Bruno Desthuilliers: > And this let you share state between functions: > > def make_counter(start_at=0, step=1): > count = [start_at] > def inc(): > count[0] += step > return count[0] > def reset(): > count[0] = [start_at] > return count[0] > def peek(): > return count[0] > > return inc, reset, peek > > foo, bar, baaz = make_counter(42, -1) > print baaz() > for x in range(5): > print foo() > print bar() > print baaz()
An interesting solution, I have never created such grouped clorures. I don't know if this solution is better than a class with some class attributes plus some class methods... Bye, bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list