On Sat, 16 Apr 2022 at 04:51, Python <python@example.invalid> wrote: > > Cecil Westerhof wrote: > > In C when you declare a variable static in a function, the variable > > retains its value between function calls. > > The first time the function is called it has the default value (0 for > > an int). > > But when the function changes the value in a call (for example to 43), > > the next time the function is called the variable does not have the > > default value, but the value it had when the function returned. > > Does python has something like that? > > Sort of, one way is to have a argument with a default value > which is mutable. Hint: don't do that. >
Why do you anonymously suggest a thing and also suggest not doing it? The default argument technique has been mentioned already as a perfectly valid way to do this. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
