On 2006-01-31, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > def ExpensiveObject(): > global _expensiveObject > if _expensiveObject is None: > _expensiveObject = "A VERY Expensive object" > print "CREATED VERY EXPENSIVE OBJECT" > return _expensiveObject > > if __name__ == "__main__": > print _expensiveObject > print ExpensiveObject() > print ExpensiveObject() > print ExpensiveObject() > > which prints > > None > CREATED VERY EXPENSIVE OBJECT > A VERY Expensive object > A VERY Expensive object > A VERY Expensive object > > and works perfectly fine if you import it from another module: >
Ah, I had another error that broke it on import. Testing with a dictionary showed me the "creates another object" error. Using a string constant for that was just a "between the ears" problem that would have shown me the error much quicker. Thanks. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
