[Tutor] help about to how many times the function called

[bob gailer]

On 1/4/2013 4:25 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On 04/01/13 20:17, lei yang wrote:
>> Hi experts
>>
>> I have a function will print PASS status
>>
>>
>>
>> def print_pass(t_elapsed):
>>      """
>>      Print PASS to stdout with PASS (green) color.
>>      """
>>      print_stdout(bcolors.PASS + "PASS" + bcolors.ENDC + " (%.2f s)" 
>> % t_elapsed)
>>
>> I want to calculate the pass number, so I want to get " how many times
>> this function called" 

It is unclear to me what you want to do with the pass number or what 
PASS means or where bcolors comes from.

If you don't need to refer to the pass number outside the function 
another way (better IMHO):

def print_pass(t_elapsed, how_many_times=0):
     """
     Print PASS to stdout with PASS (green) color.
     """
     how_many_times += 1
     print_stdout(bcolors.PASS + "PASS" + bcolors.ENDC + " (%.2f s)" % 
t_elapsed)

I for one would appreciate a more complete explanation.

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