python-2.1 function attributes

[Moshe Zadka]

On 27 Jan 2001 15:53:39 -0800, aahz at panix.com (Aahz Maruch) wrote:
 
> One thing I'm not clear on from all this discussion is whether one can
> do this:
> 
> def f():
>     f.a = 1

Of course!

Python 2.1a1 (#2, Jan 27 2001, 21:08:11)
[GCC 2.95.3 20010111 (prerelease)] on linux2
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>>> def f():
...     f.a=1
...
>>> f.a
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
AttributeError: a
>>> f()
>>> f.a
1

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