On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:35:21 -0500, Steve Holden wrote: > Joe Strout wrote: >> One thing I miss as I move from REALbasic to Python is the ability to >> have static storage within a method -- i.e. storage that is persistent >> between calls, but not visible outside the method. I frequently use >> this for such things as caching, or for keeping track of how many >> objects a factory function has created, and so on. >> > This is a pretty bizarre requirement, IMHO. The normal place to keep > such information is either class variables or instance variables.
*jaw drops* You know, there were one or two programs written before the invention of object-oriented programming techniques. Some of them required persistent storage between function calls, and global variables have obvious disadvantages. That's why the C language uses static variables. http://c.ittoolbox.com/documents/popular-q-and-a/difference-between- static-global-variable-1596 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_variable -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
