Simulating a 'local static' variable in python

Question

Consider the following code:

def CalcSomething(a):
    if CalcSomething._cache.has_key(a):
      return CalcSomething._cache[a]
    CalcSomething._cache[a]         


        

Answer 1

Turn it into a decorator.

def static_var(var_name, initial_value):
    def _set_var(obj):
        setattr(obj, var_name, initial_value)
        return obj
    return _set_var

@static_var("_cache", {})
def CalcSomething(a):
    ...