A simple retry mechanism in Kotlin

Retry.kt

fun <R> retry(
    maxAttempts: Int,
    action: () -> R
): R {
    require(maxAttempts > 0) { "maxAttempts must be greater than 0" }
    return runCatching(action).getOrElse {
        val leftAttempts = maxAttempts.dec()
        if (leftAttempts == 0) throw it
        retry(leftAttempts, action)
    }
}