Equiv of C's static local vars in Py ?

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Ben Wolfson wrote:
> On Sun, 01 Dec 2002 14:28:09 +0000, Erik Max Francis wrote:
> 
> 
>>Az Tech wrote:
>>
>>
>>>This function f retains the value of call_count between successive
>>>calls to it - so each time it is called, the value for call_count
>>>printed out will be one more than the last one.
>>>
>>>Can this be done in Python and if so, how ?
>>
>>This was just asked and answered a few days ago.  Python doesn't have
>>any notion of a static variable in the sense that you mean here.  If you
>>want, you can simply use a global:
>>
>>	_Count = 0
>>	def f():
>>	    global _Count
>>	    _Count += 1
>>	    print "f been called %d times" % _Count
> 
> 
> I didn't read the other threads on this subject, but recent Pythons have
> what I think is a more graceful way:
> 
> 
>>>>def f():
>>>
> 	f.count += 1
> 	print 'f has been called %d times' % (f.count)
> 
> 	
> 
>>>>f.count = 0
>>>>f()
>>>
> f has been called 1 times
> 
>>>>f()
>>>
> f has been called 2 times
> 
> 
> You still have to initialize the variable outside the function-definition
> block, but it's more obviously intended to go with that function alone.
> 

Yop ! I didn't know that one !
What a wonderful world !

Laotseu