On Wed, 20 Jun 2018 07:52:31 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: >> What do you do in python when a local function variable needs to retain >> its value? I'm sure it can do it, but I bet it's not as simple as how I >> do it. >> > What do you mean, "retain its value"? Do you mean the way closures work?
I think that Bart means something like static variables in C. That's something I'd like to see Python get. The simplest work-around we have is to put the static variable in the function parameter list as if it were an argument of the function. >> Multi-level loop break? Separators in numbers? I think that one is >> finally in. > > Multi-level loop break is most commonly spelled "return". Not in languages that have a multi-level break. > In over two > decades of programming, the number of times I've needed to break out of > multiple loops without breaking out of an entire function can be counted > on the fingers of one hand. Specifically, three times. In nearly three > decades. Okay. The number of times I've wanted an asynchronous function so far has been zero, therefore the feature must be useless, right? *wink* -- Steven D'Aprano "Ever since I learned about confirmation bias, I've been seeing it everywhere." -- Jon Ronson -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
