On 4/27/20 10:39 AM, Bob van der Poel wrote: > Thanks Chris! > > At least my code isn't (quite!) as bad as the xkcd example :) > > Guess my "concern" is using the initialized array in the function: > > def myfunct(a, b, c=array[0,1,2,3] ) > > always feels like an abuse. > > Has anyone seriously considered implementing a true static variable in a > function? Is there a PEP?
There's actually no need. You can create attributes on the function itself, just like a regular object: def foo(): if not 'bar' in foo.__dict__: foo.bar = 5 print (foo.bar) -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list