Function to avoid a global variable

[Bob van der Poel]

Oh my, that is very cool! So, I can do this:

def foo(i):
    if not 'bar' in foo.__dict__:
        foo.bar = 5
    foo.bar += i

for a in range(10):
    foo(1)
    print (foo.bar)

Thanks. I will have to play more with this.



On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 5:31 PM Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 4/27/20 10:39 AM, Bob van der Poel wrote:
> > Thanks Chris!
> >
> > At least my code isn't (quite!) as bad as the xkcd example :)
> >
> > Guess my "concern" is using the initialized array in the function:
> >
> >    def myfunct(a, b, c=array[0,1,2,3] )
> >
> > always feels like an abuse.
> >
> > Has anyone seriously considered implementing  a true static variable in a
> > function? Is there a PEP?
>
> There's actually no need. You can create attributes on the function
> itself, just like a regular object:
>
> def foo():
>     if not 'bar' in foo.__dict__:
>         foo.bar = 5
>
>     print (foo.bar)
>
>
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