Oct. 27, 2015
8:22 p.m.
On Oct 27 2015, Yury Selivanov <yselivanov.ml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
On 2015-10-27 3:02 PM, Bruce Leban wrote:
It's not a micro-optimization in this case:
def foo(x, SENTINEL=object()): ...
I don't like mangling function signatures to do this. What I really want is the equivalent of C's static here:
def foo(x): static SENTINEL = object() ...
Why not
SENTINEL=object() def foo(x): ...
?
Because it leaks into the enclosing scope. Best, -Nikolaus -- GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.«