SICP problem on counting change - in python

change.py

"""
How many different ways can we make change of $1.00, given half-dollars,
quarters, dimes, nickels, and pennies?
"""

KINDS_OF_COINS = [1, 5, 10, 25, 50]


def count_change(amount, coins):
    """
    Returns the number of ways to change an amount having coins
    """

    if amount == 0:
        return 1
    if amount < 0 or coins == []:
        return 0

    return (count_change(amount, coins[:-1]) +
            count_change(amount - coins[-1], coins))


print(count_change(100, KINDS_OF_COINS))