Storing objects required by functions.

[Aahz]

In article <99dce321.0312300655.14c5a8db at posting.google.com>,
David M. Wilson <dw-google.com at botanicus.net> wrote:
>
>g = re.compile('...')
>
>def uses_global_yuck(x):
>    global g
>    pass

Why not just use the global?  Without the ``global`` statement, that is.
Don't like that?  How's it any different from using a class instance?
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