Add test to demonstrate that a recursion error does not happen. Close #2906

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diff --git a/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_2906.py b/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_2906.py
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+"""Recursion error for https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2906"""
+# pylint: disable=blacklisted-name,global-statement,invalid-name,missing-docstring
+lst = []
+
+
+def foo():
+    lst.append(0)
+
+
+def bar():
+    global lst
+
+    length = len(lst)
+    lst += [length]