In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Paddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>You can do things with function attributes
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>def foo(x):
> foo.static += x
> return foo.static
>foo.static = 0
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My favorite variation is this:
def accumulator(x):
# On first execution, the attribute is not yet known.
# This technique allows use of accumulator() as a
# function without the "consumer" having to initialize
# it.
if not "static" in dir(accumulator):
accumulator.static = 0
accumulator.static += x
return accumulator.static
print accumulator(3)
print accumulator(5)
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