return sum(filter(notlist, seq)) + map(nested_sum, filter(islist, seq))
这是一个使用reduce和recursion的例子
from functools import reduce
def nested_sum(seq):
    return reduce(lambda a,b: a+(nested_sum(b) if isinstance(b, list) else b), seq)
使用普通旧递归的示例:
def nested_sum(seq):
    if isinstance(seq[0], list):
        head = nested_sum(seq[0])
    else:
        head = seq[0]
    return head + nested_sum(seq[1:])
使用模拟递归的示例:
def nested_sum(seq):
    stack = []
    stack.append(seq)
    result = 0
    while stack:
        item = stack.pop()
        if isinstance(item, list):
            for e in item:
                stack.append(e)
        else:
            result += item
    return result
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