Equiv of C's static local vars in Py ?

[Erik Max Francis]

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

> P.S. I know this can be done using OO in Py (by declaring a class that
> contains a member/field and then instantiating objects of that class);
> ...

That is probably the best approach for the kind of thing you want to do.

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