Eric V. Smith <e...@trueblade.com> added the comment:
Right. If you want the value only calculated once, then just call it once. You might be interested in collections.defaultdict, which takes a factory function, and only calls it as needed. ---------- nosy: +eric.smith resolution: -> not a bug stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38998> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com