Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.lang.python > #99856

Re: static variables

From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: static variables
Date 2015-12-02 20:23 +1100
Message-ID <mailman.109.1449048206.14615.python-list@python.org> (permalink)
References (4 earlier) <n3joag$v4e$1@dont-email.me> <565e4329$0$1612$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <mailman.97.1449019041.14615.python-list@python.org> <565e4861$0$1587$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <565EAA1D.501@rece.vub.ac.be>

Show all headers | View raw

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:21 PM, Antoon Pardon
<antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
> I think python is unsuited for an obvious solution for static locals.
> Because you need to initialise your static variable somewhere. If you
> initialise whithin the body of your function, you will have a statement
> that is essentialy a declaration instead of an executable statement.
> Which goes totally against the dynamic nature op python.

It ought to be initialized at the same time the function is defined -
just like argument defaults, only without them being visible as
arguments. If Python had a keyword that meant
"currently-executing-function", that would work out well for
attributes (and might also make recursion more optimizable);
otherwise, default args are probably the cleanest way we have.

ChrisA

Back to comp.lang.python | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

static variables Ulli Horlacher <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> - 2015-11-30 17:15 +0000
  Re: static variables Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2015-11-30 12:38 -0500
  Re: static variables BartC <bc@freeuk.com> - 2015-11-30 20:32 +0000
    Re: static variables Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-01 12:01 +1100
      Re: static variables Ulli Horlacher <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> - 2015-12-01 08:26 +0000
        Re: static variables Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-01 10:01 +0100
        Re: static variables Grobu <snailcoder@retrosite.invalid> - 2015-12-01 10:15 +0100
          Re: static variables Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-02 12:02 +1100
            Re: static variables Erik <python@lucidity.plus.com> - 2015-12-02 01:16 +0000
              Re: static variables Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-02 12:24 +1100
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 09:21 +0100
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 09:34 +0100
                Re: static variables Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-02 21:22 +1100
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 12:09 +0100
                Re: static variables Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-03 00:11 +1100
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 14:41 +0100
                Re: static variables Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-12-02 13:48 +0000
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 15:07 +0100
                Re: static variables Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 08:15 -0600
                Re: static variables Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-12-02 14:31 +0000
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 16:30 +0100
                Re: static variables Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 14:30 -0600
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-03 10:06 +0100
                Re: static variables Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-12-02 20:23 +1100
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 10:47 +0100
                Re: static variables Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-12-02 12:18 +0200
                Re: static variables Antoon Pardon <antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> - 2015-12-02 11:56 +0100
                Re: static variables Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-12-02 13:30 +0200
                Re: static variables Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2015-12-03 00:17 +1100
        Re: static variables Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2015-12-01 10:58 +0100
          Re: static variables Ulli Horlacher <framstag@rus.uni-stuttgart.de> - 2015-12-01 11:47 +0000

csiph-web