RSTP and max-age

[azi123]

Hi, everyone!

it seems that RSTP doesn't care to timers like max_age or forwarding when there is no STP device in a network. The below link approves this:
https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/msg-age-and-max-age-in-rstp/td-p/2251614

So there is no limitation in hop count when we have RSTP in a network? 

[Mark Malone]

Hi
I think Francois post answers this query well

https://community.cisco.com/t5/switching/rstp-max-hop-count/td-p/1168997