In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, dmitrey wrote: > Thank you in advance,
For what? Hint: Don't "hide" the question in the subject line. I don't know MATLAB's `persistent` but I know that ``static`` in C++ can be used in different places with different meanings. It seems you are asking questions how to translate some constructs from other languages 1:1 into Python. Without context this may lead you to programming some other language in Python, resulting in fighting the language because you don't use "pythonic" idioms to solve your problems. C++-static function's names on module level should start with an underscore: def _i_am_not_meant_to_be_public(): pass It's a naming convention for things that are considered internal. C++-static class members are class attributes in Python: class Spam(object): i_am_a_class_attribute = 42 def __init__(self): self.i_am_an_instance_attribute = 'Viking' And C++static local variables don't exist in Python. There are ways to emulate them with mutable default arguments, but that's at least debatable. Use a class instead. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list