This is solveable with extra verbosity. # no: MAX_FAILS = 3 MAX_RETRIES = 5 # yes: MAX_API_CONNECTION_RETRIES = 3 MAX_COMPLEX_GRAPH_SOLVING_RETRIE

This is solveable with extra verbosity. # no: MAX_FAILS = 3 MAX_RETRIES = 5 # yes: MAX_API_CONNECTION_RETRIES = 3 MAX_COMPLEX_GRAPH_SOLVING_RETRIES = 5 Apologies for terrible names, but the point is that you should name the constant different things, so that it's clear what __kinds__ of retries you are capping.