Found out a quite fun way to store persistent variables in functions in
python.
def doStuff():
try:
#Will throw exception if not set
doStuff.timesUsed
##
#Insert stuff to do each time the function is called here
##
doStuff.timesUsed+=1
print "Function call!"
except AttributeError:
doStuff.timesUsed = 0 # set up the variable
##
#Put other stuff to call the first
#time the function is called here
##
print "First call!"
doStuff() #recursive call. Will not throw exception now
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Some output testing this:
>>> doStuff()
First call!
Function call!
>>> doStuff()
Function call!
>>> doStuff()
Function call!
>>> doStuff()
Function call!
>>> doStuff.timesUsed
4
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Is this concidered bad coding practice since I guess persistent
variables in functions are not meant to be?
/buffi (www.buffis.com)
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